List of Latin phrases (full)

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Latin Translation Notes

ab absurdo from the absurd Said of an argument either for a conclusion that rests on the alleged absurdity of an opponent's argument (cf. appeal to
ridicule) or that another assertion is false because it is absurd. The phrase is distinct from reductio ad absurdum, which is
usually a valid logical argument.

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

ab aeterno from the eternal Literally, "from the everlasting", "from eternity", and "from outside of time". Philosophically and theologically, it indicates
something, e. g., the universe, that was created from outside of time. Sometimes the phrase is used incorrectly to denote
"from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time", or "from an infinitely remote time in the past", i. e., not from without
time but from a point within time.

ab antiquo from the ancient From ancient times.

a bene placito from one well Or, "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplcito) derivatives, are
pleased synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure).

ab epistulis from the letters Regarding or pertaining to correspondence.

ab extra from A legal term denoting derivation from an external source, rather than from a person's self or mind, this latter source being
beyond/without denoted by "ab intra".

ab hinc from here on Also sometimes written as "abhinc".

ab imo pectore from the Or "from the bottom of my heart", "with deepest affection", or "sincerely". Attributed to Julius Caesar.
deepest chest

ab from an New Latin for "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience", or "from hardship". An argumentum ab inconvenienti is one
inconvenienti inconvenient based on the difficulties involved in pursuing a line of reasoning, and is thus a form of appeal to consequences. The
thing phrase refers to the legal principle that an argument from inconvenience has great weight.

ab incunabulis from the cradle 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 circa AD 1500.

ab initio from the Or, "from the outset", referring to an inquiry or investigation. In literature, it refers to a story told from the beginning rather
beginning than "in medias res" ("from the middle"). In law, it refers to a thing being true from its beginning or from the instant of the
act, rather than from when the court declared it so. An annulment is a judicial declaration of the invalidity or nullity of a
marriage ab initio; i. e., that the pseudo marriage was "no thing" (in Latin, "nullius", from which the word "nullity" derives)
and never existed, except perhaps in name only. In science, the phrase refers to the first principles. In other contexts, it
often refers to beginner or training courses. "Ab initio mundi" means "from the beginning of the world".

ab intestato from an From a decedent, i. e., a dead person, who died without executing a legal will. Confer ex testamento.
intestate

ab intra from within From the inside; the opposite of ab extra.

ab invito unwillingly

ab irato from an angry Or, "by an angry person"; used in law to describe a decision or action that is detrimental to those whom it affects and is
man motivated by hatred or anger instead of reason. The form irato is masculine; however, this does not limit the application of
the phrase to men: rather, "person" is meant because the phrase probably elides "homo" ("man/person"), not "vir"
("men").

ab origine from the source From the origin, beginning, source, or commencement; i. e., "originally". It is the source of the word aboriginal.

ab ovo usque from the egg to From Horace, Satire, 1.3. Means "from beginning to end", based on the Roman main meal typically beginning with an egg
ad mala the apples dish and ending with fruit; cf. the English phrase soup to nuts. Thus, ab ovo means "from the beginning", and can connote
thoroughness.

absens haeres an absent The legal principle that a person who is not present is unlikely to inherit.
non erit person will not
be an heir

absente reo [with] the A legal phrase denoting action "in the absence of the accused".
(abs. re.) defendant being
absent

absit iniuria "let injury be Expresses the wish that no insult or injury be presumed or done by the speaker's words, i. e., "no offense". Also rendered
absent" absit iniuria verbis ("let injury be absent from these words"). Contrast with absit invidia.

absit invidia "let ill will/envy Said in the context of a statement of excellence: unlike the English expression "no offense", absit invidia is intended to
be absent" ward off envious deities who might interpret a statement of excellence as hubris. Also extended to absit invidia verbo,
("may ill will/envy be absent from these words"). Contrast it with absit iniuria verbis . An explanation of Livy's usage.

absit omen let an omen be Or, "let this not be a bad omen". Expresses the wish that something seemingly ill-boding does not turn out to be an omen
absent for future events, and calls on Divine protection against evil.

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absolutum absolute Total, if not supreme, power, dominion, ownership, and sovereignty.
dominium dominion

absolvo I acquit A legal term pronounced by a judge to acquit a defendant following his 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.

abundans abundant Frequently re-phrased as "one can never be too careful".

cautela non caution does no
nocet harm

ab uno disce from one, learn From Virgil, Aeneid, Book 2, 65-6. Refers to situations where a single example or observation indicates a general or
omnes all universal truth. Visible in the court of the character King Silas in the American television series Kings.

ab urbe from the city Or, "from the founding of Rome", which occurred in 753 BC, according to Livy's count. It was used as a referential year in
condita (a.u.c.) having been ancient Rome from which subsequent years were calculated, prior to being replaced by other dating conventions. Also
founded anno urbis conditae (a.u.c.); literally "in the year of the founded city".

abusus non misuse does not The misuse of some thing does not eliminate the possibility of its correct use.
tollit usum remove use

ab utili from utility Used of an argument.

abyssus deep calleth From Psalms 42:7; some translations have "sea calls to sea".
abyssum unto deep
invocat

a caelo usque from the sky to Or, "from Heaven all the way to the center of the Earth". In law, it may refer to the proprietary principle of Cuius est solum,
ad centrum the center eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos ("Whosesoever is the soil, it is his up to the sky and down to the depths [of the
Earth]").

a capite ad from head to From top to bottom; all the way through; or from head to toe. Equally, a pedibus usque ad caput.
calcem heel

accipe hoc take this Motto of the 848 Naval Air Squadron , British Royal Navy .

accusare no one ought to A legal principle denoting that an accused person is entitled to plead not guilty, and that a witness is not obligated to
nemo se debet accuse himself respond or submit a document that would incriminate himself. A similar phrase is nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare ("no
nisi coram except in the one is bound to accuse himself"). See right to silence.
Deo presence of
God

a contrario from the Equivalent to "on the contrary" and " au contraire". An argumentum a contrario ("argument from the contrary") is an
opposite argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite.

acta deos mortal actions Ovid, Tristia, 1.2.97: si tamen acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt, / a culpa facinus scitis abesse mea. ("Yet if mortal
numquam never deceive actions never deceive the gods, / you know that crime was absent from my fault.")
mortalia the gods
fallunt

acta est fabula The play has A common ending to ancient Roman comedies; Suetonius claimed in The Twelve Caesars that these were the last words
plaudite been of Augustus; Sibelius applied them to the third movement of his String Quartet No. 2, so that his audience would
performed; recognize that it was the last one, because a fourth would be ordinarily expected.
applaud!

acta non verba Deeds Not Motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy .
Words

acta Deeds of the Also used in the singular preceding a saint's name: Acta Sancti ("Deeds of Saint") N.; a common title of hagiography
sanctorum Saints works.

actiones action follows "We act according to what we believe (ourselves to be)." [1]
secundum belief
fidei

actus me the act done by

invito factus me against my
non est meus will is not my act
actus

actus non facit The act does The legal principle of the presumption of mens rea in a crime.
reum nisi not make [a
mens sit rea person] guilty
unless the mind
should be guilty.

actus reus guilty act The actual crime that is committed, as distinguished from the intent, thinking, and rationalizing that procured the criminal
act; the external elements of a crime, as contrasted with the mens rea, i. e., the internal elements.

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

ad acta to the archives Denoting the irrelevance of a thing.

ad altiora I strive towards

tendo higher things

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ad arbitrium at will, at
pleasure

ad astra to the stars Name or motto, in whole or part, of many organizations, publications, et cetera.

ad astra per to the stars Or, "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. Motto
aspera through of the State of Kansas and other organisations.
difficulties

ad augusta per to rise to a high

angusta position
overcoming
hardships

ad captandum in order to To appeal to the masses. Often said of or used by politicians. An argumentum ad captandum is an argument designed to
vulgus capture the please the crowd.
crowd

ad clerum to the clergy A formal letter or communication in the Christian tradition from a bishop to his clergy. An "ad clerum" may be an
encouragement in a time of celebration or a technical explanation of new regulations or canons.

a Deucalione from or since A long time ago. From Gaius Lucilius, Satires, 6, 284.
Deucalion

ad eundem to the same 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 a university or college to an alumnus of another. It is not an honorary degree but a recognition of the
formal learning for which the degree was earned at another college.

ad fontes to the sources A motto of Renaissance humanism and the Protestant Reformation.

ad fundum to the bottom Said during a generic toast; equivalent to "bottoms up!" In other contexts, it generally means "back to the basics".

ad hoc to this Generally means "for this", in the sense of improvised or intended only for a specific, immediate purpose.

ad hominem to the man 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.

ad honorem to the honour Generally means "for the honour", i. d., not for the purpose of gaining any material reward.

ad infinitum to infinity Enduring forever. Used to designate a property which repeats in all cases in mathematical proof. Also used in
philosophical contexts to mean "repeating in all cases".

ad interim (ad for the As in the term " charg d'affaires ad interim ", denoting a diplomatic officer who acts in place of an ambassador.
int) meantime

ad kalendas at the Greek Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The Calends were specific days of the Roman calendar, not
graecas Calends of the Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur. Similar to " when pigs fly".

ad libitum (ad toward pleasure Loosely, "according to what pleases" or "as you wish"; libitum comes from the past participle of libere, "to please". It
lib) 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. Also used by some restaurants in favor of the
colloquial "all you can eat or drink".

ad litem to the lawsuit A legal phrase 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.

ad lucem to the light Motto of Oxford High School (Oxford) , the University of Lisbon, Withington Girls' School, Little Flower Academy and St.
Bartholomew's School, Newbury, UK

ad maiorem to the greater Motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Edward Elgar dedicated his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius "A.M.D.G."
Dei gloriam or glory of God
ad majorem
Dei gloriam
(AMDG)

ad meliora towards better Motto of St. Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland.

things

ad mortem to death A medical phrase serving as a synonym for death.

ad multos to many years A wish for a long life; similar to "many happy returns".
annos

ad nauseam to seasickness Or, "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a
logical fallacy whose erroneous proof is proffered by prolonged repetition of the argument, i. e., the argument is repeated
so many times that persons are "sick of it".

ad oculos to the eyes Meaning "obvious on sight" or "obvious to anyone that sees it".

ad pedem to the foot of the Thus, "exactly as it is written"; similar to the phrase "to the letter", meaning "to the last detail".
litterae letter

ad perpetuam to the perpetual Generally precedes "of" and a person's name, and is used to wish for someone to be remembered long after death.
memoriam memory

ad pondus to the weight of More loosely, "considering everything's weight". The abbreviation was historically used by physicians and others to signify
omnium (ad all things that the last prescribed ingredient is to weigh as much as all of the previously mentioned ones.
pond om)

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ad quod to whatever Meaning "according to the harm" or "in proportion to the harm". The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages
damnum damage inflicted, implying that a remedy, if one exists, ought to correspond specifically and only to the damage suffered (cf.
damnum absque iniuria ).

ad referendum to be proposed Loosely "subject to reference": provisionally approved, but still needing official approval. Not the same as a referendum.
(ad ref) [before the
Senate]

ad rem to the matter Thus, "to the point", without digression.

ad sumus here we are Motto of the Brazilian Marine Corps .

ad susceptum in order to Motto of the Association of Trust Schools .

perficiendum achieve what
has been
undertaken

ad terminum for the term A legal phrase for a writ of entry ad terminum qui praeteriit ("for the term which has passed"). [2]
qui praeteriit which has
passed

ad undas to the waves Equivalent to "to Hell".

ad unum to one

ad usum for the use of Said of a work that has been expurgated of offensive or improper parts. The phrase originates from editions of Greek and
Delphini the Dauphin Roman classics which King Louis XIV of France had censored for his heir apparent, the Dauphin. Also rarely "in usum
Delphini" ("into the use of the Dauphin").

ad usum for one's own

proprium (ad use
us. propr.)

ad utrumque prepared for Motto of Lund University, with the implied alternatives being the book (study) and the sword (defending the nation in war)
paratus either and of the United States Marine Corps ' III Marine Expeditionary Force
[alternative]

ad valorem according to Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes , i. e., taxes based on the assessed value of real estate or personal
value property.

ad victoriam to victory More commonly translated "for victory", it was a battlecry of the Romans.

ad vitam to eternal life Also "to life everlasting"; a common Biblical phrase.
aeternam

ad vitam aut for life or until A phrase describing the term of a political office as ending upon the death of the officer or his commission of a sufficiently
culpam fault grave immorality and/or legal crime.

addendum thing to be An item to be added, especially as a supplement to a book. The plural is addenda.
added

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

adaequatio conformity of A phrase used in epistemology regarding the nature of understanding.

intellectus our minds to the
nostri cum re fact

adsum I am here Equivalent to "Present!" or "Here!" The opposite of absum ("I am absent").

adversus do not speak Or, "do not argue what is obviously/manifestly incorrect".
solem ne against the Sun
loquitor

advocatus Devil's advocate Someone who, in the face of a specific argument, voices an argument that he does not necessarily accept, for the sake of
diaboli argument and discovering the truth by testing the opponent's argument. Confer the term "arguendo".

aegri somnia a sick man's Horace, Ars Poetica, 7. Loosely, "troubled dreams".
dreams

aetatis of age / aged Often abbreviated to "aetat.", or more frequently further to "aet."; meaning "of age _ [years]" or "aged _ [years]". E. g.,
"aetatis 36" denotes being "36 years old".

aetatis suae of his age Thus, "at the age of _ [years]". Appears on portraits, gravestones, monuments, et cetera. Usually preceded by anno (AAS),
(followed by an "in the year [of his age/life] _". Sometimes shortened to aetatis, aetat.", or even "aet. Frequently combined with Anno
ordinal number) Domini, giving a date as both the theoretical age of Jesus Christ and the age of the decedent; e. g., Obiit anno Domini
MDCXXXVIo (tricensimo sexto), [anno] aetatis suae XXV o (vicensimo quinto) ("he died in the 1636th year of the Lord,
[being] the 25th [year] of his age[/life]").

a falsis to set forth from Legal phrase; Cicero, De Finibus, 4.53.

principiis false principles
proficisci

affidavit he asserted A legal term from "fides" ("faith"), originating at least from Medieval Latin to denote a statement under oath.

a fortiori from the Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more
stronger evident corollary.

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age quod agis do what you are More often translated as "do well whatever you do". Literally translated, it means "do what you do"; figuratively it means
doing "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so". This is the motto of several Roman Catholic schools. It was
also used by Pope St. John XXIII in the sense of "do not be concerned with any other matter than the task in hand"; he
was allaying worry of what would become of him in the future: his sense of "age quod agis" was "joy" regarding what is
presently occurring and "detachment" from concern of the future. (Pope St. John XXIII, Journal of a Soul , pages 154-5)

agere sequitur action follows Metaphysical and moral principle that indicates the connection of ontology, obligation, and ethics.[1]
(esse) being

Agnus Dei Lamb of God Latin translation from John 1: 36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimed "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!")
upon seeing Jesus Christ; it refers both to the innocence of a lamb and to Christ being a sacrificial lamb after the Jewish
religious practice.

alea iacta est the die has Or, in Greek, anerrhphth kbos; said by Julius Caesar upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC,
been cast 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.

alenda lux ubi light [is] to be Or. "let learning be cherished". The motto of Davidson College.
orta libertas nourished
where liberty
[has] arisen.

alias at another time, An assumed name or pseudonym; similar to alter ego, but more specifically referring to a name, not to a "second self".
otherwise

alibi elsewhere 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.

aliquid stat something A foundational definition in semiotics.

pro aliquo stands for
something else

alis aquilae on an eagle's A quotation from Isaiah, 40: "But those who wait for the Lord shall find their strength renewed, they shall mount up on
wings wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not grow faint."

alis grave nil nothing [is] Or, "nothing is heavy to those who have wings". Motto of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
heavy with
wings

alis volat she flies with Motto of the State of Oregon, adopted in 1987; it replaced the previous state motto of "The Union", which was adopted in
propriis her own wings 1957.

alma mater nourishing A term used for the university one attends or has attended. Another university term, matriculation, is also derived from
mother mater. The 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.

alter ego another I 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.

alterius non sit let no man be The final sentence from Aesop ascribed fable (see also Aesop's Fables) "The Frogs Who Desired a King " as appears in
qui suus esse another's who the collection commonly known as the "Anonymus Neveleti", in Fable 21B: De ranis a Iove querentibus regem ). Motto of
potest can be his own Paracelsus. Usually attributed to Cicero.

alterum non to not wound One of Justinian I's three basic legal precepts.
laedere another

alumnus or pupil Graduate or former student of a school, college, or university. Plural of alumnus is alumni (male). Plural of alumna is
alumna alumnae (female).

a mari usque from sea to sea This translation ignores the word usque, which is an emphasis word, so a better translation is probably from sea even
ad mare unto sea. 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.

amicus certus a sure friend in Ennius, as quoted by Cicero in Laelius de Amicitia s. 64

in re incerta an unsure
matter

amicus curiae friend of the An adviser, or a person who can obtain or grant access to the favour of a powerful group, e. g., the a Roman Curia. In
court current United States legal usage, an 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 An assertion that truth is more valuable than friendship; attributed to Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1096a15 and Roger
sed magis friend, but truth Bacon, Opus Majus, Part 1, Chapter 5.
amica veritas. is a better
friend.

amittere legem to lose the law An obsolete legal phrase signifying the forfeiture of the right of swearing in any court or cause, or to become infamous.
terrae of the land

amat victoria victory favors Motto of Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Wellesley College Primary School , Eastbourne, New Zealand; and
curam care Victoria College, St. Helier Parish, Jersey, Channel Islands.

amor Dei intellectual love Baruch Spinoza

intellectualis of God

amor et melle love is rich with

et felle est both honey and
fecundissimus venom

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amor fati love of fate Nietzscheian alternative world view to that represented by memento mori ("remember you must die"): Nietzsche believed
"amor fati" was more affirmative of life.

amor omnibus love is the same Virgil, Georgics, 3.

idem for all

amor patriae love of the Or, "love of the nation", i. e., patriotism.
fatherland

amor vincit love conquers Inscribed on a bracelet worn by the Prioress in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales; originally from Virgil, Eclogues, 10, 69:
omnia all omnia vincit amor: et nos cedamus amori ("love conquers all: let us too surrender to love").

anglice in English Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland".

animus in a mind Motto of NATO.

consulendo unfettered in
liber deliberation

anno (an.) in the year Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni.

anno Domini in the year of Abbreviated from Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("in the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ"), the predominantly used system
(A.D.) the Lord 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 His birth were formerly signified by a. C. n (ante Christum natum ("before Christ was born")), but
now use the English abbreviation "BC" ("before Christ"). For example, Augustus was born in the year 63 BC and died in
AD 14.

anno regni In the year of Precedes "of" and the current ruler.
the reign

annuit cptis he nods at Or, "he approves our undertakings". Motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and, consequently, on the
things now reverse of the United States one-dollar bill; in this context the motto refers to God.
begun

annus horrible year A recent pun on annus mirabilis, first used by Queen Elizabeth II to describe what a bad year 1992 had been for her, and
horribilis subsequently occasionally used to refer to many other years perceived as "horrible". In Classical Latin, this phrase could
actually mean "terrifying year". See also annus terribilis.

annus wonderful year Used particularly to refer to the years 1665-6, during which Isaac Newton made revolutionary inventions and discoveries
mirabilis 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, mass-energy equivalence, and the special theory of
relativity. (See Annus Mirabilis papers )

annus dreadful year Used to describe 1348, the year the Black Death began to afflict Europe.
terribilis

ante bellum before the war 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.

ante cibum before food Medical shorthand for "before meals".

(a.c.)

Ante faciem before the face Motto of the Christian Brothers College, Adelaide
Domini of the Lord

ante litteram before the letter 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.

ante meridiem before midday From midnight to noon; confer post meridiem.
(a.m.)

ante mortem before death See post mortem ("after death").

ante omnia before all else,

armari be armed

ante prandium before lunch Used on pharmaceutical prescriptions to denote "before a meal". Less common is post prandium ("after lunch").
(a.p.)

a pedibus from feet to Or, "completely"; similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" and "from head to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem .
usque ad head See also ab ovo usque ad mala.
caput

aperire terram open the land to Motto of Ferdinand de Lesseps referring to the Suez and Panama Canals. Also appears on a plaque at Kinshasa train
gentibus nations station.

a posse ad from being able "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being actual".
esse to being

a posteriori from the latter Based on observation, i. e., empirical evidence; 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.

apparatus tools of a critic Textual notes or a list of other readings relating to a document, especially in a scholarly edition of a text.
criticus

a priori from the former 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.

apud in the writings of Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand.

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aqua (aq.) water

aqua fortis strong water Refers to nitric acid.

aqua pura pure water Or, "clear water" or "clean water".

aqua regia royal water Refers to a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, thus called because of its ability to dissolve gold.

aqua vitae water of life "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 the Netherlands, brandy (eau de vie) in France, and akvavit in Scandinavia.

aquila non an eagle does Or, "a noble or important person does not deal with insignificant matters".
capit muscas not catch flies

arare litus to plough the Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia (AD 1508); meaning "wasted labor".
seashore

arbiter judge of tastes One who prescribes, rules on, or is a recognized authority on matters of social behavior and taste. Said of Petronius.
elegantiarum Sometimes found in the singular as arbiter elegantiae ("judge of taste").

arcana imperii the secrets of Originally used by Tacitus to refer to the state secrets and unaccountable acts of the Roman imperial government.
power

arcanum boni The secret Motto of the Starobrno Brewery in Brno.

tenoris animae behind a good
mood

arcus senilis bow of an old An opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people.
person

arduus ad Striving towards Motto of Victoria University of Manchester.

solem the Sun

argentum white silver Also "silver coin"; mentioned in the Domesday Book; signifies bullion or silver uncoined.
album

arguendo for arguing Or, "for the sake of argument". Said when something is done purely in order to discuss a matter or illustrate a point. E. g.,
"let us assume, arguendo, that your claim is correct."

argumentum argument Or "reasoning", "inference", "appeal", or "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 invidiam (to hatred - appealing to
low passions), 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).

ars celare art [is] to An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin, but often incorrectly
artem conceal art attributed to Ovid.[3]

ars gratia artis art for the sake Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's "L'art pour l'art". Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of
of art MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia".

ars longa, vita art is long, life is Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art" referred to
brevis short in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime to acquire.

arte et labore by art and by Motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C.

labour

arte et marte by skill and Motto of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) Branch of the Canadian Forces .
valour

Artis Friends of Award of the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic for the promotion of the positive reputation of Czech culture
Bohemiae Czech Arts abroad.
Amicis

asinus ad an ass to the Desiderius Erasmus, Adagia (AD 1508); meaning "an awkward or incompetent individual".
lyram lyre

asinus asinum the jackass rubs Used to describe 2 persons who are lavishing excessive praise on one another.
fricat the jackass

assecuratus the assured Refers to the insurance principle that the indemnity can not be larger than the loss.
non quaerit does not seek
lucrum sed profit but makes
agit ne in [it his profit] that
damno sit he not be in loss

astra inclinant, the stars incline Refers to the distinction of free will from astrological determinism.
sed non us, they do not
obligant bind us

auctores varii various authors Used in bibliography for books, texts, publications, or articles that have more than 3 collaborators.

auctoritas authority The level of prestige a person had in Roman society.

auctoritas non authority, not This formula appears in the 1668 Latin revised edition of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, book 2, chapter 26, p. 133.
veritas facit truth, makes law
legem

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audacia pro boldness is our Cornelis Jol,[4] in a bid to rally his rebellious captains to fight and conquer the Spanish treasure fleet in 1638.
muro et scuto wall, action is
opus our shield

audacter slander boldly, Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum (AD 1623).

calumniare, something
semper aliquid always sticks
haeret

audax at bold but faithful Motto of Queensland, Australia.

fidelis

audeamus let us dare Motto of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment [CSOR] on their regimental coat of arms; of Otago University
Students' Association, a direct response to the university's motto of sapere aude ("dare to be wise"); and of Champlain
College in Burlington, Vermont.

audemus jura we dare to Motto of the State of Alabama, adopted in AD 1923; translated into Latin from a paraphrase of the stanza "Men who their
nostra defend our duties know / But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain" from William Jones, "What Constitutes a State?"
defendere rights

audentes fortune favors From Virgil, Aeneid, Book 10, 284, where the first word is in the archaic form audentis. Allegedly the last words of Pliny
fortuna iuvat the bold the Elder before he left the docks at Pompeii to rescue people from the 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.

audere est to dare is to do Motto of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

facere

audi alteram hear the other A legal principle; also worded as audiatur et altera pars ("let the other side be heard also").
partem side

audio hostem I hear the Motto of the 845 NAS Royal Navy.
enemy

audi, vide, hear, see, be

tace silent

aurea golden mean From Horace's Odes, 2, 10. Refers to the ethical goal of reaching a virtuous middle ground between two sinful extremes.
mediocritas The golden mean concept is common to many philosophers, chiefly Aristotle.

auri sacra accursed From Virgil, Aeneid, Book 3, 57. Later quoted by Seneca as quod non mortalia pectora coges, auri sacra fames ("what do
fames hunger for gold not you force mortal hearts [to do], accursed hunger for gold").

auribus teneo I hold a wolf by A common ancient proverb, this version from Terence. It indicates that one is in a dangerous situation where both holding
lupum the ears on and letting go could be deadly. A modern version is "to have a tiger by the tail".

aurora southern dawn The Southern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Southern Hemisphere. It is less well-known than the Northern Lights
australis (aurorea borealis). The Aurora Australis is also the name of an Antarctic icebreaker ship.

aurora northern dawn The Northern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Northern Hemisphere.
borealis

aurora musis dawn is a friend Title of a distich by Iohannes Christenius (15991672): "Conveniens studiis non est nox, commoda lux est; / Luce labor
amica to the muses bonus est et bona nocte quies." ("Night is not suitable for studying, daylight is; / working by light is good, as is rest at
night."); in Nihus, Barthold (1642). Epigrammata disticha. Johannes Kinckius.

aurum gold is power Motto of the fictional Fowl Family in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer.
potestas est

auspicium hope/token of a Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and of Raffles Institution in Singapore.
melioris aevi better age

aut Caesar aut either Caesar or Denotes an absolute aspiration to become the Emperor, or the equivalent supreme magistrate, and nothing else. More
nihil nothing generally, "all or nothing". A personal motto of Cesare Borgia. Charles Chaplin also used the phrase in The Great Dictator
to ridicule Hynkel's (Chaplin's parody of Hitler) ambition for power, but substituted "nulles" for "nihil".

aut consiliis either by I. e., either through reasoned discussion or through war. It was the first motto of Chile.
aut ense meeting or the
sword

aut cum scuto either with Or, "do or die" or "no retreat". A Greek expression ( ) that Spartan mothers said to their sons as they
aut in scuto shield or on departed for battle. It refers to the practices that a Greek hoplite would drop his cumbersome shield in order to flee the
shield battlefield, and a slain warrior would be borne home atop his shield.

aut imiteris imitate or loathe Seneca the Younger , Epistulae morales ad Lucilium , 7:7. From the full phrase: " necesse est aut imiteris aut oderis " ("you
aut oderis it must either imitate or loathe the world").

aut neca aut either kill or be Also: "neca ne neceris" ("kill lest you be killed").
necare killed

aut pax aut either peace or The motto of the Gunn Clan.
bellum war

aut simul they will either Said of two situations that can only occur simultaneously: if one ends, so does the other, and vice versa. [5]
stabunt aut stand together
simul cadent or fall together

aut viam I will either find Hannibal.

inveniam aut a way or make
faciam one

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aut vincere aut either to A general pledge of victoria aut mors ("victory or death"). Motto of the Higgenbotham and Higginbottom families of
mori conquer or to Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; participants in the War of the Roses. Also the motto for the United States 1st Fighter
die Wing, Langley Air Force Base, in Virginia.

ave atque vale hail and farewell Catullus, Carmen 101, addressed to his deceased brother.

ave Europa hail Europe, our Anthem of Imperium Europa.

nostra vera true fatherland
patria

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

Ave Maria Hail, Mary Roman Catholic prayer of intercession asking St. Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ to pray for the petitioner.

ave mater Hail, Mother of Motto of Canterbury, England, United Kingdom.

Angliae England

Latin Translation Notes

barba crescit beard grows,

caput nescit head doesn't grow
wiser

barba non a beard doesn't

facit make one a
philosophum philosopher

barba tenus wise as far as the Or wise only in appearance. From Erasmus's collection of Adages.
sapientes beard

Beata Virgo Blessed Virgin A common name in the Roman Catholic Church for Mary, the mother of Jesus. The genitive, Beatae Mariae Virginis
Maria (BVM) Mary (BMV), occurs often as well, appearing with such words as horae (hours), litaniae (litanies) and officium (office).

beatae of blessed See in memoriam.

memoriae memory

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

beati blessed [are] Translated from Euripides.

possidentes those who
possess

beati qui Blessed are they Inscription above the entrance to St. Andrew's Church (New York City) , based on Psalm 119:1.
ambulant who walk in the
lege domini law of the Lord

beatus homo blessed is the from Proverbs 3:13; set to music in a 1577 motet of the same name by Orlando di Lasso .
qui invenit man who finds
sapientiam wisdom

bella gerant Let others wage Originally from Ovid, Heroides 13.84, [6] where Laodamia is writing to her husband Protesilaus who is at the Trojan War.
alii war She begs him to stay out of danger, but he was in fact the first Greek to die at Troy. Also used of the Habsburg marriages
Protesilaus amet! Protesilaus should of 1477 and 1496, written as bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube (let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry). Said
love!
by King Matthias.

bella detesta war hateful to from Horace.

matribus mothers

bello et jure I grow old through Motto of the House of d'Udekem d'Acoz (nl)
senesco war and law

bellum war of all against A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature.
omnium all
contra omnes

bellum se war feeds itself

ipsum alet

Biblia Paupers' Bible Tradition of biblical pictures displaying the essential facts of Christian salvation.
pauperum

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

bis dat qui he gives twice, A gift given without hesitation is as good as two gifts.
cito dat who gives
promptly

bis in die (bid) twice in a day Medical shorthand for "twice a day".

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bona fide in good faith 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.

bona note-worthy In law, if a person dying has goods, or good debts, in another diocese or jurisdiction within that province, besides his
notabilia goods 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.

bona officia good services A nation's offer to mediate in disputes between two other nations.

bona patria goods of a A jury or assize of countrymen, or good neighbors.

country

bona vacant goods United Kingdom legal term for ownerless property that passes to The Crown.
vacantia

boni pastoris it is a good Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional commanders, as a warning against taxing the populace excessively.
est tondere shepherd's [job] to
pecus non shear his flock,
deglubere not to flay them

bono malum Overcome evil Motto of Westonbirt School.

superate with good

bonum common good of Or "general welfare". Refers to what benefits a society, as opposed to bonum commune hominis, which refers to what is
commune the community good for an individual. In the film Hot Fuzz , this phrase is chanted by an assembled group of people, in which context it is
communitatis deliberately similar to another phrase that is repeated throughout the film, which is The Greater Good.

bonum common good of Refers to an individual's happiness, which is not "common" in that it serves everyone, but in that individuals tend to be
commune a man able to find happiness in similar things.
hominis

boreas the North is our Motto of Orkney.

domus, mare home, the sea is
amicus our friend

brutum harmless (or inert) Used to indicate either an empty threat, or a judgement at law which has no practical effect.
fulmen thunderbolt

busillis 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).

