Latin words that start with A

Addo to give, bring, place, / inspire, cause, / add, join

Animus courage, vivacity, bravery, will, spirit, soul

Adficio to affect, afflict, weaken, sap, exhaust, drain

Adhuc till then, till now, still, even now, besides, also, yet

Aequus Equus level, even, calm, equal, favorable, just

Alo (alui Altum) nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain, keep

Agnosco to know again, recognize, report, understand, admit

Animus character, intellect, memory, consciousness, often mind

Attero to weaken, ruin, rub against, rub away, erode

Adflicto Affligo to injure, weaken, discourage, damage, break

Amplitudo size, breadth, dignity, grandeur, greatness

Attero destroy, waste, weaken, impair

Auxilium aid, help, assistance, support

Autem

moreover, however, but, also

Acquiro to acquire, gain, get, obtain

Antepono (+ dat) put before, prefer, favor, promote

Acer sharp, keen, eager, severe, fierce

Arx Arcis citadel, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon

Amo to love, like, be fond of, cherish

Autus increase, enlargement, growth

Attollo to raise, lift up, elevate / excite, exalt

Aperio to uncover, lay bare, reveal, make clear

Amplexus amplio : to enlarge, increase, improve

Adeo to approach, visit, come to, undertake

Adfero Affero to cause, bring about, contribute

Agnosco to recognize, understand, perceive

Accipio to consider oneself indebted, receive, learn, take

Adduco to lead, induce, persuade

Abduco to lead, or take away / detach, withdraw

Arguo to show, make clear, attempt to show

Adepto to obtain, get, acquire

Aptus suitable, appropriate, fitting

Adiuvo to help, aid, assist

Animadverto to turn the mind to, take notice of, see, perceive

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Latin words that start with B

Bellus beautiful, pretty, charming, handsome

Bibo to drink, quaff

Berlinmonte Berlaimont, near Le Quesnoy

Beneficium benefit, favor, service, privilege, right

Beatus blessed, fortunate, sometimes "saint"

Blanditia blandishments, attractions, allurement, charm

Bene Melior Optime well, better, best

Benevolentia benevolence, kindness, good will

Bonus Melior Optimus good, better, best

Bardus stupid, slow, dull

Brevis short, small, brief

Bellicus martial, military, war-like

Brocherota Broqueroi

Breviter briefly

Bestia animal, beast

Benigne kindly, generously

Brevitas shortness, brevity

Bellum war

Bos (bovis ) cow, ox, bull

Brachants Brabant

Brabatensium Brabant

Bis twice

Basium kiss

Blesense Blois

Blandior

to flatter, caress, (+ dat) coax

Barba beard, whiskers

Balbus stammering, stuttering, fumbling

Baiulus porter, pall-bearer, carrier of a burden

Boloniense Bouillon

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Latin words that start with C

Constituo to arrange, decide, appoint, settle, found, set up

Consumo to spend, employ, use up, finish, waste away, destroy

Consilium advice, suggestion, wisdom, plan, purpose, judgment

Cogito to think, ruminate, ponder, consider, plan

Contineo to keep in, surround, contain, confine, include

Constituo to set up, place, establish, post, station

Concedo to concede, yield, allow, grant, withdraw, give up

Contineo to touch, reach, grasp, affect, infect

Consulo to reflect, consider, ponder, reflect

Coerceo

surround, enclose, restrain, confine

Clarus clear, bright / renowned, famous, illustrious

Cupido passion, desire, wanting, yearning, longing

Corrumpo to break up, destroy, annihilate / spoil, weaken

Conspicio to catch sight of, perceive, behold, understand

Conservo to preserve, conserve, maintain, keep, hold to

Casso to bring to naught, destroy, annul, make void

Cresco (cretum) to grow, increase, expand

Comminuo to scatter, weaken, damage

Commodum suitable time, opportunity, convenience, use

Commisceo to intermingle, join, mix

Crebro repeatedly, often, one after the other, time after time

Condico to agree, fix, settle, make arrangements

Cum (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although

Cohibeo confine, restrain, hold back, repress

Commodum convenience, advantage, opportunity, comfort

Celeritas speed, swiftness, rapidity, quickness

Circumvenio to come around, surround, cheat, defraud

Certo to contend, settle, dispute, to settle by combat

Constringo Constrixi Constrictum to bind, confine, restrain

Contego to cover, shield, protect, defend

Cerno to separate, sift, distinguish / decide, resolve, determine

Conscientia conscience, consciousness, knowledge

Capio to seize, take, choose / attack, injure / comprehend

Colo Colui Cultum cultivate, cherish

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Latin words that start with D

Decorus beautiful, graceful, charming, proper, fit, becoming

Do Dare Dedi Datum to give, offer, convey, offer, donate, furnish

Decretum decree, judgment, edict, order

Dignitas merit, worth, prestige, dignity

Duco to lead, draw, esteem, consider

Duco

to charm, influence, mislead, draw in

Duco to lead on the march, marry a wife, command

Deinde next, then, thereafter, from that place

Defero to hand over, carry down, communicate, offer, refer

Donum gift, present, donation

Defluo to flow down, waste, disappear

Dexter right, on the right

Defendo to defend, ward off, protect, shelter

Dico (dictum ) to say, tell, speak, name, call, pronounce

Detrimentum damage, loss, detriment

Dimitto to break up, dismiss, leave, abandon

Discedo (discessum ) to break up, depart, go away, pass away

Diripio to separate, tear apart / pillage, devastate, lay waste

Denuncio declare, give notice, announce

Directus plain, simple, direct, open, straightforward

Dilato to spread out, extend, expand, increase

Diruo to demolish, destroy, ruin

Duco to calculate, count, reckon, esteem, considered

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Dilabor to break up, scatter, dissolve, slip away, fall apart

Dedecus shame, dishonor, disgrace, crime, dishonorable act

Demonstro to indicate, show, describe, explain

Dido Dididi Didtum to separate, divide, distribute

Dominatus rule, mastery, tyranny, domination

Delectatio delight, pleasure, enjoyment

Desino cease, stop, end, desist

Debilito to weaken, enervate, sap, exhaust

Deficio (defectum) to fail, to weaken, to be in want

Denique at last, finally, again, in short

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Latin words that start with E

Exhibeo Exibeo to produce, show, display, offer, allow, cause

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Exhibeo to show, present, allow, display, present, offer

Exigo complete, finish, determine, decide, settle

Exitus going out, going forth, exit, end, finish

Excellentia excellence, merit, worth

Effero Extuli Elatum to carry out, bury, lift up, exalt

Expleo Explevi Expletum to fill, fill up, complete, finish

Expugno to capture, overcome, subdue, take by storm, gain

Eo Ire Itum to go, advance, proceed, travel, move along, progress

Egredior to go out, leave, depart, exit

Exsequor to maintain, keep up, carry out, fulfill, accomplish

Eximius extraordinary, excellent, fine, superb

Eximo to free, release, take out, remove, waste

Exsequor to execute, avenge, punish / relate, describe, explain

Expedio to release, set free, clear, set straight

Exigo drive out, force out, exact, demand, sell

Expedio

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to free from a snare, disentangle, set free, ready

Experior (experiri Expertus ) to try, test, experience, prove

Efficio to do, produce, effect, make / bring about, cause / prove

Eventus consequence, issue, result, occurrence, experience

Exquisitus sought after, exquisite, excellent, fine, delicate

Excolo to honor (a deity), polish, adorn, refine, serve

Excito call forth, bring about, wake, raise up

Effectus doing, execution, performance, effect, result

Extollo to lift up, raise up, erect / elevate, exalt

Exsto to stand out, be extant, appear, project, show itself

Expono (exposui Expositum ) to set forth, explain, expose

Exorior to rise, spring up, issue, appear, come forward

Excessum departure, death, digression

Evoco to draw out, draw on, produce, recall to the colors

Expello (expuli Expulsum ) to drive out, expel, force out, banish

Emineo to stand out, project, be remarkable, conspicuous

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Expeto to demand, require / desire, strive after, make for

Exsertus Exertus project, thrust forward

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Latin words that start with F

Facultas power, means, opportunity, capacity, ability, stock

Fatigo worry, fatigue, vex, harass, tease

Flatus blowing, blast, breathing, arrogance, haughtiness

Faveo (+ dat) be favorable to, aid, support, help

Facio to sacrifice, suit, help, be of service

Felix Felicis lucky, fortunate, happy

Fatum fate, destiny, doom, lot, weird

Fortunatus fortunate, lucky, happy

Ferus fierce, wild, savage, untamed

Fateor to confess, admit, allow, reveal, make known

Facina -oris bad deed, crime, villainy / deed, action

Facundia Facultas feasibility, opportunity, resources, abundance

Festinatio

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speed, haste

Fortuna fortune, luck, fate, chance

Fidelis faithful, loyal, true

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Facio (trans) to make, do, act, perform, cause, bring about

Fides promise, assurance, word of honor, engagement

Forma form, shape, beauty

Fundo (milit) to rout, scatter, defeat, put to flight

Fero Tuli Latum to carry, bring, tell, relate, and much else

Firmus firm, strong, reliable, solid

Fides trust, confidence, reliance, belief, faith

Fortitudo physical strength, courage, moral bravery

Fama talk, report, rumor, tradition

Factum deed, accomplishment, work, act, achievement

Fructus Fructus fruit, profit, enjoyment, produce

Fungor Fungi Functus to occupy oneself, perform, do, execute

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Fortis strong, brave

Fugio to flee, escape, run away / avoid, shun

Formo to shape, form, fashion

Frustra in vain, mistakenly, wantonly, without reason

Furor madness, rage, frenzy

Fimus dung, dirt, filth, manure

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Latin words that start with G

Grassor go about, go ahead, proceed, attack

Gaudium joy, delight, happiness

Gregatim adv, In flocks, herds, troops, crowds

Gens clan, race, nation, people, tribe

Gratia gratitude, favor

Gratia (in the abl) on account of

Gregatim in troops, or crowds

Gratia in order to, for the sake of, to

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weight, seriousness, dignity, importance

Gero to carry, bear, wear / bear, give birth to / to carry about

Genus kind, sort, class, category

Gigno to bring forth, bear, beget, father

Gravatus sick, oppressed, ill

Gravo to oppress, burden, make suffer

Gravis heavy, weighty, serious, important / severe, grievous

Gesto to carry, bear about

Gestum carriage, bearing / having borne

Gestum carrying about, conduct (oneself)

Gladius sword

Gloria fame, renown, glory

Glacialis icy, frozen, full of ice

Gemo to sigh, groan, wail

Gusto to taste

Gratulor to wish a person joy, congratulate (+dat),give thanks

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Gratus pleasing, agreeable / grateful

Grando Onis hailstorm

Graviter heavily, seriously

Galea helmet

Glorior to glory, boast, pride oneself

Gratia Agere (+ dat) to thank

Gandavum Ghent

Gemblacensis Gembloux

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Latin words that start with H

Haud no, not at all, by no means

Honor honor, esteem, public office

Hesito (haesito) to be unsure, uncertain, wavering

Humus ground, earth, soil / land, country

Hic Haec (hec ) Hoc this, the latter / he, she, it

His (neut pl dat) Listen TO THESE (orders)

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(fem pl abl) A life is enriched BY THESE (friendships)

Hospes guest, host, stranger

Humanitas kindness, culture, refinement

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Hac this side, this way, here

His (fem pl dat) She gave her property TO THESE (churches)

Huic (fem sing dat) There is a statue IN THIS (abbey)

Hortor exhort, incite, encourage

Habeo Habui Habitum to have, hold, possess / consider, regard

Hoc (neut sing acc) Break THIS! (fetter)

Hoc (neut sing abl) Do not hesitate BECAUSE OF THIS! (doubt)

Hic (masc nom sing) THIS (house) is filthy

Huius (fem sing gen) They are fond OF THIS (change)

Hereditas inheritance, often simply "property"

Hortus Ortus garden / pl grounds, park

Hordeum Ordeum barley

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Humilis lowly, humble

Hos (masc pl acc) They burned THESE (houses) to the ground

Hanc (fem sing acc) She wasted THIS (her youth)

Has (fem pl acc) They gave THESE (their lives) for the Faith

Hunnam Bunna

Hunc (masc sing acc) He ate THIS (fruit)

Honorabilis respectful

Hodiernus of today

Hostis an enemy of the state

Hi (masc pl nom) THESE (men) are loyal to the king

Heniis Harniis Hames

Hoienses Huy, Belgium, between Liege and Namur

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Latin words that start with I

Impedio entangle, ensnare, obstruct, surround, hinder, prevent

Iam moreover, henceforth, indeed, just, further

Inritus Irritus

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void, invalid, in vain, useless, ineffectual

Irritus vain, useless, ineffectual, of not effect

Irritus undecided, void, unfixed, of no effect

Iam now, by now, already / presently, immediately, soon

Iudicium judgment, decision, opinion, trial

Iacio to throw, cast, hurl, lay, scatter, diffuse

Impetus attack, onset, rapid motion / impulse, passion, force

Invado to assail, usurp, seize, attack, fall upon

Iustus just, right, equitable

Inanis empty, vain, inane

Induco Indux Inductum to lead in, introduce, induce, influence

Imperium power to command, authority, command, rule, control

Iudico to judge, consider

Intumesco to swell up, increase, swell with anger

Insequor to follow, pursue, assail, reproach, rebuke, attack

Importo to bring in, introduce, import / bring upon, cause

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Impetro to get, accomplish, effect, obtain (by asking)

Indo (past Indidi) to establish, cause, occasion

Induco bring in, introduce, induce, persuade / decide

Incurro to run into, assail, attack, raid into, come upon

Iuvo to help, aid, assist / to please

Idoneus proper, worthy, fitting, deserving, capable

Ille Illa Illud that, the former, the famous / he, she, it

Improbus inferior, bad, wicked, persistent, perverse, bold

Iniuria injury, damage, hurt / injustice, wrong

Instruo to built in, set up, construct, furnish / train

Intellego Intellexi Intellectum to understand, comprehend, see

Interficio Interfeci Interfectum to kill, murder, slay

Igitur therefore, consequently, for this reason

Inclutus / Inclitus celebrated, famous, renowned

Ita so, thus

Impendeo

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to hang over, threaten, menace, be imminent

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Latin words that start with J

Judicium trial, legal investigation, judgement, decision

Jaculum dart, javelin

Juvenis young man, youth

Jugis adj continual, ceaseless, perennial, constant

Juventus the age of youth (20-40 years)

Jumentum draft animal

Jugiter continually, perpetually, constantly / instantly

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Latin words that start with L

Laedo Ledo strike, hit, hurt, damage, offend, annoy, violate

Levo to raise, lift up / relieve, ease / diminish, weaken, impair

Laetificus Letificus gladdening, joyous, spreading happiness

Levis light, slight, trivial / beardless, bald / light-armed

Libero to set free, deliver, liberate, release / exempt

Leviculus

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empty-headed, vain, silly

Liber Libera Liberum free, independent, unrestricted

Laevus Levus foolish, silly / unlucky, unpropitious

Laqueus snare, trap, noose

Lamia witch, vampire

Laboro (trans) work out, prepare, arrange, form, elaborate

Lepidus charming, witty, pleasant, elegant

Laboro (intrans) to work, toil, suffer, be afflicted, be troubled

Letum death, ruin, annihilation

Locus place, location, situation, spot

Lepor Lepos charm, wit, elegance

Labor Laboris labor, work, toil

Lucrum gain, profit

Lucror to gain, profit, win

Lego to gather, choose, collect, pass through, read,

Labes Labis stain, blemish, disgrace, infamy / misfortune

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Levidensis thin, slight, poor

Loquor Locutus to say, speak, tell

Levamentum comfort, easing, alleviation, consolation

Labefacto to weaken, disturb / shake violently

Lex Legis law, statute / covenant, agreement

Leto to kill, slay

Lapsus fall, fault, error, sliding, graduate movement

Lenimentus alleviation, improvement, mitigation

Letalis mortal, deadly, fatal

Letifer deadly, mortal

Laevus Levus the left hand, left side, left-handed

Labefacio Labefeci Labefactum to shake, loosen / impair

Lacus a hollow / lake, pool, pond, trough, tank, tub

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Latin words that start with M

Malum evil, misfortune, misdeed, crime, injury, damage

Mos Moris

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will, inclination / custom, wont, usage, rule

Modo now, just now, only

Maneo to remain, stay, stay the night, last, endure, abide by

Mereo deserve, gain, obtain, serve as a soldier

Macto to magnify, glorify, honor / slay, fight, punish, afflict

Mansuetus mild, soft, gentle

Macero to soften, weaken, reduce, torment

Mundus clean, neat, elegant

Moveo Moti Motum to move, arouse, affect, influence

Meditor Meditatus to reflect upon, consider, ponder / practice

Munero / Munerior to give, present

Mando to commit, entrust, order, command

Mores Morium ways, conduct, character, morals

Monstro to show, appoint, point out, ordain

Memoria memory, remembrance, recall, recollection

Muto punish, fine, mulct

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Molior to build, erect, construct, contrive, toil, struggle

Morsus a biting, bite, also, sting, pain

Metus fear, dread, anxiety

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Mox soon, presently, then, thereupon

Mutatio change, alteration, transformation

Macula stain, mark, spot / blemish, fault, flaw

Mandatum order, decree, mandate, instruction

Mora delay

Male Peius Pessime badly, ill, wrongly

Munus Muneris service, office, function, duty / gift

Ministro to serve, wait upon, provide, supply

Munio to fortify, defend, protect / build a road

Mactabilis deadly, lethal

Maeror Meror mourning, grief, sorrow

Multus

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much, great

Macellarius butcher, slaughter-house

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Latin words that start with N

Novus novel, unusual, extraordinary / news, novelty, a new thing

Nusquam nowhere, in no place, nothing, for nothing, never

Nutus a nodding, nod, command, will

Novus new, fresh, young, inexperienced, revived, refreshed

Novitas newness, novelty, strangeness

Nunc now, at the present time

Nutrio to suckle, nourish, bring up, rear

Nota mark, token, note, sign

Numerus total, category, class, number

Narro to make known, say, speak, narrate

Nequaquam by no means, not at all

Nimirum of course, undoubtedly, certainly (sometimes ironical)

Nutus a nod, command, will / gravitation, movement down

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Nitor to strive, exert oneself, make an effort, persevere

Nitor brilliance, brightness, glow, elegance, splendor

Nuntio to announce, report, relate

Nitor to rest, lean, support oneself / trust in, depend upon

Novo to make anew, refresh, revive, change, alter, invent

Nocens bad, wicked, injurious, culpable, evil

Niteo to shine, glitter, be bright, glow, be sleek, flourish

Neco to kill, slay, put to death

Nefas wrong, sin

Negotium employment, business, task, occupation, pains

Natio nation, people

No (nare Navi) to swim, float, fly, sail

Nequitia Nequities worthlessness, badness, wickedness

Niveus white, snowy

Nuntius messenger, message

Natura

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nature

Nimis (adv) too much, overmuch, excessively

Nutrimens food, nourishment

Nimium (adv) too much, overmuch, excessively

Nullus not any, no, none

Nemo no one, nobody

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Latin words that start with O

Obduro to be hard, persist, endure, last, hold out

Ordinatio rule, government, order, arrangment, regulation

Officium duty, service, job

Ostendo show, reveal, present, make plain, declare

Offero to bring forward, place before, present, offer, expose

Obtineo to hold, keep, possess, maintain / to continue

Opinio opinion, report, rumor, conjecture, report

Ops Singular power, power to aid, power to help

Oppugno to fight against, attack, assault, assail

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Occurro to fall upon, attack, work against, counteract

Opes (pl) means, wealth, abundance, riches, resources

Occupo to take possession, grasp, seize, enjoy, get a start on

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Otium free time, leisure, ease, peace, repose

Opus Operis work, labor, work done, completed work, building

Omnino altogether, entirely, wholly, certainly, completely

Obstinatus firm, resolved, staunch

Opera work, pains, labor

Operor to work, labor, toil, take pains

Onero to load, burden, oppress, fill up

Opportunus opportune, fit, convenient, suitable

Olim at that time, formerly, once, for a long time now

Opportunitas fitness, suitability, convenience, advantage

Orno to equip, furnish, supply / decorate, adorn

Oro

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to speak, argue, plead, orate, beg, entreat

Onus load, burden, weight, trouble / charge, public road tax

Obsequium indulgence, pliancy, submission

Opportunus fit, suitable / (time) favorable / (+dat) liable to

Obtestor to implore, entreat, beg, call as a witness

Omnis all, every

Otium ease, leisure, inactivity

Ornatus dress, attire, equipment, ornament, embellishment

Oratio speech, address, oration

Occido Occidi Occasum to fall, fall down, (for the sun) to set

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Latin words that start with P

Puto to clear, settle up, consider, think, believe, suppose, judge

Plenus full, complete, full, satisfied, rich, mature, plump

Praesto Presto to do, perform, display, fulfill, offer, present

Praeda Preda plunder, booty, spoils of war, loot, gain, prey

Perdo to destroy, ruin, waste, scatter, squander

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Pendo to weigh, value, consider, judge, esteem

Proficio advance, assist, help, aid, be of use

Prope near, nearly, not far from, just now, closely

Progressus advance, going forward, increase, a royal circuit

Proventus a growing up, increase, crop, yield, or issue

Prohibeo to prevent, hinder, restrain, prohibit, forbid

Pertinax persistent, firm, mean, stubborn, obstinate

Percipio Percepi Perceptum to gain, learn, perceive, understand

Praeclarus Preclarus excellent, famous, beautiful, striking

Pulcher Pulchra Pulchrum beautiful, handsome, fine

Placitum judgment, case / plea, litigation / defense

Perfectus complete, finished, done / perfect, without flaw

Progredior to go forth, advance, proceed, go out

Prehendo to seize, snatch, grasp, detain, arrest

Pessum Do to destroy, ruin, wreck

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advance, progress, increase

Peracto to carry through, complete, accomplish

Praesentia Presencia power, effect

Procedo to go ahead, proceed, advance, continue

Propono display, publish, relate, tell, propose, promise

Patior to suffer, endure, permit

Prudentia foresight, wisdom, discretion

Proveho to carry on, carry forward, advance, promote,

Positus position, place, arrangment

Potestas power, ability, authority / opportunity

Pono Posui Positum to lay, place, put, set / (milit) post, station

Patrocinor to protect, defend, support, patronize

Prohibitio prohibition, restrain, forbidding

Polleo to be strong, powerful, able

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Latin words that start with Q

Quasi as if, just as, just as if, as it were / a sort of

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Qualiter as, just as

Quies Quietis quiet, rest, peace

Quatenus / Quatinus since, as, in order that, that

Quod (beginning sentence) and, but, now

Quippe certainly, to be sure, indeed, of course

Quaero Quero to miss, want / seek to know / obtain, get

Quod because, whereas, the point that, the fact that

Quoniam since, whereas, because

Quandoquidem since, because

Quatenus / Quatinus how far, to what extent, where, seeing that

Quin but come now, rather, indeed,

Quod (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that

Quibus (masc pl abl) his sons, BY WHOM he was attacked when old

Quin Etiam why even, in fact, moreover

Quaero Quero to seek, search for / ask, enquire, search for

Qui Quae Que Quod

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which, what, that

Quoque also, too

Quaestus Questus profit, a source of profit, gaining, getting

Quasso to shake violently, shake to pieces, break, shatter

Quondam formerly, once, at one time, erstwhile

Quaestuosus Questuosus profitable, fond of gain, rich

Quaesitio Quesitio investigation, interrogation

Quamquam nevertheless, and yet (beginning a sentence) / though

Quantus Quantus as great as, as much as

Quantum how much?, how much!, as much as

Quid (neut Of Quis ) what

Quereia Querella complaint, complaining

Quisquam anyone, anything

Quilibet anyone, anything

Queribundus complaining, plaintive, whining

Quare wherefore, why, because of which thing

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Quantuscumque Quantacumque Quantumcumque however great

Querimonia complaint, a charge in court

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Latin words that start with R

Rectus right, correct, proper, upright, natural, plain

Reddo to repeat, recite, represent, imitate, pay up, deliver

Reddo to give back, restore, return, answer, translate, render

Reprehendo to blame, reprove, refute, hold back, check, catch

Ratio system, manner, method, procedure, manner

Requiro to ask for, look for, demand, desire, miss

Rubor redness, blush, modesty, shame, disgrace

Repeto to return to, begin again, deduce, recall, recollect

Retineo to hold back, restrain, detain, keep, maintain

Ratio reckoning, account / reason, judgment, consideration

Reperio to get again, find, ascertain, discover, invent

Relaxo to loosen, enlarge, relax, ease, lighten

Recolo

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reflect upon, consider, recall

Repens sudden, unexpected, fresh, recent

Repleo to replenish, fill up, fill up again, fill, satisfy

Res Rei thing, matter, business, affair

Renuntio to declare, announce, report, give notice

Recordatio recollection, memory, recall

Rectum virtue, right

Rumor rumor, gossip

Rideo Risi Risum to laugh at, laugh

Regnum rule, authority, kingdom, realm

Recognosco to recognize, recollect, recall

Recolo to recall, reflect upon, rework, resume, rehabilitate

Rudimentum trial, attempt, essay

Recedo to go back, retreat, retire, disappear

Recro to recreate, restore, revive

Rapio Rapui Ratum to seize, snatch, carry away

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Reverto to go back, return, revert

Remaneo to remain behind, stay, continue

Restituo restore, put back, replace, reinstate, repair

Recipio Recepi Receptum to go back, retire, recede, retreat

Recordor to remember, think of, recollect, ponder over

Redeo to go back, come back, return / (revenue) to come in

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Latin words that start with S

Suscipio to raise up, maintain, support, accept, receive, undertake

Super (adv) over, above, besides, beyond, moreover, remaining

Solvo to loosen, untie, release, free, dissolve, break up

Servo to watch over, keep, protect, observe, save, reserve

Singularis alone, unique, extraordinary, individual, singular

Scisco investigate, ask, inquire / vote, ordain, resolve

Sino allow, suffer, permit, let

Sentio feel, perceive, experience, hold an opinion,

Somnium

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dream, fancy, day-dream / foolishness, nonsense

Scelus Sceleris crime, sin, evil deed, wickedness

Speciosus beautiful, handsome, imposing / specious plausible

Securus safe, secure, free from care, unworried, unconcerned

Saluto to wish well, greet, visit, reverence, pay respect to

Sepelio to ruin, destroy, bury

Silentium silence, stillness, quiet, repose, obscurity

Sicut as, just as, as it were, (+verb in subj) just as if

Suffragium vote, franchise / approval support, aid, assistance

Salus health, safety, well-being, salvation / salutation

Siquidem since, indeed

Subvenio to come to the aid, succor, relieve, help, assist

Sentio to judge, suppose, vote

Succurro to run up under / aid, assist, help

Sane rationally, sensibly, really, indeed, to be sure

Subiungo to yoke beneath, join, attach, subdue, subjugate

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Solus alone, only, the only

Similis similar, like, resembling

Sanitas health, soundness of mend, sanity

Statuo to cause to stand, establish, place, set up

Sustineo to hold up, sustain, endure

Sermo talk, common talk, rumor, report, discussion

Suggero to bring up, supply, provide, add, attach place next

Spargo Sparsi Sparsum scatter, strew, spread

Salvus safe, sound

Sic so, thus / yes, that is so, that is right

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Latin words that start with T

Tribuo to give out, divide, allot, assign, grant, give, allow

Tamquam Tanquam as, just as, like as, just as if

Tamen notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet, still, for all that

Tendo to direct, try, attempt, stretch, extend, present, give

Tego Texi Tectum

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to cover, bury, conceal, hide, protect, shield

Totus whole, entire, complete, all

Terra earth, ground, land, country, soil

Turpis foul, ugly, disgraceful, morally corrupt

Teneo to hold, keep, possess, maintain

Teneo to grasp, know, understand

Tersus clean, neat, correct

Tergum skin, hide

Teneo to keep on, persist, persevere, endure

Tolero to tolerate, bear, endure, sustain

Torqueo to twist, curl, rack, torture, torment, distort, test

Teres rounded, polished, smooth, fine, elegant

Timor fear, dread, object causing fear

Tunc then, at that time

Tam to such a degree, so, so far

Tergus the back / skin, hide, leather

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Tutis protected, safe, secure

Tollo Sustuli Sublatum to lift up, raise, elevate, carry away

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Terror fright, fear, terror

Texo to weave, twine together, plait, construct, build

Tenuis thin, slight, feeble, slim, slender

Terminus a boundary mark, limit, end, border

Terga Dare to flee, retreat, run away

Termino restrict, define, close, set a limit to

Tergeo Tergo Tersi Tersum to wipe, scour, clean

Tracto to drag, handle / treat, discuss, deal with

Toties often, so many times

Tardus slow, late, tardy

Tutamen Tutaminis defense, protection

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Latin words that start with U

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Utilitas utility, usefulness

Utilis useful, advantageous, helpful

Usus use, experience, skill, advantage

Universitas the whole, total, universe, world / university

Universum universe, the world

Ut (+ subj) (purpose) in order that, to, that

Utor Uti Usus to use, employ, possess, enjoy / associate with, find

Utpote adv namely, seeing that, inasmuch as, since

Utique at any rate, certainly, at least

Utpote seeing that, inasmuch as

Uterque (gen utriusque) both, each side, each party

Utrimque from both sides, on both sides

Ubi when, as soon as / wherein, whereby, whereas

Unus one, only one, at the same time / single, alone

Ultra (+ acc) beyond, on the far side of

Universus

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combined in one, whole, entire

Umquam ever, at any time

Ustulo to burn, scorch, singe

Undique from all sides, everywhere, on all sides, altogether

Usitas customary, usual

Universe generally, in general

Ultio Ultionis avenging, punishment, revenge

Us foreign, acquired

Umbra shade, shadow

Uxor wife, spouse

Urbs Urbis city

Ulciscor to take vengeance for, avenge / take vengeance on

Ulterius farther, more advanced, more remote

Urbanus urban, urbane, pertaining to the city

Umerus Humerus shoulder, upper arm

Ultra farther (than), more (than)

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Uberrime most luxuriantly, most abundantly, most fruitfully

Uredo a plant blight

Unde whence, from where / how, from whom

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Latin words that start with V

Volo to wish, want, will, ordain, suppose, maintain that, be willing

Vis Vires (pl) force, power, strength, might, influence

Valde intensely, very much, extremely, greatly

Voluntas wish, will, inclination / good will

Velut adv just as, like, even as

Video Vidi Visum to see, observe, understand, comprehend

Vox Vocis voice, word / (med) power, right, authority

Valens strong, powerful, healthy / able, worthwhile

Vindico to avenge, punish, liberate, deliver, protect

Venia grace, indulgence, favor, pardon, forgiveness

Velox quick, rapid, swift, fast

Voco

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to call, summon, name invite

Vergo to bend, incline, verge, to draw to an end

Vomica ulcer, sore, boil / plague, curse

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Virtus manliness, excellence, character, worth, courage

Verus true, real, proper, right

Vindico (vindicatum) claim, arrogate, assume, appropriate

Ventus wind, rumor, favor

Volo to fly, speed, move rapidly

Vindico to liberate, deliver / punish, avenge / claim, assume

Validus strong, mighty, powerful, exceeding

Vinco Vici Victum conquer, overcome, master, win, surpass, excel

Vero in truth, indeed, to be sure / however

Venustas loveliness, charm, attractiveness, beauty

Vicissitudo change, alteration

Vereor to respect, fear, be in dread of, to be afraid

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Votum prayer, wish, desire / promise to God

Vere truly, really, actually, rightly

Velum sail, covering, awning, curtain

Via road, way, street

Vacuus empty, devoid of, free from

Vestis clothing, garment, covering, blanket, carpet, tapestry

Valeo Valui Valiturus to be strong, have power, be well

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Latin words that start with W

Werumensium Wittewierum

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Latin words that start with X

Xiphias sword-fish

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List of Latin phrases (full)

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This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of ancient Rome. This list is a combination of the twenty divided "List of Latin phrases" pages, for users who have no trouble loading large pages and prefer a single page to scroll or search through. The content of the list cannot be edited here, and is kept automatically in sync with the separate lists through the use of transclusion.
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Latin Translation from one well pleased Notes Or "at will", "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplcito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure).

a bene placito

Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". In law, can refer to the obsolete cuius a caelo usque from the sky to the est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad ad centrum center inferos maxim of property ownership ("for whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths"). a capite ad calcem From top to bottom; all the way through from head to heel (colloquially "from head to toe"). Equally a pedibus usque ad caput. Equivalent to "on the contrary" or "au contraire". An argumentum a contrario is an from the opposite "argument from the contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. from or since Deucalion to set forth from false principles from the stronger A long time ago. From Gaius Lucilius (Satires, 6, 284) Legal term from Cicero's De Finibus 4.53. Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger

a contrario

a Deucalione a falsis principiis proficisci a fortiori

49 reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. From Psalm 72:8, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae " (KJV: "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada. Completely. Similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" or "from top to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala.

a mari usque ad mare

from sea to sea

a pedibus usque ad caput a posse ad esse

from feet to head

from being able to "From possibility to actuality" or "from being being possible to being actual" Based on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known after a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something known from experience. Presupposed independent of experience, the reverse of a posteriori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known or postulated before a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something is supposed without empirical evidence. In everyday speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. appeal to ridicule) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum, which is usually a valid logical argument.

a posteriori

from the latter

a priori

from the former

ab absurdo

from the absurd

ab abusu ad an inference from usum non Rights abused are still rights (cf. abusus non an abuse to a use valet tollit usum). is not valid consequentia

50 Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time" or "from an infinitely remote time in the past". In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time. From ancient times. Or, having to do with correspondence. A legal term meaning "from without". From external sources, rather than from the self or the mind (ab intra).

ab aeterno

from the eternal

ab antiquo ab epistulis ab extra ab hinc or abhinc ab imo pectore

from the ancient from the letters from beyond

from here on from the deepest chest Or "from the bottom of my heart", "with deepest affection", "sincerely".. Attributed to Julius Caesar.

