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V. Human Life; its various Relations and Conditions
2. Commencement – End – Result

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initium capere; incipere ab aliqua re– to begin with a thing.

initium facere, ducere, sumere (alicuius rei)– to commence a thing.

ab exiguis initiis proficisci– to start from small beginnings.

parare with Inf. – to prepare to do a thing.

aggredi ad aliquid faciendum– to prepare to do a thing.

incunabula 58 doctrinae– the origin, first beginnings of learning.

finem facere alicuius rei– to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.

finem imponere, afferre, constituere alicui rei– to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.

ad finem aliquid adducere– to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.

ad exitum aliquid perducere– to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.

finem habere– to come to an end.

aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere) – the matter progresses favourably, succeeds.

eventum, exitum (felicem) habere– to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily).

quorsum haec res cadet or evadet?– what will be the issue, end, consequence of the matter?

ad irritum redigere aliquid– to frustrate, nullify.

res aliter cecidit ac putaveram– the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development.

quid illo fiet?– what will become of him?

quid huic homini (also hoc homine) faciam?– what am I to do with this fellow?

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incunabula literally swaddling-clothes. cunabula, cradle, is not used in this metaphorical sense except in post-Augustan Latin.

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