HONESTE VIVERE
\ˈɒnɪst vˈa͡ɪvə], \ˈɒnɪst vˈaɪvə], \ˈɒ_n_ɪ_s_t v_ˈaɪ_v_ə]\
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Lat. To live honorably, creditably, or virtuously. One of the threegeneral precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (lust. 1, 1,3; Bract, fols. 3, 36,) the others being alterum non la-derc. (not to injure others,) andsuum caique tribucre, (to render to every man his due.)
By Henry Campbell Black
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.