New Latin for "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience" or "from hardship". An argumentum ab inconvenienti is one based on ab from an the difficulties involved in pursuing a line of inconvenienti inconvenient thing reasoning, and is thus a form of appeal to consequences; it refers to a rule in law that an argument from inconvenience has great weight. Thus, "from the beginning" or "from infancy". Incunabula is commonly used in English to refer to the earliest stage or origin of something, and especially to copies of books that predate the spread of the printing press around AD 1500.

ab incunabulis from the cradle

ab initio

"At the outset", referring to an inquiry or investigation. In literature, refers to a story told from the beginning rather than in medias res (from the middle). In law, refers to something from the beginning being the case from the start or from the instant of the act, rather than from when the court declared it so. A judicial declaration of the invalidity of a marriage ab initio is a nullity. In science, refers to the first principles. In other contexts, often refers to beginner or training

51 courses. Ab initio mundi means "from the beginning of the world". ab intestato ab intra from an intestate from within From someone who dies with no legal will (cf. ex testamento). From the inside. The opposite of ab extra.

ab irato

By a person who is angry. Used in law to describe a decision or action that is detrimental to those it affects and was made based on hatred or anger, rather than on reason. The from an angry man form irato is masculine; however, this does not mean it applies only to men, rather 'person' is meant, as the phrase probably elides "homo," not "vir." from the source From the origin, beginning, source, or commencementi.e., "originally". The source of the word aboriginal. From Horace, Satire 1.3. Means "from beginning to end", based on the Roman main meal typically beginning with an egg dish and ending with fruit (cf. the English phrase soup to nuts). Thus, ab ovo means "from the beginning", and can also connote thoroughness.

ab origine

ab ovo usque from the egg to ad mala the apples

ab uno disce omnes

From Virgil's Aeneid. Refers to situations where a single example or observation indicates a from one, learn all general or universal truth. Visible in the court of King Silas in the TV series Kings. Or "from the founding of Rome", which occurred in 753 BC according to Livy's count. Used as a reference point in ancient Rome for establishing dates, before being supplanted by other systems. Also anno urbis conditae (a.u.c.) (literally "in the year of the founded city"). Used of an argument.

from the city ab urbe having been condita (a.u.c.) founded

ab utili

from utility

absens haeres an absent person In law, refers to the principle that someone who non erit will not be an heir is not present is unlikely to inherit. absente reo [with] the defendant being In the absence of the accused.

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(abs. re.)

absent Expresses the wish that no insult or wrong be let injury be absent conveyed by the speaker's words, i.e., "no from [these] words offence". See also absit invidia. Although similar to the English expression "no offence", absit invidia is not a mere social gesture to avoid causing offense, but also a way to ward off the harm that some people let ill will be absent superstitiously believe animosity can cause others. Also extended to absit invidia verbo, meaning "may ill will be absent from the word" (cf. absit iniuria verbis). let an omen be absent Or "let this not be a bad omen". Expresses the wish that something seemingly ill-boding does not turn out to be an omen for future events, and calls on divine protection against evil.

absit iniuria verbis (or injuria)

absit invidia

absit omen

absolutum dominium

absolute dominion Total power or sovereignty. A legal term said by a judge acquitting a defendant following a trial. Te absolvo or absolvo te, translated, "I forgive you," said by Roman Catholic priests during the Sacrament of Confession, in Latin prior to the Second Vatican Council and in vernacular thereafter. Frequently phrased as "one can never be too careful". Just because something is misused doesn't mean it can't be used correctly. From Psalms 42:7; some translations have 'Sea calls to sea'. Motto of 848 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy. A legal maxim denoting that any accused person is entitled to make a plea of not guilty, and also that a witness is not obliged to give a response or submit a document that will

absolvo

I acquit

abundans cautela non nocet abusus non tollit usum abyssus abyssum invocat accipe hoc

abundant caution does no harm misuse does not remove use deep calleth unto deep Take this

accusare no one ought to nemo se debet accuse himself nisi coram Deo except in the Presence of God

53 incriminate himself. A very similar phrase is nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare "no one is bound to accuse himself". See right to silence. acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt Ovid's Tristia 1.2.97: si tamen acta deos mortal actions numquam mortalia fallunt, / a culpa facinus never deceive the scitis abesse mea. "Yet if mortal actions never gods deceive the gods, / you know that crime was absent from my fault." A common ending to ancient Roman comedies, also claimed by Suetonius in The Twelve The play has been Caesars to have been Augustus' last words. performed; Applied by Sibelius to the third movement of his applaud! String Quartet no. 2 so that his audience would realize it was the last one, as a fourth would normally be expected. Deeds, not Words Deeds of the Saints Motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Also used in the singular, Acta Sancti (Deeds of the Saint), preceding a specific Saint's name. A common title of works in hagiography.

acta est fabula plaudite

acta non verba acta sanctorum

actus me the act done by invito factus me against my will non est meus is not my act actus The act does not actus non make [a person] facit reum nisi guilty unless the mens sit rea mind should be guilty.

A legal term outlining the presumption of mens rea in a crime.

actus reus

guilty act

The actual crime that is committed, rather than the intent or thought process leading up to the crime. Thus, the external elements of a crime, as contrasted with mens rea, the internal elements. In logic, to the point of being silly or nonsensical. See also reductio ad absurdum. Not to be confused with ab absurdo (from the absurd).

ad absurdum

to the absurd

54 In legal language, used when providing additional evidence to an already sufficient collection. Also used commonly, as an equivalent of "as if this wasn't enough".

ad abundantiam ad arbitrium ad acta ad astra

to abundance

at will, at pleasure to the archives, no longer relevant to the stars Name or motto (in full or part) of many organizations, publications, etc.

ad astra per alas porci

A favorite saying of John Steinbeck. A professor to the stars on the told him that he would be an author when pigs wings of a pig flew. Every book he wrote is printed with this insignia. to the stars through difficulty to rise to a high position overcoming hardships. Motto of Kansas, and other organisations. The phrase is also translated as "A rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1.

ad astra per aspera

ad augusta per angusta

To appeal to the masses. Often used of ad captandum in order to capture politicians. An argumentum ad captandum is an vulgus the crowd argument designed to please the crowd. An ad eundem degree, from the Latin ad eundem gradum (to the same step" or "to the same degree), is a courtesy degree awarded by one university or college to an alumnus of another. It is not an honorary degree, but a recognition of the formal learning that earned the degree at another college. A motto of Renaissance humanism. Also used in the Protestant Reformation. Said during a generic toast, equivalent to "bottoms up!" In other contexts, generally means "back to the basics".

ad eundem

to the same

ad fontes

to the sources

ad fundum

to the bottom

55 Generally means "for this", in the sense of improvised on the spot or designed for only a specific, immediate purpose. Or "at the man". Typically used in argumentum ad hominem, a logical fallacy consisting of criticizing a person when the subject of debate is the person's ideas or argument, on the mistaken assumption that the soundness of an argument is dependent on the qualities of the proponent. Generally means "for the honour", not seeking any material reward. Going on forever. Used to designate a property which repeats in all cases in mathematical proof. As in the term "charg d'affaires ad interim" for a diplomatic officer who acts in place of an ambassador. Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The Calends were specific days of the Roman calendar, not of the Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur. Similar to "when pigs fly". Loosely, "according to what pleases" or "as you wish"; libitum comes from the past participle of libere, "to please". It typically indicates in music and theatrical scripts that the performer has the liberty to change or omit something. Ad lib is specifically often used when someone improvises or ignores limitations. A legal term referring to a party appointed by a court to act in a lawsuit on behalf of another party who is deemed incapable of representing himself. An individual who acts in this capacity is called a guardian ad litem. Motto of Oxford High School (Oxford), the University of Lisbon, Withington Girls' School and St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, UK

ad hoc

to this

ad hominem

to the man

ad honorem

to the honour

ad infinitum

to infinity

ad interim (ad
int)

for the meantime

ad kalendas graecas

at the Greek Calends

ad libitum (ad
lib)

toward pleasure

ad litem

to the lawsuit

ad lucem

to the light

56 ad maiorem Dei gloriam or to the greater ad majorem glory of God Dei gloriam
(AMDG)

Motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Edward Elgar dedicated his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius "A.M.D.G."

ad meliora ad mortem ad multos annos

Towards better things To death to many years!

motto of St. Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland used in medical contexts as a synonym for death A wish for a long life. Similar to "Many happy returns!" Or "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a logical fallacy involving basing one's argument on prolonged repetition, i.e., repeating something so much that people are "sick of it". Meaning "obvious on sight" or "obvious to anyone that sees it". Thus, "exactly as it is written". Similar to the phrase "to the letter", meaning "to the last detail". Generally precedes "of" and a person's name, and is used to wish for someone to be remembered long after death.

ad nauseam

to seasickness

ad oculos ad pedem litterae

to the eyes to the foot of the letter

ad perpetuam to the perpetual memoriam memory

ad pondus omnium (ad

pond om)

More loosely, "considering everything's weight". The abbreviation was historically used by to the weight of all physicians and others to signify that the last things prescribed ingredient is to weigh as much as all of the previously mentioned ones. Meaning "according to the harm" or "in proportion to the harm". The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages inflicted, implying that a remedy, if one exists, ought to correspond specifically and only to the damage suffered (cf. damnum absque iniuria). Loosely "subject to reference": provisionally

ad quod damnum

to whatever damage

ad referendum to be proposed

57 [before the Senate] to the matter approved, but still needing official approval. Not the same as a referendum. Thus, "to the point", without digression.

(ad ref)

ad rem ad terminum qui praeteriit ad undas ad unum

for the term which A legal term for a writ of entry ad terminum qui has passed praeteriit [for the term which has passed].[1] to the waves to one Said of a work that has been expurgated of offensive or improper parts. The phrase originates from editions of Greek and Roman classics which Louis XIV had censored for his heir apparent, the Dauphin. Also rarely in usum Delphini (into the use of the Dauphin). Equivalent to "to hell".

ad usum Delphini

for the use of the Dauphin

ad usum proprium (ad

us. propr.)

for one's own use The motto of Lund University, with the implied prepared for either alternatives being the book (study) and the [alternative] sword (defending the country in war). Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes, according to value taxes based on the assessed value of real estate or personal property. to victory to eternal life More commonly translated into "for victory" this is a battlecry of the Romans. Also "to life everlasting". A common Biblical phrase.

ad utrumque paratus

ad valorem

ad victoriam ad vitam aeternam ad vitam aut culpam addendum adaequatio intellectus et rei

for life or until fault Usually used of a term of office. thing to be added An item to be added, especially a supplement to a book. The plural is addenda.

One of the definitions of the truth. When the correspondence of mind has the same form as reality, we think the mind and truth. Also found as adaequatio rei et reality intellectus.

58 adaequatio intellectus nostri cum re adsum adversus solem ne loquitor advocatus diaboli aegri somnia

conformity of our minds to the fact I am here don't speak against the sun

A phrase used in Epistemology regarding the nature of understanding. Equivalent to "Present!" or "Here!" The opposite of absum "I am absent". Or don't argue what's obviously wrong. Someone who, given a certain argument, takes a position he or she does not necessarily agree with, for the sake of argument. From Horace, Ars Poetica, 7. Loosely, "troubled dreams". Abbreviation of "aetatis"; further abbreviated (and more common): "aet." e.g.: "aetat" or "aet. 36" = "36 years old". Thus, "at the age of". Appeared on portraits, gravestones, etc. Sometimes extended to anno aetatis suae (AAS), "in the year of his age". Sometimes shortened to just aetatis or aetat (aet.).
The tomb reads Anno 1629 Aetatis Suae 46 because she died in 1629 at age 46.

devil's advocate a sick man's dreams "of age" / "aged" (in the sense of: "age: ...)

aetat.

aetatis suae

of one's own age

affidavit

he asserted

A legal term from Medieval Latin referring to a sworn statement. From fides, "faith". More often translated as "Do well whatever you do", this phrase is used as the motto of several Catholic schools. Literally translated, it means "Drive, because you are driven"; figuratively it means "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so". Originally comparable to a to-do list, an ordered list of things to be done. Now generalized to include any planned course of action. The singular, agendum (thing that must be done), is rarely used. "We act according to what we believe

age quod agis

Do what you are doing.

agenda

things to be done

agere sequitur action follows

59 credere belief (ourselves to be)".[2] Metaphysical and moral principle that indicates the connection among ontology, obligation and ethics.[2] Latin translation from John 1:36, where John the Baptist exclaims Ecce Agnus Dei! "Behold the Lamb of God!" upon seeing Jesus, referring both to a lamb's connotations of innocence and to a sacrificial lamb. Or in Greek, anerrhphth kbos; said by Julius Caesar upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius. The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. Or "let learning be cherished..." The motto of Davidson College. An assumed name or pseudonym. Similar to alter ego, but more specifically referring to a name, not to a "second self". A legal defense where a defendant attempts to show that he was elsewhere at the time a crime was committed.
His alibi is sound; he gave evidence that he was in another city on the night of the murder.

agere sequitur action follows (esse) being

Agnus Dei

Lamb of God

alea iacta est

the die has been cast

Light [is] to be alenda lux ubi nourished where orta libertas liberty [has] arisen. alias at another time, otherwise

alibi

elsewhere

aliquid stat pro aliquo

something stands A foundational definition for semiotics. for something else taken from the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 40. "But those who wait for the Lord shall find their strength renewed, they shall mount up on wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not grow faint."

alis aquilae

on an eagle's wings

alis grave nil

nothing [is] heavy Or "nothing is heavy to those who have wings".

60 Motto of the Pontifcia Universidade Catlica do Rio de Janeiro. State motto of Oregon; adopted in 1987, it replaced "The Union", which was the previous state motto adopted in 1957.

with wings alis volat propriis she flies with her own wings

alma mater

Term used for the university one attends or has attended. Another university term, matriculation, is also derived from mater. The nourishing mother term suggests that the students are "fed" knowledge and taken care of by the university. The term is also used for a university's traditional school anthem. Another self, a second persona or alias. Can be used to describe different facets or identities of a single character, or different characters who seem representations of the same personality. Often used of a fictional character's secret identity.

alter ego

another I

alterius non sit qui suus esse potest

Final sentence from Aesop ascribed fable (see also Aesop's Fables) "The Frogs Who Desired a Let no man be King" as appears in the collection commonly another's who can known as the "Anonymus Neveleti" (fable XXIb. be his own De ranis a Iove querentibus regem). Motto of Paracelsus. Usually attributed to Cicero. to not wound another pupil One of Justinian I's three basic legal precepts. graduate or former student of a school, college or university

alterum non laedere alumnus or alumna

An adviser, or a person who can obtain or grant access to the favour of powerful group, like a Roman Curia. In current U.S. legal usage, an amicus curiae friend of the court amicus curiae is a third party allowed to submit a legal opinion (in the form of an amicus brief) to the court. Amicus Plato, Plato is my friend, to value truth higher than friendship; attributed sed magis but truth is a to Aristotle (Ethics, 1096a15) and Roger Bacon amica veritas. better friend. (Opus Majus, P. I, ch. v) amittere to lose the law of An obsolete legal term signifying the forfeiture

61 of the right of swearing in any court or cause, or to become infamous.

legem terrae

the land

Motto of Baylor School - Chattanooga, Amat victoria Tennessee; Wellesley College Primary School Victory favors care curam Eastbourne, New Zealand; Victoria College- St. Helier Parish, Jersey, the Channel Islands. amor et melle love is rich with et felle est both honey and fecundissimus venom amor fati love of fate Nietzscheian alternative world view to memento mori [remember you must die]. Nietzsche believed amor fati to be more life affirming. from Virgil's Georgics III. Patriotism. written on bracelet worn by the Prioress in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland". Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni. Short for Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi (in the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ), the predominantly used system for dating years across the world, used with the Gregorian calendar, and based on the perceived year of the birth of Jesus Christ. The years before Jesus' birth were once marked with a.C.n (Ante Christum Natum, Before Christ was Born), but now use the English abbreviation BC (Before Christ). Example: Augustus Caesar was born in the
year 63 BC, and died AD 14.

amor omnibus love is the same idem for all amor patriae amor vincit omnia anglice love of one's country love conquers all

in English

anno (an.)

in the year

Anno Domini
(A.D.)

in the Year of the Lord

anno regni

In the year of the

Precedes "of" and the current ruler.

62 reign He nods at things annuit cptis being begun Or "he approves our undertakings". Motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and on the back of the United States one-dollar bill. A recent pun on annus mirabilis, first used by Queen Elizabeth II to describe what a bad year 1992 had been for her, and subsequently occasionally used to refer to many other years perceived as "horrible". In Classical Latin, this phrase would actually mean "terrifying year". See also annus terribilis. Used particularly to refer to the years 1665 1666, during which Isaac Newton made revolutionary inventions and discoveries in calculus, motion, optics and gravitation. Annus Mirabilis is also the title of a poem by John Dryden written in the same year. It has since been used to refer to other years, especially to 1905, when Albert Einstein made equally revolutionary discoveries concerning the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion and the special theory of relativity. (See Annus Mirabilis papers) Used to describe 1348, the year the Black Death began to afflict Europe. As in status quo ante bellum, "as it was before the war". Commonly used in the Southern United States as antebellum to refer to the period preceding the American Civil War. Medical shorthand for "before meals". Said of an expression or term that describes something which existed before the phrase itself was introduced or became common.
Example: Alan Turing was a computer scientist ante litteram, since the field of "computer science" was not yet recognized in Turing's day.

annus horribilis

horrible year

annus mirabilis

wonderful year

annus terribilis

dreadful year

ante bellum

before the war

ante cibum
(a.c.)

before food

ante litteram

before the letter

ante meridiem before midday

From midnight to noon (cf. post meridiem).

63
(a.m.)

ante mortem ante prandium

(a.p.)

before death before lunch

See post mortem (after death). Used on pharmaceutical prescriptions to denote "before a meal". Less common is post prandium, "after lunch". Textual notes. A list of other readings relating to a document, especially in a scholarly edition of a text. Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand

apparatus criticus apud aqua (aq.) aqua fortis aqua pura aqua regia

tools of a critic

in the writings of water strong water pure water royal water

Refers to nitric acid. Or "clear water", "clean water". refers to a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. "Spirit of Wine" in many English texts. Used to refer to various native distilled beverages, such as whisky (uisge beatha) in Scotland and Ireland, gin in Holland, brandy (eau de vie) in France, and akvavit in Scandinavia. A noble or important person doesn't deal with insignificant issues. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Wasted labour. One who prescribes, rules on, or is a recognized authority on matters of social behavior and taste. Said of Petronius. Sometimes found in the singular, arbiter elegantiae (judge of taste).

aqua vitae

water of life

aquila non capit muscas arare litus

an eagle doesn't catch flies to plough the seashore

arbiter judge of tastes elegantiarum Arcana imperii Invisible power

Arcanum boni The secret behind tenoris Motto of the Starobrno Brewery in Brno. a good mood animae arcus senilis bow of an old An opaque circle around the cornea of the eye,

64 person arduus ad solem argentum album Striving towards the sun white silver often seen in elderly people. Motto of the Victoria University of Manchester. Also "silver coin". Mentioned in the Domesday Book, signifies bullion, or silver uncoined. For the sake of argument. Said when something is done purely in order to discuss a matter or illustrate a point. Example: Let us assume,
arguendo, that your claim is correct.

arguendo

for arguing

argumentum

argument

Or "reasoning", "inference", "appeal", "proof". The plural is argumenta. Commonly used in the names of logical arguments and fallacies, preceding phrases such as a silentio (by silence), ad antiquitatem (to antiquity), ad baculum (to the stick), ad captandum (to capturing), ad consequentiam (to the consequence), ad crumenam (to the purse), ad feminam (to the woman), ad hominem (to the person), ad ignorantiam (to ignorance), ad judicium (to judgment), ad lazarum (to poverty), ad logicam (to logic), ad metum (to fear), ad misericordiam (to pity), ad nauseam (to nausea), ad novitatem (to novelty), ad personam (to the character), ad numerum (to the number), ad odium (to spite), ad populum (to the people), ad temperantiam (to moderation), ad verecundiam (to reverence), ex silentio (from silence), in terrorem (into terror), and e contrario (from/to the opposite). An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin, but often incorrectly attributed to Ovid.[3] Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's "L'art pour l'art". Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This phrasing is a direct translation of 'art for the sake of art.' While very symmetrical for the MGM logo, the better Latin word order is 'Ars artis gratia.' The Latin translation by Seneca (De Brevitate

ars [est] celare artem

art [is] to conceal art

ars gratia artis

art for art's sake

ars longa, vita art is long, life is

65 Vitae, 1.1) of a phrase from Hippocrates, often used out of context. The "art" referred to in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime to acquire. motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C.

brevis

short

arte et labore

by art and by labour

motto of the Electrical and Mechanical arte et marte by skill and valour Engineering (EME) Branch of the Canadian Forces. Artis Bohemiae Amicis asinus ad lyram Friends of Czech Arts an ass to the lyre Award of the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic for the promotion of the positive reputation of Czech culture abroad. From Erasmus's collection of Adages. An awkward or incompetent individual. Used to describe two people lavishing excessive praise on one another.

asinus asinum the jackass rubs fricat the jackass assecuratus non quaerit lucrum sed agit ne in damno sit

the assured does not seek profit but Refers to the insurance principle that the makes [it his indemnity cannot be larger than the loss. profit] that he not be in loss Refers to the Free will over the astrological determinism. Used in bibliography for books, texts, publications or articles that contain more than three collaborators. The level of prestige a person had in Roman society. This formula appears in the 1670 Latin translation of the Hobbes' Leviathan, II, 26[4]

Astra The stars incline inclinant, sed us, they do not non obligant bind us Auctores Varii Various Authors

auctoritas

authority

Auctoritas non authority, not veritas facit truth, makes law legem

audacter slander boldly, calumniare, from Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum something always semper (1623) sticks aliquid haeret

66 audax at fidelis

bold but faithful

Motto of Queensland. Motto of Otago University Students' Association, a direct response to the university's motto of sapere aude "dare to be wise". Also Motto of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont.

audeamus

let us dare

State motto of Alabama, adopted in 1923. Translated into Latin from a paraphrase of the audemus jura we dare to defend stanza "Men who their duties know / But know nostra our rights their rights, and knowing, dare maintain" from defendere the poem "What Constitutes a State?" by 18thcentury author William Jones. From Virgil, Aeneid X, 284 (where the first word is in the archaic form audentis). Allegedly the last words of Pliny the Elder before he left the fortune favors the docks at Pompeii to rescue people from the bold eruption of Vesuvius in 79. Often quoted as audaces fortuna iuvat. Also the motto of the Portuguese Army Commandos, and the USS Montpelier (SSN-765) in the latter form. to dare is to do motto of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

audentes fortuna iuvat

audere est facere audi alteram partem

A legal principle of fairness. Also worded as hear the other side audiatur et altera pars (let the other side be heard too). Motto of 845 NAS Royal Navy

audio hostem I hear the enemy audi, vide, tace hear, see, be silent

aurea mediocritas

golden mean

From Horace's Odes II, 10. Refers to the ethical goal of reaching a virtuous middle ground between two sinful extremes. The golden mean concept is common to many philosophers, chiefly Aristotle. From Virgil, Aeneid 3,57. Later quoted by Seneca as quod non mortalia pectora coges, auri sacra fames "What don't you force mortal hearts [to do], accursed hunger for gold!"

auri sacra fames

accursed hunger for gold

67 A common ancient proverb, this version from Terence. Indicates that one is in a dangerous auribus teneo I hold a wolf by the situation where both holding on and letting go lupum ears could be deadly. A modern version is "To have a tiger by the tail." The Southern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Southern Hemisphere. It is less well-known than the Northern Lights, or aurorea borealis. The Aurora Australis is also the name of an Antarctic icebreaker ship. The Northern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Northern Hemisphere.

aurora australis

southern dawn

aurora borealis

northern lights

aurora musis amica

Title of a distich by Iohannes Christenius (1599 1672): "Conveniens studiis non est nox, commoda lux est; / Luce labor bonus est et Dawn is a friend to bona nocte quies." (Night is not suitable for the Muses studying, daylight is; / working by light is good, as is rest at night.) in Nihus, Barthold (1642). Epigrammata disticha. Johannes Kinckius. gold is power hope/token of a better age Motto of the fictional Fowl family in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and motto of Raffles Institution, a secondary school in Singapore. Indicates that the only valid possibility is to be emperor, or a similarly prominent position. More generally, "all or nothing". Adopted by Cesare Borgia as a personal motto.

aurum potestas est auspicium melioris aevi

aut Caesar aut either Caesar or nihil nothing

aut concilio aut ense

Thus, either through reasoned discussion or either by meeting through war. A former motto of Chile, replaced or the sword by post tenebras lux. "Do or die", "no retreat". A Greek expression said by Spartan mothers to their sons as they departed for battle. A hoplite would drop his cumbersome shield in order to flee the battlefield; a slain warrior would be borne home atop his shield. or neca ne neceris (kill lest you be killed)

aut cum scuto either with shield aut in scuto or on shield

aut neca aut

either kill or be

68 necare aut pax aut bellum aut viam inveniam aut faciam aut vincere aut mori killed either peace or war I will either find a way or make one The motto of the Gunn Clan.

Hannibal. A general pledge of victoria aut mors "victory or death". Motto of the Higgenbotham, and Higginbottom families of Cheshire England; participants in the War of the Roses. From Catullus, carmen 101, addressed to his deceased brother. Anthem of Imperium Europa

either to conquer or to die

ave atque vale Hail and farewell! ave Europa nostra vera patria Hail, Europe, our true Fatherland!

Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant

From Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, Claudius 21. A salute and plea for mercy recorded on one Hail, Emperor! occasion by naumachiariicaptives and Those who are criminals fated to die fighting during mock about to die salute naval encounters. Later versions included a you! variant of "We who are about to die", and this translation is sometimes aided by changing the Latin to nos morituri te salutamus. Hail, Mary Catholic prayer of intercession asking Mary, the mother of Jesus to pray for the petitioner.

Ave Maria

B [edit]
Latin Translation Notes beard grows, barba crescit head doesn't caput nescit grow wiser barba non a beard doesn't facit make one a philosophum philosopher

69 barba tenus sapientes wise as far as the beard Or wise only in appearance. From Erasmus's collection of Adages. A common name in the Roman Catholic Church for Mary, the mother of Jesus. The genitive, Beatae Mariae Virginis (BMV), occurs often as well, appearing with such words as horae (hours), litaniae (litanies) and officium (office). See in memoriam.

Beata Virgo Maria (BVM)

Blessed Virgin Mary

beatae memoriae beati pauperes spiritu beati possidentes

of blessed memory

A Beatitude from Matthew 5:3 in the Vulgate: beati Blessed in spirit pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est regnum [are] the poor. caelorum "Blessed in spirit [are] the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens". blessed [are] those who possess Translated from Euripides.

beatus homo blessed is the from Proverbs 3:13; set to music in a 1577 motet of qui invenit man who finds the same name by Orlando di Lasso. sapientiam wisdom Originally from Ovid, Heroides 13.84,[5] where Laodamia is writing to her husband Protesilaus who let others wage is at the Trojan War. She begs him to stay out of danger, but he was in fact the first Greek to die at war Troy. Also used of the Habsburg marriages of 1477 Protesilaus should love! and 1496, written as bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube (let others wage war; you, fortunate Austria, marry). Said by King Matthias. A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature.

bella gerant alii

Protesilaus amet!

bellum war of all omnium against all contra omnes bellum se ipsum alet bibo ergo sum bis dat qui cito dat war feeds itself I drink, therefore I am

A play on "cogito ergo sum", "I think therefore I am".

he gives twice, A gift given without hesitation is as good as two who gives gifts.

70 promptly bis in die (bid) twice in a day Medical shorthand for "twice a day". In other words, "well-intentioned", "fairly". In modern contexts, often has connotations of "genuinely" or "sincerely". Bona fides is not the plural (which would be bonis fidebus), but the nominative, and means simply "good faith". Opposite of mala fide. In law, if a person dying has goods, or good debts, in another diocese or jurisdiction within that province, besides his goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to a certain minimum value, he is said to have bona notabilia; in which case, the probat of his will belongs to the archbishop of that province. A nation's offer to mediate in disputes between two other nations. A jury or assize of countrymen, or good neighbors. United Kingdom legal term for ownerless property that passes to The Crown.

bona fide

in good faith

bona notabilia

note-worthy goods

bona officia bona patria

good services goods of a country

bona vacantia vacant goods

it is a good boni pastoris shepherd's Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional est tondere [job] to shear commanders, as a warning against taxing the pecus non his flock, not to populace excessively. deglubere flay them bono malum superate Overcome evil with good Motto of Westonbirt School. Or "general welfare". Refers to what benefits a society, as opposed to bonum commune hominis, which refers to what is good for an individual. In the film Hot Fuzz, this phrase is chanted by an assembled group of people, in which context it is deliberately similar to another phrase that is repeated throughout the film, which is The Greater Good. Refers to an individual's happiness, which is not

bonum common good commune of the communitatis community

bonum

common good

71 "common" in that it serves everyone, but in that individuals tend to be able to find happiness in similar things. Used to indicate either an empty threat, or a judgement at law which has no practical effect. Pseudo-Latin meaning "baffling puzzle" or "difficult point". John of Cornwall (ca. 1170) was once asked by a scribe what the word meant. It turns out that the original text said in diebus illis magnis plenae (in those days there were plenty of great things), which the scribe misread as indie busillis magnis plenae (in India there were plenty of large busillis).

commune hominis brutum fulmen

of a man harmless (or inert) thunderbolt

busillis

C [edit]
Latin Translation Notes Cacothes[6] "bad habit", or medically, "malignant disease" is a borrowing of Greek kakthes.[7] The insatiable desire phrase is derived from a line in the Satires of to write Juvenal: Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes, or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many". See hypergraphia. truly countless bodies Kill them all. For the Lord knows those who are his. Those who hurry cross the sea change the sky [upon them], not their souls or state of mind Caesar has no authority over Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the massacre of Bziers during the Albigensian Crusade, recorded 30 years later, according to Caesar of Heisterbach.

cacoethes scribendi

cadavera vero innumera Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt Caesar non supra

Hexameter by Horace (Epistulae I, 11 v.27). Seneca shortens it to Animum debes mutare, non caelum (You must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky) in his Letter to Lucilium XXVIII, 1

72 the grammarians the rest is missing my cup making me drunk dark chamber war dogs or fighting dogs dog eats dog Refers to a situation where nobody is safe from anybody, each man for himself. a term referring (at least) to some Christian doctrines of the incarnation of the Son of God when it asserts that humanity is capable of housing full divinity within its finite frame. Related to the Docetic heresy and sometimes a counterpoint to the Reformed 'extracalvinisticum.' An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modern photography. The source of the word camera. Caetera is Medieval Latin spelling for ctera.

grammaticos caetera desunt calix meus inebrians camera obscura canes pugnaces canis canem edit

capax infiniti

holding the infinite

caput inter nubila (condit)

So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) (he plunges) reach or understanding (from Virgil's Aeneid and [his] head in the the shorter form appears in John Locke's Two clouds Treatises of Government) Originally an alchemical reference to the dead head or worthless residue left over from a reaction. Also used to refer to a freeloader or worthless element. It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. Francis Xavier High School located in West Meadowlark Park, Edmonton.

caput mortuum

dead head

Caritas Christi Caritas in Veritate

The love of Christ

Charity in Truth Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical. An exhortation to live for today. From Horace, Odes I, 11.8. Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase collige virgo rosas has a similar sense.

carpe diem

seize the day

73 An exhortation to make good use of the night, often used when carpe diem, q.v., would seem absurd, e.g., when observing a deep-sky object or conducting a Messier marathon or engaging in social activities after sunset.

carpe noctem seize the night

carpe vinum

seize the wine The Roman senator Cato the Elder ended every speech after the Second Punic War with ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, literally "For the rest, I am of the opinion that Carthage is to be destroyed." Before the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon in the European Parliament, Daniel Hannan ended all his speeches in a similar way with Pactio Olisipiensis censenda est "The Treaty of Lisbon must be put to a referendum". Or, "[Comedy/Satire] criticises customs through humour", is a phrase coined by French New Latin poet Jean de Santeul, but sometimes wrongly attributed to his contemporary Molire or to Roman lyric poet Horace. Refers to an incident that is the justification or case for war. A quote from The Big Bang Theory when Sheldon Cooper is discussing the "state of eternal dibs" in which he placed his favourite chair. Quote from Series 3, Episode 22.

Carthago delenda est

Carthage must be destroyed

castigat ridendo mores

One corrects customs by laughing at them event of war

casus belli

cathedra "My chair, my mea, regulae rules" meae causa latet, vis est notissima

The cause is hidden, but the Ovid: Metamorphoses IV, 287; motto of Alpha result is well Sigma Phi. known.

causa mortis cause of death especially used by Doctors of Medicine, when they want to warn each other (e.g.: "cave nephrolithiases" in order to warn about side effects of an uricosuric). Spoken aloud in some British public schools by pupils to warn each other of impending authority.

cave

beware!

74 Beware of the dog let the buyer beware The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need. Phrases modeled on this one replace emptor with lector, subscriptor, venditor, utilitor: "reader", "signer", "seller", "user".

cave canem

caveat emptor cedant arma togae

let arms yield to "Let military power yield to civilian power", Cicero, the gown De Officiis I:77. See also Toga Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". A variant of the Roman phrase velocius quam asparagi coquantur, using a different adverb and an alternative mood and spelling of coquere. In law, it is a return made by the sheriff, upon a capias, or other process to the like purpose; signifying, that he has taken the body of the party. See also habeas corpus. Or "... if it can be rendered certain." Often used in law when something is not known, but can be ascertained (e.g. the purchase price on a sale which is to be determined by a third-party valuer)

more swiftly celerius quam than asparagus asparagi [stem]s are cocuntur cooked

cepi corpus

I got the body

it is certain, certum est whatever can quod certum be rendered reddi potest certain cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex cetera desunt ceteris paribus

when the A rule of law becomes ineffective when the reason reason for the for its application has ceased to exist or does not law ceases, the correspond to the reality anymore. By Gratian. law itself ceases the rest are missing Also spelled "caetera desunt".

all other things That is, disregarding or eliminating extraneous being equal factors in a situation. The form of a pardon for killing another man in selfdefence (see manslaughter).

charta a paper of pardonationis pardon to se defend oneself defendendo charta a paper of pardonationis pardon to the utlagariae outlaw Christianos [Throw the]

The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed. Also called perdonatio utlagariae.

