He himself tells us that a critic should "first seek out some one with whom he can contend," and quotes in justification from one of Aristotle's commentators, Solet Aristoteles quaerere pugnam in suis libris.
Footnote 250: I may refer in particular to Sannazzaro's beautiful elegy "De Studiis suis et Libris Joviani Pontani" among his Latin poems, op.
Footnote 277: I will only refer in detail to the elegy entitled "Laetatur in villa et hortis suis constitutis" (De Amore Conjugali, lib.
When Fulk invaded Bretagne in or about 992, he collected an army "tam de suis quam conductitiis.
And thus, with the aid of the light-armed foot, almost succeeded in giving the enemy a defeat--Ita expeditis peditibus suis hostes paene victos dare.
Virtus agresti dives in otio Sese ipsa claudit finibus in suis Plerumque, & insonti quietum In paleâ solium reclinat.
A favorite expression of his was "Comme naturaliste, je ne suis pas espagnol: je suis cosmopolite.
Je le suis pour l'un et pour l'autre,' in spite of my three dozen years.
My text was from Horace: 'Ploravere suis non respondere favorem sperdtum meritis'; and I deplored the wickedness and ingratitude of men, through which had failed the design adopted by Divine wisdom for the redemption of humankind.
Ploravere suis non respondere favorem / Speratum meritis=--They lamented that their merits did not meet with the gratitude they hoped for.
Suis stat viribus=--He stands by his own strength.
Nunquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem=--He will never be disagreeable to others who makes himself agreeable to his own relations.
Je suis souris; vivent les rats=--I am a bird, see my wing!
Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit=--He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons or devices.
Je suis riche des biens dont je sais me passer=--I am rich in the goods that I can do without.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "suis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
