The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-27

HoI PoLLoI
g The many, the multitude" is a term
applied at Cambridge College, England,
to those students who do not graduate
in honors- Writers and speakers use
the term to designate the common peo-
pie, the mass of society 1t is Greek
term written in Roman letters.
ELIXIR vITE
The wine of existence, the marrow of
health, the prime of life, the flower of
one'a age. EIi1ir is an Arabic word,
signifying 9ssintesseace. Sound health
Is the elixir of the body; radiant know
ledge is the elixir OF the mind, and pure
love of the heart.
''PHGNIx-LIKE, HE ARISES FROM HIS OWN
ASHES OF DEFEAT"
g The Phoenix, says Pliny, is bird of
Arabia, of the size of an eagle, and of
which there is never but one. It lives
five hundred years, and when it come to
its end, makes its nest of hot spices,
which being set on fire by the heat of
the sun, burns, and from its ashes arises
worm, which afterward grows to be
phoenix" +" The Pheair literarq11n is
applied by the learned TO Reuchlin, the
distinguished restorer of classical liter
ature in the fifteenth century. Tertul-
hon refers to this Cfabulous) bird as an
illustration of the resurrection.
NoTA BENE.
Mark well-pay particular attention.
Used in referring to some remarkable
object. In an abridged form: thus, N. B.
MAeNUs APOLLO.
"The Appollo," +" often used in reference
to men of distinguished greatness. Ap-
polio was one of the great Gods of
Greece-the God of the Sun, prophecy,
song, music.
IPSE DIxIT.
''He himself said it. ''On his ipse
dixit, +" means, on his bare assertion.
The authority of the Grecian philoso-
pher, Pythagoras, was so great with his
disciples, that they never doubted any
thing, he told them. Whenever they
were asked for the reason of what they
declared, they would answer, Ipse
dixit, l. e., he said it. This is the origin
of the phrase.
COLOSSUS.
Huge, gigantic-is derived from Colos-
sus the famous Bronze Statue erected
by the Greeks, at the entrance of the
harbor at Rhodes. It's form was that
of man, measuring 1O5 feet in height.
Ships sailed between its legs. Richter
has been called an intellectual Colossus.
nIPRnMATUR.
Let it be printed-was phrase of per-
mission to print in countries, where the
press was under government control
Hence, the term is found on the title
page of old books.
Alb ovo UsoUE AID MAbA.
Literally, from the eggs to the apples.
The phrase is derived from the custom
of the Romans, who began their dinner
with eggs and finished with apples.
Classical writers use the phrase to sig
Nifty, From the beginning to the end o.
anything.
CURRENTE CALAAIo.
With a running pen, with great rapid
| ty. Applied to anything written with
fuency and speed.
PHmIPPIC.
A severe, personal castigation. The
orations of Demosthenes, the brilliant
orator of Greece, rousing the indigna-
tions of the Attentions against Philip,
king of Macedon, were called I'hiJiE-
pics. The term is used now, to denote
bitter, sarcastic, speech against politi-
cal opponent.
vENI, yIDI, vICI.
81 came, I saw, conquered" Julius
Caesar gained an easy victory over Phar-
naces in Asia Minor, and transmitted to
Rome an account Of it, in these short
words. 1t is classical way of express
ing an easy victory.
OYER AND TERSIINER.
A court of Oyer and Terminer is one
set apart to hear and determine, =
cases. Oyes is corruption of Oyez,
& to hears word three times repeated
by public oriers before making procla-
nation. Dyes eyes +! Dyes / ! means,
hear, hear, hear.
PALLADIUM.
g A protection The liberty of the
press is called the Palladium Cthe safe
ty) of the Republic. The Statue oi
Pallas, another name for Minerva, the
Goddess of wisdom, was given to Troy
with the statement, that so long as this
Statue was preserved, it would keep the
city. Hence, Palladium was used tx
mean that, which preserves anything
The great Palladium OF our country il
virtue and intelligence.
PAGAN.
Literally, a village. The term pagan
Cheathen) is derived from the Lati1
word g1ageas a village. These Villages
continued heather after the cities wer'
ohristianized, hence the inhabitanta
were called pagans, i. e. heathens.
LUNATIo.
From the Latin word Lima, (moon.
The term L,uaasic is based upon tn
old idea that the moon exercises ba.
influence upon the insane. Hence, per
sons who became insane were snpposei
] to be affected with Iunaey, that is
S ANIMAL IAIPLUSfE, BIPEs.
, / A two-legged animal without feathers
S This is the definition, Plsto gave to hi
s disciples of man, Diogenes heard Q
S this famous, though imperfect, deiini
- ton of a man given by the celebrate
n philosopher, and brought a picked eoc
Y into his school, and seornfully aske
!. ''if that s0as Plato's man.
0 madness caused 10y the influence of tn
7 moon (lHna.)
:. rEsrroRA ssoEzs r
"Ohl the strangeness Of the times
h Oh the laxity of mems manners an
!, principles. This oft-quoted phrase
!. taken from the 'oration Of Cicero again'
/ Catiline, the noted Roman eonspiratoi
It was the indignant exclamation ,
Cicero at the boldness Of Catiline, VIII
: while engaged IN the Infamous plot