Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—U

Ultimum Vale

(Latin). A finishing stroke, a final coup.

“Atropos, cutting off the thread of his life, gave an ultimum vale to my good fortune.” —The Seven champions of Christeudom, iii. 4.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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