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

virtutis fortuna comes 320
virtutis fortuna comes [L], fortune is the companion of valor: motto
of the Duke of Wellington.
virum volitare per ora [L], lit., to fly through the mouths of men;
spread like wildfire: Ennius.
vis [L; pi. vires], force; power; strength. —vis a fronte, a propelling
force from before. —vis a tergo, a propelling force from behind.
—vis comica, comic power (or talent): Suetonius. —vis conservatrix,
the preservative power. —vis consilii expers mole ruit sua, force
without discretion (or judgment) falls by its own weight: Horace.
—vis inertiae, the power of inertia; passive resistance to force applied.
—vis maior, superior force; inevitable accident: law. —vis medicatrix,
healing power. —vis medicatrix naturae, the healing power of nature.
—vis mortua, dead force; force that does no work: mech. —vis poetica,
poetic force (or genius). —vis unita fortior, power is strengthened
by union; union is strength. —vis vitae, vital force. —vis viva, living
force; kinetic energy: mech.
visage fardé [Fr], a painted face; fig., a dissembling countenance.
vis-à-vis [Fr], adv. lit., face to face; opposite; facing; n. one facing
another, as in dancing or at table; also, a passenger vehicle with seats
facing each other.
vita brevis, ars longa [L], life is short and art is long.
vitae via virtus [L], virtue is the way of life.
vitam impendere vero [L], to risk one's life for the truth: Juvenal.
vita sine litteris mors est [L], life without literature (or books) is death.
vite [Fr], lively; quick; quickly: music.
vitiis nemo sine nascitur [L], no one is born without faults.
viuda [Sp], widow: abbr V. da .
viuva rica com urn olho chora, e com outro repica [Pg], a rich widow
weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
viva! [It & Sp], long live; hurrah: a cry or salute. —viva il rè!, long
live the king!
vivace [It], in a lively manner; with spirit: music.
vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus [L], let us live, my Lesbia, and
let us love one another: Catullus.
vivandier [Fr; fern, vivandière], in Continental armies, a provisioner; a
sutler.
vivant rex et regina! [L], long live the king and queen!
viva quien vence [Sp], long live the winner; hurrah for the winning
side.
vivat regina! [L], long live the queen!
vivat respublica! [L], long live the republic!
vivat rex! [L], long live the king!
viva voce [L], by the living voice; oral or orally; colloq., oral examination.
vive or vivat! [Fr], hurrah! huzza!