Latin Translation Notes

cacoethes insatiable desire Cacothes [7] "bad habit", or medically, "malignant disease" is a borrowing of Greek kakthes.[8] The phrase is derived
scribendi to write from a line in the Satires of Juvenal: Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes , or "the incurable desire (or itch) for
writing affects many". See hypergraphia.

cadavera vero truly countless Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
innumera bodies

Caedite eos. Kill them all. For Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the massacre of Bziers during the Albigensian Crusade,
Novit enim the Lord knows recorded 30 years later, according to Caesarius of Heisterbach. cf. "Kill them all and let God sort them out."
Dominus qui those who are his.
sunt eius.

Caelum non Those who hurry Hexameter by Horace (Epistula XI).[9] Seneca shortens it to Animum debes mutare, non caelum (You must change
animum across the sea [your] disposition, not [your] sky) in his Letter to Lucilium XXVIII, 1.
mutant qui change the sky
trans mare [upon them], not
currunt their souls or state
of mind

Caesar non Caesar has no Political power is limited; it does not include power over grammar. [10]
supra authority over the
grammaticos grammarians

caetera desunt the rest is missing Caetera is Medieval Latin spelling for ctera.

calix meus my cup making

inebrians me drunk

calamus The pen is

gladio fortior mightier than the
sword

camera dark chamber An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modern photography. The source of the word camera.
obscura

Cane Nero Tell, oh Nero, of Perfectly correct latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words, in
magna bella the great wars of today's dialect of Rome, mean "A black dog eats a beautiful peach" , which has a ridiculously different meaning.
Persica Persia

canes war dogs or

pugnaces fighting dogs

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canis canem dog eats dog Refers to a situation where nobody is safe from anybody, each man for himself.
edit

capax Dei capable of From Augustine, De Trinitate XIV, 8.11: Mens eo ipso imago Dei est quo eius capax est,[11] "The mind is the image of
receiving God God, in that it is capable of Him and can be partaker of Him."

capax infiniti holding the infinite Capability of achieving goals by force of many instead of a single individual.

caput inter (she plunges) So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach or understanding (from Virgil's Aeneid and the shorter form
nubila (condit) [her] head in the appears in John Locke's Two Treatises of Government)
clouds

caput dead head Originally an alchemical reference to the dead head or worthless residue left over from a reaction. Also used to refer to
mortuum a freeloader or worthless element.

Caritas Christi The love of Christ It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. Francis Xavier High School located in West Meadowlark Park,
Edmonton.

Caritas in Charity in Truth Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical.

Veritate

carpe diem seize the day 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 noctem seize the night 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 vinum seize the wine

Carthago Carthage must be The Roman senator Cato the Elder ended every speech after the Second Punic War with ceterum censeo
delenda est destroyed 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".

castigat One corrects Or, "[Comedy/Satire] criticises customs through humour", is a phrase coined by French New Latin poet Jean-Baptiste
ridendo mores customs by de Santeul (16301697), but sometimes wrongly attributed to his contemporary Molire or to Roman lyric poet Horace.
laughing at them

casus belli event of war Refers to an incident that is the justification or case for war.

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

causa mortis cause of death

cave beware! 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 canem Beware of the dog Earliest written example is in the Satyricon of Petronius, circa 1st century C.E.

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

caveat let the seller It is a counter to caveat emptor and suggests that sellers can also be deceived in a market transaction. This forces the
venditor beware seller to take responsibility for the product and discourages sellers from selling products of unreasonable quality.

cedant arma let arms yield to "Let military power yield to civilian power", Cicero, De Officiis I:77. Former motto of the Territory of Wyoming. See also
togae the gown Toga

cedere nescio I Know Not How Motto of HMAS Norman

To Yield

Celer - Silens - Swift-Silent- Motto of United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Units - especially USMC FORCE RECON units - the Force
Mortalis Deadly Reconnaissance companies, also known as FORCE RECON, are one of the United States Marine Corps Special
Operations Capable forces (SOC) that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the
Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF); supporting their task force commanders, and their subordinate operating
units of the Fleet Marine Force (FMF).

celerius quam more swiftly than Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". A variant of the Roman phrase velocius quam asparagi coquantur, using a
asparagi asparagus different adverb and an alternative mood and spelling of coquere.
cocuntur [stem]s are
cooked

cepi corpus I have taken the In law, it is a return made by the sheriff, upon a capias, or other process to the like purpose; signifying, that he has
body taken the body of the party. See also habeas corpus.

certum est it is certain, Or "... if it can be rendered certain." Often used in law when something is not known, but can be ascertained (e.g. the
quod certum whatever can be purchase price on a sale which is to be determined by a third-party valuer)
reddi potest rendered certain

cessante when the reason A rule of law becomes ineffective when the reason for its application has ceased to exist or does not correspond to the
ratione legis for the law reality anymore. By Gratian.
cessat ipsa lex ceases, the law
itself ceases

cetera desunt the rest are Also spelled "caetera desunt".

missing

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ceteris paribus all other things That is, disregarding or eliminating extraneous factors in a situation.
being equal

charta a paper of pardon The form of a pardon for killing another man in self-defence (see manslaughter).
pardonationis to defend oneself
se defendendo

charta a paper of pardon The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed. Also called perdonatio utlagariae.
pardonationis to the outlaw
utlagariae

Christianos ad [Throw the]

leones Christians to the
lions!

Christo et For Christ and The motto of Furman University.

Doctrinae Learning

Christus nos Christ has freed title of volume I, book 5, chapter XI of Les Misrables by Victor Hugo.
liberavit us

Christus Rex Christ the King A Christian title for Jesus.

circa (c.) or (ca.) around In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date.

circulus in circle made in Circular reasoning. Similar term to circulus vitiosus.

probando testing [a
premise]

circulus vicious circle In logic, begging the question , a fallacy involving the presupposition of a proposition in one of the premises (see petitio
vitiosus principii). In science, a positive feedback loop. In economics, a counterpart to the virtuous circle.

citius altius faster, higher, Motto of the modern Olympics.

fortius stronger

clamea A writ whereby the king of England could command the justice to admit one's claim by an attorney, who being employed
admittenda in in the king's service, cannot come in person.
itinere per
atturnatum

clarere audere [be] bright, daring, Motto of the Geal family.

gaudere joyful

clausum fregit 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.

claves Sancti the keys of Saint A symbol of the Papacy.

Petri Peter

clavis aurea golden key The means of discovering hidden or mysterious meanings in texts, particularly applied in theology and alchemy.

clerico for being made a In law, a writ directed to the bishop, for the admitting a clerk to a benefice upon a ne admittas, tried, and found for the
admittendo clerk party who procures the writ.

clerico capto In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of statute merchant.
per statutum
mercatorum

clerico In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk to his ordinary, that was formerly convicted of felony; by reason that his ordinary
convicto did not challenge him according to the privilege of clerks.
commisso
gaolae in
defectu
ordinarii
deliberando

clerico intra In law, a writ directed to the bailiffs, etc., that have thrust a bailiwick or beadleship upon one in holy orders; charging
sacros ordines them to release him.
constituto non
eligendo in
officium

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

Cogitationis "No one suffers A Latin legal phrase. See, State v Taylor, 47 Or 455, 84 P 82.
poenam nemo punishment for
patitur mere intent."

cogito ergo I think, therefore I A rationalistic argument used by French philosopher Ren Descartes to attempt to prove his own existence.
sum am.

coitus interrupted Aborting sexual intercourse prior to ejaculationthe only permitted form of birth control in some religions.
interruptus congress

coitus more congress in the A medical euphemism for the doggy-style sexual position.
ferarum way of beasts

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collige virgo pick, girl, the
rosas roses Exhortation to enjoy fully the youth, similar to Carpe diem, from "De rosis "Gather ye rosebuds while ye
nascentibus" (also titled "Idyllium de rosis"), attributed to Ausonius or may", 1909, by John William
Virgil.[12] Waterhouse

combinatio new combination It is frequently abbreviated comb. nov.. It is used in the life sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g.
nova Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov..

communibus in common years One year with another; on an average. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation"
annis

communibus in common A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between
locis places several places; one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every
situation"

communis common opinion prevailing doctrine, generally accepted view (in an academic field), scientific consensus; originally communis opinio
opinio doctorum, "common opinion of the doctors"

compos in control of the Describes someone of sound mind. Sometimes used ironically. Also a legal principle, non compos mentis (not in control
mentis mind of one's faculties), used to describe an insane person.

concilio et by wisdom and Motto of the city of Manchester.

labore effort

concordia cum in harmony with Motto of the University of Waterloo

veritate truth

concordia well-being Motto of Montreal. It is also the Bank of Montreal coat of arms and motto.
salus through harmony

concordia small things grow Motto of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood

parvae res in harmony
crescunt

condemnant They condemn The quod here is ambiguous: it may be the relative pronoun or a conjunction.
quod non what they do not
intellegunt understand or
They condemn
because they do
not understand

condicio sine condition without A required, indispensable condition. Commonly mistakenly rendered with conditio ("seasoning" or "preserving") in place
qua non which not of condicio ("arrangement" or "condition").

conditur in it is founded on Motto of Peterhouse Boys' School and Peterhouse Girls' School
petra the rock

confer compare The abbreviation cf. is used in text to suggest a comparison with something else (cf. citation signal).
(cf.) [13][14]

Confoederatio Helvetian The official name of Switzerland, hence the use of "CH" for its ISO country code, ".ch" for its Internet domain, and
Helvetica (C.H.) Confederation "CHF" for the ISO three-letter abbreviation of its currency, the Swiss franc.

Congregatio Congregation of Redemptorists

Sanctissimi the Most Holy
Redemptoris Redeemer
C.Ss.R

coniunctis with connected Or "with united powers". Sometimes rendered conjunctis viribus. Motto of Queen Mary, University of London.
viribus strength

consensu with consent

consuetudo Custom is held as Where there are no specific laws, the matter should be decided by custom; [15] established customs have the force of
pro lege law. laws.[16] Also consuetudo est altera lex (custom is another law) and consuetudo vincit communem legem (custom
servatur overrules the common law); see also: Consuetudinary.

consummatum It is completed. The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30.
est

contemptus scorn for the Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values.
mundi/saeculi world/times

contra bonos against good Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice.
mores morals

contra legem against the law Especially in civil law jurisdictions, said of an understanding of a statute that directly contradicts its wording and thus is
neither valid by interpretation nor by analogy.

contra against the In contract law, the doctrine of contractual interpretation which provides that an ambiguous term will be construed
proferentem proferror against the party that imposed its inclusion in the contract or, more accurately, against the interests of the party who
imposed it.

contra spem I hope against Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka; also used in the Pentateuch with reference to Abraham the Patriarch.
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contra vim No herb (or sage) there is no medicine against death; from various medieval medicinal texts
mortis non grows in the
crescit herba gardens against
(or salvia) in the power of
hortis death

contradictio in contradiction in A thing or idea that would embody a contradiction, for example, payment for a gift, or a circle with corners. The fallacy of
terminis terms proposing such a thing.

contra there can be no Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on common rules, facts, presuppositions.
principia debate with those
negantem non who deny the
est foundations
disputandum

contraria the opposite is First formulated by Hippocrates to suggest that the diseases are cured with contrary remedies. Antonym of similia
contrariis cured with the similibus curantur (the diseases are recovered with similar remedies.)
curantur opposite

cor ad cor heart speaks to From Augustine's Confessions, referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a "heart to heart" with God.
loquitur heart Commonly used in reference to a later quote by Cardinal John Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs.

cor aut mors Heart or Death (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 meum tibi my heart I offer to John Calvin's personal motto, also adopted by Calvin College
offero domine you Lord promptly
prompte et and sincerely
sincere

cor unum one heart A popular school motto. Often used as names for religious and other organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor
Unum.

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

coram nobis, in our presence, Two kinds of writs of error.

coram vobis in your presence

coram populo in the presence of Thus, openly.

the people

coram publico in view of the

public

Corpus Christi Body of Christ 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 .

corpus delicti body of the The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in convicting someone of having committed that crime; if
offence there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal.

Corpus Iuris Body of Canon The official compilation of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church (cf. Codex Iuris Canonici).
Canonici Law

Corpus Iuris Body of Civil Law The body of Roman or civil law.
Civilis

corpus vile worthless body A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.'

corrigenda things to be
corrected

corruptio the corruption of

optimi the best is the
pessima worst

corruptissima When the republic Tacitus

re publica is at its most
plurimae leges corrupt the laws
are most
numerous

corvus oculum a raven does not

corvi non eruit pick out an eye of
another raven

corruptus in corrupt to the Motto of the fictional Mayor's office in The Simpsons
extremis extreme

cras amet qui May he who has The refrain from the 'Pervigilium Veneris', a poem which describes a three-day holiday in the cult of Venus, located
nunquam never loved somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in religious festivities joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as the
amavit; quique before, love "procreatrix", the life-giving force behind the natural world.
amavit, cras tomorrow; And
amet may he who has
loved, love
tomorrow as well

Cras es Noster The Future is Motto of San Jacinto College .

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creatio ex creation out of A concept about creation, often used in a theological or philosophical context. Also known as the 'First Cause' argument
nihilo nothing in Philosophy of Religion. Contrasted with creatio ex materia.

Credo in Unum I Believe in One The first words of the Nicene Creed and the Apostles' Creed.
Deum God

credo quia I believe it A very common misquote of Tertullian's et mortuus est Dei Filius prorsus credibile quia ineptum est (and the Son of God
absurdum est because it is 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
absurd 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.

crescamus in May we grow in Motto of Cheverus High School .

Illo per omnia Him through all
things

crescat let knowledge Motto of the University of Chicago.

scientia vita grow, let life be
excolatur enriched

crescente luce Light ever Motto of James Cook University.

increasing

crescit cum Civilization Motto of Claremont McKenna College.

commercio prospers with
civitas commerce

crescit eundo it grows as it goes 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.

cruci dum while I live, I trust Motto of the Sisters of Loreto (IBVM) and its associated schools.
spiro fido in the cross,
Whilst I trust in the
Cross I have life

cucullus non The hood does William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Scene I, Act V 4850
facit not make the
monachum monk

cui bono Good for whom? "Who benefits?" An adage in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an
unwelcome event is likely to reveal who is 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?).

cui prodest for whom it Short for cui prodest scelus is fecit (for whom the crime advances, he has done it) in Seneca's Medea. Thus, the
advances murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf. cui bono).

cuique suum to each his own

cuius est Whose the land First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th century. A Roman legal principle of property law that is no longer
solum eius est is, all the way to observed in most situations today. Less literally, "For whosoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the
usque ad the sky and to the depths."
coelum et ad underworld is his.
inferos

cuius regio, whose region, his The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects. A regional prince's ability to choose his people's religion
eius religio religion was established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.

cuiusvis Anyone can err, Cicero, Philippica XII, 5.

hominis est but only the fool
errare, nullius persists in his
nisi insipientis fault
in 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 22:52.
fustibus clubs

cum gladio et with sword and Motto of a well-paid soldier. See salary.
sale salt

cum grano with a grain of salt Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth.
salis

cum hoc ergo with this, Fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation .
propter hoc therefore on
account of this

cum laude with praise The standard formula for academic Latin honors in the United States. Greater honors include magna cum laude and
summa cum laude.

cum mortuis in with the dead in a Movement from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
lingua mortua dead language

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cum privilegio with the exclusive Copyright notice used in 16th-century England, used for comic effect in The Taming of the Shrew by William
ad right to print Shakespeare
imprimendum
solum

cuncti adsint let all come who Motto of University College London.
meritaeque by merit deserve
expectent the most reward
praemia
palmae

cupio dissolvi desire to be From the Bible, locution indicating a will to death ("I want to die").
dissolved

cur Deus Why the God-Man The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of Christianity must
Homo be both fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated "why did God become Man?"

cura care for the whole Motto of Georgetown University School of Medicine and University of Scranton.
personalis person

cura te ipsum take care of your An exhortation to physicians, or experts in general, to deal with their own problems before addressing those of others.
own self

curriculum course of life An overview of a person's life and qualifications, similar to a rsum.
vitae

custodi guard the city, O Motto of the City of Westminster.

civitatem, Lord
Domine

custos morum keeper of morals A censor.

cygnis insignis distinguished by Motto of Western Australia .

its swans

cygnus inter swan among

anates ducks

Latin Translation Notes

da Deus God give A traditional greeting of Czech brewers.

fortunae fortune/happiness

da mihi factum, give me the fact, I Also da mihi facta, dabo tibi ius (plural "facta" (facts) for the singular "factum"). A legal principle of Roman law that
dabo tibi ius will give you the parties to a suit should present the facts and the judge will rule on the law that governs them. Related to iura novit curia
law (the court knows the law).

damnant quod They condemn Paraphrase of Quintilianus, De Institutione Oratoria, Book 10, Chapter 1, 26:
non intellegunt what they do not
understand Modesto tamen et circumspecto iudicio de tantis viris pronuntiandum est, ne, quod plerisque accidit, damnent
quae non intellegunt.

Yet students must pronounce with diffidence and circumspection on the merits of such illustrious
characters, lest, as is the case with many, they condemn what they do not understand. (translated by
Rev. John Selby Watson)

damnatio ad condemnation to Colloquially, "thrown to the lions".

bestias [the] beasts

damnatio damnation of The ancient Roman custom by which it was pretended that disgraced Romans, especially former emperors), never
memoriae memory existed, by eliminating all records and likenesses of them.

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

dat deus God gives growth Motto of several schools.

incrementum
or
deus dat
incrementum

data venia with due respect / Used before disagreeing with someone.
given the excuse

datum We shall Motto of Batalho de Operaes Policiais Especiais (BOPE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
perficiemus accomplish the
munus mission assigned

de bene esse as well done In law, 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.

de bonis carrying goods In law, trespass de bonis asportatis was the traditional name for larceny, i.e., the unlawful theft of chattels (moveable
asportatis away goods).

decessit sine died without issue Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p., to indicate a person who died without having had any
prole children.

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decessit sine died without Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p.l., to indicate a person who died without having had any
prole legitima legitimate issue children with a spouse.

decessit sine died without Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p.m., to indicate a person who died without having had any
prole mascula surviving male male children who survived, i.e., outlived, him.
superstite issue

decessit sine died without Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p.s., to indicate a person who died without having had any
prole superstite surviving issue children who survived, i.e., outlived him.

decessit vita died in the lifetime Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.v.m., to indicate a person who predeceased his mother.
matris of the mother

decessit vita died in the lifetime Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.v.p., to indicate a person who predeceased his father.
patris of the father

decus et an ornament and A phrase from the Aeneid of Virgil. Inscription on British one-pound coins. Originally inscribed on coins of the 17th
tutamen a safeguard century, it refers to the inscribed edge of the coin as a protection against the clipping of its precious metal.

de dato of the date Used, e.g., in "as we agreed in the meeting d.d. 26th Mai 2006".

de facto by deed 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 of
the matter in question.

de praescientia from/through the Motto of the Worshipful Company of Barbers.

Dei foreknowledge of
God

defendit there is safety in

numerus numbers

de fideli with faithfulness A clerk of a court makes this declaration when he is appointed, by which he promises to perform his duties faithfully as
a servant of the court.

de fideli of faithful Describes an oath taken to faithfully administer the duties of a job or office, like that taken by a court reporter. [17]
administratione administration

de futuro regarding the Usually used in the context of "at a future time".
future

de gustibus of tastes there is Less literally, "there is no accounting for taste", because they are judged subjectively and not objectively: everyone has
non est nothing to be his own and none deserve preminence. The complete phrase is "de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum" ("when
disputandum disputed we talk about tastes and colours there is nothing to be disputed"). Probably of Scholastic origin; see Wiktionary.

Dei Gratia By the Grace of Also Dei Gratia Rex ("By the Grace of God, King"). Abbreviated as D G REG preceding Fidei Defensor (F D) on British
Regina God, Queen pound coins, and as D G Regina on Canadian coins.

de integro again, a second

time

de jure by law "Official", in contrast with de facto; analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice". In other contexts, it
can mean "according to law", "by right", and "legally".

de lege ferenda of/from law to be

passed

de lege lata of/from law

passed / of/from
law in force

de minimis non The law does not A court does not care about small, trivial things. A case must have some importance in order for a court to hear it. See
curat lex care about the "de minimis non curat praetor".
smallest things.

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

de mortuis aut about the dead, Less literally, "speak well of the dead or not at all"; cf. de mortuis nil nisi bonum .
bene aut nihil either well or
nothing

de mortuis nil about the dead, From de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est ("nothing must be said about the dead except the good"), attributed by
nisi bonum nothing unless a Diogenes Lartius to Chilon. In legal contexts, this quotation is used with the opposite meaning: defamation of a
good thing deceased person is not a crime. In other contexts, it refers to taboos against criticizing the recently deceased.

de nobis fabula about us is the Thus: "their story is our story". Originally it referred to the end of Rome's dominance. Now often used when comparing
narratur story told any current situation to a past story or event.

de novo from the new "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 omni re about every The Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola of the 15th century wrote the De omni re scibili ("concerning every
scibili et knowable thing, knowable thing") part, and a wag added et quibusdam aliis ("and even certain other things").
quibusdam and even certain
aliis other things

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de omnibus be suspicious of Attributed to the French philosopher Ren Descartes. It was also Karl Marx's favorite motto and a title of one of Sren
dubitandum everything / doubt Kierkegaard's works, namely, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.
everything

de oppresso free from having Loosely, "to liberate the oppressed". Motto of the United States Army Special Forces .[18]
liber been oppressed

de profundis from the depths Meaning from out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of
which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy.

de re about/regarding In logic, de dicto statements regarding the truth of a proposition are distinguished from de re statements regarding the
the matter properties of a thing itself.

Dei sub numine under God's Spirit Motto of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
viget she flourishes

delectatio peevish delight In Catholic theology, pleasure taken in a sinful thought or imagination, such as brooding on sexual images. As voluntary
morosa and complacent erotic fantasizing, without attempt to suppress such thoughts, it is distinct from actual sexual desire.

delegata delegated powers A legal principle whereby one to whom certain powers were delegated may not ipso facto re-delegate them to another. A
potestas non can not be distinction may be had between delegated powers and the additional power to re-delegate them.
potest delegari [further]
delegated

delirant isti they are mad, A Latin translation of Ren Goscinny's phrase in French ils sont fous, ces romains! or Italian Sono pazzi questi Romani.
Romani those Romans[!] Cf. SPQR, which Obelix frequently used in the Asterix comics.

Deo ac veritati for God and for Motto of Colgate University.

truth

Deo in God we trust Motto of Somerset College.

confidimus

Deo domuique For God and for Motto of Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne.
home

Deo et patriae For God and Motto of Regis High School in New York City, New York, United States.
country

Deo gratias Thanks [be] to A frequent phrase in the Roman Catholic liturgy, especially after the recitation of the first and second readings at Holy
God Mass in the Ordinary Form and after the recitation of the first reading and the final gospel (of St. John) in the
Extraordinary Form.

Deo juvante with God's help Motto of Monaco and its monarch, which is inscribed on the royal arms.

Deo non by God, not Motto of the Epsom College in Surrey, England.
fortuna fortune/luck

Deo optimo To the best and Derived from the pagan Iupiter optimo maximo ("to the best and greatest Jupiter"). Printed on bottles of Bndictine
maximo (DOM) greatest God liqueur.

Deo patriae For God, country, Motto of Scotch College (Melbourne) .

litteris [and] learning

Deo volente God willing 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 (see James 4:13-15, which
encourages this way of speaking). The motto of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

descensus in The descent into Down the rabbit hole. See Alice's Adventures in Wonderland#Famous lines and expressions .
cuniculi cavum the cave of the
rabbit

desiderantes they desired a From Hebrews 11: 16. Adopted as the motto of the Order of Canada.
meliorem better land
patriam

Deus Caritas God Is Love Title and first words of the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI. For other meanings see Deus caritas est
Est (disambiguation).

deus ex a god from a From the Greek (ap mchans thes). A contrived or artificial solution, usually to a literary plot.
machina machine 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 most commonly associated with Euripides.

Deus lux mea God is my light The motto of The Catholic University of America .
est

Deus meumque God and my right The principal motto of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. See also Dieu et mon droit.
jus

Deus nobis God has given us Motto of the city of Liverpool, England.
haec otia fecit these days of
leisure

Deus otiosus God at leisure

Deus spes God is our hope The motto of Sir Thomas de Boteler, founder of Boteler Grammar School in Warrington in 1526.
nostra

Deus vult God wills it The principal slogan of the Crusades. Motto of Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey, United States.

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dictatum erat as previously A recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient phrase "as previously stated". Literally, has been
(dict) stated stated. Compare also "dicta prius"; literally, said previously.

dicto [from] a maxim, I.e. "from a rule without exception." Short for a dicto simpliciter, the a is often dropped because it is confused with the
simpliciter simply English indefinite article. A dicto simpliciter occurs when an acceptable exception is ignored or eliminated. For example,
the appropriateness of using opiates is contingent on suffering extreme pain. To justify the recreational use of opiates
by referring to a cancer patient or to justify arresting said patient by comparing him to the recreational user would be a
dicto simpliciter.

dictum factum what is said is Motto of United States Navy Fighter Squadron VF-194.
done

dictum meum my word [is] my Motto of the London Stock Exchange.

pactum bond

diem perdidi I have lost the From the Roman Emperor Titus. Recorded in the biography of him by Suetonius in Lives of the Twelve Caesars.
day

Dies irae Day of wrath Reference to the Judgment Day in Christian eschatology. The title of a famous Medieval Latin hymn by Tommaso da
Celano in the 13th century and used in the requiem Mass.

dies non Day without Days under common law (traditionally Sunday), during which no legal process can be served and any legal judgment
juridicum judiciary is invalid. The English Parliament first codified this precept in the reign of King Charles II.

dirigo I direct In Classical Latin, "I arrange". Motto of the State of Maine, United States; based on a comparison of the State to the
star Polaris.

dis aliter visum it seemed In other words, the gods have ideas different to those of mortals, and so events do not always occur in the way persons
otherwise to the wish them to. Confer Virgil, Aeneid, 2: 428. Also confer "Man proposes and God disposes."
gods

dis manibus Sacred to the Refers to the Manes, i.e. Roman spirits of the dead. Loosely, "to the memory of". A conventional pagan inscription
sacrum (D.M.S.) ghost-gods preceding the name of the deceased on his tombstone; 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".

disce aut learn or depart Motto of Royal College, Colombo .

discede

disce quasi Learn as if always Attributed to St. Edmund of Abingdon.

semper going to live; live
victurus vive as if tomorrow
quasi cras going to die.
moriturus

discendo while teaching we

discimus learn

discere learn by doing Motto of California Polytechnic State University, California, United States.
faciendo

disiecta scattered limbs I.e., "scattered remains". Paraphrased from Horace, Satires, 1, 4, 62, where it is written " disiecti membra poetae "
membra (limbs of a scattered poet).

ditat Deus God enriches Motto of the State of Arizona , United States, adopted in 1911. Probably derived from the translation of the Vulgate Bible
of Genesis 14: 23.

divide et divide and rule / A Roman maxim adopted by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, King Louis XI of France and the Italian political author
impera "divide and Niccol Machiavelli.
conquer"

dixi I have spoken A popular, eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. The implied meaning is that the speaker has said
all that he had to say and thus his argument is completed.

["...", ...] dixit ["...", ...] said Used to attribute a statement or opinion to its author, rather than the speaker.

do ut des I give that you Often said or written of sacrifices, in which one "gives" and expects a return from the gods.
may give

docendo It is learned by Attributed to Seneca the Younger .

discitur teaching / one
learns by
teaching

docendo disco, I learn by

scribendo teaching, I think
cogito by writing

dolus specialis special intent "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 A. Schabas)[19]

Domine dirige Lord guide us Motto of the City of London, England.

nos

Domine salvam God save the

fac reginam queen

Domine salvum God save the

fac regem king

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Dominica in Sunday in Latin name of the Octave of Easter in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
albis [Setting Aside
[depositis] the] White
Garments

Dominus the Lord is my Motto of the University of Oxford, England.

illuminatio mea light

Dominus The Lord is our Motto of the Southland College, Philippines.

fortitudo nostra strength

Dominus the Lord [is our] Motto of St. John's College and Prep School, Harare, Zimbabwe.
pastor shepherd

Dominus The Lord be with A phrase used in the Roman Catholic liturgy, and sometimes in its sermons and homilies, and a general form of
vobiscum you. greeting among and towards members of Catholic organizations. See also Pax vobiscum.

dona nobis give us peace Often set to music, either by itself or as the final phrase of the Agnus Dei prayer of the Holy Mass. Also an ending in the
pacem video game Haunting Ground.

donatio mortis a donation in A legal concept in which a person in imminent mortal danger need not satisfy the otherwise requisite consideration to
causa expectation of effect a testamentary donation, i.e., a donation by instituting or modifying a will.
death

draco dormiens a sleeping dragon Motto of the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry of the Harry Potter series; translated more loosely in
nunquam is never to be the books as "never tickle a sleeping dragon".
titillandus tickled

dramatis the More literally, "the masks of the drama"; the cast of characters of a dramatic work.
personae parts/characters
of the play

duae tabulae two blank slates Stan Laurel , inscription for the fan club logo of The Sons of the Desert.
rasae in quibus with nothing
nihil scriptum written upon them
est

ducimus we lead Motto of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps .

ducit amor love of country Motto of the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment , Australia.
patriae leads me

ducunt the fates lead the Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Sen. Ep. 107.11 ).
volentem fata, willing and drag
nolentem the unwilling
trahunt

ductus leadership by Motto of the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, at the base in Quantico, Virginia, United States.
exemplo example

dulce bellum war is sweet to Meaning: "war may seem pleasant to those who have never been involved in it, though the experienced know better".
inexpertis the inexperienced Erasmus of Rotterdam.

dulce est It is sweet on Horace, Odes 4, 12, 28. Also used by George Knapton for the portrait of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet in 1744.
desipere in occasion to play
loco the fool. / It is
pleasant to relax
once in a while.

dulce et It is sweet and Horace, Odes 3, 2, 13. Also used by Wilfred Owen for the title of a poem regarding World War I, Dulce et Decorum Est.
decorum est honorable to die
pro patria mori for the fatherland.

dulce et utile a sweet and Horace, Ars Poetica: poetry must be dulce et utile, i.e., both enjoyable and instructive.
useful thing /
pleasant and
profitable

dulce danger is sweet Horace, Odes, 3 25, 16. Motto of the Scottish clan MacAulay.
periculum

dulcius ex sweeter after Motto of the Scottish clan Fergusson.[20]

asperis difficulties

dum cresco I hope when I Motto of The Ravensbourne School.

spero grow

dum Roma while Rome Used when someone has been asked for urgent help, but responds with no immediate action. Similar to Hannibal ante
deliberat debates, portas, but referring to a less personal danger.
Saguntum perit Saguntum is in
danger

dum spiro while I breathe, I Cicero. Motto of the State of South Carolina. Motto of the Clan MacLennan.
spero hope

dum vita est, while there is life,

spes est there is hope

dum vivimus while we live, we Motto of Presbyterian College.

servimus serve

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dum vivimus, while we live, let An encouragement to embrace life. Motto inscribed on the sword of the main character of the novel Glory Road.
vivamus us live

dura lex sed lex [the] law [is] Ulpian, Digesta Iustiniani, Roman jurist of the 3rd century AD.
harsh, but [it is
the] law

dura mater tough mother The outer covering of the brain.

durante bene during good Meaning: "serving at the pleasure of the authority or officer who appointed". A Mediaeval legal Latin phrase.
placito pleasure

durante while in office For example, the Governor General of Canada is durante munere the Chancellor and Principal Companion of the
munere Order of Canada.

dux bellorum war leader

initium The fear of the A quotation of the Psalter. Motto of the University of Aberdeen , Scotland.
sapientiae Lord is the
timor Domini beginning of
wisdom.

