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a moment of smiling fortune is of more avail [to a soldier] than if he were recommended to Mars by a letter from Venus (Juvenal)plus etenim fati valet hora benigni quam si nos Veneris commendet epistola Marti
(fem. pl. dat.) the good fortune, TO WHICH he owed his crownquibus
(of time) a moment, crisisarticulus
(pl.) letter, epistle, missive, note, literaturelitterae
a Bellerophon’s letter (i.e., a letter requesting that the bearer be dealt with summarily for an offense)Literæ Bellerophontis
a bird rarely seen on earth, and very much resembling a black swan (i.e., something unique) (Juvenal)rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno (or cycno)
a child of fortune; a favorite son (Horace)fortunæ filius
a crime of a very deep dye (i.e., one committed by a respected person) (Juvenal)facinus majoris abollæ
a deadly hatred, and a wound that can never be healed (i.e., religious disagreement) (Juvenal)immortale odium et nunquam sanabile vulnus
a drop of good fortune rather than a cask of wisdomgutta fortunæ præ dolio sapientiæ
a great fortune is a great slavery (Seneca)magna servitus est magna fortuna
a great fortune is a great slavery to its owner (Publilius Syrus)fortuna magna magna domino est servitus
a great mind becomes a great fortune (Seneca)magnam fortunam magnus animus decet
a lengthy and momentous letter came from Capri (Juvenal, in reference to Emperor Tiberias’ missive from his residence at Capri condemning Sejanus in 31 CE; also rendered derisively as “a grand and wordy letter from Capri”)verbosa ac grandis epistola venit a Capreis
a letter does not blush (Cicero)litteræ non erubescunt
 

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