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Frühlingslied 136<br />

Frühlingslied [Ger], spring song.<br />

Frühschoppen [Ger], beer drunk before luncheon, esp. after a great<br />

feast the night before: Ger. students' slang.<br />

Frühstuck [Ger], breakfast.<br />

Frühzug [Ger], early train; morning train.<br />

frusques [Fr], clothes; togs; toggery: colloq.<br />

frustra laborat qui omnibus piacere studet [L], he labors in vain who<br />

tries to please everybody.<br />

fservyo charoshevo [Russ], all the best!<br />

fuego [Sp], fire. —en fuego, under fire: mil.<br />

fuente [Sp], fountain; spring; source.<br />

fuero [Sp], statute law; usage having the force of law; privileges granted<br />

to a province; also, jurisdiction of a tribunal: Sp. law.<br />

fuerza [Sp], force, power. —a fuerza de, by dint of; by means of. —a<br />

toda fuerza, at full speed. —fuerza electromotriz, electromotive force:<br />

abbr. f.e.m.<br />

fuese por lana, y volvió trasquilada [Sp], she went for wool <strong>and</strong><br />

returned shorn.<br />

fuga [It; pi. fuge], a fugue: music.<br />

fughetta [It], a short fugue: music.<br />

fugit hora [L], the hour flies: Ovid.<br />

fugit irreparabile tempus [L], irrecoverable time flies (or glides away):<br />

Virgil.<br />

Führer or Fuehrer [Ger], leader; chief; specif., leader of the Nazis in<br />

Germany. See DER FÜHRER.<br />

Führerschaft [Ger], leadership; direction; comm<strong>and</strong>.<br />

fuimus [L], we have been. —fuimus Troes, we (once) were Trojans;<br />

our day is over: Virgil.<br />

fuit Ilium [L], Troy was (i.e., exists no longer); its day is over: Virgil.<br />

fulmen brutum [L], a senseless thunderbolt; empty threat.<br />

fumum et opes strepitumque Romae [L], the smoke, the wealth, <strong>and</strong><br />

the din of Rome: Juvenal.<br />

functus officio [L], having performed his office; hence, resigned <strong>from</strong><br />

office.<br />

fundamentum iustitiae est fides [L], the foundation of justice is good<br />

faith: Cicero.<br />

funzioni [It], functions; offices; religious services; Masses.<br />

fuoco [It], fire; passion: music.<br />

furiosamente [It], passionately; vehemently: music.<br />

furioso [It], furious; passionate; vehement.<br />

furor arma ministrat [L], rage supplies arms: Virgil.<br />

furor loquendi [L], a rage for speaking.<br />

furor poeticus [L], poetic frenzy.<br />

furor scribendi [L], a rage for writing.<br />

Fürst der Schatten [Ger], Prince of Shades; Death.

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