15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

suisse 294
suisse [Fr; fern. Suissesse], native of Switzerland; Swiss; also, head porter,
as of a mansion.
suis stat viribus [L], he stands by his own strength.
suivante [Fr], waiting woman or maid; lady's maid.
suivez [Fr], follow; a direction to the accompanist to follow the soloist:
music. —suivez raison, follow reason.
suivre son penchant [Fr], to follow one's bent.
sujet [Fr], subject; individual; reason; topic. —mauvais sujet, worthless
fellow; scamp; black sheep. —sujet maigre, barren subject,
σύκινη μάχαιρα [Gr; sukinë mákhaira], a sword of fig wood; fig., a
weak and ineffective argument.
sukiyaki [Jap], dish of sliced meat, soybean curd, and vegetables, all
cooked together in a broth of soy sauce, sake, and sugar.
summa cum laude [L], with the highest praise (or distinction): used
esp. in a diploma to designate work of the highest merit.
summa petit livor [L], it is the highest {or noblest) things that envy
assails: Ovid.
summa summarum [L], the sum of sums; the sum of all things.
summo studio [L], with the greatest zeal: Cicero.
summum bonum [L], the supreme good.
summum genus [L; pi. summa genera], the highest genus: logic.
summum ius [L], the highest law (i.e., strict law as distinguished from
equity): law. —summum ius, summa iniuria, the highest law, the
highest injustice; the rigor {or strict enforcement) of the law may be
the height of injustice: Cicero (adapted).
sumo [Jap]. Same as SAMO.
sumptibus publicis [L], at public expense.
συνα7α76Τ€ τα ττβρισσεύσαντε κλάσματα [Gr; sunagágete tà perisseusante
klásmata], gather up the fragments that remain: John vi. 12.
sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura [L], some things
are good, some middling, but more are bad: Martial.
sunt lacrimae rerum, et mentem mortalia tangunt [L], here are tears
for human things {or sufferings) and mortal woes touch the heart;
"the sense of tears in mortal things": Virgil (tr. Matthew Arnold).
sunyasî [Anglo-Ind]. Same as SANNYASI.
suo iure [L], in one's own right.
suo loco [L], in its proper place.
suo Marte [L], by one's own prowess {or exertions).
suo periculo [L], at his {or one's) own peril.
supari [Hind], areca nut; betel nut. Cf. PANSUPARI.
supercherie [Fr], deception; hoax; fraud; as, literary supercherie.
superstitione tollenda religio non tollitur [L], religion is not got rid
of by eliminating superstition: Cicero.