A Latin a bene placito a caelo usque ad centrum a capite ad calcem a contrario a Deucalione a falsis principiis proficisci a fortiori Notes

Or "at will", "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian from one well (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplcito) derivatives, are pleased synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". In law, from the sky to the can refer to the obsolete cuius est solum eius est usque ad center coelum et ad inferos maxim of property ownership ("for whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths"). From top to bottom; all the way through (colloquially "from head from head to heel to toe"). Equally a pedibus usque ad caput. Equivalent to "on the contrary" or "au contraire". An argumentum from the opposite a contrario is an "argument from the contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. from or since A long time ago. From Gaius Lucilius (Satires, 6, 284) Deucalion to set forth from false principles from the stronger Legal term from Cicero's De Finibus 4.53. Translation

Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. From Psalm 72:8, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a a mari usque flumine usque ad terminos terrae" (KJV: "He shall have dominion from sea to sea ad mare also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada. Completely. Similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" or a pedibus from feet to head "from top to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad caput usque ad mala. from being able to "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being a posse ad esse being actual" Based on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is a posteriori from the latter known after a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known from empirical experience. Presupposed, 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 a priori from the former something that can be known without empirical experience. In everyday speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. appeal to ab absurdo from the absurd ridicule) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum, which is usually a valid logical argument. ab abusu ad an inference from usum non valet an abuse to a use Rights abused are still rights (cf. abusus non tollit usum). consequentia is not valid Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time" or "from an ab aeterno from the eternal infinitely remote time in the past". In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time. ab antiquo from the ancient From ancient times. ab epistulis from the letters Or, having to do with correspondence. A legal term meaning "from without". From external sources, ab extra from beyond rather than from the self or the mind (ab intra). ab hinc or from here on abhinc from the deepest Or "from the bottom of my heart", "with deepest affection", ab imo pectore chest "sincerely".. Attributed to Julius Caesar. New Latin for "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience" or "from hardship". An argumentum ab inconvenienti is one based on ab from an the difficulties involved in pursuing a line of reasoning, and is thus inconvenienti inconvenient thing a form of appeal to consequences; it refers to a rule in law that an argument from inconvenience has great weight. Thus, "from the beginning" or "from infancy". Incunabula is commonly used in English to refer to the earliest stage or origin of ab incunabulis from the cradle something, and especially to copies of books that predate the spread of the printing press around AD 1500. ab initio from the beginning "At the outset", referring to an inquiry or investigation. In literature, refers to a story told from the beginning rather than in medias res (from the middle). In law, refers to something being the case from the start or from the instant of the act, rather than from when the court declared it so. A judicial declaration of the invalidity of a marriage ab initio is a nullity. In science, refers to

the first principles. In other contexts, often refers to beginner or training courses. Ab initio mundi means "from the beginning of the world". ab intestato from an intestate From someone who dies with no legal will (cf. ex testamento). ab intra from within From the inside. The opposite of ab extra. By a person who is angry. Used in law to describe a decision or action that is detrimental to those it affects and was made based on hatred or anger, rather than on reason. The form irato is ab irato from an angry man masculine; however, this does not mean it applies only to men, rather 'person' is meant, as the phrase probably elides "homo," not "vir." From the origin, beginning, source, or commencementi.e., ab origine from the source "originally". The source of the word aboriginal. From Horace, Satire 1.3. Means "from beginning to end", based on the Roman main meal typically beginning with an egg dish and ab ovo usque from the egg to the ending with fruit (cf. the English phrase soup to nuts). Thus, ab ad mala apples ovo means "from the beginning", and can also connote thoroughness. From Virgil's Aeneid. Refers to situations where a single example ab uno disce from one, learn all or observation indicates a general or universal truth. Visible in the omnes court of King Silas in the TV series Kings. Or "from the founding of Rome", which occurred in 753 BC from the city according to Livy's count. Used as a reference point in ancient ab urbe condita having been Rome for establishing dates, before being supplanted by other (a.u.c.) founded systems. Also anno urbis conditae (a.u.c.) (literally "in the year of the founded city"). ab utili from utility Used of an argument. absens haeres an absent person In law, refers to the principle that someone who is not present is non erit will not be an heir unlikely to inherit. [with] the absente reo defendant being In the absence of the accused. (abs. re.) absent absit iniuria let injury be absent Expresses the wish that no insult or wrong be conveyed by the verbis (or from [these] words speaker's words, i.e., "no offence". See also absit invidia. injuria) Although similar to the English expression "no offence", absit invidia is not a mere social gesture to avoid causing offense, but also a way to ward off the harm that some people superstitiously absit invidia let ill will be absent believe animosity can cause others. Also extended to absit invidia verbo, meaning "may ill will be absent from the word" (cf. absit iniuria verbis). Or "let this not be a bad omen". Expresses the wish that let an omen be absit omen something seemingly ill-boding does not turn out to be an omen absent for future events, and calls on divine protection against evil. absolutum absolute dominion Total power or sovereignty. dominium A legal term said by a judge acquitting a defendant following a trial. Te absolvo or absolvo te, translated, "I forgive you," said by absolvo I acquit Roman Catholic priests during the Sacrament of Confession prior to the Second Vatican Council. abundans abundant caution cautela non Frequently phrased as "one can never be too careful". does no harm nocet abusus non misuse does not Just because something is misused doesn't mean it can't be used tollit usum remove use correctly. abyssus deep calleth unto abyssum From Psalms 42:7; some translations have 'Sea calls to sea'. deep invocat accipe hoc Take this Motto of 848 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy. A legal maxim denoting that any accused person is entitled to no one ought to accusare nemo make a plea of not guilty, and also that a witness is not obliged to accuse himself se debet nisi give a response or submit a document that will incriminate except in the coram Deo himself. A very similar phrase is nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare Presence of God "no one is bound to accuse himself". See right to silence. Ovid's Tristia 1.2.97: si tamen acta deos numquam mortalia acta deos mortal actions fallunt, / a culpa facinus scitis abesse mea. "Yet if mortal actions numquam never deceive the never deceive the gods, / you know that crime was absent from mortalia fallunt gods my fault." A common ending to ancient Roman comedies, also claimed by The play has been Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to have been Augustus' last acta est fabula performed; words. Applied by Sibelius to the third movement of his String plaudite applaud! Quartet no. 2 so that his audience would realize it was the last one, as a fourth would normally be expected. acta non verba Deeds, not Words Motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Also used in the singular, Acta Sancti (Deeds of the Saint), acta sanctorum Deeds of the Saints preceding a specific Saint's name. A common title of works in hagiography.

actus me invito the act done by me factus non est against my will is meus actus not my act The act does not actus non facit make [a person] reum nisi mens guilty unless the A legal term outlining the presumption of mens rea in a crime. sit rea mind should be guilty. The actual crime that is committed, rather than the intent or thought process leading up to the crime. Thus, the external actus reus guilty act elements of a crime, as contrasted with mens rea, the internal elements. In logic, to the point of being silly or nonsensical. See also ad absurdum to the absurd reductio ad absurdum. Not to be confused with ab absurdo (from the absurd). In legal language, used when providing additional evidence to an ad to abundance already sufficient collection. Also used commonly, as an abundantiam equivalent of "as if this wasn't enough". ad arbitrium at will, at pleasure Name or motto (in full or part) of many organizations, ad astra to the stars publications, etc. A favorite saying of John Steinbeck. A professor told him that he ad astra per to the stars on the would be an author when pigs flew. Every book he wrote is printed alas porci wings of a pig with this insignia. Motto of Kansas, and other organisations. The phrase is also ad astra per to the stars translated as "A rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch aspera through difficulty Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. To appeal to the masses. Often used of politicians. An ad captandum in order to capture argumentum ad captandum is an argument designed to please vulgus the crowd the crowd. An ad eundem degree, from the Latin ad eundem gradum (to the same step" or "to the same degree), is a courtesy degree awarded ad eundem to the same by one university or college to an alumnus of another. It is not an honorary degree, but a recognition of the formal learning that earned the degree at another college. A motto of Renaissance humanism. Also used in the Protestant ad fontes to the sources Reformation. Said during a generic toast, equivalent to "bottoms up!" In other ad fundum to the bottom contexts, generally means "back to the basics". Generally means "for this", in the sense of improvised on the spot ad hoc to this or designed for only a specific, immediate purpose. Or "at the man". Typically used in argumentum ad hominem, a logical fallacy consisting of criticizing a person when the subject of ad hominem to the man debate is the person's ideas or argument, on the mistaken assumption that the soundness of an argument is dependent on the qualities of the proponent. Generally means "for the honour", not seeking any material ad honorem to the honour reward. Going on forever. Used to designate a property which repeats in ad infinitum to infinity all cases in mathematical proof. ad interim (ad As in the term "charg d'affaires ad interim" for a diplomatic for the meantime int) officer who acts in place of an ambassador. Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The ad kalendas at the Greek Calends were specific days of the Roman calendar, not of the graecas Calends Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur. Similar to "when pigs fly". Loosely, "according to what pleases" or "as you wish"; libitum comes from the past participle of libere, "to please". It typically ad libitum (ad toward pleasure indicates in music and theatrical scripts that the performer has lib) the liberty to change or omit something. Ad lib is specifically often used when someone improvises or ignores limitations. A legal term referring to a party appointed by a court to act in a lawsuit on behalf of another party who is deemed incapable of ad litem to the lawsuit representing himself. An individual who acts in this capacity is called a guardian ad litem. Motto of Oxford High School (Oxford), the University of Lisbon, ad lucem to the light Withington Girls' School and St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, UK ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad to the greater glory Motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Edward Elgar dedicated his majorem Dei of God oratorio The Dream of Gerontius "A.M.D.G." gloriam (AMDG) Towards better ad meliora motto of St. Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland things ad mortem To death used in medical contexts as a synonym for death ad multos to many years! A wish for a long life. Similar to "Many happy returns!" annos

Or "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a ad nauseam to seasickness logical fallacy involving basing one's argument on prolonged repetition, i.e., repeating something so much that people 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 litterae letter letter", meaning "to the last detail". ad perpetuam to the perpetual Generally precedes "of" and a person's name, and is used to wish memoriam memory for someone to be remembered long after death. More loosely, "considering everything's weight". The abbreviation ad pondus to the weight of all was historically used by physicians and others to signify that the omnium (ad things last prescribed ingredient is to weigh as much as all of the pond om) previously mentioned ones. Meaning "according to the harm" or "in proportion to the harm". The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages inflicted, ad quod to whatever implying that a remedy, if one exists, ought to correspond damnum damage specifically and only to the damage suffered (cf. damnum absque iniuria). ad referendum to be proposed Loosely "subject to reference": provisionally approved, but still (ad ref) [before the Senate] needing official approval. Not the same as a referendum. ad rem to the matter Thus, "to the point", without digression. ad terminum for the term which A legal term for a writ of entry ad terminum qui praeteriit [for the qui praeteriit has passed term which has passed].[1] ad undas to the waves Equivalent to "to hell". Said of a work that has been expurgated of offensive or improper parts. The phrase originates from editions of Greek and Roman ad usum for the use of the classics which Louis XIV had censored for his heir apparent, the Delphini Dauphin Dauphin. Also rarely in usum Delphini (into the use of the Dauphin). ad usum proprium (ad for one's own use us. propr.) ad utrumque prepared for either The motto of Lund University, with the implied alternatives being paratus [alternative] the book (study) and the sword (defending the country in war). Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes, taxes based on ad valorem according to value the assessed value of real estate or personal property. More commonly translated into "for victory" this is a battlecry of ad victoriam to victory the Romans. ad vitam to eternal life Also "to life everlasting". A common Biblical phrase. aeternam ad vitam aut for life or until fault Usually used of a term of office. culpam An item to be added, especially a supplement to a book. The addendum thing to be added plural is addenda. adaequatio correspondence of One of the definitions of the truth. When the mind has the same intellectus et the mind and form as reality, we think truth. Also found as adaequatio rei et rei reality intellectus. adaequatio conformity of our A phrase used in Epistemology regarding the nature of intellectus minds to the fact understanding. nostri cum re Equivalent to "Present!" or "Here!" The opposite of absum "I am adsum I am here absent". adversus solem don't speak against Or don't argue what's obviously wrong. ne loquitor the sun a sick man's aegri somnia From Horace, Ars Poetica, 7. Loosely, "troubled dreams". dreams "of age" / "aged" Abbreviation of "aetatis"; further abbreviated (and more aetat. (in the sense of: common): "aet." e.g.: "aetat" or "aet. 36" = "36 years old". "age: ...) Thus, "at the age of". Appeared on portraits, gravestones, etc. Sometimes extended to anno aetatis suae (AAS), "in the year of aetatis suae of one's own age his age". Sometimes shortened to just aetatis or aetat (aet.). The tomb reads Anno 1629 Aetatis Suae 46 because she died in 1629 at age 46. A legal term from Medieval Latin referring to a sworn statement. affidavit he asserted From fides, "faith". More often translated as "Do well whatever you do", this phrase is Do what you are used as the motto of several Catholic schools. Literaly translated, age quod agis doing. it means "Drive, because you are driven"; figuratively it means "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so". Originally comparable to a to-do list, an ordered list of things to be agenda things to be done done. Now generalized to include any planned course of action. The singular, agendum (thing that must be done), is rarely used. agere sequitur action follows "We act according to what we believe (ourselves to be)".[2] credere belief

agere sequitur action follows (esse) being Agnus Dei Lamb of God

alea iacta est

the die has been cast

Metaphysical and moral principle that indicates the connection among ontology, obligation and ethics.[2] Latin translation from John 1:36, where John the Baptist exclaims Ecce Agnus Dei! "Behold the Lamb of God!" upon seeing Jesus, referring both to a lamb's connotations of innocence and to a sacrificial lamb. Or in Greek, anerrhphth kbos; said by Julius Caesar upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius. The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance.

Light [is] to be nourished where Or "let learning be cherished..." The motto of Davidson College. liberty [has] arisen. at another time, An assumed name or pseudonym. Similar to alter ego, but more alias otherwise specifically referring to a name, not to a "second self". A legal defense where a defendant attempts to show that he was elsewhere at the time a crime was committed. alibi elsewhere His alibi is sound; he gave evidence that he was in another city on the night of the murder. aliquid stat pro something stands A foundational definition for semiotics. aliquo for something else taken from the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 40. "But those who wait for the Lord shall find their strength renewed, they shall mount up on alis aquilae on an eagle's wings wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not grow faint." nothing [is] heavy Or "nothing is heavy to those who have wings". Motto of the alis grave nil with wings Pontifcia Universidade Catlica do Rio de Janeiro. alis volat she flies with her State motto of Oregon; adopted in 1987, it replaced "The Union", propriis own wings which was the previous state motto adopted in 1957. Term used for the university one attends or has attended. Another university term, matriculation, is also derived from mater. The alma mater nourishing mother term suggests that the students are "fed" knowledge and taken care of by the university. The term is also used for a university's traditional school anthem. Another self, a second persona or alias. Can be used to describe different facets or identities of a single character, or different alter ego another I characters who seem representations of the same personality. Often used of a fictional character's secret identity. Final sentence from Aesop ascribed fable (see also Aesop's alterius non sit Let no man be Fables) "The Frogs Who Desired a King" as appears in the qui suus esse another's who can collection commonly known as the "Anonymus Neveleti" (fable potest be his own XXIb. De ranis a Iove querentibus regem). Motto of 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 alumna An adviser, or a person who can obtain or grant access to the favour of powerful group, like a Roman Curia. In current U.S. legal amicus curiae friend of the court usage, an amicus curiae is a third party allowed to submit a legal opinion (in the form of an amicus brief) to the court. amittere legem to lose the law of An obsolete legal term signifying the forfeiture of the right of terrae the land swearing in any court or cause, or to become infamous. Motto of Baylor School - Chattanooga, Tennesee; Wellesley Amat victoria Victory favors care College Primary School - Eastbourne, New Zealand; Victoria curam College- St. Helier Parish, Jersey, the Channel Islands. amor et melle love is rich with et felle est both honey and fecundissimus venom Nietzscheian alternative world view to memento mori [remember amor fati love of fate you must die]. Nietzsche believed amor fati to be more life affirming. amor omnibus love is the same for from Virgil's Georgics III. idem all love of one's amor patriae Patriotism. country written on bracelet worn by the Prioress in Chaucer's The amor vincit love conquers all Canterbury Tales omnia See also: Love Conquers All Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For anglice in English example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland". Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe anno (an.) in the year condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni. Anno Domini in the Year of the Short for Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi (in the Year of Our Lord alenda lux ubi orta libertas

(A.D.)

