[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c1.17 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c1.17 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c1.17 - **Language:** English ### [c1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c1.17) "Utque novis facilis signatur cera figuris, Nec manet ut fuerat, nec formas servat easdem, Sed tamen ipsa eadein est; VOCEM sic semper eandem Esse, sed in varias doceo migrare figuras." \*Ovid. Metamorph. xv. 169-172 (adapt.).\* - [Previous: c1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c1.16) - [Next: c1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c1.18) - [Up: c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Metamorphoses](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.ovid.metamorphoses) — P. Ovidius Naso, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c1.17) · Pramāṇa