quot servi, tot hostes

Latin

Etymology

Most likely a simplification of earlier proverbs such as totidem hostēs esse quot servōs (“to be just as many enemies as slaves”) in Seneca the Younger.[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷot ˈser.u̯iː tot ˈhos.teːs/, [kʷɔt̪ ˈs̠ɛru̯iː t̪ɔt̪ ˈhɔs̠t̪eːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwot ˈser.vi tot ˈos.tes/, [kwɔt̪ ˈsɛrvi t̪ɔt̪ ˈɔst̪es]

Phrase

quot servī, tot hostēs

Every slave is an enemy (literally as many slaves, so many enemies)
- 1880, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Sexti Pompei Festi De verborum significatione quae supersunt cum Pauli Epitome, Leipzig, page 261/1:
  Quot servi, tot hostes, in proverbio est, de quo Sinnius Capito existomat errorem hominibus intervenisse praepostere plurimis enuntiantibus.
  "As many slaves, so many enemies," is in a proverb, of which Sinnius Capito reckons an error by humans has intervened irregularly through many tellings.

References

c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium‎, volume V, XLVIII, §5:
Deinde eiusdem arrogantiae proverbium iactatur, totidem hostes esse quot servos: non habemus illos hostes sed facimus.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
249 in Ziltener, Werner, and Christian Hostettler. Lexikon der Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters. Ed. Samuel Singer. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, 1995.

[1] c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium‎, volume V, XLVIII, §5:
Deinde eiusdem arrogantiae proverbium iactatur, totidem hostes esse quot servos: non habemus illos hostes sed facimus.
(please add an English translation of this quote)

[2] 249 in Ziltener, Werner, and Christian Hostettler. Lexikon der Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters. Ed. Samuel Singer. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, 1995.

单词	quot servi, tot hostes
释义	quot servi, tot hostes Latin Etymology Most likely a simplification of earlier proverbs such as totidem hostēs esse quot servōs (“to be just as many enemies as slaves”) in Seneca the Younger.[1][2] Pronunciation (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʷot ˈser.u̯iː tot ˈhos.teːs/, [kʷɔt̪ ˈs̠ɛru̯iː t̪ɔt̪ ˈhɔs̠t̪eːs̠] (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwot ˈser.vi tot ˈos.tes/, [kwɔt̪ ˈsɛrvi t̪ɔt̪ ˈɔst̪es] Phrase quot servī, tot hostēs Every slave is an enemy (literally as many slaves, so many enemies) 1880, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Sexti Pompei Festi De verborum significatione quae supersunt cum Pauli Epitome, Leipzig, page 261/1: Quot servi, tot hostes, in proverbio est, de quo Sinnius Capito existomat errorem hominibus intervenisse praepostere plurimis enuntiantibus. "As many slaves, so many enemies," is in a proverb, of which Sinnius Capito reckons an error by humans has intervened irregularly through many tellings. References c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium‎, volume V, XLVIII, §5: Deinde eiusdem arrogantiae proverbium iactatur, totidem hostes esse quot servos: non habemus illos hostes sed facimus. (please add an English translation of this quote) 249 in Ziltener, Werner, and Christian Hostettler. Lexikon der Sprichwörter des romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters. Ed. Samuel Singer. Vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, 1995.
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