Latin Translation Notes

e causa ignota of unknown Often used in medicine when the underlying disease causing a symptom is not known. Cf. idiopathic.
cause

e pluribus out of many, one Literally, out of more (than one), one. Used on many U.S. coins and inscribed on the Capitol. Also used as the motto of
unum S.L. Benfica. Less commonly written as ex pluribus unum.

ecce ancilla behold the name of oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, motto of Bishopslea Preparatory School .
domini handmaiden of
the Lord

Ecce homo Behold the man From the Latin Vulgate Gospel of John 19:5 (Douay-Rheims), where Pontius Pilate speaks these words as he presents
Christ, crowned with thorns, to the crowd. It is 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").

ecce panis behold the bread A quote from the Lauda Sion, occasionally inscribed near the altar in Catholic churches; it makes reference to the Host;
angelorum of angels the Eucharist; the bread of Heaven; the Body of Christ. See also: Panis Angelicus .

editio first edition The first printed edition of a work.

princeps

ejusdem of the same From the canons of statutory interpretation. When a list of two or more specific descriptors is followed by more general
generis kinds, class, or descriptors, the otherwise wide meaning of the general descriptors must be restricted to the same class, if any, of the
nature specific words that precede them.

ego te absolvo I absolve you Part of the absolution-formula spoken by a priest as part of the sacrament of Penance (cf. absolvo).

ego te I challenge you Used as a challenge, "I dare you". Can also be written as te provoco
provoco

eheu fugaces Alas, the fleeting From Horace's Odes II, 14.
labuntur anni years slip by

eluceat let the light shine The motto of Sidwell Friends School
omnibus lux out from all

emeritus veteran 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 honorand is no longer active.

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

ense petit by the sword she State motto of Massachusetts, adopted in 1775.
placidam sub seeks a serene
libertate repose under
quietem liberty

entia non sunt entities must not Occam's Razor or Law of Parsimony; that is, that arguments which do not introduce extraneous variables are to be
multiplicanda be multiplied preferred in logical argumentation.
praeter beyond
necessitatem necessity

entitas ipsa reality involves a A phrase used in modern Western philosophy on the nature of truth.
involvit power to compel
aptitudinem sure assent
ad
extorquendum
certum
assensum

eo ipso by that very (act) 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 nomine by that name

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equo ne do not trust the Virgil, Aeneid, II. 4849; a reference to the Trojan Horse
credite horse

erga omnes in relation to

everyone

ergo therefore Denotes a logical conclusion (cf. cogito ergo sum ).

errare to err is human Sometimes attributed to Seneca the Younger , but not attested: Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum, et
humanum est 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). Cicero - well-versed in ancient Greek - may well have been alluding to Euripides' play Hippolytus
some four centuries earlier.[21] 300 years later Augustine of Hippo recycled the idea in his Sermones (164, 14):
Humanum fuit errare, diabolicum est per animositatem in errore manere. [22] The phrase gained currency in English
language after Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism (1711): "To err is human, to forgive divine." (line 325).

erratum error Or "mistake". Lists of errors in a previous edition of a work are often marked with the plural, errata ("errors").

errantis the will of a Roman legal principle formulated by Pomponius in the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis, stating that legal actions
voluntas nulla mistaken party is undertaken by man under the influence of error are ineffective.
est void

eruditio et scholarship and Motto of Duke University

religio duty

esse est to be is to be George Berkeley's motto for his idealist philosophical position that nothing exists independently of its perception by a
percipi perceived mind except minds themselves.

esse quam to be, rather than Truly being something, rather than merely seeming to be something. Motto of many institutions. From chapter 26 of
videri to seem 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); also motto of North Carolina and Ashville College,
Cranbrook_School,_Sydney and Royal Holloway College

est modus in there is measure there is a middle ground in things, there is a middle way; from Horace's Satires 1.1.106; see also: Golden mean
rebus in things (philosophy). According to Potempski & Galmarini (Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 94719489, 2009) the sentence should be
translated as: "There is an optimal condition in all things" which in the original text is followed by the sentence: "There are
therefore precise boundaries beyond which one cannot find the right thing" (sunt certi denique fines quos ultra citraque
nequit consistere rectum).

esto perpetua may it be Said of Venice by the Venetian historian Fra Paolo Sarpi shortly before his death. Also the state motto of Idaho, adopted
perpetual 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 quod es be what you are Motto of Wells Cathedral School.

et adhuc sub it is still before Horace, Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry) 1.78.
iudice lis est the court

et alibi (et al.) and elsewhere A less common variant on et cetera used at the end of a list of locations to denote unlisted places.

et alii (et al.) and others Used similarly to et cetera ("and the rest"), to stand for a list of names. Alii is masculine, so it can be used for men, or
groups of men and women; the feminine, et aliae, is appropriate when the "others" are all female; but as with many
loanwords, interlingual use (such as in reference lists) is often invariable. Et alia is neuter plural and thus in Latin text is
properly used only for inanimate, genderless objects, but some use it as a gender-neutral alternative.[23] APA style uses
et al. (normal font)[24] if the work cited was written by more than six authors; MLA style uses et al. for more than three
authors; AMA style lists all authors if 6, and 3 + et al if >6. AMA style forgoes the period (because it forgoes the period
on abbreviations generally) and it forgoes the italic (as it does with other loanwords naturalized into scientific English);
many journals that follow AMA style do likewise.

et cetera (etc. And the rest In modern usage, used to mean "and so on" or "and more".
(US English); etc
(UK English)) or
(&c. (US); &c
(UK))

et facta est lux And light came From Genesis 1:3 "and there was light". Motto of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
to be or was
made

et hoc genus And all that sort Abbreviated to e.h.g.o. or ehgo

omne of thing

et in Arcadia and in Arcadia In other words, "I, too, am in Arcadia". See memento mori.
ego [am] I

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

et nunc reges And now, O ye From the Book of Psalms , II.x. (Vulgate), 2.10 (Douay-Rheims).
intelligite kings,
erudimini qui understand:
judicatis receive
terram instruction, you
that judge the
earth.

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et sequentes and the following Also et sequentia ('and the following things': neut.), abbreviations: et seqq., et seq., or sqq. Commonly used in legal
(et seq.) (masc./fem. citations to refer to statutes spread over several sequential sections of a code of statutes (e.g. National Labor Relations
plural) Act, 29 U.S.C. 159 et seq.; New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, N.J. Stat. Ann. 2C:25-17 et seq.).

et cum spiritu And with your A phrase from the Sursum corda of Christian liturgy.
tuo spirit

et suppositio and a More typically translated as "Sayin' it don't make it so".

nil ponit in supposition puts
esse nothing in being

et tu, Brute? And you, Also "Even you, Brutus?" or "You too, Brutus?" Used to indicate a betrayal by someone close. From Shakespeare's Julius
Brutus? Caesar, based on the traditional dying words of Julius Caesar. However, these were almost certainly not 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.

et uxor (et ux.) and wife A legal term.

et vir and husband A legal term.

Etiam si Even if all Peter to Jesus Christ (from Vulgate Matthew 26:33; New King James Version: Matthew 26:33).
omnes, ego others... I will
non never

etsi deus non even if God were Sentence synthesizing a famous concept of Grotius (1625).
daretur not a given

ex abundanti out of an In law, describes someone taking precautions against a very remote contingency. "One might wear a belt in addition to
cautela abundance of braces ex abundanti cautela".[25] In banking, a loan in which the collateral is more than the loan itself. Also the basis for
caution 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 abundantia For out of the From the Gospel according to St. Matthew, XII.xxxiv (Vulgate), 12.34 (Douay-Rheims) and the Gospel according to St.
enim cordis os abundance of Luke, VI.xlv (Vulgate), 6.45 (Douay-Rheims). Sometimes rendered without enim ('for').
loquitur the heart the
mouth speaketh.

ex aequo 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 Africa "(There's) Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.42 (unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi Africam adferre [26]), a
semper always translation of the Greek .
aliquid novi something new
(coming) out of
Africa"

Ex amicitia Peace though Often seen on internal diplomatic event invitations. Motto sometimes found on flags and mission plaques Diplomatic
pax friendship corps

ex animo from the soul Thus, "sincerely".

ex ante from before "Beforehand", "before the event". Based on prior assumptions. A forecast.

ex astris From the Stars, The motto of the fictional Starfleet Academy on Star Trek. Adapted from ex luna scientia , which in turn was modeled after
scientia Knowledge ex scientia tridens .

ex cathedra from the chair 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 cultu robur from culture The motto of Cranleigh School , Surrey.

[comes] strength

ex Deo from God

ex dolo malo from fraud "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.

ex facie from the face Idiomatically rendered "on the face of it". A legal term typically used to note that a document's explicit terms are defective
without further investigation.

ex fide fiducia from faith A motto of St George's College, Harare and Hartmann House Preparatory School .
[comes]
confidence

ex fide fortis from faith A motto of Loyola School (New York City) .
[comes] strength

ex glande from the acorn The motto of the Municipal Borough of Southgate, London.
quercus the oak

ex gratia from kindness 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.

ex hypothesi from the Thus, "by hypothesis".

hypothesis

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ex infra (e.i.) cf. "from below" Recent academic notation for "from below in this writing"
ex supra

ex juvantibus from that which The medical pitfall in which response to a therapeutic regimen substitutes proper diagnosis.
helps

ex lege from the law

ex libris from the books Precedes a person's name, with the meaning of "from the library of..."; also a bookplate.

ex luna from the moon, The motto of the Apollo 13 moon mission, derived from ex scientia tridens , the motto of Jim Lovell's Alma Mater, the
scientia knowledge United States Naval Academy .

ex malo good out of evil From St. Augustine's "Sermon LXI" where he contradicts Seneca's dictum in Epistulae 87:22: bonum ex malo non fit
bonum (good does not come from evil). Also the alias of the Anberlin song, "Miserabile Visu" from their album New Surrender.

ex mea in my opinion
sententia

ex mero motu out of mere

impulse, or of
one's own
accord.

ex nihilo nihil nothing comes From Lucretius, and said earlier by Empedocles. Its original meaning is "work is required to succeed", but its modern
fit from nothing 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 .

ex novo from new Said of something that has been built from scratch.

Ex Oblivione from oblivion The title of a short story by H. P. Lovecraft.

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

ex opere from the work A theological phrase meaning that the act of receiving a sacrament actually confers the promised benefit, such as a
operato worked 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.

ex oriente lux light from the Originally refers to the sun rising in the east, but alludes to culture coming from the Eastern world. Motto of several
east institutions.

ex parte from a part A legal term that means "by one party" or "for one party". Thus, on behalf of one side or party only.

ex pede from his foot, so From the measure of Hercules' foot you shall know his size; from a part, the whole.
Herculem Hercules

ex post from after "Afterward", "after the event". Based on knowledge of the past. Measure of past performance.

ex post facto from a thing Said of a law with retroactive effect.

done afterward

ex professo from one Or 'with due competence'. Said of the person who perfectly knows his art or science. Also used to mean "expressly". [27]
declaring [an art
or science]

ex rel. or ex [arising] out of The term is a legal phrase; the legal citation guide called the Bluebook describes ex rel. as a "procedural phrase" and
relatio the requires using it to abbreviate "on the relation of," "for the use of," "on behalf of," and similar expressions. An example of
relation/narration use is in court case titles such as Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar
[of the relator]

ex scientia from knowledge, The United States Naval Academy motto. Refers to knowledge bringing men power over the sea comparable to that of
tridens sea power. the trident-bearing Greek god Poseidon.

ex scientia from knowledge, The motto of the College of Graduate Studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
vera truth

ex silentio from silence 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.

ex situ out of position opposite of "in situ"

ex supra (e.s.) "from above" Recent academic notation for "from above in this writing".
cf. ex infra

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

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Ex turpi causa From a A legal doctrine which states that a claimant will be unable to pursue a cause of action, if it arises in connection with his
non oritur dishonorable own illegal act. Particularly relevant in the law of contract, tort and trusts.
actio cause an action
does not arise

ex umbra in from the shadow Motto of Federico Santa Mara Technical University .
solem into the light

ex undis from the waves motto in the coat of arms of Eemsmond

[of the sea]

Ex Unitate union is strength, motto of South Africa .

Vires or unity is
strength

ex vi termini from the force of Thus, "by definition".

the term

ex vita I depart from life Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age) 23
discedo, as from an inn,
tanquam ex not as from
hospitio, non home
tanquam ex
domo

ex vivo out of or from life Used in reference to the study or assay of living tissue in an artificial environment outside the living organism.

ex voto from the vow Thus, in accordance with a promise. An ex voto is also an offering made in fulfillment of a vow.

ex vulgus from crowd, used to describe social computing, The Wisdom of Crowds
scientia knowledge

excelsior higher "Ever upward!" The state motto of New York. Also a catchphrase used by Marvel Comics head Stan Lee .

exceptio The exception A juridical principle which means that the statement of a rule's exception (e.g., "no parking on Sundays") implicitly
firmat (or confirms the rule confirms the rule (i.e., that parking is allowed Monday through Saturday). Often mistranslated as "the exception that
probat) in cases which proves the rule".
regulam in are not excepted
casibus non
exceptis

excusatio non an excuse that More loosely, "he who excuses himself, accuses himself"an unprovoked excuse is a sign of guilt. In French, qui
petita has not been s'excuse, s'accuse.
accusatio sought [is] an
manifesta obvious
accusation

exeat s/he may go out A formal leave of absence.

exegi I have reared a Horace, Carmina III:XXX:I

monumentum monument more
aere enduring than
perennius bronze

exempli gratia for the sake of Usually read out in English as "for example" (see citation signal and compare how the ampersand is read out as "and").
(e.g. (US example, for Often confused with id est (i.e.).[28] Exempli grati, "for example", is usually abbreviated "e.g." (less commonly, ex. gr.); in
English); eg (UK
English)) example this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma, depending on style.[29]

exercitus sine an army without On a plaque at the former military staff building of the Swedish Armed Forces .
duce corpus a leader is a
est sine spiritu body without a
spirit

exeunt they leave Third-person plural present active indicative of the Latin verb exire; also seen in exeunt omnes, "all leave"; singular: exit.

experientia experience This term has been used in dermatopathology to express that there is no substitute for experience in dealing with all the
docet teaches numerous variations that may occur with skin conditions. [30] The term has also been used in gastroenterology.[31] It is
also the motto of San Francisco State University.

experimentum experiment of Or "crucial experiment". A decisive test of a scientific theory.

crucis the cross

experto crede trust the expert Literally "believe one who has had experience". An author's aside to the reader.

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

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

extra outside the This expression comes from the Epistle to Jubaianus, paragraph 21, written by Saint Cyprian of Carthage, a bishop of
Ecclesiam Church [there is] the third century. It is often used to summarise the doctrine that the Catholic Church is absolutely necessary for salvation.
nulla salus no salvation

extra omnes outside, all [of It is issued by the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations before a session of the Papal conclave which will elect a
you] 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.

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

Latin Translation Notes

faber est suae every man is the artisan Appius Claudius Caecus ; motto of Fort Street High School in Petersham, Sydney, Australia
quisque fortunae of his own fortune

fac et spera do and hope motto of Clan Matheson

fac fortia et patere do brave deeds and motto of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia
endure

fac simile make a similar thing origin of the word facsimile, and, through it, of fax

faciam eos in I will make them into one appeared on British coinage following the Union of the Crowns
gentem unum nation

faciam quodlibet I'll do whatever it takes

quod necesse est

faciam ut mei I'll make you remember from Plautus, Persa IV.324; used by Russian hooligans as tattoo inscription
memineris me

facile princeps easily the first said of the acknowledged leader in some field, especially in the arts and humanities

facilius est multa It is easier to do many Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1/12:7

facere quam diu things, than one thing
consecutively

facio liberos ex "I make free adults out of motto of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico
liberis libris children by means of
libraque books and a balance."

facta, non verba deeds, not words Frequently used as motto

factum fieri It is impossible for a deed Terence, Phormio 5/8:45

infectum non to be undone
potest

falsus in uno, false in one, false in all A Roman legal principle indicating that a witness who willfully falsifies one matter is not credible on any
falsus in omnibus matter. The underlying motive for attorneys to impeach opposing witnesses in court: the principle discredits
the rest of their testimony if it is without corroboration.

familia supra family over everything frequently used as a family motto

omnia

fas est et ab hoste It is lawful to be taught Ovid, Metamorphoses 4:428

doceri even by an enemy

feci quod potui, I have done what I could; Slight variant ("quod potui feci") found in James Boswell's An Account of Corsica, there described as "a
faciant meliora let those who can do simple beautiful inscription on the front of Palazzo Tolomei at Siena". [32] Later, found in Henry Baerlein's
potentes better. introduction to his translation of The Diwan of Abul Ala by Abul Ala Al-Maarri (9731057); [33] also in
Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, act 1. Also in Alfonso Moreno Espinosa, Compendio de Historia Universal ,
5. ed. (Cdiz 1888).

NN fecit NN made (this) a formula used traditionally in the author's signature by painters, sculptors, artisans, scribes etc.; compare
pinxit

fecisti patriam "From differing peoples Verse 63 from the poem De reditu suo by Rutilius Claudius Namatianus praising emperor Augustus.[34]
diversis de you have made one
gentibus unam native land"

felicior Augusto, "be more fortunate than ritual acclamation delivered to late Roman emperors
melior Traiano Augustus and better than
Trajan"

Felicitas, Integritas Happiness, Integrity and The motto of Oakland Colegio Campestre school through which Colombia participates of NASA
Et Sapientia Knowledge Educational Programs

felix culpa fortunate fault from the " Exsultet" of the Catholic liturgy for the Easter Vigil

felix qui potuit happy is he who can Virgil. "Rerum cognoscere causas" is the motto of the London School of Economics, University of Sheffield,
rerum cognoscere ascertain the causes of and University of Guelph.
causas things

felo de se felon from himself 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

fere libenter men generally believe People's beliefs are shaped largely by their desires. Julius Caesar, The Gallic War 3.18
homines id quod what they want to
volunt credunt

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festina lente hurry slowly An oxymoronic motto of Augustus. It encourages proceeding quickly, but calmly and cautiously. Equivalent
to "more haste, less speed". Motto of the Madeira School, McLean, Virginia and Berkhamsted School,
Berkhamsted, England, United Kingdom

festinare nocet, it is bad to hurry, and Ovid [35]

nocet et cunctatio delay is often as bad; the
saepe; tempore wise person is the one
quaeque suo qui who does everything in
facit, ille sapit. its proper time.

fiat iustitia et let justice be done, motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
pereat mundus though the world shall
perish

fiat justitia ruat let justice be done should attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus
caelum the sky fall

fiat lux let there be light from the Genesis, "dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux" ("and God said, 'Let light be made', and light was
made."); frequently used as the motto of schools.

fiat panis let there be bread Motto of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

fiat voluntas Dei May God's will be done motto of Robert May's School ; see the next phrase below

fiat voluntas tua Thy will be done motto of Archbishop Richard Smith of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton; quotation of the third
petition of the Pater Noster (Our Father) prayer dictated by Jesus Christ

ficta voluptatis fictions meant to please Horace, Ars Poetica (338); advice presumably discounted by the magical realists
causa sint proxima should approximate the
veris truth

Fidei Defensor (Fid Defender of the Faith A title given to King Henry VIII of England by Pope Leo X on 17 October 1521, before Henry became a
Def) or (fd) heresiarch. British monarchs continue to use the title, which is still inscribed on all British coins, and usually
abbreviated.

fidem scit he knows the faith sometimes mistranslated to "keep the faith" when used in contemporary English writings of all kinds to
convey a light-hearted wish for the reader's well-being

fides qua creditur the faith by which it is Roman Catholic theological term for the personal faith that apprehends what is believed, contrasted with
believed fides quae creditur, which is what is believed; see next phrase below

fides quae creditur the faith which is believed Roman Catholic theological term for the content and truths of the Faith or "the deposit of the Faith",
contrasted with fides qua creditur, which is the personal faith by which the Faith is believed; see previous
phrase

fides quaerens faith seeking motto of St. Anselm; Proslogion

intellectum understanding

fidus Achates faithful Achates refers to a faithful friend; from the name of Aeneas's faithful companion in Virgil's Aeneid

filiae nostrae sicut may our daughters be as motto of Francis Holland School
anguli incisi polished as the corners of
similitudine templi the temple

finis coronat opus the end crowns the work A major part of a work is properly finishing it. Motto of St. Mary's Catholic High School in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates; on the Coat of Arms of Seychelles; and of the Amin Investment Bank

finis vitae sed non the end of life, but not of unknown
amoris love

flagellum dei the scourge of God title for Attila the Hun, the ruthless invader of the Western Roman Empire

flatus vocis [a or the] breath of voice a mere name, word, or sound without a corresponding objective reality; expression used by the nominalists
of universals and traditionally attributed to the medieval philosopher Roscelin of Compigne

flectere si nequeo if I can not reach Heaven Virgil, Aeneid, Book VII.312
superos, I will raise Hell
Acheronta movebo

floreat Etona may Eton flourish Motto of Eton College, England, United Kingdom

floreat nostra may our school flourish a common scholastic motto

schola

floruit (fl.) one flourished indicates the period when a historic person was most active or was accomplishing that for which he is
famous; may be used as a substitute when the dates of his birth and/or death are unknown.

fluctuat nec she wavers and is not Motto of the City of Paris, France
mergitur immersed

fons et origo the spring and source also: "the fountainhead and beginning"

fons sapientiae, the fount of knowledge is motto of Bishop Blanchet High School
verbum Dei the word of God

fons vitae caritas love is the fountain of life motto of Chisipite Senior School and Chisipite Junior School

formosam teach the woods to re- Virgil, Eclogues, 1:5

resonare doces echo "fair Amaryllis"
Amaryllida silvas

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forsan et haec olim perhaps even these Virgil, Aeneid, Book 1, Line 203
meminisse iuvabit things will be good to
remember one day

fortes fortuna Fortune favours the bold The motto of the United States Marine Corps 3rd Marine Regiment
adiuvat

fortes fortuna Fortune favours the bold The motto of the Jutland Dragoon Regiment of Denmark
juvat

fortes in fide strong in faith a common motto

fortis cadere, the brave may fall, but motto on the Coat of Arms of the Fahnestock Family and of the Palmetto Guard of Charleston, South
cedere non potest can not yield Carolina

fortis est veritas truth is strong motto on the Coat of Arms of Oxford, England, United Kingdom

fortis et liber strong and free motto of Alberta, Canada

fortis in arduis strong in difficulties motto of the Municipal Borough of Middleton, from the Earl of Middleton

fortiter et fideliter bravely and faithfully a common motto

fortiter in re, resolute in execution, a common motto

suaviter in modo gentle in manner

fortunae meae, artisan of my fate and motto of Gatineau

multorum faber that of several others

fraus omnia vitiat a legal principle: the

occurrence or taint of
fraud in a (legal)
transaction entirely
invalidates it

fui quod es, eris I once was what you are, An epitaph that reminds the reader of the inevitability of death, as if to state: "Once I was alive like you are,
quod sum you will be what I am and you will be dead as I am now." It was carved on the gravestones of some Roman military officers.

fumus boni iuris presumption of sufficient a legal principle

legal basis

fundamenta unshakable foundation

inconcussa

Latin Translation Notes

gaudia the joys of battle according to Cassiodorus, an expression used by Attila in addressing his troops prior to the 451 Battle of
certaminis Chlons

gaudeamus let us rejoice today

hodie

gaudeamus therefore let us rejoice First words of an academic anthem used, among other places, in The Student Prince.
igitur

gaudete in rejoice in the Lord Motto of Bishop Allen Academy

domino

gaudium in joy in truth Motto of Campion School

veritate

generalia general provisions enacted in A principle of statutory interpretation: If a matter falls under a specific provision in a statute enacted before
specialibus later legislation do not detract a general provision enacted in a later statute, it is to be presumed that the legislature did not intend that
non derogant from specific provisions enacted the earlier specific provision be repealed, and the matter is governed by the earlier specific provision, not
in earlier legislation the more recent general one.

genius loci spirit of place 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.

generatim Learn each field of study Motto of the University of Bath.

discite cultus according to its kind. (Virgil,
Georgics II.)

gens una we are one people Motto of FIDE. Can be traced back to Claudian's poem De consulatu Stilichonis .
sumus

gesta non deeds, not words Motto of James Ruse Agricultural High School .
verba

Gloria in Glory to God in the Highest Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic doxology,
excelsis Deo the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei gloriam .

Gloria By your fame you have Sallust, Bellum Jugurthum ("Jugurthine War") 10:2.
invidiam conquered envy
vicisti

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gloria The glory of sons is their fathers Motto of Eltham College
filiorum (Proverbs17:6)
patres

Gloria Patri Glory to the Father The beginning of the Lesser Doxology.

gloriosus et glorious and free Motto of Manitoba

liber

gradatim by degrees, ferociously Motto of private spaceflight company Blue Origin, which officially treats "Step by step, ferociously" as the
ferociter English translation

gradibus ascending by degrees Motto of Grey College, Durham

ascendimus

Graecia Conquered Greece in turn Horace Epistles 2.1

capta ferum defeated its savage conqueror
victorem
cepit

Graecum est; It is Greek (and therefore) it Most commonly from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar where Casca couldn't explain to Cassius what Cicero
non legitur cannot be read. was saying because he was speaking Greek. The more common colloquialism would be: It's all Greek to
me.

Grandescunt By hard work, all things increase Motto of McGill University

Aucta Labore and grow

gratia et grace and learning Motto of Arundel School

scientia

gratiae Truth through mercy and nature Motto of Uppsala University

veritas
naturae

graviora heavier things remain Virgil Aeneid 6:84; more severe things await, the worst is yet to come
manent

Gravis Dulcis serious sweet immutable Title of a poem by James Elroy Flecker [36]
Immutabilis

gutta cavat a water drop hollows a stone [not main phrase is from Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto IV, 10, 5.; [37] expanded in the Middle Ages
lapidem [non by force, but by falling often]
vi sed saepe
cadendo]

Latin Translation Notes

habeas You should have A legal term from the 14th century or earlier. Refers to a number of legal writs to bring a person before a court or judge,
corpus the body most commonly habeas corpus ad 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. (Corpus here is used in a similar sense to
corpus delicti, referring to the substance of the reason for detention rather than a physical human body.)

habemus we have a pope Used after a Catholic Church papal election to announce publicly a successful ballot to elect a new pope.
papam

Habent sua Books have Terentianus Maurus, De Litteris, De Syllabis, De Metris , 1:1286.
fata libelli their destiny
[according to the
capabilities of
the reader]

hac lege with this law

haec olim one day, this will Commonly rendered in English as "One day, we'll look back on this and smile". From Virgil's Aeneid 1.203. Also, motto of
meminisse be pleasing to the Jefferson Society.
iuvabit remember

haec "These are my Attributed to Cornelia Africana by Valerius Maximus in Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX , IV, 4, incipit.[38][39]
ornamenta ornaments" or
mea [sunt] "These are my
jewels"

Hannibal ad Hannibal at the Found in Cicero's first Philippic and in Livy's Ab urbe condita
portas gates Hannibal was a fierce enemy of Rome who almost brought them to defeat.
Sometimes rendered "Hannibal ante portas", with verisimilar meaning: "Hannibal before the gates"

haud ignota I speak not of Thus, "I say no things that are unknown". From Virgil's Aeneid, 2.91.
loquor unknown things

Hei mihi! Oh me! love can From Ovid's Metamorphoses ("Transformations"), I, 523.
quod nullis not be cured by
amor est herbs
medicabilis
herbis.

hic abundant here lions Written on uncharted territories of old maps; see also: here be dragons.
leones abound

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hic et nunc here and now The imperative motto for the satisfaction of desire. "I need it, Here and Now"

hic jacet (HJ) here lies 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 locus est This is the place A motto of many morgues or wards of anatomical pathology.
ubi mors where death
gaudet delights in
succurrere helping life
vitae

hic here we'll stay According to Titus Livius the phrase was pronounced by Marcus Furius Camillus, addressing the senators who intended
manebimus excellently to abandon the city, invaded by Gauls, circa 390 BC. It is used today to express the intent to keep one's position even if
optime the circumstances appear adverse.

hic sunt here there are Written on a globe engraved on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs, dated to 1504.
dracones dragons

hic sunt here there are Written on uncharted territories of old maps.
leones lions

hinc et inde from both sides

hinc illae hence those From Terence, Andria, line 125. Originally literal, referring to the tears shed by Pamphilus at the funeral of Chrysis, it
lacrimae tears came to be used proverbially in the works of later authors, such as Horace (Epistula XIX, 41).

hinc itur ad from here the Written on the wall of the old astronomical observatory of Vilnius University, Lithuania, and the university's motto.
astra way leads to the
stars

hinc robur et herefore Motto of the Central Bank of Sweden.

securitas strength and
safety

historia vitae history, the From Cicero's De Oratore, II, 9. Also "history is the mistress of life".
magistra teacher of life

hoc age do this Motto of Bradford Grammar School

hoc est This is war

bellum

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

hoc est enim For this is my The words of Jesus reiterated in Latin during the Roman Catholic Eucharist. Sometimes simply written as "Hoc est
corpus Body corpus meum" or "This is my body".
meum

hoc genus All that From Horace's Satires, 1/2:2. Refers to the crowd at Tigellio's funeral (c. 4039 BC). Not to be confused with et hoc
omne crowd/people genus omne (English: and all that sort of thing).

hodie mihi, Today it's me, Inscription that can be seen on tombstones dating from the Middle Ages, meant to outline the ephemerality of life.
cras tibi tomorrow it will
be you

hominem It is of man that From Martial's Epigrams, Book 10, No. 4 , Line 10; stating his purpose in writing.
pagina my page smells
nostra sapit

hominem Treat the Man, Motto of the Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing
non morbum not the Disease
cura

homo bulla man is a bubble 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) [40] later reintroduced by
Erasmus in his Adagia, a collection of sayings published in 1572.

homo homini man [is a] wolf First attested in Plautus' Asinaria (lupus est homo homini). The sentence was drawn on by Hobbes in Leviathan as a
lupus to man concise expression of his human nature view.

