Thursday, January 6, 2011

001.06

Ab ovo usque ad mala.
Horace. Satires, I., 3, 6.
From the eggs to the apples. (From morning till night, in allusion to the Roman cena.)

Ab ōvum ūsque ad māla.

ōvum, -ī, n., an egg.
ūsque, adv., all the way, right on, without interruption.
ad, prep. w/acc., to, toward.
mālum, -ī, n., an apple.

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