Calumniare fortiter, aliquid adhærebit."—" Slander stoutly;

some of it will stick."

Calumniari si quis autem voluerit,

Quod arbores loquantur, non tantum feræ ; ·Fictis jocări nos meminĕrit fabulis. PHED.

-"But if any one shall think fit to cavil, because not only wild beasts, but even trees speak, let him remember that we are disporting in the language of fable."

"'Tis clear that birds were always able

COWPER.

To hold discourse, at least in fable." Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit. Prov."The camel begging for horns lost its ears as well." We should be thankful for the faculties with which Providence has endowed us, and not wish for those which are inconsistent with our condition.

Camelus saltat.

Prov.-"The camel is dancing." Said of a person doing something quite repugnant to his ordinary habits.

Candida me capiet, capiet me flava puella. OVID.-" The blonde will charm me, the brunette will charm me too."

Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras. OVID.—“ Fair peace becomes human beings, savage fury wild beasts." Candida, perpetuo rěside, concordia, lecto,

Jamque pari semper sit Venus æqua jugo:
Diligat illa senem quondam ; sed et ipsa marito,
Tunc quoque cum fuerit, non videatur anus.

MAR.

-"Fair concord, ever attend their bed, and may Venus ever prove auspicious to the well-matched pair; may she at a future day love her old man; and may she, even when she is so, not appear to her husband to be aged." Candidus in nauta turpis color: æquòris undá Debet et a rădiis sīdĕris esse niger.

OVID.

-"A fair complexion is unbecoming in a sailor; he ought to be swarthy, from the spray of the sea and the rays of the

sun."

Candor dat viribus alas.—" Candour imparts wings to strength."

Canes socium in culinâ nullum amant. Prov.-"Dogs love no companion in the kitchen." See Figulus, &c., and Una domus, &c.

Canes timidi vehementiùs latrant quam mordent. Q. CURT "With cowardly dogs, the bark is worse than the bite.” Canina facundia. "Dog eloquence." Mentioned by Quintilian as that kind of eloquence which distinguished itself in snarling at others. See Littera canina.

Canis festinans cæcos parit cătulos. Prov.-"The bitch, in making too much haste, brings forth her whelps blind." Said of persons who are in too great a hurry to put the finishing stroke to what they have undertaken. Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator. Juv.-"The traveller with empty pockets, will sing in presence of the robber." He who has nothing to lose is in no fear of being robbed. Cantantes licet usque (minus via lædet) čūmus. VIRG." Let us sing as we travel on, the journey will be all the less tedious."

Cantat, et ad nautas ebria verba jacit. OVID.-"He sings aloud and cracks his drunken jokes upon the sailors." Cantat vinctus quoque compede fossor,

Indocili numero cum grave mollit opus.
Cantat et innitens līmōsæ pronus arēnæ,
Adverso tardam qui trahit amne ratem.

OVID.

The miner, chained with the fetter, sings as he lightens his heavy labours with his untaught numbers; and the man sings, who strives as he bends forward on the oozy sand, while he drags the slow barge against the tide." Cantate Domino.-"O sing unto the Lord (a new song)." Beginning of the 98th Psalm.

Cantilenam eandem canis. TER.

"You are singing the same tune." Like our expression, " You are always harping on one string."

Capias. Law Term.-" You may take" the body of the defendant, under either a

Căpias ad respondendum. Law Term.-" You may take him to make answer." A writ issued to take the defendant and make him answer to the complaint,—or a

Căpias ad satisfaciendum. Law Term.-"You may take him to satisfy." "A writ of execution on a judgment obtained, commanding the officer to imprison the defendant until satisfaction is made for the debt recovered against him." Captantes capti sumus.- "We catchers are caught." "The

biter is bitten."

Capistrum maritale. Juv.-"The noose matrimonial." Capita aut navem ?" Head or ship?" Or as we say, "Head or tail." "Cross or pile ?" The copper coins of Rome had on one side the double head of Janus, on the other the figure of a ship.

Capitis nives. HOR.- "The snows of the head." White hair.

Captum te nidōre suæ putat ille culina. Juv.-" He thinks he has caught you with the fumes of his kitchen." He thinks that you will submit to anything for a good dinner. Caput artis est, decere quod facias. Prov.-"It is the perfection of good management, to let all that you do be becoming." Every one should endeavour to act in a manner becoming to his age and position.

Caput mortuum.-" The dead head." A term used in chemistry, meaning the residuum of a substance that has been acted on by heat. By punsters the term has been applied to a blockhead.

