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aquila non capit muscas [L], an eagle does not catch ñies.
a quo [L], from which: opposite of ad quern.
à quoi bon faire cela? [Fr], what's the good? what's the use?
araba [Hind & Ar], a heavy springless cart or wagon, often covered:
Oriental.
arado [Sp arada], lit., plow; plowed or cultivated land: southwestern U.S.
à ravir [Fr], ravishingly; charmingly; admirably.
arbiter bibendi [L], lit., the judge of the drinking; master of the feast;
toastmaster: Horace.
arbiter elegantiae or elegantiarum [L], a judge of elegance; a supreme
authority in matters of taste.
Arcades ambo [L], Arcadians both; hence, two persons of similar tastes;
jocosely, two simpletons: Virgil.
arcana caelestia [L], heavenly secrets; celestial mysteries.
arcana imperii [L], state secrets.
arc-boutant [Fr; pi. arcs-boutants], flying buttress: arch.
arc de triomphe [Fr; pi. arcs de triomphe], triumphal arch; memorial
arch.
arc-en-ciel [Fr; pi. arcs-en-ciel], rainbow.
archon [Gr άρχων], ruler; chief magistrate.
arco [It; pi. arci], bow, as of a violin.
ardente [It], ardent; fiery; vigorous: music.
ardentemente [It], ardently; passionately: music.
ardentía verba [L], words that burn; glowing words.
ardilla [Sp], squirrel.
à (or au) rebours [Fr], the wrong way; against the grain; backwards.
à reculons [Fr], backwards; to the right about.
a reexpedir [Sp], please forward: direction on a letter.
arena sine ealce [L], sand without lime; incoherent speech: Suetonius.
arete [Gr αρετή], excellence; prowess; valor; virtue.
arête [Fr], lit., fishbone; ridge; geog., sharp ridge or crest of a mountain
or between two mountain gorges.
argent [Fr], silver; money. —argent comptant, cash money. —argent
comptant porte médecine, cash money works wonderful cures.
—argent d'emprunt, borrowed money. —argent mignon, pin money.
argilla quidvis imitaberis uda [L], you may easily model anything with
moist clay; "soft clay, you know, takes any form you please": Horace
(tr. by Conington).
argumentum [L], argument; proof. —argumentum ad absurdum, an
argument to prove the absurdity of an opponent's argument.
—argumentum ad crumenam, an argument to the purse; an appeal
to one's interests. —argumentum ad hominem, lit., an argument to
the man; an evasive argument, relying on abuse and inconsistencies
or on an appeal to personal interests and prejudices. —argumentum
ad ignorantiam, an argument based on an opponent's ignorance of