cum grano salis (Latin for "with a grain of salt")

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• Grain of salt — (With) a grain of salt, in modern English, is an idiom which means to view something with skepticism, or to not take it literally.[1] It derives from the Latin phrase, (cum) grano salis. Since in Italy to have salt in your pumpkin (avere sale in… …   Wikipedia

• salt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. salinize; season; pickle, brine, drysalt, preserve, souse. See preservation, store. salt away II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tasting of salt] Syn. alkaline, saline, briny; see salty . 2. [Preserved… …   English dictionary for students

• cum — This Latin preposition meaning ‘with’, apart from its use in Latin loan phrases such as cum grano salis (‘with a grain of salt’), has been used for several centuries in place names such as Horton cum Studley. Its principal use since the 19c has… …   Modern English usage

• grain — /greɪn / (say grayn) noun 1. a small hard seed, especially a seed of one of the cereal plants: wheat, rye, oats, barley, maize, or millet. 2. the gathered seeds of cereal plants in the mass. 3. the plants themselves, whether standing or gathered …  

• salt — /sɒlt / (say solt), /sɔlt / (say sawlt) noun 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of sea water, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 2. Chemistry a compound which upon… …  

• List of Latin phrases (C) — This page lists direct English translations of Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of… …   Wikipedia