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Babylonian Numbers

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Ne Babylonios tentāris numeros. Do not pry into futurity by astrological calculations and horoscopes. Do not consult fortunetellers. The Chaldæans were the most noted of astrologers. (Horace: Odes, book i. xi. 2.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ba ba
Babau
Babes in the Wood
Babes (Deities of)
Babies in the Eyes
Babel
Babouc
Babouin
Baby Charles
Babylon
Babylonian Numbers
Babylonish Captivity
Babylonish Garment (A)
Baca
Bacbuc
Bacchanalia
Bacchanalian
Bacchant
Bacchante
Bacchis
Bacchus [wine]