ETIAM

The notes here are taken from the actual Scala, so be warned that references to the "previous" proverb refer to its order in the Scala, not its order here. You can read more about the word at the Verbosum blog: ETIAM.

Etiam si omnes, ego non. ~ Note: Notice that the verb is unstated here, and can be supplied from context. This is the motto of Clermont-Tonnerre.

Cui licitus est finis, etiam licent media. ~ Note: Compare the English saying, ""The ends justify the means." Notice also here how the verb licet is not being used impersonally: finis is the subject of the perfect licitus est (hence the masculine form) and media is the subject of licent (hence the plural form). Note also the dative complement: Cui licitus est finis, (ei) etiam licent media.

Etiam seni est discendum. ~ Note: Here you have an impersonal gerundive, discendum, with the agent expressed in the dative: An old man too (etiam) must learn things.

Fides, etiam hosti, servanda est. ~ Note: Here you have another gerundive expressing the idea of necessity - servanda. The feminine singular form agrees with the subject of the sentence: fides.

Qui bona vina bibunt, etiam bona carmina scribunt. ~ Note: You can also find the saying in this form: Qui bona vina bibunt vates, bona carmina scribunt.

Qui bona vina bibunt, etiam bona carmina scribunt. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1003.

Caret periclo, qui, etiam cum est tutus, cavet. ~ Note: This is another one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Etiam prudentissimus peccat. ~ Note: Compare a similar saying: Etiam prudentissimus falli potest, "Even the most careful person can be fooled."

Dulce etiam fugias, quod amarum fieri potest. ~ Note: Both dulce and amarum are being used substantively here: the sweet (thing) and the bitter (thing).

Benignus etiam causam dandi cogitat. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Pulchrorum etiam autumnus pulcher est. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings that Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.3.72.

Lupus oves etiam numeratas devorat. ~ Note: The shepherd may indeed keep a close count of his sheep, but that will not deter the wolf!

Istud incredibile est, etiam si dicat Cato. ~ Note: Compare the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 4.5.61: Etiam si Cato dicat.

Etiam post malam segetem serendum est. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 4.4.62. The impersonal neuter gerundive, serendum est, expresses the idea of necessity or command: you have to plant seeds, even (etiam) after a bad crop.

Cum Minerva manus etiam move. ~ Note: This saying alludes to the Aesop's fable about the Athenian man who was shipwrecked: instead of swimming to save his life, he prayed to Athena to save him - and then another man swam up and told the Athenian that he needed to move his own arms, in addition to whatever help the goddess might offer.

Spina etiam grata est, ex qua exspectatur rosa. ~ Note: This is another one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Saepe etiam stultus fuit opportuna locutus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1163.

Etiam sine lege poena est conscientia. ~ Note: This is another one of the sayings collected by Publilius Syrus.

Omne simile est etiam dissimile. ~ Note: This saying reminds us that "similar" is not the same as "identical." To take a pertinent example from Latin, a simia (monkey) is similar to a human being (that's how the monkey gets its name in Latin), but a monkey is also unlike a human being, too - that's why it is a monkey!

Animae esurienti etiam amara dulcia videntur. ~ Note: This saying is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, B224.

Simia simia est, etiam si aurea gestet insignia ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.7.11. It is also one of the sayings collected by Wegeler, 1241.

Camelus desiderans cornua, etiam aures perdidit. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.5.8.

Saepe etiam est olitor valde opportuna locutus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.6.1; it is included by Polydorus in his Adagia, A249.

Cui multum est piperis, etiam oleribus immiscet. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.3.37.

Vitium ventri set gutturis non modo minuit aetatem hominibus, sed etiam aufert. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Non paranda nobis solum, sed fruenda etiam sapientia est. ~ Note: This is included by André Rouillé in his anthology of Cicero's notable sententiae.

Si potes, ignotis etiam prodesse memento. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings included in the distichs attributed to the so-called "Cato." Here is the complete distich: Si potes, ignotis etiam prodesse memento: / utilius regno est meritis adquirere amicos.

Lepori esurienti etiam placentae fici. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 3.6.54.