Homo Man, the servant Motto of the Lehigh University

minister et and interpreter
interpres of nature
naturae

homo One is innocent See also: presumption of innocence.

praesumitur until proven
bonus donec guilty
probetur
malus

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 homo sum I am a human From Terence's Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor) (163 BC). Originally "strange" or "foreign" ( alienum) was
humani a me being; nothing used in the sense of "irrelevant", as this line was a response to the speaker being told to mind his own business, but it is
nihil alienum human is now commonly used to advocate respecting different cultures and being humane in general. Puto (I consider) is not
puto strange to me translated because it is meaningless outside of the line's context within the play.

homo unius (I fear) a man of Attributed to Thomas Aquinas

libri (timeo) one book

honestas honesty before Motto of King George V School (Hong Kong)

ante honores glory

honor virtutis esteem is the Motto of Arnold School, Blackpool, England

praemium reward of virtue

honoris for the sake of Said of an honorary title, such as "Doctor of Science honoris causa".
causa honor

hora fugit the hour flees See tempus fugit.

hora somni at the hour of Medical shorthand for "at bedtime".

(h.s.) sleep

horas non I do not count A common inscription on sundials.

numero nisi the hours unless
serenas they are sunny

horresco I shudder as I From Virgil's Aeneid, 2.204, on the appearance of the sea-serpents who kill the Trojan priest Laocon and his sons.
referens tell

horribile horrible to say That is, "a horrible thing to relate". Cf. mirabile dictu.
dictu

hortus in A garden in the Motto of the Chicago Park District , a playful allusion to the city's motto, urbs in horto, q.v.
urbe city

hortus A dry garden A collection of dry, preserved plants .

siccus

hostis enemy of the Cicero defined pirates in Roman law as being enemies of humanity in general.
humani human race
generis

humilitas humility
occidit conquers pride
superbiam

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

Latin Translation Notes

I, Vitelli, dei Go, oh Vitellius, at the Perfectly correct latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words,
Romani sono war sound of the in Italian, mean "Romans' calves are beautiful", which has a ridiculously different meaning.
belli Roman god

ibidem (ibid.) in the same place Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source previously referenced.

id est (i.e. (US that is "That is (to say)" in the sense of "that means" and "which means", or "in other words", or sometimes "in this
English) or ie (UK case", depending on the context; may be followed by a comma and a full stop (period), or not, depending on style
English))
(American English and British English respectively).[41] It is often erroneously used as an abbreviation for "for
example" (for which the correct abbreviation is e.g.).

id quod that which generally A phrase used in legal language to indicate the most probable outcome from an act, fact, event or cause.
plerumque happens
accidit

idem (dito) (id.) the same Used to refer to something that has already been cited. See also ibidem.

idem quod (i.q.) the same as Not to be confused with an intelligence quotient.

Idus Martiae the Ides of March 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.

Jesu juva J.J. Jesus, help! Used by Johann Sebastian Bach at the beginning of his compositions, which he ended with "S.D.G." ( Soli Deo
gloria). Compare Besiyata Dishmaya.

Iesus Nazarenus Jesus the Nazarene,

Rex Iudaeorum King of the Jews
(INRI)

igitur qui Therefore whoever Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus , De Re Militari ; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum and in pace ut sapiens
desiderat desires peace, let him aptarit idonea bello.
pacem, prepare for war
praeparet
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igne natura through fire, nature is An alchemical aphorism invented as an alternate meaning for the acronym INRI.
renovatur reborn whole
integra

igni ferroque with fire and iron A phrase describing scorched earth tactics. Also rendered as igne atque ferro , ferro ignique, and other variations.

ignis aurum fire tests gold A phrase referring to the refining of character through difficult circumstances, it is also the motto of the
probat Prometheus Society.

ignis fatuus foolish fire Will-o'-the-wisp.

ignorantia juris (or ignorantia legis non A legal principle whereby ignorance of a law does not allow one to escape liability.
non excusat excusat or ignorantia
legis neminem excusat)
ignorance of the law is
no excuse

ignoratio ignorance of the issue The logical fallacy of irrelevant conclusion: making an argument that, while possibly valid, doesn't prove or
elenchi 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.

ignotum per unknown by means of An explanation that is less clear than the thing to be explained. Synonymous with obscurum per obscurius.
ignotius the more unknown

ignotus (ign.) unknown

imago Dei image of God From the religious concept that man was created in "God's image".

imitatio dei imitation of a god A principle, held by several religions, that believers should strive to resemble their god(s).

imperium in an order within an 1. A group of people who owe utmost fealty to their leader(s), subordinating the interests of the larger group to the
imperio order 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 "

imperium sine an empire without an In Virgil's Aeneid, Jupiter ordered Aeneas to found a city ( Rome) from which would come an everlasting, never-
fine end ending empire, the endless (sine fine) empire.

impossibilium there is no obligation to Publius Juventius Celsus , Digesta L 17, 185.

nulla obligatio do the impossible
est

imprimatur let it be printed An authorization to publish, granted by some censoring authority (originally a Catholic Bishop).

in absentia in the absence Used in a number of situations, such as in a trial carried out in the absence of the accused.

in absentia luci, in the absence of light,

tenebrae darkness prevails
vincunt

in actu in act In the very act; in reality.

[Dominica] in [Sunday in Setting Latin name of the Octave of Easter.

albis [depositis] Aside the] White
Garments

in articulo at the point of death

mortis

in camera in the chamber In secret. See also camera obscura.

in casu (i.c.) in the event In this case.

in cauda the poison is in the tail Using the metaphor of a scorpion, this can be said of an account that proceeds gently, but turns vicious towards
venenum the end or more generally waits till the end to reveal an intention or statement that is undesirable in the
listener's ears.

in com. Ebor. In the county of Eboracum was the Roman name for York and this phrase is used in some Georgian and Victorian books on the
Yorkshire genealogy of prominent Yorkshire families.

in Christi lumine in the light of Christ for Motto of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
pro mundi vita the life on the world

in Deo in God we hope Motto of Brown University.

speramus

in dubio pro reo in doubt, on behalf of Expresses the judicial principle that in case of doubt the decision must be in favor of the accused (in that anyone
the [alleged] culprit is innocent until there is proof to the contrary).

in duplo in double In duplicate

in effigie in the likeness In (the form of) an image; in effigy (as opposed to "in the flesh" or "in person").

in esse in existence In actual existence; as opposed to in posse.

in extenso in the extended In full; at full length; complete or unabridged

in extremis in the furthest reaches In extremity; in dire straits; also "at the point of death" (cf. in articulo mortis).

in fide scientiam To our faith add Motto of Newington College.

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in fidem into faith To the verification of faith.

in fieri in becoming In progress; pending.

in fine (i.f.) in the end At the end. The footnote says "p. 157 in fine": "the end of page 157".

in flagrante in a blazing wrong, Caught in the act (esp. a crime or in a "compromising position"); equivalent to "caught red-handed" in English
delicto while the crime is idiom.
blazing

in flore in blossom Blooming.

in foro in forum In court (legal term).

in girum imus We enter the circle at A palindrome said to describe the behavior of moths. Also the title of a film by Guy Debord.
nocte et night and are
consumimur consumed by fire
igni

in harmonia progress in harmony Motto of Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia.

progressio

in hoc sensu or in this sense Recent academic abbreviation for "in this sense".
in sensu hoc
(s.h.)

in hoc signo by this sign you will Words Constantine the Great claimed to have seen in a vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge .
vinces conquer

in hunc for this purpose Describes a meeting called for a particular stated purpose only.
effectum

in ictu oculi in the blink of an eye

in illo ordine in that order Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "..., respectively."
(i.o.)

in illo tempore in that time At that time, found often in Gospel lectures during Masses, used to mark an undetermined time in the past.

in inceptum lit.: in the beginning is or: the beginning foreshadows the end
finis est the end

in limine 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 loco in the place, on the That is, 'on site'. "The nearby labs were closed for the weekend, so the water samples were analyzed in loco."
spot

in loco parentis in the place of a parent Assuming parental or custodial responsibility and authority (e.g., schoolteachers over students); a legal term.

in luce Tua in Thy light we see light Motto of Valparaiso University. The phrase comes from the book of Psalms 36:9 "For with you is the fountain of
videmus lucem life; in your light we see light."

in lumine tuo in your light we will see Motto of Columbia University, Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School and Ohio Wesleyan University. Also, it is
videbimus the light the motto of the South African University of Fort Hare .
lumen

in manus tuas into your hands I According to Luke 23:46, the last words of Jesus on the cross.
commendo entrust my spirit
spiritum meum

in medias res into the middle of things 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 memoriam into the memory Equivalent to "in the memory of". Refers to remembering or honoring a deceased person.

in natura

in necessariis in necessary things "Charity" (caritas) is being used in the classical sense of "compassion" (cf. agape). Motto of the Cartellverband
unitas, in dubiis unity, in doubtful things der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen. Often misattributed to Augustine of Hippo.[citation needed]
libertas, in liberty, in all things
omnibus caritas charity

in nocte advice comes over I.e., "Tomorrow is a new day." Motto of Birkbeck College, University of London.
consilium night

in nomine in the name of the devil

diaboli

in nomine in the name of the Lord Motto of Trinity College, Perth, Australia; the name of a 1050 papal bull
Domini

in nomine in the name of the invocation of the Holy Trinity

patris, et filii, et Father, and of the Son,
spiritus sancti and of the Holy Spirit

in nuce in a nut in a nutshell; briefly stated; potential; in the embryonic phase

in omnia Ready for anything. Motto of the United States Army 's 18th Infantry Regiment
paratus

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in omnibus In everything, love and The motto of Ateneo de Iloilo , a school in the Philippines
amare et servire serve the Lord.
Domino

in omnibus Everywhere I have Quote by Thomas Kempis

requiem searched for peace and
quaesivi, et nowhere found it,
nusquam inveni except in a corner with
nisi in angulo a book
cum libro

in ovo in the egg or in the An experiment or process performed in an egg or embryo (e.g. in ovo electroporation of chicken embryo).
embryo

in pace ut in peace, like the wise Horace, Satires 2/2:111; similar to si vis pacem, para bellum and igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum .
sapiens aptarit man, make
idonea bello preparations for war

in pace in peace may he rest Alternate form of requiescat in pace ("let him rest in peace"). Found in this form at the end of The Cask of
requiescat Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe .

in pari materia upon the same matter In statutory interpretation, when a statute is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined in light of other statutes
or subject on the same subject matter.

in partibus in the parts of the "In the land of the infidels"; used to refer to bishoprics that remains as titular sees even after the corresponding
infidelium infidels territory was conquered by Muslim empires.

in pectore in the heart A cardinal named in secret by the pope. See also ab imo pectore.

in personam into a person Directed towards a particular person

in posse in potential In the state of being possible; as opposed to in esse.

in propria in one's own person Abbreviated pro per; For one's self, For the sake of one's ' Personhood'; acting on one's own behalf, especially a
persona person representing himself in a legal proceeding; see also litigant in person , pro se legal representation in the
United States.

in principio erat in the beginning was Beginning of the Gospel of John

Verbum the Word (Logos)

in re in the matter [of] 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 rebus in the thing [itself] Primarily of philosophical use to discuss properties and property exemplification. In philosophy of mathematics,
it is typically contrasted with "ante rem" and, more recently, "post res" structuralism. Sometimes in re is used in
place of in rebus.

in regione In the land of the blind, A quote of Desiderius Erasmus from Adagia (first published 1500, with numerous expanded editions through
caecorum rex the one-eyed man is 1536), III, IV, 96.
est luscus king.

in rem to the thing 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 rerum natura in the nature of things See also Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things).

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

in saecula roughly: down to the forever (and ever), liturgical

(saeculorum), in times of the times
saeculum saeculi

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

in salvo in safety

in scientia In Knowledge, there is Motto of Edge Hill University.

opportunitas Opportunity
(Dog Latin)

in scientia et In Knowledge, and Motto of St. Joseph's College, Colombo. Sri Lanka.
virtue Virtue

in se magna great things collapse of Lucan, Pharsalia 1:81.

ruunt their own weight

in silico in silicon Coined in the late 1980s for scientific papers. Refers to an experiment or process performed virtually, as a
(Dog Latin) 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 situ in the place In the original place, appropriate position, or natural arrangement.

in somnis In dreams there is truth

veritas

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 in That is, to understand the most general rules through the most detailed analysis.
generalia the specifics
quaerimus

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in statu in the state of being Just as something is about to begin.
nascendi born

in toto in all Totally; entirely; completely.

in triplo in triple In triplicate.

in umbra, igitur, Then we will fight in the

pugnabimus shade

in utero in the womb

in utrumque prepared for either

paratus (event)

in vacuo in a void In a vacuum; isolated from other things.

in varietate united in diversity The motto of the European Union and the Council of Europe
concordia

invidiae prudence conquers

prudentia victrix jealousy

in vino veritas in wine [there is] truth That is, wine loosens the tongue (referring to alcohol's disinhibitory effects).

in vitro in glass 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.

in vivo in life/in a living thing An experiment or process performed on a living specimen.

in vivo veritas in a living thing [there An expression used by biologists to express the fact that laboratory findings from testing an organism in vitro
is] truth are not always reflected when applied to an organism in vivo. A pun on in vino veritas.

incepto ne May I not shrink from Westville Boys' High School and Westville Girls' High School 's motto is taken directly from Virgil. These words,
desistam my purpose! 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 out "Incepto Ne Desistam!"

incertae sedis of uncertain position A term used to classify a taxonomic group when its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
(seat)

incredibile dictu incredible to say A variant on mirabile dictu.

intus et in cute Inwardly, under the skin Persius, Satire 3:30.

[intimately, without
reservation]

Index Librorum Index of Prohibited (or, A list of books considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church.
Prohibitorum Forbidden) Books

indigens Deo being-in-need-of-God, From Augustine, De Civitate Dei XII, 1.3: beatitudinem consequatur nec expleat indigentiam suam, "since it is
beggar before God not satisfied unless it be perfectly blessed."

indignor I too am annoyed Horace, Ars Poetica 358

quandoque whenever good Homer
bonus dormitat nods off
Homerus

indivisibiliter ac indivisible and Motto of Austria-Hungary before it was divided and separated into independent states in 1918.
inseparabiliter inseparable

Infinitus est Infinite is the number of

numerus fools.
stultorum.

infirma mundi God chooses the weak The motto of Venerable Vital-Justin Grandin, the bishop of the St. Albert Diocese, which is now the Roman
elegit Deus of the world Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton

infra dignitatem beneath one's dignity

(infra dig)

ingenio stat sine The honors of genius Propertius, Elegies Book III, 2
morte decus are eternal

iniuriae qui You who have added Phaedrus, Fables 5/3:5.

addideris insult to injury
contumeliam

inopiae desunt To poverty many things Publilius Syrus.

multa, avaritiae are lacking; to avarice,
omnia everything

insita Men have an innate Titus Livius , (XXVII, XXIV); Michel de Montaigne, (Essays).
hominibus desire to propagate
libidine alendi rumors or reports
de industria
rumores

instante mense in the present month Used in formal correspondence to refer to the current month, sometimes abbreviated as inst; e.g.: "Thank you
(inst.) for your letter of the 17th inst." ult. mense = last month, prox. mense = next month.

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Instrumentum instrument of Used to express the exploitation of religion by State or ecclesiastical polity as a means of controlling the
regni government masses, or in particular to achieve political and mundane ends.

Instrumentum instrument with voice So Varro in his De re rustica (on agriculture) defines the slave: an instrument (as a simple plow, or etc.) with
vocale voice.

intaminatis Untarnished, she From Horace's Odes (III.2.18). Motto of Wofford College.
fulget shines with honor
honoribus

integer vitae unimpaired by life and From Horace. Used as a funeral hymn.
scelerisque clean of wickedness
purus

intelligenti Few words suffice for

pauca he who understands

inter alia (i.a.) among other things A term used in formal extract minutes to indicate that the minute quoted has been 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 in a time of war, the law Said by Cicero in Pro Milone as a protest against unchecked political mobs that had virtually seized control of
silent leges falls silent Rome in the 60s and 50s BC. Famously quoted in the essay Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau as
"The 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."

inter caetera among others Title of a papal bull

inter mutanda Steadfast in the midst Motto for Rockwell College in Ireland and Francis Libermann Catholic High School in Ontario, Canada.
constantia of change

inter spem et between hope and fear

metum

inter urinas et we are born between Attributed to St Augustine.

faeces nascimur urine and feces

inter vivos between the living Refers to property transfers between living persons, as opposed to a testamentary transfer upon death such as
an inheritance; often relevant to tax laws.

intra muros within the walls Not public; source of the word intramural. See also Intramuros, Manila.

intra vires within the powers Within one's authority

invenias etiam You would still Horace, Satires, I, 4, 62, in reference to the earlier Roman poet Ennius.
disiecti membra recognize the scattered
poetae fragments of a poet

inveniet quod Each shall find what he Attributed to Petronius[42] or Prudentius. Motto of Nature in Cambridgeshire:[43]
quisque velit desires
Inveniet quod quisque velit; non omnibus unum est, quod placet; hic spinas colligit, ille rosas.
("Each shall find what he desires; no one thing pleases all; one gathers thorns, another roses.")

invicta Unconquered Motto of the English county of Kent and the city of Oporto.

invictus maneo I remain unvanquished Motto of the Armstrong Clan.

Iohannes est John is his name Motto of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
nomen eius

ipsa scientia knowledge itself is Famous phrase written by Sir Francis Bacon in 1597.
potestas est power

ipse dixit he himself said it Commonly said in Medieval debates and 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. A literal translation by Cicero (in his
De Natura Deorum 1.10) of the Greek , an invocation by Pythagoreans when appealing to the
pronouncements of the master.

ipsissima verba the very words "Strictly word for word" (cf. verbatim). Often used in Biblical Studies to describe the record of Jesus' teaching
themselves found in the New Testament (specifically, the four Gospels).

ipsissima voce in the very 'voice' itself To approximate the main thrust or message without using the exact words.

ipso facto by the fact itself By that very fact

ira deorum wrath of the gods 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.

ira furor brevis Wrath (anger) is but a

est brief madness

ita vero thus indeed 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).

ite, missa est Go, it is the dismissal Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman
Rite.[44]

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iter legis The path of the law The path a law takes from its conception to its implementation.

iucunda Pleasant is the memory Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 2, 32, 105.
memoria est of past troubles
praeteritorum
malorum

iugulare to cut the throat of From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). It can
mortuos corpses mean attacking the work or personality of deceased person. Alternatively, it can be used to describe criticism of
an individual already heavily criticised by others.

iuncta iuvant together they strive also spelled juncta juvant; from the legal principle quae non valeant singula, iuncta iuvant ("What is without value
on its own, helps when joined")

iura novit curia the court knows the law A legal principle in civil law countries of the Roman-German tradition that says that lawyers need not to argue the
law, as that is the office of the court. Sometimes miswritten as iura novat curia (the court renews the laws).

iure matris in right of his mother Indicates a right exercised by a son on behalf of his mother.

iure uxoris in right of his wife Indicates a right exercised by a husband on behalf of his wife.

iuris ignorantia it is ignorance of the

est cum ius law when we do not
nostrum know our own rights
ignoramus

ius accrescendi right of accrual 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.

ius ad bellum law towards war Refers to the laws that regulate the reasons for going to war. Typically, this would address issues of self-defense
or preemptive strikes.

ius cogens compelling law 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 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.

ius in bello law in war 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 primae law of the first night The droit de seigneur.

noctis

iustitia justice is the foundation Motto of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic.
fundamentum of a reign
regni

iustitia omnibus justice for all The motto of Washington, D.C.

iuventuti nil to the young nothing is Motto of Canberra Girls' Grammar School.
arduum difficult

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

fortunas youth

Latin Translation Notes

labor ipse The pleasure is in the work itself. Motto of Leopold von Ranke .
voluptas

labor omnia Hard work conquers all. Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor
vincit "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. Motto of St.
Xavier's Institution, Penang. Motto of Brinkworth Area School, South Australia. Motto of
Princes Street Primary School, Tasmania, Australia. [45]

laborare To work, (or) to fight; we are ready Motto of the California Maritime Academy
pugnare
parati
sumus

labore et By labour and honour Motto of several schools. Motto of the closed Godsell Brewery of Stroud. Motto of the
honore Riley-Smith family.

laboremus Let us work for the fatherland Motto of the Carlsberg breweries
pro patria

laboris Games are the glory of work, Motto of the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK
gloria Ludi

lacrimae The poignancy of things. Virgil, Aeneid 1:462.

rerum

lapsus lapse, slip, error; involuntary mistake made while

writing or speaking

lapsus inadvertent typographical error, slip of the pen

calami

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lapsus inadvertent speech error, slip of the tongue
linguae

lapsus slip of memory source of the term memory lapse

memoriae

latius est It is better to let the crime of the guilty go unpunished Ulpian, Digest 5:6.
impunitum (than to condemn the innocent)
relinqui
facinus
nocentis
(quam
innocentem
damnari)

Laudatio His Praise Remains unto Ages of Ages Motto of Galway

Ejus Manet
In Secula
Seculorum

laudator praiser of time past One who is discontent with the present and instead prefers things of the past ("the
temporis good old days"). In Horace's Ars Poetica, line 173.
acti

laudetur Praise (Be) Jesus Christ Often used as a salutation, but also used after prayers or the reading of the gospel.
Jesus
Christus

laus Deo praise be to God This is written on the East side at the peak of the Washington Monument in
Washington, D.C. Also is the motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar
School.

lectio The shorter reading is the better A wrong maxim in text criticism. Codified, but simultaneously refuted, by Johann Jakob
brevior Griesbach.
potior

lectori greetings reader Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter.
salutem

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

legem the law of the land

terrae

leges laws of man are born, live and die

humanae
nascuntur,
vivunt, et
moriuntur

leges sine laws without morals [are] vain From Horace's Odes: the official motto of the University of Pennsylvania.
moribus
vanae

legio patria The Legion is our fatherland Motto of the French Foreign Legion
nostra

legi, I read, understood, and condemned.

intellexi, et
condemnavi

legis charity (love) is the fulfilment of the law Motto of Ratcliffe College, UK and of the Rosmini College, NZ.
plenitudo
charitas

legitime lawfully 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).

lex artis law of the skill The rules that regulate a professional duty.

lex dei vitae the law of God is the lamp of life Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne
lampas

lex ferenda the law that should be borne The law as it ought to be.

lex hac the law here proclaims The rule whereby a spouse cannot by deed inter vivos or bequeath by testament to his
edictali or her second spouse more than the amount of the smallest portion given or
bequeathed to any child.

lex in casu law in the event A law that only concerns one particular case. See law of the case.

lex lata the law that has been borne The law as it is.

lex loci law of the place

lex non law that has not been written Unwritten law, or common law.
scripta

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lex orandi, the law of prayer is the law of faith
lex credendi

lex paciferat the law shall bring peace Motto of the European Gendarmerie Force

lex law of succinctness also known as Occam's Razor .

parsimoniae

lex rex the law [is] king 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 controversial book
Lex, Rex (1644), which espoused a theory of limited government and
constitutionalism.

lex scripta written law Statutory law. Contrasted with lex non scripta.

lex talionis the law of retaliation Retributive justice (i.e., eye for an eye).

libera te Free yourself (from hell) Used in the movie Event Horizon (1997), where it is translated as "save yourself (from
tutemet (ex hell)". It is initially misheard as liberate me (free me), but is later corrected. Libera te is
inferis) often mistakenly merged into liberate, which would necessitate a plural pronoun
instead of the singular tutemet (which is an emphatic form of tu, you).

Libertas Liberty Justice Truth Motto of the Korea University and Freie Universitt Berlin
Justitia
Veritas

Libertas Freedom will flood all things with light Motto of the Complutense University of Madrid
perfundet
omnia luce

Libertas freedom which [is] however late Liberty even when it comes late; Motto of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
quae sera
tamen

Libertas Liberty Security Justice Motto of the Frontex

Securitas
Justitia

libra (lb) balance; scales Its abbreviation lb is used as a unit of weight, the pound.

littera The written word endures Attributed to Horace

scripta
manet

loco citato in the place cited More fully written in loco citato. See also opere citato.
(lc)

locum place holder A worker who temporarily takes the place of another with similar qualifications, for
tenens example as a doctor or a member of the clergy. Sometimes shortened to locum.

locus a classic place The most typical or classic case of something; quotation which most typifies its use.
classicus

locus place of less resistance A medical term to describe a location on or in a body that offers little resistance to
minoris infection, damage, or injury. For example, a weakened place that tends to be reinjured.
resistentiae

locus a place of repentance A legal term, it is the opportunity of withdrawing from a projected contract, before the
poenitentiae parties are finally bound; or of abandoning the intention of committing a crime, before it
has been completed.

locus standi A right to stand Standing in law (the right to have one's case in court).

longissimus even the longest day soon ends Pliny the Younger , Epistulae 9/36:4.
dies cito
conditur

lorem ipsum sorrow itself; pain for its own sake 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).
(The first syllable of lorem is cut off; the original was dolorem ipsum').

luceat lux Let your light shine May be found in Matthew Ch. 5 V. 16. Popular as a school motto.
vestra

lucem We follow the light Motto of the University of Exeter

sequimur

luceo non I shine, not burn Motto of the Highland Scots Clan Mackenzie
uro

lucida The shining stars Horace, Carmina 1/3:2.

sidera

luctor et I struggle and emerge Motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle against the sea, and the
emergo Athol Murray College of Notre Dame .

Luctor, non 'I struggle, but am not overwhelmed Motto of the Glass Family (Sauchie, Scotland) [46]
mergor

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lucus a non [it is] a grove by not being light From late 4th-century grammarian Honoratus Maurus, who sought to mock implausible
lucendo word origins such as those proposed by Priscian. A pun based on the word lucus (dark
grove) having a similar appearance to the verb lucere (to shine), 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, it derives from parum luceat (it does not
shine [being darkened by shade]) by Quintilian in Institutio Oratoria.

ludemus We play well in groups Motto of the Barony of Marinus.

bene in
compania

lupus est Plautus' adaptation of an old Roman proverb: homo

homo homini lupus est ("man is a wolf to [his fellow] man").
homini||A In Asinaria, act II, scene IV, verse 89 [495 overall].
man to a Lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit
man is a wolf non novit ("a man to a man is a wolf, not a man, when
the other doesn't know of what character he is.")[47]

lupus in the wolf in the story With the meaning "speak of the wolf, and he will come"; from Terence's play Adelphoe.
fabula

lupus non a wolf does not bite a wolf

mordet
lupum

lupus non a wolf is not afraid of a barking dog

timet canem
latrantem

lux aeterna eternal light epitaph

lux et lex light and law Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College and the University of North Dakota

lux et light and truth A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of several institutions, including
veritas Yale University.

lux ex light from darkness Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing
tenebris

lux light the life of man Motto of the University of New Mexico
hominum
vita

lux in light in the Lord Motto of the Ateneo de Manila University

Domino

lux in The light that shines in the darkness Motto of Columbia University School of General Studies [48] Also: John 1:5.
tenebris
lucet

lux libertas light and liberty Motto of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lux mentis Light of the mind, Light of the world Motto of Sonoma State University
Lux orbis

lux sit let there be light A more literal Latinization of the phrase; the most common translation is fiat lux, from
Latin Vulgate Bible phrase chosen for the Genesis line " - ; ,
"
(And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light). Motto of the University of
Washington.

lux tua nos Your Light Guides Us Motto of St. Julian's School, Carcavelos, Portugal [49]
ducat

lux, veritas, light, truth, courage Motto of Northeastern University

virtus

Latin Translation Notes

Macte animo! Young, cheer up! Motto of Academia da Fora Area (Air Force Academy) of the Brazilian Air Force
Generose This is the way to
puer sic itur the skies.
ad astra

macte virtute those who excel, or "excellence is the way to the stars"; frequent motto; from Virgil's Aeneid IX.641 (English, Dryden)
sic itur ad thus reach the
astra stars

magister dixit the teacher has Canonical medieval reference to Aristotle, precluding further discussion
said it

magister Christ is my common Catholic edict and motto of a Catholic private school, Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana
meus teacher
Christus

Magna Carta Great Charter Set of documents from 1215 between Pope Innocent III, King John of England , and English barons.

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magna cum with great praise Common Latin honor , above cum laude and below summa cum laude
laude

magna di The gods care Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2:167

curant, parva about great
neglegunt matters, but they
neglect small ones

magna est vis great is the power

consuetudinis of habit

Magna Europa Greater Europe is Political motto of pan-Europeanists

est patria Our Fatherland
nostra

magno cum with great joy

gaudio

magnum opus great work Said of someone's masterpiece

magnum Economy is a great Cicero, Paradoxa 6/3:49. Sometimes translated into English as "thrift (or frugality) is a great revenue (or income)",
vectigal est revenue edited from its original subordinate clause: "O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit
parsimonia parsimonia." (English: O immortal gods! Men do not understand what a great revenue is thrift.)

maior e greater reverence When viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful. Tacitus, Annales 1.47
longinquo from afar
reverentia

maiora greater things are Used to indicate that it is the moment to address more important, urgent, issues.
premunt pressing

mala fide 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.

Mala Ipsa Bad News Itself Motto of the inactive 495th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
Nova

mala tempora bad times are upon Also used ironically, e.g.: New teachers know all tricks used by pupils to copy from classmates? Oh, mala tempora
currunt us currunt!.

