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165 in genere<br />

industriae nil impossibile [L], to industry (hard work), nothing is<br />

impossible.<br />

inédit [Fr; fern, inédite], unpublished.<br />

inedita [L], unpublished compositions.<br />

in equilibrio [L], in equilibrium.<br />

in esse [L], in being; in actual existence: contrasted with in posse.<br />

inest dementia forti [L], clemency belongs to the brave.<br />

inest sua gratia parvis [L], even little things have a grace (or charm)<br />

of <strong>their</strong> own; trifles are not to be despised.<br />

in excelsis [L], in the highest.<br />

in extenso [L], at full length.<br />

in extremis [L], in the last extremity; at the point of death.<br />

in facie curiae [LL], in the presence of (or before) the court: law.<br />

inf<strong>and</strong>um, regina, iubes renovare dolorem [L], unspeakable, O queen,<br />

is the grief thou bidst me renew: Virgil (reply of Aeneas to Dido,<br />

when requested to relate the history of Troy's destruction).<br />

inf<strong>and</strong>um renovare dolorem [L], to renew an unspeakable grief: Virgil<br />

(adapted). See previous entry.<br />

infecta pace [L], without effecting a peace: Terence.<br />

in ferrum pro libértate ruebant [L], for freedom they rushed upon<br />

the sword.<br />

infiel [Sp; pl. infieles], infidel; unfaithful.<br />

in fieri [L], pending; in course of completion: law.<br />

infima species [L; pl. infimae species], the lowest species (i.e., of a genus<br />

or class).<br />

infixum est mihi [L], I have firmly resolved; I am determined.<br />

in flagrante delieto [L], lit., while the crime is blazing; in the very act;<br />

red-h<strong>and</strong>ed.<br />

inflatilia [L], wind instruments: music.<br />

in-folio [Fr, fr. L in folio, in the form of a sheet folded once], a folio<br />

volume; folio.<br />

in forma pauperis [L], in the form of a pauper; as a poor man, not<br />

liable to costs: law.<br />

in foro conscientiae [L], in the court (or before the tribunal) of<br />

conscience.<br />

in foro domestico [L], in a domestic (i.e., nonforeign) court.<br />

infra [L], below; beneath; after; further on (in book or manuscript).<br />

—infra dignitatem, beneath one's dignity; unbecoming; abbr. infra<br />

dig.<br />

in fretta [It], in haste; hurriedly: music.<br />

in fumo [L], in smoke.<br />

in futuro [L], in (or for) the future.<br />

inganno [It], deceit; trick; deception, —cadenza d'inganno, a deceptive<br />

cadence; a cadence on an unexpected chord: music.<br />

in genere [L], in kind.

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