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soavemente 288<br />

soavemente [It], sweetly; gently; tenderly: music.<br />

sobriquet [Fr], nickname; assumed name.<br />

Sociedad Anónima [Sp], impersonal partnership; joint stock company;<br />

corporation: abbr. S.A.<br />

Sociedad en Com<strong>and</strong>ita [Sp], limited partnership: abbr. S. en C.<br />

société [Fr], society; company. —société anonyme, joint stock company.<br />

—société de commerce, trading company. —société en comm<strong>and</strong>ite,<br />

limited liability company, consisting of acting <strong>and</strong> silent partners. See<br />

COMMANDITE.<br />

socius criminis [L], partner in crime.<br />

so du mir, so ich dir [Ger], as thou me, so I thee; measure for measure.<br />

sogenannt [Ger], so-called; would-be: abbr. sog.<br />

soggetto [It; pi. soggetti], subject; theme: music.<br />

sogleich [Ger], immediately; coming! (said in reply to a call).<br />

so Gott will [Ger], please God.<br />

soi-disant [Fr], self-styled; pretended; would-be.<br />

soigné [Fr; fern, soignée], carefully done; highly finished; elegantly<br />

simple (as a dress); well-groomed.<br />

Sokol [Bohem], lit., falcon; Czechoslovak gymnastic society; also, one<br />

of its members.<br />

sola iuvat virtus [L], virtue alone assists one.<br />

solano [Sp], a hot, easterly wind.<br />

sola nobilitas virtus [L], virtue alone is true nobility.<br />

sola salus servire Deo [L], our only safety is in serving God.<br />

sola topi [Anglo-Ind], sun helmet, made <strong>from</strong> the pith (sola) of an East<br />

Indian plant: sometimes incorrectly written solar topi.<br />

sola virtus invicta [L], virtue alone is invincible.<br />

soldado [It & Sp], soldier.<br />

soldato, acqua, e fuoco, presto si fan luoco [It], soldier, water, <strong>and</strong> fire<br />

soon make room for themselves.<br />

solem quis dicere falsum audeat? [L], who would dare to call the sun<br />

a liar?: Virgil.<br />

solfatara [It], lit., sulfur mine; a volcanic region in which vapors <strong>and</strong><br />

sulfurous gases escape through various vents.<br />

solfeggio [It; pi. solfeggi], sol-fa singing exercise; solmization: music.<br />

soli Deo gloria [L], to God alone be glory.<br />

solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant [L], they make a solitude <strong>and</strong><br />

call it peace; they crush the rebellion by putting the populace to the<br />

sword: Tacitus.<br />

sol lucet omnibus [L], the sun shines on all; everyone is entitled to<br />

enjoy certain natural advantages.<br />

Soll und Haben [Ger], debit <strong>and</strong> credit.<br />

solus [L; fern, sola], alone: used in stage directions.

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