Qui color albus erat nunc est contrarius albo:
The colour which was white is now contrary to white.
Some people will swear white is black to gain their ends; and a man who will do this, though he may not always be—
Jucundus amicis:
Pleasant to his friends;
is nevertheless frequently so to his constituents.
Hither are referred nouns compounded of the preposition con, as contubernalis, a comrade; commilito, a fellow soldier, &c. You must con all such words attentively before you can construe well, or the consequence will be, that you will be considerably blown up, if not confoundedly flogged.
Some of these which signify similitude, are also joined to a genitive case, as
Par uncti fulminis:
Like greased lightning.