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Latin Phrase-Book

Note 1 — V. Human Life; its various Relations and Conditions

H. W. (Henry William) Auden translation

In Latin metaphor the verb only, as a rule, is sufficient to express the metaphorical meaning—e.g. amicitiam iungere cum aliquo, to be bound by the bands of affection to any one; religionem labefactare, to undermine the very foundations of belief; bellum exstinguere, to extinguish the torch of war; cuncta bello ardent, the fires of war are raging all around; libido consedit, the storm of passion has ceased; animum pellere, to strike the heart-strings; vetustas monumenta exederat, the tooth of time had eaten away the monuments.

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