Saturday, July 31, 2010

QUE

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: QUE.

Post mortem nihil est, ipsaque mors nihil. ~ Note: In English, the Latin phrase "post mortem" is still used to refer to the autopsy used to determine the cause of death.

Accipe quod tuum alterique da suum. ~ Note: Again, there are some words implied but not stated in the compact Latin: Accipe (hoc), quod tuum (est), alterique da suum. Note that suum refers to the person who is "alter" - give to another what is his (or hers).

Video alta sequorque. ~ Note: This is a motto of the Carnagie family.

Maioresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae. ~ Note: The words are from Vergil's Eclogue, 1.

Tempora sic fugiunt pariter, pariterque sequuntur et nova sunt semper. ~ Note: The words are from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 15.

Idem egoque tuque ducimus pariter iugum. ~ Note: Note the -que...-que construction, which is like the et...et construction: "both... and..." You can also find the saying in this shortened form: Idem iugum ducimus.

Pace belloque fidelis. ~ Note: Note the use of the ablatives to express the idea of time: Faithful in peace (time) and in war (time).

Inter sacrum saxumque sto. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings that Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.1.15.

Pugnare cum diis cumque Fortuna grave est. ~ Note: Compare the sayings you have already seen: "Non est pugnandum cum Fortuna" and "Cum diis non pugnandum." Compare also the saying in the Adagia of Erasmus, 2.5.44: Cum Diis pugnare.

Meliora spero sequorque. ~ Note: Notice the lovely interweaving of sounds with "spero sequorque." This is the Rait family motto.

Rarum est felix idemque senex. ~ Note: The word idem is used with two adjectives, it means "at the same time," "likewise," "also," etc. - felix idemque senex, "a man who is happy and likewise old."

Audentes saepe sorsque Venusque iuvant. ~ Note: Note that the -que...-que is like the et...et construction, equivalent to "both...and..." in English. Although at first you cannot be sure whether audentes is nominative or accusative, that ambiguity is resolve as soon as you reach the noun phrase "sorsque Venusque," which can only be nominative.

Praesentis absentisque amici sis memor.

Senatus Populusque Romanus ~ Note: This Latin phrase is often abbreviated: S.P.Q.R. For more information, see this Wikipedia article.

Furemque fur cognoscit, et lupum lupus. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 2.3.63. Compare the English saying, "It takes one to know one."

Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo. ~ Note: You can find these words in Vergil's Georgics, 3.

Dum fata deusque sinebat. ~ Note: The words are from Vergil's Aeneid, 4.

Maiorque videtur et melior vicina seges. ~ Note: Compare the English saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."

Redeunt iam gramina campis, arboribusque comae. ~ Note: The word are about the advent of spring, after the snow melts: Diffugere nives: redeunt iam gramina campis, arboribusque comae.

Audentes forsque deusque iuvat. ~ Note: For these words, see Ovid's Fasti, 2.

Audentem forsque Venusque iuvant. ~ Note: For this variation on the saying, see Ovid's Art of Love, 1.

Moriendum est omnibus, estque finis miseriae in morte.

Pone irae frena modumque. ~ Note: Note that both frena and modum are in the accusative, objects of the imperative verb: pone.

Nocte dieque cave tempus consumere prave. ~ Note: Nocte, dieque cave, tempus consumere prave, / ut flos et ventus transibit nostra iuventus.

Res humanae fragiles caducaeque sunt. ~ Note: You can find these words in Cicero's De Amicitia.

Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra. ~ Note: This is one of the sayings Erasmus included in his Adagia, 1.5.1.

Pascis canes qui te lanient, catulosque luporum. ~ Note: Note the future tense: lanient. What you are doing now (pascis canes catulosque luporum) will result in future disaster (te lanient). Consider, for example, the fable of the shepherd and the wolf cub.

Nil aliud lex est, quam quod net aranea rete: rumpitur a validis, invalidosque tenet. ~ Note: This is a verse couplet: Nil aliud lex est, quam quod net aranea rete: / rumpitur a validis, invalidosque tenet.

Linguamque, ventremque, Veneremque comprime.

Bonum est senescere, itemque non senescere.

Brevis gravisque esto, cum amicum corrigis.

Qui plurimum prodest obestque homini, est homo.

Tegit omnia tempus, omnia itemque detegit.

Est caritas perfectus amor perfectaque virtus. ~ Note: Est caritas perfectus amor perfectaque virtus / qua sine perfectum nil reperire potes. (Verinus)

Avarus fraudavit alios, seque fraudat ultimum. ~ Note: From a verse by Scaliger: Avarus / fraudavit alios, seque fraudat ultimum.

Simia caelicolum risusque iocusque deorum est. ~ Note: Simia caelicolum risusque iocusque deorum est. / Homo temere ingenio confidit et audet / abdita naturae scrutari.

Si puer hoc sciret, quantum doctrina valeret, raro dormiret, sed nocte dieque studeret.

Bella famem, pestemque fames mortalibus affert. ~ Note: An epigram by Owen: Bella famem, pestemque fames mortalibus affert: / est igitur bellum peius utroque malum.

Cras, dicis, "faciam," concessaque labitur hora. ~ Note: An epigram by Owen: Cras, dicis, faciam, concessaque labitur hora; / Fac hodie, fugit haec non reditura dies.

Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, nec sua cernunt, hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi. ~ Note: An epigram by Owen: Crimina qui cernunt aliorum, nec sua cernunt, / hi sapiunt aliis, desipiuntque sibi.

Aurum blanditiae pater est, natusque doloris. ~ Note: Aurum blanditiae pater est, natusque doloris, / qui caret hoc, maeret; qui tenet, hic metuit.

Civem ab hoste non natura ac loco, sed animo factisque distinguimus.

Victus cultusque corporis ad valetudinem referantur et ad vires, non ad voluptatem.

Vitiorum peccatorumque nostrorum, omnis a philosophia petenda est medicina.

Cum dat oluscula mensa minuscula pace quieta, ne pete grandis, lautaque pandia, lite repleta. ~ Note: Cum dat oluscula mensa minuscula pace quieta, / ne pete grandis, lautaque pandia, lite repleta.

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