À deux (Fr.), of two, between two, two-handed.Īd extra (Late L.), in an outward direction-opposite of ad intra.Īd finem (L.), to the end, toward the end.Īdhuc sub judice lis est (L.), the dispute is still undecided.Īdieu paniers, vendanges sont faites (Fr.), farewell hampers, the vintage is over-good-bye to our hopes! all is over.Īd inquirendum (Late L.), for making inquiry-name of a writ. never, as the Greeks had no Calends.Īd captandum vulgus (L.), to catch the rabble.Īdelantado (Sp.), a grandee of high rank, the governor of a province.Ī Deo et rege (L.), from God and the king.Īd eundem (L.), to the same -of the admission of a graduate of one university to the same degree at another without examination. do a thing and have done with it.Īd aperturam (L.), as opens.Īd Calendas Græcas (L.), at the Greek Calends-i.e. À corps perdu (Fr.), desperately, with might and main.Īcroama, acroasis (Gr.), oral teaching, anything rhetorical or otherwise pleasant to listen to.Īctæon (Gr.), the hunter who surprised Artemis bathing, and so, being changed into a stag, was torn in pieces by his own hounds: a cuckold.Īctualité (Fr.), real existence: appropriateness.Īctum est de republica (L.), it is all over with the republic.Īctum ne agas (L.), do not do over again what is done-i.e.
À compte (Fr.), on account: in part-payment. of battles).Īcherontis pabulum (L.), food for Acheron-of a bad person. À chaque saint sa chandelle (Fr.), to every saint his candle: to every patron his meed of service.Īcharné (Fr.), furious, desperate (esp. an abuse does not forfeit the legitimate use of a thing.Ī capite ad calcem (L.), from head to heel.Īc etiam (L.), 'and also'-the name of a clause added to a complaint of trespass in the Court of King's Bench. Rome, 753 B.C.Ībusus non tollit usum (L.), abuse does not do away with use-i.e. 'let him be absent'-leave to pass one night away from college.Ībsit dicto invidia (L.), to be said without boasting.Ībsit omen (L.), may there be no ill omen (as in a word just used)!Ībsolvi meam animam (L.), I have relieved my mind.Ībuna, the primate of the Abyssinian Church: a Nestorian priest.Īb uno disce omnes (L.), from one learn all: from one example you may know the rest.Īb urbe conditâ (L.), from the founding of the city-i.e. À bon marché (Fr.), at a good bargain, cheap.Īb origine (L.), from the origin or beginning.Īb ovo (L.), from the egg: from the beginning.Īb ovo usque ad mala (L.), from the egg to the apples-of a Roman banquet: from the beginning to the end.Ībsens heres non erit (L.), the absent one will not be the heir-out of sight, out of mind.Ībsente reo (L.), the defendant being absent.Ībsit (L.), lit.
À bon chat, bon rat (Fr.), to a good cat, a good rat-tit for tat.
1).Īb imo pectore (L.), from the bottom of the heart.Īb officio et beneficio (Late L.), from office and benefice-of a clergyman suspended. abattue (Fr.), cast down, dejected.Ībiit, excessit, evasit, erupit (L.), he is gone, he is off, he has escaped, he has broken away (Cicero, In Catilinam, II. À bâtons rompus (Fr.), by fits and starts.Ībattu, fem. See especially the Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, edited by Dr C.
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