vi et armis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin vi et armis (“with force and arms”).
Adverb[edit]
vi et armis (not comparable)
- By force, violently; specifically, causing damage to a person or property.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Crabtree […] was so much incensed at his breach of punctuality, that he ordered him to be denied; and when the young gentleman forced his entrance into his chamber, vi & armis, would not open his mouth; but assuming the most grim contraction of his countenance, sat in sullen silence […] .
- 1873, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Pillars of the House:
- It was current in the nursery that he was a black man who expelled us vi et armis.