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expel avarice, the mother of all wickedness, who, always thirsty for more, opens wide her jaws for gold (Claudian)ac primam scelerum matrem, quæ semper habendo plus sitiens patulis rimatur faucibus aurum, trudis avaritiam
(from fundo)spread out, extended, wide, copiousfusus
a comet is never seen in the sky without indicating disaster (Claudian)in cœlo nunquam spectatum impune cometam
a daughter more beautiful than her beautiful mother (Horace)matre pulchra filia pulchrior
a dear mother (applied to one’s school; also applied to Mother Earth)alma mater
a golden key opens any doorauro quæque janua panditur
a more severe war lurks under the guise of peace (Claudian)Mars gravior sub pace latet
a multitude of books distracts the mind (i.e., his learning is wide but shallow) (Seneca)distrahit animum librorum multitudo
accursed hunger for gold (Virgil)auri sacra fames
adv. far and wide, everywhere, scattered aboutpassim
alas!, by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction (Claudian)eheu!, quam brevibus pereunt ingentia causis (or fatis)
alas!, By what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction (Claudian)eheu!, quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis (or causis)
alas!, the slippery nature of tender youth (Claudian)teneris, heu, lubrica moribus ætas!
all men now worship gold, all other types of reverence being done awayaurum omnes victa jam pietate colunt
always poor is the one who desires more (Claudian)semper inops, quicunque cupit
 

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