Lord

Jesus Christ), the predominantly used system for dating years across the world, used with the Gregorian calendar, and based on the perceived year of the birth of Jesus Christ. The years before Jesus' birth were once marked with a.C.n (Ante Christum Natum, Before Christ was Born), but now use the English abbreviation BC (Before Christ). Augustus Caesar was born in the year 63 BC, and died AD 14. Precedes "of" and the current ruler. Or "he approves our undertakings". Motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and on the back of the United States one-dollar bill. A recent pun on annus mirabilis, first used by Queen Elizabeth II to describe what a bad year 1992 had been for her, and subsequently occasionally used to refer to many other years perceived as "horrible". In Classical Latin, this phrase would actually mean "terrifying year". See also annus terribilis. Used particularly to refer to the years 16651666, during which Isaac Newton made revolutionary inventions and discoveries in calculus, motion, optics and gravitation. Annus Mirabilis is also the title of a poem by John Dryden written in the same year. It has since been used to refer to other years, especially to 1905, when Albert Einstein made equally revolutionary discoveries concerning the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion and the special theory of relativity. (See Annus Mirabilis papers) Used to describe 1348, the year the Black Death began to afflict Europe. As in "status quo ante bellum", "as it was before the war". Commonly used in the Southern United States as antebellum to refer to the period preceding the American Civil War. Medical shorthand for "before meals". Said of an expression or term that describes something which existed before the phrase itself was introduced or became common. Alan Turing was a computer scientist ante litteram, since the field of "computer science" was not yet recognized in Turing's day. From midnight to noon (cf. post meridiem). See post mortem (after death). Used on pharmaceutical prescriptions to denote "before a meal". Less common is post prandium, "after lunch". Textual notes. A list of other readings relating to a document, especially in a scholarly edition of a text. Refers to nitric acid. Or "clear water", "clean water". refers to a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. "Spirit of Wine" in many English texts. Used to refer to various native distilled beverages, such as whisky (uisge beatha) in Scotland and Ireland, gin in Holland, brandy (eau de vie) in France, and akvavit in Scandinavia. A noble or important person doesn't deal with insignificant issues. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Wasted labour. One who prescribes, rules on, or is a recognized authority on matters of social behavior and taste. Said of Petronius. Sometimes found in the singular, arbiter elegantiae (judge of taste). Motto of the Starobrno Brewery in Brno. An opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people. Also "silver coin". Mentioned in the Domesday Book, signifies bullion, or silver uncoined. For the sake of argument. Said when something is done purely in order to discuss a matter or illustrate a point. Let us assume, arguendo, that your claim is correct. Or "reasoning", "inference", "appeal", "proof". The plural is argumenta. Commonly used in the names of logical arguments and fallacies, preceding phrases such as a silentio (by silence), ad antiquitatem (to antiquity), ad baculum (to the stick), ad captandum (to capturing), ad consequentiam (to the consequence), ad crumenam (to the purse), ad feminam (to the woman), ad hominem (to the person), ad ignorantiam (to ignorance), ad judicium (to judgment), ad lazarum (to poverty), ad logicam (to logic), ad metum (to fear), ad misericordiam (to pity),

anno regni Annuit cptis

In the year of the reign He nods at things being begun

annus horribilis horrible year

annus mirabilis wonderful year

annus terribilis dreadful year ante bellum ante cibum (a.c.) ante litteram ante meridiem (a.m.) ante mortem ante prandium (a.p.) apparatus criticus aqua (aq.) aqua fortis aqua pura aqua regia aqua vitae aquila non capit muscas arare litus arbiter elegantiarum before the war before food

before the letter

before midday before death before lunch tools of a critic water strong water pure water royal water water of life an eagle doesn't catch flies to plough the seashore judge of tastes

Arcanum boni The secret behind tenoris animae a good mood bow of an old arcus senilis person argentum white silver album arguendo argumentum for arguing argument

ars [est] celare art [is] to conceal artem art ars gratia artis art for art's sake

ars longa, vita brevis arte et labore

art is long, life is short

ad nauseam (to nausea), ad novitatem (to novelty), ad personam (to the character), ad numerum (to the number), ad odium (to spite), ad populum (to the people), ad temperantiam (to moderation), ad verecundiam (to reverence), ex silentio (from silence), in terrorem (into terror), and e contrario (from/to the opposite). An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin, but often incorrectly attributed to Ovid.[3] Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's "L'art pour l'art". Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This phrasing is a direct translation of 'art for the sake of art.' While very symmetrical for the MGM logo, the better Latin word order is 'Ars artis gratia.' The Latin translation by Seneca (De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1) of a phrase from Hippocrates, often used out of context. The "art" referred to in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime to acquire. motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C. Award of the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic for the promotion of the positive reputation of Czech culture abroad. From Erasmus's collection of Adages. An awkward or incompetent individual. Used to describe two people lavishing excessive praise on one another.

by art and by labour Artis Bohemiae Friends of Czech Amicis Arts asinus ad lyram an ass to the lyre asinus asinum fricat

the jackass rubs the jackass the assured does assecuratus not seek profit but non quaerit Refers to the insurance principle that the indemnity cannot be makes [it his profit] lucrum sed agit larger than the loss. that he not be in ne in damno sit loss auctoritas authority The level of prestige a person had in Roman society. audacter slander boldly, calumniare, something always from Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum (1623) semper aliquid sticks haeret audax at fidelis bold but faithful Motto of Queensland. Motto of Otago University Students' Association, a direct response audeamus let us dare to the university's motto of sapere aude "dare to be wise". State motto of Alabama, adopted in 1923. Translated into Latin audemus jura we dare to defend from a paraphrase of the stanza "Men who their duties know / But nostra our rights know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain" from the poem defendere "What Constitutes a State?" by 18th-century author William Jones. From Virgil, Aeneid X, 284 (where the first word is in the archaic form audentis). Allegedly the last words of Pliny the Elder before audentes fortune favors the he left the docks at Pompeii to rescue people from the eruption of fortuna iuvat bold 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 A legal principle of fairness. Also worded as audiatur et altera pars hear the other side partem (let the other side be heard too). audio hostem I hear the enemy Motto of 845 NACS Royal Navy audi, vide, tace hear, see, be silent Motto of Security Information Service of the Czech Republic From Horace's Odes II, 10. Refers to the ethical goal of reaching a aurea golden mean virtuous middle ground between two sinful extremes. The golden mediocritas mean concept is common to many philosophers, chiefly Aristotle. From Virgil, Aeneid 3,57. Later quoted by Seneca as quod non auri sacra accursed hunger mortalia pectora coges, auri sacra fames "What don't you force fames for gold mortal hearts [to do], accursed hunger for gold!" A common ancient proverb, this version from Terence. Indicates auribus teneo I hold a wolf by the that one is in a dangerous situation where both holding on and lupum ears letting go could be deadly. A modern version is "To have a tiger by the tail." The Southern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Southern Hemisphere. It is less well-known than the Northern Lights, or aurora australis southern dawn aurorea borealis. The Aurora Australis is also the name of an Antarctic icebreaker ship. The Northern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Northern aurora borealis northern dawn Hemisphere. aurum potestas Motto of the fictional Fowl family in the Artemis Fowl series, gold is power est written by Eoin Colfer auspicium hope/token of a Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and motto of melioris aevi better age Raffles Institution, a secondary school in Singapore. aut Caesar aut either Caesar or Indicates that the only valid possibility is to be emperor, or a nihil nothing similarly prominent position. More generally, "all or nothing".

aut concilio aut ense aut pax aut bellum aut viam inveniam aut faciam

either by meeting or the sword

Adopted by Cesare Borgia as a personal motto. Thus, either through reasoned discussion or through war. A former motto of Chile, replaced by post tenebras lux.

either peace or war The motto of the Gunn Clan. I will either find a way or make one Hannibal. A general pledge of victoria aut mors "victory or death". Motto of the Higgenbotham, and Higginbottom families of Cheshire England; participants in the War of the Roses. From Catullus, carmen 101, addressed to his deceased brother. Anthem of Imperium Europa. From Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, Claudius 21. A salute and plea for mercy recorded on one occasion by naumachiarii captives and criminals fated to die fighting during mock naval encounters. Later versions included a variant of "We who are about to die", and this translation is sometimes aided by changing the Latin to nos morituri te salutamus. Catholic prayer of intercession asking Mary, the mother of Jesus to pray for the petitioner.

aut vincere aut either to conquer mori or to die ave atque vale Hail and farewell! ave Europa Hail, Europe, our nostra vera true Fatherland! Patria Hail, Emperor! Ave Imperator, Those who are morituri te about to die salute salutant you! Ave Maria [edit] B Latin barba tenus sapientes Beata Virgo Maria (BVM) beatae memoriae beati pauperes spiritu beati possidentes beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam bella gerant alii Protesilaus amet! Translation wise as far as the beard Blessed Virgin Mary of blessed memory Hail, Mary

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

A Beatitude from Matthew 5:3 in the Vulgate: beati pauperes spiritu, Blessed in spirit quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum "Blessed in spirit [are] the [are] the poor. poor, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens". blessed [are] those who Translated from Euripides. possess blessed is the from Proverbs 3:13; set to music in a 1577 motet of the same name man who finds by Orlando di Lasso. wisdom Originally from Ovid, Heroides 13.84,[4] where Laodamia is writing to let others wage her husband Protesilaus who is at the Trojan War. She begs him to war stay out of danger, but he was in fact the first Greek to die at Troy. Protesilaus Also used of the Habsburg marriages of 1477 and 1496, written as should love! bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube (let others wage war; you, fortunate Austria, marry). Said by King Matthias.

bellum war of all against omnium A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature. all contra omnes bellum se war feeds itself ipsum alet I drink, therefore bibo ergo sum A play on "cogito ergo sum", "I think therefore I am". I am he gives twice, bis dat qui cito who gives A gift given without hesitation is as good as two gifts. dat promptly bis in die (bid) twice in a day Medical shorthand for "twice a day". In other words, "well-intentioned", "fairly". In modern contexts, often has connotations of "genuinely" or "sincerely". Bona fides is not the bona fide in good faith plural (which would be bonis fidebus), but the nominative, and means simply "good faith". Opposite of mala fide. In law, if a person dying has goods, or good debts, in another diocese or jurisdiction within that province, besides his goods in the diocese note-worthy bona notabilia where he dies, amounting to a certain minimum value, he is said to goods 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. goods of a bona patria A jury or assize of countrymen, or good neighbors. country United Kingdom legal term for ownerless property that passes to The bona vacantia vacant goods Crown. boni pastoris it is a good Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional commanders, as a warning

shepherd's [job] to shear his against taxing the populace excessively. flock, not to flay them bono malum Overcome evil Motto of Westonbirt School. superate with good bonum Or "general welfare". Refers to what benefits a society, as opposed to common good of commune bonum commune hominis, which refers to what is good for an the community communitatis individual. bonum Refers to an individual's happiness, which is not "common" in that it common good of commune serves everyone, but in that individuals tend to be able to find a man hominis happiness in similar things. 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 busillis 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). est tondere pecus non deglubere [edit] C Latin cacoethes scribendi cadavera vero innumera Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt Translation insatiable desire to write truly countless bodies Notes Cacothes "bad habit", or medically, "malignant disease" is a borrowing of Greek kakthes.[6] The phrase is derived 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. Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
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Kill them. For the Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the massacre Lord knows those of Bziers during the Albigensian Crusade, recorded 30 years later, who are his. according to Caesar of Heisterbach.

Those who hurry cross the sea Hexameter by Horace (Epistulae I, 11 v.27). Seneca shortens it to change the sky Animum debes mutare, non caelum (You must change [your] [upon them], not disposition, not [your] sky) in his Letter to Lucilium XXVIII, 1 their souls or state of mind Caesar non Caesar has no 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 camera An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modern dark chamber obscura photography. The source of the word camera. canes war dogs or pugnaces fighting dogs canis canem Refers to a situation where nobody is safe from anybody, each man dog eats dog edit for himself. a term referring (at least) to some Christian doctrines of the incarnation of the Son of God when it asserts that humanity is holding the capax infiniti capable of housing full divinity within its finite frame. Related to the infinite Docetic heresy and sometimes a counterpoint to the Reformed 'extracalvinisticum.' (he plunges) [his] So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach or caput inter head in the understanding (from Virgil's Aeneid and the shorter form appears in nubila (condit) clouds John Locke's Two Treatises of Government) Originally an alchemical reference to the dead head or worthless caput mortuum dead head residue left over from a reaction. Also used to refer to a freeloader or worthless element. It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. Francis Caritas Christi The love of Christ Xavier High School located in West Meadowlark Park, Edmonton. Caritas in Charity in Truth Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical. Veritate An exhortation to live for today. From Horace, Odes I, 11.8. Carpere carpe diem seize the day refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase collige virgo rosas has a similar sense. 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 carpe noctem seize the night 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 second delenda est destroyed Punic Wars with ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam,

casus belli

event of war The cause is causa latet, vis hidden, but the est notissima result is well known. causa mortis cause of death cave cave canem cave laborem cave nil vino caveat emptor cedant arma togae beware! Beware of the dog beware of work beware of no wine let the buyer beware

literally "For the rest, I am of the opinion that Carthage is to be destroyed." Before the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in the European Parliament, Daniel Hannan ended all his speeches in a similar way with Pactio Olisipiensis censenda est "The Lisbon Treaty must be put to a referendum". Refers to an incident that is the justification or case for war. Ovid: Metamorphoses IV, 287; motto of Alpha Sigma Phi.

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.

let arms yield to the gown more swiftly than celerius quam Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". A variant of the Roman asparagus asparagi phrase velocius quam asparagi coquantur, using a different adverb [stem]s are cocuntur and an alternative mood and spelling of coquere. cooked In law, it is a return made by the sheriff, upon a capias, or other cepi corpus I got the body process to the like purpose; signifying, that he has 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 quod certum whatever can be something is not known, but can be ascertained (e.g. the purchase reddi potest rendered certain price on a sale which is to be determined by a third-party valuer) when the reason cessante A rule of law becomes ineffective when the reason for its application for the law ratione legis has ceased to exist or does not correspond to the reality anymore. ceases, the law cessat ipsa lex By Gratian. itself ceases the rest are cetera desunt Also spelled "caetera desunt". missing all other things ceteris paribus 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 pardonationis to defend oneself manslaughter). se defendendo charta a paper of pardon The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed. Also called pardonationis to the outlaw perdonatio utlagariae. utlagariae [Throw the] Christianos ad Christians to the leones 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 liberavit us Hugo. Christus Rex Christ the King A Christian title for Jesus. circa (c.) or around In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date. (ca.) circle made in circulus in testing [a Circular reasoning. Similar term to circulus vitiosus. probando premise] In logic, begging the question, a fallacy involving the presupposition circulus of a proposition in one of the premises (see petitio principii). In vicious circle vitiosus 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 admittenda in admit one's claim by an attorney, who being employed in the king's itinere per service, cannot come in person. atturnatum A legal action for trespass to land; so called, because the writ clausum fregit 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

The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need. Phrases modeled on this one replace emptor with lector, subscriptor, venditor, utilitor: "reader", "signer", "seller", "user". "Let military power yield to civilian power", Cicero, De Officiis I:77. See also Toga

clavis aurea clerico admittendo clerico capto per statutum mercatorum clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando clerico intra sacros ordines constituto non eligendo in officium Codex Iuris Canonici Cogitationis poena nemo patitur cogito ergo sum coitus interruptus coitus more ferarum

The means of discovering hidden or mysterious meanings in texts, particularly applied in theology and alchemy. In law, a writ directed to the bishop, for the admitting a clerk to a for being made a benefice upon a ne admittas, tried, and found for the party who clerk procures the writ. golden key In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of statute merchant.

