List of Caesarian Idioms: Difference between revisions
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'''ab officio discedere:''' to fail in one's duty | '''ab officio discedere:''' to fail in one's duty | ||
'''ab cohortatione:''' after exhorting | |||
'''ab eis defendere:''' to defend against them | |||
'''ab milibus passuum octo:''' eight miles off | |||
'''ab re frumentaria laborare:''' to suffer with respect to provisions | |||
'''ad Caesarem deferre:''' to lay before Caesar | |||
'''ad equum rescribere:''' to enroll in the cavalry | |||
'''ad extremum:''' at last | |||
'''ad hunc modum:''' in this way | |||
'''ad milia decem:''' about ten thousand | |||
'''ad speciem:''' for show | |||
'''ad unum''' to a man | |||
=Adjectival= | =Adjectival= | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 30 September 2010
Prepositional
a dextro cornu: on the right wing
a fronte: in front
a pueris: from boyhood
a sinistro cornu: on the left wing
ab armis discedere: to lay down the arms
ab signis discedere: to leave the ranks
ab officio discedere: to fail in one's duty
ab cohortatione: after exhorting
ab eis defendere: to defend against them
ab milibus passuum octo: eight miles off
ab re frumentaria laborare: to suffer with respect to provisions
ad Caesarem deferre: to lay before Caesar
ad equum rescribere: to enroll in the cavalry
ad extremum: at last
ad hunc modum: in this way
ad milia decem: about ten thousand
ad speciem: for show
ad unum to a man