75 Christians to the lions! For Christ and Learning The motto of Furman University.

ad leones Christo et Doctrinae Christus nos liberavit Christus Rex circa (c.) or
(ca.)

Christ has freed title of volume I, book 5, chapter XI of Les us Misrables by Victor Hugo. Christ the King around circle made in testing [a premise] A Christian title for Jesus. In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date. Circular reasoning. Similar term to circulus vitiosus. In logic, begging the question, a fallacy involving the presupposition of a proposition in one of the premises (see petitio principii). In science, a positive feedback loop. In economics, a counterpart to the virtuous circle. Motto of the modern Olympics. A writ whereby the king of England could command the justice to admit one's claim by an attorney, who being employed in the king's service, cannot come in person. [be] bright, daring, joyful Motto of the Geal family. A legal action for trespass to land; so called, because the writ demands the person summoned to answer wherefore he broke the close (quare clausum fregit), i.e., why he entered the plaintiff's land. A symbol of the Papacy. The means of discovering hidden or mysterious meanings in texts, particularly applied in theology and alchemy.

circulus in probando

circulus vitiosus

vicious circle

citius altius fortius clamea admittenda in itinere per atturnatum clarere audere gaudere

faster, higher, stronger

clausum fregit

claves Sancti the keys of Petri Saint Peter clavis aurea golden key

76 In law, a writ directed to the bishop, for the for being made admitting a clerk to a benefice upon a ne admittas, a clerk tried, and found for the party who procures the writ. In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of statute merchant.

clerico admittendo clerico capto per statutum mercatorum clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando clerico intra sacros ordines constituto non eligendo in officium Codex Iuris Canonici

In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk to his ordinary, that was formerly convicted of felony; by reason that his ordinary did not challenge him according to the privilege of clerks.

In law, a writ directed to the bailiffs, etc., that have thrust a bailiwick or beadleship upon one in holy orders; charging them to release him.

Book of Canon Law

The official code of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church (cf. Corpus Iuris Canonici).

Cogitationis "No one suffers A Latin legal phrase. See, State v Taylor, 47 Or 455, poenam nemo punishment for 84 P 82. patitur mere intent." cogito ergo sum coitus interruptus coitus more ferarum collige virgo rosas I think, therefore I am. interrupted congress A rationalistic argument used by French philosopher Ren Descartes to attempt to prove his own existence. Aborting sexual intercourse prior to ejaculation the only permitted form of birth control in some religions.

congress in the A medical euphemism for the doggy-style sexual way of beasts position. pick, girl, the roses Exhortation to enjoy fully the youth, similar to Carpe diem, from De rosis nascentibus (also titled Idyllium de

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may", 1909, by John William

77 It is frequently abbreviated comb. nov.. It is used in the life sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov.. One year with another; on an average. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation"

combinatio nova communibus annis

new combination in common years

communibus locis

in common places

communis opinio

prevailing doctrine, generally accepted view (in an academic field), scientific consensus; originally common opinion communis opinio doctorum , "common opinion of the doctors" Describes someone of sound mind. Sometimes in control of the used ironically. Also a legal principle, non compos mind mentis (not in control of one's faculties), used to describe an insane person.

compos mentis

concordia in harmony with Motto of the University of Waterloo cum veritate truth concordia salus concordia parvae res crescunt well-being through harmony small things grow in harmony Motto of Montreal. It is also the Bank of Montreal coat of arms and motto.

Motto of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood

condemnant quod non intellegunt

They condemn what they do not understand The quod here is ambiguous: it may be the relative or pronoun or a conjunction. They condemn because they do not understand A required, indispensable condition. Commonly mistakenly rendered with conditio ("seasoning" or "preserving") in place of condicio ("arrangement" or "condition").

condition condicio sine without which qua non not

78 "compare". Used as an abbreviation in text to recommend a comparison with another thing (cf. citation signal). The official name of Switzerland, hence the use of "CH" for its ISO country code, ".ch" for its Internet domain, and "CHF" for the ISO three-letter abbreviation of its currency, the Swiss franc.

confer (cf.)

confer[8][9]

Confoederatio Helvetian Helvetica Confederation

(C.H.)

Congregatio Congregation of Sanctissimi the Most Holy Redemptorists Redemptoris Redeemer

C.Ss.R

coniunctis viribus

Or "with united powers". Sometimes rendered with connected conjunctis viribus. Motto of Queen Mary, University strength of London. Where there are no specific laws, the matter should be decided by custom;[10] established customs have the force of laws.[11] Also consuetudo est altera lex (custom is another law) and consuetudo vincit communem legem (custom overrules the common law); see also: Consuetudinary.

consuetudo pro lege servatur

Custom is held as law.

consummatu The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin It is completed. m est translation of John 19:30. contemptus scorn for the mundi/saeculi world/times contra bonos against good mores morals Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice.

Especially in civil law jurisdictions, said of an understanding of a statute that directly contradicts contra legem against the law its wording and thus is neither valid by interpretation nor by analogy. contra proferentem against the proferror In contract law, the doctrine of contractual interpretation which provides that an ambiguous term will be construed against the party that imposed its inclusion in the contract or, more accurately, against the interests of the party who imposed it.

79 Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka; also used in the Pentateuch with reference to Abraham the Patriarch.

contra spem spero contra vim mortis non crescit herba (or salvia) in hortis contradictio in terminis contra principia negantem non est disputandum contraria contrariis curantur

hope against hope

No herb (or sage) grows in there is no medicine against death; from various the gardens medieval medicinal texts against the power of death A thing or idea that would embody a contradiction, contradiction in for example, payment for a gift, or a circle with terms corners. The fallacy of proposing such a thing. there can be no debate with Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on those who deny common rules, facts, presuppositions. the foundations the opposite is cured with the opposite First formulated by Hippocrates to suggest that the diseases are cured with contrary remedies. Antonym of similia similibus curantur (the diseases are recovered with similar remedies.)

cor ad cor loquitur

From Augustine's Confessions, referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a "heart to heart speaks to heart" with God. Commonly used in reference to a heart later quote by Cardinal John Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs. (Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, to no longer be respected as person of integrity.)

cor aut mors Heart or Death

cor meum tibi my heart I offer offero domine to you Lord John Calvin's personal motto, also adopted by prompte et promptly and Calvin College sincere sincerely cor unum coram Deo one heart A popular school motto. Often used as names for religious and other organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.

in the Presence A phrase from Christian theology which of God summarizes the idea of Christians living in the Presence of, under the authority of, and to the

80 honor and glory of God. in our presence, coram nobis, in your Two kinds of writs of error. coram vobis presence coram populo coram publico in the presence Thus, openly. of the people in view of the public The name of a feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating the Eucharist. It is also the name of a city in Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, the name of Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge universities, and a controversial play. The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in convicting someone of having committed that crime; if there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal. The official compilation of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church (cf. Codex Iuris Canonici). The body of Roman or civil law.

Corpus Christi Body of Christ

corpus delicti

body of the offence Body of Canon Law Body of Civil Law

Corpus Iuris Canonici Corpus Iuris Civilis corpus vile

A person or thing fit only to be the object of an worthless body experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.' things to be corrected the corruption of the best is the worst

corrigenda corruptio optimi pessima

When the corruptissima republic is at its re publica most corrupt Tacitus plurimae the laws are leges most numerous corvus a raven will not oculum corvi pick out an eye

81 of another raven corrupt to the extreme Motto of the fictional Springfield Mayor Office in The Simpsons TV-Show

non eruit corruptus in extremis

May he love It's the refrain from the 'Pervigilium Veneris', a cras amet qui tomorrow who poem which describes a three day holiday in the nunquam has never loved cult of Venus, located somewhere in Sicily, amavit; before; And may involving the whole town in religious festivities quique he who has joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as amavit, cras loved, love the "procreatrix", the life-giving force behind the amet tomorrow as natural world. well Cras es Noster creatio ex nihilo Credo in Unum Deum The Future is Ours creation out of nothing Motto of San Jacinto College. A concept about creation, often used in a theological or philosophical context. Also known as the 'First Cause' argument in Philosophy of Religion. Contrasted with creatio ex materia.

I Believe in One The first words of the Nicene Creed and the God Apostles' Creed. A very common misquote of Tertullian's et mortuus est Dei Filius prorsus credibile quia ineptum est (and the Son of God is dead: in short, it is credible because it is unfitting), meaning that it is so absurd to say that God's son has died that it would have to be a matter of belief, rather than reason. The misquoted phrase, however, is commonly used to mock the dogmatic beliefs of the religious (see fideism). This phrase is commonly shortened to credo quia absurdum, and is also sometimes rendered credo quia impossibile est (I believe it because it is impossible) or, as Darwin used it in his autobiography, credo quia incredibile.

I believe it credo quia because it is absurdum est absurd

May we grow in crescamus in Him through all Motto of Cheverus High School. Illo per omnia things crescat scientia vita let knowledge Motto of the University of Chicago. grow, let life be

82 excolatur crescente luce crescit cum commercio civitas enriched Light ever increasing Civilization prospers with commerce Motto of James Cook University.

Motto of Claremont McKenna College. State motto of New Mexico, adopted in 1887 as the territory's motto, and kept in 1912 when New Mexico received statehood. Originally from Lucretius' De rerum natura book VI, where it refers in context to the motion of a thunderbolt across the sky, which acquires power and momentum as it goes.

crescit eundo

it grows as it goes

cruci dum spiro fido

while I live, I trust in the Motto of the Sisters of Loreto (IBVM) and its cross, Whilst I associated schools. trust in the Cross I have life The hood does not make the monk William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Scene I, Act V 4850

cucullus non facit monachum

cui bono

"Who benefits?" An adage in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an unwelcome event is likely to reveal who is Good for whom? responsible for that event (cf. cui prodest). Also the motto of the Crime Syndicate of America, a fictional supervillain group. The opposite is cui malo (Bad for whom?). for whom it advances Short for cui prodest scelus is fecit (for whom the crime advances, he has done it) in Seneca's Medea. Thus, the murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf. cui bono).

cui prodest

cuique suum to each his own

83 cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos cuius regio, eius religio Whose the land First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th is, all the way to century. A Roman legal principle of property law the sky and to that is no longer observed in most situations today. the underworld Less literally, "For whosoever owns the soil, it is is his. theirs up to the sky and down to the depths." whose region, his religion The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects. A regional prince's ability to choose his people's religion was established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.

cuiusvis hominis est Anyone can err, errare, nullius but only the fool nisi Cicero, Philippica XII, 5. persists in his insipientis in fault errore perseverare. culpa fault Also "blame" or "guilt". In law, an act of neglect. In general, guilt, sin, or a fault. See also mea culpa.

cum gladiis et with swords and From the Bible. Occurs in Matthew 26:47 and Luke fustibus clubs 22:52. cum gladio et with sword and Motto of a well-paid soldier. See salary. sale salt cum grano salis with a grain of salt Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth. Fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation. The standard formula for academic Latin honors in the United States. Greater honors include magna cum laude and summa cum laude.

with this, cum hoc ergo therefore on propter hoc account of this cum laude cum mortuis in lingua mortua with praise

with the dead in Movement from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest a dead Mussorgsky language

84 cum privilegio with the ad exclusive right imprimendum to print solum cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae cupio dissolvi

Copyright notice used in 16th-century England, used for comic effect in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

let all come who by merit Motto of University College London. deserve the most reward desire to be dissolved From the Bible, locution indicating a will to death ("I want to die"). The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of Christianity must be both fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated "why did God become Man?" Motto of Georgetown University School of Medicine and University of Scranton. An exhortation to physicians, or experts in general, to deal with their own problems before addressing those of others. An overview of a person's life and qualifications, similar to a rsum. A censor.

cur Deus Homo

Why the GodMan

cura personalis cura te ipsum curriculum vitae custos morum cygnis insignis cygnus inter anates

care for the whole person take care of your own self course of life keeper of morals

distinguished by Motto of Western Australia. its swans swan among ducks

D [edit]
Latin Da Deus fortunae Translation God give happiness or God give luck Notes Traditional Czech brewers greeting.

85 also: Da mihi facta, dabo tibi ius; legal principle based on Roman law; parties should present the facts of a case while the judge rules on the law. Related to iura novit curia (the court knows the law).

Da mihi Give me the factum, dabo fact(s), I'll give tibi ius you the law damnant quod non intelligunt

They condemn what they do not Used to describe ignorant people. understand

damnatio ad condemnation to Colloquially "thrown to the lions". bestias [the] beasts damnatio memoriae damnation of memory A Roman custom in which disgraced Romans (particularly former Emperors) were pretended to have never existed.

damnum absque injuria

A loss that results from no one's wrongdoing. In Roman law, a man is not responsible for damage without unintended, consequential injury to another injury resulting from a lawful act. This protection does not necessarily apply to unintended damage by negligence or folly.

dat deus incrementum God gives or growth deus dat incrementum "with due respect" or "given the excuse" We shall accomplish the mission assigned

Motto of several schools

data venia

Used before disagreeing with someone.

datum perficiemus munus

Motto of Batalho de Operaes Policiais Especiais (BOPE), Rio de Janeiro. A de bene esse deposition is used to preserve the testimony of a witness who is expected not to be available to appear at trial and be cross-examined. Trespass de bonis asportatis was the traditional name for larceny (wrongful taking of chattels).

de bene esse as well done de bonis asportatis carrying goods away

86 Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dsp, to indicate a person who died without having had any children Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dvp or dsvp, to indicate a person who predeceased his father Used in the context of "As we agreed in the meeting d.d. 26th Mai 2006. Said of something that is the actual state of affairs, in contrast to something's legal or official standing, which is described as de jure. De facto refers to the "way things really are" rather than what is "officially" presented as the fact.

decessit sine died without prole issue decessit [sine] vita patris de dato died in the lifetime of the father of the date

de facto

by deed

de fideli

A clerk makes the declaration De fideli on when with faithfulness appointed, promising to do his or her tasks faithfully as a servant of the court. regarding the future Usually used in the context of "at a future time"

de futuro

de gustibus there is no Less literally "there's no accounting for taste". non est disputing about Likely of Scholastic origin (see Wiktionary). disputandum tastes de integro again, a second time "Official", in contrast with de facto. Analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice". In other contexts, can mean "according to law", "by right" or "legally". Also commonly written de iure, the classical form.

de jure

by law

de lege ferenda de lege lata

from law to be passed "from law passed" or "by law in force"

The law does not The court does not want to bother with small, trivial de minimis bother with the things. A case must have importance for the court non curat lex smallest things. to hear it. See "de minimis non curat praetor".

87 Also "The chief magistrate does not concern himself with trifles." Trivial matters are no concern The commander of a high official (cf. aquila non capit muscas , the does not bother eagle does not catch flies). Sometimes rex (the with the king) or lex (the law) is used in place of praetor, smallest things. and de minimis is a legal term referring to things unworthy of the law's attention.

de minimis non curat praetor

de mortuis about the dead, Less literally, "speak well of the dead or not at all" aut bene aut either well or (cf. de mortuis nil nisi bonum). nihil nothing From de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est , "nothing must be said about the dead except the about the dead, good", attributed by Diogenes Lartius to Chilon. In de mortuis nil nothing unless a legal contexts, this quotation is used with the nisi bonum good thing opposite meaning, as defaming a deceased person is not a crime. In other contexts, it refers to taboos against criticizing the recently deceased. de nobis fabula narratur about us is the story told Thus, "their story is our story". Originally referred to the end of Rome's dominance. Now often used when comparing any current situation to a past story or historical event. "Anew" or "afresh". In law, a trial de novo is a retrial. In biology, de novo means newly synthesized, and a de novo mutation is a mutation that neither parent possessed or transmitted. In economics, de novo refers to newly founded companies, and de novo banks are state banks that have been in operation for five years or less.

de novo

from the new

de omni re scibili et quibusdam aliis de omnibus dubitandum de oppresso liber

about every The 15th-century Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della knowable thing, Mirandola wrote the De omni re scibili portion and even certain (about every knowable thing), and a wag added et other things quibusdam aliis (and even certain other things). be suspicious of Attributed to Ren Descartes. Karl Marx's favorite everything, motto and a title of one of Sren Kierkegaard's doubt works De Omnibus Dubitandum Est everything Free From Having Been Commonly mistranslated as "To Liberate the Oppressed". The motto of the United States Army

88 Oppressed de profundis from the depths Special Forces. Out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of Psalm 130.

de re

In logic, de dicto statements (about the truth of a about the matter proposition) are distinguished from de re statements (about the properties of a thing itself). Inscription on British one-pound coins. Originally on 17th-century coins, it refers to the inscribed edge An ornament as a protection against the clipping of precious and a safeguard metal. The phrase originally comes from Virgil's Aeneid. There is safety in numbers

decus et tutamen

defendit numerus

("dvp") died with Used by genealogists to denote a son who has predefunctus his father (still) deceased his father and not lived long enough to vivente patre living. See also inherit his father's title or estate. See also sine vivente rege[12] prole. Dei Gratia Regina Also Dei Gratia Rex (By the Grace of God, King). By the Grace of Abbreviated as D G REG preceding Fidei Defensor (F God, Queen D) on British pounds, and as D G Regina on Canadian coins. Motto of Princeton University. In Catholic theology, a pleasure taken in sinful thought or imagination, such as brooding on sexual images. It is distinct from actual sexual desire, and involves voluntary and complacent erotic fantasizing, without any attempt to suppress such thoughts. A translation into Latin from Ren Goscinny's ils sont fous, ces romains!, frequently issued by Obelix in the Asterix comics.

under God's Dei sub Spirit she numine viget flourishes

delectatio morosa

peevish delight

deliriant isti Romani Deo ac veritati Deo

They are mad, those Romans!

For God and for Motto of Colgate University. truth In God we trust Motto of Somerset College.

89 Confidimus Deo domuique Deo et patriae Deo gratias Deo juvante Deo Optimo Maximo
(DOM)

for God and for home for God and Country thanks [be] to God with God's help

Motto of Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne. Motto of Regis High School (New York City). The semi-Hispanicized form Deogracias is a Philippine first name. The motto of Monaco and its monarch which appears on the royal arms.

Derived from the Pagan Iupiter Optimo Maximo (To To the Best and the best and greatest Jupiter). Printed on bottles of Greatest God Bndictine liqueur. with God as protector Motto of the Confederate States of America. An alternate translation is "With an avenging God". This was often used in conjunction with a signature at the end of letters. It was used in order to signify that "God willing" this letter will get to you safely, "God willing" the contents of this letter come true. As an abbreviation (simply "D.V.") it is often found in personal letters (in English) of the early 1900s, employed to generally and piously qualify a given statement about a future planned action, that it will be carried out, so long as God wills. The motto of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. See also: Insha'Allah.

Deo vindice

Deo volente

God willing

descensus in The descent into Down the Rabbit Hole (see: Alice's Adventures in cuniculi the cave of the Wonderland#Famous lines and expressions. cavum rabbit Deus Caritas God is Love Est deus ex machina a god from a machine The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI; for other meanings, see Deus Caritas Est (disambiguation) From the Greek (ap mchans thes). A contrived or artificial solution, usually to a literary plot. Refers to the practice in Greek drama of lowering by crane (the mechan) an actor playing a god or goddess onto the stage to resolve an insuperable conflict in the plot. The device is

90 most commonly associated with Euripides. Deus Lux Mea God is my Light The motto of The Catholic University of America. Est Deus God and my meumque jus right deus otiosus God at leisure Deus spes nostra Deus vult God is our hope God wills it! The motto of Sir Thomas de Boteler, founder of Boteler Grammar School Warrington in 1526 The principal slogan of the Crusades.Motto of Bergen Catholic High School, NJ Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "As previously stated, ...". Literally, has been stated; also translated as "dicta prius" (literally, said previously). The principal motto of Scottish Rite Freemasonry; see also Dieu et mon droit.

dictatum erat as previously (dict) stated

dicto simpliciter

I.e. "From a rule without exception." Short for a dicto simpliciter, the a often being dropped by confusion with the English indefinite article. A dicto simpliciter occurs when an acceptable exception is ignored or eliminated. For instance, the [From] a maxim, appropriateness of using opiates is dependent on simply the presence of extreme pain. To justify the recreational use of opiates by referring to a cancer patient or to justify arresting said cancer patient by comparing him to the recreational user would be a dicto simpliciter. what is said is done Motto of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron VF-194

dictum factum

dictum meum my word [is] my Motto of the London Stock Exchange pactum bond diem perdidi I have lost the day From the Roman Emperor Titus. Passed down in Suetonius's biography of him in Lives of the Twelve Caesars Refers to the Judgment Day in Christian eschatology. The name of a famous 13th-century Medieval Latin hymn by Tommaso da Celano, used in the Mass for the dead.

Dies Irae

Day of Wrath

91 Days under common law (traditionally Sunday) in which no legal process can be served and any judgment is void. This concept was first codified by the English Parliament in the reign of Charles II. In Classical Latin, "I arrange". State motto of Maine. Based on a comparison of the state of Maine to the star Polaris.

dies non juridicum

Day without judiciary

dirigo

I direct

dis aliter visum

it seemed In other words, the gods have different plans than otherwise to the mortals, and so events do not always play out as gods people wish them to. Virgil, Aeneid, 2:428. Refers to the Manes, Roman spirits of the dead. Loosely "To the memory of". A conventional inscription preceding the name of the deceased on pagan grave markings, often shortened to dis manibus (D.M.), "for the ghost-gods". Preceded in some earlier monuments by hic situs est (H. S. E.), "he lies here".

dis manibus sacrum

(D.M.S.)

Sacred to the ghost-gods

disce aut discede disce quasi semper victurus vive quasi cras moriturus discendo discimus disiecta membra

Learn or Depart Motto of Royal College Colombo. Learn as if always going to live; live as if Attributed to St Edmund of Abingdon. tomorrow going to die. while teaching we learn That is, "scattered remains". Paraphrased from Horace, Satires, I, 4, 62, where it was written scattered limbs "disiecti membra poetae" (limbs of a scattered poet). Also written as disjecta membra. God enriches State motto of Arizona, adopted in 1911. Probably derived from the Vulgate's translation of Genesis 14:23. A Roman maxim adopted by Julius Caesar, Louis XI and Machiavelli. Commonly rendered "divide and conquer". A popular eloquent expression, usually used in the

ditat Deus

divide et impera dixi

divide and rule I have spoken

92 end of a speech. The implied meaning is: "I have said all that I had to say and thus the argument is settled". ["...", ...] dixit ["...", ...] said do ut des docendo discitur docendo disco, scribendo cogito I give that you may give It is learned by teaching I learn by teaching, think by writing. "The ... concept is particular to a few civil law systems and cannot sweepingly be equated with the notions of special or specific intent in common law systems. Of course, the same might equally be said of the concept of specific intent, a notion used in the common law almost exclusively within the context of the defense of voluntary intoxication."Genocide scholar William Schabas [13] Motto of the City of London Used to attribute a statement or opinion to its author, rather than the speaker. Often said or written for sacrifices, when one "gives" and expects something back from the gods. Also translated "One learns by teaching." Attributed to Seneca the Younger.

dolus specialis

special intent

Domine dirige nos Dominus Illuminatio Mea Dominus fortitudo nostra Dominus vobiscum

Lord guide us the Lord is my light The Lord is our Strength

Motto of the University of Oxford.

Motto of the Southland College, Philippines

Phrase used during and at the end of Catholic sermons, and a general greeting form among and Lord be with you towards members of Catholic organizations, such as priests and nuns. See also pax vobiscum. give us peace Often set to music, either by itself or as part of the Agnus Dei prayer of the Mass. Also an ending in the video game Haunting Ground.

dona nobis pacem

93 giving in donatio expectation of mortis causa death draco dormiens nunquam titillandus dramatis person duae tabulae rasae in quibus nihil scriptum est ducimus Ducit amor patriae ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt ductus exemplo A legal concept where a person in imminent mortal danger need not meet the requisite consideration to create or modify a will.

a sleeping Motto of the fictional Hogwarts school in the Harry dragon is never Potter series; translated more loosely in the books to be tickled as "never tickle a sleeping dragon". More literally, "the masks of the drama"; more the parts of the figuratively, "cast of characters". The characters play represented in a dramatic work. Two blank slates with nothing Stan Laurel, inscription for the fanclub logo of The written upon Sons of the Desert. them We lead Motto of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Love of country Motto of the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland leads me Regiment The fates lead the willing and drag the unwilling leadership by example

Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

Motto for the United States Marine Corps' Officer Candidates School located at Marine Corps Base Quantico; Quantico, Virginia. War may seem pleasant to those who have never been involved in it, though the more experienced know better. A phrase from Erasmus in the 16th century.

war is sweet to dulce bellum the inexpertis inexperienced Dulce est desipere in loco dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

It is sweet on It is pleasant to relax once in a while. From Horace, occasion to play Odes IV, 12, 28. Used by George Knapton for Sir the fool. Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet 1744 portrait. It is sweet and From Horace, Odes III, 2, 13. Used by Wilfred Owen honorable to die for the title of a poem about World War I, Dulce et for the Decorum est. fatherland.

94 Horace wrote in his Ars Poetica that poetry must be dulce et utile (pleasant and profitable), both enjoyable and instructive. Horace, Odes III, 25, 16. Motto of the Scottish clan MacAulay. Motto of the Scottish clan Fergusson.[14] Used when someone has been asked for urgent help, but responds with no immediate action. Similar to Hannibal ante portas, but referring to a less personal danger.

dulce et utile dulce periculum dulcius ex asperis dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit dum spiro spero

a sweet and useful thing danger is sweet sweeter after difficulties while Rome debates, Saguntum is in danger

while I breathe, I State motto of South Carolina. From Cicero. hope

while there is dum vita est, life, there is spes est hope dum vivimus While we live, servimus we serve motto of Presbyterian College.

An encouragement to embrace life. Motto inscribed dum vivimus, While we live, let on the sword of the main character in the novel vivamus us live! Glory Road. dura lex sed lex dura mater durante munere [the] law [is] harsh, but [it is the] law tough mother while in office outer covering of the brain For example, the Governor General of Canada is durante munere the Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada.

dux bellorum war leader

E [edit]
Latin e pluribus unum Translation Notes out of many, one Former de facto motto of the United States of America. Used on many U.S. coins and inscribed on the Capitol. Also used as the motto of S.L.

95 Benfica. Less commonly written as ex pluribus unum. From the Latin Vulgate Gospel according to St. John (XIX.v) (19.5, Douay-Rheims), where Pontius Pilate speaks these words as he presents Christ, crowned with thorns, to the crowd. It is Behold the Man also the title of Nietzsche's autobiography and of the theme music by Howard Goodall for the ITV comedy Mr. Bean, in which the full sung lyric is Ecce homo qui est faba ("Behold the man who is a bean"). A phrase occasionally inscribed near the altar in behold the bread Catholic churches; it makes reference to the of angels Host; the Eucharist; the bread of Heaven; the Body of Christ. See also: Panis Angelicus. The first printed edition of a work. short for "Even if all others... I will not." Part of the absolution-formula spoken by a priest as part of the sacrament of Penance (cf. absolvo). Used as a challenge, "I dare you".

Ecce Homo

ecce panis angelorum

editio princeps first edition ego non not I

ego te absolvo I absolve you ego te provoco I provoke you eheu fugaces labuntur anni

Alas, the fleeting From Horace's Odes II, 14. years slip by Also "worn-out". Retired from office. Often used to denote a position held at the point of retirement, as an honor, such as professor emeritus or provost emeritus. This does not necessarily mean that the honoree is no longer active.

emeritus

veteran

ens causa sui

Or "being one's own cause". Traditionally, a existing because being that owes its existence to no other being, of oneself hence God or a Supreme Being (cf. Primum Mobile).

96 ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem by the sword she seeks a serene State motto of Massachusetts, adopted in 1775. repose under liberty entities must not Occam's Razor or law of parsimony; that is, that be multiplied arguments which do not introduce extraneous beyond variables are to be preferred in logical necessity argumentation.

entitas ipsa involvit reality involves a aptitudinem ad A phrase used in modern Western philosophy on power to compel extorquendum the nature of truth. sure assent certum assensum Technical term used in philosophy and the law. Similar to ipso facto. Example: "The fact that I am does not eo ipso mean that I think." From Latin eo ipso, ablative form of id ipsum, "that (thing) itself".

eo ipso

by that very (act)

eo nomine equo ne credite erga omnes ergo errare humanum est

by that name do not trust the Virgil, Aeneid, II. 4849 (Latin) horse in relation to everyone therefore to err is human Denotes a logical conclusion (cf. cogito ergo sum). From Seneca the Younger: Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum, et tertia non datur (To err is human; to persist [in committing such errors] is of the devil, and the third possibility is not given.) Several authors contemplated the idea before Seneca: Livy Venia dignus error is humanus (Storie, VIII, 35) and Cicero: is Cuiusvis errare: insipientis nullius nisi, in errore perseverare (Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault) (Philippicae XII, ii, 5). 300 years later Augustine of Hippo recycled the idea in his Sermones (164, 14):

97 Humanum fuit errare, diabolicum est per animositatem in errore manere.[15] erratum error Or "mistake". Lists of errors in a previous edition of a work are often marked with the plural, errata ("errors"). Roman legal principle formulated by Pomponius in the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis, stating that legal actions undertaken by man under the influence of error are ineffective.

errantis voluntas nulla est eruditio et religio

the will of a mistaken party is void

scholarship and Motto of Duke University religion George Berkeley's motto for his idealist philosophical position that nothing exists independently of its perception by a mind except minds themselves. Truly being something, rather than merely seeming to be something. Motto of many institutions. From chapter 26 of Cicero's De amicitia ('On Friendship'). Earlier than Cicero, the phrase had been used by Sallust in his Bellum Catilinae (54.6), where he wrote that Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat (he preferred to be good, rather than to seem so). Earlier still, Aeschylus used a similar phrase in Seven Against Thebes, line 592, ou gar dokein aristos, all' enai thelei (he wishes not to seem the best, but to be the best). State motto of North Carolina. School motto of Colyton Grammar School.

to be is to be esse est percipi perceived

esse quam videri

to be, rather than to seem

est modo in rebus

there is a middle ground in things, there is a there is measure middle way; from Horace's Satires 1.1.106; see in things also: Golden mean (philosophy). Said of Venice by the Venetian historian Fra Paolo Sarpi shortly before his death. Also the state motto of Idaho, adopted in 1867, and of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. It is also used as the open motto of Sigma Phi Society, a collegiate Greek Letter Fraternity.

esto perpetua

may it be perpetual

98 esto quod es et alibi (et al.) be what you are Motto of Wells Cathedral School. and elsewhere A less common variant on et cetera used at the end of a list of locations to denote unlisted places. Used similarly to et cetera ("and the rest"), to stand for a list of names. Alii is actually masculine, so it can be used for men, or groups of men and women; the feminine, et aliae (or et ali), is appropriate when the "others" are all female. Et alia is neuter plural and thus properly used only for inanimate, genderless objects, but some use it as a gender-neutral alternative.[16] APA style uses et al. if the work cited was written by more than six authors; MLA style uses et al. for more than three authors. In modern usage, used to mean "and so on" or "and more". From Genesis 1:3 "and there was light". Motto of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

et alii (et al.)

and others

et cetera (etc.) or (&c.)

And the rest

And light came et facta est lux to be or was made et hoc genus omne et in Arcadia ego et lux in tenebris lucet

And all that sort Abbreviated to e.h.g.o. or ehgo of thing and in Arcadia [am] I In other words, "I, too, am in Arcadia". See memento mori.

And light shines See also Lux in Tenebris; motto for the Pontificia in the darkness Universidad Catlica del Per.

And now, O ye kings, et nunc reges understand: intelligite receive erudimini qui instruction, you judicatis terram that judge the earth. et sequentes
(et seq.)

