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Brewer's: Galesus
(g hard). A river of Puglia, not far from Tarentum. The sheep that fed on the meadows of Galesus were noted for their fine wool. (Horace: 2 Carminum Liber, vi. 10.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Lad o' Wax
A little boy, a doll of a man. In Romeo and Juliet the Nurse calls Paris “a man of wax,” meaning a very “proper man.” Horace speaks of the “waxen arms of Telephus,” meaning well modelled…Brewer's: Neæera
Any sweetheart or lady love. She is mentioned by Horace, Virgil, and Tibullus. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neæra's hair. Milton: Lycidas. Source:…Brewer's: O'leum Adde Camino
To pour oil on fire; to aggravate a wound under pretence of healing it. (Horace: Satires, ii. 3, 321.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OlibriusOldest Nation…Brewer's: Feast of Reason
There St. John [Sin-jn] mingles with the friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul. Pope: Imitations of Horace, ii. 1. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Dulce est Desipere in Loco
It is delightful to play the fool occasionally; it is nice to throw aside one's dignity and relax at the proper time. (Horace: 4 Odes, xii. 28.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Mincio
or Mintio. The birthplace of Virgil. The Clitumnus, a river of Umbria, was the residence of Propertius; the Anio is where Horace had a villa; the river Meles, in Ionia, is the supposed…Brewer's: Jus et Norma Loquendi
The right method of speaking and pronouncing established by the custom of each particular nation. The whole phrase is “Consuetudo, jus et norma loquendi.” (Horace.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Pyrrha
Sæculum Pyrrhæ. The Flood. Pyrrha was the wife of Deucalion (Horace: 1 Odes, ii. 6). So much rain has fallen, it looks as if the days of Pyrrha were about to return. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Theon's Tooth
The bite of an illnatured or carping critic. “Dente Theonino circumrodi, ” to be nastily aspersed. (Horace: Epistles, i. 18, 82.) Theon was a carping grammarian of Rome. Source:…Trending
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