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

Malo mori Death rather than Motto of the inactive 34th Battalion (Australia), the Drimnagh Castle Secondary School
quam foedari dishonour

malo I prefer liberty with attributed to the Count Palatine of Posen before the Diet of Poland, cited in "The Social Contract or Principles of
periculosam danger to peace Political Right" by Jean Jacques Rousseau
libertatem with slavery
quam quietum
servitium

malum apple of discord Alludes to the apple of Eris in the Judgement of Paris, the mythological cause of the Trojan War. It is also a pun based
discordiae 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.

malum in se wrong in itself A legal term meaning that something is inherently wrong (cf. malum prohibitum).

malum wrong due to being A legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is against the law.
prohibitum prohibited

malum quo the more common

communius an evil is, the
eo peius worse it is

manu forte literally translated Motto of the Clan McKay

means 'with a
strong hand', often
quoted as 'by
strength of hand'

manibus date give lilies with full A phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, VI.883, mourning the death of Marcellus, Augustus' nephew. Quoted by Dante as he
lilia plenis hands leaves Virgil in Purgatory, 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

manu propria with one's own With the implication of "signed by one's hand". Its abbreviated form is sometimes used at the end of typewritten or
(m.p.) hand 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.

manus one hand washes famous quote from The Pumpkinification of Claudius, ascribed to Seneca the Younger .[50] It implies that one situation
manum lavat the other helps the other.

manus multae many hands, one Motto of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
cor unum heart

manus nigra black hand

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marcet sine valor becomes Seneca the Younger , De Providentia 2:4. Also, translated into English as "[their] strength and courage droop without an
adversario feeble without an antagonist" ("Of Providence" (1900) by Seneca, translated by Aubrey Stewart),[51] "without an adversary, prowess
virtus opponent shrivels" (Moral Essays (1928) by Seneca, translated by John W, Basore) [52] and "prowess withers without opposition".

mare clausum closed sea In law, a sea under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others.

Mare Ditat, The sea enriches, Motto of Montrose, Angus and HMS Montrose
Rosa Decorat the rose adorns

mare liberum free sea In law, a sea open to international shipping navigation.

mare nostrum our sea A nickname given to the Mediterranean Sea during the height of the Roman Empire, as it encompassed the entire
coastal basin.

Mater Dei Mother of God A name given to describe Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is also called the Son of God.

mater familias the mother of the The female head of a family. See pater familias.
family

Mater semper the mother is a Roman-law principle which has the power of praesumptio iuris et de iure, meaning that no counter-evidence can be
certa est always certain 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.

materia medical matter Branch of medical science concerned with the study of drugs used in the treatment of disease. Also, the drugs
medica themselves.

maxima greatest deference from Juvenal's Satires XIV:47

debetur puero is owed to the child
reverentia

me vexat pede it annoys me at the Less literally, "my foot itches". Refers to a trivial situation or person that is being a bother, possibly in the sense of
foot wishing to kick that thing away or, such as the commonly used expressions, a "pebble in one's shoe" or "nipping at
one's heels".

mea culpa through my fault 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).

mea navis My hovercraft is full A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by Monty Python.
aricumbens of eels
anguillis
abundat

media vita in In the midst of our A well-known sequence, falsely attributed to Notker during the Middle Ages. It was translated by Cranmer and became
morte sumus lives we die a part of the burial service in the funeral rites of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.

Mediolanum Milan has been Used erroneously as Mediolanum Capta Est by the black metal band Mayhem as an album title. Mediolanum was an
captum est captured ancient city in present-day Milan, Italy.

meliora better things Carrying the connotation of "always better". The motto of the University of Rochester.

Meliorare To improve the law The motto of the Salem/Roanoke County, Virginia Bar Association.
legem is to improve life.
meliorare
vitam est

Meliorem He has planted The motto of the Belmont County, Ohio, and the motto in the seal of the Northwest Territory
lapsa locavit one better than the
one fallen.

Melita, domi Honey, I'm home! A relatively common recent Latinization from the joke phrasebook Latin for All Occasions . Grammatically correct, but
adsum the phrase would be anachronistic in ancient Rome.

memento mori remember that [you remember your mortality

will] die

memento remember to live

vivere

meminerunt lovers remember

omnia all
amantes

memores acti mindful of things Thus, both remembering the past and foreseeing the future. From the North Hertfordshire District Council coat of arms.
prudentes done, aware of
futuri things to come

Memoriae Sacred to the A common first line on 17th century English church monuments. The Latinized name of the deceased follows, in the
Sacrum (M.S.) genitive case. Alternatively it may be used as a heading, the inscription following being in English, for example:
Memory (of ...) "Memoriae Sacrum. Here lies the body of ..."

mens agitat the mind moves From Virgil. Motto of Newcastle University, Rossall School, the University of Oregon, the University of Warwick and
molem the mass the Eindhoven University of Technology.

mens et mind and hand Motto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and also of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
manus

mens rea guilty mind Also "culprit mind". A term used in discussing the mindset of an accused criminal.

mens sana in a sound mind in a Or "a sensible mind in a healthy body". Satire X of the Roman poet Juvenal (10.356)
corpore sano sound body

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metri causa for the sake of the Excusing flaws in poetry "for the sake of the metre"
metre

Miles Glorious Soldier Or "Boastful Soldier". Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock character in comedy, the braggart soldier.
Gloriosus (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 Soldier of the A phrase on the plaque in commemoration of Prof. Benjamin Marius Telders (nl), Academiegebouw Leiden (nl)
praesidii Bastion of (Netherlands).
libertatis Freedom

mictus bloody urine see hematuria

cruentus

minatur he threatens the

innocentibus innocent who
qui parcit spares the guilty
nocentibus

mirabile dictu wonderful to tell Virgil

mirabile visu wonderful to see A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening.

mirum videtur Does it seem Livius Andronicus , Aiax Mastigophorus.

quod sit wonderful [merely]
factum iam because it was
diu done a long
time/so long ago?

miscerique He approves of the Latin Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV, line 112, "he" referring to the great Roman god, who approved of the settlement of
probat mingling of the Romans in Africa. Old Motto of Trinidad and Tobago, and used in the novel A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul.
populos et peoples and their
foedera jungi bonds of union

misera est miserable is that Quoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James Boswell on Vicious intromission.
servitus ubi state of slavery in
jus est aut which the law is
incognitum unknown or
aut vagum uncertain

miserabile terrible to see A terrible happening or event.

visu

miserere have mercy upon A phrase within the Gloria in Excelsis Deo and the Agnus Dei, to be used at certain points in Christian religious
nobis us ceremonies.

Missio Dei the Mission of God A theological phrase in the Christian religion.

missit me the Lord has sent A phrase used by Jesus.

Dominus me

mittimus we send A warrant of commitment to prison, or an instruction for a jailer to hold someone in prison.

mobilis in "moving in a The motto of the Nautilus from the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
mobili moving thing" or,
poetically,
"changing through
the changing
medium"

modus Dog Latin based on wordplay with modus ponens and modus tollens, referring to the common logical fallacy that if P
morons then Q and not P, then one can conclude not Q (cf. denying the antecedent and contraposition).
(Dog Latin)

modus method of Usually used to describe a criminal's methods.

operandi (M.O.) operating

modus method of placing Loosely "method of affirming", a logical rule of inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and P, then one can
ponens conclude Q.

modus tollens method of Loosely "method of denying", a logical rule of inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and not Q, then one
removing can conclude not P.

modus method of living An accommodation between disagreeing parties to allow life to go on. A practical compromise.
vivendi

Monasterium A monastery Used in the Umberto Eco novel The Name of the Rose. Part of a much larger phrase: Monasterium sine libris, est sicut
sine libris est without books is civitas sine opibus, castrum sine numeris, coquina sine suppellectili, mensa sine cibis, hortus sine herbis, pratum sine
sicut civitas like a city without floribus, arbor sine foliis. Translation: A monastery without books is like a city without wealth, a fortress without soldiers,
sine opibus wealth a kitchen without utensils, a table without food, a garden without plants, a meadow without flowers, a tree without
leaves.

montani mountaineers [are] State motto of West Virginia, adopted in 1872.

semper liberi always free

Montis Badge of the Rock

Insignia Calpe of Gibraltar

more ferarum like beasts used to describe any sexual act in the manner of beasts

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morior I die sometimes also translated as "death before defeat" [53]
invictus unvanquished[53]

morituri we who are about From Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero
nolumus mori to die don't want to

morituri te those who are Used once in Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum 5, (Divus Claudius), chapter 21,[54] by the condemned prisoners manning
salutant about to die salute galleys about to take part in a mock naval battle on Lake Fucinus in AD 52. Popular misconception ascribes it as a
you gladiator's salute. See also: Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant and Naumachia.

mors certa, death is certain, its

hora incerta hour is uncertain

mors mihi death to me is A common epitaph, from St Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, 1:21 (Mihi enim vivere Christus est et mori lucrum ,
lucrum reward translated in the King James Bible as: "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain")

mors omnibus death to all Signifies anger and depression.

mors tua, vita your death, my life From medieval Latin, it indicates that battle for survival, where your defeat is necessary for my victory, survival.
mea

mors vincit "death conquers An axiom often found on headstones.

omnia all" or "death
always wins"

morte magis old age should from Juvenal in his Satires

metuenda rather be feared
senectus than death

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

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

mos maiorum the custom of our an unwritten code of laws and conduct, of the Romans. It institutionalized cultural traditions, societal mores, and
ancestors general policies, as distinct from written laws.

motu proprio on his own Or "by his own accord." Identifies a class of papal documents, administrative papal bulls.
initiative

mulgere to milk a male goat From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Attempting the
hircum impossible.

mulier est woman is man's "Part of a comic definition of woman" from the Altercatio Hadriani Augusti et Secundi. [55] Famously quoted by
hominis ruin Chauntecleer in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
confusio

multa paucis Say much in few

words

multis e from many Motto of Saskatchewan

gentibus vires peoples, strength

multitudo a multitude of the From the Vulgate, Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. Motto of the University of Victoria.
sapientium wise is the health
sanitas orbis of the world

multum in much in little Conciseness. The term " mipmap" is formed using the phrase's abbreviation "MIP"; motto of Rutland, a county in central
parvo England.
Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words.

mundus the world grows old

senescit

mundus vult the world wants to Ascribed to Roman satirist Petronius. Also in Augustine of Hippo's De Civitate Dei contra Paganos (5th century AD),
decipi be deceived Sebastian Franck's Paradoxa Ducenta Octoginta (1542), and in James Branch Cabell's 1921 novel Figures of
Earth.[56][57][58][59]

mundus vult the world wants to Ascribed to Roman satirist Petronius. Also in Augustine of Hippo's De Civitate Dei contra Paganos (5th century AD) as
decipi, ergo be deceived, so let "si mundus vult decipi, decipiatur" ("if the world will be gulled, let it be gulled"), and only the first part, "mundus vult
decipiatur it be deceived decipi" ("the world wants to be deceived"), in Sebastian Franck's Paradoxa Ducenta Octoginta (1542) and in James
Branch Cabell's Figures of Earth (1921). [56][57][58][59]

munit haec et this one defends Motto of Nova Scotia.

altera vincit and the other one
conquers

mutatis after changing "with the appropriate changes"

mutandis what needed to be
changed

mutato change but the Horace, Satires, I. 1. 69. Preceded by Quid rides? ("Why do you laugh?"; see Quid rides).
nomine de te name, and the
fabula story is told of
narratur yourself

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 Latin Translation Notes

nanos Dwarfs standing on the First recorded by John of Salisbury in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Also
gigantum shoulders of giants commonly known by the letters of Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of
humeris giants".
insidentes

nascentes When we are born we die,

morimur our end is but the pendant of
finisque ab our beginning
origine pendet

nasciturus pro The unborn is deemed to Refers to a situation where an unborn child is deemed to be entitled to certain inheritance rights.
iam nato have been born to the extent
habetur, that his own inheritance is
quotiens de concerned
commodis eius
agitur

natura abhorret nature abhors vacuum Pseudo-explanation for why a liquid will climb up a tube to fill a vacuum, often given before the discovery of
a vacuo atmospheric pressure.

natura artis Nature is the teacher of art The name of the zoo in the centre of Amsterdam; short: "Artis".
magistra

natura nihil nature does nothing in vain Cf. Leucippus: "Everything that happens does so for a reason and of necessity."
frustra facit

natura non nature is not saddened That is, the natural world is not sentimental or compassionate. Derived by Arthur Schopenhauer from an
contristatur earlier source.

natura non facit nature does not make a leap, Shortened form of "sicut natura nil facit per saltum ita nec lex " (just as nature does nothing by a leap, so
saltum ita nec thus neither does the law neither does the law), referring to both nature and the legal system moving gradually.
lex

natura non facit nature makes no leaps A famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all organisms bear relationships on all sides, their forms
saltus changing gradually from one species to the next. From Philosophia Botanica (1751).

natura valde Nature is exceedingly simple Sir Isaac Newton's famous quote, defining foundation of all modern sciences. Can be found in his
simplex est et and harmonious with itself Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University
sibi consona Library, Cambridge, 1978 edition[60]

naturalia non What is natural is not dirty Based on Servius' commentary on Virgil's Georgics (3:96): "turpis non est quia per naturam venit."
sunt turpia

naturam You may drive out Nature You must take the basic nature of something into account.
expellas furca, with a pitchfork, yet she still - Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle X, line 24.
tamen usque will hurry back
recurret.

navigare to sail is necessary; to live is Attributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, who, during a severe storm, commanded sailors to
necesse est, not necessary bring food from Africa to Rome.
vivere non est
necesse

ne plus ultra nothing more beyond 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. Non... is the motto of the Spanish exclave Melilla.

ne supra a shoemaker should not see Sutor, ne ultra crepidam

crepidam sutor judge beyond the shoe
iudicaret

ne te do not seek outside yourself line from the Roman satirist Persius inscribed on the boulder to the right of Sir John Suckling in the painting
quaesiveris of the aforementioned subject by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (ca. 1638) and invoked by Ralph Waldo Emerson at
extra the opening of his essay Self-Reliance (1841)

Nec aspera They are not terrified of the They are not afraid of difficulties. Less literally "Difficulties be damned." Motto for 27th Infantry Regiment
terrent rough things (United States) and the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. Nec = not; aspera = rough ones/things; terrent = they
terrify / do terrify / are terrifying.

Nec deus That a god not intervene, "When the miraculous power of God is necessary, let it be resorted to: when it is not necessary, let the
intersit, nisi unless a knot show up that ordinary means be used." From Horace's Ars Poetica as a caution against deus ex machina .
dignus vindice be worthy of such an
nodus untangler
(inciderit)

nec Neither to the right nor to the Do not get distracted. Motto for Bishop Cotton Boys' School and the Bishop Cotton Girls' School, both
dextrorsum, left located in Bangalore, India.
nec
sinistrorsum

nec spe, nec without hope, without fear

metu

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nec tamen and yet it was not consumed Refers to the Burning Bush of Exodus 3:2. Motto of many Presbyterian churches throughout the world.
consumebatur

nec temere nec neither reckless nor timid Motto of the Dutch 11th Air Manoeuvre Brigade and the city of Gdask, Poland.
timide

nec vi, nec Without permission, without The law of adverse possession.
clam, nec secrecy, without interruption
precario

neca eos kill them all, God will know alternate rendition of Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius by Arnaud Amalric.
omnes, deus his own
suos agnoscet

necesse est aut you must either imitate or Seneca the Younger , Epistulae morales ad Lucilium , 7:7.
imiteris aut loathe the world
oderis

necessitas need makes even the timid Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline, 58:19
etiam timidos brave
fortes facit

nemine with no one speaking against Less literally, "without dissent". Used especially in committees, where a matter may be passed nem. con., or
contradicente unanimously, or with unanimous consent.
(nem. con., N.C.D.)

nemo contra No one against God except From Goethe's autobiography From my Life: Poetry and Truth, p. 598.
Deum nisi God himself
Deus ipse

nemo dat quod no one gives what he does Thus, "none can pass better title than they have".
non habet not have

nemo est supra nobody is above the law; or

legem nemo est supra leges ,
nobody is above the laws

Nemo igitur vir No great man ever existed From Cicero's De Natura Deorum , Book 2, chapter LXVI, 167 [61]
magnus sine who did not enjoy some
aliquo adflatu portion of divine inspiration
divino umquam
fuit

nemo iudex in no man shall be a judge in Legal principle that no individual can preside over a hearing in which he holds a specific interest or bias.
causa sua his own cause

nemo malus peace visits not the guilty Also translated to "no rest for the wicked." Refers to the inherent psychological issues that plague bad/guilty
felix mind people.

nemo me No one provokes me with Motto of the Order of the Thistle, and consequently of Scotland, found stamped on the milled edge of certain
impune lacessit impunity 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.

nemo No mortal is wise at all times The wisest may make mistakes.
mortalium
omnibus horis
sapit

nemo nisi per No one learns except by Used to imply that one must like a subject in order to study it.
amicitiam friendship
cognoscitur

nemo propheta no man is a prophet in his Concept present in all four Gospels ( Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:4; Luke 4:24; John 4:44 ).
in patria (sua) own land

nemo saltat Nobody dances sober The short and more common form of Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit , "Nobody dances
sobrius sober, unless he happens to be insane," a quote from Cicero (from the speech Pro Murena).

nemo tenetur no one is bound to accuse A maxim banning mandatory self-incrimination. Near-synonymous with accusare nemo se debet nisi coram
se ipsum himself (the right to silence) Deo. Similar phrases include: nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se (no one is bound to arm an
accusare 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 se ipsum (no one is bound to betray himself), meaning that a defendant is
not obligated to testify against himself.

neque semper nor does Apollo always keep Horace, Carmina 2/10:19-20. The same image appears in a fable of Phaedrus.
arcum tendit his bow drawn
Apollo

Ne quid nimis Nothing in excess

nervos belli, Endless money forms the In war, it is essential to be able to purchase supplies and to pay troops (as Napoleon put it, "An army
pecuniam sinews of war marches on its stomach").
infinitam

nihil ad rem nothing to do with the point That is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential.

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nihil boni sine nothing achieved without Motto of Palmerston North Boys' High School
labore hard work

nihil dicit he says nothing In law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in a plea.

nihil enim nothing dries sooner than a Pseudo-Cicero, Ad Herrenium, 2/31:50

lacrima citius tear
arescit

nihil humanum nothing human is alien to me Adapted from Terence's Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor), homo sum humani a me nihil alienum
mihi alienum puto ("I am a human being; nothing human is strange to me"). Sometimes ending in est.

nihil in nothing in the intellect unless The guiding principle of empiricism, and accepted in some form by Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Berkeley, and
intellectu nisi first in sense Hume. Leibniz, however, added nisi intellectus ipse (except the intellect itself).
prius in sensu

nihil nimis nothing too Or nothing to excess. Latin translation of the inscription of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi .

nihil novi nothing of the new 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 common
consensus), a 1505 law of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth and one of the cornerstones of its Golden
Liberty.

nihil obstat nothing prevents 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.

nihil sine Deo nothing without God Motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (18781947).

nihil ultra nothing beyond Motto of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

nil admirari be surprised at nothing Or "nihil admirari". Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes (3,30), Horace, Epistulae (1,6,1), and Seneca,
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium , (8,5). Motto of the Fitzgibbon family. See John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare

nil nothing must be despaired at That is, "never despair".

desperandum

nil igitur fieri de nothing, therefore, we must From Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), I.205
nilo posse confess, can be made from
fatendumst nothing

Nil igitur mors Death, therefore, is nothing From Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), III.831
est ad nos to us

nil mortalibus nothing is impossible for From Horace's Odes. Motto of Rathkeale College, New Zealand and Brunts School, England.
ardui est humankind

nil nisi bonum (about the dead say) nothing Short for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, "Don't speak ill of anyone who has died". Also "Nil
unless (it is) good magnum nisi bonum" (nothing is great unless good), motto of St Catherine's School, Toorak, Pennant Hills
High School and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School .

nil nisi malis no terror, except to the bad Motto of The King's School, Macclesfield
terrori

nil per os , rarely nothing through the mouth Medical shorthand indicating that oral foods and fluids should be withheld from the patient.
non per os
(n.p.o.)

nil satis nisi nothing [is] enough unless [it Motto of Everton F.C., residents of Goodison Park , Liverpool.
optimum is] the best

nil sine labore nothing without labour Motto of Fitzoy High School, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane Girls Grammar School , Greenwich Public
School, Victoria School, Victoria Junior College, Baines High School, St Mungo's Academy and
Heckmondwike Grammar School

nil sine numine nothing without the divine will 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.

nil volentibus Nothing [is] arduous for the Nothing is impossible for the willing
arduum willing

nisi Dominus if not the Lord, [it is] in vain That is, "everything is in vain without God". Summarized from Psalm 127 (126 Vulgate), " nisi Dominus
frustra 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, St Thomas School,
Kolkata, Welland Gouldsmith School, Kolkata, Union Secondary School Awkunanaw, Enugu, CMS
Grammar School , Bariga Lagos and St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Calday Grange Grammar School,
Wirral, England and Richmond College, Galle, Sri Lanka

nisi paria non it takes two to make a fight Irascetur aliquis: tu contra beneficiis prouoca; cadit statim simultas ab altera parte deserta; nisi paria non
pugnant pugnant. (If any one is angry with you, meet his anger by returning benefits for it: a quarrel which is only
taken up on one side falls to the ground: it takes two men to fight .) Seneca the Younger , De Ira (On Anger):
Book 2, cap. 34, line 5.

nisi prius unless previously 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.

nitimur in We strive for the forbidden From Ovid's Amores, III.4:17. It means that when we are denied of something, we will eagerly pursue the
vetitum denied thing. Used by Friedrich Nietzsche in his Ecce Homo to indicate that his philosophy pursues what is
forbidden to other philosophers.

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nobis bene, Good for us, Bad for no one Inscription on the old Nobistor (de) gatepost that divided Altona and St. Pauli
nemini male

nolens volens unwilling, willing 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 will-he nil-he ([whether]
he will or [whether] he will not).

noli me tangere do not touch me Commonly translated "touch me not". According to the Gospel of John, this was said by Jesus to Mary
Magdalene after his resurrection.

noli turbare Do not disturb my circles! That is, "Don't upset my calculations!" Said by Archimedes to a Roman soldier who, despite having been
circulos meos given orders not to, killed Archimedes at the conquest of Syracuse, Sicily. The soldier was executed for his
act.

nolite te "Don't let the bastards grind From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood the protagonist (Offred) finds the phrase inscribed on
bastardes you down the inside of her wardrobe. One of many variants of Illegitimi non carborundum .
carborundorum
(Dog Latin)

nolle prosequi to be unwilling to prosecute A legal motion by a prosecutor or other plaintiff to drop legal charges, usually in exchange for a diversion
program or out-of-court settlement.

nolo I do not wish to contend That is, "no contest". A plea that can be entered on behalf of a defendant in a court that states that the
contendere accused doesn't admit guilt, but will accept punishment for a crime. Nolo contendere pleas cannot be used
as evidence in another trial.

nomen the name of friendship lasts Petronius, Satyricon, 80.

amicitiae sic, just so long as it is profitable
quatenus
expedit, haeret

nomen dubium doubtful name A scientific name of unknown or doubtful application.

nomen est the name is a sign Thus, "true to its name".

omen

nomen nescio I do not know the name Thus, the name or person in question is unknown.
(N.N.)

nomen nudum naked name A purported scientific name that does not fulfill the proper formal criteria and therefore cannot be used unless
it is subsequently proposed correctly.

non auro, sed Not gold, but iron redeems According to some roman this sentence was said by Marcus Furius Camillus to Brennus, the chief of the
ferro, the native land Gauls, after he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC.
recuperanda
est patria

non bene pro liberty is not well sold for all Motto of Republic of Ragusa, inscribed over the gates of St. Lawrence Fortress. From Gualterus Anglicus 's
toto libertas the gold version of Aesop's fable " The Dog and the Wolf".
venditur auro

non bis in idem not twice in the same thing A legal principle forbidding double jeopardy.

non canimus we sing not to the deaf; the Virgil, Eclogues 10:8
surdis, trees echo every word
respondent
omnia silvae

non causa pro not the cause for the cause Also known as the " questionable cause " or "false cause". Refers to any logical fallacy where a cause is
causa incorrectly identified.

non compos not in control of the mind See compos mentis. Also rendered non compos sui (not in control of himself). Samuel Johnson, author of
mentis the first English dictionary, theorized that the word nincompoop may derive from this phrase.

non constat it is not certain 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 tangible proof, Non constat
information is difficult to argue for.

non diligere God does not love those who Pope John VIII writing to Athanasius II, Bishop of Naples, regarding the overthrow of his elder brother the
Deum, qui allow perfidy. Duke of Naples.
mandata eius
participando
cum perfidis
non custodit

non ducor, I am not led; I lead Motto of So Paulo city, Brazil. See also pro Brasilia fiant eximia.
duco

non est factum it is not [my] deed a doctrine in contract law that allows a signing party to escape performance of the agreement. A claim of
"non est factum" means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its
meaning, but was not done so negligently. A successful plea would make the contract void ab initio.

non est the prince is not above the Pliny the Younger , Panegyricus 65:1.
princeps super laws, but the laws above the
leges, sed prince.
leges supra
principem

non shall not be extinguished Motto of the Society of Antiquaries of London accompanying their Lamp of knowledge emblem
extinguetur

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non facias you should not make evil in More simply, "don't do wrong to do right". The direct opposite of the phrase " the ends justify the means ".
malum ut inde order that good may be
fiat bonum made from it

non hos A gift sought for no such Virgil, Aeneid, 4:647, of the sword with which Dido will commit suicide. "Not for so dire an enterprise
quaesitum purpose designd." (Dryden trans.; 1697) [62] "A gift asked for no use like this." ( Mackail trans.; 1885). [63] "Ne'er given
munus in usus for an end so dire." (Taylor trans.; 1907) [64] "A gift not asked for use like this!" (Williams trans.; 1910). [65]
Quoted by Francis Bacon of the civil law, "not made for the countries it governeth".

non impediti unencumbered by the motto of radio show Car Talk

ratione thought process
cogitationis

non in legendo the laws depend not on

sed in being read, but on being
intelligendo understood
leges
consistunt

non liquet 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 not complete.

non loqui sed not talk but action Motto of the University of Western Australia 's Engineering faculty student society.
facere

non mihi solum not for myself alone Motto of Anderson Junior College, Singapore.

non ministrari not to be served, but to serve Motto of Wellesley College and Shimer College (from Matthew 20:28 in the Vulgate).
sed ministrare

non multa sed not quantity but quality Motto of the Daniel Pearl Magnet High School .
multum

Non nobis Not to us (oh) Lord Christian hymn based on psalm 115.
Domine

non nobis nati 'Born not for ourselves' Motto of St Albans School (Hertfordshire)

non nobis not for ourselves alone Appears in Cicero's De Officiis Book 1:22 in the form non nobis solum nati sumus (we are not born for
solum ourselves alone). Motto of Lower Canada College, Montreal and University College, Durham University, and
Willamette University.

non they are not counted, but Old saying. Paul Erds (19131996), in The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman [66]
numerantur, weighed
sed
ponderantur

non obstante not standing in the way of a A judgment notwithstanding verdict, a legal motion asking the court to reverse the jury's verdict on the
veredicto verdict grounds that the jury could not have reached such a verdict reasonably.

non olet it doesn't smell See pecunia non olet.

non omnia not everyone can do Virgil, Eclogues 8:63 (and others).
possumus everything
omnest

non omnis I shall not all die Horace, Carmina 3/30:6. "Not all of me will die", a phrase expressing the belief that a part of the speaker will
moriar survive beyond death.

non plus ultra nothing further beyond the ultimate. See also 'ne plus ultra'

non possumus not possible

non possunt not everyone can occupy the (It is impossible always to excel) Decimus Laberius.
primi esse first rank forever
omnes omni in
tempore

non progredi to not go forward is to go

est regredi backward

non 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
prosequitur time allowed.

non scholae [We learn] An inversion of non vitae sed scholae now used as a school motto
sed vitae not for school but for life

non qui parum It is not he who has little, but Seneca the Younger , Epistulae morales ad Lucilium , 2:6.
habet, set qui he who wants more, who is
plus cupit, the pauper.
pauper est

non quis sed not who but what Used in the sense "what matters is not who says it but what he says" a warning against ad hominem
quid arguments; frequently used as motto, including that of Southwestern University.

non sequitur it does not follow 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.

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non serviam I will not serve 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.

non sibi Not for self A slogan used by many schools and universities.

non sibi, sed Not for self, but for country Engraved on the doors of the United States Naval Academy chapel; motto of the USS Halyburton (FFG-40).
patriae

non sibi, sed Not for one's self but for A slogan used by many schools and universities.
suis one's own

non sibi, sed Not for one's self but for all A slogan used by many schools and universities.
omnibus

non sic dormit, Sleeps not but is awake Martin Luther on mortality of the soul.
sed vigilat

non silba, sed Not for self, but for others; A slogan used by the Ku Klux Klan
anthar; Deo God will vindicate
vindice

non sum qualis I am not such as I was Or "I am not the kind of person I once was". Expresses a change in the speaker. Horace, Odes 4/1:3.
eram

non teneas Do not hold as gold all that Also, "All that glitters is not gold ." Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice .
aurum totum shines as gold
quod splendet
ut aurum

non timebo I will fear no evil It is possibly a reference to Psalm 23. Printed on the Colt in Supernatural.
mala

non vestra sed Not yours but you Motto of St Chad's College, Durham.
vos

non vitae sed [We learn] From a passage of occupatio in Seneca the Younger 's moral letters to Lucilius,[67] wherein Lucilius is given
scholae not for life but for schooltime the argument that too much literature fails to prepare students for life

non vi, sed Not by force, but by the word From Martin Luther's "Invocavit Sermons" preached in March, 1522, against the Zwickau prophets unrest in
verbo [of God] Wittenberg;[68] later echoed in the Augsburg Confession as ...sine vi humana, sed Verbo : bishops should
act "without human force, but through the Word".[69]

nosce te ipsum know thyself 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 non-traditional Latin
rendering, temet nosce (thine own self know), is translated in The Matrix as "know thyself".

noscitur a a word is known by the In statutory interpretation, when a word is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined by reference to the
sociis company it keeps rest of the statute.

noster nostri Literally "Our ours" Approximately "Our hearts beat as one."

nota bene (n.b.) mark well That is, "please note" or "note it well".

novus ordo new order of the ages From Virgil. Motto on the Great Seal of the United States. Similar to Novus Ordo Mundi (New World Order).
seclorum

nulla dies sine Not a day without a line Pliny the Elder attributes this maxim to Apelles, an ancient Greek artist.
linea drawn

nulla dies No day shall erase you from From Virgil's Aeneid, Book IX, line 447, on the episode of Nisus and Euryalus .
umquam the memory of time
memori vos
eximet aevo

nulla poena no penalty without a law Refers to the legal principle that one cannot be punished for doing something that is not prohibited by law,
sine lege and is related to Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali .

nulla quaestio there is no question, there is

no issue

nulla tenaci For the tenacious, no road is Motto of the Dutch car builder Spyker.
invia est via impassable

nullam rem no thing born That is, "nothing". It has been theorized that this expression is the origin of Italian nulla, French rien, and
natam Spanish and Portuguese nada, all with the same meaning.

nulli secundus second to none Motto of the Coldstream 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 .

nullum crimen, no crime, no punishment Legal principle meaning that one cannot be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law;
nulla poena without a previous penal law penal law cannot be enacted retroactively.
sine praevia
lege poenali

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nullum There has been no great
magnum wisdom without an element
ingenium sine of madness
mixtura
dementiae fuit

nullum funus No Funeral Without a Fiddle Motto of the Guild of Funerary Violinists.
sine fidula

numen lumen God our light The motto of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The motto of Elon University.

numerus closed number A method to limit the number of students who may study at a university.
clausus

nunc aut now or never Motto of the Korps Commandotroepen, Dutch elite special forces.
nunquam

nunc dimittis now you send beginning of the Song of Simeon, from the Gospel of Luke.

nunc est now is the time to drink Carpe-Diem-type phrase from the Odes of Horace, Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus
bibendum (Now is the time to drink, now the time to dance footloose upon the earth).

nunc pro tunc now for then Something that has retroactive effect, is effective from an earlier date.

nunc scio quid now I know what love is From Virgil, Eclogues VIII.
sit amor

nunquam never less alone than when

minus solus alone
quam cum
solus

nunquam non never unprepared, ever frequently used as motto

paratus ready, always ready

Latin Translation Notes

O Deus Ego Amo Te O God I Love You attributed to Saint Francis Xavier

O fortunatos The farmers would count from Virgil in The Georgics, 458
nimium sua si bona themselves lucky, if only they
norint, agricolas knew how good they had it

o homines ad Men ready to be slaves! attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, in disgust at the servile attitude
servitutem paratos of Roman senators; said of those who should be leaders but instead slavishly follow the lead of others

O tempora, o Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! also translated "What times! What customs!"; from Cicero, Catilina I, 2
mores!