From the Book of Psalms, II.x. (Vulgate), 2.10 (Douay-Rheims).

and the following Also et sequentia ('and the following things': (masc./fem. neut.), abbreviations: et seqq., et seq.., or sqq. plural)

99 et cum spiritu tuo And with your spirit

and a et suppositio More typically translated as "Sayin' it don't make supposition puts nil ponit in esse it so". nothing in being Also "Even you, Brutus?" or "You too, Brutus?" Used to indicate a betrayal by someone close. From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, based on the traditional dying words of Julius Caesar. However, these were almost certainly not And you, Brutus? Caesar's true last words; Plutarch quotes Caesar as saying, in Greek, the language of Rome's elite at the time, ; (Ka s tknon?), in English "You too, (my) child?", quoting from Menander. and wife and husband A legal term. A legal term.

et tu, Brute?

et uxor (et ux.) et vir

Etiamsi omnes, Even if all Peter to Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:33) ego non others... I will not In law, describes someone taking precautions against a very remote contingency. "One might wear a belt in addition to braces ex abundanti cautela".[17] In banking, a loan in which the collateral is more than the loan itself. Also the basis for the term "an abundance of caution" employed by United States President Barack Obama to explain why his oath of office had to be re-administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts and again in reference to terrorist threats.

ex abundanti cautela

out of an abundance of caution

ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur

From the Gospel according to St. Matthew, For out of the XII.xxxiv (Vulgate), 12.34 (Douay-Rheims) and abundance of the Gospel according to St. Luke, VI.xlv the heart the (Vulgate), 6.45 (Douay-Rheims). Sometimes mouth speaketh. rendered without enim ('for'). from the equal "On equal footing", i.e., "in a tie". Used for those two (seldom more) participants of a competition, that showed exactly the same performance.

ex aequo

100 Always something new ex Africa from Africa semper aliquid (literally novi something of new) ex animo ex ante ex astris scientia from the heart from before From the Stars, Knowledge

Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, VIII/42: unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi Africam adferre.[18]

Thus, "sincerely". "Beforehand", "before the event". Based on prior assumptions. A forecast. The motto of the fictional Starfleet Academy on Star Trek. Adapted from ex luna scientia, which in turn was modeled after ex scientia tridens. A phrase applied to the declarations or promulgations of the Pope when, in communion with the college of cardinals, preserved from the possibility of error by the action of the Holy Spirit (see Papal infallibility), he solemnly declares or promulgates ("from the chair" that was the ancient symbol of the teacher and of the governor, in this case of the church) a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals as being contained in divine revelation, or at least being intimately connected to divine revelation. Used, by extension, of anyone who is perceived as speaking as though with supreme authority.

ex cathedra

from the chair

ex cultu robur ex Deo

from culture The motto of Cranleigh School, Surrey. [comes] strength from God "From harmful deceit"; dolus malus is the Latin legal term for "fraud". The full legal phrase is ex dolo malo non oritur actio ("an action does not arise from fraud"). When an action has its origin in fraud or deceit, it cannot be supported; thus, a court of law will not assist a man who bases his course of action on an immoral or illegal act. Idiomatically rendered "on the face of it". A legal term typically used to note that a document's explicit terms are defective without further

ex dolo malo

from fraud

ex facie

from the face

101 investigation. ex fide fiducia from faith [comes] confidence A motto of St George's College, Harare.

ex fide fortis ex glande quercus

from faith A motto of Loyola School (New York City). [comes] strength from acorn to oak The motto of the Municipal Borough of Southgate, London. More literally "from grace". Refers to someone voluntarily performing an act purely out of kindness, as opposed to for personal gain or from being forced to do it. In law, an ex gratia payment is one made without recognizing any liability or legal obligation. Thus, "by hypothesis". Recent academic notation for "from below in this writing"

ex gratia

from kindness

ex hypothesi ex infra (e.i.) cf.

ex supra

from the hypothesis "from below"

ex juvantibus ex lege ex libris

The medical pitfall in which response to a from that which therapeutic regimen substitutes proper helps diagnosis. from the law from the books Precedes a person's name, with the meaning of "from the library of..."; also a bookplate. The motto of the Apollo 13 moon mission, derived from ex scientia tridens, the motto of Jim Lovell's Alma Mater, the United States Naval Academy. From St. Augustine's "Sermon LXI" where he contradicts Seneca's dictum in Epistulae 87:22: bonum ex malo non fit (good does not come from evil). Also the alias of the Anberlin song, "Miserabile Visu" from their album New Surrender.

ex luna scientia

from the moon, knowledge

ex malo bonum good out of evil

102 ex mea sententia

in my opinion out of mere impulse, or of one's own accord. From Lucretius, and said earlier by Empedocles. Its original meaning is "work is required to succeed", but its modern meaning is a more general "everything has its origins in something" (cf. causality). It is commonly applied to the conservation laws in philosophy and modern science. Ex nihilo often used in conjunction with the term creation, as in creatio ex nihilo, meaning "creation out of nothing". It is often used in philosophy or theology in connection with the proposition that God created the universe from nothing. It is also mentioned in the final ad-lib of the Monty Python song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Said of something that has been built from scratch. The title of a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. By virtue of office or position; "by right of office". Often used when someone holds one position by virtue of holding another: for example, the President of France is an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. A common misconception is that all ex officio members of a committee or congress may not vote this may be the case, but it is not guaranteed by that title. In legal terms, ex officio refers to an administrative or judicial office taking action of its own accord, for example to invalidate a patent or prosecute copyright infringers.

ex mero motu

ex nihilo nihil fit

nothing comes from nothing

ex novo Ex Oblivione

from new from oblivion

ex officio

from the office

ex opere operantis

A theological phrase contrasted with ex opere from the work of operato, referring to the notion that the validity the one working or promised benefit of a sacrament depends on the person administering it.

103 A theological phrase meaning that the act of receiving a sacrament actually confers the promised benefit, such as a baptism actually and literally cleansing one's sins. The Catholic Church affirms that the source of grace is God, not just the actions or disposition of the minister or the recipient of the sacrament. Originally refers to the sun rising in the east, but alludes to culture coming from the Eastern world. Motto of several institutions. A legal term meaning "by one party" or "for one party". Thus, on behalf of one side or party only. From the measure of Hercules' foot you shall know his size; from a part, the whole. "Afterward", "after the event". Based on knowledge of the past. Measure of past performance. Said of a law with retroactive effect.

ex opere operato

from the work worked

ex oriente lux

light from the east from a part from Hercules' foot from after from a thing done afterward

ex parte ex pede Herculem ex post

ex post facto

ex professo

from one Or 'with due competence'. Said of the person declaring [an art who perfectly knows his art or science. or science] The United States Naval Academy motto. Refers from knowledge, to knowledge bringing men power over the sea sea power. comparable to that of the trident-bearing Greek god Poseidon. from knowledge, The motto of the College of Graduate Studies at truth Middle Tennessee State University. In general, the claim that the absence of something demonstrates the proof of a proposition. An argumentum ex silentio ("argument from silence") is an argument based on the assumption that someone's silence on a matter suggests ("proves" when a logical fallacy) that person's ignorance of the matter or their inability to counterargue validly. opposite of "in situ"

ex scientia tridens

ex scientia vera

ex silentio

from silence

ex situ

out of position

104

ex supra (e.s.) cf.

ex infra

"from above"

Recent academic notation for "from above in this writing".

ex tempore

from [this "This instant", "right away" or "immediately". moment of] time Also written extempore.

A legal doctrine which states that a claimant will From a be unable to pursue a cause of action, if it arises Ex turpi causa dishonorable in connection with his own illegal act. non oritur actio cause an action Particularly relevant in the law of contract, tort does not arise and trusts. ex umbra in solem from the shadow Motto of Federico Santa Mara Technical into the light University.

union is ex unitae vires strength, or Former motto of South Africa. unity is strength ex vi termini from the force of Thus, "by definition". the term out of or from life from the vow from crowd, knowledge higher Used in reference to the study or assay of living tissue in an artificial environment outside the living organism. Thus, in accordance with a promise. An ex voto is also an offering made in fulfillment of a vow. used to describe social computing, The Wisdom of Crowds "Ever upward!" The state motto of New York. Also a catch phrase used by Marvel Comics head Stan Lee.

ex vivo

ex voto ex vulgus scientia excelsior

exceptio firmat (or probat) regulam in casibus non exceptis

A juridical principle which means that the The exception statement of a rule's exception (e.g., "no parking confirms the rule on Sundays") implicitly confirms the rule (i.e., in cases which that parking is allowed Monday through are not excepted Saturday). Often mistranslated as "the exception that proves the rule". More loosely, "he who excuses himself, accuses himself"an unprovoked excuse is a sign of

excusatio non an excuse that petita accusatio has not been manifesta sought [is] an

105 obvious accusation exeat may he/she leave

guilt. In French, qui s'excuse, s'accuse. A formal leave of absence. Usually shortened in English to "for example" (see citation signal). Often confused with id est (i.e.).[19] Exempli gratia, "for example", is commonly abbreviated "e.g."; in this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma, depending on style.[20]

exempli gratia
(e.g.)

for the sake of example

an army without exercitus sine a leader is a On a plaque at the former military staff building duce corpus est body without a of the Swedish Armed Forces. sine spiritu spirit exeunt they leave Third-person plural present active indicative of the Latin verb exire; also extended to exeunt omnes, "all leave"; singular: exit. This term has been used in dermatopathology to express that there is no substitute for experience in dealing with all the numerous variations that may occur with skin conditions. [21] The term has also been used in gastroenterology.[22] Or "crucial experiment". A decisive test of a scientific theory. Literally "believe one who has had experience". An author's aside to the reader.

experientia docet

experience teaches

experimentum crucis experto crede

experiment of the cross trust the expert

"Mentioning one thing may exclude another thing". A principle of legal statutory interpretation: the explicit presence of a thing implies intention to exclude others; e.g., a the expression of expressio unius reference in the Poor Relief Act 1601 to "lands, the one is the est exclusio houses, tithes and coal mines" was held to exclusion of the alterius exclude mines other than coal mines. other Sometimes expressed as expressum facit cessare tacitum (broadly, "the expression of one thing excludes the implication of something else").

106 Refers to a possible result of Catholic [placed] outside ecclesiastical legal proceedings when the culprit of the house is removed from being part of a group like a monastery.

extra domum

This expression comes from the writings of Saint outside the Cyprian of Carthage, a bishop of the third extra Ecclesiam Church [there is] century. It is often used to summarise the nulla salus no salvation doctrine that the Catholic Church is absolutely necessary for salvation. It is issued by the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations before a session of the Papal conclave which will elect a new Pope. When spoken, all those who are not Cardinals, or those otherwise mandated to be present at the Conclave, must leave the Sistine Chapel.

extra omnes

outside, all [of you]

he who extra administers territorium jus justice outside of Refers to extraterritorial jurisdiction. Often cited dicenti impune his territory is in law of the sea cases on the high seas. non paretur disobeyed with impunity

F [edit]
Latin faber est suae quisque fortunae fac fortia et patere fac simile Translation every man is the artisan of his own fortune do brave deeds and endure make a similar thing Notes Appius Claudius Caecus. Motto of Fort Street High School in Petersham, Sydney, Australia. Motto of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia. Origin of the word facsimile, and, through it, of fax.

faciam quodlibet I'll do whatever it quod necesse takes est facile princeps easily the first Said of the acknowledged leader in some field, especially in the arts and humanities.

107 "I make free adults out of children by means Motto of St. John's College in Annapolis, of books and a Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico balance." Frequently used as motto.

facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque

facta, non verba deeds, not words

falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus

A Roman legal principle indicating that a witness who willfully falsifies one matter is not credible on any matter. The false in one, false in all underlying motive for attorneys to impeach opposing witnesses in court: the principle discredits the rest of their testimony if it is without corroboration. from Henry Baerlein's introduction to his translation of The Diwan of Abul Ala by Abul Ala Al-Maarri (9731057);[23] also in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, act I. a formula used traditionally in the author's signature by painters, sculptors, artisans, scribes etc. Compare pinxit.

feci quod potui, I have done what I faciant meliora could; let those who potentes can do better.

NN fecit fecisti patriam diversis de gentibus unam

NN made (this)

"From differing Verse 63 from the poem De reditu suo by peoples you have Rutilius Claudius Namatianus praising made one native land" emperor Augustus.[24] A ritual acclamation delivered to late Roman emperors. from "Exsultet" of the Catholic liturgy

"be more fortunate felicior Augusto, than Augustus and melior Traiano better than Trajan" felix culpa felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas fortunate fault

happy is he who can Virgil. "Rerum cognoscere causas" is the discover the causes of motto of the London School of Economics things and the University of Sheffield. An archaic legal term for one who commits suicide, referring to early English common law punishments, such as land seizure, inflicted on those who killed themselves.

felo de se

felon from himself

fere libenter men generally believe People's beliefs are shaped largely by homines id quod their desires. Julius Caesar, The Gallic

108 volunt credunt what they want to War 3.18 An oxymoronic motto of Augustus. It encourages proceeding quickly, but with calm and caution. Equivalent to 'More haste, less speed'. Motto of The Madeira School, McLean, Virginia.

festina lente

hurry slowly

festinare nocet, nocet et cunctatio saepe; tempore quaeque suo qui facit, ille sapit. fiat iustitia et pereat mundus

it is bad to hurry, and delay is often as bad; the wise person is the Ovid[25] one who does everything in its proper time. let justice be done, Motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman though the world shall Emperor. perish Attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus. Less literally, "let light arise" or "let there be light" (cf. lux sit). From the Latin translation of Genesis, "dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux" ("and God said, 'Let light be made', and light was made."); frequently used as motto for educational institutions. Motto of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

fiat justitia ruat let justice be done caelum should the sky fall

fiat lux

let light be made

fiat panis

let there be bread

fiat voluntas Dei May God's will be done The motto of Robert May's School fiat voluntas tua Thy will be done ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris Fidei Defensor (Fid Def) or (fd) The motto of Archbishop Richard Smith of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton.

fictions meant to Horace Ars Poetica (338), advice please should presumably discounted by the magical approximate the truth realists Defender of the Faith A title given to Henry VIII of England by Pope Leo X on October 17, 1521 before Henry became a heresiarch. Still used by the British monarchs, it appears on all

109 British coins, usually abbreviated. Sometimes mistranslated to "Keep the faith", when used in contemporary English-language writings of all kinds to convey a light-hearted wish for the reader's well-being.

fidem scit

He knows the faith

fides qua creditur fides quae creditur fides quaerens intellectum fidus Achates filae nostrae sicvt angvli incisi similitvdine templi finis coronat opus finis vitae sed non amoris flagellum dei

the faith by which it is the personal faith which apprehends, believed contrasted with fides quae creditur the faith which is believed faith seeking understanding faithful Achates the content of "the faith," contrasted with fides qua creditur the motto of Saint Anselm, found in his Proslogion A faithful friend. From the name of Aeneas's faithful companion in Virgil's Aeneid.

may our daughters be as polished as the Motto of Francis Holland School corners' of the temple the end crowns the work the end of life, but not of love scourge of god referred to Attila the Hun, when he led his armies to invade the Western Roman Empire.

the end justifies the means.

flectere si nequeo superos, if I cannot move Virgil's Aeneid, book VII.312 Acheronta heaven I will raise hell movebo floreat etona floreat nostra schola floruit (fl.) may Eton flourish may our school flourish one flourished Motto of Eton College Common school motto Indicates the period when a historical

110 figure whose birth and death dates are unknown was most active. fluctuat nec mergitur fons et origo she wavers and is not Motto of Paris immersed the spring and source "The fountainhead and beginning". The source and origin.

fons sapientiae, the fount of knowledge The motto of Bishop Blanchet High verbum Dei is the word of God. School. forsan et haec perhaps even these olim meminisse things will be good to iuvabit remember one day fortes fortuna adiuvat fortes in fide fortis cadere, cedere non potest Fortune favours the bold strong in faith From Virgil's Aeneid, book I, line 203.

The motto of the 3rd Marine Regiment Frequently used as motto.

The brave may fall, but Motto of Fahnestock Family Arms. cannot yield Motto on the coat of arms of Oxford, England. Motto of Alberta Motto of Municipal Borough of Middleton from the Earl of Middleton. Frequently used as motto.

fortis est veritas truth is strong fortis et liber fortis in arduis fortiter et fideliter strong and free strong in difficulties bravely and faithfully

fortunae meae, artisan of my fate and Motto of Gatineau. multorum faber that of several others An Epitaph, made to remind the reader of the inevitability of death, saying "Once I I once was what you fui quod es, eris was alive like you are, and you will be are, you will be what I quod sum dead as I am now." As believed, it was am carved on a gravestone of some Roman military officers. fumus boni iuris presumption of sufficient legal basis

111 fundamenta inconcussa

unshakable foundation

G [edit]
Latin gaudeamus hodie gaudeamus igitur gaudete in domino gaudium in veritate Translation let us rejoice today therefore let us rejoice rejoice in the Lord joy in truth First words of a famous academic anthem used, among other places, in The Student Prince. Motto of Bishop Allen Academy Motto of Campion School Notes

generalia specialibus non derogant

A principle of statutory interpretation: If a general provisions matter falls under a specific provision in a enacted in later statute enacted before a general provision legislation do not enacted in a later statute, it is to be presumed detract from specific that the legislature did not intend that the provisions enacted in earlier specific provision be repealed, and the earlier legislation matter is governed by the earlier specific provision, not the more recent general one. The unique, distinctive aspects or atmosphere of a place, such as those celebrated in art, stories, folk tales, and festivals. Originally, the genius loci was literally the protective spirit of a place, a creature usually depicted as a snake.

genius loci

spirit of place

generatim discite cultus gesta non verba

Learn each field of study according to its Motto of the University of Bath. kind. (Virgil, Georgics II.) deeds, not words Motto of James Ruse Agricultural High School. Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic doxology, the Greater Doxology. See

Gloria in Glory to God in the excelsis Deo Highest

112 also ad maiorem Dei gloriam. gloria filiorum patres Gloria Patri The glory of sons is their fathers (Proverbs17:6) Glory to the Father Motto of Eltham College The beginning of the Lesser Doxology. Motto of Manitoba Motto of private spaceflight company Blue Origin

gloriosus et glorious and free liber gradatim ferociter by degrees, ferociously

gradibus ascending by degrees Motto of Grey College, Durham ascendimus Graecia Conquered Greece in capta ferum turn defeated its Horace Epistles 2.1 victorem savage conqueror cepit Most commonly from William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar where Casca couldn't explain to Cassius what Cicero was saying because he was speaking Greek. The more common collloquilism would be: It's all Greek to me. Motto of McGill University

Graecum est; non legitur

It is Greek (and therefore) it cannot be read.

Grandescunt By hard work, all Aucta things increase and Labore grow gratiae veritas naturae graviora manent Truth through mercy and nature heavier things remain

Motto of Uppsala University more severe things await, the worst is yet to come Title of a poem by James Elroy Flecker
[26]

Gravis Dulcis serious sweet Immutabilis immutable gutta cavat lapidem [non vi sed saepe

a water drop hollows main phrase is from Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto a stone [not by force, IV, 10, 5.;[27] expanded in the Middle Ages but by falling often]

113 cadendo]

H [edit]
Latin Translation Notes A legal term from the 14th century or earlier. Refers to a number of legal writs to bring a person before a You should court or judge, most commonly habeas corpus ad have the body subjiciendum (you may have the body to bring up). Commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to challenge the legality of their detention. we have a pope Books have their destiny [according to the capabilities of the reader] with this law one day, this Commonly rendered in English as "One day, we'll will be pleasing look back on this and smile". From Virgil's Aeneid to remember 1.203. Also, motto of the Jefferson Society. Hannibal is at the gates Hannibal before the gates Roman parents would tell their misbehaving children this, invoking their fear of Hannibal. Refers to wasting time while the enemy is already here. Attributed to Cicero. Thus, "I say no things that are unknown". From Virgil's Aeneid, 2.91. Written on uncharted territories of old maps; see also: here be dragons. Used after a Catholic Church papal election to announce publicly a successful ballot to elect a new pope.

habeas corpus

habemus papam

Habent sua fata libelli

hac lege haec olim meminisse iuvabit Hannibal ad portas Hannibal ante portas

I speak not of haud ignota unknown loquor things hic abundant here lions leones abound hic et nunc here and now

The imperative motto for the satisfaction of desire. "I need it, Here and Now"

114 Also rendered hic iacet. Written on gravestones or tombs, preceding the name of the deceased. Equivalent to hic sepultus (here is buried), and sometimes combined into hic jacet sepultus (HJS), "here lies buried".

hic jacet (HJ) here lies

hic manebimus optime

According to Titus Livius the phrase was pronounced by Marcus Furius Camillus, addressing the senators here we'll stay who intended to abandon the city, invaded by Gauls, excellently circa 390 BC. It is used today to express the intent to keep one's position even if the circumstances appear adverse. here there are Written on uncharted territories of old maps. dragons here there are Written on uncharted territories of old maps. lions from both sides From Terence, Andria, line 125. Originally literal, referring to the tears shed by Pamphilus at the funeral of Chrysis, it came to be used proverbially in the works of later authors, such as Horace (Epistula XIX, 41). Motto of the Central Bank of Sweden.

hic sunt dracones hic sunt leones hinc et inde

hinc illae lacrimae

hence those tears

herefore hinc robur et strength and securitas safety

historia vitae history, the From Cicero's De Oratore, II, 9. Also "history is the magistra teacher of life mistress of life". hoc age hoc est bellum do this This is war Motto of Bradford Grammar School, often purposefully mistranslated by pupils as "Just do it!".

hoc est To know Christ Famous dictum by the Reformer Melanchthon in his Christum is to know his Loci Communes of 1521 cognoscere, benefits beneficia eius

115 cognoscere hoc est enim This is my corpus meum Body hodie mihi, cras tibi Today it's me, tomorrow it will be you The words of Jesus reiterated in Latin during the Roman Catholic Eucharist: "Hoc est corpus"

hominem Treat the Man, Motto of the Far Eastern University Institute of non morbum not the Nursing cura Disease Varro (116 BC 27 BC), in the opening line of the first book of Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres, wrote "quod, ut dicitur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex" (for if, as they say, man is a bubble, all the more so is an old man)[28] later reintroduced by Erasmus in his Adagia, a collection of sayings published in 1572.

homo bulla

man is a bubble

First attested in Plautus' Asinaria (lupus est homo homo homini man [is a] wolf homini). The sentence was drawn on by Hobbes in lupus to man Leviathan as a concise expression of his human nature view. homo praesumitur One is bonus donec innocent until probetur proven guilty malus

See also: presumption of innocence.

From Terence, Heautontimoroumenos. Originally "strange" or "foreign" (alienum) was used in the sense of "irrelevant", as this line was a response to homo sum I am a human the speaker being told to mind his own business, but humani a me being; nothing it is now commonly used to advocate respecting nihil alienum human is different cultures and being humane in general. Puto puto strange to me (I consider) is not translated because it is meaningless outside of the line's context within the play. homo unius libri (timeo) (I fear) a man of one book Attributed to Thomas Aquinas

honestes honesty before Motto of King George V school, Hong Kong, China ante honores glory

116 honor virtutis praemium honoris causa hora fugit hora somni
(h.s.)

esteem is the reward of virtue

Motto of Arnold School, Blackpool, England

for the sake of Said of an honorary title, such as "Doctor of Science honor honoris causa". the hour flees See tempus fugit. at the hour of sleep Medical shorthand for "at bedtime".

horas non numero nisi serenas horribile dictu hortus in urbe

I do not count the hours A common inscription on sundials. unless they are sunny horrible to say That is, "a horrible thing to relate". Cf. mirabile dictu. A garden in the Motto of the Chicago Park District, a playful allusion city to the city's motto, urbs in horto, q.v. A collection of dry, preserved plants. Cicero defined pirates in Roman law as being enemies of humanity in general.

hortus siccus A dry garden hostis humani generis humilitas occidit superbiam hypotheses non fingo enemy of the human race humility conquers pride I do not fabricate hypotheses

From Newton, Principia. Less literally, "I do not assert that any hypotheses are true".

I [edit]
Latin ibidem (ibid.) Translation in the same place Notes Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source previously referenced. "That is (to say)" in the sense of "that means" and "which means", or "in other words", or sometimes "in this case", depending on the context; may be followed by a comma, or not,

id est (i.e.)

that is

117 depending on style (American English and British English respectively).[29] It is often misinterpreted as "in example". In this situation, e.g. should be used instead. There should be a period (.) after both letters, since it is an abbreviation of two words. [30] id quod plerumque accidit idem (dito)
(id.)

that which generally happens the same the same as

A phrase used in legal language to indicate the most probable outcome from an act, fact, event or cause. Used to refer to something that has already been cited. See also ibidem. Not to be confused with an intelligence quotient. In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March refers to the 15th day of March. In modern times, the term is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC; the term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom. Used by Johann Sebastian Bach at the beginning of his compositions, which he ended with "S.D.G." (Soli Deo gloria).

idem quod
(i.q.)

Idus Martiae

the Ides of March

Jesu juva J.J.

Jesus, help!

John 19:20 states that this inscription was written in three Iesus Jesus the Nazarene, languagesAramaic, Latin and Nazarenus Rex King of the Jews Greekat the top of the cross Iudaeorum (INRI) during the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazereth. igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum igne natura renovatur integra igni ferroque Therefore whoever Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re desires peace, let Militari; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum. him prepare for war

through fire, nature An alchemical aphorism invented as an is reborn whole alternate meaning for the acronym INRI. with fire and iron A phrase describing scorched earth tactics. Also rendered as igne atque ferro, ferro

118 ignique, and other variations. ignis aurum probat ignis fatuus fire tests gold foolish fire A phrase referring to the refining of character through difficult circumstances, it is also the motto of the Prometheus Society. Will-o'-the-wisp.

ignorantia iuris non excusat

(or ignorantia legis non excusat or ignorantia legis A legal principle whereby ignorance of a law neminem excusat) does not allow one to escape liability. ignorance of the law is no excuse The logical fallacy of irrelevant conclusion: making an argument that, while possibly valid, doesn't prove or support the proposition it claims to. An ignoratio elenchi that is an intentional attempt to mislead or confuse the opposing party is known as a red herring. Elenchi is from the Greek elenchos.

ignoratio elenchi

ignorance of the issue

ignotum per ignotius ignotus (ign.) imago Dei

unknown by means An explanation that is less clear than the thing of the more to be explained. Synonymous with obscurum unknown per obscurius. unknown image of God From the religious concept that man was created in "God's image". A principle, held by several religions, that believers should strive to resemble their god(s). 1. A group of people who owe utmost fealty to their leader(s), subordinating the interests of the larger group to the authority of the internal group's leader(s). 2. A "fifth column" organization operating against the organization within which they seemingly reside. 3. "State within a state" In Virgil's Aeneid, Jupiter ordered Aeneas to found a city (Rome) from which would come an

imitatio dei

imitation of a god

imperium in imperio

an order within an order

imperium sine an empire without fine an end

119 everlasting, never-ending empire, the endless (sine fine) empire. imprimatur let it be printed An authorization to publish, granted by some censoring authority (originally a Catholic Bishop). Used in a number of situations, such as in a trial carried out in the absence of the accused.

in absentia

in the absence

in absentia in the absence of luci, tenebrae light, darkness vincunt prevails in actu in articulo mortis in camera in casu (i.c.) in act at the point of death in the chamber in the event In secret. See also camera obscura. In this case. In the very act; in reality.

in cauda venenum

Using the metaphor of a scorpion, this can be said of an account that proceeds gently, but the poison is in the turns vicious towards the end or more tail generally waits till the end to reveal an intention or statement that is undesirable in the listener's ears. In the county of Yorkshire Eboracum was the Roman name for York and this phrase is used in some Georgian and Victorian books on the genealogy of prominent Yorkshire families. Motto of Brown University.

in com. Ebor.

in Deo speramus in dubio pro reo in duplo in effigie

in God we hope

Expresses the judicial principle that in case of in doubt, on behalf doubt the decision must be in favor of the of the [alleged] accused (in that anyone is innocent until there culprit is proof to the contrary). in double in the likeness In duplicate In (the form of) an image; in effigy (as opposed to "in the flesh" or "in person").

120 in esse in extenso in extremis in fide scientiam in fidem in fieri in fine (i.f.) in flagrante delicto in flore in foro in existence in the extended in the furthest reaches To our faith add knowledge into faith in becoming in the end In actual existence; as opposed to in posse. In full; at full length; complete or unabridged In extremity; in dire straits; also "at the point of death" (cf. in articulo mortis). Motto of Newington College. To the verification of faith. In progress; pending. At the end. The footnote says "p. 157 in
fine": "the end of page 157".

in a blazing wrong, Caught in the act (esp. a crime or in a while the crime is "compromising position"); equivalent to blazing "caught red-handed" in English idiom. in blossom in forum Blooming. In court (legal term).

in girum imus We enter the circle nocte et A palindrome said to describe the behavior of at night and are consumimur moths. Also the title of a film by Guy Debord. consumed by fire igni in harmonia progressio progress in harmony Motto of Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. Recent academic abbreviation for "in this sense".

in hoc sensu or in this sense in sensu hoc

(s.h.)

in hoc signo vinces

translated from the Greek " ". Words Constantine the Great claimed to have by this sign you will seen in a vision before the Battle of the Milvian conquer Bridge. Motto of Sigma Chi fraternity, the Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion and the House of Di Santis. for this purpose Describes a meeting called for a particular stated purpose only.

in hunc effectum

121 in the blink of an eye in that order Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "..., respectively." At that time, found often in Gospel lectures during Masses, used to mark an undetermined time in the past.

in ictu oculi in illo ordine

(i.o.)

in illo tempore in that time in inceptum finis est

lit.: in the beginning or: the beginning foreshadows the end is the end at the outset/threshold Preliminary, in law, a motion in limine is a motion that is made to the judge before or during trial, often about the admissibility of evidence believed prejudicial.

in limine

in loco

That is, 'on site'. "The nearby labs were closed for in the place, on the the weekend, so the water samples were analyzed in spot loco." in the place of a parent Assuming parental or custodial responsibility and authority (e.g., schoolteachers over students); a legal term.

in loco parentis in luce Tua videmus lucem in lumine tuo videbimus lumen

Motto of Valparaiso University. The phrase in Thy light we see comes from the book of Psalms 36:9 "For with light you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light." Motto of Columbia University, Presbyterian in your light we will Boys' Secondary School and Ohio Wesleyan see the light University. Also, it is the motto of the South African University of Fort Hare. According to Luke 23:46, the last words of Jesus on the cross. From Horace. Refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in, the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, Os Lusadas, Othello, and Paradise Lost. Compare ab initio.

in manus tuas commendo into your hands I spiritum entrust my spirit meum

in medias res

into the middle of things

122 Equivalent to "in the memory of". Refers to remembering or honoring a deceased person.

in memoriam in necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas in nocte consilium in nomine diaboli in nomine Domini in nomine patris, et filii, et spiritus sancti in nuce in omnia paratus in omnibus amare et servire Domino in omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro in ovo

into the memory

"Charity" (caritas) is being used in the classical in necessary things sense of "compassion" (cf. agape). Motto of the unity, in doubtful Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen things liberty, in all Studentenverbindungen. Often misattributed things charity to Augustine of Hippo.[citation needed] advice comes over I.e., "Tomorrow is a new day." Motto of night Birkbeck College, University of London. in the name of the devil in the name of the Lord in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit in a nut Ready for anything. Motto of Trinity College, Perth, Australia; the name of a 1050 papal bull

invocation of the Holy Trinity

in a nutshell; briefly stated; potential; in the embryonic phase Motto of the United States Army's 18th Infantry Regiment

In everything, love The motto of Ateneo de Iloilo, a university in and serve the Lord. the Philippines

Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found Quote by Thomas Kempis it, except in a corner with a book in the egg or in the An experiment or process performed in an egg embryo or embryo (e.g. in ovo electroporation of chicken embryo).

123 Alternate form of requiescat in pace ("let him rest in peace"). Found in this form at the end of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. "In the land of the infidels"; used to refer to bishoprics that remains as titular sees even after the corresponding territory was conquered by Muslim empires. A cardinal named in secret by the pope. See also ab imo pectore. Directed towards a particular person In the state of being possible; as opposed to in esse.

in pace requiescat

in peace may he rest

in partibus infidelium

in the parts of the infidels

in pectore in personam in posse

in the heart into a person in potential

in propria persona

Abbreviated pro per; For one's self; acting on one's own behalf, especially a person in one's own person representing himself in a legal proceeding; see also litigant in person, pro se legal representation in the United States. in the beginning was the Word (Logos) Beginning of the Gospel of John A legal term used to indicate that a judicial proceeding may not have formally designated adverse parties or is otherwise uncontested. The term is commonly used in case citations of probate proceedings, for example, In re Smith's Estate; it is also used in juvenile courts, as, for instance, In re Gault.

in principio erat Verbum

in re

in the matter [of]

in regione In the land of the A quote of Desiderius Erasmus from Adagia caecorum rex blind, the one-eyed (first published 1500, with numerous expanded est luscus man is king. editions through 1536), III, IV, 96. Legal term indicating a court's jurisdiction over a piece of property rather than a legal person; contrast with personal (ad personam) jurisdiction. See In rem jurisdiction; Quasi in rem jurisdiction

in rem

to the thing

124 in rerum natura in retentis in the nature of things See also Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things).

Used to describe documents kept separately among things held from the regular records of a court for special back reasons.

in saecula roughly: down to (saeculorum), the times of the in saeculum times saeculi in saeculo in salvo in scientia opportunitas in the times in safety

forever (and ever), liturgical

In the secular world, esp. outside a monastery, or before death.

In Knowledge, there Motto of Edge Hill University. is Opportunity Coined in the late 1980s for scientific papers. Refers to an experiment or process performed virtually, as a computer simulation. The term is Dog Latin modeled after terms such as in vitro and in vivo. The Latin word for silicon is silicium, so the correct Latinization of "in silicon" would be in silicio, but this form has little usage. In the original place, appropriate position, or natural arrangement.

in silico
(Dog Latin)

in silicon

in situ in somnis veritas

in the place In dreams there is truth

in spe

in hope

"future" (My mother-in-law in spe", i.e., "My future mother-in-law), or "in embryonic form", as in "Locke's theory of government resembles, in spe, Montesquieu's theory of the separation of powers."

in specialibus To seek the general That is, to understand the most general rules generalia in the specifics through the most detailed analysis. quaerimus in statu nascendi in the state of being Just as something is about to begin. born

125 in toto in triplo in umbra, igitur, pugnabimus in utero in utrumque paratus in vacuo in varietate concordia in vino veritas in all in triple Then we will fight in the shade in the womb Prepared for either (event) in a void united in diversity in wine [there is] truth In a vacuum; isolated from other things. The motto of the European Union and the Council of Europe That is, wine loosens the tongue (referring to alcohol's disinhibitory effects). An experimental or process methodology performed in a "non-natural" setting (e.g. in a laboratory using a glass test tube or Petri dish), and thus outside of a living organism or cell. Alternative experimental or process methodologies include in vitro, in silico, ex vivo and in vivo. An experiment or process performed on a living specimen. An expression used by biologists to express the fact that laboratory findings from testing an organism in vitro are not always reflected when applied to an organism in vivo. A pun on in vino veritas. Westville Boys' High School and Westville Girls' High School's motto is taken directly from Virgil. These words, found in Aeneid, Book 1, are used by Juno, queen of heaven who hated the Trojans led by Aeneas. When she saw the fleet of Aeneas on its way to Italy, after the sack of Troy by the Greeks, she planned to scatter it by means of strong winds. In her determination to accomplish her task she cried Totally; entirely; completely. In triplicate.

in vitro

in glass

in vivo

in life" or "in a living thing

in vivo veritas

in a living thing [there is] truth

incepto ne desistam

May I not shrink from my purpose!

