fax mentis incendium gloriæ (L.), the passion for glory is a torch to the mind.

fecit (L.), [T. D.] made or executed [this].

fecundi calices, quem non fecere disertum? (L.), full cups, whom have they not made eloquent?

fée (Fr.), a fairy;—féerie, fairyland.

felicitas multos habet amicos (L.), prosperity has many friends.

feliciter (L.), happily: successfully.

felo de se (L.), a suicide, lit. 'felon of himself.'

femme (Fr.), woman, wife;—femme couverte (old law French), a married woman, as under her husband's protection;—femme galante, a gay woman;—femme incomprise, a woman misunderstood or unappreciated;—femme savante, a learned woman, a blue-stocking;—femme sole (law French), a single woman, a woman legally independent.

femme de chambre (Fr.), a lady's maid.

fendre un cheveu en quatre (Fr.), to split a hair in quarters, to make over-subtle distinctions.