Obedientia civium The obedience of the citizens Motto of Dublin

urbis felicitas makes us a happy city

obiit (ob.) 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 Arthur Schopenhauer
burden is lifted

obiter dictum a thing said in passing 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

obliti privatorum, Forget private affairs, take Roman political saying which reminds that common good should be given priority over private matters
publica curate care of public ones for any person having a responsibility in the State

obscuris vera the truth being enveloped by from Virgil

involvens obscure things

obscurum per the obscure by means of the An explanation that is less clear than what it tries to explain; synonymous with ignotum per ignotius
obscurius more obscure

obtorto collo with a twisted neck unwillingly

oculus dexter (O.D.) right eye Ophthalmologist shorthand

oculus sinister (O.S.) left eye

oderint dum let them hate, so long as they favorite saying of Caligula, attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC); Motto of
metuant fear the Russian noble family Krasnitsky [citation needed]

odi et amo I hate and I love 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 to me and I am burning up.)

odi profanum I hate the unholy rabble and from Horace

vulgus et arceo keep them away

odium theologicum theological hatred name for the special hatred generated in theological disputes

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oleum camino (pour) oil on the fire from Erasmus' (14661536) collection of annotated Adagia

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

omne initium every beginning is difficult

difficile est

omne vivum ex ovo every living thing is from an foundational concept of modern biology, opposing the theory of spontaneous generation
egg

Omnes homines All men are donkeys or men a sophismata proposed and solved by Albert of Saxony (philosopher)
sunt asini vel and donkeys are donkeys
homines et asini
sunt asini

omnes vulnerant, all [the hours] wound, last one usual in clocks, reminding the reader of death
postuma necat or kills
omnes feriunt,
ultima necat

omnia cum deo all with God motto for Mount Lilydale Mercy College , Lilydale, Victoria, Australia

omnia dicta fortiora everything said [is] stronger if or "everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin"; a more common phrase with the same
si dicta Latina said in Latin meaning is quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (whatever said in Latin, seems profound)

omnia extares! Interpreted as "Let it all hang motto for The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, USA [71]
out!", but in fact incorrect Latin
construction with no real
meaning[70]

omnia in mensura Thou hast ordered all things in Book of Wisdom, 11:21
et numero et measure, and number, and
pondere disposuisti weight.

omnia mutantur, everything changes, nothing Ovid (43 BC 17 AD), Metamorphoses, book XV, line 165
nihil interit perishes

omnia omnibus all things to all men 1 Corinthians 9:22

si omnia ficta if all (the words of poets) is Ovid, Metamorphoses, book XIII, lines 7334 : "si non omnia vates ficta"
fiction

omnia vincit amor love conquers all Virgil (70 BC 19 BC), Eclogue X, line 69

omnia munda everything [is] pure to the pure from The New Testament
mundis [men]

omnia all things are presumed to be in other words, "innocent until proven guilty"
praesumuntur lawfully done, until it is shown
legitime facta [to be] in the reverse
donec probetur in
contrarium

omnis vir enim sui Every man for himself!

omnibus idem the same to all motto of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, usually accompanied by a sun, which shines for (almost)
everyone

omnibus locis fit There is slaughter everywhere Julius Caesar's The Gallic War, 7.67
caedes (in every place)

omnis traductor every translator is a traitor every translation is a corruption of the original; the reader should take heed of unavoidable
traditor imperfections

omnis vir tigris everyone a tiger motto of the 102d Intelligence Wing

omnium gatherum gathering of all miscellaneous collection or assortment; "gatherum" is English, and the term is used often used
facetiously

onus probandi burden of proof

onus procedendi burden of procedure burden of a party to adduce evidence that a case is an exception to the rule

opera omnia all works collected works of an author

opera posthuma posthumous works works published after the author's death

operari sequitur act of doing something follows scholastic phrase, used to explain that there is no possible act if there is not being: being is absolutely
esse the act of being necessary for any other act

opere citato (op. cit.) in the work that was cited used in academic works when referring again to the last source mentioned or used

opere et veritate in action and truth doing what you believe is morally right through everyday actions

opere laudato (op. See opere citato

laud.)

operibus anteire leading the way with deeds to speak with actions instead of words

ophidia in herba a snake in the grass any hidden danger or unknown risk

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opinio juris sive an opinion of law or necessity a belief that an action was undertaken because it was a legal necessity; source of customary law
necessitatis

opus anglicanum English work fine embroidery, especially used to describe church vestments

Opus Dei The Work of God Catholic organisation

ora et labora pray and work 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")

ora pro nobis pray for us "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus"; Brazilian name for Pereskia aculeata

orando laborando by praying, by working motto of the Rugby School

oratio recta direct speech expressions from Latin grammar

oratio obliqua indirect speech

orbis non sufficit the world does not suffice or from Satires of Juvenal (Book IV/10), referring to Alexander the Great; James Bond's adopted family
the world is not enough motto in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service; it made a brief appearance in 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.

orbis unum one world seen in The Legend of Zorro

ordo ab chao out of chaos, comes order one of the oldest mottos of Craft Freemasonry.[72]

(oremus) pro (Let us pray), one for the Popular salutation for Roman Catholic clergy at the beginning or ending of a letter or note. Usually
invicem other; let us pray for each abbreviated OPI. ("Oremus" used alone is just "let us pray").
other

orta recens quam newly risen, how brightly you Motto of New South Wales
pura nites shine

Latin Translation Notes

pace Ablative form of "With all due respect to", "with due deference to", "by leave of", "no offence to", or "despite (with respect)". Used to
peace politely acknowledge someone with whom the speaker or writer disagrees or finds irrelevant to the main argument.

pace tua with your peace Thus, "with your permission".

Pacem in terris Peace on Earth

pacta sunt agreements must be Also "contracts must be honoured". Indicates the binding power of treaties.
servanda kept

palma non sine no reward without Also "dare to try"; motto of numerous schools.
pulvere effort

palmam qui He who has earned Loosely, "achievement should be rewarded" (or, "let the symbol of victory go to him who has deserved it").
meruit ferat the palm, let him bear Attached to the arms of Lord Nelson in 1797. Later attached to the arms of Upper Canada College and its motto.
it. Also motto of the Baltimore City College, Kingstonian FC, University of Southern California, Nelson, NZ, The
Lincoln Academy of Illinois & Bay View High School , Milwaukee, WI

panem et bread and circuses From Juvenal, Satire X, line 81. Originally described all that was needed for emperors to placate the Roman mob.
circenses Today used to describe any entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters.

para bellum prepare for war From "Si vis pacem para bellum": if you want peace, prepare for war if a country is ready for war, its enemies are
less likely to attack. Usually used to support a policy of peace through strength (deterrence). In antiquity, however,
the Romans viewed peace as the aftermath of successful conquest through war, so in this sense the proverb
identifies war as the means through which peace will be achieved.

parare Domino to prepare for God a motto of the St. Jean Baptiste High School
plebem perfect people
perfectam

parce sepulto forgive the interred it is ungenerous to hold resentment toward the dead. Quote from the Aeneid, III 13-68.

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

pari passu with equal step Thus, "moving together", "simultaneously", etc.

parturiunt The mountains are in said of works that promise much at the outset but yield little in the end ( Horace, Ars poetica 137) see also The
montes, labour, a ridiculous Mountain in Labour
nascetur mouse will be born.
ridiculus mus

parum luceat It does not shine Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, 1/6:34 see also lucus a nonlucendo
[being darkened by
shade].

parva sub the small under the Implies that the weak are under the protection of the strong, rather than that they are inferior. Motto of Prince
ingenti huge Edward Island.

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parvis imbutus When you are Motto of Barnard Castle School , sometimes translated as "Once you have accomplished small things, you may
tentabis steeped in little things, attempt great ones safely".
grandia tutus you shall safely
attempt great things.

passim here and there, Less literally, "throughout" or "frequently". Said of a word, fact or notion that occurs several times in a cited text.
everywhere Also used in proofreading, where it refers to a change that is to be repeated everywhere needed.

pater familias father of the family 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.

Pater Father Almighty A more direct translation would be " omnipotent father".
Omnipotens

Pater Patriae father of the nation Also rendered with the gender-neutral parens patriae ("parent of the nation").

pater peccavi father, I have sinned The traditional beginning of a Roman Catholic confession.

pauca sed few, but good Similar to "quality over quantity"; though there may be few of something, at least they are of good quality.
bona

pauca sed few, but ripe Said to be one of Carl Gauss's favorite quotations. Used in The King and I by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
matura

paulatim ergo slowly therefore Former motto of Latymer Upper School in London. The text latim er is concealed in the words.
certe surely

pax aeterna eternal peace A common epitaph.

Pax Americana American Peace A euphemism for the United States of America and its sphere of influence. Adapted from Pax Romana.

Pax Britannica British Peace A euphemism for the British Empire. Adapted from Pax Romana.

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

Pax Deorum Peace of the gods 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).

Pax Domine peace, lord lord or master; used as a form of address when speaking to clergy or educated professionals.

pax et bonum peace and the good Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; understood by Catholics to mean
'Peace and Goodness be with you,' as is similar in the Mass; translated in Italian as pace e bene .

pax et justitia peace and justice Motto of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .

pax et lux peace and light Motto of Tufts University and various schools. Also written as "Pax et Lvx".

Pax Europaea European peace euphemism for Europe after World War II

Pax Hispanica Spanish Peace Euphemism for the Spanish Empire; specifically can mean the twenty-three years of supreme Spanish dominance
in Europe (approximately 15981621). Adapted from Pax Romana.

pax in terra peace on earth Used to exemplify the desired state of peace on earth.

Pax intrantibus, Peace to those who Used as an inscription over the entrance of buildings (especially homes, monasteries, inns). Often benedicto
salus enter, health to those habitantibus (Blessings on those who abide here) is added.
exeuntibus who depart.

pax matrum, peace of mothers, If the mother is peaceful, then the family is peaceful. The inverse of the Southern United States saying, "If mama
ergo pax therefore peace of ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."
familiarum families

Pax Mongolica Mongolian Peace period of peace and prosperity in Asia during the Mongol Empire

pax optima peace is the greatest Silius Italicus, Punica (11,595); motto of the university of Kiel
rerum good

Pax Romana Roman Peace period of relative prosperity and lack of conflict in the early Roman Empire

Pax Sinica Chinese Peace period of peace in East Asia during times of strong Chinese hegemony

pax tecum peace be with you

(singular)

Pax tibi, Marce, Peace to you, Mark,

evangelista my Evangelist. Here Legend states that when the evangelist went to the lagoon where Venice would later be founded, an angel
meus. Hic will rest your body. came and said so.[73] The first part is depicted as the note in the book shown opened by the lion of St Mark's
requiescet Basilica, Venice; registered trademark of the Assicurazioni Generali, Trieste.[74]
corpus tuum.

pax vobiscum peace [be] with you A common farewell. The " you" is plural ("you all"), so the phrase must be used when speaking to more than one
person; pax tecum is the form used when speaking to only one person.

peccavi I have sinned 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.

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pecunia non money doesn't smell According to Suetonius' De vita Caesarum , when Emperor Vespasian was challenged by his son Titus for taxing
olet 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").

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

pede poena punishment comes That is, retribution comes slowly but surely. From Horace, Odes, 3, 2, 32.
claudo limping

pendent opera the work hangs From the Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV.
interrupta interrupted

per By, through, by See specific phrases below.

means of

per angusta ad through difficulties to Joining sentence of the conspirators in the drama Hernani by Victor Hugo (1830). The motto of numerous
augusta greatness educational establishments.

per annum (pa.) each year Thus, "yearly"occurring every year.

per ardua through adversity Motto of the British RAF Regiment.

per ardua ad through difficulty to Through hardship, great heights are reached. Motto of University of Birmingham, Methodist Ladies' College, Perth.
alta heights Also the motto of Clan Hannay.

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

per aspera ad through hardships to From Seneca the Younger . Motto of NASA and the South African Air Force . A common variant, ad astra per aspera
astra the stars ("to the stars through hardships"), is the state motto of Kansas. Ad Astra ("To the Stars") is the title of a magazine
published by the 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 by heads "Per head", i.e., "per person", a ratio by the number of persons. The singular is per caput.

per capsulam through the small box That is, "by letter"

per contra through the contrary Or "on the contrary" (cf. a contrario)

per crucem through the cross we Motto of St John Fisher Catholic High School, Dewsbury
vincemus shall conquer

Per Crucem through the cross, Motto of Lambda Chi Alpha

Crescens growth

per curiam through the senate Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam decision

per through the definition Thus, "by definition"

definitionem

per diem (pd.) by day Thus, "per day". A specific amount of money an organization allows an individual to spend per day, typically for
travel expenses.

per fas et nefas through right or wrong By fair means or foul

per fidem fearless through faith

intrepidus

per literas by royal letters by letters patent;

regias of academic degrees: awarded by letters patent from the King/Queen, rather than by a University[75][76]
per lit. reg.
per regias literas
per reg. lit.
&c.

per mare per by sea and by land Motto of the Royal Marines and (with small difference) of Clan Donald and the Compagnies Franches de la Marine .
terram

per mensem by month Thus, "per month", or "monthly".

(pm.)

per os (p.o.) through the mouth Medical shorthand for "by mouth".

per pedes by feet 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.

per procura through the agency Also rendered per procurationem. Used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of another
(p.p.) or (per pro) 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".

per quod by reason of which 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.

per rectum (pr) through the rectum Medical shorthand. See also per os.

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per rectum ad via rectum to the stars a modern parody of per aspera ad astra, originating and most commonly used in Russia, meaning that the path to
astra success took you through most undesirable and objectionable places or environments; or that a found solution to a
complex problem is extremely convoluted.

per risum by excessive laughter

multum poteris one can recognise the
cognoscere fool
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 .

per stirpes through the roots Used in wills to indicate that each "branch" of the testator's family should inherit equally. Contrasted with per capita.

per unitatem through unity, Motto of Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets .
vis strength

per veritatem through truth, Motto of Washington University in St. Louis .

vis strength

per volar born to soar Motto of St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School and St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School . The phrase is not from Latin
sunata[sic] but from Dante's Purgatorio, Canto XII, 95, the Italian phrase "per volar s nata".

Perfer et Be patient and tough; From Ovid, Amores, Book III, Elegy XI
obdura; dolor some day this pain
hic tibi proderit will be useful to you.
olim

periculum in danger in delay

mora

perinde ac [si] [well-disciplined] like Phrase written by St. Ignatius of Loyola in his Constitutiones Societatis Iesu (1954)
cadaver a corpse
[essent]

perita manus skilled hand, Motto of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

mens exculta cultivated mind

perge sequar advance, I follow from Virgil's Aeneid IV 114; in Vergil's context: "proceed with your plan, I will do my part."

Pericula ludus Danger is my Motto of the Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte

pleasure

perpetuum thing in perpetual A musical term. Also used to refer to hypothetical perpetual motion machines.
mobile motion

Perseverantia Perseverance and Motto of Bombay Scottish School, Mahim , India

et Fide in Deo Faith in God

persona non person not pleasing An unwelcome, unwanted or undesirable person. In diplomatic contexts, a person rejected by the host government.
grata 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.

petitio principii request of the Begging the question , a logical fallacy in which a proposition to be proved is implicitly or explicitly assumed in one
beginning of the premises.

pia desideria pious longings Or "dutiful desires".

pia fraus pious fraud Or "dutiful deceit". Expression from Ovid. Used to describe deception which serves Church purposes.

pia mater pious mother Or "tender mother". Translated into Latin from Arabic. The delicate innermost of the three membranes that cover
the brain and spinal cord.

Pietate et Freedom is made Motto of Dickinson College.

doctrina tuta safe through
libertas character and
learning

pinxit one painted Thus, "he painted this" or "she painted this". Formerly used on works of art, next to the artist's name.

piscem natare [you] teach a fish to Latin proverb, attributed by Erasmus in his Adagia to Greek origin (Diogenianus, );
doces swim corollary Chinese idiom ()

placet it pleases expression of assent.

pluralis plural of majesty The first-person plural pronoun when used by an important personage to refer to himself or herself; also known as
majestatis the "royal we".

pluralis plural of modesty

modestiae

plus minusve more or less Frequently found on Roman funerary inscriptions to denote that the age of a decedent is approximate.
(p.m.v.)

plus ultra further beyond The national motto of Spain and a number of other institutions. Motto of the Colombian National Armada.

pollice goodwill decided by Life was spared with a thumb tucked inside a closed fist, simulating a sheathed weapon. Conversely, a thumb up
compresso compressed thumb meant to unsheath your sword.
favor
iudicabatur

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pollice verso with a turned thumb 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.

Polonia Rebirth of Poland

Restituta

pons asinorum bridge of asses Any obstacle that stupid people find hard to cross. Originally used of Euclid's Fifth Proposition in geometry.

Pontifex Greatest High Priest Or "Supreme Pontiff". Originally an office in the Roman Republic, later a title held by Roman Emperors, and later a
Maximus 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.

posse force of the county [77]

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
comitatus assist law enforcement in unusual situations.

possunt quia They can because Inscription on the back of Putney medals, awarded to boat race winning Oxford blues. From Virgil's Aeneid Book V
posse videntur they think they can line 231.

post aut after it or by means of Causality between two phenomena is not established (cf. post hoc, ergo propter hoc ).
propter it

post cibum (p.c.) after food Medical shorthand for "after meals" (cf. ante cibum).

post coitum After sex After sexual intercourse.

post coitum After sexual Or: triste est omne animal post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque . Attributed to Galen of Pergamum.[78]
omne animal intercourse every
triste est sive animal is sad, except
gallus et mulier the cock (rooster) and
the woman

post hoc ergo after this, therefore A logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing happening after another thing means that the first thing caused
propter hoc because of this the second.

post festum after the feast Too late, or after the fact.

post meridiem after midday The period from noon to midnight (cf. ante meridiem).
(p.m.)

post mortem after death Usually rendered postmortem. Not to be confused with post meridiem.
(pm)

Post mortem after the author's The phrase is used in legal terminology in the context of intellectual property rights, especially copyright, which
auctoris (p.m.a.) death commonly lasts until a certain number of years after the author's death.

post nubila after the clouds, the Motto of the University of Zulia, Venezuela.
phoebus sun

post nubes lux out of darkness, light Motto of Cranfield University.

post prandial after late breakfast Refers to the time after any meal. Usually rendered postprandial.

post scriptum after what has been A postscript. Used to mark additions to a letter, after the signature. Can be extended to post post scriptum (p.p.s.),
(p.s.) written etc.

post tenebras after darkness, [I Motto of the Protestant Reformation inscribed on the Reformation Wall in Geneva from Vulgata, Job 17:12.
lux, or post hope for] light Former motto of Chile; motto of Robert College of Istanbul.
tenebras spero
lucem

postera we grow in the Motto of the University of Melbourne.

crescam laude esteem of future
generations

potest solum There can be only Highlander.

unum one

praemia virtutis honours are the

honores rewards of virtue

praemonitus forewarned is
praemunitus forearmed

praesis ut Lead in order to Motto of Lancaster Royal Grammar School .

prosis ne ut serve, not in order to
imperes rule.

praeter legem after the law Legal terminology, international law

Praga Caput Prague, Head of the Motto of Prague from Middle Ages
Regni Kingdom

Praga Caput Prague, Head of the Motto of Prague from 1991

Rei publicae Republic

Praga mater Prague, Mother of Motto of Prague from 1927

urbium Cities

Praga totius Prague, the mistress Former motto of Prague

Bohemiae of the whole of
domina Bohemia

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Pretium No mean reward for Motto of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Laborum Non labour
Vile

pretiumque et The prize and the Motto of Burnley Football Club; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 4.739 (Latin)/English): "The Tale of Perseus and
causa laboris cause of our labour Andromeda": resoluta catenis incedit virgo, pretiumque et causa laboris. ("freed of her chains the virgin
approaches, cause and reward of the enterprise.")

prima facie at first sight Used to designate evidence in a trial which is suggestive, but not conclusive, of something (e.g., a person's guilt).

prima luce at dawn Literally "at first light".

primas sum: I am a primate; A sentence by the American anthropologist Earnest Hooton and the slogan of primatologists and lovers of the
primatum nil a nothing about primates.
me alienum primates is outside of
puto my bailiwick

primum mobile first moving thing Or "first thing able to be moved". See primum movens.

primum prime mover Or "first moving one". A common theological term, such as in the cosmological argument, based on the assumption
movens 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 causality.

primum non first, to not harm A medical precept. Often falsely attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, though its true source is probably a paraphrase
nocere 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."

primus inter first among equals Position of the Ecumenical Patriarch in the Eastern Orthodox Church, position of the President of the Swiss
pares Confederation among the members of the Federal Concil, and a title of the Roman Emperors (cf. princeps).

principia principles prove; they Fundamental principles require no proof; they are assumed a priori.
probant non are not proved
probantur

principiis obsta resist the beginnings Ovid, Remedia Amoris, 91

(et respice (and consider the
finem) end)

principium Individuation psychological term: the self-formation of the personality into a coherent whole
individuationis

prior tempore earlier in time, A legal principle that older laws take precedence over newer ones. Another name for this principle is lex posterior.
potior iure stronger in law

pro aris et focis For God and country The motto of the Royal Queensland Regiment , and many other regiments.

pro bono for the public good Often abbreviated pro bono. Work undertaken voluntarily at no expense, such as public services. Often used of a
publico lawyer's work that is not charged for.

pro Brasilia let exceptional things Motto of So Paulo state, Brazil.

fiant eximia be made for Brazil

pro Deo et For God and Country One of the mottos of Lyceum of the Philippines University and many other institutions.
Patria

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

pro Ecclesia, For Church, For Motto of Baylor University, a private Christian Baptist university in Waco, Texas.
pro Texana Texas

pro fide et for faith and Motto of the originally Irish Muldoon family and of several schools, such as the Diocesan College (Bishops) in
patria fatherland Cape Town, South Africa, and All Hallows High School in the Bronx, New York.

pro forma for form Or "as a matter of form". Prescribing a set form or procedure, or performed in a set manner.

pro gloria et for glory and Motto of Prussia

patria fatherland

pro hac vice for this occasion Request of a state court to allow an out-of-state lawyer to represent a client.

pro multis for many It is part of the Rite of Consecration of the wine in Western Christianity tradition, as part of the Mass.

pro parte in part Frequently used in taxonomy to refer to part of a group.

pro patria for country 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 , Hurlstone Agricultural High School .

pro patria watchful for the Motto of the United States Army Signal Corps .
vigilans country

pro per for self to defend oneself in court without counsel; abbreviation of propria persona. See also: pro se.

pro rata for the rate i.e., proportionately.

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

pro rege et lege for king and the law Found on the Leeds coat of arms.

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pro rege, lege et for king, the law and Found on the coat of arms of Perth, Scotland.
grege the people

pro se for oneself to defend oneself in court without counsel. Some jurisdictions prefer, "pro per".

pro scientia for knowledge and motto of Stuyvesant High School in New York City
atque sapientia wisdom

pro scientia et for science and nation motto of the National University of La Plata
patria

pro studio et for study and work

labore

pro tanto for so much Denotes something that has only been partially fulfilled. A philosophical term indicating the acceptance of a theory
or idea without fully accepting the explanation.

pro tempore for the time (being) Denotes a temporary current situation; abbreviated pro tem.

probatio testing of the pen Medieval Latin term for breaking in a new pen
pennae

probis pateo I am open for honest Traditionally inscribed above a city gate or above the front entrance of a dwelling or place of learning.
people

prodesse quam To Accomplish Rather motto of Miami University

conspici Than To Be
Conspicuous

propria manu "by one's own hand"

(p.m.)

propter vitam to destroy the reasons That is, to squander life's purpose just in order to stay alive, and live a meaningless life. From Juvenal, Satyricon
vivendi perdere for living for the sake VIII, verses 8384.
causas of life

protectio trahit Protection draws Legal maxim, indicating that reciprocity of fealty with protection
subjectionem, allegiance, and
et subjectio allegiance draws
protectionem protection

provehito in launch forward into motto of Memorial University of Newfoundland

altum the deep

proxime he came next the runner-up

accessit

proximo mense in the following month Used in formal correspondence to refer to the next month. Used with ult. ("last month") and inst. ("this month").
(prox.)

pulchrum est Beauty is for the few from Friedrich Nietzsche's 1889 book Twilight of the Idols
paucorum
hominum

pulvis et umbra we are dust and From Horace, Carmina book IV, 7, 16.
sumus shadow

punctum leaping point Thus, the essential or most notable point. The salient point.
saliens

purificatus non purified, not Motto of Washburn University, last charter school in the United States of America, located in Topeka, Kansas.
consumptus consumed

Latin Translation Notes

qua definitione by virtue of Thus: "by definition"; variant of per definitionem; sometimes used in German-speaking countries. Occasionally
definition misrendered as "qua definitionem".

qua patet orbis as far as the Motto of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps
world extends

quae non what alone is Ovid, Remedia amoris

prosunt singula not useful
multa iuvant helps when
accumulated

quaecumque whatsoever is frequently used as motto; taken from Philippians 4:8 of the Bible
sunt vera true

quaecumque teach me motto of St. Joseph's College, Edmonton at the University of Alberta
vera doce me whatsoever is
true

quaere to seek Or "you might ask..." Used to suggest doubt or to ask one to consider whether something is correct. Often introduces
rhetorical or tangential questions.

quaerite primum seek ye first Also quaerite primo regnum dei; frequently used as motto
regnum Dei the kingdom
of God

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qualis artifex As what kind Or "What a craftsman dies in me!" Attributed to Nero in Suetonius' De vita Caesarum
pereo of artist do I
perish?

Qualitas Quality is our motto of Finnish Air Force

potentia nostra might

quam bene non how well, not motto of Mount Royal University , Calgary, Canada
quantum how much

quam bene it is how well Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium CI (101)

vivas referre (or you live that
refert), non matters, not
quam diu how long

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

quantocius the sooner, or, as quickly as possible

quantotius the better

quantum libet as much as medical shorthand for "as much as you wish"
(q.l.) pleases

quantum sufficit as much as is medical shorthand for "as much as needed" or "as much as will suffice"
(qs) enough

quaque hora (qh) every hour medical shorthand; also quaque die (qd), "every day", quaque mane (qm), "every morning", and quaque nocte (qn), "every
night"

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

quater in die (qid) four times a medical shorthand

day

quem deus vult Whom the

perdere, gods would
dementat prius destroy, they
first make
insane

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

questio quid I ask what from the Summoner's section of Chaucer's General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, line 648
iuris law?

qui audet Who Dares

adipiscitur Wins

qui bene cantat he who sings from St. Augustine of Hippo's commentary on Psalm 72, 1: Qui enim cantat laudem, non solum laudat, sed etiam hilariter
bis orat well praises laudat ("He who sings praises, not only praises, but praises joyfully")
twice

qui bono who with common misspelling of the Latin phrase cui bono ("who benefits?")
good

qui docet in he that Motto of the University of Chester. The more literal translation is "Let those who teach, teach" or "Let the teacher teach".
doctrina teacheth, on
teaching

qui habet aures he who has "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear"; Mark Mark 4:9
audiendi audiat ears to hear
shall hear

qui me tangit, who touches common inscription on bells

vocem meam me, hears my
audit voice

qui tacet he who is Thus, silence gives consent. Sometimes accompanied by the proviso " ubi loqui debuit ac potuit", that is, "when he ought
consentire silent is taken to have spoken and was able to".
videtur to agree

qui tam pro he who brings Generally known as 'qui tam,' it is the technical legal term for the unique mechanism in the federal False Claims Act that
domino rege an action for allows persons and entities with evidence of fraud against federal programs or contracts to sue the wrongdoer on behalf of
quam pro se the king as the Government.
ipso in hac parte well as for
sequitur himself

qui totum vult he who wants Attributed to Publilius Syrus

totum perdit everything
loses
everything

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qui transtulit he who Or "he who brought us across still supports us", meaning God. State motto of Connecticut. Originally written as sustinet
sustinet transplanted qui transtulit in 1639.
still sustains

quia suam because he Attributed to Julius Caesar by Plutarch, Caesar 10. Translated loosely as "because even the wife of Caesar may not be
uxorem etiam should wish suspected". At the feast of Bona Dea, a sacred festival for females only, which was being held at the Domus Publica, the
suspicione even his wife home of the Pontifex Maximus, Caesar, and hosted by his second wife, Pompeia, the notorious politician Clodius arrived in
vacare vellet to be free disguise. Caught by the outraged noblewomen, Clodius fled before they could kill him on the spot for sacrilege. In the
from ensuing trial, allegations arose that Pompeia and Clodius were having an affair, and while Caesar asserted that this was
suspicion not the case and no substantial evidence arose suggesting otherwise, he nevertheless divorced, with this quotation as
explanation.

quid agis What are you What's happening? What's going on? What's the news? What's up?
doing?

quid est veritas What is truth? 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 infantes What are we, Commonly used by Nocera Clan. synonym - "to throw down ones gauntlet."
sumus a bunch of
babies?

quid novi ex What of the less literally, "What's new from Africa?"; derived from an Aristotle quotation
Africa new out of
Africa?

quid nunc What now? 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 pro quo what for what 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").

Quid rides? Why do you Horace, Satires, I. 1. 69.

