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invita Minerva, advb. phr.|ɪnˈvaɪtɑː mɪˈnɜːvɑː|
[L., = ‘Minerva (the goddess of wisdom) unwilling’.]
When one is not in the vein or mood; without inspiration.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xii. iii. 219 It should be vnto them (Inuita Minerua) to banket or danse with Minerua. 1626Bacon Sylva §292 That nothing bee done Inuitâ Mineruâ, but Secundum Genium. 1848Geo. Eliot Let. Feb. (1954) I. 250, I have tired myself with trying to write cleverly ‘invita Minerva’. 1954‘M. Cost’ Invitation from Minerva 126 It is always a mistake to do anything invita Minerva... Briefly, against the grain. |