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volventibus annis [L], lit., with revolving years; as the years rolled on.
vom Hundert [Ger], per cent: abbr. v.H.
von der Liebe kann man nicht leben [Ger], one cannot live on love
alone; the flames of love won't boil the pot.
von einem Ochsen kann man nur Rindfleisch verlangen [Ger], from
an ox you can get only beef.
von oben [Ger], from the top: abbr. v.o.
von unten [Ger], from the bottom: abbr. v.u.
voortrekker [Du], pioneer: South Afnca.
vorbei sind diese Träume [Ger], past are these dreams; these dreams
are gone beyond recall: Schiller.
vor Christo or vor Christi Geburt [Ger], before Christ; B.C.: abbr. v.Ch.
Cf. NACH CHRISTO.
vorigen Monats [Ger], last month: abbr. v.M.
vormittags [Ger], in the forenoon: abbr. vorm.
Vorrede [Ger], preface; prefatory discourse.
Vorspiel [Ger], prelude; overture: music.
Vorstellung [Ger; pl. Vorstellungen], presentation; representation; performance;
esp., a mental image; conception; idea.
vorwärts! [Ger], forward!: mil.
Vorwort [Ger], preface; preamble; foreword.
vota vita mea [L], my life is devoted.
vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents [Fr], to want to seize the moon
with the teeth; aim at impossibilities.
vous avez raison (or tort) [Fr], you are right (or wrong).
vous l'avez voulu, vous l'avez voulu, George Dandin [Fr], you wanted
it, you wanted it, George Dandin (i.e., it is your own fault): in Molière's
George Dandin, the lament of a man who has married above his station.
vous y perdrez vos pas [Fr], you will lose your labor (lit., your step).
vox [L; pl. voces], voice. —vox angelica, an organ stop producing a
sound of stringlike quality: music. —vox audita périt, litera scripta
manet, the voice that is heard perishes, the letter that is written
abides; the spoken word perishes but the written word remains.
—vox barbara, an incorrectly formed word; hybrid. —vox clamantis
in deserto, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Vulgate (John
i. 23). —vox clandestina, whisper. —vox et praeterea nihil, a voice
and nothing more; sound without sense. —vox faucibus haesit, the
voice stuck in the throat; he was dumb with amazement: Virgil.
—vox humana, an organ stop somewhat resembling the human voice:
music. —vox populi [pl. voces populi], the voice of the people. —vox
populi, vox Dei, the voice of the people is the voice of God. —vox
stellarum, the voice of the stars; music of the spheres.
voyageur [Fr], a traveler; voyager; specif., an employee of a fur company
engaged in transporting men and goods from outlying posts; a
boatman or trapper: Canada.