Mutato nomine laugh?
de te fabula Change but
narratur. the name,
and the story
is told of
yourself.

quidquid Latine whatever has Or "anything said in Latin sounds profound". A recent ironic Latin phrase to poke fun at people who seem to use Latin
dictum sit altum been said in phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated". Similar to the less common omnia
videtur Latin seems dicta fortiora si dicta Latina.
deep

quieta non don't move

movere settled things

Quis custodiet Who will Commonly associated with Plato who in the Republic poses this question; and from Juvenal's On Women, referring to the
ipsos guard the practice of having eunuchs guard women and beginning with the word sed ("but"). Usually translated less literally, as "Who
custodes? guards watches the watchmen?" This translation is a common epigraph, such as of the Tower Commission and Alan Moore's
themselves? Watchmen comic book series.

quis leget haec? Who will read

this?

quis separabit? Who will motto of Northern Ireland and of the Order of St Patrick
separate us?

quis ut Deus Who [is] as Usually translated "Who is like unto God?" Questions who would have the audacity to compare himself to a Supreme
God? Being. It is a translation of the Hebrew name 'Michael' = Mi cha El Who like God // Hebrew:
(right to left).

quo errat where the A pun on " quod erat demonstrandum"

demonstrator prover errs

quo fata ferunt where the motto of Bermuda

fates bear us
to

Quod verum what is true is motto of Spier's School

tutum right

quousque For how From Cicero's first speech In Catilinam to the Roman Senate regarding the conspiracy of Catiline: Quo usque tandem
tandem? much longer? abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? ("For how much longer, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?").

Quo Vadimus? Where are we Title of the series finale of Aaron Sorkin's TV dramedy Sports Night
going?

quo vadis? Where are According to Vulgate translation of John 13:36, Saint Peter asked Jesus Domine, quo vadis ("Lord, where are you
you going? going?"). The King James Version has the translation "Lord, whither goest thou?"

quocunque whithersoever motto of the Isle of Man

jeceris stabit you throw it, it
will stand

quod abundat what is It is no problem to have too much of something.

non obstat abundant
doesn't
hinder

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quod cito fit, what is done Things done in a hurry are more likely to fail and fail quicker than those done with care.
cito perit quickly,
perishes
quickly

quod erat what was to The abbreviation is often written at the bottom of a mathematical proof. Sometimes translated loosely into English as "The
demonstrandum be Five Ws", W.W.W.W.W., which stands for "Which Was What We Wanted".
(Q.E.D.) demonstrated

quod erat which was to Or "which was to be constructed". Used in translations of Euclid's Elements when there was nothing to prove, but there
faciendum be done was something being constructed, for example a triangle with the same size as a given line.
(Q.E.F)

quod est (q.e.) which is

quod est what is

necessarium est necessary is
licitum lawful

quod gratis what is If no grounds have been given for an assertion, then there are no grounds needed to reject it.
asseritur, gratis asserted
negatur without
reason may
be denied
without
reason

quod licet Iovi, what is If an important person does something, it does not necessarily mean that everyone can do it (cf. double standard). Iovi
non licet bovi permitted to (also commonly rendered Jovi) is the dative form of Iuppiter ("Jupiter" or "Jove"), the chief god of the Romans.
Jupiter is not
permitted to
an ox

quod me nutrit what Thought to have originated with Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. Generally interpreted to mean that that
me destruit nourishes me which motivates or drives a person can consume him or her from within. This phrase has become a popular slogan or
destroys me motto for pro-ana websites, anorexics and bulimics.

quod natura non what nature Refers to the Spanish University of Salamanca, meaning that education cannot substitute the lack of brains.
dat Salmantica does not give,
non praestat Salamanca
does not
provide

quod non What the A well-known satirical lampoon left attached to the ancient "speaking" statue of Pasquino on a corner of the Piazza
fecerunt barbari, barbarians Navona in Rome, Italy. [79]
fecerunt did not do, the
Barberini Barberini did

quod periit, What is gone What has happened has happened and it cannot be changed, thus we should look forward into the future instead of being
periit is gone pulled by the past.

quod scripsi, What I have Pilate to the chief priests (John 19:22)
scripsi written I have
written.

quod Whatever you i.e. "You must thoroughly understand that which you hope to supplant". A caution against following a doctrine of Naive
supplantandum, hope to Analogy when attempting to formulate a scientific hypothesis.
prius bene supplant, you
sciendum will first know
thoroughly

quod vide (q.v.) which see Used after a term, phrase, or topic that should be looked up elsewhere in the current document, book, etc. For more than
one term or phrase, the plural is quae vide (qq.v.) .

Quodcumque Whatever He More colloquially: "Do whatever He [Jesus] tells you to do." Instructions of Mary to the servants at the Wedding at Cana.
dixerit vobis, tells you, that (John 2:5). Also the motto of East Catholic High School .
facite. you shall do.

quomodo vales How are you?

quorum of whom the number of members whose presence is required under the rules to make any given meeting constitutional

quos amor Those whom Seneca

verus tenuit true love has
tenebit held, it will go
on holding

quot capita tot as many "There are as many opinions as there are heads" Terence
sensus heads, so
many
opinions

quot homines every man Or "there are as many opinions as there are people", "how many people, so many opinions"
tot sententiae had his
sentence

Latin Translation Notes

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radix malorum the root of evils is desire Or "greed is the root of all evil". Theme of " The Pardoner's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales.
est cupiditas

rara avis rare bird (very rare bird) An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's Satires: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno
(rarissima avis) ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan").

rari nantes in Rare survivors in the immense Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118

gurgite vasto sea

ratio decidendi reasoning for the decision The legal, moral, political, and social principles used by a court to compose a judgment's rationale.

ratio legis reasoning of law A law's foundation or basis.

ratione by reason of his/her person Also "Jurisdiction Ratione Personae" the personal reach of the courts jurisdiction. [80]
personae

ratione soli 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.

ratum et confirmed and completed in Canon law, a consummated marriage

consummatum

ratum tantum confirmed only in Canon law, a confirmed but unconsummated marriage (which can be dissolved super rato)

re [in] the matter of 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 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.

rebus sic with matters standing thus The doctrine that treaty obligations hold only as long as the fundamental conditions and expectations
stantibus that existed at the time of their creation hold.

recte et fortiter Upright and Strong Motto of Homebush Boys High School

recte et Upright and Faithful Also "just and faithful" and "accurately and faithfully". Motto of Ruyton Girls' School
fideliter

reductio ad leading back to the absurd A common debate technique, and a method of proof in mathematics and philosophy, that proves the
absurdum thesis by showing that its opposite is absurd or logically untenable. In general usage outside
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").

reductio ad leading back to Hitler A term coined by German-American political philosopher Leo Strauss to humorously describe a
Hitlerum fallacious argument that compares an opponent's views to those held by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party.
Derived from reductio ad absurdum.

reductio ad leading back to the infinite An argument that creates an infinite series of causes that does not seem to have a beginning. As a
infinitum 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. If it can be established, separately, that the chain must
have a start, then a reductio ad infinitum is a valid refutation technique.

Regem ego you made me a Count, I will make Motto of the Forbin family (fr)
comitem me you a King
comes regem

Reginam From "Reginam occidere nolite Written by John of Merania, bishop of Esztergom, to Hungarian nobles planning the assassination of
occidere timere bonum est si omnes Gertrude of Merania. The queen was assassinated as the plotters saw the bishop's message as an
consentiunt ego non contradico", encouragement.
a sentence whose meaning is
highly dependent on punctuation:
either the speaker wishes a
queen killed or not.[81]

regnat the people rule State motto of Arkansas, adopted in 1907. Originally rendered in 1864 in the plural, regnant populi ("the
populus peoples rule"), but subsequently changed to the singular.

Regnum Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Former motto of Hungary.

Mariae Patrona Hungary
Hungariae

regressus ad return to the womb Concept used in psychoanalysis by Sndor Ferenczi and the Budapest School.
uterum

rem acu You have touched the point with a i.e., "You have hit the nail on the head"
tetigisti needle

repetita iuvant repeating does good 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.

repetitio est repetition is the mother of

mater study/learning
studiorum

requiem eternal rest

aeternam

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requiescat in let him/her rest in peace Or "may he/she rest in peace". A benediction for the dead. Often inscribed on tombstones or other grave
pace (R.I.P.) markers. "RIP" is commonly mistranslated as "Rest In Peace", though the two mean essentially the
same thing.

rerum to learn the causes of things Motto of the University of Sheffield, the University of Guelph, and London School of Economics.
cognoscere
causas

res firma a firm resolve does not know how Used in the 1985 film American Flyers where it is colloquially translated as "once you got it up, keep it
mitescere to weaken up".
nescit

res gestae things done 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 ipsa the thing speaks for itself A phrase from the common law of torts meaning that negligence can be inferred from the fact that such
loquitur an accident happened, without proof of exactly how.

res judicata judged thing 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).

res, non verba "actions speak louder than From rs ("things, facts") the plural of rs ("a thing, a fact") + nn ("not") + verba ("words") the plural of
words", or "deeds, not words" verbum ("a word"). Literally meaning "things, not words" or "facts instead of words" but referring to that
"actions be used instead of words".

res nullius nobody's property 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 publica Pertaining to the state or public source of the word republic

respice look behind, look here, look i.e., "examine the past, the present and future". Motto of CCNY.
adspice ahead
prospice

respice finem look back at the end i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the end". Generally a memento mori, a warning to remember
one's death. Motto of Homerton College, Cambridge , Trinity College, Kandy, Georgetown College in
Kentucky and Turnbull High School , Glasgow

respondeat let the superior respond Regarded as a legal maxim in agency law, referring to the legal liability of the principal with respect to an
superior 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.

restitutio ad ( or restoration to original condition Principle behind the awarding of damages in common law negligence claims
in) integrum

resurgam I shall arise 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.[82] 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.

retine vim Restrain your strength, for if you An utterance by the Delphic oracle recorded by Eusebius of Caesarea in Praeparatio evangelica, VI-5,
istam, falsa compel me I will tell lies translated from the Greek of Porphyry (c.f. E. H. Gifford's translation) [83] and used by William
enim dicam, si Wordsworth as a subtitle for his ballad " Anecdote for Fathers".
coges

rex regum king even of faithful kings Latin motto that appears on the crest of the Trinity Broadcasting Network of Paul and Jan Crouch.
fidelum et

rigor mortis stiffness of death The rigidity of corpses when chemical reactions cause the limbs to stiffen about 34 hours after death.
Other signs of death include drop in body temperature (algor mortis, "cold of death") and discoloration
(livor mortis, "bluish color of death").

risum teneatis, Can you help laughing, friends? An ironic or rueful commentary, appended following a fanciful or unbelievable tale.
amici?

risus abundat laughter is abundant in the mouth excessive and inappropriate laughter signifies stupidity.
in ore of fools
stultorum

Roma invicta Unconquerable Rome Inspirational motto inscribed on the Statue of Rome.

Roma locuta, Rome has spoken, the case is In Roman Catholic ecclesiology, doctrinal matters are ultimately decided by the Vatican.
causa finita closed

Romanes eunt People called Romans they go An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Its intended meaning is
domus the house "Romans, go home!", in Latin Romani ite domum.

rorate coeli drop down ye heavens aka The Advent Prose.

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rosa redder than the rose, whiter than From Veni, veni, venias (Carmina Burana) .
rubicundior, the lilies, fairer than all things, I
lilio candidior, do ever glory in thee
omnibus
formosior,
semper in te
glorior

Rosam quae She who has earned the rose Motto from Sweet Briar College
meruit ferat may bear it

rus in urbe A countryside in the city Generally used to refer to a haven of peace and quiet within an urban setting, often a garden, but can
refer to interior decoration.

Latin Translation Notes

saltus in leap in explaining a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted.
demonstrando

salus in arduis a stronghold (or a Roman Silver Age maxim, also the school motto of Wellingborough School.
refuge) in
difficulties

salus populi the welfare of the From Cicero's De Legibus, book III, part III, sub. VIII. Quoted by John Locke in his Second Treatise, On Civil
suprema lex people is to be Government, to describe the proper organization of government. Also the state motto of Missouri.
esto the highest law

salva veritate with truth intact Refers to two expressions that can be interchanged without changing the truth value of the statements in which they
occur.

Salvator Mundi Savior of the Christian epithet, usually referring to Jesus. The title of paintings by Albrecht Drer and Leonardo da Vinci.
World

salvo errore et save for error Appears on statements of "account currents". Often now given in English "errors and omissions excluded" or "e&oe".
omissione and omission
(s.e.e.o.)

salvo honoris Addressing

titulo (SHT) oneself to
someone whose
title is unknown.|

Sancta Sedes Holy Chair literally, "holy seat". Refers to the Papacy or the Holy See.

sancta holy innocence Or "sacred simplicity".

simplicitas

sancte et in a holy and Also sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of several institutions, notably King's College London
sapienter wise way

sanctum Holy of Holies referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy location.
sanctorum

sapere aude dare to know From Horace's Epistularum liber primus, Epistle II, line 40. Made popular in Kant's essay Answering the Question:
What Is Enlightenment? defining the Age of Enlightenment. The phrase is common usage as a university motto.

sapiens qui wise is he who Motto of Malvern College, England

prospicit looks ahead

sapienti sat enough for the From Plautus. Indicates that something can be understood without any need for explanation, as long as the listener
wise has enough wisdom or 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").

sapientia et wisdom and Motto of Fordham University, New York.

doctrina learning

sapientia et wisdom and One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines. [84]
eloquentia eloquence
Motto of the Minerva Society

sapientia et wisdom and truth Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School , New Zealand.
veritas

sapientia et wisdom and Motto of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
virtus virtue

sapientia melior wisdom is better Motto of University of Deusto, Bilbao, San Sebastin, Spain.
auro than gold

sapientia, pax, Wisdom, Peace, Motto of Universidad de las Amricas, Puebla , Cholula, Mexico.
fraternitas Fraternity

sat celeriter fieri That which has One of the two favorite saying of Augustus. The other is " festina lente".[85]
quidquid fiat been done well
satis bene has been done
quickly enough

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scientia ac By/From/With Motto of several institutions
labore knowledge and
labour

scientia, aere knowledge, more unknown origin, probably adapted from Horace's ode III (Exegi monumentum aere perennius).
perennius lasting than
bronze

scientia cum religion and Motto of St Vincent's College, Potts Point

religione knowledge united

scientiae cedit The sea yields to Motto of the United States Coast Guard Academy .
mare knowledge

scientiae et For science and Motto of University of Latvia

patriae fatherland

scientia et labor knowledge and motto of Universidad Nacional de Ingeniera

work

scientia et knowledge and motto of Illinois Wesleyan University

sapientia wisdom

scientia imperii knowledge is the Motto of Imperial College London

decus et adornment and
tutamen protection of the
Empire

scientia ipsa knowledge itself Stated originally by Sir Francis Bacon in Meditationes Sacrae (1597), which in modern times is often paraphrased as
potentia est is power scientia est potestas or scientia potentia est (knowledge is power).

scientia vincere conquering Motto of several institutions, such as the Free University of Brussels ( Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
tenebras darkness by
science

scilicet (sc. or ss.) it is permitted to that is to say; to wit; namely; in a legal caption, it provides a statement of venue or refers to a location.
know

scio I know

scio me nihil I know that I

scire know nothing

scire quod knowledge which motto of now defunct publisher Small, Maynard & Company
sciendum is worth having

scribimus Each desperate as translated by Philip Francis. From Horace, Epistularum liber secundus (1, 117) [86] and quoted in Fielding's Tom
indocti doctique blockhead dares Jones; lit: "Learned or not, we shall write poems without distinction."
poemata to write
passim

scuto amoris by the shield of The motto of Skidmore College

divini God's love

seculo forever and ever

seculorum

sed ipse But the same Romans 8:26

spiritus postulat Spirit intercedes
pro nobis, incessantly for
gemitibus us, with
inenarrabilibus inexpressible
groans

sed terrae But on earth, Virgil, Aeneid 6:84.

graviora manent worse things
await

sede vacante with the seat The "seat" refers to the Holy See; the vacancy refers to the interregnum between two popes.
being vacant

sedes apostolic chair Synonymous with Sancta Sedes.

apostolica

sedes incertae seat (i.e. Used in biological classification to indicate that there is no agreement as to which higher order grouping a taxon should
location) be placed into. Abbreviated sed. incert.
uncertain

sedet, seat, be seated a Virgi's verse, means when you stop trying, then you lose
aeternumque forever
sedebit

semel in anno once in a year Concept expressed by various authors, such as Seneca, Saint Augustine and Horace. It became proverbial during the
licet insanire one is allowed to Middle Ages .
go crazy

semper ad always towards Motto of several institutions

meliora better things

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semper anticus always forward Motto of the 45th Infantry Division (United States) and its successor, the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United
States)

semper apertus always open Motto of University of Heidelberg

semper ardens always burning Motto of Carl Jacobsen and name of a line of beers by Danish brewery Carlsberg.

semper eadem ever the same 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 royal charter.
Also the motto of the City of Leicester and Prince George's County.

semper always higher Motto of the K.A.V. Lovania Leuven and the House of Wrigley-Pimley-McKerr[87]
excelsius

semper fidelis always faithful Motto of several institutions, e.g. United States Marine Corps

semper fortis always brave Unofficial motto of the United States Navy

semper idem always the same Motto of Underberg

semper in We're always in Lord de Ramsey, House of Lords, 21 January 1998 [88]
excretia sumus the manure; only
solim the depth varies.
profundum
variat

semper instans always Motto of 846 NAS Royal Navy

threatening

semper invicta always invincible Motto of Warsaw

semper the necessity of Latin maxim often associated with the burden of proof
necessitas proof always lies
probandi with the person
incumbit ei qui who lays charges
agit

semper liber always free Motto of the city of Victoria, British Columbia

semper paratus always prepared Motto of several institutions, e.g. United States Coast Guard

semper primus always first Motto of several US military units

semper always Motto of the island of Sint Maarten, and of King City Secondary School in King City, Ontario, Canada, and of Fairfax
progrediens progressing High School (Fairfax, Virginia)

semper always in need of A phrase deriving from the Nadere Reformatie movement in the seventeenth century Dutch Reformed Church and
reformanda being reformed 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 Zion (Contemplation of Zion),
Amsterdam, 1674. [89]

semper sursum always aim high Motto of Barrow-in-Furness, England. Motto of St. Stephen School, Chandigarh, India. Motto of St. Joseph's College,
Allahabad, India. Motto of Palmerston North Girls' High School, Palmerston North, New Zealand

semper vigilans 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.

semper vigilo always vigilant The motto of Scottish Police Forces, Scotland.

Senatus The Senate and The official name of the Roman Republic. " SPQR " was carried on battle standards by the Roman legions. In addition to
Populusque the People of being an ancient Roman motto, it remains the motto of the modern city of Rome.
Romanus (SPQR) Rome

sensu lato with the broad, or Less literally, "in the wide sense".
general, meaning

sensu stricto cf. "with the tight Less literally, "in the strict sense".
stricto sensu meaning"

sensus plenior in the fuller In biblical exegesis, the deeper meaning intended by God, not intended by the human author.
meaning

sequere follow the money In an effort to understand why things may be happening contrary to expectations, or even in alignment with them, this
pecuniam 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.

Sermo Tuus Thy Word Is motto of the General Theological Seminary, Cornelius Fontem Esua
Veritas Est Truth

sero venientes those who are

male sedentes late are poorly
seated

sero those who are

venientibus late get bones
ossa

servabo fidem Keeper of the I will keep the faith.

faith

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serviam I will serve 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.

servus servant of the A title for the Pope.

servorum Dei servants of God

sesquipedalia words a foot and From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba " ("he throws down his high-flown language and
verba a half long his foot-and-a-half-long words"). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general.

Si If you seek (his) from the epitaph on Christopher Wren's tomb in St Paul's Cathedral.
monumentum monument, look
requiris around you
circumspice

Si non oscillas, If you can't Inscribed on a plaque above the front door of the Playboy mansion in Chicago.
noli tintinnare swing, don't ring

si omnes... ego if all ones... not I

non

si peccasse if we deny having From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus , where the phrase is translated "if we say that we
negamus made a mistake, have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us." (cf. 1 John 1:8 in the New Testament)
fallimur et nulla we are deceived,
est in nobis and there's no
veritas truth in us

si quaeris if you seek a Said to have been based on the tribute to architect Christopher Wren in St Paul's Cathedral, London: si monumentum
peninsulam delightful requiris, circumspice (see above). State motto of Michigan, adopted in 1835.
amoenam peninsula, look
circumspice around

si quid novisti if you can better Horace, Epistles I:6, 6768

rectius istis, these principles,
candidus tell me; if not, join
imperti; si nil, me in following
his utere them
mecum.

si tacuisses, If you had kept This quote is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It translates
philosophus your silence, you literally as, "If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common use of
mansisses would have the subjunctive verb mood. Among other functions it expresses actions contrary to fact. Sir Humphrey Appleby
stayed a translated it to the PM as: "If you'd kept your mouth shut we might have thought you were clever."
philosopher

si vales valeo if you are well, I A common beginning for ancient Roman letters. An abbreviation of si vales bene est ego valeo, alternatively written as
(SVV) am well (abbr) SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy.

si vis amari ama If you want to be This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to Lucilius.
loved, love

si vis pacem, if you want From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus , De Re Militari . Origin of the name parabellum for some ammunition and
para bellum peace, prepare firearms, such as the Luger Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum and in pace ut
for war sapiens aptarit idonea bello.)

sic thus 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.

sic currite ut Run to win More specifically, So run, that ye may obtain, 1 Corinthians 24. Motto of Divine Word University , Madang, Papua New
comprehendatis Guinea.

sic et non thus and not More simply, "yes and no".

sic gorgiamus we gladly feast Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family .

allos on those who
subjectatos would subdue us
nunc

sic infit so it begins

sic itur ad astra thus you shall go From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions.
to the stars

sic parvis greatness from Motto of Sir Francis Drake

magna small beginnings

sic passim Thus here and Used when referencing books; see passim.
there

sic semper erat, Thus has it

et sic semper always been, and
erit thus shall it ever
be

sic semper thus always to Attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham
tyrannis tyrants 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 I pluck death from tyrants"). State motto of Virginia, adopted in 1776.

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sic transit gloria thus passes the A reminder that all things are fleeting. During Papal coronations , a monk reminds the Pope of his mortality by saying
mundi glory of the world 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 a Roman triumphs whispering memento
mori in the ear of the celebrant.

sic utere tuo ut use [what is] Or "use your property in such a way that you do not damage others'". A legal maxim related to property ownership laws,
alienum non yours so as not to often shortened to simply sic utere ("use it thus").
laedas harm [what is] of
others

sic vita est thus is life Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect of living.

sidere mens Though the Latin motto of the University of Sydney.

eadem mutato constellations
change, the mind
is universal

signetur (sig) or let it be labeled Medical shorthand

(S/)

signum fidei Sign of the Faith Motto of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools .

silentium est silence is golden Latinization of the English expression "silence is golden". Also Latinized as silentium est aurum ("silence is gold").
aureum

similia similibus similar things "like cures like" and "let like be cured by like"; the first form ("cur antur") is indicative, while the second form ("cur entur")
curantur take care of is subjunctive. The indicative form is found in Paracelsus (16th century), while the subjunctive form is said by Samuel
similar things Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy, and is known as the law of similars.
similia similibus
curentur let similar things
take care of
similar things

similia similibus similar Used as a general rule in chemistry; "like dissolves like" refers to the ability of polar or non polar solvents to dissolve
solvuntur substances will polar or non polar solutes respectively.[90]
dissolve similar
substances

simplex sigillum simplicity is the expresses a sentiment akin to Keep It Simple, Stupid
veri sign of truth

sincere et sincere and Motto of the Order of the Red Eagle

constanter constant

sine anno (s.a.) without a year Used in bibliographies to indicate that the date of publication of a document is unknown.

sine die without a day 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,
resulting in an "adjournment sine die".

sine ira et without anger Thus, impartially. From Tacitus, Annals 1.1.
studio and fondness

sine honoris without honorary Addressing oneself to someone whose title is unknown.
titulo title

sine labore non without labour

erit panis in ore there will be no
bread in mouth

sine loco (s.l.) without a place Used in bibliographies to indicate that the place of publication of a document is unknown.

sine metu "without fear" Motto of Jameson Irish Whiskey

sine nomine "without a name" Used in bibliographies to indicate that the publisher of a document is unknown.
(s.n.)

sine poena Without penalty, Refers to the ineffectiveness of a law without the means of enforcement
nulla lex there is no law

sine prole Without offspring Frequently abbreviated to "s.p." or "d.s.p." (decessit sine prole "died without offspring") in genealogical works.

sine prole Without surviving Without surviving offspring (even in abstract terms)
superstite children

sine timore aut Without Fear or St.George's School, Vancouver, Canada motto
favore Favor

sine qua non without which not Used to denote something that is an essential part of the whole. See also condicio sine qua non .

sine remediis without remedies Inscription on a stained glass in the conference hall of a pharmaceutical mill in Kaunas, Lithuania.
medicina debilis medicine is
est powerless

sine scientia without Motto of The International Diving Society, and motto of Oxford University Medical Students Society
ars nihil est knowledge, skill
is nothing

sisto I cease the Phrase, used to cease the activities of the Sejm upon the liberum veto principle
activitatem activity

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sit nomine may it be worthy Motto of Rhodesia
digna of the name

sit sine labe let honour Motto of the Brisbane Boys' College (Brisbane, Australia).
decus stainless be

sit tibi terra may the earth be Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted as S.T.T.L., the same way as today's R.I.P.
levis light to you

sit venia verbo may there be Similar to the English idiom "pardon my French".
forgiveness for
the word

sol iustitiae sun of justice, Motto of Utrecht University.

illustra nos shine upon us

sol lucet the sun shines Petronius, Satyricon Lybri 100.

omnibus on everyone

sol omnia regit the sun rules Inscription near the entrance to Frombork Museum
over everything

sola fide by faith alone 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.

sola dosis facit the dose makes It is credited to Paracelsus who expressed the classic toxicology maxim "All things are poison and nothing is without
venemum the poison poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison."

sola gratia by grace alone 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 lingua the only good Example of dog Latin humor.

bona est lingua language is a
mortua dead language

sola scriptura by scripture The formal principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant idea that the
alone Bible alone is the ultimate authority, not the Pope or tradition.

sola nobilitat virtue alone

virtus ennobles

solamen miseris misery loves From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus .
socios habuisse company
doloris

soli Deo gloria glory to God A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the idea that God is the creator of all good
(S.D.G.) alone 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 ). The motto of the MasterWorks Festival, an
annual Christian performing arts festival.

solus Christus Christ alone 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").

solus ipse I alone

solvitur it is solved by The problem is solved by taking a walk, or by simple experiment.

ambulando walking

Spartam nactus your lot is cast in from Euripides's Telephus, Agamemnon to Menelaus.[91]
es; hanc exorna Sparta, be a
credit to it

specialia special departs

generalibus from general
derogant

species nova new species Used in biological taxonomy

speculum mirror of mirrors

speculorum

spem gregis the hope of the from Virgil's Eclogues

flock

spem reduxit he has restored Motto of New Brunswick.

hope

spero meliora I hope for better

things

spes bona good hope Motto of University of Cape Town.

spes vincit hope conquers Refers to Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame,
thronum (overcomes) the and am set down with my Father in his throne." On the John Winthrop family tombstone, Boston, Massachusetts.
throne

spiritus mundi spirit of the world 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.

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spiritus ubi vult the spirit spreads Refers to The Gospel of Saint John 3:8, where he mentions how Jesus told Nicodemus "The wind blows wherever it
spirat 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
wants happens to whomever has been born of the Spirit." It is the motto of Cayetano Heredia University [92]

splendor sine brightness Loosely "splendour without diminishment" or "magnificence without ruin". Motto of British Columbia.
occasu without setting

stamus contra we stand against The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a
malo by evil mistranslation from English, as the preposition contra takes the accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of "we
stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum".

stante pede with a standing "Immediately".

foot

stare decisis to stand by the To uphold previous rulings, recognize precedent.

decided things

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. [93]

statio bene fide A safe harbour for Motto of Cork City, Ireland. Adapted from Virgil's Aeneid (II, 23: statio male fida carinis , "an unsafe harbour") but
carinis ships corrupted for unknown reasons to "fide".

status quo the situation in The current condition or situation. Also status quo ante ("the situation in which [things were] before"), referring to the
which state of affairs prior to some upsetting event (cf. reset button technique).

status quo ante the state before A common term in peace treaties.
bellum the war

stet let it stand Marginal mark in proofreading to indicate that something previously deleted or marked for deletion should be retained.

stet fortuna let the fortune of First part of the motto of Harrow School, England, and inscribed upon Ricketts House, at the California Institute of
domus the house stand Technology.

stipendium the reward of sin From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus . (See Rom 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death,
peccati mors is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.")
est

strenuis ardua the heights yield Motto of the University of Southampton.

cedunt to endeavour

stricto sensu cf. with the tight Less literally, "in the strict sense".
sensu stricto meaning

stupor mundi the wonder of the A title given to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. More literally translated "the bewilderment of the world", or, in its
world original, pre-Medieval sense, "the stupidity of the world".

sua sponte by its own accord 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. The regimental motto of the 75th Ranger Regiment of the U.S. Army.

sub anno under the year Commonly abbreviated sa, it is used in citing annals, which record events by year.

sub cruce The Light Under Motto of the University of Adelaide , Australia. Refers to the figurative "light of learning" and the Southern Cross
lumen the Cross constellation, Crux.

sub divo under the wide Also, "under the sky", "in the open air", "out in the open" or "outdoors". Ablative "divo" does not distinguish divus, divi, a
open sky god, from divum, divi, the sky.

sub finem toward the end 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. '

sub Iove frigido under cold At night; from Horace's Odes 1.1:25
Jupiter

sub judice under a judge Said of a case that cannot be publicly discussed until it is finished. Also sub iudice.

sub poena under penalty 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.

sub rosa under the rose "In secret", "privately", "confidentially", or "covertly". In the Middle Ages , a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a
council 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 under the name "in the name of", "under the title of"; used in legal citations to indicate the name under which the litigation continued.
nom.)

sub silentio under silence implied but not expressly stated.

sub specie under the sight of Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From Spinoza, Ethics.
aeternitatis eternity

sub specie Dei under the sight of "from God's point of view or perspective".
God

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sub tuum Beneath thy Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary ). Also "under your protection". A popular school
praesidium compassion motto.

