-
bankruptcy creditors must all get the same
proportion of
their debt.
parturiunt montes,
nascetur ridiculus mus The
mountains are in labour, a ridiculous...
- (Ars Poetica, 136–139) Some
editions of the poem have the
present tense parturiunt instead of the ****ure parturient. The ****ure
parturient is
found in all...
-
bankruptcy creditors must all get the same
proportion of
their debt.
parturiunt montes,
nascetur ridiculus mus The
mountains are in labour, a ridiculous...
- very
precious trees [Sua enim
aptae natura pretiosarum poma
silvarum parturiunt]; the
ridges of
their hills are
spontaneously covered with grapevines;...
- have
traced the secret, we have
gained but little; as the
proverb says, '
Parturiunt montes, etc.'" but adds that, "these
speculative p****ages ...
serve to...
-
Poetica 139. Horace's line is also
sometimes quoted with the
present tense parturiunt. Athenaeus, XIV, 616d-e. Sotades, frag. 2 (Powell). Dion. Hal. Comp. 4...
- doi:10.1086/403839. Smith,
David F; Bufton, Mark W. (2004). "A Case of "
Parturiunt Montes,
Nascetur Ridiculus Mus?" The BMA
Nutrition Committee 1947–1950...