126 out "Incepto Ne Desistam!" incertae sedis incredibile dictu Index Librorum Prohibitorum of uncertain position (seat) incredible to say A term used to classify a taxonomic group when its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. A variant on mirabile dictu.

Index of Prohibited A list of books considered heretical by the (or, Forbidden) Roman Catholic Church. Books Motto of Austria-Hungary prior to its separation into independent states in 1918.

indivisibiliter indivisible and ac inseparable inseparabiliter Infinitus est numerus stultorum. Infinite is the number of fools.

infirma mundi God chooses the elegit Deus weak of the world infra dignitatem
(infra dig)

The motto of Venerable Vital-Justin Grandin, the bishop of the St. Albert Diocese, which is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton

beneath one's dignity Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the current month, sometimes abbreviated as instant; e.g.: "Thank you for your letter of the 17th inst." ult. mense = last month, prox. mense = next month. From Horace's Odes (III.2.18). Motto of Wofford College.

instante mense (inst.)

in the present month

intaminatis fulget honoribus integer vitae scelerisque purus intelligenti pauca

Untarnished, she shines with honor unimpaired by life and clean of wickedness Few words suffice for he who understands

From Horace. Used as a funeral hymn.

127 A term used in formal extract minutes to indicate that the minute quoted has been inter alia (i.a.) among other things taken from a fuller record of other matters, or when alluding to the parent group after quoting a particular example. inter alios among others Often used to compress lists of parties to legal documents.

inter arma enim silent leges

Said by Cicero in Pro Milone as a protest against unchecked political mobs that had virtually seized control of Rome in the 60s and 50s BC. Famously quoted in the essay Civil in a time of war, the Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau as "The law falls silent clatter of arms drowns out the voice of the law". This phrase has also been jokingly translated as "In a time of arms, the legs are silent." among others Title of a papal bull

inter caetera

inter spem et between hope and metum fear inter urinas et we are born faeces between urine and Attributed to St Augustine. nascimur feces Refers to property transfers between living persons, as opposed to a testamentary transfer upon death such as an inheritance; often relevant to tax laws. Not public; source of the word intramural. See also Intramuros, Manila. Within one's authority Motto of the English county of Kent. Motto of the Armstrong Clan. Motto of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

inter vivos

between the living

intra muros intra vires invicta invictus maneo Iohannes est nomen eius

within the walls within the powers Unconquered I remain unvanquished John is his name

128 ipsa scientia potestas est knowledge itself is power Famous phrase written by Sir Francis Bacon in 1597. Commonly said in Medieval debates referring to Aristotle. Used in general to emphasize that some assertion comes from some authority, i.e., as an argument from authority, and the term ipse-dixitism has come to mean any unsupported rhetorical assertion that lacks a logical argument. Originally coined by Cicero in his De Natura Deorum (I, 10) to describe the behavior of the students of Pythagoras. "Strictly word for word" (cf. verbatim). Often used in Biblical Studies to describe the record of Jesus' teaching found in the New Testament (specifically, the four Gospels). To approximate the main thrust or message without using the exact words. By that very fact Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the ancient Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of pax deorum (peace of the gods) instead of ira deorum (wrath of the gods): earthquakes, floods, famine, etc.

ipse dixit

he himself said it

ipsissima verba

the very words themselves the very 'voice' itself by the fact itself

ipsissima voce ipso facto

ira deorum

wrath of the gods

ira furor brevis est

Wrath (anger) is but a brief madness A useful phrase, as the Romans had no word for "yes", preferring to respond to questions with the affirmative or negative of the question (e.g., "Are you hungry?" was answered by "I am hungry" or "I am not hungry", not "Yes" or "No). Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite.[31] The path a law takes from its conception to its implementation.

ita vero

thus indeed

Go, it is the ite, missa est dismissal iter legis The path of the law

129 From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). It can mean attacking the work to cut the throat of or personality of deceased person. corpses Alternatively, it can be used to describe criticism of an individual already heavily criticised by others. also spelled juncta juvant; from the legal principle quae non valeant singula, iuncta together they strive iuvant ("What is without value on its own, helps when joined") A legal principle in civil law countries of the Roman-German tradition that says that lawyers the court knows the need not to argue the law, as that is the office law of the court. Sometimes miswritten as iura novat curia (the court renews the laws). in right of his mother in right of his wife it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights Commonly referred to as "right of survivorship": a rule in property law that surviving joint tenants have rights in equal shares to a decedent's property. Refers to the laws that regulate the reasons for going to war. Typically, this would address issues of self-defense or preemptive strikes. Refers to a fundamental principle of international law considered to have acceptance among the international community of states as a whole. Typically, this would address issues not listed or defined by any authoritative body, but arise out of case Indicates a right exercised by a son on behalf of his mother. Indicates a right exercised by a husband on behalf of his wife.

iugulare mortuos

iuncta iuvant

iura novit curia

iure matris iure uxoris iuris ignorantia est cum ius nostrum ignoramus ius accrescendi

right of accrual

ius ad bellum law towards war

ius cogens

compelling law

130 law and changing social and political attitudes. Generally included are prohibitions on waging aggressive war, crimes against humanity, war crimes, piracy, genocide, slavery, and torture. Refers to the "laws" that regulate the conduct of combatants during a conflict. Typically, this would address issues of who or what is a valid target, how to treat prisoners, and what sorts of weapons can be used. The word jus is also commonly spelled ius.

ius in bello

law in war

ius primae noctis

law of the first night The droit de seigneur. Motto of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic. The motto of Washington, D.C. Motto of Canberra Girls' Grammar School.

iustitia justice is the fundamentum foundation of a regni reign iustitia omnibus iuventuti nil arduum justice for all to the young nothing is difficult

iuventutis I bear the fortunes Motto of Dollar Academy. veho fortunas of youth

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Latin Translation Notes Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. Motto of St. Xavier's Institution, Penang.

labor omnia Hard work vincit conquers all laborare pugnare parati sumus labore et honore

To work, (or) to fight; we are ready By labour and honour

Motto of the California Maritime Academy

Motto of several schools

131 laboremus pro patria laboris gloria Ludi Let us work for the fatherland Games are the glory of work, lapse, slip, error; involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking inadvertent typographical error, slip of the pen inadvertent speech error, slip of the tongue slip of memory praiser of time past Source of the term memory lapse. One who is discontent with the present and instead prefers things of the past ("the good old days").

Motto of the Carlsberg breweries Motto of the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK

lapsus

lapsus calami

lapsus linguae lapsus memoriae laudator temporis acti laudetur Jesus Christus

Praise (Be) Jesus Often used as a salutation, but also used after Christ prayers or the reading of the gospel. This is written on the East side at the peak of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Also is praise be to God the motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar School. greetings reader Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter.

laus Deo

lectori salutem lege artis

Denotes that a certain intervention is performed in according to the a correct way. Used especially in a medical context. law of the art The 'art' referred to in the phrase is medicine. the law of the land

legem terrae

132 leges humanae nascuntur, vivunt, et moriuntur leges sine moribus vanae legio patria nostra

laws of man are born, live and die

laws without From Horace's Odes: the official motto of the morals [are] vain University of Pennsylvania. The Legion is our Motto of the French Foreign Legion fatherland

legi, I read, intellexi, et understood, and condemnavi condemned. In Roman and civil law, a forced share in an estate; the portion of the decedent's estate from which the immediate family cannot be disinherited. From the French hritier legitime (rightful heir). The rules that regulate a professional duty.

legitime

lawfully

lex artis

law of the skill

lex dei vitae the law of God is Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, lampas the lamp of life Melbourne lex ferenda the law that The law as it ought to be. should be borne the law here proclaims The rule whereby a spouse cannot by deed inter vivos or bequeath by testament to his or her second spouse more than the amount of the smallest portion given or bequeathed to any child. A law that only concerns one particular case. See law of the case.

lex hac edictali

lex in casu lex lata lex loci lex non scripta

law in the event

the law that has The law as it is. been borne law of the place law that has not Unwritten law, or common law. been written

133 lex orandi, the law of prayer lex credendi is the law of faith lex paciferat the law shall bring peace Motto of the European Gendarmerie Force also known as Occam's Razor.

lex law of parsimoniae succinctness

lex rex

A principle of government advocating a rule by law rather than by men. The phrase originated as a double entendre in the title of Samuel Rutherford's the law [is] king controversial book Lex, Rex (1644), which espoused a theory of limited government and constitutionalism. written law the law of retaliation time is the law Statutory law. Contrasted with lex non scripta. Retributive justice (cf. an eye for an eye). Name of musical composition by popular Maltese electronic music artist Ray Buttigieg Used in the movie Event Horizon (1997), where it is translated as "save yourself (from hell)". It is initially misheard as liberate me (free me), but is later corrected. Libera te is often mistakenly merged into liberate, which would necessitate a plural pronoun instead of the singular tutemet (which is an emphatic form of tu, you). Motto of the Korea University and Freie Universitt Berlin.

lex scripta lex talionis lex tempus

libera te Free yourself tutemet (ex (from hell) inferis)

Libertas Justitia Veritas Libertas Quae Sera Tamen Liber Scientia Libertas Securitas Justitia libra (lb)

Liberty Justice Truth

freedom which Liberty even when it comes late; Motto of Minas [is] however late Gerais, Brazil. Free knowledge. Liberty Security Justice balance; scales

Motto of the Frontex. Its abbreviation lb is used as a unit of weight, the

134 pound. loco citato

(lc)

in the place cited a classic place

More fully written in loco citato. See also opere citato. The most typical or classic case of something; quotation which most typifies its use. A medical term to describe a location on or in a body that offers little resistance to infection, damage, or injury. For example, a weakened place that tends to be reinjured. Standing in law (the right to have one's case in court). A mangled fragment from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On the Limits of Good and Evil, 45 BC), used as typographer's filler to show fonts (a.k.a. greeking). May be found in Matthew Ch. 5 V. 16. Popular as a school motto. Motto of the University of Exeter Motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle against the sea, and the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.

locus classicus

locus place of less minoris resistance resistentiae locus standi A right to stand sorrow itself; lorem ipsum pain for its own sake luceat lux vestra lucem sequimur luctor et emergo Let your light shine We follow the light I struggle and emerge

lucus a non lucendo

From late 4th-century grammarian Honoratus Maurus, who sought to mock implausible word origins such as those proposed by Priscian. A pun based on the word lucus (dark grove) having a [it is] a grove by similar appearance to the verb lucere (to shine), not being light arguing that the former word is derived from the latter word because of a lack of light in wooded groves. Often used as an example of absurd etymology. We play well in groups the wolf in the story Motto of the Barony of Marinus. With the meaning "speak of the wolf, and he will come"; from Terence's play Adelphoe.

ludemus bene in compania lupus in fabula

135 lupus non mordet lupum

a wolf does not bite a wolf

lupus non a wolf is not timet canem afraid of a latrantem barking dog lux aeterna lux et lex lux et veritas lux ex tenebris eternal light light and law light and truth light from darkness epitaph Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of several institutions. Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing. Motto of the University of New Mexico Motto of the Ateneo de Manila University Motto of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Motto of Sonoma State University

lux hominum light the life of vita man lux in Domino lux libertas Lux mentis Lux orbis light in the Lord light, liberty Light of the mind, Light of the world

lux sit

A more literal Latinization of the phrase; the most common translation is fiat lux, from Latin Vulgate Bible phrase chosen for the Genesis line ", let there be light - ; " (And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light). Motto of the University of Washington. Your Light Guides Us Motto of St. Julian's School, Carcavelos, Portugal [32] Motto of Northeastern University

lux tua nos ducat

lux, veritas, light, truth, virtus courage

M [edit]
Latin Translation Notes

136 Macte animo! Young, cheer up! Generose Motto of Academia da Fora Area (Air Force This is the way to puer sic itur Academy) of the Brazilian Air Force the skies. ad astra magister dixit the teacher has said it Great Charter Canonical medieval reference to Aristotle, precluding further discussion Set of documents from 1215 between Pope Innocent III, King John of England, and English barons. Common Latin honor, above cum laude and below summa cum laude

Magna Carta magna cum laude

with great praise

magna est vis great is the power consuetudinis of habit Magna Europa Great Europe is est patria Our Fatherland nostra magno cum gaudio with great joy Said of someone's masterpiece Political motto of pan-Europeanists

magnum opus great work maior e longinquo reverentia maiora premunt mala fide Mala Ipsa Nova

greater reverence When viewed from a distance, everything is from afar beautiful. Tacitus, Annales 1.47 greater things are Used to indicate that it is the moment to address pressing more important, urgent, issues. in bad faith Said of an act done with knowledge of its illegality, or with intention to defraud or mislead someone. Opposite of bona fide. Motto of the inactive 495th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force Also used ironically, e.g.: New teachers know all tricks used by pupils to copy from classmates? Oh, mala tempora currunt!.

Bad News Itself

mala tempora bad times are currunt upon us

male captus wrongly captured, An illegal arrest will not prejudice the bene detentus properly detained subsequent detention/trial.

137 malo attributed to the Count Palatine of Posen before periculosam I prefer liberty the Diet of Poland, cited in "The Social Contract libertatem with danger to or Principles of Political Right" by Jean Jacques quam quietum peace with slavery Rousseau servitium Alludes to the apple of Eris in the Judgement of Paris, the mythological cause of the Trojan War. It is also a pun based on the near-homonymous word malum (evil). The word for "apple" has a long vowel in Latin and the word for "evil" a short a vowel, but they are normally written the same. A legal term meaning that something is inherently wrong (cf. malum prohibitum). A legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is against the law.

malum discordiae

apple of discord

malum in se malum prohibitum

wrong in itself wrong due to being prohibited

malum quo the more common communius eo an evil is, the peius worse it is A phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, VI.883, mourning the death of Marcellus, Augustus' nephew. manibus date give lilies with full Quoted by Dante as he leaves Virgil in Purgatory, lilia plenis hands XXX.21, echoed by Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass III, 6. manu militari with a military hand Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal With the implication of "signed by one's hand". Its abbreviated form is sometimes used at the end of typewritten or printed documents or official notices, directly following the name of the person(s) who "signed" the document exactly in those cases where there isn't an actual handwritten signature. Originally used as the name of a ship in the Marathon game series, its usage has spread. In the PlayStation game, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, the phrase was written in blood on the walls of a vampire's feeding room. It is assumed

manu propria with one's own (m.p.) hand

manus celer Dei

the swift hand of God

138 that one of the dying victims wrote it with his fingers. After the game's main character surveys the bloody room, associative logic dictates that the phrase was to deify both the vampire's wrath on shackled, powerless humans and the boundless slaughter of his victims. manus manum lavat famous quote from The Pumpkinification of one hand washes Claudius, ascribed to Seneca the Younger.[33] It the other implies that one situation helps the other.

manus multae many hands, one Motto of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. cor unum heart mare clausum closed sea mare liberum free sea In law, a sea under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others. In law, a sea open to international shipping navigation. A nickname given to the Mediterranean Sea during the height of the Roman Empire, as it encompassed the entire coastal basin. A name given to describe Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is also called the Son of God.

mare nostrum our sea

Mater Dei mater familias

Mother of God

the mother of the The female head of a family. See pater familias. family a Roman-law principle which has the power of praesumptio iuris et de iure, meaning that no counter-evidence can be made against this principle (literally: Presumed there is no counter evidence and by the law). Its meaning is that the mother of the child is always known. The branch of medical science concerned with the study of drugs used in the treatment of disease. Also, the drugs themselves. Less literally, "my foot itches". Refers to a trivial situation or person that is being a bother, possibly in the sense of wishing to kick that thing away or, such as the commonly-used expressions, a "pebble in one's shoe" or "nipping

Mater semper The mother is certa est always certain

materia medica me vexat pede

medical matter it annoys me at the foot

139 at one's heels". Used in Christian prayers and confession to denote the inherently flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (through my greatest fault). A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by Monty Python.

mea culpa

through my fault

mea navis aricumbens anguillis abundat

My hovercraft is full of eels

A well-known sequence, falsely attributed to Notker during the Middle Ages. It was translated media vita in In the midst of our by Cranmer and became a part of the burial morte sumus lives we die service in the funeral rites of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Mediolanum captum est Milan has been captured Used erroneously as Mediolanum Capta Est by the black metal band Mayhem as an album title. Mediolanum was an ancient city in present-day Milan, Italy. Carrying the connotation of "always better". The motto of the University of Rochester.

meliora

better things

Melita, domi adsum memento mori memento vivere meminerunt omnia amantes

A relatively common recent Latinization from the joke phrasebook Latin for All Occasions. Honey, I'm home! Grammatically correct, but the phrase would be anachronistic in ancient Rome. remember that [you will] die remember to live lovers remember all remember your mortality

mindful of what memores acti Thus, both remembering the past and foreseeing has been done, prudentes the future. From the North Hertfordshire District aware of what will futuri Council coat of arms. be mens agitat the mind moves From Virgil. Motto of Rossall School, the

140 University of Oregon, the University of Warwick and the Eindhoven University of Technology. Motto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Also "culprit mind". A term used in discussing the mindset of an accused criminal.

molem mens et manus mens rea

the mass

mind and hand

guilty mind

mens sana in a sound mind in a Or "a sensible mind in a healthy body". corpore sano sound body metri causa for the sake of the Excusing flaws in poetry "for the sake of the meter meter" Or "Boastful Soldier". Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock character in comedy, the braggart soldier. (It is said that at Salamanca, there is a wall, on which graduates inscribe their names, where Francisco Franco had a plaque installed reading "Franciscus Francus Miles Gloriosus".)

Miles Gloriosus

Glorious Soldier

minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus

he threatens the innocent who spares the guilty

mirabile dictu wonderful to tell mirabile visu wonderful to see A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening. Latin Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV, line 112, "he" referring to the great Roman god, who approved of the settlement of Romans in Africa. Old Motto of Trinidad and Tobago, and used in the novel A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul.

He approves of miscerique the mingling of probat the peoples and populos et their bonds of foedera jungi union misera est servitus ubi jus est aut incognitum aut vagum miserabile

miserable is that state of slavery in Quoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James which the law is Boswell on Vicious intromission. unknown or uncertain terrible to see A terrible happening or event.

141 visu miserere nobis Missio Dei missit me Dominus mittimus A phrase within the Gloria in Excelsis Deo and have mercy upon the Agnus Dei, to be used at certain points in us Christian religious ceremonies. the Mission of God A theological phrase in the Christian religion. the Lord has sent A phrase used by Jesus. me we send A warrant of commitment to prison, or an instruction for a jailer to hold someone in prison.

mobilis in mobili

"moving in a moving thing" or, poetically, The motto of the Nautilus from the Jules Verne "changing through novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea . the changing medium" Dog Latin based on wordplay with modus ponens and modus tollens, referring to the common logical fallacy that if P then Q and not P, then one can conclude not Q (cf. denying the antecedent and contraposition). Usually used to describe a criminal's methods.

modus morons
(Dog Latin)

modus operandi
(M.O.)

method of operating

Loosely "method of affirming", a logical rule of modus ponens method of placing inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and P, then one can conclude Q. method of modus tollens removing modus vivendi method of living Monasterium sine libris est sicut civitas sine opibus A monastery without books is like a city without wealth Loosely "method of denying", a logical rule of inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and not Q, then one can conclude not P. An accommodation between disagreeing parties to allow life to go on. A practical compromise. Used in the Umberto Eco novel The Name of the Rose. Part of a much larger phrase: Monasterium sine libris, est sicut civitas sine opibus, castrum sine numeris, coquina sine suppellectili, mensa sine cibis, hortus sine herbis, pratum sine

142 floribus, arbor sine foliis. Translation: A monastery without books is like a city without wealth, a fortress without soldiers, a kitchen without utensils, a table without food, a garden without plants, a meadow without flowers, a tree without leaves. montaini mountaineers semper liberi [are] always free Montis Badge of the Rock Insignia Calpe of Gibraltar more ferarum like beasts morior invictus death before defeat used to describe any sexual act in the manner of beasts State motto of West Virginia, adopted in 1872.

we who are about morituri to die don't want From Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero nolumus mori to Used once in Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum 5, (Divus Claudius), chapter 21,[34] by the those who are condemned prisoners manning galleys about to about to die salute take part in a mock naval battle on Lake Fucinus you in AD 52. Popular misconception ascribes it as a gladiator's salute. See also: Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant and Naumachia. death is certain, its hour is uncertain Signifies anger and depression. From medieval Latin, it indicates that battle for survival, where your defeat is necessary for my victory, survival. An axiom often found on headstones.

morituri te salutant

mors certa, hora incerta

mors omnibus death to all mors tua, vita your death, my mea life mors vincit omnia morte magis metuenda death conquers all" or "death always wins old age should rather be feared

from Juvenal in his 'Satires'

143 senectus mortui vivos docent mortuum flagellas than death The dead teach the living Used to justify dissections of human cadavers in order to understand the cause of death.

From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better you are flogging a known as Erasmus] collection of annotated dead Adagia (1508). Criticising one who will not be affected in any way by the criticism.

an unwritten code of laws and conduct, of the the custom of our Romans. It institutionalized cultural traditions, mos maiorum ancestors societal mores, and general policies, as distinct from specific laws. motu proprio mulgere hircum mulier est hominis confusio multa paucis on his own initiative to milk a male goat Or "by his own accord." Identifies a class of papal documents, administrative papal bulls. From Gerhard Gerhards' (1466-1536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Attempting the impossible. "Part of a comic definition of woman" from the Altercatio Hadriani Augusti et Secundi.[35] Famously quoted by Chauntecleer in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

woman is man's ruin Say much in few words

multis e from many Motto of Saskatchewan gentibus vires peoples, strength multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis a multitude of the From the Vulgate, Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. wise is the health Motto of the University of Victoria. of the world Conciseness. The term "mipmap" is formed using the phrase's abbreviation "MIP"; motto of Rutland, a county in central England.
Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words.

multum in parvo

much in little

mundus senescit

the world grows old

144 mundus vult decipi mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur the world wants to From James Branch Cabell's 1921 novel Figures be deceived of Earth the world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived

this one defends munit haec et and the other one Motto of Nova Scotia. altera vincit conquers mutatis mutandis after changing what needed to be "with the appropriate changes" changed

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Latin Translation Notes First recorded by John of Salisbury in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Also Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of commonly known giants by the letters of Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants". Refers to a situation where an unborn child The unborn is deemed to have been is deemed to be born to the extent that his own entitled to inheritance is concerned certain inheritance rights. nature abhors a vacuum Pseudoexplanation for

nanos gigantum humeris insidentes

nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de commodis eius agitur

natura abhorret a vacuo

145 why a liquid will climb up a tube to fill a vacuum, often given before the discovery of atmospheric pressure. The name of the zoo in the centre of Amsterdam; short: Artis. Cf. Leucippus: "Everything that happens does so for a reason and of necessity." That is, the natural world is not sentimental or compassionate. Shortened form of "sicut natura nil facit per saltum ita nec lex" (just as nature does nothing by a leap, so neither does the law), referring to both nature and the legal system moving gradually. A famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all

natura artis magistra

Nature is the teacher of art

natura nihil frustra facit

nature does nothing in vain

natura non contristatur

nature is not saddened

natura non facit saltum ita nec lex

nature does not make a leap, thus neither does the law

natura non facit saltus

nature makes no leaps

146 organisms bear relationships on all sides, their forms changing gradually from one species to the next. From Philosophia Botanica (1751). Sir Isaac Newton's famous quote, defining foundation of all modern sciences. Can be found in his Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University Library, Cambridge, 1978 edition. Based on Servius' commentary on Virgil's Georgics (3:96): "turpis non est quia per naturam venit."

natura valde simplex est et sibi consona

Nature is exceedingly simple and harmonious with itself

naturalia non sunt turpia

What is natural is not dirty

naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret.

You must take the basic nature of something into You may drive out Nature with a account. pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back - Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle iv, line 24. to sail is necessary; to live is not necessary Attributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus

navigare necesse est vivere non est necesse

147 Pompeius, who, during a severe storm, commanded sailors to bring food from Africa to Rome. Also nec plus ultra or non plus ultra. A descriptive phrase meaning the best or most extreme example of something. The Pillars of Hercules, for example, were literally the nec plus ultra of the ancient Mediterranean world. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's heraldic emblem reversed this idea, using a depiction of this phrase inscribed on the Pillarsas plus ultra, without the negation. The Boston Musical Instrument Company engraved ne plus ultra on its instruments from 1869 to 1928 to signify that none were better.

ne plus ultra

nothing more beyond

148 Frightened by no difficulties. Less literally "Difficulties be damned." Motto for 27th Infantry Regiment (United States) and the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. Nec = not; aspera = rough ones/things; terrent = they terrify / do terrify / are terrifying. Do not get distracted. Motto for Bishop Cotton Boys' School and the Bishop Cotton Girls' School, both located in Bangalore, India.

Nec aspera terrent

They don't terrify the rough ones

nec dextrorsum, nec sinistrorsum

Neither to the right nor to the left

nec spe, nec metu

without hope, without fear Refers to the Burning Bush of Exodus 3:2. Motto of many Presbyterian churches throughout the world. Motto of the Dutch 11th Air Manoeuvre Brigade and the city of Gdask,

nec tamen consumebatur and yet it was not consumed

nec temere nec timide

neither reckless nor timid

149 Poland. alternate rendition of Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. by Arnaud Amalric. Less literally, "without dissent". Used especially in committees, where a matter may be passed nem. con., or unanimously, or with unanimous consent.

neca eos omnes, deus suos agnoscet

kill them all, God will know his own

nemine contradicente
(nem. con., N.C.D.)

with no one speaking against

Thus, "none can nemo dat quod non habet no one gives what he does not have pass better title than they have". nemo est supra legis nobody is above the law From Cicero's De Natura Deorum, Book 2, 167 Legal principle that no individual can preside over a hearing in which he holds a specific interest or bias. Also translated to "no peace for the wicked." Refers to the inherent psychological issues that plague bad/guilty

Nemo igitur vir magnus No great man ever existed who did sine aliquo adflatu divino not enjoy some portion of divine umquam fuit inspiration

nemo iudex in causa sua

no man shall be a judge in his own cause

nemo malus felix

peace visits not the guilty mind

150 people. Motto of the Order of the Thistle, and consequently of Scotland, found stamped on the milled edge of certain British pound sterling coins. It is the motto of the Montressors in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Cask of Amontillado". Motto of the San Beda College Beta Sigma Fraternity. The wisest may make mistakes. Used to imply that one must like a subject in order to study it. The short and more common form of "Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit", "Nobody dances sober, unless he is completely insane." A maxim banning mandatory selfincrimination.

nemo me impune lacessit no one provokes me with impunity

nemo mortalium omnibus No mortal is wise at all times horis sapit nemo nisi per amicitiam cognoscitur

No one learns except by friendship

nemo saltat sobrius

Nobody dances sober

nemo tenetur seipsum accusare

no one is bound to accuse himself

151 Nearsynonymous with accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. Similar phrases include: nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se (no one is bound to arm an opponent against himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to in any way assist the prosecutor to his own detriment; nemo tenetur edere instrumenta contra se (no one is bound to produce documents against himself, meaning that a defendant is not obligated to provide materials to be used against himself (this is true in Roman law and has survived in modern criminal law, but no longer applies in modern civil law); and nemo tenere prodere seipsum (no one is bound to

152 betray himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to testify against himself. In war, it is essential to be able to purchase supplies and to Endless money forms the sinews of pay troops (as war Napoleon put it, "An army marches on its stomach"). nothing to do with the point That is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential.

nervos belli, pecuniam infinitam

nihil ad rem

nihil boni sine labore

Motto of Palmerston North nothing achieved without hard work Boys' High School In law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in a plea. Or just "nothing new". The phrase exists in two versions: as nihil novi sub sole (nothing new under the sun), from the Vulgate, and as nihil novi nisi commune consensu (nothing new unless by the

nihil dicit

he says nothing

nihil novi

nothing of the new

153 common consensus), a 1505 law of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth and one of the cornerstones of its Golden Liberty. A notation, usually on a title page, indicating that a Roman Catholic censor has reviewed the book and found nothing objectionable to faith or morals in its content. See also imprimatur. Motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the HohenzollernSigmaringen dynasty (1878 1947). Motto of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta Motto of the Fitzgibbon family. See John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare That is, "never despair". From Lucretius'

nihil obstat

nothing prevents

nihil sine Deo

nothing without God

nihil ultra

nothing beyond

nil admirari

be surprised at nothing

nil desperandum

nothing must be despaired at

Nil igitur mors est ad nos Death, therefore, is nothing to us

154 De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), III.831 From Horace's Odes. Motto of Rathkeale nothing is impossible for humankind College, New Zealand and Brunts School, England. Short for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, "Don't speak ill of anyone who has died". Also "Nil magnum nisi bonum" (nothing (about the dead say) nothing unless is great unless (it is) good good), motto of St Catherine's School, Toorak, Pennant Hills High School and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School. no terror, except to the bad Motto of The King's School, Macclesfield Medical shorthand indicating that oral foods and fluids should be withheld from the patient.

nil mortalibus ardui est

nil nisi bonum

nil nisi malis terrori

nil per os, rarely non per os (n.p.o.)

nothing through the mouth

nil satis nisi optimum

nothing [is] enough unless [it is] the Motto of Everton

155 F.C., residents of Goodison Park, Liverpool. Motto of Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Greenwich Public School, Victoria School, Baines High School and St Mungo's Academy Or "nothing without providence". State motto of Colorado, adopted in 1861. Probably derived from Virgil's Aeneid Book II, line 777, "non haec sine numine divum eveniunt" (these things do not come to pass without the will of Heaven). See also numen. Nothing is impossible for the willing That is, "everything is in vain without God". Summarized from Psalm 127, "nisi Dominus

best

nil sine labore

nothing without labour

nil sine numine

nothing without the divine will

nil volentibus arduum nisi Dominus frustra

Nothing [is] arduous for the willing if not the Lord, [it is] in vain

156 aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilavit qui custodit" (unless the Lord builds the house, they work on a useless thing who build it; unless the Lord guards the community, he keeps watch in vain who guards it). Motto of Edinburgh and St. Stephen's Episcopal School. In England, a direction that a case be brought up to Westminster for trial before a single judge and jury. In the United States, a court where civil actions are tried by a single judge sitting with a jury, as distinguished from an appellate court. From Ovid's Amores, III.4:17.

nisi prius

unless previously

nitimur in vetitum

We strive for the forbidden

157 It means that when we are denied of something, we will eagerly pursue the denied thing. Used by Friedrich Nietzsche in his Ecce Homo to indicate that his philosophy pursues what is forbidden to other philosophers. That is, "whether unwillingly or willingly". Sometimes rendered volens nolens, aut nolens aut volens or nolentis volentis. Similar to willy-nilly, though that word is derived from Old English willhe nil-he ([whether] he will or [whether] he will not). Commonly translated "touch me not". According to the Gospel of John, this was said by Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection.

nolens volens

unwilling, willing

noli me tangere

do not touch me

158 That is, "Don't upset my calculations!" Said by Archimedes to a Roman soldier who, despite having been given orders not to, killed Archimedes at the conquest of Syracuse, Sicily. The soldier was executed for his act. From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood the protagonist (Offred) finds the phrase inscribed on the inside of her wardrobe. One of many variants of Illegitimi non carborundum. A legal motion by a prosecutor or other plaintiff to drop legal charges, usually in exchange for a diversion program or outof-court settlement. That is, "no contest". A plea that can be

noli turbare circulos meos Do not disturb my circles!

"nolite te bastardes carborundorum"

(Dog Latin)

"Don't let the bastards grind you down

nolle prosequi

to be unwilling to prosecute

nolo contendere

I do not wish to contend

159 entered on behalf of a defendant in a court that states that the accused doesn't admit guilt, but will accept punishment for a crime. Nolo contendere pleas cannot be used as evidence in another trial. A scientific name of unknown or doubtful application. Thus, "true to its name". Thus, the name or person in question is unknown. A purported scientific name that does not fulfill the proper formal criteria and therefore cannot be used unless it is subsequently proposed correctly. A legal principle forbidding double jeopardy. Also known as the "questionable

nomen dubium

doubtful name

nomen est omen

the name is a sign

nomen nescio (N.N.)

