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respice

  • a word derived from spice.
    spice
    noun
    any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.

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Many, many times since it all happened, I have pondered that pair of great maxims, Principiis obsta and Finem respice — "Resist the beginnings" and "consider the end."

From Salon Dec. 17, 2021

Many, many times since it all happened I have pondered that pair of great maxims, Principiis obsta and Finem respice — "Resist the beginnings" and "Consider the end."

From Salon Dec. 2, 2021

In such cases /respice auctoris animum/ is a safe rule; what was not written as an epigram is not an epigram.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by J. W. (John William) Mackail

And underneath the great crucifix, which was fastened to the wall, he graved this from Augustine: O anima Christiana, respice vulnera patientis, sanguinem morientis, pretium redemptionis.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade

Trulie, my Lord, I cannot blame his devotioun to so fair a saint, though I may wish the chapel for his adoration had been better chosen, and the companie more suitable; sed respice finem.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart