SOMAS DICTIONARY of LATIN QUOTATIONS, MAXIMS and PHRASES by S.O.M.A

Author:S.O.M.A. [S.O.M.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781425144982
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2010-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

“He began to work long before dawn ... He read nothing without making extracts; he used even to say that there was no book so bad as not to contain something of value. In the country it was only the time when he was actually in his bath that was exempted from study. When travelling, as though freed from every other care, he devoted himself to study alone. In short, he deemed all time wasted that was not employed in study.”

Pliny the Elder made detailed notes on almost everything he observed during his life. In addition to his Natural History, he left 160 volumes of his notes on all kinds of scientific and antiquarian subjects. He wrote on grammar and rhetoric and also on the History of his times in 31 books.

litterae non dant panem-lit. literature earns no bread. This is a medieval saying but the sentiment is also found in Ovid-a writer condemns himself to poverty.

litterae scriptae-lit. written letters. Thus, a manuscript.

litterae sine moribus vanae-literature without character is vain. This is the motto of the University of Pennsylvania.

litterati-men of letters litteratim-letter for letter (cf. verbatim)

litteris dedicata omnibus artibus-lit. given to the studies (letters) in all skills. Thus, dedicated to literary endeavours in all the arts. This is the motto of the University of Nebraska.

livor vulneris absterget mala et plagae in secretioribus ventris-the bruise of wounds cleanse away evil and beatings purge the inmost being. (Prov. 20: 30)

LL. D.-abbr. for Legum Doctor loc. (locus)-place loc. cit., l.c., lc-abbr. for loco citato loco-in (at) the place loco citato-lit. in the place cited. Thus, in the location cited; in the passage just quoted; at the place already cited; in the place or passage quoted. Usually abbr. to loc. cit. or lc.

loco laudato-lit. in the place praised. Thus, in the place cited with high recommendation.

loco supra citato-in the place cited above or previously locum tenens-lit. holding the place. Thus, one occupying the place; a deputy; a substitute. The term is used as a noun meaning “a deputy”.

locus classicus-lit. the classical place. Thus, the standard or most authoritative source; a classical passage; the most authoritative source; the acknowledged place of reference; carries the suggestion of authority, which has stood the test of time. [location, local]

locus communes-a commonplace location. Thus, common places; a public domain. [communal, community] locus criminis-lit. place of crime. Thus, the scene of the crime; the locality of a crime; the place where a crime was committed.

locus delicti-lit. place of offence. Thus, the scene of the crime; the place where an offence was committed; the state, where the act that makes the actor liable occurs.

locus desperatus-a hopeless passage; the term used in textual criticism for a passage, where there is no hope, or almost no hope of retrieving the original reading. [desperation]

locus enim est principium generationis rerum-for place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon) [penitence]

locus in quo-lit. the place in which. Thus, the scene of the event; the place in which something happens or happened.

locus monumenti-place of the monument locus paenitentiae-a place for repentance locus sepulchri-place of the sepulchre locus sigilli-the place of the seal.

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