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Forms of Address: Suave

Suave, soo av.

Sweet, agreeable, pleasant.

Suave mari magno. The commencement of a passage in a poem of a celebrated Latin poet, Lucretius. The entire passage means:- Pleasant it is, when the waves of the ocean are agitated by a storm, to view from the land the distress of others.

Sub judice. Undecided. Still before the judge.

Sub silentio. In silence. Without any notice being taken. Suggestio falsi. The suggestion of a falsehood.

Summum bonum. The chief good. Most desired object.

Suppressio veri. Suppression of the truth.

Tableau, tah blo. A picture. A striking and vivid representation. Tableaux vivants, tah blo ve vang. A living picture. An entertainment in which the actors, in proper costume, group themselves on the stage silently, to represent some scene as already illustrated in painting or picture. Tableaux vivants were first composed by Madame Genlis while she had charge of the children of the Duc d'Orleans.

Table d'hote, tah bl doat.-A common table for guests at an hotel. The phrase really means "the host's table." In the middle ages and even down to the reign of Louis XIV. the landlord's was the only public dining place in France and Germany.