I do not know the name

nomen nudum

naked name

non bis in idem non causa pro causa

not twice in the same thing not the cause for the cause

160 cause" or "false cause". Refers to any logical fallacy where a cause is incorrectly identified. See compos mentis. Also rendered non compos sui (not in control of himself). Samuel Johnson, author of the first English dictionary, theorized that the word nincompoop may derive from this phrase. Used to explain scientific phenomena and religious advocations, for example in medieval history, for rulers to issue a 'Non Constat' decree, banning the worship of a holy figure. In legal context, occasionally a backing for nulling information that was presented by an attorney. Without any

non compos mentis

not in control of the mind

non constat

it is not certain

161 tangible proof, Non constat information is difficult to argue for. Motto of So Paulo city, Brazil. See also pro Brasilia fiant eximia. Motto of the Society of Antiquaries of London accompanying their Lamp of knowledge emblem More simply, "don't do wrong to do right". The direct opposite of the phrase "the ends justify the means". motto of radio show Car Talk

non ducor, duco

I am not led; I lead

non extinguetur

shall not be extinguished

non facias malum ut inde you should not make evil in order fiat bonum that good may be made from it

non impediti ratione cogitationis non in legendo sed in intelligendo legis consistunt non liquet

unencumbered by the thought process the laws depend not on being read, but on being understood it is not proven

Also "it is not clear" or "it is not evident". A sometimes controversial decision handed down by a judge when they feel that the law is

162 not complete. Motto of the University of Western Australia's Engineering faculty student society. Motto of Anderson Junior College, Singapore.

non loqui sed facere

not talk but action

non mihi solum

not for myself alone

non multa sed multum Non nobis Domine

better have less but better Not to us (oh) Lord Christian hymn based on psalm 115. Motto of St Albans School (Hertfordshire) Appears in Cicero's De Officiis Book 1:22 in the form non nobis solum nati sumus (we are not born for ourselves alone). Motto of Lower Canada College, Montreal and University College, Durham University.

non nobis nati

'Born not for ourselves'

non nobis solum

not for ourselves alone

non obstante veredicto

not standing in the way of a verdict A judgment notwithstanding verdict, a legal motion asking the court to reverse the jury's

163 verdict on the grounds that the jury could not have reached such a verdict reasonably. non olet it doesn't smell See pecunia non olet. "Not all of me will die", a phrase expressing the belief that a part of the speaker will survive beyond death. the ultimate

non omnis moriar

I shall not all die

non plus ultra non possumus non progredi est regredi

nothing further beyond not possible to not go forward is to go backward

non prosequitur

he does not proceed

A judgment in favor of a defendant when the plaintiff failed to take the necessary steps in an action within the time allowed. from Seneca; sometimes abbreviated "non scholae, sed vitae"; motto of many schools. Used in the sense "what matters is not who says it but what he says" a warning

non scholae, sed vitae discimus

We learn not for school, but for life

non quis sed quid

not who but what

164 against ad hominem arguments; frequently used as motto. In general, a comment which is absurd due to not making sense in its context (rather than due to being inherently nonsensical or internally inconsistent), often used in humor. As a logical fallacy, a conclusion that does not follow from a premise. Possibly derived from a Vulgate mistranslation of the Book of Jeremiah. Commonly used in literature as Satan's statement of disobedience to God, though in the original context the quote is attributed to Israel, not Satan. A slogan used by many schools and universities.

non sequitur

it does not follow

non serviam

I will not serve

non sibi

Not for self

165 Engraved on the doors of the United States Naval Academy chapel; motto of the USS Halyburton ( FFG-40). A slogan used by many schools and universities. A slogan used by many schools and universities. Martin Luther on mortality of the soul. A slogan used by the Ku Klux Klan Or "I am not the kind of person I once was". Expresses a change in the speaker. Also, "All that glitters is not gold." Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. Printed on the colt in Supernatural. Motto of St Chad's College, Durham. Martin Luther on

non sibi, sed patriae

Not for self, but for country

non sibi, sed suis

Not for one's self but for one's own

non sibi, sed omnibus

Not for one's self but for all

non sic dormit, sed vigilat Sleeps not but is awake non silba, sed anthar; Deo Not for self, but for others; God will vindice vindicate

non sum qualis eram

I am not such as I was

non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum

Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold

non timebo mala

I will fear no evil

non vestra sed vos non vi, sed verbo

Not yours but you Not through violence, but through

166 Catholic church reform. (see Protestant Reformation) From Cicero, based on the Greek (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to the Greek periegetic writer Pausanias (10.24.1). A nontraditional Latin rendering, temet nosce (thine own self know), is translated in The Matrix as "know thyself". Approximately "Our hearts beat as one." As translated in Amazing Grace (2006 film), "we cheat." From verb decipere: to ensnare, trap, beguile, deceive, cheat. That is, "please note" or "note it well". From Virgil. Motto on the

the word alone

nosce te ipsum

know thyself

noster nostri

Literally "Our ours"

nosus decipio

we cheat

nota bene (n.b.) novus ordo seclorum

mark well new order of the ages

167 Great Seal of the United States. Similar to Novus Ordo Mundi (New World Order). Pliny the Elder attributes this maxim to Apelles, an ancient Greek artist. Refers to the legal principle that one cannot be punished for doing something that is not prohibited by law, and is related to Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali. Motto of the Dutch car builder Spyker. That is, "nothing". It has been theorized that this expression is the origin of Italian nulla, French rien, and Spanish and Portuguese nada, all with the same meaning. Motto of the Coldstream

nulla dies sine linea

Not a day without a line drawn

nulla poena sine lege

no penalty without a law

nulla tenaci invia est via

For the tenacious, no road is impassable

nullam rem natam

no thing born

nulli secundus

second to none

168 Guards and Nine Squadron Royal Australian Corps of Transport and the Pretoria Regiment. nullius in verba On the word of no man Motto of the Royal Society. Legal principle meaning that one cannot be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law; penal law cannot be enacted retroactively.

nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali

no crime, no punishment without a previous penal law

nullum magnum ingenium There has been no great wisdom sine mixtura dementiae without an element of madness fuit nullus funus sine fidula No Funeral Without a Fiddle Motto of the Guild of Funerary Violinists. The motto of the University of WisconsinMadison. The motto of Elon University. A method to limit the number of students who may study at a university. Motto of the Korps Commandotroep

numen lumen

God our light

numerus clausus

closed number

nunc aut nunquam

now or never

169 en, Dutch elite special forces. beginning of the Song of Simeon, from the Gospel of Luke. Carpe-Diem-type phrase from the Odes of Horace, Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus (Now is the time to drink, now the time to dance footloose upon the earth). Something that has retroactive effect, is effective from an earlier date. From Virgil, Eclogues VIII.

nunc dimittis

now you send

nunc est bibendum

now is the time to drink

nunc pro tunc

now for then

nunc scio quid sit amor nunquam minus solus quam cum solus nunquam non paratus

now I know what love is never less alone than when alone never unprepared, ever ready, always ready

frequently used as motto

O [edit]
Latin O Deus Ego Amo Te o homines ad servitutem paratos Translation O God I Love You Men ready to be slaves! Notes attributed to Saint Francis Xavier attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, in disgust at the servile attitude of Roman senators; said of

170 those who should be leaders but instead slavishly follow the lead of others O tempora, o mores! obiit (ob.) Oh, the times! Oh, also translated "What times! What customs!"; the morals! from Cicero, Catilina I, 2 one died "He/she died", inscription on gravestones; ob. also sometimes stands for obiter (in passing or incidentally)

obit anus, abit onus

The old woman dies, the burden is Arthur Schopenhauer lifted in law, an observation by a judge on some point of law not directly relevant to the case before him, and thus neither requiring his decision nor serving as a precedent, but nevertheless of persuasive authority. In general, any comment, remark or observation made in passing

obiter dictum

a thing said in passing

obliti privatorum, publica curate obscuris vera involvens obscurum per obscurius obtorto collo oculus dexter
(O.D.)

Roman political saying which reminds that Forget private common good should be given priority over affairs, take care of private matters for any person having a public ones responsibility in the State the truth being enveloped by obscure things from Virgil

the obscure by An explanation that is less clear than what it means of the more tries to explain; synonymous with ignotum per obscure ignotius with a twisted neck unwillingly right eye left eye let them hate, so long as they fear favorite saying of Caligula, attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC); Motto of the Russian noble family Krasnitsky Ophthalmologist shorthand

oculus sinister
(O.S.)

oderint dum metuant

171 opening of Catullus 85; the entire poem reads, "odi et amo quare id faciam fortasse requiris / nescio sed fieri sentio et excrucior " (I hate and I love. Why do I do this, you perhaps ask. / I do not know, but I feel it happening and am tormented) from Horace name for the special hatred generated in theological disputes from Erasmus' (14661536) collection of annotated Adagia

odi et amo

I hate and I love

I hate the unholy odi profanum rabble and keep vulgus et arceo them away odium theologicum oleum camino theological hatred (pour) oil on the fire

omne ignotum pro magnifico

or "everything unknown appears magnificent" The source is Tacitus: Agricola, Book 1, 30 every unknown where the sentence ends with 'est'. The thing [is taken] for quotation is from Conan Doyle's Sherlock great Holmes story 'The Red-Headed League' where the 'est' is missing. every beginning is difficult

omne initium difficile est]]

foundational concept of modern biology, omne vivum ex every living thing is opposing the theory of spontaneous ovo from an egg generation Omnes homines All men are sunt asini vel donkeys or men homines et and donkeys are asini sunt asini donkeys omnes vulnerant, all [the hours] postuma necat wound, last one or omnes kills feriunt, ultima necat omnia cum deo all with God a sophismata proposed and solved by Albert of Saxony (philosopher)

usual in clocks, reminding the reader of death

motto for Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, Victoria, Australia

172 or "everything sounds more impressive when omnia dicta everything said [is] said in Latin"; a more common phrase with fortiora si dicta stronger if said in the same meaning is quidquid Latine dictum Latina Latin sit altum videtur (whatever said in Latin, seems profound) Interpreted as "Let it all hang out!", but in fact incorrect motto for The Evergreen State College, omnia extares! Latin construction Olympia, Washington, USA[37] with no real meaning[36] omnia in mensura et numero et pondere disposuisti Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and Book of Wisdom, 11:21 number, and weight. Ovid (43 BC 17 AD), Metamorphoses, book XV, line 165

omnia everything mutantur, nihil changes, nothing interit perishes

omnia omnibus all things to all men 1 Corinthians 9:22 si omnia ficta omnia vincit amor omnia munda mundis omnia praesumuntur legitime facta donec probetur in contrarium omnibus idem omnibus locis fit caedes if all (the words of poets) is fiction love conquers all Ovid Virgil (70 BC 19 BC), Eclogue X, line 69

everything [is] pure from The New Testament to the pure [men] all things are presumed to be lawfully done, until in other words, "innocent until proven guilty" it is shown [to be] in the reverse the same to all Let there be slaughter motto of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, usually accompanied by a sun, which shines for (almost) everyone Julius Caesar's The Gallic War, 7.67

173 everywhere omnis traductor every translator is traditor a traitor omnis vir tigris everyone a tiger omnium gatherum onus probandi onus procedendi opera omnia opera posthuma operari sequitur esse opere citato
(op. cit.)

every translation is a corruption of the original; the reader should take heed of unavoidable imperfections motto of the 102d Intelligence Wing miscellaneous collection or assortment; "gatherum" is English, and the term is used often used facetiously

gathering of all burden of proof burden of procedure all works

burden of a party to adduce evidence that a case is an exception to the rule collected works of an author

posthumous works works published after the author's death act of doing something follows the act of being in the work that was cited in action and truth scholastic phrase, used to explain that there is no possible act if there is not being: being is absolutely necessary for any other act used in academic works when referring again to the last source mentioned or used doing what you believe is morally right through everyday actions See opere citato leading the way with deeds a snake in the grass to speak with actions instead of words any hidden danger or unknown risk

opere et viritate opere laudato

(op. laud.)

operibus anteire ophidia in herba

a belief that an action was undertaken opinio juris sive an opinion of law or because it was a legal necessity; source of necessitatis necessity customary law opus anglicanum English work fine embroidery, especially used to describe church vestments

174 Opus Dei The Work of God Catholic organisation This principle of the Benedictine monasteries reads in full: "Ora et labora (et lege), Deus adest sine mora." "Pray and work (and read), God is there without delay" (or to keep the rhyme: "Work and pray, and God is there without delay") "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus" motto of the Rugby School

ora et labora

pray and work

ora pro nobis orando laborando oratio directa oratio obliqua

pray for us by praying, by working direct speech indirect speech

expressions from Latin grammar

orbis non sufficit

from Satires of Juvenal (Book IV/10), referring to Alexander the Great; James Bond's adopted the world does not family motto in the novel On Her Majesty's suffice or the world Secret Service; it made a brief appearance in is not enough the film adaptation of the same name and was later used as the title of the nineteenth James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough. one world out of chaos, comes order seen in The Legend of Zorro one of the oldest mottos of Craft Freemasonry.[38]

orbis unum ordo ab chao oremus pro invicem orta recens quam pura nites

Let us pray, one for Popular salutation for Roman Catholic clergy the other; let us at the beginning or ending of a letter or note. pray for each other Usually abbreviated OPI. newly risen, how brightly you shine Motto of New South Wales

P [edit]
Latin pace Translation peace Notes "With all due respect to", "with due deference to", "by leave of", or "no offense to". Used to politely acknowledge someone with whom the speaker or

175 writer disagrees. pace tua Pacem in terris pacta sunt servanda palma non sine pulvere with your peace Thus, "with your permission". Peace on Earth agreements must be kept no reward without effort let he who merited the palm bear it Also "contracts must be honoured". Indicates the binding power of treaties. Also "dare to try"; motto of numerous schools. also "achievement should be rewarded". Attached to the arms of Lord Nelson in 1797. Later attached to the arms of Upper Canada College and its motto. Also motto of the University of Southern California, Nelson, NZ, and the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. From Juvenal, Satire X, line 81. Originally described all that was needed for emperors to placate the Roman mob. Today used to describe any entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters.

palmam qui meruit ferat

panem et circenses

bread and circuses

para bellum

From "Si vis pacem para bellum": if you want peace, prepare for warif a country is ready for prepare for war war, its enemies are less likely to attack. Usually used to support a policy of peace through strength (deterrence). To prepare for God a perfect people parent of the nation

Parare Domino plebem perfectam parens patriae pari passu parva sub ingenti parvis imbutus

CLA motto.

A public policy requiring courts to protect the best interests of any child involved in a lawsuit. See also Pater Patriae.

with equal step Thus, "moving together", "simultaneously", etc. Implies that the weak are under the protection of the small under the strong, rather than that they are inferior. Motto the huge of Prince Edward Island. When you are Motto of Barnard Castle School, sometimes steeped in little translated as "Once you have accomplished small

176 things, you shall tentabis safely attempt things, you may attempt great ones safely". grandia tutus great things. Less literally, "throughout" or "frequently". Said of a word, fact or notion that occurs several times in a here and there, cited text. Also used in proofreading, where it everywhere refers to a change that is to be repeated everywhere needed. Or "master of the house". The eldest male in a family, who held patria potestas ("paternal power"). In Roman law, a father had enormous power over his children, wife, and slaves, though these rights dwindled over time. Derived from the phrase pater familias, an Old Latin expression preserving the archaic -as ending for the genitive case. A more direct translation would be "omnipotent father". Also rendered with the gender-neutral parens patriae ("parent of the nation"). The traditional beginning of a Roman Catholic confession. Similar to "quality over quantity"; though there may be few of something, at least they are of good quality. Said to be one of Carl Gauss's favorite quotations. Used in The King and I by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

passim

pater familias

father of the family

Pater Omnipotens Pater Patriae pater peccavi pauca sed bona pauca sed matura

Father Almighty father of the nation father, I have sinned few, but good

few, but ripe

paulatim ergo slowly therefore Former motto of Latymer Upper School in London. certe surely The text latim er is concealed in the words. pax aeterna Pax Americana Pax Britannica Pax Christi eternal peace American Peace British Peace A common epitaph. A euphemism for the United States of America and its sphere of influence. Adapted from Pax Romana. A euphemism for the British Empire. Adapted from Pax Romana.

Peace of Christ Used as a wish before the Holy Communion in the

177 Catholic Mass, also the name of the peace movement Pax Christi. pax Dei peace of God Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10th-century France. Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of Pax Deorum (The Peace of the gods) instead of Ira Deorum (The Wrath of the gods). lord or master; used as a form of address when speaking to clergy or educated professionals. Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; translated in Italian as pace e bene. Motto of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Motto of Tufts University and various schools. Also written as "Pax et Lvx".

Pax Deorum

Peace of the gods

Pax Domine

peace, lord peace and the good peace and justice peace and light

pax et bonum

pax et justitia pax et lux

Pax Europaea European peace A euphemism for Europe after World War II. A euphemism for the Spanish Empire. Specifically can mean the twenty-three years of supreme Spanish dominance in Europe (approximately 15981621). Adapted from Pax Romana. Used to exemplify the desired state of peace on earth.

Pax Hispanica Spanish Peace

pax in terra pax maternum, ergo pax familiarum Pax Mongolica pax optima rerum Pax Romana

peace on earth

peace of If the mother is peaceful, then the family is mothers, peaceful. The inverse of the Southern United States therefore peace saying, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." of families Mongolian Peace peace is the greatest good Roman Peace A period of peace and prosperity in Asia during the Mongol Empire. Silius Italicus, Punica (11,595); motto of the university of Kiel A period of relative prosperity and lack of conflict in

178 the early Roman Empire. Pax Sinica pax tecum Chinese Peace peace be with you A period of peace in East Asia during times of strong Chinese hegemony. (singular).

Legend states that when the evangelist went to the lagoon Pax tibi, where Venice would later be Peace to you, Marce, founded, an angel came and said Mark, my evangelista so.[39] The first part is depicted as Evangelist. Here meus. Hic the note in the book shown will rest your requiescet opened by the lion of St Mark's body. corpus tuum. Basilica, Venice; registered trademark of the Assicurazioni Generali, Trieste.[40] A common farewell. The "you" is plural ("you all"), peace [be] with so the phrase must be used when speaking to pax vobiscum you more than one person; pax tecum is the form used when speaking to only one person. Telegraph message and pun from Charles Napier, British general, upon completely subjugating the Indian province of Sindh in 1842. This is, arguably, the most terse military despatch ever sent. The story is apocryphal. According to Suetonius' De vita Caesarum, when Emperor Vespasian was challenged by his son Titus for taxing the public lavatories, the emperor held up a coin before his son and asked whether it smelled or simply said non olet ("it doesn't smell"). From this, the phrase was expanded to pecunia non olet, or rarely aes non olet ("copper doesn't smell").

peccavi

I have sinned

pecunia non olet

money doesn't smell

if you know how pecunia, si uti to use money, scis, ancilla money is your Written on an old Latin tablet in downtown Verona est; si nescis, slave; if you (Italy). domina don't, money is your master

179 pede poena claudo pendent opera interrupta per per angusta ad augusta per annum
(pa.)

punishment comes limping

That is, retribution comes slowly but surely. From Horace, Odes, 3, 2, 32.

the work hangs From the Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV. interrupted By, through, by See specific phrases below. means of through difficulties to greatness per year through adversity through difficulty to heights Joining sentence of the conspirators in the drama Hernani by Victor Hugo (1830). The motto of numerous educational establishments. Thus, "yearly"occurring every year. Motto of the British RAF Regiment. Through hardship, great heights are reached. Motto of University of Birmingham, Methodist Ladies' College, Perth. Also the motto of Clan Hannay.

per ardua per ardua ad alta

per ardua ad astra

Motto of the air force of several nations (including through the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom) and of adversity to the several schools. The phrase is used by Latin Poet stars Virgil in the Aeneid; also used in H. Rider Haggard's novel The People of the Mist.

From Seneca the Younger. Motto of NASA and the South African Air Force. A common variant, ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through hardships"), through per aspera ad is the state motto of Kansas. Ad Astra ("To the hardships to the astra Stars") is the title of a magazine published by the stars National Space Society. De Profundis Ad Astra ("From the depths to the stars.") is the motto of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. per capita per capsulam per contra by heads through the small box through the contrary "Per head", i.e., "per person", a ratio by the number of persons. The singular is per caput. That is, "by letter" Or "on the contrary" (cf. a contrario)

180 through the cross we shall conquer through the cross, growth through the senate through the definition

per crucem vincemus Per Crucem Crescens per curiam per definitionem

Motto of St John Fisher Catholic High School, Dewsbury Motto of Lambda Chi Alpha Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam decision Thus, "by definition" Thus, "per day". A specific amount of money an organization allows an individual to spend per day, typically for travel expenses.

per diem (pd.) by day per fidem intrepidus fearless through faith

per mare per by sea and by terram land per mensem

(pm.)

Motto of the Royal Marines and (with small difference) of Clan Donald and the Compagnies Franches de la Marine. Thus, "per month", or "monthly". Medical shorthand for "by mouth". Used of a certain place can be traversed or reached by foot, or to indicate that one is travelling by foot as opposed to by a vehicle. Also rendered per procurationem. Used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of another person. Correctly placed before the name of the person signing, but often placed before the name of the person on whose behalf the document is signed, sometimes through incorrect translation of the alternative abbreviation per pro. as "for and on behalf of". In a UK legal context: "by reason of which" (as opposed to per se which requires no reasoning). In American jurisprudence often refers to a spouse's claim for loss of consortium.

by month through the mouth by feet

per os (p.o.)

per pedes

per procura (p.p.) or (per

pro)

through the agency

per quod

by reason of which

181 per rectum

(pr)

through the rectum by excessive laughter one can recognise the fool

Medical shorthand. See also per os.

per risum multum poteris cognoscire stultum

per se

through itself

Also "by itself" or "in itself". Without referring to anything else, intrinsically, taken without qualifications, etc. A common example is negligence per se. See also malum in se. Used in wills to indicate that each "branch" of the testator's family should inherit equally. Contrasted with per capita. Motto of Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets. Motto of Washington University in St. Louis. Motto of St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School and St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School The phrase is not from Latin but from Dante's Purgatorio, Canto XII, 95, the Italian phrase "per volar s nata".

per stirpes

through the roots

per unitatem through unity, vis strength per veritatem through truth, vis strength per volar sunata[sic] periculum in mora

born to soar

danger in delay

perinde ac [si] [wellPhrase written by St. Ignatius of Loyola in his cadaver disciplined] like Constitutiones Societatis Iesu (1954) [essent] a corpse perita manus skilled hand, Motto of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. mens exculta cultivated mind perge sequar perpetuum mobile advance, I follow thing in perpetual motion from Virgil's Aeneid IV 114; in Vergil's context: "proceed with your plan, I will do my part." A musical term. Also used to refer to hypothetical perpetual motion machines.

182 Perseverantia Perseverance Motto of Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, India et Fide in Deo and Faith in God An unwelcome, unwanted or undesirable person. In diplomatic contexts, a person rejected by the host government. The reverse, persona grata ("pleasing person"), is less common, and refers to a diplomat acceptable to the government of the country to which he is sent. Begging the question, a logical fallacy in which a proposition to be proved is implicitly or explicitly assumed in one of the premises. expression of assent. The first-person plural pronoun when used by an important personage to refer to himself or herself; also known as the "royal we". Frequently found on Roman funerary inscriptions to denote that the age of a decedent is approximate.

persona non grata

person not pleasing

petitio principii placet pluralis majestatis plus minusve

(p.m.v.)

request of the beginning it pleases plural of majesty more or less

plus ultra

The national motto of Spain and a number of other further beyond institutions. Motto of the Colombian National Armada. Or "dutiful desires". Or "dutiful deceit". Expression from Ovid. Used to describe deception which serves Church purposes. Or "tender mother". Translated into Latin from Arabic. The delicate innermost of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Thus, "he painted this" or "she painted this". Formerly used on works of art, next to the artist's name. Latin proverb, attributed by Erasmus to Greek origin ( ); corollary Chinese idiom ()

pia desideria pious longings pia fraus pious fraud

pia mater

pious mother

pinxit

one painted

piscem natare teach fish to docem swim

183 pollice compresso favor iudicabatur goodwill decided by compressed thumb with a turned thumb Rebirth of Poland Any obstacle that stupid people find hard to cross. bridge of asses Originally used of Euclid's Fifth Proposition in geometry. Or "Supreme Pontiff". Originally an office in the Roman Republic, later a title held by Roman Emperors, and later a traditional epithet of the pope. The pontifices were the most important priestly college of the religion in ancient Rome; their name is usually thought to derive from pons facere ("to make a bridge"), which in turn is usually linked to their religious authority over the bridges of Rome, especially the Pons Sublicius. Thus, to be able to be made into part of a retinue or force. In common law, a sheriff's right to compel people to assist law enforcement in unusual situations. Causality between two phenomena is not established (cf. post hoc, ergo propter hoc). Medical shorthand for "after meals" (cf. ante cibum). After sexual intercourse. Life was spared with a thumb tucked inside a closed fist, simulating a sheathed weapon. Conversely, a thumb up meant to unsheath your sword. Used by Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated gladiator. The type of gesture used is uncertain. Also the name of a famous painting depicting gladiators by Jean-Lon Grme.

pollice verso

Polonia Restituta pons asinorum

Pontifex Maximus

Greatest High Priest

posse comitatus post aut propter post cibum

(p.c.)

to have the right to an armed retinue after it or by means of it after food After sex

post coitum post coitum omne animal triste est sive gallus et mulier

After sexual intercourse Or: triste est omne animal post coitum, praeter every animal is mulierem gallumque. Attributed to Galen of sad, except the Pergamum.[41] cock (rooster) and the woman

184 after this, A logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing post hoc ergo therefore happening after another thing means that the first propter hoc because of this thing caused the second. post festum post meridiem
(p.m.)

after the feast after midday after death

Too late, or after the fact. The period from noon to midnight (cf. ante meridiem). Usually rendered postmortem. Not to be confused with post meridiem. The phrase is used in legal terminology in the context of intellectual property rights, especially copyright, which commonly lasts until a certain number of years after the author's death.

post mortem
(pm)

Post mortem auctoris

(p.m.a.)

after the author's death

post nubila phoebus post prandial

after the clouds, Motto of the University of Zulia, Venezuela. the sun after the time before midday Refers to the time after any meal. Usually rendered postprandial. A postscript. Used to mark additions to a letter, after the signature. Can be extended to post post scriptum (p.p.s.), etc. Motto of the Protestant Reformation inscribed on the Reformation Wall in Geneva from Vulgata, Job 17:12. Former motto of Chile; motto of Robert College of Istanbul.

post scriptum after what has (p.s.) been written post tenebras lux, or post after darkness, tenebras [I hope for] light spero lucem we grow in the postera esteem of crescam laude future generations potest solum There can be unum only one praemia virtutis honores praemonitus praemunitus praesis ut honours are the rewards of virtue forewarned is forearmed

Motto of the University of Melbourne.

Highlander.

Lead in order to Motto of Lancaster Royal Grammar School.

185 prosis ne ut imperes serve, not in order to rule. Legal terminology, international law

praeter legem after the law Praga Caput Regni Praga Caput Rei publicae Praga mater urbium Praga totius Bohemiae domina

Prague, Head of Motto of Prague from Middle Ages the Kingdom Prague, Head of Motto of Prague from 1991 the Republic Prague, Mother Motto of Prague from 1927 of Cities Prague, the mistress of the Former motto of Prague whole of Bohemia

Motto of Burnley Football Club; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 4.739 (Latin)/English): "The Tale The prize and pretiumque et of Perseus and Andromeda": resoluta catenis the cause of our causa laboris incedit virgo, pretiumque et causa laboris. ("freed labour of her chains the virgin approaches, cause and reward of the enterprise.") prima facie prima luce at first sight at dawn Used to designate evidence in a trial which is suggestive, but not conclusive, of something (e.g., a person's guilt). Literally "at first light".

I am a primate; primas sum: nothing about A sentence by the American anthropologist Earnest primatum nil primates is Hooton and the slogan of primatologists and lovers a me alienum outside of my of the primates. puto bailiwick primum mobile first moving thing Or "first thing able to be moved". See primum movens. Or "first moving one". A common theological term, such as in the cosmological argument, based on the assumption that God was the first entity to "move" or "cause" anything. Aristotle was one of the first philosophers to discuss the "uncaused cause", a hypothetical originatorand violatorof

primum movens

prime mover

186 causality. A medical precept. Often falsely attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, though its true source is probably a paraphrase from Hippocrates' Epidemics, where he wrote, "Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things: to help, or at least to do no harm." A title of the Roman Emperors (cf. princeps).

primum non nocere

first, to not harm

primus inter pares principia probant non probantur

first among equals

principles Fundamental principles require no proof; they are prove; they are assumed a priori. not proved

resist the principiis beginnings (and obsta (et Ovid, Remedia Amoris, 91 consider the respice finem) end) principium individuationi Individuation s psychological term: the self-formation of the personality into a coherent whole

A legal principle that older laws take precedent prior tempore earlier in time, over newer ones. Another name for this principle is potior iure stronger in law lex posterior. pro aris et focis pro bono publico For God and country for the public good The motto of the Royal Queensland Regiment, and many other regiments. Often abbreviated pro bono. Work undertaken voluntarily at no expense, such as public services. Often used of a lawyer's work that is not charged for.

pro Brasilia fiant eximia pro Deo et Patria pro domo (sua)

let exceptional things be made Motto of So Paulo state, Brazil. for Brazil For God and Country One of the mottos of Lyceum of the Philippines University and many other institutions.

for (ones own) serving the interests of a given perspective or for home or house the benefit of a given group.

187 pro Ecclesia, pro Texana pro fide et patria For Church, For Motto of Baylor University, a private Christian Texas Baptist university in Waco, Texas. for faith and fatherland Motto of the originally Irish Muldoon family and of several schools, such as the Diocesan College (Bishops) in Cape Town, South Africa, and All Hallows High School in the Bronx, New York. Or "as a matter of form". Prescribing a set form or procedure, or performed in a set manner. Motto of Prussia Request of a state court to allow an out-of-state lawyer to represent a client. It is part of the Rite of Consecration of the wine in Western Christianity tradition, as part of the Mass. Frequently used in taxonomy to refer to part of a group. Pro Patria Medal: for operational service (minimum 55 days) in defence of the Republic South Africa or in the prevention or suppression of terrorism; issued for the Border War (counter-insurgency operations in South West Africa 196689) and for campaigns in Angola (197576 and 198788). Motto of The Royal Canadian Regiment, Royal South Australia Regiment and Hurlstone Agricultural High School.

pro forma pro gloria et patria pro hac vice pro multis pro parte

for form for glory and fatherland for this occasion for many in part

pro patria

for country

pro patria vigilans pro per pro rata

watchful for the Motto of the United States Army Signal Corps. country for self for the rate to defend oneself in court without counsel; abbreviation of propria persona. See also: pro se. i.e., proportionately.

pro re nata
(PRN, prn)

Medical shorthand for "as the occasion arises" or "as needed". Also "concerning a matter having for a thing that come into being". Used to describe a meeting of a has been born special Presbytery or Assembly called to discuss something new, and which was previously unforeseen (literally: "concerning a matter having

188 been born"). pro rege et lege pro se pro scientia et patria pro studio et labore for king and the Found on the Leeds coat of arms. law for oneself to defend oneself in court without counsel. Some jurisdictions prefer, "pro per".

for science and Motto of the National University of La Plata. nation for study and work Denotes something that has only been partially fulfilled. A philosophical term indicating the acceptance of a theory or idea without fully accepting the explanation. Equivalent to English phrase "for the time being". Denotes a temporary current situation. A Medieval Latin term for breaking in a new pen. Traditionally inscribed above a city gate or above the front entrance of a dwelling or place of learning.

pro tanto

for so much

pro tempore probatio pennae probis pateo

for the time testing of the pen I am open for honest people

To Accomplish prodesse Rather Than To Motto of Miami University. quam conspici Be Conspicuous propria manu "by one's own (p.m.) hand". propter vitam vivendi perdere causas provehito in altum proxime accessit proximo to destroy the reasons for living for the sake of life That is, to squander life's purpose just in order to stay alive, and live a meaningless life. From Juvenal, Satyricon VIII, verses 8384.

launch forward Motto of Memorial University of Newfoundland, as into the deep well as of the band 30 Seconds to Mars.. he came next The runner-up.

in the following Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to

189 the next month. Used with ult. ("last month") and inst. ("this month").

mense (prox.) month

pulchrum est From Friedrich Nietzsche's 1895 book The Beauty is for the paucorum Antichrist, translated by H. L. Mencken as "Few few hominum men are noble". pulvis et we are dust and From Horace, Carmina book IV, 7, 16. umbra sumus shadow punctum saliens leaping point Thus, the essential or most notable point. The salient point.

Q [edit]
Latin Translation by virtue of definition as far as the world extends Notes Thus: "by definition"; variant of per definitionem; sometimes used in Germanspeaking countries. Occasionally misrendered as "qua definitionem". Motto of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps

qua definitione

qua patet orbis

what alone is quae non not useful helps prosunt singula Ovid, Remedia amoris when multa iuvant accumulated quaecumque sunt vera whatsoever is true teach me whatsoever is true Mottos of Northwestern University and St. Francis Xavier University. Also motto of the University of Alberta as "quaecumque vera". Taken from Philippians 4:8 of the Bible Motto of St. Joseph's College, Edmonton at the University of Alberta. Or "you might ask..." Used to suggest doubt or to ask one to consider whether something is correct. Often introduces rhetorical or tangential questions.

quaecumque vera doce me

quaere

to seek

quaerite primum seek ye first the Also quaerite primo regnum dei. Motto of regnum Dei kingdom of God Newfoundland and Labrador. Motto of Shelford Girls' Grammar, St Columb's College, and

190 Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. qualis artifex pereo As what kind of Or "What a craftsman dies in me!" Attributed to artist do I Nero in Suetonius' De vita Caesarum. perish? Motto of Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada

quam bene non how well, not quantum how much it is how well quam bene vivas you live that referre (or refert), matters, not non quam diu how long

Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium CI (101)

quamdiu (se) bene gesserit

as long as he shall have behaved well

(legal Latin)

I.e., "[while on] good behavior." So for example the Act of Settlement 1701 stipulated that judges' commissions are valid quamdiu se bene gesserint (during good behaviour). (Notice the different singular, "gesserit", and plural, "gesserint", forms.) It was from this phrase that Frank Herbert extracted the name for the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels.

quantocius quantotius quantum libet

(q.l.)

the sooner, the or, as quickly as possible better as much as pleases Medical shorthand for "as much as you wish". Medical shorthand for "as much as needed" or "as much as will suffice". Medical shorthand. Also quaque die (qd), "every day", quaque mane (qm), "every morning", and quaque nocte (qn), "every night".

quantum sufficit as much as is (qs) enough quaque hora

(qh)

every hour

quare clausum fregit quater in die

(qid)

An action of trespass; thus called, by reason the wherefore he writ demands the person summoned to answer broke the close to wherefore he broke the close (quare clausum fregit), i.e. why he committed such a trespass. four times a day medical shorthand

quem deus vult Whom the gods perdere, would destroy, dementat prius they first make

191 insane Other translations of diligunt include "prize especially" or "esteem". From Plautus, Bacchides, IV, 7, 18. In this comic play, a sarcastic servant says this to his aging master. The rest of the sentence reads: dum valet sentit sapit ("while he is healthy, perceptive and wise").

quem di diligunt he whom the adulescens gods love dies moritur young

questio quid iuris

From the Summoner's section of Chaucer's I ask what law? General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, line 648. From St. Augustine of Hippo's commentary on Psalm 74, 1: Qui enim cantat laudem, non solum laudat, sed etiam hilariter laudat ("He who sings praises, not only praises, but praises joyfully"). Common nonsensical Dog Latin misrendering of the Latin phrase cui bono ("who benefits?"). Motto of the University of Chester. The more literal translation is "Let those who teach, teach" or "Let the teacher teach".

he who sings qui bene cantat well praises bis orat twice qui bono qui doecet in doctrina who with good he that teacheth, on teaching

he who has ears qui habet aures "Let he that hath ears to hear, let him hear"; to hear shall audiendi audiat Mark y 4:9 hear qui tacet consentire videtur Thus, silence gives consent. Sometimes he who is silent accompanied by the proviso "ubi loqui debuit ac is taken to potuit", that is, "when he ought to have spoken agree and was able to".

