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151 heroum filii
hay más estacas que tocino [Sp], there are more hooks than bacon;
there are more mouths than food to fill them.
hay un gato encerrado [Sp], there is a cat shut up; there's something
rotten in Denmark,
ή άλήθια ελευθερώσει υμάς [Gr; hë alëthia eleutherösei humas], the
truth shall make you free: John vii. 32.
Heauton Timoroumenos [Gr εαυτόν τιμωρούμενος], self-tormentor: title
of play by Menander and of Terence's adaptation,
ή άξίνη προς την ρίζαν των δένδρων [Gr; hë axinë pros ten rhízan ton
déndron], the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: Luke iii. 9.
heb* dich weg von mir, Satan [Ger], get thee behind me, Satan,
ήδύ δουλευμα [Gr; hëdu doúleuma], sweet service {or bondage): said of
love.
Heft [Ger; pi. Hefte], a stitched or paper-covered book; also, part of
a serial publication: abbr. H.
heftig [Ger], vehement; violent; impetuous.
hegira [Ar hijrah, flight], the beginning of the Muslim calendar, commemorating
the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (A.D.
622).
Heiland, der [Ger], the Savior.
Heilanstalt [Ger], sanatorium.
heilig [Ger; fern, heilige] holy; sacred; abbr. hl. —heilige Jungfrau, the
Blessed Virgin. —heilige Nacht, Holy Night; the night of Christ's
birth.
Heiligenschein [Ger], lit., holy light; halo; specif., in certain atmospheric
conditions, the bright light surrounding the shadow of one's head,
due to diffraction.
Heimat [Ger], home; birthplace.
Heimgang [Ger], home-going; fig., death.
Heimweh [Ger], homesickness; nostalgia.
heiter [Ger], serene; clear; calm; cheerful.
hélas! [Fr], alas!
helluo librorum [L; helluo, a person who spends money immoderately
on eating], a devourer of books; bookworm,
εως κόρακες λευκοί γενωνται [Gr; heos kórakes leukoì génontai], till
the crows turn white (i.e., never),
ή ττίστις σου σεσωκεν σε [Gr; hë pistis sou sésokén se], thy faith hath
saved thee: Luke vii. 50.
Herausgeber [Ger], lit., giver forth; editor (of a book); publisher.
heredad [Sp], lit., inherited property; farm; cultivated land.
heres [L; pi. heredes], heir {abbr. her.): law.
hermana [Sp], sister.
hermano [Sp], brother.
heroum filii [L], sons of heroes: motto of Wellington College, England.