Verbum Hodiernum: SEMPER

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SEMPER Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the adverb SEMPER meaning "always" or "forever."

Not surprisingly, the world of proverbs abounds in universal statements marked with semper. Here are just some examples of semper in proverbs I have tentatively selected to include in the Scala Sapientiae!

Semper fidelis.

Otiosi semper egentes.

Avarus semper eget.

Avarus semper est pauper.

Semper inops, quicumque cupit.

Semper spero meliora.

Sic semper tyrannis.

Simia semper est simia.

Non semper Bacchanalia.

Non semper Saturnalia erunt.

Ignavis semper feriae sunt.

Vive ut semper vivas.

Nemo est qui semper vivat.

Ver non semper viret.

Nec semper lilia florent.

Non semper aestas erit: venit hiems.

Aestas non semper durabit; condite nidos.

Memento semper finis.

Medius locus semper tutus.

Qui semel furatur, semper fur est.

Qui semel furatur, semper fur vocatur.

Qui semel mendax, semper mendax.

Qui semel malus, semper malus.

Cretenses semper mendaces.

Mendacia curta semper habent crura.

Nec semper arcum tendit Apollo.

Non semper laetus ridet Apollo.

Non semper idem spirat ventus.

Semper flamma fumo proxima est.

In omni re semper grata varietas.

Senesco semper aliquid addiscens.

Scopae recentiores semper meliores.

In Venere semper dulcis est dementia.

Semper odoriferis proxima spina rosis.

Ibi semper est victoria, ubi concordia est.

Verbum Hodiernum: SUB

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SUB Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the preposition SUB which takes the ablative and also the accusative (to express motion towards). Its basic meaning is that of "under" or "beneath." There are hundreds of English words which involve this Latin element, from submarine to suburb, along with many more.

In compounds, the "b" is often assimilated to the following consonant. The "b" remains unchanged before b, d, j, l, n, s, t, v, but before m and r it is often (but not always) assimilated, and before c, f, g, p, it is usually assimilated, e.g summoveo, surrepo, succedo, suffero, suggero, suppono, suscipio, etc. Sometimes before c, p, t, the "b" becomes "bs" and then just "s," e.g. suscipio, suspicio, sustineo, etc.

In addition to its basic meaning of "under" it can also be used with reference to time. With the ablative, it means something like "during" or "within" in English, e.g. sub eodem tempore, "within the same period of time." With the accusative, it means something like "towards" or "shortly before," e.g. sub noctem, "just before nightfall."

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs; for more information, see the page at the Scala Sapientiae, which contains notes on some of the proverbs cited below, as well as additional proverbs:

Nihil sub sole novum.

Sub pace, copia.

Sub sole, sub umbra, crescens.

Sub sole nihil perfectum.

Saepe sub nomine pacis bellum latet.

Bos semper sub iugo.

Vidi sub sole nec velocium esse cursum nec fortium bellum.

Elephantum sub alis celas.

Mane sub aurora res vertitur ad meliora.

Rebus tranquillis, metuas adversa sub illis.

Invenies multos, mores qui pelle sub agni celant luporum.

Sub ovium pellibus lupi.

Sub omni lapide scorpius dormit.

Sub pondere, sursum.

Gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas.

Multae sub tegulis cubant noctuae.

Pelle sub agnina latitat mens saepe lupina.

Lucerna sub modio.

Quos vult, sors ditat; quos non vult, sub pede tritat.

Omnia sub unam Myconum.

Verbum Hodiernum: SCIO

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SCIO Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the verb SCIO (scire), meaning "to know." This can take a direct object in the accusative (to know someone or something). It can also introduce indirect statement in Latin (accusative+infinitive construction) as well as take an infinitive complement in the sense of "know how to." You will also see it used with the preposition de to mean something like the English "to know about."

From this Latin root come English words like "science" and "conscience" along with their various derivatives (scientist, scientific, conscientious, conscious, etc.)

Here are some examples of today's word in Latin sayings and proverbs - these are proverbs I have tentatively selected to include in the Scala Sapientiae!

Scito teipsum.

Mus salit in stratum, dum scit abesse cattum.

Antiquus passer scit cuncta foramina templi.

Multi scire volunt, sed vere discere nolunt.

Non vult scire satur, quid ieiunus patiatur.

Beneficia plura recipit, qui scit reddere.

Improbus est ille, qui scit mendacia mille.

Qui scit, laudatur; qui nescit, vituperatur.

Animus vereri qui scit, scit tuto ingredi.

Nil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere.

Nemo potest scire, quis primus debet abire.

Viventes sciunt se esse morituros; mortui vero nihil noverunt amplius.

Minus saepe pecces, si scias, quid nescias.

Si sciret equus se esse equum, optaret esse homo.

Noli de mortuo gaudere, sciens quoniam omnes morimur.

Sciens cavebo.

Scienter utor.





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