Generally known as 'qui tam,' it is the technical qui tam pro he who brings legal term for the unique mechanism in the domino rege an action for the federal False Claims Act that allows persons and quam pro se king as well as entities with evidence of fraud against federal ipso in hac parte for himself programs or contracts to sue the wrongdoer on sequitur behalf of the Government. qui totum vult totum perdit qui transtulit he who wants everything loses Attributed to Seneca everything he who Or "he who brought us across still supports us",

192 meaning God. State motto of Connecticut. Originally written as sustinet qui transtulit in 1639.

sustinet

transplanted still sustains

quia suam uxorem etiam suspiciore vacare vellet

Attributed to Julius Caesar by Plutarch, Caesar 10. Translated loosely as "because even the wife of Caesar may not be suspected". At the feast of Bona Dea, a sacred festival for females only, which was being held at the Domus Publica, the home of the Pontifex Maximus, because he Caesar, and hosted by his second wife, Pompeia, should wish the notorious politician Clodius arrived in even his wife to disguise. Caught by the outraged noblewomen, be free from Clodius fled before they could kill him on the suspicion spot for sacrilege. In the ensuing trial, allegations arose that Pompeia and Clodius were having an affair, and while Caesar asserted that this was not the case and no substantial evidence arose suggesting otherwise, he nevertheless divorced, with this quotation as explanation. what is abundant doesn't hinder What's going on? It is no problem to have too much of something. What's happening? What's going on? What's the news? What's up? In the Vulgate translation of John 18:38, Pilate's question to Jesus (Greek: ;). A possible answer is an anagram of the phrase: est vir qui adest, "it is the man who is here."

quid abundat non obstat quid agis

quid est veritas What is truth?

quid infantes sumus quid novi ex Africa

What are we, a Commonly used by Nocera Clan. synonym - "to bunch of throw down ones gauntlet." babies? What of the new Less literally, "What's new from Africa?" Derived out of Africa? from an Aristotle quotation. Commonly shortened to quidnunc. As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip. Patrick Campbell worked for The Irish Times under the pseudonym "Quidnunc".

quid nunc

What now?

193 Commonly used in English, it is also translated as "this for that" or "a thing for a thing". Signifies a favor exchanged for a favor. The traditional Latin expression for this meaning was do ut des ("I give, so that you may give"). Or "anything said in Latin sounds profound". A recent ironic Latin phrase to poke fun at people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated". Similar to the less common omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina.

quid pro quo

what for what

whatever has quidquid Latine been said in dictum sit altum Latin seems videtur deep quieta non movere don't move settled things

Who will guard Quis custodiet the guards ipsos custodes? themselves?

Commonly associated with Plato who in the Republic poses this question; and from Juvenal's On Women, referring to the practice of having eunuchs guard women and beginning with the word sed ("but"). Usually translated less literally, as "Who watches the watchmen?" This translation is a common epigraph, such as of the Tower Commission and Alan Moore's Watchmen comic book series.

quis leget haec? quis separabit?

Who will read this? who will separate us? Who [is] as God? where the prover errs Motto of the Order of St. Patrick. Motto of Northern Ireland. Usually translated "Who is like unto God?" Questions who would have the audacity to compare himself to a Supreme Being. A pun on ''quod erat demonstrandum''.

quis ut Deus quo errat demonstrator quo fata ferunt

where the fates Motto of Bermuda. bear us to From Cicero's first speech In Catilinam to the Roman Senate regarding the conspiracy of Catiline: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? ("For how much longer, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?").

quousque tandem?

For how much longer?

194 Where are we going? Title of the series finale of Aaron Sorkin's TV dramedy Sports Night. According to Vulgate translation of John 13:36, Saint Peter asked Jesus Domine, quo vadis ("Lord, where are you going?"). The King James Version has the translation "Lord, whither goest thou?"

Quo Vadimus?

quo vadis?

Where are you going?

The abbreviation is often written at the bottom of a mathematical proof. Sometimes translated quod erat what was to be loosely into English as "The Five Ws", demonstrandum demonstrated (Q.E.D.) W.W.W.W.W., which stands for "Which Was What We Wanted". quod erat faciendum
(Q.E.F)

Or "which was to be constructed". Used in translations of Euclid's Elements when there was which was to be nothing to prove, but there was something done being constructed, for example a triangle with the same size as a given line. which is

quod est (q.e.)

quod est what is necessarium est necessary is licitum lawful what is asserted quod gratis without reason If no grounds have been given for an assertion, asseritur, gratis may be denied then there are no grounds needed to reject it. negatur without reason what is permitted to Jupiter is not permitted to an ox If an important person does something, it does not necessarily mean that everyone can do it (cf. double standard). Iovi (also commonly rendered Jovi) is the dative form of Iuppiter ("Jupiter" or "Jove"), the chief god of the Romans.

quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi

quod me nutrit me destruit

what nourishes Thought to have originated with Elizabethan me destroys me playwright Christopher Marlowe. Generally interpreted to mean that that which motivates or drives a person can consume him or her from within. This phrase has become a popular slogan or motto for pro-ana websites, anorexics and bulimics.

195 what nature quod natura non Refers to the Spanish University of Salamanca, does not give, dat Salmantica meaning that education cannot substitute the Salamanca does non praestat lack of brains. not provide Quod scripsi, scripsi. What I have written I have written. Pilate to the chief priests (John 19:22). Used after a term or phrase that should be looked up elsewhere in the current document or book. For more than one term or phrase, the plural is quae vide (qq.v.). More colloquially: "Do whatever He [Jesus] tells you to do." Instructions of Mary to the servants at the Wedding at Cana. (John 2:5).

quod vide (q.v.)

which see

Quodcumque dixerit vobis, facite. quomodo vales quorum

Whatever He tells you, that you shall do. How are you? of whom

The number of members whose presence is required under the rules to make any given meeting constitutional.

Those whom quos amor verus true love has tenuit tenebit held, it will go on holding quot capita tot sensus quot homines tot sententiae

Seneca.

as many heads, "There are as many opinions as there are so many heads." Terence opinions how many Or "there are as many opinions as there are people, so many people". opinions

R [edit]
Latin Translation Notes Or "greed is the root of all evil". Theme of the "The Pardoner's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales. An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's Satires: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a radix malorum the root of evils est cupiditas is desire rara avis rare bird (very (Rarissima avis) rare bird)

196 black swan"). rari nantes in Rare survivors in Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118 gurgite vasto the immense sea ratio decidendi ratio legis ratione personae ratione soli The legal, moral, political, and social principles reasoning for the used by a court to compose a judgment's decision rationale. reasoning of law A law's foundation or basis. because of the Also "Jurisdiction Ratione Personae" the personal person involved reach of the courts jurisdiction. [42] by account of the ground Or "according to the soil". Assigning property rights to a thing based on its presence on a landowner's property. in Canon law, a consummated marriage in Canon law, a confirmed but unconsummated marriage (which can be dissolved super rato)

ratum et confirmed and consummatum completed ratum tantum confirmed only

re

More literally, "by the thing". From the ablative of res ("thing" or "circumstance"). It is a common misconception that the "Re:" in correspondence is an abbreviation for regarding or reply; this is not the case for traditional letters. However, when [in] the matter of used in an e-mail subject, there is evidence that it functions as an abbreviation of regarding rather than the Latin word for thing. The use of Latin re, in the sense of "about, concerning", is English usage. with matters standing thus Upright and Faithful leading back to the absurd The doctrine that treaty obligations hold only as long as the fundamental conditions and expectations that existed at the time of their creation hold. Also "just and faithful" and "accurately and faithfully". Motto of Ruyton Girls' School A common debate technique, and a method of proof in mathematics and philosophy, that proves the thesis by showing that its opposite is absurd or logically untenable. In general usage outside

rebus sic stantibus recte et fideliter reductio ad absurdum

197 mathematics and philosophy, a reductio ad absurdum is a tactic in which the logic of an argument is challenged by reducing the concept to its most absurd extreme. Translated from Aristotle's " " (hi eis atopon apagogi, "reduction to the impossible"). An argument that creates an infinite series of causes that does not seem to have a beginning. As a fallacy, it rests upon Aristotle's notion that all things must have a cause, but that all series of causes must have a sufficient cause, that is, an unmoved mover. An argument which does not seem to have such a beginning becomes difficult to imagine. State motto of Arkansas, adopted in 1907. Originally rendered in 1864 in the plural, regnant populi ("the peoples rule"), but subsequently changed to the singular.

reductio ad infinitum

leading back to the infinite

regnat populus Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae rem acu tetigisti

the people rule

Kingdom of Mary, the Patron Former motto of Hungary. of Hungary You have touched the point with a needle repeating does good

i.e., "You have hit the nail on the head"

repetita juvant repetitio est mater studiorum requiem aeternam requiescat in pace (R.I.P.)

Usually said as a jocular remark to defend the speaker's (or writer's) choice to repeat some important piece of information to ensure reception by the audience.

repetition is the mother of study eternal rest let him rest in peace Or "may he rest in peace". A benediction for the dead. Often inscribed on tombstones or other grave markers. "RIP" is commonly mistranslated

198 as "Rest In Peace", though the two mean essentially the same thing. rerum cognoscere causas to learn the Motto of the University of Sheffield, the University causes of things of Guelph, and London School of Economics. A phrase used in law representing the belief that certain statements are made naturally, spontaneously and without deliberation during the course of an event, they leave little room for misunderstanding/misinterpretation upon hearing by someone else ( i.e. by the witness who will later repeat the statement to the court) and thus the courts believe that such statements carry a high degree of credibility.

res gestae

things done

res ipsa loquitur

A phrase from the common law of torts meaning that negligence can be inferred from the fact that such an accident happened, without proof of exactly how. A clause sometimes (informally) the thing speaks added on to the end of this phrase is sed quid in for itself infernos dicit ("but what the hell does it say?"), which serves as a reminder that one must still interpret the significance of events that "speak for themselves". A matter which has been decided by a court. Often refers to the legal concept that once a matter has been finally decided by the courts, it cannot be litigated again (cf. non bis in idem and double jeopardy). From rs ("things, facts") the plural of rs ("a thing, a fact") + nn ("not") + verba ("words") the plural of verbum ("a word"). Literally meaning "things, not words" or "facts instead of words" but referring to that "actions be used instead of words". Goods without an owner. Used for things or beings which belong to nobody and are up for grabs, e.g., uninhabited and uncolonized lands, wandering wild animals, etc. (cf. terra nullius, "no man's land").

res judicata

judged thing

"actions speak louder than res, non verba words", or "deeds, not words" res nullius nobody's property

199 respice adspice prospice

look behind, look i.e., "examine the past, the present and future". here, look ahead Motto of CCNY.

i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the look back at the end". Generally a memento mori, a warning to respice finem end remember one's death. Motto of Homerton College, Cambridge and Trinity College, Kandy. Regarded as a legal maxim in agency law, referring to the legal liability of the principal with respect to an employee. Whereas a hired independent contractor acting tortiously may not cause the principal to be legally liable, a hired employee acting tortiously will cause the principal (the employer) to be legally liable, even if the employer did nothing wrong.

respondeat superior

let the superior respond

restitutio in integrum

restoration to Principle behind the awarding of damages in original condition common law negligence claims I shall rise again, expressing Christian faith in resurrection at the Last Day. It appears, inter alia, in Charlotte Bront's Jane Eyre, as the epitaph written on Helen Burns's grave; in a poem of Emily Dickinson: Poems (1955) I. 56 ("Arcturus" is his other name), I slew a worm the other day A Savant passing by Murmured Resurgam Centipede! Oh Lordhow frail are we!; and in a letter of Vincent van Gogh. The OED gives "1662 J. Trapp Annotations Old & New Testament I. 142 Howbeit he had hope in his death, and might write Resurgam on his grave" as its earliest attribution in the English corpus.

resurgam

I shall arise

An utterance by the Delphic oracle recorded by retine vim Restrain your Eusebius of Caesarea in Praeparatio evangelica, istam, falsa strength, for if VI-5, translated from the Greek of Porphyry (c.f. E. enim dicam, si you compel me I H. Gifford's translation) and used by William coges will tell lies Wordsworth as a subtitle for his ballad "Anecdote for Fathers". rex regum fidelum et king even of faithful kings Latin motto that appears on the crest of the Trinity Broadcasting Network of Paul and Jan Crouch.

200 The rigidity of corpses when chemical reactions cause the limbs to stiffen about 34 hours after stiffness of death death. Other signs of death include drop in body temperature (algor mortis, "cold of death") and discoloration (livor mortis, "bluish color of death"). Can you help laughing, friends? An ironic or rueful commentary, appended following a fanciful or unbelievable tale.

rigor mortis

risum teneatis, amici?

risus abundat laughter is excessive and inappropriate laughter signifies in ore abundant in the stupidity; see also LOL stultorum mouth of fools Roma invicta Unconquerable Rome Inspirational motto inscribed on the Statue of Rome.

An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Its intended meaning is "Romans, go home!", but is actually closer to "'People called Romanes they go the house'", according to a centurion in the movie. When Brian is caught vandalizing the palace walls with this phrase, rather than punish him, the centurion Romanes eunt Romanes go the corrects his Latin grammar, explaining that domus house Romanus is a second declension noun and has its plural in -i rather than -es; that ire or eo ("to go") must be in the imperative mood to denote a command; and that domus takes the accusative case without a preposition as the object. The final result of this lesson is the correct Latin phrase Romani ite domum. rorate coeli rosa rubicundior, lilio candidior, omnibus formosior, semper in te glorior rus in urbe drop down ye heavens aka The Advent Prose

redder than the rose, whiter than the lilies, fairer From the Carmina Burana's song "Si puer cum than all things, I puellula". do ever glory in thee A countryside in Generally used to refer to a haven of peace and the city quiet within an urban setting, often a garden, but

201 can refer to interior decoration.

S [edit]
Latin Translation Notes a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. a Roman Silver Age maxim, also the school motto of Wellingborough School. From Cicero's De Legibus, book III, part III, sub. VIII. Quoted by John Locke in his Second Treatise, On Civil Government, to describe the proper organization of government. Also the state motto of Missouri. Refers to two expressions that can be interchanged without changing the truth value of the statements in which they occur. saltus in leap in explaining demonstrando a stronghold (or salus in arduis refuge) in difficulties salus populi suprema lex esto the welfare of the people is to be the highest law

salva veritate

with truth intact

Christian epithet, usually referring to Jesus. Salvator Mundi Savior of the World The title of paintings by Albrecht Drer and Leonardo da Vinci. salvo errore et save for error and omissione omission
(s.e.e.o.)

Appears on statements of "account currents".

salvo honoris titulo (SHT) Sancta Sedes sancta simplicitas sancte et sapienter sanctum sanctorum

save for title of honor Holy Chair holy innocence with holiness and with wisdom Holy of Holies literally, "holy seat". Refers to the Papacy or the Holy See. Or "sacred simplicity". Also sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of several institutions. referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy location.

202 From Horace's Epistularum liber primus, Epistle II, line 40. Popularized by its use in Kant's What is Enlightenment? to define the Enlightenment. Frequently used in mottos; also the name of an Australian Heavy Metal band.

sapere aude

dare to be wise

sapienti sat

From Plautus. Indicates that something can be understood without any need for explanation, as long as the listener has enough wisdom or enough for the wise common sense. Often extended to dictum sapienti sat est ("enough has been said for the wise", commonly translated as "a word to the wise is enough"). wisdom and learning Motto of Fordham University, New York. One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines.[43]

sapientia et doctrina

sapientia et eloquentia

wisdom and eloquence

Motto of the Minerva Society

sapientia et veritas sapientia et virtus Sapientia melior auro wisdom and truth wisdom and virtue wisdom is better than gold Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New Zealand. Motto of University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Motto of University of Deusto, Bilbao, San Sebastin, Spain. Motto of Universidad de las Amricas, Puebla, Cholula, Mexico. Motto of the United States Coast Guard Academy.

sapientia, pax, Wisdom, Peace, fraternitas Fraternity scientiae cedit The sea yields to mare knowledge scientia ac labore

knowledge through Motto of several institutions [hard] work, or: by means of knowledge and hard work, or: through knowledge and [hard] work

203 unknown origin, probably adapted from knowledge, more Horace's ode III (Exegi monumentum aere lasting than bronze perennius). religion and knowledge united For science and fatherland knowledge and wisdom Motto of St Vincent's College, Potts Point Motto of University of Latvia motto of Illinois Wesleyan University

scientia, aere perennius scientia cum religione scientiae et patriae scientia et sapientia

knowledge is the scientia imperii adornment and decus et protection of the tutamen Empire

Motto of Imperial College London

scientia ipsa potentia est

knowledge itself is power

Stated originally by Sir Francis Bacon in Meditationes Sacrae (1597), which in modern times is often paraphrased as scientia est potestas or scientia potentia est (knowledge is power).

scientia vincere tenebras scilicet (sc. or

ss.)

conquering motto of several institutions darkness by science it is permitted to know I know I know that I know nothing knowledge which is motto of now defunct publisher Small, worth having Maynard & Company as translated by Philip Francis. From Horace, Each desperate Epistularum liber secundus (1, 117)[44] and blockhead dares to quoted in Fielding's Tom Jones; lit: "Learned or write not, we shall write poems without distinction" that is to say; to wit; namely; in a legal caption, it provides a statement of venue or refers to a location.

scio scio me nihil scire scire quod sciendum scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim

204 scuto amoris divini seculo seculorum sedet, aeternumque sedebit sed ipse spiritus postulat pro nobis, gemitibus inenarrabilibus sede vacante sedes apostolica by the shield of God's love forever and ever seat, be seated forever a Virgi's verse, means when you stop trying, then you lose

The motto of Skidmore College

But the same Spirit intercedes incessantly for us, Romans 8:26 with inexpressible groans with the seat being The "seat" is the Holy See, and the vacancy vacant refers to the interregnum between two popes. apostolic chair Synonymous with Sancta Sedes. Used in biological classification to indicate that there is no agreement as to which higher order grouping a taxon should be placed into. Abbreviated sed. incert. Concept expressed by various authors, such as Seneca, Saint Augustine and Horace. It became proverbial during the Middle ages. Motto of several institutions. Motto of the 45th Infantry Division (United States) and its successor, the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States). Motto of Carl Jacobsen and name of a line of beers by Danish brewery Carlsberg. personal motto of Elizabeth I, appears above her royal coat of arms. Used as motto of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, Channel Islands, which was founded by Elizabeth I, and of Ipswich School, to whom Elizabeth granted a

seat (i.e. location) sedes incertae uncertain once in a year one is allowed to go crazy always towards better things

semel in anno licet insanire semper ad meliora

semper anticus always forward

semper ardens always burning

semper eadem always the same

205 royal charter. Also the motto of the City of Leicester. semper excelsius always higher Motto of the K.A.V. Lovania Leuven. Motto of several institutions. One of the most well known institutions that uses this as a motto is the United States Marine Corps. The unofficial motto of the United States Navy. Motto of Underberg.

semper fidelis always faithful

semper fortis semper idem

always brave always the same

semper in excretia sumus We're always in the Lord de Ramsey, House of Lords, 21 January solim manure; only the 1998[45] profundum depth varies. variat semper instans always threatening Motto of 846 NAS Royal Navy. semper invicta always invincible semper liber semper paratus always free always prepared Motto of Warsaw. Motto of the city of Victoria, British Columbia. Motto of several institutions. One of the most well known institutions that uses this as a motto is the United States Coast Guard. Motto of Company A-1 of the United States Military Academy at West Point and Charlie Corps of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, along with the inactive 436th Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force A phrase deriving from the Nadere Reformatie movement in the seventeenth century Dutch Reformed Church and widely but informally used in Reformed and Presbyterian churches today. It refers to the conviction of certain Reformed Protestant theologians that the church must continually re-examine itself in order to maintain its purity of doctrine and practice. The term first appeared in print in Jodocus van Lodenstein, Beschouwinge van

semper primus always first

semper reformanda

always in need of being reformed

206 Zion (Contemplation of Zion), Amsterdam, 1674.[46] semper sursum always aim high Motto of St. Joseph's College, Allahabad, India. Motto of Palmerston North Girls' High School, Palmerston North, New Zealand

A common English-Dog Latin translation joke. semper ubi sub always where under The phrase is nonsensical in Latin, but the ubi where English translation is a pun on "always wear underwear". semper vigilans semper vigilo Senatus Populusque Romanus
(SPQR)

always vigilant always vigilant

Motto of several institutions (Such as the US Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol). Also the motto of the city of San Diego, California. The motto of Scottish Police Forces, Scotland.

The official name of the Roman Republic. "SPQR" was carried on battle standards by the The Senate and the Roman legions. In addition to being an ancient People of Rome Roman motto, it remains the motto of the modern city of Rome. with the broad, or general, meaning "with the tight meaning" in the fuller meaning Less literally, "in the wide sense". Less literally, "in the strict sense". In biblical exegesis, the deeper meaning intended by God, not intended by the human author. In an effort to understand why things may be happening contrary to expectations, or even in alignment with them, this idiom suggests that keeping track of where money is going may show the basis for the observed behavior. Similar in spirit to the phrase cui bono (who gains?) or cui prodest (who advances?), but outside those phrases' historically legal context.

sensu lato sensu stricto

cf. stricto sensu

sensus plenior

sequere pecuniam

follow the money

sero venientes those who are late male sedentes are poorly seated

207 sero venientibus ossa

those who are late get bones I will keep the faith. The answer of St. Michael the Archangel to the non serviam, "I will not serve" of Satan, when the angels were tested by God on whether they will serve an inferior being, a man, Jesus, as their Lord. A title for the pope. From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba" ("he throws down his high-flown language and his foot-and-a-halflong words"). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. from the epitaph on Christopher Wren's tomb in St Paul's Cathedral.

servabo fidem Keeper of the faith

serviam

I will serve

servus servorum Dei

servant of the servants of God

sesquipedalia verba

words a foot and a half long

Si monumentum requiris circumspice

If you seek (his) monument, look around you

si omnes... ego if all ones... not I non si peccasse negamus fallimur et nulla est in nobis veritas si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti; si nil, his utere if we deny having From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical made a mistake, we History of Doctor Faustus, where the phrase is are deceived, and translated "if we say that we have no sin, we there's no truth in deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us". us (cf. 1 John 1:8 in the New Testament) Said to have been based on the tribute to if you seek a architect Christopher Wren in St Paul's delightful peninsula, Cathedral, London: si monumentum requiris, look around circumspice (see above). State motto of Michigan, adopted in 1835. if you can better these principles, tell Horace, Epistles I:6, 6768 me; if not, join me in following them

208 mecum. This quote is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It translates literally as, "If you If you had kept your had been silent, you would have remained a silence, you would philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common have stayed a use of the subjunctive verb mood. Among philosopher other functions it expresses actions contrary to fact. Sir Humphrey Appleby translated it to the PM as: "If you'd kept your mouth shut we might have thought you were clever". A common beginning for ancient Roman letters. Also extended to si vales bene est ego if you are well, I am valeo ("if you are well, that is good; I am well well"), abbreviated to SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. If you want to be loved, love This quote is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca. From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of the name parabellum for some ammunition and firearms, such as the Luger Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum) Or "just so". States that the preceding quoted material appears exactly that way in the source, despite any errors of spelling, grammar, usage, or fact that may be present. Used only for previous quoted text; ita or similar must be used to mean "thus" when referring to something about to be stated. More simply, "yes and no".

si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses

si vales valeo
(SVV)

si vis amari ama

si vis pacem, para bellum

if you want peace, prepare for war

sic

thus

sic et non sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc sic infit sic itur ad

thus and not we gladly feast on those who would subdue us so it begins

Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family.

thus you shall go to From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly

209 the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions. Motto of Sir Francis Drake

astra sic parvis magna sic passim sic semper erat, et sic semper erit

the stars greatness from small beginnings

Thus here and there Used when referencing books; see passim. Thus has it always been, and thus shall it ever be Attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; whether it was actually said at either of these events is disputed. Shorter version from original sic semper evello mortem tyrannis ("thus always death will come to tyrants"). State motto of Virginia, adopted in 1776. A reminder that all things are fleeting. During Papal Coronations, a monk reminds the pope of his mortality by saying this phrase, preceded by pater sancte ("holy father") while holding before his eyes a burning paper illustrating the passing nature of earthly glories. This is similar to the tradition of a slave in Roman triumphs whispering memento mori.

sic semper tyrannis

thus always to tyrants

sic transit gloria mundi

thus passes the glory of the world

Or "use your property in such a way that you sic utere tuo ut use [what is] yours do not damage others'". A legal maxim related alienum non so as not to harm to property ownership laws, often shortened laedas [what is] of others to simply sic utere ("use it thus"). sic vita est thus is life Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect of living.

Though the sidere mens constellations Latin motto of the University of Sydney. eadem mutato change, the mind is universal signetur (sig) let it be labeled Medical shorthand

210 or (S/) signum fidei silentium est aureum similia similibus curantur similia similibus curentur similia similibus solvuntur simplex sigillum veri Sign of the Faith Motto of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Latinization of the English expression "silence is golden". Also Latinized as silentium est aurum ("silence is gold").

silence is golden

"like cures like" and "let like be cured by like"; the first form ("curantur") is indicative, while the second form ("curentur") is subjunctive. The indicative form is found in Paracelsus (16th century), while the subjunctive form is let similar things said by Samuel Hahnemann, founder of take care of similar homeopathy, and is known as the law of things similars. similar things take care of similar things" Used as a general rule in chemistry; "like similar substances dissolves like" refers to the ability of polar or will dissolve similar non polar solvents to dissolve polar or non substances polar solutes respectively.[47] simplicity is the sign expresses a sentiment akin to Keep It Simple, of truth Stupid Used in bibliographies to indicate that the date of publication of a document is unknown. Originally from old common law texts, where it indicates that a final, dispositive order has been made in the case. In modern legal context, it means there is nothing left for the court to do, so no date for further proceedings is set. Thus, impartially. From Tacitus, Annals 1.1.

sine anno (s.a.) without a year

sine die

without a day

sine ira et studio sine labore non erit panis in ore sine loco (s.l.)

without anger and fondness without labour there will be no bread in mouth without a place

Used in bibliographies to indicate that the place of publication of a document is unknown.

211 sine metu sine nomine

(s.n.)

"without fear" "without a name" Without penalty, there is no law Without offspring Without surviving children

Motto of Jameson Irish Whiskey Used in bibliographies to indicate that the publisher of a document is unknown. Refers to the ineffectiveness of a law without the means of enforcement Frequently abbreviated to "s.p." or "d.s.p." (decessit sine prole "died without offspring") in genealogical works. Without surviving offspring (even in abstract terms) St.George's School, Vancouver, Canada motto Used to denote something that is an essential part of the whole. See also condicio sine qua non. Inscription on the stained-glass in the conference hall of pharmaceutical mill in Kaunas

sine poena nulla lex sine prole sine prole superstite

sine timore aut Without Fear or favore Favor sine qua non sine remediis medicina debilis est sine scientia ars nihil est sisto activitatem sit nomine digna sit sine labe decus sit tibi terra levis without which not without remedies medicine is powerless

without knowledge, Motto of The International Diving Society skill is nothing I cease the activity Phrase, used to cease the activities of the Sejm upon the liberum veto principle

may it be worthy of Motto of Rhodesia the name let honour stainless Motto of the Brisbane Boys' College (Brisbane, be Australia). may the earth be light to you Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted as S.T.T.L., the same way as today's R.I.P.

may there be Similar to the English idiom "pardon my sit venia verbo forgiveness for the French". word sol iustitiae illustra nos Sun of Justice, shine Motto of Utrecht University upon us

212 sol lucet omnibus sol omnia regit the sun shines on everyone the sun rules over everything

Petronius, Satyricon Lybri 100 Inscription near the entrance to Frombork Museum The material principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that men are saved by faith even without works. A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that salvation is an unearned gift (cf. ex gratia), not a direct result of merit.

sola fide

by faith alone

sola gratia

by grace alone

sola lingua the only good bona est language is a dead Example of dog Latin humor. lingua mortua language The formal principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant idea that the Bible alone is the ultimate authority, not the pope or tradition.

sola scriptura

by scripture alone

sola nobilitat virtus

Virtue alone ennobles A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the idea that God is the creator of all good things and deserves all the praise for them. Johann Sebastian Bach often signed his manuscripts with the abbreviation S.D.G. to invoke this phrase, as well as with AMDG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam). A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that Jesus is the only mediator between God and mankind. Also rendered solo Christo ("by Christ alone").

soli Deo gloria

(S.D.G.)

glory to God alone

solus Christus Christ alone

213 solus ipse solvitur ambulando Spartam nactus es; hanc exorna specialia generalibus derogant speculum speculorum spem reduxit spes bona I alone It is solved by walking your lot is cast in Sparta, be a credit to it special departs from general mirror of mirrors he has restored hope good hope Motto of New Brunswick. Motto of University of Cape Town. Refers to Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." On the John Winthrop family tombstone, Boston, Massachusetts. From The Second Coming (poem) by William Butler Yeats. Refers to Yeats' belief that each human mind is linked to a single vast intelligence, and that this intelligence causes certain universal symbols to appear in individual minds. The idea is similar to Carl Jung's concept of the collective unconscious. Refers to The Gospel of Saint John 3:8, where he mentions how Jesus told Nicodemus "The wind blows wherever it wants, and even though you can hear its noise, you don't know where it comes from or where it goes. The same thing happens to whomever has been born of the Spirit". It is the motto of Cayetano Heredia University[49] Loosely "splendour without diminishment" or "magnificence without ruin". Motto of British The problem is solved by taking a walk, or by simple experiment. from Euripides's Telephus, Agamemnon to Menelaus.[48]

spes vincit thronum

hope conquers (overcomes) the throne

spiritus mundi spirit of the world

spiritus ubi vult spirat

the spirit spreads wherever it wants

splendor sine occasu

brightness without setting

214 Columbia. The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as stamus contra we stand against by the preposition contra takes the accusative malo evil case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum". stante pede stare decisis with a standing foot "Immediately". to stand by the decided things To uphold previous rulings, recognize precedent.

stat sua cuique There is a day Virgil, Aeneid, X 467 dies [turn] for everybody statim (stat) "immediately" Medical shorthand used following an urgent request. The current condition or situation. Also status quo ante ("the situation in which [things were] before"), referring to the state of affairs prior to some upsetting event (cf. reset button technique).

status quo

the situation in which

status quo ante bellum stet

the state before the A common term in peace treaties. war let it stand Marginal mark in proofreading to indicate that something previously deleted or marked for deletion should be retained. First part of the motto of Harrow School, England, and inscribed upon Ricketts House, at the California Institute of Technology.

stet fortuna domus stipendium peccati mors est

let the fortune of the house stand

From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical the reward of sin is History of Doctor Faustus. (See Rom 6:23, "For death the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.")

strenuis ardua the heights yield to Motto on the coat of arms of the University of cedunt endeavour Southampton. stricto sensu with the tight meaning Less literally, "in the strict sense".

215
cf. sensu stricto

stupor mundi

the wonder of the world

The title by which Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was known. More literally translated "the bewilderment of the world", or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, "the stupidity of the world". Legal term when a court takes up a motion on its own initiative, not because any of the parties to the case has made the motion. Commonly abbreviated sa, it is used in citing annals, which record events by year.

sua sponte

by its own accord

sub anno sub cruce lumen

under the year

Motto of the University of Adelaide, Australia. The Light Under the Refers to the figurative "light of learning" and Cross the Southern Cross constellation, Crux. under the wide open sky Also, "under the sky", "in the open air", "out in the open" or "outdoors". Ablative "divo" does not distinguish divus, divi, a god, from divum, divi, the sky. Used in citations to refer to the end of a book, page, etc., and abbreviated 's.f.' Used after the page number or title. E.g., 'p. 20 s.f. ' At night; from Horace's Odes 1.1:25 Said of a case that cannot be publicly discussed until it is finished. Also sub iudice. Commonly rendered subpoena. Said of a request, usually by a court, that must be complied with on pain of punishment. Examples include subpoena duces tecum ("take with you under penalty"), a court summons to appear and produce tangible evidence, and subpoena ad testificandum ("under penalty to testify"), a summons to appear and give oral testimony. "In secret", "privately", "confidentially" or "covertly". In the Middle Ages, a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council

sub divo

sub finem sub Iove frigido sub judice

toward the end

under cold Jupiter under a judge

sub poena

under penalty

sub rosa

under the rose

216 chamber to indicate that what was said in the "under the rose" was not to be repeated outside. This practice originates in Greek mythology, where Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros, and he, in turn, gave it to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to ensure that his mother's indiscretionsor those of the gods in general, in other accountswere kept under wraps. sub nomine
(sub nom.)

under the name under silence under the sight of eternity under the sight of God Beneath thy compassion Under the shade I flourish

"in the name of", "under the title of"; used in legal citations to indicate the name under which the litigation continued. implied but not expressly stated. Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From Spinoza, Ethics. "from God's point of view or perspective". Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary). Also "under your protection". A popular school motto. National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany tree. Under the word or heading, as in a dictionary; abbreviated s.v.

sub silentio sub specie aeternitatis sub specie Dei sub tuum praesidium Sub umbra floreo sub verbo; sub voce sublimis ab unda subsiste sermonem statim Sudetia non cantat sui generis sui iuris

Raised from the waves stop speaking immediately

Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham

One doesn't sing on the Sudeten Saying from Han region Mountains Of its own kind Of one's own right In a class of its own. Capable of responsibility. Has both legal and ecclesiastical use. Commonly rendered sui juris.

