"Λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσωσῖν, οἱ λίθοι κεκρὰξονται."—Luc. cap xix. v. 40.
"Audis,
Jupiter, hæc, nec labra moves, quum mittere vocem
Debueras, vel marmoreus, vel aëneus?"
Juven. Sat. xiii. v. 113.
The satirist would seem to say (taking the sceptic's view), that even if Jupiter existed only in brass and marble, the very statues would "cry out" against the impious perjury.
I drop my initials, and beg to subscribe myself
Arch. Weir.
Sincere.—Trench, On the Study of Words, 4th ed., p. 197., says:
"They would be pleased to learn that 'sincere' may be, I will not say that it is, without wax (sine cerâ), as the best and finest honey should be."