15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

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diruit, aedificat, mutat quadrata rotundis [L], he pulls down, he builds
up, he changes square things into round: Horace.
dis aliter visum [L], to the gods it has seemed otherwise: Virgil.
di salto [It], at a leap; by leaps and bounds.
disce pati [L], learn to endure.
discere docendo [L], to learn through teaching.
discothèque [Fr], small intimate nightclub.
dis ducibus [L], under the direction of the gods.
diseur [Fr; fern, diseuse], talker; teller; speaker. —diseur de bons mots,
joker; jester. —diseur de riens, lit., talker about nothings; idle talker.
disiecta membra [L], scattered parts {or remains).
disiecti membra poetae [L], limbs of the dismembered poet: Horace.
disinvolto [It], free; easy; graceful; spirited,
δις κράμβη θάνατος [Gr; dis krámbe thánatos], cabbage, twice over, is
death. Cf. CRAMBE REPETITA.
dis-moi ce que tu manges, et je dirai ce que tu es [Fr], teil me what
you eat, and I will tell you what you are: BHllat-Savann.
dispendia morae [L], loss of time: Virgil.
distingué [Fr; fern, distinguée], distinguished; of aristocratic air or
bearing; remarkable; eminent.
distrait [Fr; fern, distraite], absentminded; abstracted.
dit [Fr], said; called; surnamed; alias.
ditat Deus [L], God enriches: motto of Arizona.
diti [Russ; sing, ribyonik], children.
diva [It.; pi. dive], lit., goddess; prima donna.
divertissement [Fr], entertainment; diversion; amusement; theat., interlude;
music, a light, entertaining composition or medley.
dives agris, dives positis in faenore nummis [L], rich in lands, rich
in money put out at interest: Horace.
divide et impera [L], divide and rule.
Divina Commedia [It], Divine Comedy: title of Dante's great epic poem.
divinae partícula aurae [L], a particle of divine spirit (lit., air, breath):
Horace.
Divis [Ger; pi. Divise], hyphen: typog.
divisi [It], divided; separate; a direction that two or more parts on the
same staff are to be divided among several performers: music.
divitiae virum faciunt [L], riches make the man.
divorcé [Fr.; fern, divorcée], a divorced person.
diwan [Pers], orig., a royal court, council of state, or tribunal of justice;
in Indian native states, a minister of state.
dixi [L], I have said (all that I am going to); I have spoken.
dizer mentira por tirar a verdade [Pg], to lie to discover the truth.
djinn [Ar], spirit; genie.
dobre din [Russ], good afternoon.
dobre utra [Russ], good morning.