cui

  • 101cui bono — a Latin phrase from Cicero. It means to whom for a benefit, or who profits by it? not to what good purpose? as is often erroneously claimed …

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  • 102cui bono* — cui bo•no [[t]kʊɪ ˈboʊ noʊ[/t]] eng. [[t]ˈkwi ˈboʊ noʊ, ˈkaɪ [/t]] Latin. fot for whose benefit? …

    From formal English to slang

  • 103cui bono? — This Latin phrase literally means ‘to whom (is it) a benefit?’, i.e. in English ‘who stands to gain (from an act or circumstance)?’, with the implication that this person is responsible for it. As Fowler (1926) pointed out, it does not mean ‘to… …

    Modern English usage

  • 104cui bono? — cui bo|no? <lateinisch, »wem nutzt es?«> (wer hat einen Vorteil?) …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 105cui bono — [ko͞o΄ē bō′nō΄, ko͞o′ī ] [L, lit., to whom for a good] 1. for whose benefit? i.e., who stands to gain from this? 2. to what purpose? i.e., of what utility is this? …

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  • 106cui malo? — /kī or kwē mäˈlō, or kooˈē malˈō/ (Latin) Whom will it harm? …

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  • 107cui|rassed — «kwih RAST», adjective. furnished with a cuirass or other protective covering …

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  • 108cui|ras|sier — «KWIHR uh SIHR», noun. a cavalry soldier wearing a cuirass …

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  • 109cui|rass — «kwih RAS», noun, verb. –n. 1. a piece of armor for the body, made of a breastplate and a plate for the back fastened together. 2. the breastplate alone: »The troopers armed with cuirass and backplate... (Scott). 3. the armor plate of a warship.… …

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  • 110Cui|se|naire rod — «KWIHZ uh NAIR», one of a set of ten rods of different related sizes and colors, used in teaching arithmetic. ╂[< Georges Cuisenaire, a Belgian schoolteacher who developed a method of teaching with these rods] …

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