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

In law, a writ directed to the bailiffs, etc., that have thrust a bailiwick or beadleship upon one in holy orders; charging them to release him. Book of Canon Law "No one suffers punishment for mere intent." I think, therefore am. interrupted congress congress in the way of beasts The official code of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church (cf. Corpus Iuris Canonici). A Latin legal phrase. See, State v Taylor, 47 Or 455, 84 P 82. I A rationalistic argument used by French philosopher Ren Descartes to attempt to prove his own existence. Aborting sexual intercourse prior to ejaculationthe only permitted form of birth control in some religions. A medical euphemism for the doggy-style sexual position. Exhortation to enjoy fully the youth, similar to Carpe diem, from De rosis nascentibus (also titled Idyllium de rosis) attributed to Ausonius or Virgil. "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may", 1909, by John William Waterhouse

collige virgo rosas

pick, girl, the roses

It is frequently abbreviated comb. nov.. It is used in the life sciences new combination literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov.. communibus One year with another; on an average. "Common" here does not in common years annis mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, communibus implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; in common places locis one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" communis view of the opinio common (man) Describes someone of sound mind. Sometimes used ironically. Also in control of the compos mentis a legal principle, non compos mentis (not in control of one's mind faculties), used to describe an insane person. concordia cum in harmony with Motto of the University of Waterloo. veritate truth well-being Motto of Montreal. It is also the Bank of Montreal coat of arms and concordia salus through harmony motto. They condemn what they do not condemnant understand or The quod here is ambiguous): it may be the relative pronoun or a quod non They condemn conjunction. intellegunt because they do not understand A required, indispensable condition. Commonly mistakenly rendered condicio sine condition without with conditio ("seasoning" or "preserving") in place of condicio qua non which not ("arrangement" or "condition"). "compare". Used as an abbreviation in text to recommend a confer (cf.) confer[7][8] comparison with another thing (cf. citation signal). Confoederatio The official name of Switzerland, hence the use of "CH" for its ISO Helvetian Helvetica country code, ".ch" for its Internet domain, and "CHF" for the ISO Confederation (C.H.) three-letter abbreviation of its currency, the Swiss franc. coniunctis with connected Or "with united powers". Sometimes rendered conjunctis viribus. viribus strength Motto of Queen Mary, University of London. consuetudo Custom is held as Where there are no specific laws, the matter should be decided by pro lege law. custom;[9] established customs have the force of laws.[10] Also servatur consuetudo est altera lex (custom is another law) and consuetudo vincit communem legem (custom overrules the common law); see combinatio nova

consummatum est contemptus mundi/saeculi contra bonos mores contra legem contra spem spero

It is completed. scorn for the world/times against good morals against the law hope against hope

also: Consuetudinary. The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30. Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. Especially in civil law jurisdictions, said of an understanding of a statute that directly contradicts its wording and thus is neither valid by interpretation nor by analogy. Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka; also used in the Pentateuch with reference to Abraham the Patriarch. A thing or idea that would embody a contradiction, for example, payment for a gift, or a circle with corners. The fallacy of proposing such a thing.

contradictio in contradiction in terminis terms contra principia negantem non est disputandum contraria contrariis curantur cor ad cor loquitur cor aut mors cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere

there can be no debate with those Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on common rules, facts, who deny the presuppositions. foundations the opposite is cured with the opposite heart speaks to heart Heart or Death First formulated by Hippocrates to suggest that the diseases are cured with contrary remedies. Antonym of similia similibus curantur (the diseases are recovered with similar remedies.) From Augustine's Confessions, referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a "heart to heart" with God. Commonly used in reference to a later quote by Cardinal John Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs. (Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, to no longer be respected as person of integrity.)

my heart I offer to you Lord motto of Calvin College promptly and sincerely A popular school motto. Often used as names for religious and other cor unum one heart organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. A phrase from Christian theology which summarizes the idea of in the Presence of coram Deo Christians living in the Presence of, under the authority of, and to God the honor and glory of God. coram nobis, in our presence, Two kinds of writs of error. coram vobis in your presence in the presence of coram populo Thus, openly. the people in view of the coram publico public The name of a feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating Corpus Christi Body of Christ the Eucharist. It is also the name of a city in Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, and a controversial play. The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in body of the corpus delicti convicting someone of having committed that crime; if there was no offence crime, there can not have been a criminal. Corpus Iuris Body of Canon The official compilation of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church Canonici Law (cf. Codex Iuris Canonici). Corpus Iuris Body of Civil Law The body of Roman or civil law. Civilis A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in corpus vile worthless body the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.' things to be corrigenda corrected the corruption of corruptio the best is the optimi pessima worst When the republic corruptissima is at its most re publica corrupt the laws Tacitus plurimae leges are most numerous corruptus in corrupt to the Motto of the fictional Springfield Mayor Office in The Simpsons TVextremis extreme Show May he love cras amet qui tomorrow who It's the refrain from the 'Pervigilium Veneris', a poem which nunquam has never loved describes a three day holiday in the cult of Venus, located amavit; quique before; And may somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in religious festivities amavit, cras he who has loved, joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as the "procreatrix", amet love tomorrow as the life-giving force behind the natural world. well

Credo in Unum I Believe in One Deum God

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

credo quia absurdum est

I believe it because it is absurd

May we grow in Him through all things crescat let knowledge scientia vita grow, let life be excolatur enriched Light ever crescente luce increasing crescit cum Civilization commercio prospers with civitas commerce crescamus in Illo per omnia

State motto of New Mexico, adopted in 1887 as the territory's motto, and kept in 1912 when New Mexico received statehood. crescit eundo it grows as it goes 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. while I live, I trust in the cross, cruci dum spiro Whilst I trust in Motto of the Sisters of Loreto (IBVM) and its associated schools. fido the Cross I have life cucullus non The hood does facit not make the William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Scene I, Act V 4850 monachum monk "Who benefits?" An adage in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an unwelcome event is cui bono Good for whom? 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?). Short for cui prodest scelus is fecit (for whom the crime advances, for whom it cui prodest he has done it) in Seneca's Medea. Thus, the murderer is often the advances one who gains by the murder (cf. cui bono). cuius est solum Whose the land First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th century. A Roman eius est usque is, all the way to legal principle of property law that is no longer observed in most ad coelum et the sky and to the situations today. Less literally, "For whosoever owns the soil, it is ad inferos underworld is his. theirs up to the sky and down to the depths." The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects. A cuius regio, whose region, his regional prince's ability to choose his people's religion was eius religio religion established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. cuiusvis hominis est Anyone can err, errare, nullius but only the fool Cicero, Philippica XII, 5. nisi insipientis persists in his in errore fault perseverare. Also "blame" or "guilt". In law, an act of neglect. In general, guilt, culpa fault 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 Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth. salis salt with this, cum hoc ergo therefore on fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation. propter hoc account of this The standard formula for academic Latin honors in the United cum laude with praise 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 cuncti adsint let all come who Motto of University College London. meritaeque by merit deserve expectent the most reward praemia

palmae cur Deus Homo cura personalis cura te ipsum curriculum vitae custos morum cygnis insignis cygnus inter anates [edit] D Latin Da mihi factum, dabo tibi ius Translation Notes Give me the also: Da mihi facta, dabo tibi ius; legal principle based on Roman law; fact(s), I'll give parties should present the facts of a case while the judge rules on the you the law law. Related to iura novit curia (the court knows the law). They condemn damnant quod what they do not Used to describe ignorant people. non intelligunt understand damnatio ad submission to bestias beasts damnatio damnation of A Roman custom in which disgraced Romans (particularly former memoriae memory Emperors) were pretended to have never existed. A loss that results from no one's wrongdoing. In Roman law, a man is damnum damage without not responsible for unintended, consequential injury to another absque injuria injury resulting from a lawful act. This protection does not necessarily apply to unintended damage by negligence or folly. dat deus God grants the Motto of Westminster School, a leading British independent school. incrementum increase "with due respect" or data venia Used before disagreeing with someone. "given the excuse" datum Mission given, Motto of Batalho de Operaes Policiais Especiais (BOPE), the elite perficiemus mission special forces unit of the military police of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). munus accomplished A de bene esse deposition is used to preserve the testimony of a de bene esse as well done witness who is expected not to be available to appear at trial and be cross-examined. de bonis carrying goods Trespass de bonis asportatis was the traditional name for larceny asportatis away (wrongful taking of chattels). Used in the context of "As we agreed in the meeting d.d. 26th Mai de dato of the date 2006. Said of something that is the actual state of affairs, in contrast to something's legal or official standing, which is described as de jure. de facto by deed De facto refers to the "way things really are" rather than what is "officially" presented as the fact. A clerk makes the declaration De fideli on when appointed, promising de fideli with faithfulness to do his or her tasks faithfully as a servant of the court. regarding the de futuro Usually used in the context of "at a future time" future de gustibus there is no Less literally "there's no accounting for taste". Likely of Scholastic non est disputing about origin (see Wiktionary). disputandum tastes again, a second de integro time "Official", in contrast with de facto. Analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice". In other contexts, can mean de jure by law "according to law", "by right" or "legally". Also commonly written de iure, the classical form. de lege from law to be ferenda passed "from law de lege lata passed" or "by law in force" The law does not The court does not want to bother with small, trivial things. A case de minimis bother with the must have importance for the court to hear it. See "de minimis not non curat lex smallest things. curat praetor". de minimis The commander Also "The chief magistrate does not concern himself with trifles." The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of Christianity must be both Why the God-Man fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated "why did God become Man?" care for the whole Motto of Georgetown University School of Medicine and University of person Scranton. take care of your An exhortation to physicians, or experts in general, to deal with own self their own problems before addressing those of others. An overview of a person's life and qualifications, similar to a course of life rsum. keeper of morals A censor. distinguished by Motto of Western Australia. its swans swan among ducks

Trivial matters are no concern of a high official (cf. aquila non capit does not bother muscas, the eagle does not catch flies). Sometimes rex (the king) or with the lex (the law) is used in place of praetor, and de minimis is a legal term smallest things. referring to things unworthy of the law's attention. about the dead, de mortuis aut Less literally, "speak well of the dead or not at all" (cf. de mortuis nil either well or bene aut nihil nisi bonum). nothing From de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est, "nothing must be said about the dead, about the dead except the good", attributed by Diogenes Lartius to de mortuis nil nothing unless a Chilon. In legal contexts, this quotation is used with the opposite nisi bonum good thing meaning, as defaming a deceased person is not a crime. In other contexts, it refers to taboos against criticizing the recently deceased. de nobis Thus, "their story is our story". Originally referred to the end of Rome's about us is the fabula dominance. Now often used when comparing any current situation to story told narratur a past story or historical event. "Anew" or "afresh". In law, a trial de novo is a retrial. In biology, de novo means newly synthesized, and a de novo mutation is a mutation de novo from the new 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 A 15th-century Italian scholar wrote the De omni re scibili portion scibili et knowable thing, (about every knowable thing), and a wag added et quibusdam aliis quibusdam and even certain (and even certain other things). aliis other things be suspicious of de omnibus everything, Karl Marx's favorite motto and a title of one of Sren Kierkegaard's dubitandum doubt works De Omnibus Dubitandum Est everything Free From de oppresso Commonly mistranslated as "To Liberate the Oppressed". The motto of Having Been liber the United States Army Special Forces. Oppressed Out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of de profundis from the depths Psalm 130. In logic, de dicto statements (about the truth of a proposition) are de re about the matter distinguished from de re statements (about the properties of a thing itself). Inscription on British one-pound coins. Originally on 17th-century decus et An ornament coins, it refers to the inscribed edge as a protection against the tutamen and a safeguard clipping of precious metal. The phrase originally comes from Virgil's Aeneid. Also Dei Gratia Rex (By the Grace of God, King). Abbreviated as D G Dei Gratia By the Grace of REG preceding Fidei Defensor (F D) on British pounds, and as D G Regina God, Queen Regina on Canadian coins. under God's Dei sub Spirit she Motto of Princeton University. numine viget flourishes In Catholic theology, a pleasure taken in sinful thought or imagination, delectatio such as brooding on sexual images. It is distinct from actual sexual peevish delight morosa desire, and involves voluntary and complacent erotic fantasizing, without any attempt to suppress such thoughts. deliriant isti They are mad, A translation into Latin from Ren Goscinny's ils sont fous, ces Romani those Romans! romains!, frequently issued by Obelix in the Asterix comics. For God and for Deo ac veritati Motto of Colgate University. truth Deo In God we trust Motto of Somerset College. Confidimus for God and for Deo domuique Motto of Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne. home for God and Deo et patriae Motto of Regis High School (New York City). Country thanks [be] to Deo gratias The semi-Hispanicized form Deogracias is a Philippine first name. God The motto of Monaco and its monarch which appears on the royal Deo juvante with God's help arms. Deo Optimo To the Best and Derived from the Pagan Iupiter Optimo Maximo (To the best and Maximo (DOM) Greatest God greatest Jupiter). Printed on bottles of Bndictine liqueur. with God as Motto of the Confederate States of America. An alternate translation is Deo vindice protector "With an avenging God". This was often used in conjunction with a signature at the end of letters. It was used in order to signify that "God willing" this letter will Deo volente God willing get to you safely, "God willing" the contents of this letter come true. The motto of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. See also: Insha'Allah. descensus in The descent into Down the Rabbit Hole (see: Alice's Adventures in cuniculi the cave of the Wonderland#Famous lines and expressions. cavum rabbit Deus Caritas God is Love The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI; for other meanings, see Deus non curat praetor

Est deus ex machina Deus Lux Mea Est Deus meumque jus deus otiosus Deus spes nostra a god from a machine

Caritas Est (disambiguation) From the Greek (ap mchans thes). A contrived or artificial solution, usually to a literary plot. Refers to the practice in Greek drama of lowering by crane (the mechan) an actor playing a god or goddess onto the stage to resolve an insuperable conflict in the plot. The device is most commonly associated with Euripides.

God is my Light The motto of The Catholic University of America. God and my right God at leisure God is our hope The principal motto of Scottish Rite Freemasonry; see also Dieu et mon droit.