217 A gravestone inscription to remind the reader of the inevitability of death (cf. memento mori). Also rendered fui quod sis ("I have been what you are") and tu fui ego eris ("I have been you, you will be I"). from Augustine's Sermon No. 76.[50]

sum quod eris

I am what you will be

sum quod sum I am what I am summa cum laude summa summarum summum bonum with highest praise

all in all

Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion is rounded up at the end of some elaboration. Literally "highest good". Also summum malum ("the supreme evil"). From Cicero (De officiis, I, 10, 33). An acritical application of law, without understanding and respect of laws's purposes and without considering the overall circumstances, is often a means of supreme injustice. A similar sentence appears in Terence (Heautontimorumenos, IV, 5): Ius summum saepe summa est malitia ("supreme justice is often out of supreme malice (or wickedness)"). From Virgil, Aeneid. Followed by et mentem mortalia tangunt ("and mortal things touch my mind"). Aeneas cries as he sees Carthaginian temple murals depicting the deaths of the Trojan War. See also hinc illae lacrimae.

the supreme good

summum ius, supreme justice, summa iniuria supreme injustice

sunt lacrimae rerum

there are tears for things

sunt omnes unum sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant suo jure

they are all one Children are children, and anonymous proverb children do childish things in one's own right Used in the context of titles of nobility, for instance where a wife may hold a title in her own right rather than through her marriage.

218 Also rendered suo moto. Usually used when a court of law, upon its own initiative, (i.e., no petition has been filed) proceeds against a person or authority that it deems has committed an illegal act. It is used chiefly in South Asia.[citation needed]

suo motu

upon one's own initiative

suos cultores scientia coronat

Knowledge crowns The motto of Syracuse University, New York. those who seek Her Where Thomas More accused the reformer, Martin Luther, of going to celebrate Mass. Motto of Manchester City F.C. A declaration that one succeeds above all others.

super fornicam on the lavatory superbia in proelia supero omnia surdo oppedere surgam sursum corda pride in battle I surpass everything

to belch before the From Erasmus' collection of annotated Adagia deaf (1508): a useless action. I shall rise Lift up your hearts Motto of Columbia University's Philolexian Society.

Thus, don't offer your opinion on things that are outside your competence. It is said that the Greek painter Apelles once asked the advice of a cobbler on how to render the sutor, ne ultra Cobbler, no further sandals of a soldier he was painting. When the crepidam than the sandal! cobbler started offering advice on other parts of the painting, Apelles rebuked him with this phrase in Greek, and it subsequently became a popular Latin expression. suum cuique tribuere s.v. to render to every man his due One of Justinian I's three basic precepts of law. Also shortened to suum cuique ("to each his own"). Abbreviation for sub verbo or sub voce (see above).

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219 Latin tabula gratulatoria Translation congratulatory tablet Notes A list of congratulations. Thus, "blank slate". Romans used to write on wax-covered wooden tablets, which were erased by scraping with the flat end of the stylus. John Locke used the term to describe the human mind at birth, before it had acquired any knowledge. "Such as it is" or "as such".

tabula rasa

scraped tablet

talis qualis taliter qualiter

just as such somewhat

talium Dei regnum

for of such (little children) is the kingdom of God

from St Mark's gospel 10:14 "talium (parvuli) est enim regnum Dei"; similar in St Matthew's gospel 19:14 "talium est enim regnum caelorum" ("for of such is the kingdom of heaven"); motto of The Cathedral School, Townsville. Said in 1697 by Johann Bernoulli about Isaac Newton's anonymously submitted solution to Bernoulli's challenge regarding the Brachistochrone curve.

tanquam ex ungue leonem tarde venientibus ossa Te occidere possunt sed te edere non possunt nefas est technica impendi nationi temet nosce

we know the lion by his claw

To the late are left the bones They can kill you, but they cannot eat you, it is against the law. Technology impulses nations know thyself The motto of the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in the David Foster Wallace novel Infinite Jest. Translated in the novel as "They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier". Motto of Technical University of Madrid A reference to the Greek (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to the Greek periegetic writer Pausanias (10.24.1). Rendered also with nosce te ipsum, temet nosce ("thine own self know") appears in The Matrix translated

220 as "know thyself". tempora heroica Heroic Age Literally "Heroic Times"; refers to the period between the mythological Titanomachy and the (relatively) historical Trojan War. Variant of omnia mutantur et nos mutamur in illis, attributed to Lothair I. See entry for details. Also "time, that devours all things", literally: "time, gluttonous of things", edax: adjectival form of the verb edo to eat. From Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15, 234-236. Commonly mistranslated as "time flies" due to the similar phrase tempus volat hora fugit ("time flies, the hour flees").

tempora the times are mutantur et changing, and we nos mutamur change in them in illis tempus edax time, devourer of rerum all things

tempus fugit time flees tempus rerum imperator tempus vernum

time, commander of all things spring time Name of song by popular Irish singer Enya

tempus volat time flies, the hour Or "time speeds while the hour escapes". hora fugit flees teneo te Africa tentanda via ter in die
(t.i.d.)

I hold you, Africa! The way must be tried thrice in a day

Suetonius attributes this to Julius Caesar, from when Caesar was on the African coast. motto for York University Medical shorthand for "three times a day".

terminat hora The hour finishes diem; Phrase concluding Christopher Marlowe's play the day; the author terminat Doctor Faustus.[51] finishes his work. auctor opus. terminus ante quem limit before which In archaeology or history, refers to the date before which an artifact or feature must have been deposited. Used with terminus post quem ("limit after which"). Similarly, terminus ad quem

221 ("limit to which") may also refer to the latest possible date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.), while terminus a quo ("limit from which") may refer to the earliest such date. terra australis incognita terra firma terra incognita unknown southern First name used to refer to the Australian land continent. solid land unknown land Latin name of Newfoundland (island portion of Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, capital- St. John's), also root of French name of same, Terre-Neuve That is, no man's land. A neutral or uninhabited area, or a land not under the sovereignty of any recognized political entity. Often used to refer to the ground.

terra nova

new land

terra nullius

land of none

terras irradient

Or "let them give light to the world". An allusion to Isaiah 6.3: plena est omnis terra gloria eius ("the whole earth is full of his glory"). Sometimes mistranslated as "they will illuminate the lands" let them illuminate based on mistaking irradiare for a future the lands indicative third-conjugation verb, whereas it is actually a present subjunctive first-conjugation verb. Motto of Amherst College; the college's original mission was to educate young men to serve God. no third (possibility) is given A logical axiom that a claim is either true or false, with no third option. 1. Something that cannot be classified into either of two groups considered exhaustive; an intermediate thing or factor. 2. A third person or thing of indeterminate character.

tertium non datur

tertium quid a third something

testis unus, testis nullus

one witness is not A law principle expressing that a single witness a witness is not enough to corroborate a story.

222 Tibi cordi immaculato concredimus nos ac consecramus We consecrate to your immaculate heart and entrust to you (Mary) for safekeeping

The inscription found on top of the central door of the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, otherwise known as the Manila Cathedral in the Philippines

Danaos being a term for the Greeks. In Virgil's Aeneid, II, 49, the phrase is said by Laocon when warning his fellow Trojans against timeo Danaos accepting the Trojan Horse. The full original I fear Greeks even et dona quote is quidquid id est timeo Danaos et dona if they bring gifts ferentes ferentis, quidquid id est meaning "whatever it is" and ferentis being an archaic form of ferentes. Commonly mistranslated "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts". timidi mater non flet A coward's mother proverb; occasionally appears on loading screens does not weep in the game Rome: Total War. Refrain originating in the response to the seventh lesson in the Office of the Dead. In the Middle Ages, this service was read each day by clerics. As a refrain, it appears also in other poems and can frequently be found inscribed on tombs. Offering one's life in total commitment to another. The motto was adopted by Pope John Paul II to signify his love and servitude to Mary the Mother of Jesus. It takes three to have a valid group; three is the minimum number of members for an organization or a corporation. Used to express the belief in the transfer of imperial authority from the Roman Empire of antiquity to the Medieval Holy Roman Empire. A decree by the medieval Church that all feuds should be cancelled during the Sabbath effectively from Wednesday or Thursday night until Monday. See also Peace and Truce of God. Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy of the medieval church. Also used in brief,

timor mortis the fear of death conturbat me confounds me

totus tuus

totally yours

tres faciunt collegium translatio imperii

three makes company

transfer of rule

treuga Dei

Truce of God

tu autem Domine

But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon

223 miserere nobis tu fui ego eris

us

"tu autem", as a memento mori epitaph.

Thus, "what you are, I was; what I am, you will I was you; you will be.". A memento mori gravestone inscription to be me remind the reader that death is unavoidable (cf. sum quod eris).

you should not tu ne cede give in to evils, but malis, sed proceed ever more From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95. contra boldly against audentior ito them tu quoque you too The logical fallacy of attempting to defend one's position merely by pointing out the same weakness in one's opponent. Found on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of Michigan.

tuebor tunica propior est pallio turris fortis mihi Deus

I will protect A tunic is close to the body than a cape God is my strong tower

Motto of the Kelly Clan

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Latin uberrima fides ubertas et fidelitas Translation Notes

Or "utmost good faith" (cf. bona fide). A legal maxim most of insurance contracts requiring all parties to deal in abundant faith good faith. fertility and faithfulness Motto of Tasmania.

where [there ubi amor, ibi is] love, there dolor [is] pain ubi bene ibi patria where [it is] Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi well, there [is] patria.

224 where there is ubi caritas et charity and amor Deus love, God is ibi est there ubi dubium ibi libertas where [there is] doubt, there [is] freedom Where [there is] a right, there [is] a remedy where [there is] honey, there [are] bees where [there is] liberty, there [is] the fatherland similar to " you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar" .. treat people nicely and they will treat you nice back

Anonymous proverb.

ubi jus ibi remedium

ubi mel ibi apes

ubi libertas ibi patria

Or "where there is liberty, there is my country". Patriotic motto.

ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis

where you are worth nothing, From the writings of the Flemish philosopher Arnold there you will Geulincx; also quoted by Samuel Beckett in his first wish for published novel, Murphy. nothing Thus, there can be no judgment or case if no one charges a defendant with a crime. The phrase is sometimes parodied as "where there are no police, there is no speed limit".

where [there ubi non is] no accuser, accusator ibi there [is] no non iudex judge where there is ubi panis ibi bread, there is patria my country ubi pus, ibi evacua ubi re vera where there is pus, there evacuate it

when, in a true Or "whereas, in reality..." Also rendered ubi revera thing ("when, in fact" or "when, actually").

225 if there's a ubi societas society, law ibi ius will be there ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant ubi sunt

By Cicero.

They make a from a speech by Calgacus reported/constructed by desert and call Tacitus, Agricola, ch. 30. it peace Nostalgic theme of poems yearning for days gone by. From the line ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt ("Where are they, those who have gone before us?"). Motto of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and most other Artillery corps within the armies of the British Commonwealth (for example, the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery and Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery).

where are they?

everywhere, ubique, quo where right fas et gloria and glory ducunt leads

ultima ratio

The last resort. Short form for the metaphor "The Last Resort of Kings and Common Men" referring to the act of declaring war; used in the last method names the French sniper rifle PGM the final Ultima Ratio and the fictional argument Reason weapon system. Louis XIV of the last resort France had Ultima Ratio Regum (as force) ("last argument of kings") cast on the cannons of his armies; motto of the 1st Battalion 11th Marines; motto of the Artilleriregementet. in the last month Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the previous month. Used with inst. ("this month") and prox. ("next month"). "Without authority". Used to describe an action done without proper authority, or acting without the rules. The term will most often be used in connection with appeals and petitions.

ultimo mense (ult.)

ultra vires

beyond powers

ululas Athenas

(to send) owls From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known to Athens as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Latin translation of a classical Greek proverb. Generally means putting large effort in a necessarily

226 fruitless enterprise. Compare "selling coal to Newcastle". one swallow A single example of something positive does not una hirundo does not make necessarily mean that all subsequent similar non facit ver summer instances will have the same outcome. Less literally, "the only safe bet for the vanquished is to expect no safety". Preceded by moriamur et in the only safety una salus media arma ruamus ("let us die even as we rush into for the victis nullam the midst of battle") in Virgil's Aeneid, book 2, lines conquered is sperare 353354. Used in Tom Clancy's novel Without to hope for no salutem Remorse, where character John Clark translates it as safety "the one hope of the doomed is not to hope for safety". unitas per servitiam uno flatu unus multorum Unus papa Romae, unus portus Anconae, una turris Cremonae, una ceres Raconae Urbi et Orbi unity through Motto for the St. Xavier's Institution Board of service Librarians. in one breath Used in criticism of inconsistent pleadings, i.e. "one cannot argue uno flatu both that the company does not exist and that it is also responsible for the wrong." An average person.

one of many

One pope in Rome, one port in Ancona, one Motto of the Czech Brewery in Rakovnk.[52] tower in Cremona, one beer in Rakovnk to the city and Meaning "To Rome and the World". A standard the circle [of opening of Roman proclamations. Also a traditional the lands] blessing by the pope. city in a garden to the very end Motto of the City of Chicago. Often used in reference to battle, implying a willingness to keep fighting until you die.

urbs in horto usque ad finem usus est magister

practice is the In other words, practice makes perfect. Also

227 optimus best teacher. sometimes translated "use makes master."

Also rendered with quando ("when") in place of quoniam. From a book by Suetonius (Vit. Tib., 2.2) and Cicero (De Natura Deorum, 2.3). The phrase was so that they ut biberent said by Roman admiral Publius Claudius Pulcher right might drink, quoniam before the battle of Drepana, as he threw overboard since they esse nollent the sacred chickens which had refused to eat the refused to eat grain offered theman unwelcome omen of bad luck. Thus, the sense is, "if they do not perform as expected, they must suffer the consequences". ut cognoscant te ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas so that they may know You. Motto of Boston College High School.

though the power be lacking, the From Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (III, 4, 79). will is to be praised all the same as has been said; as above as she began loyal, so she persists as below to sea and into Motto of USNS Washington Chambers wind that I may serve Motto of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Thus, the state remains as loyal as ever. Motto of Ontario.

ut dicitur ut incepit fidelis sic permanet ut infra ut mare quod ut ventus ut prosim ut proverbium loquitur vetus...

you know what Lit: As the old proverb says... they say...

ut res magis that the valeat quam matter may pereat have effect

228 rather than fail[53] ut retro ut Roma cadit, sic omnis terra ut sit finis litium ut supra as backwards as Rome falls, so [falls] the whole world A traditional brocard. The full form is Interest so there might reipublicae ut sit finis litium, "it is in the government's be an end of interest that there be an end to litigation." Often litigation quoted in the context of statutes of limitation. as above Robert Hooke's expression of his discovery of his law of linear elasticity. Also: Motto of cole Polytechnique de Montral. Motto of the British Watch and Clockmaker's Guild. Comes from 2 Timothy 4:11. Motto of Camberwell Girls Grammar School. Also translated as "that the two may be one." Motto found in 18th century Spanish dollar coins. Motto of Georgetown University. Motto of The British Parachute Regiment Or "as on the back side"; thus, "as on the previous page" (cf. ut supra).

as the ut tensio sic extension, so vis the force utilis in usefulness in ministerium service utraque unum utrinque paratus both into one ready for anything

V [edit]
Latin vade ad formicam Translation Notes A Biblical phrase from the Book of Proverbs. The full quotation translates as "go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom". A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a handbook. An exhortation for Satan to begone, often used in response to temptation. From a popular Medieval Catholic exorcism formula, based on a

go to the ant

vade mecum go with me vade retro Satana Go back, Satan!

229 rebuke by Jesus to Peter in the Vulgate, Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana ("step back from me, Satan!"). The older phrase vade retro ("go back!") can be found in Terence's Formio I, 4, 203. The phrase has been mocked by a Portuguese slogan, "Vai de metro, Satans" ("Go by the subway, Satan"). vae victis vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas Woe to the conquered! vanity of vanities; everything [is] vanity Attributed by Livy to Brennus, the chief of the Gauls, while he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC. More simply, "vanity, vanity, everything vanity". From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes, 1:2. A prophecy made to look as though it was written before the events it describes, while in fact being written afterwards. Motto of Arsenal F.C. Summary of alternatives, i.e. "this action turns upon whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non."

vaticinium ex prophecy from the eventu event victoria concordia crescit vel non victory through harmony

or not

velle est posse

"To be willing is to be able." (non-literal: Motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of "Where there's a will, Hillfield Strathallan College.
there's a way.")

velocius quam asparagi coquantur

more rapidly than asparagus will be cooked

Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". Ascribed to Augustus by Suetonius (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Book 2 (Augustus), para. 87). Can refer to anything done very quickly. A very common variant is celerius quam asparagi cocuntur ("more swiftly than asparagus is cooked"). Motto of the University of Toronto The message supposedly sent by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate to describe his battle

velut arbor aevo veni, vidi, vici

As a tree with the passage of time I came, I saw, I conquered

230 against King Pharnaces II near Zela in 47 BC. venisti From whence you remanebis came, you shall donec denuo remain, until you completus sis are complete again venturis ventis vera causa To the coming winds true cause The hearer can fill in the rest; enough said. Short for Verbum sapienti sat[is] est. On the relevance to use illustrations for example when preaching. The phrase that the wizard said to the Devil in the film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny which trapped him in hell as long as he was missing his tooth. Motto of Braslia, capital of Brazil.

verb. sap., A word to the wise verbum sap. is sufficient verba docent Words instruct, exempla illustrations lead trahunt verba ita sunt intelligenda ut res magis valeat quam pereat

words are to be understood such that the subject When explaining a given subject, it is important matter may be to clarify rather than confuse. more effective than wasted

verba vana Not to speak words aut risui non in vain or to start Rule number 56 of the Rule of Saint Benedict. loqui laughter verba volant, words fly away, scripta writings remain manent verbatim verbatim et litteratim verbi divini minister verbi gratia
(v.gr. or VG)

From a famous speech of Caio Titus at the Roman senate. Refers to perfect transcription or quotation.

word for word word for word and letter by letter servant of the divine Word for example Word of God The Word of the

A priest (cf. Verbum Dei). literally: "for the sake of a word" See religious text. Motto of the Lutheran Reformation.

Verbum Dei verbum

231 Domini manet in aeternum

(VDMA)

Lord Endures Forever truth Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Holiness Motto of many educational institutions. Current motto of Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.

veritas veritas, bonitas, pulchritudo, sanctitas veritas Christo et ecclesiae

The de jure motto of Harvard University, dating Truth for Christ and to its foundation; it is often shortened to Veritas Church to dispose of its original religious meaning. Motto of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research. Motto of the Hussites.

veritas curat The Truth Cures. Veritas Dei vincit veritas, fides, sapientia The God's Truth prevails. Truth, Faith, Wisdom

Current motto of Dowling Catholic High School.

veritas Devil's truth remain diaboli manet eternally in aeternum veritas et fortitudo veritas et virtus veritas in caritate Veritas Iustitia Libertas Truth and Courage Truth and virtue Truth Through Caring One of the mottoes of Lyceum of the Philippines University. Motto of University of Pittsburgh, Methodist University. Motto of Bishop Wordsworth's School and St Munchin's College.

Truth Justice Liberty Motto of Free University of Berlin.

Veritas Truth Shall Set You Motto of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan, Liberabit Vos Free The first Catholic Philippine Jesuit University located in Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines.

232 A common non-literal translation is "Truth enlightens me." Motto of Seoul National University. Another plaussible translation is 'Truth is Life's Mistress'. Unofficial Motto of University of Puerto Rico, Ro Piedras, appearing in its Tower. Seneca the Younger. Motto of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario. See also national motto Satyameva Jayate of India and motto of Triangle Fraternity. Motto of Villanova University. Motto of the Scottish clan Keith. Used to be motto of Protektorate of Bohemia and Moravia and in Czech translation motto of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic Motto of the University of Szeged in Hungary.

veritas lux mea veritas vit magistra veritas odit moras

Truth is my light.

Truth is Life's Teacher. Truth hates delay

veritas omnia Truth conquers all vincit veritas Truth, Unity, Love unitas caritas

veritas vincit truth conquers

Veritas. Virtus. Libertas. veritas vos liberabit

Truth. Courage. Freedom. the truth will set you free

Motto of Johns Hopkins University. Motto of University of Arkansas. Motto of Catholic Junior College, Singapore; of St Xavier's School, Hazaribagh, India Motto of Sydney Boys High School. Also "virtute et veritate", motto of Walford Anglican School for Girls. Motto of Bryn Mawr College

veritate duce Advancing (with) progredi Truth Leading. [in] veritate et caritate veritate et virtute veritatem dilexi veritatem fratribus testari with truth and love with truth and courage I delight in (or, I have chosen) the truth. to bear witness to the truth in brotherhood

Motto of Xaverian Brothers High School

233 vero nihil verius vero possumus nothing truer than truth

Motto of Mentone Girls' Grammar School A variation of the campaign slogan used by then-Senator Barack Obama on a Great Seal variation during the 2008 US presidential campaign.[54][dead link] Literally "in the direction". Mistakenly used in English as "against" (probably from "adversus"), particularly to denote two opposing parties, such as in a legal dispute or a sports match. The right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. Derived from ancient Roman voting practices.

Yes, we can

versus (vs) or
(v.)

towards

veto

I forbid

vexilla regis prodeunt inferni

Used by Dante in Canto XXXIV of the Inferno, Forth go the the phrase is an allusion to and play upon the banners of the king Latin Easter hymn Vexilla Regis, and is itself of hell repeatedly referenced in the works of Walter M. Miller, Jr. under constraint With heart and soul used to indicate an agreement signed under duress Or "Strength with Courage". Motto of Ascham School and the McCulloch clan crest.

vi coactus vi et animo vi veri universum vivus vici via via media via, veritas, vita vice

by the power of truth, I, while living, Magickal motto of Aleister Crowley. have conquered the universe by the road middle road "by way of" or "by means of"; e.g. "I'll contact you via e-mail." Can refer to the radical center political stance.

The Way, the Truth From the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John and the Life 14:6; motto of many institutions in place of "one who acts in place of another"; can be used as a separate word, or as a hyphenated prefix: "Vice President" and "Vice-Chancellor".

vice versa versa vice

with position turned Thus, "the other way around", "conversely", etc. For other uses, see Historically, vice is properly pronounced as two

234 syllables, but the one-syllable pronunciation is extremely common. Classical Latin pronunciation dictates that the letter C can only make a hard sound, like K, thus vee-keh vehrsah. (Note that in classical times, the V was
pronounced like a W.)[55]

vice versa

victoria aut mors victoria concordia crescit victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni vide vide infra (v.i.) vide supra
(v.s.)

Victory or death!

similar to aut vincere aut mori.

Victory comes from The official club motto of Arsenal F.C. harmony the victorious cause Lucan, Pharsalia 1, 128. Dedication on the south pleased the gods, side of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington but the conquered National Cemetery. cause pleased Cato "see" or "refer to" "see below" "see above" Or "see earlier in this writing". Also shortened to just supra.

videlicet (viz.) video et taceo

"namely", "that is to Contraction of videre licet: "permitted to see". say", "as follows" I see and keep silent The motto of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

video meliora I see and approve of proboque From the Metamorphoses VII. 2021 of Ovid. A the better, but I deteriora summary of the experience of akrasia. follow the worse sequor video sed non credo videre licet vim promovet insitam I see it, but I don't believe it "it is permitted to see", "one may see" promotes one's innate power Motto of University of Bristol taken from Horace Ode 4.4. Caspar Hofmann after being shown proof of the circulatory system by William Harvey.

235 Partial quotation of Romans 12:21 also used as vince malum Overcome Evil with a motto for Old Swinford Hospital and Bishop bono Good Cotton School, Shimla. vincere scis Hannibal victoria uti nescis you know [how] to win, Hannibal; you do not know [how] to use victory According to Livy, a cavalry colonel told Hannibal this after the victory at Cannae in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal should have marched on Rome directly. Motto of Augusta State University in Augusta, GA First attributed to Roman scholar and satirst Persius; frequently used as motto. Motto of many educational institutions. Also "bis vincit qui se vincit" ("he/she who prevails over himself/herself is twice victorious"). Also the motto of The Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast as seen on the castle's stained glass window near the beginning of the film. "A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris." Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856, "Obligation." Asterix and Caesar's Gift; a variation on "vinum bonum laetificat cor hominis".

vincit omnia Truth conquers all veritas vincit qui patitur he conquers who endures

vincit qui se vincit

he/she conquers who conquers himself/herself

vinculum juris vinum et musica laetificant cor vir prudens non contra ventum mingit virile agitur viriliter agite

"the chain of the law", i.e. legally binding Wine and music gladden the heart

"[A] wise man does not urinate [up] against the wind" "The manly thing is As used in the motto of Knox Grammar School being done" "Act in a manly way" As used in the motto of St Muredach's College As used in the motto of Culford School Frequently used as a motto, preeminently as that of La Salle University of Philadelphia, PA.

viriliter agite "Quit ye like men, estote fortes be strong" virtus et scientia virtue and knowledge

236 Idiomatically: Good practice lies in the middle Virtue stands in the path. There is disagreement as to whether middle. "media" or "medio" is correct. virtue alone [is] noble Christian Brothers College, St Kilda's school motto

virtus in media stat virtus sola nobilitas virtus tentamine gaudet virtus unita fortior

Strength rejoices in The motto of Hillsdale College. the challenge. virtue united [is] stronger State motto of Andorra.

virtute et armis

Or "by manhood and weapons". State motto of Mississippi. Possibly derived from the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton, virtute non armis fido ("I by virtue and arms trust in virtue, not in arms"). Also virtute et labore, as by manhood and by work motto of Pretoria Boys High School power of the law Vision of a god a life done before Thus, a previous life, generally due to reincarnation. Motto of University of Notre Dame. In simpler English, "The most certain thing in life is death".

vis legis visio dei vita ante acta

vita, dulcedo, [Mary our] life, spes sweetness, hope vita incerta, mors certissima Life is uncertain, death is most certain

vita mutatur, Life is changed, not The phrase is in the preface of the first Catholic non tollitur taken away. rite of the Mass for the Dead. vita patris vita summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam During the life of the father Hence the term "decessit vita patris" (d.v.p) or "died v.p." seen in genealogy works such as Burke's Peerage.

the shortness of life A wistful refrain, sometimes used ironically. prevents us from From the first line of Horace's Ode I; later used entertaining far-off as the title of a short poem by Ernest Dowson. hopes

237 From Lucretius' poem De rerum natura II.7779; the normal spelling "vitae" (two syllables) had to be changed to "vita" (three syllables) to fit the requirements of the poem's dactylic hexameters. Motto of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School and others. An oral, as opposed to a written, examination of a candidate.

vitai lampada They hand on the tradunt torch of life

viva voce

living voice

vivat crescat may it live, grow, floreat and flourish! vivat rex vive memor leti May the King live! live remembering death Usually translated "Long live the King!" Also Vivat Regina ("Long live the Queen!"). Persius. Compare with "memento mori"

The phrase suggests that one should live life to live so that you may vive ut vivas the fullest and without fear of possible live consequences. vivere est cogitare vivere est vincere vivere militare est To live is to think Cicero. Compare with "cogito ergo sum".

To live is to conquer Captain John Smith's personal Motto. To live is to fight Seneca (Epist. 96,5). Compare with "militia est vita hominis" Book of Job 7:1 or "called and even not called, God approaches"; attributed to the Oracle at Delphi. Used by Carl Jung as a personal motto adorning his home and grave. or "to him who consents, no harm is done"; used in tort law to delineate the principle that one cannot be held liable for injuries inflicted on an individual who has given his consent to the action that gave rise to the injury. An independent, minority voice. or traditionally, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness"; from Isaiah 40, and quoted by John

vocatus called and not atque non called, God will be vocatus Deus present aderit

volenti non fit injuria

to one willing, no harm is done

votum separatum vox clamantis in

separate vow the voice of one shouting in the

238 the Baptist in the Gospels. Usually the "voice" is assumed to be shouting in vain, unheeded by the surrounding wilderness. However, in this phrase's use as the motto of Dartmouth College, it is taken to denote an isolated beacon of education and culture in the "wilderness" of New Hampshire. Applied to a useless or ambiguous phrase or statement.

deserto

desert

vox nihili

voice of nothing

vox populi

Short non-prearranged interview with an voice of the people ordinary person (e.g. on the street); sometimes shortened to "vox pop".

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1. ^ William Blakestone. Book 3 Chapter 10: Of Injuries to Real Property, And First of Dispossession, or Ouster, of The Freehold footnote 47 2. ^ a b James T. Bretzke, Consecrated phrases: a Latin theological dictionary : Latin expressions commonly found in theological writings (Liturgical Press, 1998), p. 10. ISBN 0-8146-5880-6, ISBN 978-0-8146-5880-2 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. ^ Peter Jones (2006). Reading Ovid: Stories from the Metamorphoses. Cambridge University Press. p. 223. ISBN 0-521-84901-2. ^ See Google books. ^ Ovidi Nasonis Epistvlae Heroidvm, XIII. Laodamia Protesilao ^ cacothes. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project. ^ . Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A GreekEnglish Lexicon at Perseus Project ^ "Abbreviations" ^ "Abbreviations", University of Sussex ^ Jon R. Stone, More Latin for the Illiterati, Routledge, 1999, p. 53. ^ Giles Jacob, A Law Grammar, W. Clarke & Sons, 1817, p. 3. ^ Ablative of present participle vivens + pater ^ Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea: An Investigation into the Treatment of Mens Rea in the Quest to Hold Individuals Accountable for Genocide Mens Rea: The Mental Element quoting and citing William A. Schabas, "The Jelisic Case and the Mens Rea of the Crime of Genocide," Leiden Journal of International Law 14 (2001): 129. ^ Clan Fergus(s)on Society Retrieved on 14 December 2007

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15. 16. 17. 18. 19. ^ Sancti Aurelii Augustini Opera, vol. IV, p. 412 ^ "University of Minnesota Style Manual: Correct Usage". .umn.edu. 2010-1122. Retrieved 2011-01-19. ^ Gray, John (2006), "Lawyer's Latin (a vade-mecum)", Hale, London, ISBN 9780709082774. ^ "Pliny the Elder: the Natural History, Liber VIII". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-19. ^ Exempli gratia (e.g.) and id est (i.e.) are commonly confused and misused in colloquial English. The former, exempli gratia, means "for example", and is used before giving examples of something ("I have lots of favorite colors, e.g., blue, green, and hot pink"). The latter, id est, means "that is", and is used before clarifying the meaning of something, when elaborating, specifying, or explaining rather than when giving examples ("I have lots of favorite colors; i.e., I can't decide on just one"). In British style, the stops may be omitted: "I have lots of favourite colours, eg blue, green and hot pink". "I have lots of favourite colours; ie I can't decide on just one" ^ American style guides tend to recommend that "e.g." and "i.e." should generally be followed by a comma, just as "for example" and "that is" would be; UK style tends to omit the comma. See Dictionary.com and their discussion of commas for more information. Search "comma after i.e." for other opinions. ^ Rapini, Ronald P. (2005). Practical dermatopathology. Elsevier Mosby. ISBN 0-323-01198-5. ^ Webb-Johnson AE (May 1950). "Experientia docet". Rev Gastroenterol 17 (5): 33743. PMID 15424403. ^ The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala at Project Gutenberg ^ Rutilius Namatianus: De reditu suo, Liber primus at The Latin Library ^ Jon R. Stone (2005). The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations . Routledge NY. p. 253. Retrieved 2012-11-13. ^ Gravis Dulcis Immutabilis at classicpoetryaloud.com ^ P. Ovidius Naso: Epistulae Ex Ponto, Liber Quartus, X. Albinovano at The Latin Library ^ Res Rusticae De agri cultura ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g58.html ^ http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx ^ "Ite Missa Est" from the Catholic Encyclopedia ^ Home page of St. Julian's School ^ Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (1906). Dictionary of Quotations (Classical). The Macmillan Co. ^ The Latin Library: SVETONI TRANQVILII VITA DIVI CLAVDI

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35. 36. 37. ^ Larry D. Benson, ed. The Riverside Chaucer. 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. p. 939, n. 3164. ^ Chamberlin, Yves. "Omnia Extares, seriously?". Cooper Point Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2012. ^ "Myths Unveiled: The Social History of The Evergreen State College" by Ty Rosenow (2009). Unpublished manuscript, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. ^ "Masonic mottoes" ^ St Mark's Square ^ Trademark registration ^ Kinsey, Alfred Charles (1998) [1953]. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. Indiana University Press. p. 638. ISBN 978-0-253-33411-4. (Kinsey Reports) ^ Blakesley, Christopher L. (2009). "18. Jurisdiction Ratione Personae or the personal reach of the courts jurisdiction". The Legal Regime of the International Criminal Court. Martinus Nijhoff. pp. 421454. ISBN 9789004180635. ^ John Nery. "The Jesuits' Fault". Philippine Daily Inquirer. ^ Quintus Horatius Flaccus (14 BC). "Q. Horati Flacci Epistvlarvm Liber Secvndvs" (in Latin). The Latin Library. Retrieved 10 September 2008. ^ Column 1532, Lords Hansard, 21 January 1998 ^ Michael Bush, "Calvin and the Reformanda Sayings," in Herman J. Selderhuis, ed., Calvinus sacrarum literarum interpres: Papers of the International Congress on Calvin Research (Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008) p. 286. ISBN 978-3-525-56914-6 ^ Hildebrand, J. H. and Scott, R. L. (1950),The Solubility of Nonelectrolytes, 3rd ed., American Chemical Society Monograph No. 17, Reinhold Publishing Corporation. ^ "Spartam nactus es; hanc exorna", note from Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) by Edmund Burke ^ "University motto". Cayetano-pae.org. 1989-10-14. Retrieved 2012-01-03. ^ "Augustini Sermo LXXVI". Hiphi.ubbcluj.ro. Retrieved 2012-01-03. ^ The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (at Wikisource) ^ Czech Brewery Rakovnk The Brewery ^ Trans-Lex.org ^ Image at York University, Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics. ^ "Latin Pronunciation Demystified" by Michael A. Covington. Program in Linguistics, University of Georgia. December 31, 2005]

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