Sub umbra Under the shade National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany tree.
floreo I flourish

sub verbo; sub Under the word or heading, as in a dictionary; abbreviated s.v.
voce

sublimis ab Raised from the Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham
unda waves

subsiste stop speaking

sermonem immediately
statim

Succisa virescit Cut down, we Motto of Delbarton School

grow back
stronger

Sudetia non One doesn't sing Saying from Hanakia

cantat on the Sudeten
Mountains

sui generis Of its own kind In a class of its own.

sui iuris Of one's own Capable of responsibility. Has both legal and ecclesiastical use. Commonly rendered sui juris.
right

sum quod eris I am what you A gravestone inscription to remind the reader of the inevitability of death (cf. memento mori). Also rendered fui quod sis
will be ("I have been what you are") and tu fui ego eris ("I have been you, you will be I").

sum quod sum I am what I am from Augustine's Sermon No. 76. [94]

summa cum with highest

laude praise

summa sum or totality of It refers to the final authority of power in government. For example, power of the Sovereign.
potestas power

summa all in all Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion is rounded up at the end of some elaboration.
summarum

summum the supreme Literally "highest good". Also summum malum ("the supreme evil").
bonum good

summum ius, supreme law, From Cicero (De officiis, I, 10, 33). An acritical application of law, without understanding and respect of laws's purposes
summa iniuria supreme and without considering the overall circumstances, is often a means of supreme injustice. A similar sentence appears in
injustice Terence (Heautontimorumenos, IV, 5): Ius summum saepe summa est malitia ("supreme justice is often out of
supreme malice (or wickedness)").

sunt lacrimae there are tears From Virgil, Aeneid. Followed by et mentem mortalia tangunt ("and mortal things touch my mind"). Aeneas cries as he
rerum for things sees Carthaginian temple murals depicting the deaths of the Trojan War. See also hinc illae lacrimae.

sunt omnes they are all one

unum

sunt pueri Children are anonymous proverb

pueri, pueri children, and
puerilia tractant children do
childish things

suo jure 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.

suo motu upon one's own Also rendered suo moto. Usually used when a court of law, upon its own initiative, (i.e., no petition has been filed)
initiative proceeds against a person or authority that it deems has committed an illegal act. It is used chiefly in South
Asia.[citation needed]

suos cultores Knowledge The motto of Syracuse University, New York.

scientia coronat crowns those
who seek her

super firmum On the firm The motto of Ursinus College, Pennsylvania.

fundamentum foundation of
dei God

super fornicam on the lavatory Where Thomas More accused the reformer, Martin Luther, of going to celebrate Mass.

superbia in pride in battle Motto of Manchester City F.C.

proelia

supero omnia I surpass A declaration that one succeeds above all others.
everything

surdo oppedere to belch before From Erasmus' collection of annotated Adagia (1508): a useless action.
the deaf

surgam I shall rise Motto of Columbia University's Philolexian Society.

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sursum corda Lift up your
hearts

sutor, ne ultra Cobbler, no Thus, don't offer your opinion on things that are outside your competence. It is said that the Greek painter Apelles once
crepidam further than the asked the advice of a cobbler on how to render the sandals of a soldier he was painting. When the cobbler started
sandal! 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 to render to every One of Justinian I's three basic precepts of law. Also shortened to suum cuique ("to each his own").
tribuere man his due

s.v. Abbreviation for sub verbo or sub voce (see above).

Latin Translation Notes

tabula congratulatory tablet A list of congratulations.

gratulatoria

tabula rasa scraped tablet 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.

talis qualis just as such "Such as it is" or "as such".

taliter qualiter somewhat

talium Dei for of such (little from St Mark's gospel 10:14 "talium (parvuli) est enim regnum Dei "; similar in St Matthew's gospel 19:14 "talium est
regnum children) is the enim regnum caelorum" ("for of such is the kingdom of heaven"); motto of the Cathedral School, Townsville.
kingdom of God

tanquam ex we know the lion by Said in 1697 by Johann Bernoulli about Isaac Newton's anonymously submitted solution to Bernoulli's challenge
ungue his claw regarding the Brachistochrone curve.
leonem

tarde To the late are left the

venientibus bones
ossa

Te occidere They can kill you, but The motto of the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in the David Foster Wallace novel Infinite Jest. Translated in the
possunt sed they cannot eat you, novel as "They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier".
te edere non it is against the law.
possunt
nefas est

technica Technology impulses Motto of Technical University of Madrid

impendi nations
nationi

temet nosce know thyself 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 as "know thyself".

tempora Heroic Age Literally "Heroic Times"; refers to the period between the mythological Titanomachy and the (relatively) historical
heroica Trojan War.

tempora the times are 16th century variant of two classical lines of Ovid: tempora labuntur ("time labors", Fasti) and omnia mutantur
mutantur et changing, and we ("everything changes", Metamorphoses). See entry for details.
nos mutamur change in them
in illis

tempus edax time, devourer of all Also "time, that devours all things", literally: "time, gluttonous of things", edax: adjectival form of the verb edo to eat.
rerum things From Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15, 234-236.

tempus fugit Time flees. From Virgil's Georgics (Book III, line 284), where it appears as fugit inreparabile tempus. A common sundial motto.
Time flies. See also tempus volat, hora fugit below.

tempus rerum time, commander of "Tempus Rerum Imperator" has been adopted by the Google Web Accelerator project. It is shown in the "About
imperator all things Google Web Accelerator" page.

tempus spring time Name of song by popular Irish singer Enya

vernum

tempus volat time flies, the hour

hora fugit flees

tendit in virtue strives for what Appears in Ovid's Epistulae ex Ponto

ardua virtus is difficult

teneo te I hold you, Africa! Suetonius attributes this to Julius Caesar, from when Caesar was on the African coast.
Africa

tentanda via The way must be motto for York University

tried

ter in die (t.i.d.) thrice in a day Medical shorthand for "three times a day".

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terminat hora The hour finishes the Phrase concluding Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus.[95]
diem; day; the author
terminat finishes his work.
auctor opus.

terminus ante limit before which In archaeology or history, refers to the date before which an artifact or feature must have been deposited. Used with
quem terminus post quem ("limit after which"). Similarly, terminus ad quem ("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 unknown southern First name used to refer to the Australian continent.
incognita land

terra firma solid land Often used to refer to the ground.

terra unknown land

incognita

terra nova new 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

terra nullius land of none That is, no man's land. A neutral or uninhabited area, or a land not under the sovereignty of any recognized political
entity.

terras let them illuminate 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
irradient the lands of his glory"). Sometimes mistranslated as "they will illuminate the lands" based on mistaking irradiare for a future
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.

tertium non no third (possibility) A logical axiom that a claim is either true or false, with no third option.
datur is given

tertium quid a third something 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.

testis unus, one witness is not a A law principle expressing that a single witness is not enough to corroborate a story.
testis nullus witness

Tibi cordi We consecrate to The inscription found on top of the central door of the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, otherwise known
immaculato your immaculate as the Manila Cathedral in the Philippines
concredimus heart and entrust to
nos ac you (Mary) for
consecramus safekeeping

timeo Danaos I fear Greeks even if Danaos being a term for the Greeks. In Virgil's Aeneid, II, 49, the phrase is said by Laocon when warning his fellow
et dona they bring gifts Trojans against accepting the Trojan Horse. The full original quote is quidquid id est timeo Danaos et dona ferentis,
ferentes quidquid id est meaning "whatever it is" and ferentis being an archaic form of ferentes. Commonly mistranslated
"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts".

timidi mater A coward's mother proverb; occasionally appears on loading screens in the game Rome: Total War.
non flet does not weep

timor mortis the fear of death Refrain originating in the response to the seventh lesson in the Office of the Dead. In the Middle Ages , this service
conturbat me confounds me was read each day by clerics. As a refrain, it appears also in other poems and can frequently be found inscribed on
tombs.

totus tuus totally yours 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.

transire to travel along while Literally "beneficial passage." Mentioned in "The Seamy Side of History" (L'envers de l'histoire contemporaine, 1848),
benefaciendo doing good part of La Comdie humaine, by Honor de Balzac, and Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

translatio transfer of rule Used to express the belief in the transfer of imperial authority from the Roman Empire of antiquity to the Medieval
imperii Holy Roman Empire.

tres faciunt three makes It takes three to have a valid group; three is the minimum number of members for an organization or a corporation.
collegium company

treuga Dei Truce of God A decree by the medieval Church that all feuds should be cancelled during the Sabbatheffectively from Wednesday
or Thursday night until Monday. See also Peace and Truce of God .

tria juncta in Three joined in one Motto of the Order of the Bath
uno

tu autem But Thou, O Lord, Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy of the medieval church. Also used in brief, "tu autem", as a
Domine have mercy upon us memento mori epitaph.
miserere
nobis

tu fui ego eris I was you; you will be Thus, "what you are, I was; what I am, you will be.". A memento mori gravestone inscription to remind the reader that
me death is unavoidable (cf. sum quod eris).

tu ne cede you should not give From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95.

malis, sed in to evils, but
contra proceed ever more
audentior ito boldly against 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.

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tu stultus es you are stupid Motto for the satirical news organization, The Onion

tuebor I will protect Found on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of Michigan.

tunica propior A tunic is closer to

est pallio the body than a cape

turris fortis God is my strong Motto of the Kelly Clan

mihi Deus tower

tutum te I will give you safety Motto of the Clan Crawford

robore by strength
reddam

tuum est It's up to you Motto of the University of British Columbia

Latin Translation Notes

uberrima fides most abundant Or "utmost good faith" (cf. bona fide). A legal maxim of insurance contracts requiring all parties to deal in good faith.
faith

ubertas et fidelitas fertility and Motto of Tasmania.

faithfulness

ubi amor, ibi dolor where [there is]

love, there [is] pain

ubi bene ibi patria where [it is] well, Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi patria.
there [is] the
fatherland

ubi caritas et where there is

amor Deus ibi est charity and love,
God is there

ubi dubium ibi where [there is] Anonymous proverb.

libertas doubt, there [is]
freedom

ubi jus ibi Where [there is] a

remedium right, there [is] a
remedy

ubi mel ibi apes where [there is] Similar to "you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar"treat people nicely and they will treat you nicely in
honey, there [are] return.
bees

ubi libertas ibi where [there is] Or "where there is liberty, there is my country". Patriotic motto.
patria liberty, there [is]
the fatherland

ubi nihil vales, ibi where you are From the writings of the Flemish philosopher Arnold Geulincx; also quoted by Samuel Beckett in his first published
nihil velis worth nothing, novel, Murphy.
there you will wish
for nothing

ubi non accusator where [there is] no Thus, there can be no judgment or case if no one charges a defendant with a crime. The phrase is sometimes
ibi non iudex accuser, there [is] parodied as "where there are no police, there is no speed limit".
no judge

ubi panis ibi where there is

patria bread, there is my
country

ubi pus, ibi where there is pus,

evacua there evacuate it

ubi re vera when, in a true Or "whereas, in reality..." Also rendered ubi revera ("when, in fact" or "when, actually").
thing

ubi societas ibi if there's a society, By Aristotle.

ius law will be there

ubi solitudinem They make a from a speech by Calgacus reported/constructed by Tacitus, Agricola, ch. 30.
faciunt pacem desert and call it
appellant peace

ubi sunt where are they? 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?").

ubique, quo fas et everywhere, Motto of the Royal Artillery and most other Artillery corps within the armies of the British Commonwealth (for
gloria ducunt where right and example, the Royal Canadian Artillery, Royal Australian Artillery and Royal New Zealand Artillery).
glory leads

ultima ratio last method

the final argument
the last resort (as
force)

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ultimo mense (ult.) in the last month Used in formal correspondence to refer to the previous month. Used with inst. ("this month") and prox. ("next month").

ultra vires beyond powers "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.

ultra posse nemo No one is

obligatur obligated beyond
what he is able to
do.

ululas Athenas (to send) owls to From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Latin
Athens translation of a classical Greek proverb. Generally means putting large effort in a necessarily fruitless enterprise.
Compare "selling coal to Newcastle".

una hirundo non one swallow does A single example of something positive does not necessarily mean that all subsequent similar instances will have
facit ver not make summer the same outcome.

una salus victis the only safety for Less literally, "the only safe bet for the vanquished is to expect no safety". Preceded by moriamur et in media arma
nullam sperare the conquered is ruamus ("let us die even as we rush into the midst of battle") in Virgil's Aeneid, book 2, lines 353354. Used in Tom
salutem to hope for no Clancy's novel Without Remorse, where character John Clark translates it as "the one hope of the doomed is not to
safety hope for safety". It was said several times in "Andromeda" as the motto of the SOF units.

unitas, iustitia, unity, justice, hope Motto of Vilnius.

spes

unitas per unity through Motto for the St. Xavier's Institution Board of Librarians.
servitiam service

uniti aedificamus united we build Motto of the Mississippi Makerspace Community

uno flatu 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."

uno sumus animo we are one of soul Motto of Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden

unus multorum one of many An average person.

Unus papa One pope in Motto of the Czech Brewery in Rakovnk. [96]
Romae, unus Rome, one port in
portus Anconae, Ancona, one tower
una turris in Cremona, one
Cremonae, una beer in Rakovnk
ceres Raconae

Urbi et Orbi to the city and the Meaning "To Rome and the World". A standard opening of Roman proclamations. Also a traditional blessing by the
circle [of the lands] pope.

urbs in horto city in a garden Motto of the City of Chicago.

usque ad finem to the very end Often used in reference to battle, implying a willingness to keep fighting until you die.

usus est magister practice is the best In other words, practice makes perfect. Also sometimes translated "use makes master."
optimus teacher.

ut biberent so that they might Also rendered with quando ("when") in place of quoniam. From a book by Suetonius (Vit. Tib., 2.2) and Cicero (De
quoniam esse drink, since they Natura Deorum, 2.3). The phrase was said by Roman admiral Publius Claudius Pulcher right before the battle of
nollent refused to eat Drepana, as he threw overboard the sacred chickens which had refused to eat the grain offered theman
unwelcome omen of bad luck. Thus, the sense is, "if they do not perform as expected, they must suffer the
consequences". He lost the battle disastrously.

ut cognoscant te so that they may Motto of Boston College High School .

know You.

ut desint vires, though the power From Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (III, 4, 79).
tamen est be lacking, the will
laudanda is to be praised all
voluntas the same

ut dicitur as has been said;

as above

ut incepit fidelis as she began Thus, the state remains as loyal as ever. Motto of Ontario.
sic permanet loyal, so she
persists

ut infra as below

ut in omnibus that in all things, Motto of the Order of St. Benedict.

glorificetur Deus. God may be
glorified

ut mare quod ut to sea and into Motto of USNS Washington Chambers

ventus wind

ut prosim that I may serve Motto of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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ut proverbium you know what Lit: As the old proverb says...
loquitur vetus... they say...

ut res magis that the matter

valeat quam may have effect
pereat rather than fail[97]

ut retro as backwards Or "as on the back side"; thus, "as on the previous page" (cf. ut supra).

ut Roma cadit, sic as Rome falls, so

omnis terra [falls] the whole
world

ut sit finis litium so there might be A traditional brocard. The full form is Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium, "it is in the government's interest that
an end of litigation there be an end to litigation." Often quoted in the context of statutes of limitation.

ut supra as above

ut tensio sic vis as the extension, Robert Hooke's expression of his discovery of his law of linear elasticity. Also: Motto of cole Polytechnique de
so the force Montral. Motto of the British Watch and Clockmaker's Guild.

utilis in usefulness in Comes from 2 Timothy 4:11. Motto of Camberwell Girls Grammar School .
ministerium service

utraque unum both into one Also translated as "that the two may be one." Motto found in 18th century Spanish dollar coins. Motto of
Georgetown University.

utrinque paratus ready for anything Motto of The British Parachute Regiment. Motto of the Belize National Coast Guard.

Latin Translation Notes

vacate et Be still and know. Motto of the University of Sussex.

scire

vade ad go to the ant A Biblical phrase from the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard;
formicam consider its ways and be wise!"[Pro 6:6]

vade mecum go with me A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a handbook.

vade retro Go back, Satan! An exhortation for Satan to begone, often used in response to temptation. From a popular Medieval Catholic
Satana exorcism formula, based on a rebuke by Jesus to Peter in the Vulgate, Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana ("get behind
Me, Satan!").[Mark 8:33] The older phrase vade retro ("go back!") can be found in Terence's Formio I, 4, 203.

vae victis Woe to the Attributed by Livy to Brennus, the chief of the Gauls, while he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently
conquered! sacked Rome in 390 BC.

vanitas vanity of vanities; More simply, "vanity, vanity, everything vanity". From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes 1:2;12:8.
vanitatum everything [is] vanity
omnia
vanitas

vaticinium ex prophecy from the A prophecy made to look as though it was written before the events it describes, while in fact being written afterwards.
eventu event

vel non or not Summary of alternatives, e.g. "this action turns upon whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non."

velle est "To be willing is to be Motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of Hillfield Strathallan College.
posse able." (non-literal:
"Where there's a will,
there's a way.")

velocius faster than Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". Ascribed to Augustus by Suetonius (The Twelve Caesars, Book 2
quam asparagus can be (Augustus), para. 87). Can refer to anything done very quickly. A very common variant is celerius quam asparagi
asparagi cooked cocuntur ("faster than asparagus is cooked").
coquantur

velut arbor As a tree with the Motto of the University of Toronto

aevo passage of time

veni, vidi, vici I came, I saw, I The message supposedly sent by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate to describe his battle against King Pharnaces II
conquered near Zela in 47 BC.

venturis To the coming winds Motto of Braslia, capital of Brazil.

ventis

vera causa true cause

verba docent Words instruct, On the relevance to use illustrations for example when preaching.
exempla illustrations lead
trahunt

verba ita words are to be When explaining a given subject, it is important to clarify rather than confuse.
sunt understood such that
intelligenda the subject matter
ut res magis may be more
valeat quam effective than wasted
pereat

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verba vana Not to speak words in Rule number 56 of the Rule of Saint Benedict .
aut risui non vain or to start
loqui laughter

verba volant, words fly away, From a famous speech of Caius Titus at the Roman senate.
scripta writings remain
manent

verbatim word for word Refers to perfect transcription or quotation.

verbatim et word for word and

literatim letter by letter

verbi divini servant of the divine A priest (cf. Verbum Dei).

minister Word

verbi gratia for example literally: "for the sake of a word"

(v.gr. or VG)

Verbum Dei Word of God See religious text.

Verbum The word of the Lord Motto of the University of Groningen

Domini is a light for our feet
lucerna
pedibus
nostris

verbum The Word of the Lord Motto of the Lutheran Reformation

Domini Endures Forever
manet in
aeternum
(VDMA)

verb. sap., A word to the wise is The hearer can fill in the rest; enough said. Short for Verbum sapienti sat[is] est.
verbum sap. sufficient

veritas truth Motto of many educational institutions, including Harvard University and Bishop Lynch High School .

veritas Truth and justice

aequitas

veritas, Truth, Goodness, Current motto of Fu Jen Catholic University , Taiwan

bonitas, Beauty, and Holiness
pulchritudo,
sanctitas

veritas Truth for Christ and The de jure motto of Harvard University, dating to its foundation; it is often shortened to Veritas to dispose of its
Christo et Church original religious meaning.
ecclesiae

Veritas cum Truth with liberty Motto of Winthrop University

libertate

veritas curat truth cures Motto of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Veritas Dei God's Truth prevails. Motto of the Hussites

vincit

veritas Lord's truth remain

Domini eternally
manet in
aeternum

veritas et Truth and Courage One of the mottoes of Lyceum of the Philippines University
fortitudo

veritas et Truth and virtue Motto of University of Pittsburgh, Methodist University, Mississippi College
virtus

veritas, Truth, Faith, Wisdom Current motto of Dowling Catholic High School
fides,
sapientia

veritas in Truth Through Caring Motto of Bishop Wordsworth's School and St Munchin's College
caritate

Veritas Truth Justice Liberty Motto of Free University of Berlin

Iustitia
Libertas

Veritas Truth Shall Set You Motto of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan
Liberabit Vos Free

veritas lux Truth is my light. A common non-literal translation is "Truth enlightens me." Motto of Seoul National University
mea

veritas Truth never expires Seneca the Younger

numquam
perit

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veritas odit Truth hates delay Seneca the Younger
moras

veritas Truth conquers all The phrase from a letter of religious reformator and martyr Jan Hus. Motto of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario;
omnia vincit Satyameva Jayate; Triangle Fraternity

veritas Truth, Unity, Love Motto of Villanova University

unitas
caritas

veritas vincit truth conquers (or The phrase from a letter of religious reformator and martyr Jan Hus. Motto on the banner of the Presidents of
truth prevails) Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic. Also motto of the Scottish clan Keith.

Veritas. Truth. Courage. Motto of the University of Szeged in Hungary

Virtus. Freedom.
Libertas.

veritas vit Truth is Life's Another plaussible translation is 'Truth is Life's Mistress'. Unofficial Motto of University of Puerto Rico, Ro Piedras ,
magistra Teacher. appearing in its Tower.

veritas vos the truth will set you Motto of Johns Hopkins University
liberabit free

veritate duce Advancing (with) Motto of University of Arkansas

progredi Truth Leading.

[in] veritate with truth and love Motto of Catholic Junior College, Singapore; of St Xavier's School, Hazaribagh, India
et caritate

veritate et with truth and Motto of Sydney Boys High School . Also "virtute et veritate", motto of Walford Anglican School for Girls and
virtute courage Pocklington School .

veritatem I loved (or, I have Motto of Bryn Mawr College

dilexi esteemed) the truth.

veritatem to bear witness to the Motto of Xaverian Brothers High School

fratribus truth in brotherhood
testari

veritatem To know the truth Motto of the Central Intelligence Agency's Clandestine Service
cognoscere

vero nihil nothing truer than Motto of Mentone Girls' Grammar School
verius truth

vero Yes, we can A variation of the campaign slogan used by then-Senator Barack Obama on a Great Seal variation during the 2008
possumus US presidential campaign.[98]

versus (vs) or towards Literally "in the direction". Mistakenly used in English as "against" (probably from "adversus"), particularly to denote
(v.) two opposing parties, such as in a legal dispute or a sports match.

veto I forbid The right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. Derived from ancient Roman voting practices.

vexilla regis Forth go the banners Used by Dante in Canto XXXIV of the Inferno, the phrase is an allusion to and play upon the Latin Easter hymn Vexilla
prodeunt of the king of hell Regis, and is itself repeatedly referenced in the works of Walter M. Miller, Jr.
inferni

vi coactus under constraint used to indicate an agreement signed under duress

vi et animo With heart and soul Or "Strength with Courage". Motto of Ascham School and the McCulloch clan crest.

vi veri by the power of truth, Magickal motto of Aleister Crowley.

universum I, while living, have
vivus vici conquered the
universe

via by the road "by way of" or "by means of"; e.g. "I'll contact you via e-mail."

via media middle road Can refer to the radical center political stance.

via, veritas, The Way, the Truth From the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John 14:6; motto of many institutions including Glasgow University.
vita and the Life

vice 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 with position turned For other uses, see Vice Versa (disambiguation).
versa vice Thus, "the other way around", "conversely", etc. Historically and in British English, vice is pronounced as two
syllables, but in American English 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 vehr-sah. Moreover, it also dictates that the
letter V, when consonantal, represents /w/; i.e. in classical times, the V was pronounced like a W; hence wee-keh
wehr-sah.[99]

victoria aut Victory or death ! similar to aut vincere aut mori.

mors

victoria Victory comes from The official club motto of Arsenal F.C.
concordia harmony
crescit

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victrix causa the victorious cause Lucan, Pharsalia 1, 128. Dedication on the south side of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
diis placuit pleased the gods, but
sed victa the conquered cause
Catoni pleased Cato

vide "see" or "refer to"

vide infra "see below"

(v.i.)

vide supra "see above" Or "see earlier in this writing". Also shortened to just supra.
(v.s.)

videlicet (viz.) "namely", "that is to Contraction of videre licet: "permitted to see".

say", "as follows"

video et I see and keep silent The motto of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
taceo

video I see and approve of From the Metamorphoses VII. 2021 of Ovid. A summary of the experience of akrasia.
meliora the better, but I follow
proboque the worse
deteriora
sequor

video sed I see it, but I don't Caspar Hofmann (de) after being shown proof of the circulatory system by William Harvey.
non credo believe it

videre licet "it is permitted to

see", "one may see"

vim promotes one's Motto of University of Bristol taken from Horace Ode 4.4.
promovet innate power
insitam

vince malum Overcome Evil with Partial quotation of Romans 12:21 also used as a motto for Old Swinford Hospital and Bishop Cotton School, Shimla .
bono Good

vincere est to conquer is to live Captain John Smith 's personal motto
vivere

vincere scis you know [how] to According to Livy, a cavalry colonel told Hannibal this after the victory at Cannae in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal
Hannibal win, Hannibal; you should have marched on Rome directly.
victoria uti do not know [how] to
nescis use victory

vincit omnia Truth conquers all

veritas

vincit qui he conquers who First attributed to Roman scholar and satirst Persius; frequently used as motto.
patitur endures

vincit qui se he/she conquers who Motto of many educational institutions. Also "bis vincit qui se vincit" ("he/she who prevails over himself/herself is twice
vincit conquers victorious"). Also the motto of The Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast as seen on the castle's stained glass
himself/herself window near the beginning of the film. It is the motto of the Philadelphia High School for Girls , and of North Sydney
Boys High School.

vinculum "the chain of the law", "A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris." Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856,
juris i.e. legally binding "Obligation."

vinum et Wine and music Asterix and Caesar's Gift ; a variation on "vinum bonum laetificat cor hominis".
musica gladden the heart
laetificant
cor

vinum The wine of kings, A description of Tokaji wine, attributed to Louis XIV.
regum, rex the king of wines
vinorum

viperam sub A viper nursed at the A caveat regarding trusting someone against their inherent nature; the moral of Aesop's fable
ala nutricare bosom The_Farmer_and_the_Viper

vir prudens "[A] wise man does

non contra not urinate [up]
ventum against the wind"
mingit

vir visque vir "Every man a man" Motto of the U.S. collegiate fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha.

Vires acquirit "She gathers A quotation from Vergil's Aeneid (iv, 175), which in the original context refers to Pheme. Motto on the Coat of arms of
eundo strength as she Melbourne
goes"

virile agitur "The manly thing is As used in the motto of Knox Grammar School
being done"

viriliter age "Act manfully" or "Act As used in the motto of Marist College Ashgrove and others.
Courageously"

viriliter agite "Act in a manly way" As used in the motto of St Muredach's College and by PAREF Southridge school for boys.

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viriliter agite "Act manfully, be As used in the motto of Culford School
estote fortes strong"

virtus et virtue and hard work The motto of Don Bosco Liluah, India. and St. Georges College, Mussoorie, India.
labor

virtus et virtue and knowledge Frequently used as a motto, preeminently as that of La Salle University of Philadelphia, PA.
scientia

virtus in Virtue stands in the Idiomatically: Good practice lies in the middle path. There is disagreement as to whether "medi a" or "medio" is correct.
media stat middle.

virtus junxit that which virtue Masonic (Scottish Rite) motto

mors non unites, let not death
separabit separate

virtus Greatness increases Berkhamsted School motto

laudata with praise
crescit

Virtus non Valor, not garland Duke of Westminster's motto at his stately home in Eaton, motto of Grosvenor Rowing Club and Harrow County
stemma School for Boys

virtus sola virtue alone [is] noble Christian Brothers College, St Kilda's school motto
nobilitas

virtus Strength rejoices in The motto of Hillsdale College.

tentamine the challenge.
gaudet

virtus unita virtue united [is] State motto of Andorra.

fortior stronger

Virtute duce Under the guidance Motto of Institut d'tudes politiques de Lyon, also motto of the Accorretti family (it)
comite of valor,
fortuna accompanied by
good fortune

virtute et by virtue and arms Or "by manhood and weapons". State motto of Mississippi. Possibly derived from the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton,
armis virtute non armis fido ("I trust in virtue, not in arms"). Also virtute et labore, as by manhood and by work motto of
Pretoria Boys High School

virtute et by virtue and industry Motto of the city of Bristol.

industria

virtute et by virtue and truth Motto of Pocklington School .

veritate

vis legis power of the law

vis major force majeure,

superior force

visio dei Vision of a god

vita ante acta a life done before Thus, a previous life, generally due to reincarnation.

vita, [Mary our] life, Motto of University of Notre Dame.

dulcedo, sweetness, hope
spes

vita incerta, Life is uncertain, In simpler English, "The most certain thing in life is death".
mors death is most certain
certissima

vita mutatur, Life is changed, not The phrase is in the preface of the first Catholic rite of the Mass for the Dead.
non tollitur taken away.

vita patris During the life of the Hence the term " decessit vita patris" (d.v.p) or "died v.p." seen in genealogy works such as Burke's Peerage.
father

vita summa the shortness of life A wistful refrain, sometimes used ironically. From the first line of Horace's Ode I; later used as the title of a short poem
brevis spem prevents us from by Ernest Dowson.
nos vetat entertaining far-off
incohare hopes
longam

vitai lampada They hand on the From Lucretius' poem De rerum natura II.7779; the normal spelling "vitae" (two syllables) had to be changed to
tradunt torch of life "vita" (three syllables) to fit the requirements of the poem's dactylic hexameters. Motto of the Sydney Church of
England Grammar School and others.

vitam Mankind [who] Motto of East Los Angeles College .

amplificare extends the life of the
hominibus community
hominesque
societati

viva voce living voice An oral, as opposed to a written, examination of a candidate.

vivat crescat may it live, grow, and

floreat flourish!

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vivat rex May the King live! Usually translated "Long live the King!" Also Vivat Regina ("Long live the Queen!").

vivat rex, Long live the king, A pun on Vivat Rex, found in Westerham parish church in Kent.
curat lex guardian of the law

vive memor live remembering Persius. Compare with " memento mori"
leti death

vive ut vivas live so that you may The phrase suggests that one should live life to the fullest and without fear of possible consequences.
live

vivere est to live is to think Cicero; compare with " cogito ergo sum "
cogitare

vivere to live is to fight Seneca (Epist. 96,5). Compare with the allegory of Miles Christianus based on militia est vita hominis in the Vulgate,
militare est Book of Job 7:1.

vocatus called and not called, or "called and even not called, God approaches"; attributed to the Oracle at Delphi. Used by Carl Jung as a personal
atque non God will be present motto adorning his home and grave.
vocatus
Deus aderit

volenti non to one willing, no or "to him who consents, no harm is done"; used in tort law to delineate the principle that one cannot be held liable for
fit injuria harm is done injuries inflicted on an individual who has given his consent to the action that gave rise to the injury.

vos estis sal you are the salt of the A famous biblical sentence said by Jesus.
terrae earth.

votum separate vow An independent, minority voice.

separatum

vox the voice of one or traditionally, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness"; from the Vulgate, Isaiah 40:3, and quoted by John the
clamantis in shouting in the desert Baptist in the Gospels (Mark 1:3 and John 1:23). It is the motto of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire.
deserto

vox nihili voice of nothing Applied to a useless or ambiguous phrase or statement.

vox populi voice of the people Short non-prearranged interview with an ordinary person (e.g. on the street); sometimes shortened to "vox pop".

vox populi, the voice of the

vox Dei people is the voice of
God

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