The motto of Sir Thomas de Boteler, founder of Boteler Grammar School Warrington in 1526 The principal slogan of the Crusades.Motto of Bergen Catholic High Deus vult God wills it! School, NJ Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "As dictatum erat as previously previously stated, ...". Literally, has been stated; also translated as (dict) stated "dicta prius" (literally, said previously). I.e. "From a rule without exception." Short for a dicto simpliciter, the a often being dropped by confusion with the English indefinite article. A dicto simpliciter occurs when an acceptable exception is ignored or dicto [From] a maxim, eliminated. For instance, the appropriateness of using opiates is simpliciter simply dependent on the presence of extreme pain. To justify the recreational use of opiates by referring to a cancer patient or to justify arresting said cancer patient by comparing him to the recreational user would be a dicto simpliciter. dictum meum my word [is] my Motto of the London Stock Exchange pactum bond I have lost the From the Roman Emperor Titus. Passed down in Suetonius's biography diem perdidi day of him in Lives of the Twelve Caesars Refers to the Judgment Day in Christian eschatology. The name of a Dies Irae Day of Wrath famous 13th-century Medieval Latin hymn by Tommaso da Celano, used in the Mass for the dead. Days under common law (traditionally Sunday) in which no legal dies non Day without process can be served and any judgment is void. This concept was juridicum judiciary first codified by the English Parliament in the reign of Charles II. In Classical Latin, "I arrange". State motto of Maine. Based on a dirigo I direct comparison of the state of Maine to the star Polaris. it seemed dis aliter In other words, the gods have different plans than mortals, and so otherwise to the visum events do not always play out as people wish them to. gods Refers to the Manes, Roman spirits of the dead. Loosely "To the dis manibus memory of". A conventional inscription preceding the name of the Sacred to the sacrum deceased on pagan grave markings, often shortened to dis manibus ghost-gods (D.M.S.) (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 semper always going to victurus vive live; live as if Attributed to St Edmund of Abingdon. quasi cras tomorrow going moriturus to die. That is, "scattered remains". Paraphrased from Horace, Satires, I, 4, disiecta scattered limbs 62, where it was written "disiecti membra poetae" (limbs of a membra scattered poet). Also written as disjecta membra. State motto of Arizona, adopted in 1911. Probably derived from the ditat Deus God enriches Vulgate's translation of Genesis 14:23. divide et A Roman maxim adopted by Julius Caesar, Louis XI and Machiavelli. divide and rule impera Commonly rendered "divide and conquer". A popular eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. dixi I have spoken The implied meaning is: "I have said all that I had to say and thus the argument is settled". Used to attribute a statement or opinion to its author, rather than the ["...", ...] dixit ["...", ...] said speaker. I give that you Often said or written for sacrifices, when one "gives" and expects do ut des may give something back from the gods. docendo It is learned by Also translated "One learns by teaching." Attributed to Seneca the discitur teaching Younger. docendo I learn by disco, teaching, think scribendo by writing. cogito 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 Schabas[11] Domine dirige nos Dominus Illuminatio Mea Dominus fortitudo nostra Dominus vobiscum Lord guide us the Lord is my light The Lord is our Strength Motto of the City of London Motto of the University of Oxford. Motto of the Southland College, Philippines

Phrase used during and at the end of Catholic sermons, and a general Lord be with you greeting form among and towards members of Catholic organizations, such as priests and nuns. See also pax vobiscum. dona nobis Often set to music, either by itself or as part of the Agnus Dei prayer give us peace pacem of the Mass. Also an ending in the video game Haunting Ground. giving in donatio mortis A legal concept where a person in imminent mortal danger need not expectation of causa meet the requisite consideration to create or modify a will. death draco a sleeping Motto of the fictional Hogwarts school in the Harry Potter series; dormiens dragon is never translated more loosely in the books as "never tickle a sleeping nunquam to be tickled dragon". titillandus dramatis the parts of the More literally, "the masks of the drama"; more figuratively, "cast of person play characters". The characters represented in a dramatic work. duae tabulae Two blank slates rasae in with nothing Stan Laurel, inscription for the fanclub logo of The Sons of the Desert. quibus nihil written upon scriptum est them ducunt The fates lead volentem fata, the willing and Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca. nolentem drag the trahunt unwilling This is the motto for the United States Marine Corps' Officer ductus leadership by Candidates School located at Marine Corps Base Quantico; Quantico, exemplo example Virginia. war is sweet to War may seem pleasant to those who have never been involved in it, dulce bellum the though the more experienced know better. A phrase from Erasmus in inexpertis inexperienced the 16th century. dulce et It is sweet and decorum est honorable to die From Horace, Odes III, 2, 13. Used by Wilfred Owen for the title of a pro patria for the poem about World War I, Dulce et Decorum est. mori fatherland. a sweet and Horace wrote in his Ars Poetica that poetry must be dulce et utile dulce et utile useful thing (pleasant and profitable), both enjoyable and instructive. dulce danger is sweet Horace, Odes III, 25, 16. Motto of the Scottish clan MacAulay. periculum dulcius ex sweeter after Motto of the Scottish clan Fergusson.[12] asperis difficulties dum Roma while Rome Used when someone has been asked for urgent help, but responds deliberat debates, with no immediate action. Similar to Hannibal ante portas, but Saguntum Saguntum is in referring to a less personal danger. perit danger dum spiro while I breathe, I State motto of South Carolina. From Cicero. spero hope dum vivimus While we live, motto of Presbyterian College. servimus we serve dum vivimus, While we live, let An encouragement to embrace life. Motto inscribed on the sword of vivamus us live! the main character in the novel Glory Road. [the] law [is] dura lex sed harsh, but [it is lex the] law dura mater tough mother outer covering of the brain while there is dum vita est, life, there is spes est hope dux bellorum war leader [edit] E Notes Motto of the United States of America. Used on many U.S. coins one (coming) out e pluribus unum and inscribed on the Capitol. Also used as the motto of S.L. of many Benfica. Less commonly written as 'ex pluribus unum'. e unibus pluram pluram out of Mock Latin. Notably heard by Giles Goat Boy in John Barth's novel ones Giles Goat-Boy and the title of an essay ("E Unibus Pluram: Latin Translation

(not being Latin, this has no proper translation)

Ecce Homo

ecce panis angelorum

editio princeps O Deus Ego Amo O God I Love You attributed to Saint Francis Xavier Te ego non not I short for "Even if all others... I will not." Part of the absolution-formula spoken by a priest as part of the ego te absolvo I absolve you sacrament of Penance (cf. absolvo). ego te provoco I provoke you Used as a challenge, "I dare you". eheu fugaces Alas, the fleeting From Horace's Odes II, 14. labuntur anni years slip by Also 'worn-out'. Retired from office. Often used to denote a position held at the point of retirement, as an honor, such as emeritus veteran professor emeritus or provost emeritus. This does not necessarily mean that the honoree is no longer active. Or 'being one's own cause'. Traditionally, a being that owes its existing because ens causa sui existence to no other being, hence God or a Supreme Being (cf. of oneself Primum Mobile). ense petit by the sword she placidam sub seeks gentle State motto of Massachusetts, adopted in 1775. libertate peace under quietem liberty entia non sunt entities must not Occam's Razor or law of parsimony; that is, that arguments which multiplicanda be multiplied do not introduce extraneous variables are to be preferred in logical praeter beyond necessity argumentation. necessitatem entitas ipsa involvit reality involves a aptitudinem ad A phrase used in modern Western philosophy on the nature of power to compel extorquendum truth. sure assent certum assensum Technical term used in philosophy and the law. Similar to ipso facto. Example: "The fact that I am does not eo ipso mean that I eo ipso by that very (act) think." From Latin eo ipso, ablative form of id ipsum, "that (thing) itself". eo nomine by that name do not trust the equo ne credite Virgil, Aeneid, II. 4849 (Latin) horse in relation to erga omnes everyone ergo therefore Denotes a logical conclusion (cf. cogito ergo sum). errare humanum From St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermones (164, 14): Humanum fuit to err is human est errare, diabolicum est per animositatem in errore manere. Or 'mistake'. Lists of errors in a previous edition of a work are often erratum error marked with the plural, errata ('errors'). eruditio et scholarship and Motto of Duke University religio religion George Berkeley's motto for his idealist philosophical position that to be is to be esse est percipi nothing exists independently of its perception by a mind except perceived minds themselves. Truly being something, rather than merely seeming to be something. Motto of many institutions. From chapter 26 of Cicero's De amicitia ('On Friendship'). Earlier than Cicero, the phrase had been used by Sallust in his Bellum Catilinae (54.6), where he wrote to be, rather than esse quam videri that Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat ('he preferred to be to seem 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'. Said of Venice by the Venetian historian Fra Paolo Sarpi shortly before his death. Also the state motto of Idaho, adopted in 1867, may it be esto perpetua and of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. It is also used perpetual as the open motto of Sigma Phi Society, a collegiate Greek Letter Fraternity.

Television and U.S. Fiction") by David Foster Wallace concerning U.S. meta-fiction and the interrelations with U.S. television, published in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. (Proper Latin for "many out of one" would have been ex uno plura.) From the Latin Vulgate Gospel according to St. John (XIX.v) (19.5, Douay-Rheims), where Pontius Pilate speaks these words as he presents Christ, crowned with thorns, to the crowd. It is also the Behold the Man title of Nietzsche's autobiography and of the theme music by Howard Goodall for the ITV comedy Mr. Bean, in which the full sung lyric is Ecce homo qui est faba ("Behold the man who is a bean"). A phrase occasionally inscribed near the altar in Catholic churches; behold the bread it makes reference to the Host; the Eucharist; the bread of Heaven; of angels the Body of Christ. See also: Panis Angelicus. first edition The first printed edition of a work.

esto quod es et alibi (et al.)

be what you are and elsewhere

et alii (et al.)

and others

Motto of Wells Cathedral School. A less common variant on et cetera used at the end of a list of locations to denote unlisted places. Used similarly to et cetera ('and the rest'), to stand for a list of names. Alii is actually masculine, so it can be used for men, or groups of men and women; the feminine, et aliae (or et ali), is appropriate when the 'others' are all female. Et alia is neuter plural and thus properly used only for inanimate, genderless objects, but some use it as a gender-neutral alternative.[13] APA style uses et al. if the work cited was written by more than six authors; MLA style uses et al. for more than three authors.

et cetera (etc.) or And the rest In modern usage, used to mean 'and so on' or 'and more'. (&c.) And light came to From Genesis 1:3 "and there was light". Motto of Morehouse et facta est lux be or was made College in Atlanta, Georgia. et hoc genus And all that sort Abbreviated to e.h.g.o. or ehgo omne of thing and in Arcadia et in Arcadia ego In other words, 'I, too, am in Arcadia'. See memento mori. [am] I et lux in And light will See also Lux in Tenebris; motto for the Pontificia Universidad tenebris lucet shine in darkness Catlica del Per. And now, O ye kings, et nunc reges understand: intelligite receive From the Book of Psalms, II.x. (Vulgate), 2.10 (Douay-Rheims). erudimini qui instruction, you judicatis terram that judge the earth. and the following et sequentes (et Also et sequentia ('and the following things': neut.), abbreviations: (masc./fem. seq.) et seqq., et seq.., or sqq. plural) and a supposition et suppositio nil puts nothing in More typically translated as "Sayin' it don't make it so". ponit in esse being Also 'Even you, Brutus?' or 'You too, Brutus?' Used to indicate a betrayal by someone close. From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, based on the traditional dying words of Julius Caesar. However, et tu, Brute? And you, Brutus? 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. Etiamsi omnes, Even if all Peter to Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:33) ego non others... I will not In law, describes someone preparing for a remote possibility. In banking, a loan in which the collateral is more than the loan itself. Also the basis for the term "an abundance of caution" employed by ex abundanti from excessive United States President Barack Obama to explain why his oath of cautela caution office had to be re-administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts and again in reference to terrorist threats. For out of the From the Gospel according to St. Matthew, XII.xxxiv (Vulgate), ex abundantia abundance of the 12.34 (Douay-Rheims) and the Gospel according to St. Luke, VI.xlv enim cordis os heart the mouth (Vulgate), 6.45 (Douay-Rheims). Sometimes rendered without loquitur speaketh. enim ('for'). ex aequo from the equal 'On equal footing', i.e., 'in a tie'. Always something new ex Africa semper from Africa Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, VIII/42: unde etiam vulgare aliquid novi (literally Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi Africam adferre.[14] something of new) ex animo from the heart Thus, 'sincerely'. 'Beforehand', 'before the event'. Based on prior assumptions. A ex ante from before forecast. The motto of the fictional Starfleet Academy on Star Trek. Adapted From the Stars, ex astris scientia from ex luna scientia, which in turn was modeled after ex scientia Knowledge 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 Deo from God 'From harmful deceit'; dolus malus is the Latin legal term for 'fraud'. The full legal phrase is ex dolo malo non oritur actio ('an action does not arise from fraud'). When an action has its origin in fraud or deceit, it cannot be supported; thus, a court of law will not assist a man who bases his course of action on an immoral or illegal act. Idiomatically rendered 'on the face of it'. A legal term typically used to note that a document's explicit terms are defective without further investigation. A motto of St George's College, Harare. More literally 'from grace'. Refers to someone voluntarily performing an act purely out of kindness, as opposed to for personal gain or from being forced to do it. In law, an ex gratia payment is one made without recognizing any liability or legal obligation. Thus, 'by hypothesis'. Recent academic notation for 'from below in this writing' The medical pitfall in which response to a therapeutic regimen substitutes proper diagnosis. Precedes a person's name, with the meaning of 'from the library of...'; also a bookplate. The motto of the Apollo 13 moon mission, derived from ex scientia tridens, the motto of Jim Lovell's Alma Mater, the United States Naval Academy. From St. Augustine's "Sermon LXI" where he contradicts Seneca's dictum in Epistulae 87:22: bonum ex malo non fit (good does not come from evil). Also the alias of the Anberlin song, "Miserabile Visu" from their album New Surrender.

ex dolo malo

from fraud

ex facie ex fide fiducia

from the face from faith [comes] confidence from kindness from the hypothesis 'from below' from that which helps from the law from the books from the moon, knowledge good out of evil in my opinion out of mere impulse, or of one's own accord.

ex gratia

ex hypothesi ex infra (e.i.) cf. ex supra ex juvantibus ex lege ex libris ex luna scientia

ex malo bonum ex mea sententia ex mero motu

From Lucretius, and said earlier by Empedocles. Its original meaning is 'work is required to succeed', but its modern meaning is a more general 'everything has its origins in something' (cf. causality). It is commonly applied to the conservation laws in nothing comes philosophy and modern science. Ex nihilo often used in conjunction ex nihilo nihil fit from nothing 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. 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 ex officio from the office 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. A theological phrase contrasted with ex opere operato, referring to ex opere from the work of the notion that the validity or promised benefit of a sacrament operantis the one working depends on the person administering it. A theological phrase meaning that the act of receiving a sacrament actually confers the promised benefit, such as a baptism actually ex opere from the work and literally cleansing one's sins. The Catholic Church affirms that operato worked the source of grace is God, not just the actions or disposition of the minister or the recipient of the sacrament. light from the Originally refers to the sun rising in the east, but alludes to culture ex oriente lux east coming from the Eastern world. Motto of several institutions. A legal term meaning 'by one party' or 'for one party'. Thus, on ex parte from a part behalf of one side or party only. ex pede from Hercules' From the measure of Hercules' foot you shall know his size; from a Herculem foot part, the whole. ex post from after 'Afterward', 'after the event'. Based on knowledge of the past.

