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311 ut infra<br />

unruhig [Ger], restless; agitated.<br />

un sot à triple étage [Fr], lit., a fool to the third story; a consummate<br />

blockhead.<br />

un style serré [Fr], a terse style.<br />

unt [Hind], camel. See OONT.<br />

untar o carro [Pg], to oil the cart.<br />

unter den Linden [Ger], lit., under the linden trees; formerly a<br />

fashionable street in Berlin.<br />

unter der H<strong>and</strong> [Ger], lit., under the h<strong>and</strong>; secretly.<br />

Unterseeboot [Ger], lit., undersea boat; a submarine; specif., U-boat<br />

(i.e., [formerly] a German or Austrian submarine).<br />

unter vier Augen [Ger], lit., under four eyes; tête-à-tête; between<br />

ourselves.<br />

un tour de fripon [Fr], a knavish trick.<br />

un uomo litterato ne val due [It], a man of learning is worth two<br />

without.<br />

unverhofft kommt oft [Ger], the unforeseen often happens.<br />

uomo amante, uomo zelante [It], a loving man, a jealous man.<br />

uomo da molto [It], man of weight.<br />

uomo solitario o e bestia o angelo [It], a solitary man is either a brute<br />

or an angel.<br />

urbem latericiam invenit, mar<strong>more</strong>am reliquit [L], he found the city<br />

(Rome) brick <strong>and</strong> left it marble: Suetonius (of Caesar Augustus).<br />

urbi et orbi [L], to the city (Rome) <strong>and</strong> to the world: <strong>words</strong> formerly<br />

accompanying a special Papal benediction.<br />

urceus [L], earthenware jug; pitcher; urn.<br />

Ursprache [Ger], a primitive language; esp., primitive Aryan.<br />

usine [Fr], factory; works.<br />

usque ad aras [L], to the very altars; to the last extremity. Cf. AMICUS<br />

USQUE AD ARAS.<br />

usque ad nauseam [L], even to nausea; even so far as to disgust.<br />

usted [Sp; pi. ustedes], you: abbr. Vd., Ud., or V, pi. Vds., Uds., or VV.<br />

usus est tyrannus [L], custom is a tyrant.<br />

usus loquendi [L], usage in speaking.<br />

ut ameris, amabilis esto [L], that you may be loved, be lovable; to gain<br />

love, show love to others: Ovid.<br />

ut apes geometriam [L], as bees (practice) geometry.<br />

utcumque placuerit Deo [L], as it shall please God.<br />

ut dictum [L], as directed: abbr. ut diet.<br />

ut homo est, ita <strong>more</strong>m géras [L], as a man is, so must you humor<br />

him; suit the manner to the man: Terence.<br />

utile dulci [L], the useful with the agreeable: Horace.<br />

utinam noster esset [L], would that he were ours.<br />

ut infra [L], as (shown or stated) below: abbr. u.i.

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