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alea iacta est 14
alea iacta est [L], the die is cast.
à l'échappée [Fr], by stealth.
alentours [Fr], surroundings; environs; also, associates; connections.
à l'en vi [Fr], in emulation; in a spirit of rivalry.
alere flammam [L], to feed the flame.
alerte [Fr], η. alarm; alert, —en alerte, on the alert.
à l'espagnole [Fr], in the Spanish style or fashion.
à l'estragon [Fr], with tarragon: cookery.
à l'extérieur [Fr], without; on the outside; externally; abroad.
à l'extrémité [Fr], to extremity; without resource; at the point of death;
at the last gasp.
alezan [Fr], chestnut horse; sorrel.
alfandega [Pg], custom house.
alnlaria [Mex Sp], a valuable forage plant; pin grass.
al fine [It], to the end: music.
alforja [Sp], saddlebag; knapsack.
al fresco [It], in the open air; open air.
algodón [Sp], cotton; cotton plant.
al hombre mayor, darle honor [Sp], to the greater man give honor;
honor to whom honor is due.
alia tendanda via est [L], another way must be tried.
aliéné [Fr; fern, aliénée], deranged; mad.
alieni appetens [L], eager for another's property; covetous. —alieni
appetens sui profusus, covetous of another's possessions, lavish of
his (or one's) own: Sallust.
à l'immortalité [Fr], to immortality: motto of the French Academy
(Académie française), whose forty members are consequently called "the
Immortals."
à l'improviste [Fr], all of a sudden; unawares; unexpectedly.
alinéa [Fr], new paragraph; break in a paragraph: typog.
à l'intérieur [Fr], within; indoors; at home.
alio intuitu [L], from another point of view.
aliquando bonus dormitat Horneras [L], sometimes even the good
Homer nods; even the greatest are sometimes caught napping: Horace
(adapted).
aliquid [L], something; somewhat.
aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis [L], a somebody in general, a
nobody in particular: Scaliger.
à l'irlandaise [Fr], in the Irish style or fashion.
alis volat propriis [L], she flies with her own wings: motto of Oregon.
à l'italienne [Fr], in the Italian style or fashion.
alitur vitium vivitque tegendo [L], the taint is nourished and lives by
being concealed; vice thrives when kept secret.
aliunde [L], from another source; from elsewhere.
à livre ouvert [Fr], lit., at open book; at sight; without preparation.