Measure of past performance. from a thing done ex post facto Said of a law with retroactive effect. afterward from one Or 'with due competence'. Said of the person who perfectly knows ex professo declaring [an art his art or science. or science] The United States Naval Academy motto. Refers to knowledge ex scientia from knowledge, bringing men power over the sea comparable to that of the tridenttridens sea power. bearing Greek god Poseidon. from knowledge, The motto of the College of Graduate Studies at Middle Tennessee ex scientia vera truth State University. In general, the claim that the absence of something demonstrates the proof of a proposition. An argumentum ex silentio ('argument from silence') is an argument based on the assumption that ex silentio from silence someone's silence on a matter suggests ('proves' when a logical fallacy) that person's ignorance of the matter or their inability to counterargue validly. opposite of 'in ex situ situ ex supra (e.s.) cf. 'from above' Recent academic notation for 'from above in this writing'. ex infra from [this 'This instant', 'right away' or 'immediately'. Also written ex tempore moment of] time extempore. From a A legal doctrine which states that a claimant will be unable to Ex turpi causa dishonorable pursue a cause of action, if it arises in connection with his own non oritur actio cause an action illegal act. Particularly relevant in the law of contract, tort and does not arise trusts. ex umbra in from the shadow Motto of Federico Santa Mara Technical University. solem into the light from the force of ex vi termini Thus, 'by definition'. the term Used in reference to the study or assay of living tissue in an ex vivo out of or from life artificial environment outside the living organism. Thus, in accordance with a promise. An ex voto is also an offering ex voto from the vow made in fulfillment of a vow. ex vulgus from crowd, used to describe social computing, The Wisdom of Crowds scientia knowledge 'Ever upward!' The state motto of New York. Also a catch phrase excelsior higher used by Marvel Comics head Stan Lee. exceptio firmat The exception A juridical principle which means that the statement of a rule's (or probat) confirms the rule exception (e.g., "no parking on Sundays") implicitly confirms the regulam in in cases which rule (i.e., that parking is allowed Monday through Saturday). Often casibus non are not excepted mistranslated as "the exception that proves the rule". exceptis an excuse that excusatio non has not been More loosely, 'he who excuses himself, accuses himself'an petita accusatio sought [is] an unprovoked excuse is a sign of guilt. In French, qui s'excuse, manifesta obvious s'accuse. accusation exeat may he/she leave A formal leave of absence. Usually shortened in English to 'for example' (see citation signal). Often confused with id est (i.e.).[15] exempli gratia for the sake of Exempli gratia, 'for example', is commonly abbreviated 'e.g.'; in (e.g.) example this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma, depending on style.[16] exercitus sine an army without On a plaque at the former military staff building of the Swedish duce corpus est a leader is a body Armed Forces. sine spiritu without a spirit Third-person plural present active indicative of the Latin verb exeunt they leave exire; also extended to exeunt omnes, 'all leave'; singular: exit. This term has been used in dermatopathology to express that experientia experience there is no substitute for experience in dealing with all the docet teaches numerous variations that may occur with skin conditions.[17] The term has also been used in gastroenterology.[18] experimentum experiment of the Or 'crucial experiment'. A decisive test of a scientific theory. crucis cross Literally 'believe one who has had experience'. An author's aside to experto crede trust the expert the reader. 'Mentioning one thing may exclude another thing'. A principle of legal statutory interpretation: the explicit presence of a thing the expression of expressio unius implies intention to exclude others; e.g., a reference in the Poor the one is the est exclusio Relief Act 1601 to 'lands, houses, tithes and coal mines' was held exclusion of the alterius to exclude mines other than coal mines. Sometimes expressed as other expressum facit cessare tacitum (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 group like a monastery. This expression comes from the writings of Saint Cyprian of outside the extra Ecclesiam Carthage, a bishop of the third century. It is often used to Church [there is] nulla salus summarise the doctrine that the Catholic Church is absolutely no salvation necessary for salvation. It is issued by the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations before a session of the Papal conclave which will elect a new Pope. outside, all [of extra omnes When spoken, all those who are not Cardinals, or those otherwise you] mandated to be present at the Conclave, must leave the Sistine Chapel. he who extra territorium administers jus dicenti justice outside of Refers to extraterritorial jurisdiction. Often cited in law of the sea impune non his territory is cases on the high seas. paretur disobeyed with impunity of the house [edit] F Latin faber est suae quisque fortunae fac fortia et patere fac simile facile princeps Translation every man is the artisan of his own fortune do brave deeds and endure make a similar thing easily the first Notes Appius Claudius Caecus. Motto of Fort Street High School in Petersham, Sydney , Australia. Motto of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia. Origin of the word facsimile, and, through it, of fax. Said of the acknowledged leader in some field, especially in the arts and humanities.

"I make free adults facio liberos ex out of children by Motto of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, liberis libris means of books and a New Mexico libraque balance." facta, non deeds, not words Frequently used as motto. verba A Roman legal principle indicating that a witness who willfully falsus in uno, falsifies one matter is not credible on any matter. The false in one, false in falsus in underlying motive for attorneys to impeach opposing witnesses all omnibus in court: the principle discredits the rest of their testimony if it is without corroboration. feci quod potui, I have done what I from Henry Baerlein's introduction to his translation of The faciant meliora could; let those who Diwan of Abul Ala by Abul Ala Al-Maarri (9731057);[19] also in potentes can do better. Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, act I. "From differing fecisti patriam peoples you have Verse 63 from the poem De reditu suo by Rutilius Claudius diversis de made one native Namatianus praising emperor Augustus.[20] gentibus unam land" felix culpa fortunate fault from "Exsultet" of the Catholic liturgy felix qui potuit happy is he who can rerum Virgil. "Rerum cognoscere causas" is the motto of the London discover the causes of cognoscere School of Economics and the University of Sheffield. things causas An archaic legal term for one who commits suicide, referring to felo de se felon from himself early English common law punishments, such as land seizure, inflicted on those who killed themselves. fere libenter homines id men generally believe People's beliefs are shaped largely by their desires. Julius quod volunt what they want to Caesar, The Gallic War 3.18 credunt An oxymoronic motto of Augustus. It encourages proceeding festina lente hurry slowly quickly, but with calm and caution. Equivalent to 'More haste, less speed'. Motto of The Madeira School, McLean, Virginia. let justice be done, fiat iustitia et though the world shall Motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. pereat mundus perish fiat justitia ruat let justice be done Attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus. caelum should the sky fall Less literally, "let light arise" or "let there be light" (cf. lux sit). From the Latin translation of Genesis, "dixitque Deus fiat lux et fiat lux let light be made facta est lux" ("and God said, 'Let light be made', and light was made."); frequently used as motto for educational institutions. fiat panis let there be bread Motto of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) fiat voluntas May God's will be The motto of Robert May's School Dei done fiat voluntas The motto of Archbishop Richard Smith of the Roman Catholic Thy will be done tua Archdiocese of Edmonton.

ficta voluptatis fictions meant to Horace Ars Poetica (338) , advice presumably discounted by causa sint please should the magical realists proxima veris approximate the truth A title given to Henry VIII of England by Pope Leo X on October Fidei Defensor 17, 1521 before Henry became a heresiarch. Still used by the Defender of the Faith (Fid Def) or (fd) British monarchs, it appears on all British coins, usually abbreviated. Sometimes mistranslated to "Keep the faith", when used in contemporary English-language writings of all kinds to convey fidem scit He knows the faith a light-hearted wish for the reader's well-being. The humor comes from the phrase's similarity in pronunciation to the words "Feed 'em shit". fides qua the faith by which it is the personal faith which apprehends, contrasted with fides creditur believed quae creditur fides quae the faith which is the content of "the faith," contrasted with fides qua creditur creditur believed fides quaerens faith seeking the motto of Saint Anselm, found in his Proslogion intellectum understanding A faithful friend. From the name of Aeneas's faithful companion fidus Achates faithful Achates in Virgil's Aeneid. filae nostrae sicvt angvli may our daughters be incisi as polished as the Motto of Francis Holland School similitvdine corners' of the temple templi finis coronat the end crowns the the end justifies the means. opus work finis vitae sed the end of life, but not non amoris of love referred to Attila the Hun, when he led his armies to invade the flagellum dei scourge of god Western Roman Empire. flectere si nequeo if I cannot move superos, Virgil's Aeneid, book 7 heaven I will raise hell Achaeronta movebo floreat etona may Eton flourish Motto of Eton College floreat nostra may our school Common school motto schola flourish Indicates the period when a historical figure whose birth and floruit (fl.) one flourished death dates are unknown was most active. fluctuat nec she wavers and is not Motto of Paris. mergitur immersed fons et origo the spring and source "The fountainhead and beginning". The source and origin. the fount of fons sapientiae, knowledge is the The motto of Bishop Blanchet High School. verbum Dei word of God. forsan et haec Perhaps even these olim meminisse things will be good to From Virgil's Aeneid,Book I, line 203. iuvabit remember one day fortes fortuna Fortune favours the The motto of the 3rd Marine Regiment adiuvat bold fortes in fide strong in faith Frequently used as motto. fortis cadere, The brave may fall, cedere non Motto of Fahnestock Family Arms. but cannot yield potest fortis est truth is strong Motto on the coat of arms of Oxford, England. veritas fortis et liber strong and free Motto of Alberta. Motto of Municipal Borough of Middleton from the Earl of fortis in arduis strong in difficulties Middleton. fortiter et bravely and faithfully Frequently used as motto. Used by The King's School, Sydney. fideliter fortunae meae, artisan of my fate and Motto of Gatineau. multorum faber that of several others An Epitaph, made to remind the reader of the inevitability of I once was what you Fui quod es, death, saying "Once I was alive like you are, and you will be are, you will be what i eris quod sum dead as I am now." As believed, it's was carved on a am gravestone of some Roman military officer. presumption of fumus boni iuris sufficient legal basis fundamenta unshakable inconcussa foundation [edit] G

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gaudeamus hodie gaudeamus igitur gaudete in domino gaudium in veritate generalia specialibus non derogant genius loci

let us rejoice today therefore let us rejoice rejoice in the lord joy in truth universal things do not detract from specific things spirit of place A principle of statutory interpretation: If a matter falls under a specific provision and a general provision, it shall be governed by the specific provision. 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. Motto of James Ruse Agricultural High School. Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic doxology, the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei gloriam. Motto of Eltham College. The beginning of the Lesser Doxology. Motto of Manitoba Motto of private spaceflight company Blue Origin Motto of Grey College, Durham Horace Epistles 2.1 Motto of McGill University Motto of Uppsala University more severe things await, the worst is yet to come Title of a poem by James Elroy Flecker
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First words of a famous academic anthem used, among other places, in The Student Prince. Motto of Bishop Allen Academy

gesta non verba deeds, not words Gloria in Excelsis Glory to God in the Deo Highest The glory of sons is their fathers (Proverbs17:6) Gloria Patri Glory to the Father gloriosus et liber glorious and free gradatim by degrees, ferociter ferociously gradibus ascending by degrees ascendimus Graecia capta Conquered Greece in ferum victorem turn defeated its cepit savage conqueror By hard work, all Grandescunt things increase and Aucta Labore grow gratiae veritas truth through God's naturae mercy and nature graviora manent heavier things remain Gravis Dulcis serious sweet Immutabilis immutable gutta cavat a water drop hollows lapidem [non vi a stone [not by force, sed saepe but by falling often] cadendo] Gloria filiorum patres [edit] H

main phrase is from Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto IV, 10, 5.[22]; expanded in the Middle Ages

Notes 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, most commonly You should have habeas corpus habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (you may have the body to bring up). the body Commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to challenge the legality of their detention. habemus Used after a Roman Catholic Church papal election to announce we have a pope papam publicly a successful ballot to elect a new pope. Books have their destiny Habent sua [according to fata libelli 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 meminisse be pleasing to and smile". From Virgil's Aeneid 1.203. Also, motto of the Jefferson iuvabit remember Society. Hannibal ad Hannibal is at Roman parents would tell their misbehaving children this, invoking portas the gates their fear of Hannibal. Hannibal ante Hannibal before Refers to wasting time while the enemy is already here. Attributed to portas the gates Cicero. haud ignota I speak not of Thus, "I say no things that are unknown". From Virgil's Aeneid, 2.91. loquor unknown things hic abundant here lions Written on uncharted territories of old maps. leones abound hic et nunc here and now Also rendered hic iacet. Written on gravestones or tombs, preceding the name of the deceased. Equivalent to hic sepultus (here is buried), hic jacet (HJ) here lies and sometimes combined into hic jacet sepultus (HJS), "here lies buried".

Latin

Translation

hic manebimus optime hic sunt dracones hic sunt leones hinc et inde

here we'll stay excellently

According to Titus Livius the phrase was pronounced by Marcus Furius Camillus, addressing the senators who intended 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 the circumstances appear adverse.

here there are Written on uncharted territories of old maps. dragons here there are Written on uncharted territories of old maps. lions from both sides From Terence, Andria, line 125. Originally literal, referring to the tears hinc illae hence those shed by Pamphilus at the funeral of Chrysis, it came to be used lacrimae tears proverbally in the works of later authors, such as Horace (Epistula XIX, 41). historia vitae history, the From Cicero, Tusculanas, 2, 16. Also "history is the mistress of life". magistra teacher of life Motto of Bradford Grammar School, often purposefully mistranslated hoc age do this by pupils as "Just do it!". hoc est bellum This is war hoc est Christum To know Christ Famous dictum by the Reformer Melanchthon in his Loci Communes of cognoscere, is to know his 1521 beneficia eius benefits cognoscere hoc est enim The words of Jesus reiterated in Latin during the Roman Catholic This is my Body corpus meum Eucharist: "Hoc est corpus" Today it's me, hodie mihi, tommorow it will cras tibi be you hominem non Treat the Man, Motto of the Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing morbum cura not the Disease Latin expression- Varro (116 BC 27 BC) In the opening line of the first book of De Re Rustica wrote "quod, ut dicitur, si est homo bulla, homo bulla man is a bubble eo magis senex" (for if, as they say, man is a bubble, all the more so is an old man) later reintroduced by Erasmus in his Adagia, a collection of sayings published in 1572. First attested in Plautus' Asinaria (lupus est homo homini). The homo homini man [is a] wolf sentence was drawn on by Hobbes in Leviathan as a concise lupus to man expression of his human nature view. homo praesumitur One is innocent bonus donec until proven See also presumption of innocence. probetur guilty malus From Terence, Heautontimoroumenos. Originally "strange" or homo sum I am a human "foreign" (alienum) was used in the sense of "irrelevant", as this line humani a me being; nothing was a response to the speaker being told to mind his own business, nihil alienum human is but it is now commonly used to advocate respecting different cultures puto strange to me and being humane in general. Puto (I consider) is not 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 honestes ante honesty before Motto of King George V school, Hong Kong, China honores glory honor virtutis esteem is the Motto of Arnold School, Blackpool, England praemium reward of virtue for the sake of honoris causa Said of an honorary title, such as "Doctor of Science honoris 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 numero nisi the hours unless A common inscription on sundials. serenas they are sunny horribile dictu horrible to say That is, "a horrible thing to relate". Cf. mirabile dictu. A garden in the Motto of the Chicago Park District, a playful allusion to the city's hortus in urbe city motto, urbs in horto, q.v. hortus siccus A dry garden A collection of dry, preserved plants. hostis humani enemy of the Cicero defined pirates in Roman law as being enemies of humanity in generis human race general. I do not hypotheses From Newton, Principia. Less literally, "I do not assert that any fabricate non fingo hypotheses are true". hypotheses [edit] I Latin Translation Notes

ibidem (ibid.) idem (id.)

in the same place the same

id est (i.e., or ie.)

that is

Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source previously referenced. Used to refer to something that has already been cited. See also ibidem. "That is (to say)" in the sense of "that means" and "which means", or "in other words", or sometimes "in this case", depending on the context; may be followed by a comma, or not, depending on style (American English and British English respectively)[citation needed]. It is often misinterpreted as "in example." In this situation, e.g. should be used instead.

id quod that which A phrase used in legal language to indicate the most probable plerumque generally happens outcome from an act, fact, event or cause. accidit idem quod (i.q.) the same as Not to be confused with an intelligence quotient. In the Roman calendar, the Ides of March refers to the 15th day of March. In modern times, the term is best known as the date on Idus Martiae the Ides of March which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC; the term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom. Iesus Nazarenus Rex Jesus of Nazareth, Iudaeorum King of the Jews (INRI) igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum igne natura renovatur integra igni ferroque ignis aurum probat ignis fatuus Direct quote from the Vulgate, John 19:19. The inscription was written in Latin, Greek and Aramaic at the top of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. (John 19:20)

Therefore whoever Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari; similar to si vis desires peace, let pacem, para bellum. him prepare for war through fire, nature An alchemical aphorism invented as an alternate meaning for the is reborn whole acronym INRI. with fire and iron fire tests gold A phrase describing scorched earth tactics. Also rendered as igne atque ferro, ferro ignique, and other variations. A phrase referring to the refining of character through difficult circumstances, it is also the motto of the Prometheus Society Will-o'-the-wisp.

foolish fire (or ignorantia legis non excusat or ignorantia iuris ignorantia legis A legal principle whereby ignorance of a law does not allow one non excusat neminem excusat) to escape liability; ignorance of the law is no excuse The logical fallacy of irrelevant conclusion: making an argument that, while possibly valid, doesn't prove or support the ignoratio ignorance of the proposition it claims to. An ignoratio elenchi that is an intentional elenchi issue attempt to mislead or confuse the opposing party is known as a red herring. Elenchi is from the Greek elenchos. unknown by means ignotum per An explanation that is less clear than the thing to be explained. of the more ignotius Synonymous with obscurum per obscurius. unknown ignotus (ign.) unknown From the religious concept that man was created in "God's imago Dei image of God image". A principle, held by several religions, that believers should strive imitatio dei imitation of a god to resemble their god(s). 1. A group of people who owe utmost fealty to their leader(s), subordinating the interests of the larger group to the authority of imperium in an order within an the internal group's leader(s). imperio order 2. A "fifth column" organization operating against the organization within which they seemingly reside. 3. "State within a state" In Virgil's Aeneid, Jupiter ordered Aeneas to found a city (Rome) imperium sine an empire without from which would come an everlasting, neverending empire, the fine an end endless (sine fine) empire. An authorization to publish, granted by some censoring authority imprimatur let it be printed (originally a Catholic Bishop). Used in a number of situations, such as in a trial carried out in the in absentia in the absence absence of the accused. in actu in act "In the very act/In reality". in articulo at the point of mortis death in camera in the chamber Figuratively, "in secret". See also camera obscura. in casu (i.c.) in the event "In this case". Using the metaphor of a scorpion, this can be said of an account in cauda the poison is in the that proceeds gently, but turns vicious towards the end or venenum tail more generally waits till the end to reveal an intention or statement that is undesirable in the listener's eyes.

in com. Ebor. in Deo speramus

In the county of Yorkshire in God we hope

Eboracum was the Roman name for York and this phrase is used in some Georgian and Victorian books on the genealogy of prominent Yorkshire families. Motto of Brown University. Expresses the judicial principle that in case of doubt the decision must be in favor of the accused (in that anyone is innocent until there is proof to the contrary). "In duplicate". "In (the form of) an image", "in effigy" as opposed to "in the flesh" or "in person". In actual existence; as opposed to in posse. "In full", "at full length", "completely", "unabridged". In extremity; in dire straits. Also "at the point of death" (cf. in articulo mortis). Motto of Newington College.

in doubt, on behalf in dubio pro reo of the [alleged] culprit in duplo in double in effigie in esse in extenso in extremis in fide scientiam in fidem in fieri in fine (i.f.) in flagrante delicto in flore in foro in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni in harmonia progressio in hoc sensu or in sensu hoc (s.h.) in hoc signo vinces in hunc effectum in illo ordine (i.o.) in illo tempore in inceptum finis est in limine in the likeness in existence in the extended in the furthest reaches To our Faith Add Knowledge into faith in becoming

To the verification of faith. Thus, "pending". At the end. The footnote says "p. 157 in fine": "the end of page in the end 157". in a blazing wrong, Equivalent to the English idiom "caught red-handed": caught in while the crime is the act of committing a crime. Sometimes carries the connotation blazing of being caught in a "compromising position". in blossom Blooming. in forum Legal term for "in court". We enter the circle A palindrome said to describe the behavior of moths. Also the at night and are title of a film by Guy Debord. consumed by fire progress in harmony in this sense Motto of Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. Recent academic abbreviation for the spatious and inconvenient "in this sense".

Words Constantine the Great claimed to have seen in a vision by this sign you will before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Motto of Sigma Chi conquer fraternity, the Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion and the House of Di Santis. for this purpose in that order in that time lit.: in the beginning is the end at the outset Describes a meeting called for a particular stated purpose only. Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "..., respectively." "at that time", found often in Gospel lectures during Masses, used to mark an undetermined time in the past. or: the beginning foreshadows the end

Preliminary, in law referring to a motion that is made to the judge before or during trial, often about the admissibility of evidence believed prejudicial That is, "on site". in the place, on the in loco The nearby labs were closed for the weekend, so the water spot samples were analyzed in loco. A legal term meaning "assuming parental (i.e., custodial) in the place of a in loco parentis responsibility and authority". Primary and secondary teachers are parent typically bound by law to act in loco parentis. in luce Tua in Thy light we see Motto of Valparaiso University. videmus lucem light in lumine tuo in your light we will Motto of Columbia University, Presbyterian Boys' Secondary videbimus see the light School and Ohio Wesleyan University. lumen in manus tuas into your hands I commendo According to Luke 23:46, the last words of Jesus on the cross. entrust my spirit spiritum meum From Horace. Refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in, the story, after into the middle of in medias res much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, things the Odyssey, Os Lusadas, Othello, and Paradise Lost. Compare ab initio. Equivalent to "in the memory of". Refers to remembering or in memoriam into the memory honoring a deceased person. in necessariis in necessary things "Charity" (caritas) is being used in the classical sense of unitas, in dubiis unity, in doubtful "compassion" (cf. agape). Motto of the Cartellverband der libertas, in things liberty, in all katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen. Often omnibus caritas things charity misattributed to Augustine of Hippo.[citation needed]

in nocte consilium in nomine Domini in nuce in omnia paratus in omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro in partibus infidelium in pectore in personam in posse in propria persona

advise comes over night in the name of the Lord in a nut

I.e., "Tomorrow is a new day." Motto of Birkbeck College, University of London. Motto of Trinity College, Perth, Australia; the name of a 1050 papal bull. I.e., "in potentiality." Comparable to "potential", "to be developed".

Ready for anything. Motto of the United States Army's 18th Infantry Regiment Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found Quote by Thomas Kempis it, except in a corner with a book in the parts of the infidels in the heart into a person in potential That is, "in the land of the infidels", infidels here referring to nonChristians. After Islam conquered a large part of the Roman Empire, the corresponding bishoprics didn't disappear, but remained as titular sees. A Cardinal named in secret by the pope. See also ab imo pectore. Directed towards a particular person In the state of being possible; as opposed to in esse.

in one's own person "Personally", "in person". Beginning of the Gospel of John A legal term used to indicate that a judicial proceeding may not have formally designated adverse parties or is otherwise uncontested. The term is commonly used in case citations of probate proceedings, for example, In re Smith's Estate; it is also used in juvenile courts, as, for instance, In re Gault. A legal term used to indicate a court's jurisdiction over a "thing" rather than a "legal person". As opposed to "ad personam jurisdiction". Example: in tenant landlord disputes, the summons and complaint may be nailed to the door of a rented property. This is because the litigant seeks jurisdiction over "the premises" rather than "the occupant".

in the beginning in principio erat was the Word Verbum (Logos) in re in the matter [of]

in rem

to the thing

in rerum natura in retentis in saeculo in salvo in silico (Dog Latin)

in situ in somnis veritas in spe

in the nature of See also Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things). things among things held Used to describe documents kept separately from the regular back records of a court for special reasons. "In the secular world", that is, outside a monastery, or before in the times death. in safety Coined in the late 1980s for scientific papers. Refers to an experiment or process performed virtually, as a computer simulation. The term is Dog Latin modeled after terms such as in in silicon vitro and in vivo. The Latin word for silicon is silicium, so the correct Latinization of "in silicon" would be in silicio, but this form has little usage. In the original place, appropriate position, or natural in the place arrangement. In dreams there is truth "future" (My mother-in-law in spe", i.e., "My future mother-inlaw), or "in embryonic form", as in "Locke's theory of government in hope resembles, in spe, Montesquieu's theory of the separation of powers."

in specialibus To seek the general That is, to understand the most general rules through the most generalia in the specifics detailed analysis. quaerimus in statu in the state of Just as something is about to begin. nascendi being born in toto in all "Totally", "entirely", "completely". in triplo in triple "In triplicate". in umbra, igitur, Then we will fight in pugnabimus the shade in utero in the womb in utrumque Prepared for either Motto of the McKenzie clan. paratus (event) in vacuo in a void "In a vacuum". In isolation from other things. in varietate united in diversity The motto of the European Union and the Council of Europe concordia in wine [there is] That is, wine loosens the tongue(Referring to alcohol's in vino veritas truth 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 vivo veritas in life" or "in a living thing in a living thing [there is] truth An experiment or process performed on a living specimen. An expression used by biologists to express the fact that laboratory findings from testing an organism in vitro are not always reflected when applied to an organism in vivo. A pun on in vino veritas. Westville Boys' High School and Westville Girls' High School's motto is taken directly from Virgil. These words, found in Aeneid, Book 1, are used by Juno, queen of heaven who hated the Trojans led by Aeneas. When she saw the fleet of Aeneas on its way to Italy, after the sack of Troy by the Greeks, she planned to scatter it by means of strong winds. In her determination to accomplish her task she cried out "Incepto Ne Desistam". A term used to classify a taxonomic group when its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. A variant on mirabile dictu. A list of books considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Motto of Austria-Hungary prior to its separation into independent states in 1918.

incepto ne desistam

May I not shrink from my purpose!

of uncertain position (seat) incredibile dictu incredible to say Index of Prohibited Index Librorum (or, Forbidden) Prohibitorum Books indivisibiliter ac indivisible and inseparabiliter inseparable Infinitus est Infinite is the numerus number of fools. stultorum. incertae sedis infirma mundi elegit Deus God chooses the weak of the world

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

infra dignitatem beneath one's (infra dig) dignity innocens non innocent but not timidus afraid instante mense in the present (inst.) month intaminatis fulget honoribus integer vitae scelerisque purus Untarnished, she shines with honor unimpaired by life and clean of wickedness

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

A term used in formal extract minutes to indicate that the minute quoted has been taken from a fuller record of other matters, or inter alia (i.a.) among other things 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. Said by Cicero in Pro Milone as a protest against unchecked political mobs that had virtually seized control of Rome in the 60s inter arma enim in a time of war, and 50s BC. Famously quoted in the essay Civil Disobedience by silent leges the law falls silent 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 spem et between hope and metum fear we are born inter urinas et between urine and Attributed to St Augustine. faeces nascimur feces Said of property transfers between living persons, as opposed to inter vivos between the living inheritance; often relevant to tax laws. Thus, "not public". Source of the word intramural. See also intra muros within the walls Intramuros, Manila. intra vires within the powers That is, "within the authority". I remain invictus maneo Motto of the Armstrong Clan. unvanquished Iohannes est John is his name / Motto of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico nomen eius Juan es su Nombre 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 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-

ipsissima verba ipsissima voce ipso facto ira deorum

the very words themselves the very 'voice' itself by the fact itself wrath of the gods

dixitism has come to mean any unsupported rhetorical assertion that lacks a logical argument. Originally coined by Cicero in his De Natura Deorum (I, 10) to describe the behavior of the students of Pythagoras. "Strictly word for word" (cf. verbatim). Often used in Biblical Studies to describe the record of Jesus' teaching found in the New Testament (specifically, the four Gospels). To approximate the main thrust or message without using the exact words. Or "by that very fact". Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the ancient Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of pax deorum (peace of the gods) instead of ira deorum (wrath of the gods): earthquakes, floods, famine, etc.

ira furor brevis Wrath (anger) is est but a brief madness A useful phrase, as the Romans had no word for "yes", preferring to respond to questions with the affirmative or negative of the ita vero thus indeed question (e.g., "Are you hungry?" was answered by "I am hungry" or "I am not hungry", not "Yes" or "No). Go, it is the Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding words addressed ite missa est dismissal to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite.[23] iter legis The path of the law The path a law takes from its conception to its implementation. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). It can mean attacking the iugulare to cut the throat of work or personality of deceased person. Alternatively, it can be mortuos corpses used to describe criticism of an individual already heavily criticised by others. also spelled juncta juvant; from the legal principle quae non iuncta iuvant together they strive valeant singula, iuncta iuvant ("What is without value on its own, helps when joined") A legal principle in civil law countries of the Roman-German the court knows the tradition that says that lawyers need not to argue the law, as that iura novit curia law is the office of the court. Sometimes miswritten as iura novat curia (the court renews the laws). in right of his iure matris Indicates a right exercised by a son on behalf of his mother. 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 est cum ius the law when we do nostrum not know our own ignoramus rights Commonly referred to as "right of survivorship": a rule in property ius accrescendi right of accrual law that surviving joint tenants have rights in equal shares to a decedent's property. Refers to the laws that regulate the reasons for going to war. ius ad bellum law towards war Typically, this would address issues of self-defense or preemptive strikes. Refers to a fundamental principle of international law considered to have acceptance among the international community of states as a whole. Typically, this would address issues not listed or ius cogens compelling law 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. Refers to the "laws" that regulate the conduct of combatants during a conflict. Typically, this would address issues of who or ius in bello law in war 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 The droit de seigneur. noctis night iustitia justice Motto of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of the Czech fundamentum fundamental of Republic. regni kingdom iustitia omnibus justice for all The motto of Washington, D.C. iuventuti nil to the young Motto of Canberra Girls' Grammar School. arduum nothing is difficult iuventutis veho I bear the fortunes Motto of Dollar Academy. fortunas of youth [edit] L Latin Labor omnia vincit Notes Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's Eclogue (X.69: omnia Hard work vincit Amor "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his conquers all Georgics I.145. Translation

Laborare pugnare parati sumus Labore et honore

To work, (or) to fight; we are ready By labour and honour Let us work Laboremus for the pro patria fatherland Laboris gloria Work hard, Ludi Play hard lapsus linguae lapsus memoriae Laudator Temporis Acti Laudetur Jesus Christus laus Deo lectori salutem slip of the tongue slip of memory praiser of time past Praise (Be) Jesus Christ praise be to God

Motto of the California Maritime Academy Motto of several schools Motto of the Carlsberg breweries Motto of the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK A "proglossis", "tip of the tongue" or "apex of the tongue". Often used to mean "linguistic error" or "language mistake". It and its written-word variant, lapsus calami (slip of the pen) can sometimes refers to a typographical error as well. Ex.: "I'm sorry for mispronouncing your name. It wasn't intentional; it was a lapsus linguae". Source of the term memory lapse. One who is discontent with the present but instead prefers things of the past. See "the Good old days". Often used as a salutation, but also used after prayers or the reading of the gospel. This is written on the East side at the peak of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Also is the motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar School.

greetings Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter. reader according to Describes something genuine, true, real, tested, proven, not assumed, not lege artis the law of the placebo. Used especially in a medical context. The 'art' referred to in the art phrase is medicine. the law of the legem terrae land leges humanae laws of man nascuntur, are born, live vivunt, et and die moriuntur leges sine laws without moribus morals [are] From Horace's Odes: the official motto of the University of Pennsylvania. vanae vain The Legion is legio patria our Motto of the French Foreign Legion nostra fatherland I read, I legi, intellexi, understood, I condemnavi condemned. A legal term describing a "forced share", the portion of a deceased legitime lawfully person's estate from which the immediate family cannot be disinherited. From the French hritier legitime (rightful heir). law of the lex artis The rules that regulate a professional duty. skill the law of lex dei vitae God is the Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne lampas lamp of life the law that lex ferenda should be The law as it ought to be. borne The rule whereby a spouse cannot by deed inter vivos or bequeath by lex hac the law here testament to his or her second spouse more than the amount of the edictali proclaims smallest portion given or bequeathed to any child. law in the lex in casu A law that only concerns one particular case. event the law that lex lata has been The law as it is. borne law of the lex loci place law that has lex non not been Unwritten law, or common law. scripta written the law of lex orandi, lex prayer is the credendi law of faith lex law of also known as Occam's Razor. parsimoniae succinctness lex rex the law [is] A principle of government advocating a rule by law rather than by men.

king lex scripta lex talionis lex tempus libera te tutemet (ex inferis) Libertas Justitia Veritas written law the law of retaliation time is the law

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. Statute law. Contrasted with lex non scripta. Retributive justice (cf. an eye for an eye).

