E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Ex Luce Lucellum.
To make a gain out of light; to make a cheeseparing from lucifer-matches. When Robert Lowe proposed to tax lucifer-matches, he suggested that the boxes should be labelled Ex luce lucellum. (Parliamentary Reports, 1871.)
dit in ten
bras; lex nova fumus erat.”
