-
seafaring phrase is "Between a rock and a hard place". The
Latin line
incidit in
scyllam cupiens vitare charybdim ("he runs into Scylla,
wishing to avoid...
- In this
context Erasmus quoted another line that had
become proverbial,
incidit in
Scyllam cupiēns vītāre
Charybdem (into
Scylla he fell,
wishing to avoid...
- was the
seafaring idiom 'He runs on Scylla,
wishing to
avoid Charybdis' (
incidit in
scyllam cupiens vitare charybdim), a
parallel pointed out by Edmund...
- in
segetem veluti ****
flamma furentibus Austris incidit, aut
rapidus montano flumine torrens sternit agros,
sternit sata
laeta boumque labores, praecipitesque...
-
semianimum laceraret Flauius orbem ultimus et
caluo seruiret Roma Neroni,
incidit Hadriaci spatium admirabile rhombi ante
domum Veneris, quam
Dorica sustinet...
-
seldom read. One line,
referring to Virgil's Aeneid, is
sometimes quoted:
Incidit in
Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim("He runs into Scylla,
wanting to avoid...
- the act of
publication Imp.
indicates the
printer Inc., inci., incid.,
incidit,
incidebat refer to him who "incised" or
engraved the
plate Inv., invenit...
- Pl. D.D.
Christophori Iacobi Trew;
excudit figuras pinxit atque in aes
incidit Nicolaus Fridericus Eisenbergerus ... By : Blackwell, Elizabeth, - Eisenberger...
- Dasent. "Quaerebat
Zephyrus brumali tempore florem: En!
Campis Bellis incidit in Violam." "Zephyr was
looking for a
flower in the
deepest winter. Lo...
-
Rituels d'Amérique,
illustrations de
Jocelyne Aird-Bélanger, Val-David, éd.
Incidit, 1990 Les
Chambres de la mer, Bruxelles, éd. L'Arbre à paroles, 1991 Les...