Name of musical composition by popular Maltese electronic music artist Ray Buttigieg Used in the movie Event Horizon (1997), where it is translated as "save yourself (from hell)". It is initially misheard as liberate me (free me), but is Free yourself later corrected. Libera te is often mistakenly merged into liberate, which (from hell) would necessitate a plural pronoun instead of the singular tutemet (which is an emphatic form of tu, you). Liberty Motto of the Korea University. Justice Truth

freedom Libertas Quae which [is] Thus, "liberty even when it comes late". Motto of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sera Tamen however late Libertas Liberty Securitas Security Motto of the Frontex. Justitia Justice Literally "balance". Its abbreviation, lb, is used as a unit of weight, the libra (lb) scales pound. in the place loco citato (lc) More fully written in loco citato. See also opere citato. cited locus a classic The most typical or classic case of something; quotation which most classicus place typifies its use. Used in philology to indicate that subsequent mistakes in the tradition of place of the text have made a passage so corrupted as to discourage any attempt locus (irremediable of correction. The passage is marked by a crux desperationis (""). deperditus ) loss Somehow close in meaning to the modern English expression lost in translation. A medical term to describe a location on or in a body that offers little locus minoris place of less resistance to infection, damage, or injury. For example, a weakened place resistentiae resistance that tends to be reinjured. A right to locus standi A right to appear before court. stand A mangled fragment from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On sorrow itself, the Limits of Good and Evil, 45 BC), used as typographer's filler to show lorem ipsum pain for its fonts (a.k.a. greeking). An approximate literal translation of lorem ipsum own sake might be "sorrow itself", as the term is from dolorum ipsum quia, meaning "sorrow because of itself", or less literally, "pain for its own sake". luceat lux Let your light May be found in Matthew Ch. 5 V. 16. Popular as a school motto. vestra shine lucem We follow the Motto of the University of Exeter, United Kingdom sequimur light luctor et I struggle Motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle against the emergo and emerge sea, and the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame. From late 4th-century grammarian Honoratus Maurus, who sought to mock implausible word origins such as those proposed by Priscian. A pun [it is] a grove lucus a non based on the word lucus (dark grove) having a similar appearance to the by not being lucendo verb lucere (to shine), arguing that the former word is derived from the light latter word because of a lack of light in wooded groves. Often used as an example of absurd etymology. lupus in the wolf in With the meaning "speak of the wolf, and he will come". Occurs in fabula the story Terence's play Adelphoe. a wolf does lupus non not bite a mordet lupum wolf lux et lex light and law Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College light and A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of several lux et veritas truth institutions. lux ex light from Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing. tenebris darkness lux hominum life the light Motto of the University of New Mexico vita of men light in the lux in Domino Motto of the Ateneo de Manila University Lord lux libertas light, liberty Motto of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Light of the lux mentis lux mind, light of Motto of Sonoma State University orbis the world lux sit let there be A more literal Latinization of the phrase "let there be light", the most light common translation of fiat lux ("let light arise", literally "let light be made"), which in turn is the 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 ducat lux, veritas, virtus [edit] M Latin Translation Macte animo! Young, cheer up! Generose puer This is the way to sic itur ad the skies. astra the teacher has magister dixit said it Magna Carta magna cum laude magna est vis consuetudinis Magna Europa est Patria Nostra magno cum gaudio magnum opus maiora premunt Great Charter with great praise great is the power of habit Great Europe is Our Fatherland with great joy Political motto of pan-Europeanists (cf. Ave Europa nostra vera Patria) Notes Motto of Academia da Fora Area(Air Force Academy) of the Brazilian Air Force Canonical medieval reference to Aristotle, precluding further discussion Set of documents from 1215 between Pope Innocent III, King John of England, and English barons. Common Latin honor, above cum laude and below summa cum laude Your Light Guides Us light, truth, courage Motto of St. Julian's School, Carcavelos, Portugal[24] Motto of Northeastern University

great work Said of someone's masterpiece greater things are Used to indicate that it is the moment to address more important, pressing urgent, issues. Said of an act done with knowledge of its illegality, or with intention mala fide in bad faith to defraud or mislead someone. Opposite of bona fide. mala tempora bad times are Also used ironically, e.g.: New teachers know all tricks used by currunt upon us pupils to copy from classmates? Oh, mala tempora currunt!. male captus wrongly captured, An illegal arrest will not prejudice the subsequent detention/trial. bene detentus properly detained malo periculosam I prefer liberty with libertatem danger to peace quam quietum with slavery servitium Alludes to the apple of Eris in the Judgement of Paris, the mythological cause of the Trojan War. It is also a pun based on the malum apple of discord near-homonymous word malum (evil). The word for "apple" has a discordiae long vowel in Latin and the word for "evil" a short a vowel, but they are normally written the same. A legal term meaning that something is inherently wrong (cf. malum in se wrong in itself malum prohibitum). malum wrong due to A legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is prohibitum being prohibited against the law. malum quo the more common communius eo an evil is, the peius worse it is A phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, VI.883, mourning the death of manibus date give lilies with full Marcellus, Augustus' nephew. Quoted by Dante as he leaves Virgil lilia plenis hands in Purgatory, XXX.21, echoed by Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass III, 6. with a military manu militari Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal hand With the implication of "signed by one's hand". Its abbreviated form is sometimes used at the end of typewritten or printed manu propria with one's own documents or official notices, directly following the name of the (m.p.) hand person(s) who "signed" the document exactly in those cases where there isn't an actual handwritten signature. Originally used as the name of a ship in the Marathon game series, its usage has spread. In the PlayStation game, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, the phrase was written in blood on the walls of a vampire's manus celer the swift hand of feeding room. It is assumed that one of the dying victims wrote it Dei God with his fingers. After the game's main character surveys the bloody room, associative logic dictates that the phrase was to deify both the vampire's wrath on shackled, powerless humans and the boundless slaughter of his victims. manus manum one hand washes famous quote from The Pumpkinification of Claudius, ascribed to lavat the other Seneca the Younger.[25] It implies that one situation helps the other. In law, a sea under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all mare clausum closed sea others.

mare liberum

free sea

mare nostrum our sea Mater Dei mater facit mater familias Mother of God Mother Does It

In law, a sea open to international shipping navigation. A nickname given to the Mediterranean Sea during the height of the Roman Empire, as it encompassed the entire coastal basin. A name given to describe Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is also called the "Son of God." Used as a joke to say Mother Fuck It, though it really means "mother does it"

the mother of the The female head of a family. See pater familias. family a Roman-law principle which has the power of praesumptio iuris et de iure, meaning that no counter-evidence can be made against Mater semper The mother is this principle (literally: Presumed there is no counter evidence and certa est always certain by the law). Its meaning is that the mother of the child is always known. The branch of medical science concerned with the study of drugs materia medica medical matter used in the treatment of disease. Also, the drugs themselves. Less literally, "my foot itches". Refers to a trivial situation or person it annoys me at that is being a bother, possibly in the sense of wishing to kick that me vexat pede the foot thing away or, such as the commonly-used expressions, a "pebble in one's shoe" or "nipping at one's heels". Used in Christian prayers and confession to denote the inherently mea culpa my fault flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (my greatest fault). mea navis aricumbens My hovercraft is A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty anguillis full of eels Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by Monty Python. abundat A well-known sequence, falsely attributed to Notker during the media vita in In the midst of our Middle Ages. It was translated by Cranmer and became a part of morte sumus lives we die the burial service in the funeral rites of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Used erroneously as Mediolanum Capta Est by the black metal Mediolanum Milan has been band Mayhem as an album title. Mediolanum was an ancient city in captum est captured present-day Milan, Italy. Carrying the connotation of "always better". The motto of the meliora better things University of Rochester. A relatively common recent Latinization from the joke phrasebook Melita, domi Honey, I'm home! Latin for All Occasions. Grammatically correct, but the phrase adsum would be anachronistic in ancient Rome. remember that memento mori remember your mortality [you will] die memento remember to live vivere meminerunt lovers remember omnia amantes all mindful of what memores acti has been done, Thus, both remembering the past and foreseeing the future. From prudentes aware of what will the North Hertfordshire District Council coat of arms. futuri be mens agitat the mind moves From Virgil. Motto of Rossall School, the University of Oregon, the molem the mass University of Warwick and the Eindhoven University of Technology. Motto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also of the mens et manus mind and hand Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Also "culprit mind". A term used in discussing the mindset of an mens rea guilty mind accused criminal. mens sana in a sound mind in a Or "a sensible mind in a healthy body". corpore sano sound body for the sake of the metri causa Excusing flaws in poetry "for the sake of the meter" meter Or "Boastful Soldier". Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock character in comedy, the braggart soldier. (It is said that at Miles Gloriosus Glorious Soldier Salamanca, there is a wall, on which graduates inscribe their names, where Francisco Franco had a plaque installed reading "Franciscus Francus Miles Gloriosus".) minatur he threatens the innocentibus innocent who qui parcit spares the guilty nocentibus mirabile dictu wonderful to tell mirabile visu wonderful to see A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening. miscerique He approves of the Latin Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV, line 112, "he" referring to the great probat populos mingling of the Roman god, who approved of the settlement of Romans in Africa. et foedera peoples and their Old Motto of Trinidad and Tobago, and used in the novel A Bend in jungi bonds of union the River by V. S. Naipaul. misera est miserable is that Quoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James Boswell on servitus ubi jus state of slavery in Vicious intromission.

est aut which the law is incognitum aut unknown or vagum uncertain terrible by the miserabile visu sight have mercy upon miserere nobis us missit me the Lord has sent Dominus me mittimus we send

A terrible happening or event. A phrase within the Gloria in Excelsis Deo and the Agnus Dei, to be used at certain points in Christian religious ceremonies. A phrase used by Jesus. A warrant of commitment to prison, or an instruction for a jailer to hold someone in prison.

"moving in a moving thing" or, mobilis in poetically, The motto of the Nautilus from the Jules Verne novel Twenty mobili "changing through Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. the changing medium" Dog Latin based on wordplay with modus ponens and modus modus morons tollens, referring to the common logical fallacy that if P then Q and (Dog Latin) not P, then one can conclude not Q (cf. denying the antecedent and contraposition). modus method of operandi Usually used to describe a criminal's methods. operating (M.O.) Loosely "method of affirming", a logical rule of inference stating modus ponens method of placing that from propositions if P then Q and P, then one can conclude Q. Loosely "method of denying", a logical rule of inference stating that method of modus tollens from propositions if P then Q and not Q, then one can conclude not removing P. An accommodation between disagreeing parties to allow life to go modus vivendi method of living on. A practical compromise. montaini mountaineers State motto of West Virginia, adopted in 1872. semper liberi [are] always free Montis Insignia Badge of the Rock Calpe of Gibraltar more ferarum like beasts used to describe any sexual act in the manner of beasts death before morior invictus defeat we who are about morituri to die don't want From Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero nolumus mori to Used once in Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum 5, (Divus Claudius), those who are chapter 21[26], by the condemned prisoners manning galleys about morituri te about to die salute to take part in a mock naval battle on Lake Fucinus in AD 52. salutant you Popular misconception ascribes it as a gladiator's salute. See also: Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant and Naumachia. mors certa, death is certain, its hora incerta hour is uncertain mors omnibus death to all Signifies anger and depression. mors tua vita From medieval Latin, it indicates that battle for survival, where your death, my life mea your defeat is necessary for my victory, survival. death conquers mors vincit all" or "death An axiom often found on headstones. omnia always wins morte magis old age should metuenda rather be feared from Juvenal in his 'Satires' senectus than death mortui vivos The dead teach Used to justify dissections of human cadavers in order to docent the living understand the cause of death. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] mortuum you are flogging a collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Criticising one who will not flagellas dead be affected in any way by the criticism. an unwritten code of laws and conduct, of the Romans. It the custom of our mos maiorum institutionalized cultural traditions, societal mores, and general ancestors policies, as distinct from specific laws. on his own Or "by his own accord." Identifies a class of papal documents, motu proprio initiative administrative papal bulls. mulgere to milk a male From Gerhard Gerhards' (1466-1536) [better known as Erasmus] hircum goat collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Attempting the impossible. Mulier est "Part of a comic definition of woman" from the Altercatio Hadriani Woman is man's hominis Augusti et Secundi.[27] Famously quoted by Chauntecleer in ruin. confusio. Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Say much in few multa paucis words multis e from many Motto of Saskatchewan. gentibus vires peoples, strength

multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis multum in parvo mundus senescit mundus vult decipi munit haec et altera vincit mutatis mutandis [edit] N Latin nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de commodis eius agitur

a multitude of the From the Vulgate, Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. Motto of the University wise is the health of Victoria. of the world Conciseness. The motto of Rutland, a county in central England. much in little Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words. the world grows old the world wants to From James Branch Cabell. be deceived this one defends and the other one Motto of Nova Scotia. conquers after changing what needed to be Thus, "with the appropriate changes". changed

Translation Notes The unborn is deemed to have been born to the Refers to a situation where an unborn child is deemed to be extent that his own entitled to certain inheritance rights. inheritance is concerned Pseudo-explanation for why a liquid will climb up a tube to fill a natura abhorret nature abhors a vacuum, often given before the discovery of atmospheric a vacuo vacuum pressure. natura nihil nature does nothing Cf. Leucippus: "Everything that happens does so for a reason frustra facit in vain and of necessity." natura non nature is not That is, the natural world is not sentimental or compassionate. contristatur saddened natura non facit nature does not Shortened form of "sicut natura nil facit per saltum ita nec lex" saltum ita nec make a leap, thus (just as nature does nothing by a leap, so neither does the law), lex neither does the law referring to both nature and the legal system moving gradually. A famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all organisms natura non facit nature makes no bear relationships on all sides, their forms changing gradually saltus leaps from one species to the next. From Philosophia Botanica (1751). Nature is Sir Isaac Newton's famous quote, defining foundation of all Natura valde exceedingly simple modern sciences. Can be found in his Unpublished Scientific simplex est et and harmonious Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the Portsmouth sibi consona with itself. Collection in the University Library, Cambridge, 1978 edition. naturalia non What is natural is Based on Servius' commentary on Virgil's Georgics (3:96): sunt turpia not dirty. "turpis non est quia per naturam venit." naturam You may drive out expellas furca, Nature with a You must take the basic nature of something into account. tamen usque pitchfork, yet she - Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle iv, line 24. recurret. still will hurry back. navigare to sail is necessary; Attributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus Pompeius, who, during a necesse est to live is not severe storm, commanded sailors to bring food from Africa to vivere non est necessary Rome. necesse 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 nothing more Charles V's heraldic emblem reversed this idea, using a ne plus ultra beyond depiction of this phrase inscribed on the Pillarsas plus ultra, without the negation. This represented Spain's expansion into the New World.The Boston Musical Instrument Company engraved ne plus ultra on its instruments from 1869 to 1928 to signify that none were better. nec dextrorsum, Neither to the right Do not get distracted. Motto for Bishop Cotton Boys' School and nec sinistrorsum nor to the left the Bishop Cotton Girls' School, both located in Bangalore, India. nec spe, nec without hope, metu without fear nec tamen and yet it was not Refers to the Burning Bush of Exodus 3:2. Motto of many consumebatur consumed Presbyterian churches throughout the world, including Australia. nec temere nec neither reckless nor The motto of the Dutch 11th Air Manoeuvre Brigade timide timid neca eos omnes, kill them all, God alternate rendition of Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt deus suos will know his own. eius. by Arnaud Amalric. agnoscet nemine with no one Less literally, "without dissent". Used especially in committees, contradicente speaking against where a matter may be passed nem. con., or unanimously.

