la reyne le veult (Norm Fr.), the Queen will it, the form expressing the Queen's assent to a bill.
lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch' entrate (It.), abandon hope, all ye who enter here [in Dante, the inscription over the gate of hell].
laudator temporis acti (L.), one who praises past times.
laus Deo (L.), praise to God.
l'avenir (Fr.), the future.
le beau monde (Fr.), the fashionable world.
lector benevole (L.), kind reader.
le génie c'est la patience (Fr.), genius is patience.
le grand monarque (Fr.), the great king—i.e. Louis XIV.
leitmotif (Ger.), a representation theme used to indicate a certain person, attribute, or idea, in an opera, oratorio, &c.