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155 honos habet onus
—homme de tête, resourceful man. —homme d'hier, lit., man of
yesterday; upstart. —homme d'honneur, man of honor; gentleman.
—homme du monde, man of the world; man of society. —homme
honnête, civil man.
homo [L; pi. homines], man. —homo antiqua virtute ac fide, a man of
the old-fashioned virtue and loyalty. —homo homini aut deus aut
lupus, man is to man either a god or a wolf: Erasmus. —homo
multarum literarum, lit., a man of many letters; man of great learning.
—homo nullius coloris, a man of no political party. —Homo sapiens,
lit., wise (or reasoning) man; the single human species of the genus
Homo. —homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto, I am a man;
nothing that relates to man do I deem alien to me: Terence. —homo
trium literarum, a man of three letters (fur, Latin for "thief"); a
thief: Pfautus. —homo unius libri, a man of one book: Thomas
Aquinas's definition of a man of learning. —homo vitae commodatus
non donatus, a man is lent, not given, to life: Publilius Syrus.
homunculi quanti sunt [L], what insignificant creatures men are: Plautus.
hondonada [Sp], dale; glen; geoi, depression.
honesta mors turpi vita potior [L], an honorable death is better than
a base life: Tacitus.
honesta quam splendida [L], honorable things rather than brilliant
ones; reputable rather than showy.
ov γαρ ά^απά Κύριος παιδεύει [Gr; hòn gàr ágapa Kúrios paideúei],
for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth: Hebrews xii. 6.
ov οι θεοί φιλούσιν αποθνήσκει νέος [Gr; hòn hoi theoi philoûsin
apothnéskei néos], he whom the gods love dies young: Menander.
honi soit! [Fr], an abbreviated form of honi soit qui mal y pense,
shame to him who thinks evil of it: motto of the Order of the Garter.
honnête [Fr], honest; upright; virtuous; civil; reasonable. —homme
honnête, civil man. —honnête garçon, honest fellow. —honnête
femme, virtuous woman. —honnête homme, worthy man; honest
man. —prix honnête, reasonable price.
honneur et patrie [Fr], honor and fatherland: motto of the Legion of
Honor, France.
honoraires [Fr], professional fee; honorarium.
honores mutant mores [L], honors alter manners.
honor est a Nilo [L], honor is from the Nile: anagram on "Horatio
Nelson," victor in the battle of the Nile.
honoris causa (or gratia) [L], for the sake of honor; honorary.
honor virtutis praemium [L], honor is the reward of virtue (or valor):
Cicero.
honos alit artes [L], honor nourishes the arts: Cicero.
honos habet onus [L], honor has its burden; honor carries responsibility.