Nulla enim vitae pars neque publicis neque privatis neque forensibus neque domesticis in rebus, neque si tecum agas quid, neque si cum altero contrahas, vacare officio potest, in eoque et colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis et neglegendo — from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
est virtutum proprium nihil
Harum enim est virtutum proprium nihil extimescere, omnia humana despicere, nihil, quod homini accidere possit, intolerandum putare. — from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Preithio, v. to practise Prelad, n. a prelate Pren, n. a tree, a timber Prenfol, n. a wooden chest Prenial, n. a coffer, a shrine Prenio, v. to timber; to bar Prenol, n. a busk of stays Prensaer, n. a carpenter Pres, n. what is quick, sharp, or smart; haste; brushwood; fuel; anything streweed; a crib; a place of resort; brass: a. quick, hasty; sharp, over-running, frequent; present Preseb, n. a crib, a stall Presel, a place over-run; a brake Preseliad, n. a yielding of brakes Preselu, v. to be over-run of foul Preselyn, n. a brake, a thicker Presen, n. the present; this wife Presenol, a. imminent; present Presenoldeb, n. presence Presenu, v. to make present Present, n. a present state Presiad, n. a hastening: a frequenting Presol, a. imminent; quick Prest, n. quickness, smartness Prest, a. ready, quick; soon Prestl, a. ready, smart fluent Prestlaidd, a. apt to prattle Presu, v. to hasten; to frequent Preswyl, n. a being present or ready; a tarrying; habitation Preswylfa, n. a place of residence Preswylfod, n. a dwelling place Preswyliad, n. a residing Preswyliaeth, n. habitation Preswylio, v. to fix an abode Preswyliog, a. having resort Preswylydd, n. an inhabitant Pric, n. a stick; a broach Prid, n. price, value; ransom: a. valuable, precious, dear Pridiad, n. a setting a price Pridiant, n. a ransoming Pridio, v. to set a price to ransom Pridiol, a. equivalent; redeeming Pridioldeb, n. mould, earth, soil, a tile Priddell, n. a mass of earth, a clod; Priddell, a. consisting of masses of earth; glebous Priddelydd, n. a tile maker Pridden, n. an earthen vessel Priddfaen, n. a brick; a burnt tile Priddgalch, n. calcareous earth Priddgist, n. potter’s clay Priddiad, n. a doing with earth Priddin, a. of earth, earthen Priddlestri, n. earthen ware Priddlyd, a. mixed with earth Priddlydu, v. to become earthy Priddo, v. to earth; to cover with earth; to become earth Priddol, a. of mould, of earth Prif, a. prime, principal, chief Prifachos, n. primary cause Prifansawdd, n. primary quality Prifardd, n. a primitive bard Prifder, n. primeness; origin Prifddinas, n. a metropolis Prifiad, n. a thriving, a growing Prifio, v. to thrive, to grow up Prifles, n. a chief good Priflys, n. a supreme court Prifnawd, n. original habit Prifnod, n. prime point; epoch Prifoed, n. a primitive age Prifran, n. primary division Prifred, n. primary course Prifsymudai, n. prime mover Prifwyd, n. a chief sin Prifysgol, n. a primary school Priffordd, n. a high road Prill, n. a little brook, a rill Prin, n. what is of slight trace, a. scarce, rare, scant, spare: — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
essentially very Purad n
essentially; very Purad, n. a depurgation Purdan, n. a purgatory Purdeb, n. purity; sincerity Puredigaeth, n. purification Puredigol, a. purefactory Puredd, n. purity, pureness Pureiddio, v. to render pure Puren, n. a sifting screen Puriad, n. a purifying Puriannol, a. purificative Puriannu, v. to purify Puriant, n. a purifying Purion, adv. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
energy vigour Pybyr n
Talu pwyth, to retaliate Pwythiad, n. a stitching Pwytho, to thrust in; to stitch Py, n. what is involved: a. what Pyb, n. what is energetic Pyblu, v. to invigorate Pybyl, n. energy, vigour Pybyr, n. strenuous, stout Pybyriad, n. invigoration Pybyru, v. to take courage Pybyrwch, n. stoutness Pyd, n. a pit; a snare; danger Pydaw, Pydew, n. a quag; a spring Pydol, a. snaring; perilous Pydoldeb, n. dangerousness Pydredd, n. a rottenness Pydriad, n. a rotting Pydru, v. to rot, to putrify Pydd, n. a state of running out — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
en voyage prêter Nous
C'est aussi un objet que l'on aime toucher, montrer, emmener en voyage, prêter… Nous pensons que le fait de pouvoir consulter le texte incite à se procurer le livre (si on a aimé bien sûr). — from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
English villages possess none
Among the antiquities which some of our English villages possess, none are more curious and remarkable than the grand megalithic monuments of the ancient races which peopled our island. — from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
equal velocity perfectly neutralized
When these and other interfering causes were guarded against, no effect was obtained; and it appeared that even such dissimilar substances as water and copper, when cutting the magnetic curves of the earth with equal velocity, perfectly neutralized each other's action. — from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday
I have been across the deep waters, encountered various perils, now in danger of being cooked in a pie, now shivering o — from The Rambles of a Rat by A. L. O. E.
He will fight for that ideal in obscurity, little heeded—in the open, misunderstood; in humble places, still undaunted; in high places, seizing every vantage point, never crushed, never silent, never despairing, cheering a few comrades with hope for the morrow. — from Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney
extremely valuable pearl necklace
Here she made her will, leaving most of her jewels to her "dear friend," the Russian Empress; a large diamond to her equally good friend the Pope; and an extremely valuable pearl necklace and earrings to my Lady Salisbury, for no other reason than that they had been originally worn some centuries earlier by a lady who bore the same title. — from Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall
esine voze ponuloi nashe
All their service is in the Russian tongue, and they and the common people have no other prayers but this, “Ghospodi Jesus Christos esine voze ponuloi nashe.” — from The Discovery of Muscovy by Richard Hakluyt
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