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Parturiunt Montes

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Parturient montes, nascētur ridiculus mus.” The Egyptian king Tachos sustained a long war against Artaxerxes Ochus, and sent to the Lacedemonians for aid. King Agesilaos went with a contingent, but when the Egyptians saw a little, illdressed lame man, they said: “Parturiebat mons; formidabat Jupiter; ille vero murem peperit.” (“The mountain laboured, Jupiter stood aghast, and a mouse ran out.”) Agesilaos replied, “You call me a mouse, but I will soon show you I am a lion.”

 

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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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Particular Baptists
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Parting
Parting Cup (A)
Partington
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Partridge
Partridge’s Day (St.)
Partula
Parturiunt Montes
Party
Party Spirit
Parvenu (French)
Parvis (London)
Parviz [Victorious]
Parysatis
Pascal’s Thoughts
Pasch Eggs (pron. Pask)
Pasha of Three Tails (A)
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