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417 war<br />

great ~ <strong>and</strong> few grapes: muita<br />

viol: viola da gamba<br />

bass ~: viola d'a<strong>more</strong><br />

violin: violino<br />

Virgil, I have only seen: Virgilium<br />

Virgin<br />

Blessed ~: Beata; heilig<br />

Glorious ~: La Vergine<br />

~, Bride of the Lord: Virgo<br />

~ Mary: Notre Dame; Regina<br />

~ Most Wise: Virgo<br />

virtue<br />

after money, ~: virtus<br />

ancestral ~: patriis<br />

<strong>from</strong> love of ~: virtutis a<strong>more</strong><br />

I wrap myself in ~: mea virtute<br />

ornament <strong>and</strong> reward of ~: et decus<br />

secure through ~: virtute securas<br />

~ alone can ennoble: virtus<br />

~ alone helps: sola iuvat<br />

~ alone is invincible: sola virtus<br />

~ alone is nobility: sola nobilitas<br />

~, always green: virtus<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> faith: virtute et fide; virtute<br />

fideque<br />

~ <strong>and</strong> industry: virtute et labore;<br />

virtute et opere<br />

~, a thous<strong>and</strong> shields: virtus<br />

~ consists in action: virtus<br />

~ doesn't know the meaning of relaxation:<br />

virtus<br />

~ ennobles: virtus<br />

~ flourishes <strong>from</strong> a wound: virescit<br />

~ flourishes in trial: virtus<br />

~ grows under oppression: crescit<br />

sub<br />

~ increased: macte<br />

~ is a strong anchor: valet ancora<br />

~ is praised <strong>and</strong> left to starve: virtus<br />

~ is stronger <strong>than</strong> a battering ram:<br />

virtus<br />

~ is the mark of nobility: nobilitatis<br />

virtus<br />

~ is the only nobility: la vertu<br />

~ is the only thing necessary: unica<br />

~ is the true nobility: nobilitas sola<br />

~ is the way of life: vitae<br />

~ is worth <strong>more</strong> <strong>than</strong> silver or gold:<br />

vilius<br />

~ kindles strength: virtus<br />

~, not craft: virtute, non astutia<br />

~, not men: virtute, non viris<br />

~ of authority: ex auctoritate<br />

~ of office: ex officio; virtute officii<br />

~ overcomes envy: virtus<br />

~ rejoices in trial: gaudet<br />

~s often vices in disguise: nos vertus<br />

~ survives the grave: vivit<br />

visibly: à vue<br />

visit, to pay a: pour faire visite<br />

vivacity: brio<br />

with ~: con brio<br />

voice: voce; voix; vox<br />

chest ~: petto; voce<br />

head ~: voce<br />

mixed ~: voce<br />

powerful ~: tenore; voce<br />

rich ~: voce<br />

slightly obscured ~: voce<br />

strain one's ~: s'égosiller<br />

two ~s: a due<br />

~ crying in the wilderness: vox<br />

~ of the people: vox<br />

~s of women <strong>and</strong> children: voce<br />

~ with clear enunciation: voce<br />

with the ~: colla voce<br />

volume: B<strong>and</strong><br />

folio ~: in-folio<br />

small ~: Bändchen<br />

voluntarily: aus freien; de plein<br />

vote<br />

negative ~: non placet<br />

put it to a ~: aux voix; voix<br />

voucher: pièce<br />

vow, according to one's: ex voto<br />

vowel: Vokal; voyelle<br />

vulgarity: langage; mauvais<br />

waggishness: espièglerie<br />

wagon: araba; telega<br />

ammunition ~: fourgon<br />

three-horse ~: troika<br />

waistb<strong>and</strong>: cummerbund<br />

waiter: camarero; cameriere; Kellner;<br />

khidmutgar; kyuji<br />

walk<br />

public ~: paseo<br />

take a ~: pasear; vuelta<br />

walls<br />

~ have ears: les murailles<br />

within the ~: intra muros<br />

walnut: noix<br />

wanting, thou art found: tekel<br />

want of something better: faute<br />

wantonly: de gaieté<br />

war: Blitzkrieg; guerre; jihad; Krieg;<br />

ultima ratio; voina<br />

act of ~: casus

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