Caput mundi.-"The head of the world." The designation of ancient Rome in the days of her splendour. It is still applied, by Roman Catholics, to modern Rome, as the see of the head of their religion.

Cara fuit, conjux, primæ mihi cura juventæ

Cognita; nunc ubi sit quæritis? Urna tegit. OVID.

"I once had a dear wife, known as the choice of my early youth. Do you ask where she is now? The urn covers her." Lines full of pathos.

Carbone notare.-"To mark with charcoal." To place a black line against the name of a person was to signify disapproval.

Caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo. OVID.— "The swallow is exempt from the snares of men, because it is gentle."

Caret periculo, qui etiam cum est tutus cavet. SYR.-" He is secure against danger who, even when in safety, is on his guard." This caution must however be used, without being over anxious about the future. See "Calamitosus est," &c.

Cari sunt parentes, cari lībĕri, propinqui, familiares; sed omnes omnium caritātes patria una complexa est. CIC."Dear are our parents, dear our children, our relatives,

our friends; but our country in itself embraces all of these affections."

Caritate benevolentiâque sublata, omnis est e vitá sublāta jucunditas. CIC.-"Charity and benevolence removed, all the delights of life are withdrawn."

Carmen triumphale.-" A song of triumph."

Carmina nil prosunt; nocuerunt carmina quondam. OVID."Verses are of no use; verses once did me harm." Carmine fit vivax virtus; expersque sepulcri,

Notitiam sera posteritatis habet.

OVID.

By verse is virtue made immortal; and, secure from death, it thereby obtains the notice of late posterity." Carni vale.-"Adieu to flesh." Hence the Carnival of the Romish Church, the beginning of Lent.

Carpe diem quàm minimè credula postero. HOR." Seize upon to-day, trusting as little as possible in the morrow. The poet says this in conformity with the Epicurean maxim, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow we die ;" but it may admit of a more extended and more useful application, and teach us not to put off till to-morrow what may be done to-day.

Caseus est nequam quia concoquit omnia secum.

Med. Aphor. "Cheese is injurious, because it digests all things with itself." The saying is at the present day, that cheese digests all things but itself.

Caseus est sanus quem dat avāra manus. Aphorism of the School of Health at Salerno.-" Cheese, when given with a sparing hand, is wholesome."

Cassis tutissima virtus.— "Virtue is the safest helmet." Motto of the Marquis of Cholmondeley.

Casta ad virum matrona parendo imperat. SYR.-" A virtuous wife, by obeying her husband, gains the command over him." Castor gaudet equis, ovo prognatus eodem

-Pugnis.

HOR.

"Castor delights in horses, he that was born from the same egg, in boxing." All men have their own peculiar tastes.

Casus belli.-"A cause for war."

Casus in eventu est. OVID.-" The result is doubtful."

Casus omissus. Law Term.-"A case omitted." A case for which provision was not made in the statute under con

sideration, either from neglect, or from the fact of its antecedent improbability.

Casus quæstionis." Loss of question." In Logic, this means the failure to maintain a position. This is most probably what is alluded to in a passage of Shakspeare, which has so puzzled his commentators,

"As I subscribe not these nor any other,

But in the loss of question."

Measure for Measure, A. ii. s. 4. Casus quem sæpe transit, aliquando invěnit. SYR.-" He whom misfortune has often passed by, is by it at last assailed." Good fortune, however long continued, is no pledge of future security. "The pitcher that goes oft to the well gets broken at last."

Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus.
Quo minimè credas gurgite, piscis erit.

OVID.

-"Chance is powerful everywhere; let your hook be always hanging ready. In waters where you least think it, there will be a fish."

Cato mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret aruspex aruspicem cum videret. CIC.-"Cato used to say that he was surprised that one soothsayer could keep his countenance when he saw another." In allusion to the barefaced manner in which they imposed upon the credulity of the multitude. Cătulæ dominas imitantes. Prov.-" Puppies imitating their mistresses." Said of servants affecting the state and grandeur of their masters, and acting "high life below stairs."

Catus amat pisces, sed non vult tingĕre plantas.—“ Puss loves fish, but is loth to wet her feet." It wisely "lets 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would.'" A medieval adage. Cauda pilos equino paulatim oportet evellere. Prov.-" You must pluck out the hairs of a horse's tail one by one." Many things can be effected by patience and perseverance, which are proof against the efforts of violence and precipitation.

Causa latet, vis est notissima. OVID." The cause lies hid, the power is most evident." The evil is unseen, but its mischievous effects cannot be overlooked.