(nem. con.) nemo dat quod non habet nemo est supra legis Nemo igitur vir magnus sine aliquo adflatu divino umquam fuit nemo iudex in causa sua nemo malus felix

no one gives what Thus, "none can pass better title than they have". he does not have nobody is above the law No great man ever existed who did not From Cicero's De Natura Deorum, Book 2, 167 enjoy some portion of divine inspiration no man shall be a judge in his own cause peace visits not the guilty mind Legal principle that no individual can preside over a hearing in which he holds a specific interest or bias.

Also translated to "no peace for the wicked." Refers to the inherent psychological issues that plague bad/guilty people. Motto of the Order of the Thistle, and consequently of Scotland, found stamped on the milled edge of certain British pound nemo me no one provokes me sterling coins. It is also the motto of the Montressors in the impune lacessit with impunity Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Cask of Amontillado". Motto of the San Beda College Beta Sigma Fraternity. nemo mortalium No mortal is wise at omnibus horis The wisest may make mistakes. all times sapit nemo nisi per No one learns amicitiam Used to imply that one must like a subject in order to study it. except by friendship cognoscitur The short and more common form of "Nemo enim fere saltat nemo saltat Nobody dances sobrius, nisi forte insanit", "Nobody dances sober, unless he is sobrius sober completely insane." A maxim banning mandatory self-incrimination. Nearsynonymous with accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. Similar phrases include: nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se (no one is bound to arm an opponent against himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to in any way assist nemo tenetur the prosecutor to his own detriment; nemo tenetur edere no one is bound to seipsum instrumenta contra se (no one is bound to produce documents accuse himself accusare against himself, meaning that a defendant is not obligated to provide materials to be used against himself (this is true in Roman law and has survived in modern criminal law, but no longer applies in modern civil law); and nemo tenere prodere seipsum (no one is bound to betray himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to testify against himself. nervos belli, Endless money In war, it is essential to be able to purchase supplies and to pay pecuniam forms the sinews of troops (as Napoleon put it, "An army marches on its stomach"). infinitam war nothing to do with nihil ad rem That is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential. the point In law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in nihil dicit he says nothing a plea. Or just "nothing new". The phrase exists in two versions: as nihil novi sub sole (nothing new under the sun), from the Vulgate, and as nihil novi nisi commune consensu (nothing new unless by nihil novi nothing of the new the common consensus), a 1505 law of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth and one of the cornerstones of its Golden Liberty. A notation, usually on a title page, indicating that a Roman Catholic censor has reviewed the book and found nothing nihil obstat nothing prevents objectionable to faith or morals in its content. See also imprimatur. Nothing without The motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Nihil sine Deo God Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (18781947). Nihil Ultra Nothing Beyond The motto of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. be surprised at Motto of the Fitzgibbon family. See John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of nil admirari nothing Clare nothing must be nil desperandum That is, "never despair". despaired at Nil igitur est Death, therefore, is Written in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura (Concerning the nature of mors ad nos nothing to us. things) nothing is nil mortalibus impossible for From Horace's Odes. Motto of Rathkeale College, New Zealand. ardui est humankind Short for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, "Don't (about the dead speak ill of anyone who has died". Also "Nil magnum nisi bonum" nil nisi bonum say) nothing unless (nothing is great unless good), motto of St Catherine's School, (it is) good Toorak, Pennant Hills High School and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School. nil nisi malis no terror, except to The motto of The King's School, Macclesfield.

terrori the bad nil per os, rarely nothing through the non per os mouth (n.p.o.) nothing [is] enough nil satis nisi unless [it is] the optimum best nothing without nil sine labore labour

Medical shorthand indicating that oral foods and fluids should be withheld from the patient. Motto of Everton F.C., residents of Goodison Park, Liverpool.

Motto of Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Greenwich Public School, and Victoria School Or "nothing without providence". State motto of Colorado, adopted in 1861. Probably derived from Virgil's Aeneid Book II, nothing without the nil sine numine line 777, "non haec sine numine divum eveniunt" (these things divine will do not come to pass without the will of Heaven). See also numen. nil volentibus Nothing [is] arduous Nothing is impossible for the willing arduum for the willing That is, "everything is in vain without God". Summarized from Psalm 127, "nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit nisi Dominus if not the Lord, [it is] civitatem frustra vigilavit qui custodit" (unless the Lord builds frustra in vain 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). The motto of Edinburgh. 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 nisi prius unless previously court where civil actions are tried by a single judge sitting with a jury, as distinguished from an appellate court. That is, "whether unwillingly or willingly". Sometimes rendered volens nolens, aut nolens aut volens or nolentis volentis. Similar nolens volens unwilling, willing to willy-nilly, though that word is derived from Old English willhe nil-he ([whether] he will or [whether] he will not). Commonly translated "touch me not". According to the Gospel of noli me tangere do not touch me John, this was said by Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection. That is, "Don't upset my calculations!" Said by Archimedes to a noli turbare Do not disturb my Roman soldier who, despite having been given orders not to, circulos meos circles! killed Archimedes at the conquest of Syracuse, Sicily. The soldier was executed for his act. "nolite te From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood the "Don't let the bastardes protagonist (Offred) finds the phrase inscribed on the inside of bastards grind you carborundorum" her wardrobe. One of many variants of Illegitimi non down (Dog Latin) carborundum. A legal motion by a prosecutor or other plaintiff to drop legal to be unwilling to nolle prosequi charges, usually in exchange for a diversion program or out-ofprosecute court settlement. That is, "no contest". A plea that can be entered on behalf of a I do not wish to defendant in a court that states that the accused doesn't admit nolo contendere contend guilt, but will accept punishment for a crime. Nolo contendere pleas cannot be used as evidence in another trial. nomen dubium doubtful name A scientific name of unknown or doubtful application. nomen est omen the name is a sign Thus, "true to its name". nomen nescio I do not know the Thus, the name or person in question is unknown. (N.N.) name A purported scientific name that does not fulfill the proper nomen nudum naked name formal criteria and therefore cannot be used unless it is subsequently proposed correctly. not twice in the non bis in idem A legal principle forbidding double jeopardy. same thing non causa pro not the cause for Also known as the "questionable cause" or "false cause". Refers causa the cause to any logical fallacy where a cause is incorrectly identified. See compos mentis. Also rendered non compos sui (not in non compos not in control of the control of himself). Samuel Johnson, author of the first English mentis mind dictionary, theorized that the word nincompoop may derive from this phrase. Used to explain scientific phenomena and religious advocations, for example in medieval history, for rulers to issue a 'Non Constat' decree, banning the worship of a holy figure. In legal non constat it is not certain 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 ducor, duco I am not led; I lead Motto of So Paulo city, Brazil. See also pro Brasilia fiant eximia. you should not non facias make evil in order More simply, "don't do wrong to do right". The direct opposite of malum ut inde that good may be the phrase "the ends justify the means". fiat bonum made from it non impediti unencumbered by motto of radio show Car Talk ratione the thought process

cogitationis non in legendo sed in intelligendo legis consistunt non liquet

the laws depend not on being read, but on being understood it is not proven

Also "it is not clear" or "it is not evident". A sometimes controversial decision handed down by a judge when they feel that the law is not complete. non loqui sed Motto of the University of Western Australia's Engineering not talk but action facere faculty student society. non mihi solum not for myself alone Motto of Anderson Junior College, Singapore. The title of a Christian hymn and theme-song of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, C.E.C. - Protestant denomination, not related Non nobis to the high Episcopal Church of the ordinary Anglican 'Not to us (oh) Lord' Domine Communion of Christianity. The main theme of the hymn is: 'Non nobis Domine, tuo da glorium.' This is translated as: 'Not to us, (oh) Lord... unto thy name (be) glory.' Appears in Cicero's De Officiis Book 1:22 in the form non nobis not for ourselves non nobis solum solum nati sumus (we are not born for ourselves alone). Motto of alone Lower Canada College, Montreal. A judgment notwithstanding verdict, a legal motion asking the non obstante not standing in the court to reverse the jury's verdict on the grounds that the jury veredicto way of a verdict could not have reached such a verdict reasonably. non olet it doesn't smell See pecunia non olet. non omnis "Not all of me will die", a phrase expressing the belief that a part I shall not all die moriar of the speaker will survive beyond death. nothing further non plus ultra the ultimate beyond non possumus not possible non progredi est to not go forward is regredi to go backward A judgment in favor of a defendant when the plaintiff failed to non prosequitur he does not proceed take the necessary steps in an action within the time allowed. non scholae, sed We learn not for from Seneca. Also, motto of the Istanbul Bilgi University. vitae discimus school, but for life. Used in the sense "what matters is not who says it but what he non quis sed not who but what says" a warning against ad hominem arguments. Also, motto quid of Southwestern University. In general, a comment which is absurd due to not making sense in its context (rather than due to being inherently nonsensical or non sequitur it does not follow internally inconsistent), often used in humor. As a logical fallacy, a conclusion that does not follow from a premise. Possibly derived from a Vulgate mistranslation of the Book of Jeremiah. Commonly used in literature as Satan's statement of non serviam I will not serve 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 Engraved on the doors of the United States Naval Academy patriae Country. chapel. Also the motto of the USS Halyburton (FFG-40) non sibi, sed Not for one's self A slogan used by many schools and universities. Including suis but for one's own. Tulane University. non silba, sed Not for self, but for anthar; Deo others; God will A slogan used by the Ku Klux Klan. vindice vindicate. non sum qualis I am not such as I Or "I am not the kind of person I once was". Expresses a change eram was in the speaker. non teneas Do not hold as gold aurum totum Also, "All that glitters is not gold." Parabolae. Also used by all that shines as quod splendet Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. gold. ut aurum non timebo mala I will fear no evil This is the phrase printed on the Colt, in Supernatural. Not through non vi, sed violence, but Martin Luther on Catholic church reform. (see Protestant verbo through the word Reformation) alone From Cicero, based on the Greek (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. A nonnosce te ipsum know thyself traditional Latin rendering, temet nosce (thine own self know), is translated in The Matrix as "know thyself". noster nostri Literally "Our ours" Approximately "Our hearts beat as one." As translated in Amazing Grace (2006 film), "we cheat." From nosus decipio we cheat verb decipere: to ensnare, trap, beguile, deceive, cheat. nota bene (n.b.) mark well That is, "please note" or "note it well". novus ordo new order of the From Virgil. Motto on the Great Seal of the United States. Similar seclorum ages to Novus Ordo Mundi (New World Order). nulla dies sine Not a day without a Pliny the Elder attributes this maxim to Apelles, an ancient

linea nulla poena sine lege nulla tenaci invia est via nullam rem natam nulli secundus nullius in verba nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit nullus funus sine fidula numen lumen numerus clausus nunc aut nunquam nunc dimittis nunc est bibendum nunc pro tunc

line drawn.

nunc scio quid sit amor nunquam minus never less alone solus quam cum than when alone. solus nunquam non never unprepared paratus [edit] O

Greek artist. Refers to the legal principle that one cannot be punished for no penalty without a doing something that is not prohibited by law, and is related to law Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali. For the tenacious, no road is Motto of the Dutch car builder Spyker. impassable. That is, "nothing". It has been theorized that this expression is no thing born the origin of Italian nulla, French rien, and Spanish and Portuguese nada, all with the same meaning. Motto of the Coldstream Guards and Nine Squadron Royal second to none Australian Corps of Transport and the Pretoria Regiment. On the word of no Motto of the Royal Society. man no crime, no Legal principle meaning that one cannot be penalised for doing punishment without something that is not prohibited by law. It also means that penal a previous penal law cannot be enacted retroactively. law There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness No Funeral Without Motto of the Guild of Funerary Violinists. a Fiddle The motto of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The motto of God our light Elon University. A method to limit the number of students who may study at a closed number university. Motto of the Korps Commandotroepen, Dutch elite special now or never forces. now you send beginning of the Song of Simeon, from the Gospel of Luke. Carpe-Diem-type phrase from the Odes of Horace, Nunc est now is the time to bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus (Now is the time to drink drink, now the time to dance footloose upon the earth). Something that has retroactive effect, is effective from an earlier now for then date. now I know what From Virgil, Eclogues VIII. love is

frequently used as motto

Notes attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman Emperor o homines ad Tiberius, in disgust at the servile attitude of Roman senators; servitutem men fit to be slaves! said of those who should be leaders but instead slavishly paratos follow the lead of others o tempora, o Oh, the times! Oh, also translated "What times! What customs!"; from Cicero, mores the morals! Catilina I, 1, 2 "He/she died", inscription on gravestones; ob. also sometimes obiit (ob.) one died stands for obiter (in passing or incidentally) obit anus, abit The old woman dies, Arthur Schopenhauer onus the burden is lifted in law, an observation by a judge on some point of law not directly relevant to the case before him, and thus neither a thing said in obiter dictum requiring his decision nor serving as a precedent, but passing nevertheless of persuasive authority. In general, any comment, remark or observation made in passing Forget private Roman political saying which reminds that common good obliti privatorum, affairs, take care of should be given priority over private matters for any person publica curate public ones having a responsibility in the State the truth being obscuris vera enveloped by from Virgil involvens obscure things the obscure by obscurum per An explanation that is less clear than what it tries to explain; means of the more obscurius synonymous with ignotum per ignotius obscure obtorto collo with a twisted neck unwillingly oculus dexter right eye Ophthalmologist shorthand (O.D.) oculus sinister left eye (O.S.)

Latin

Translation

oderint dum metuant odi et amo odi profanum vulgus et arceo odium theologicum oleum camino

let them hate, so long as they fear I hate and I love I hate the unholy rabble and keep them away theological hatred

favorite saying of Caligula, attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC); Motto of the Russian Noble Family Krasnitsky opening of Catullus 85; the entire poem reads, "odi et amo quare id faciam fortasse requiris / nescio sed fieri sentio et excrucior" (I hate and I love. Why do I do this, you perhaps ask. / I do not know, but I feel it happening and am tormented) from Horace name for the special hatred generated in theological disputes from Erasmus' (14661536) collection of annotated Adagia or "everything unknown appears magnificent" a sophismata proposed and solved by Albert of Saxony (philosopher)

(pour) oil on the fire every unknown omne ignotum pro thing [is taken] for magnifico great Omnes homines All men are donkeys sunt asini vel or men and donkeys homines et asini are donkeys sunt asini omnes vulnerant, postuma necat or all [the hours] omnes feriunt, wound, last one kills ultima necat omnia cum deo all with God

usual in clocks, reminding the reader of death

motto for Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, Victoria, Australia or "everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin"; a omnia dicta everything said [is] more common phrase with the same meaning is quidquid fortiora si dicta stronger if said in Latine dictum sit altum videtur (whatever said in Latin, seems Latina Latin profound) motto for The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, omnia extares! Let it all hang out! USA[28] omnia mutantur, everything changes, Ovid (43 BC 17 AD), Metamorphoses, book XV, line 165 nihil interit nothing perishes omnia omnibus all things to all men 1 Corinthians 9:22 if all (the words of si omnia ficta Ovid poets) is fiction omnia vincit amor love conquers all Virgil (70 BC 19 BC), Eclogue X, line 69 omne vivum ex every living thing is foundational concept of modern biology, opposing the theory ovo from an egg of spontaneous generation omnia munda everything [is] pure from The New Testament mundis to the pure [men] omnia all things are praesumuntur presumed to be legitime facta lawfully done, until in other words, "innocent until proven guilty" donec probetur in it is shown [to be] in contrarium the reverse motto of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, usually accompanied by a omnibus idem the same to all sun, which shines for (almost) everyone Let there be omnibus locis fit slaughter Julius Caesar's The Gallic War, 7.67 caedes everywhere omnis traductor every translator is a every translation is a corruption of the original; the reader traditor traitor should take heed of unavoidable imperfections omnis vir tigris everyone a tiger motto of the 102nd Intelligence Wing omnium gatherum gathering of all miscellaneous collection or assortment; often used facetiously onus probandi burden of proof burden of a party to adduce evidence that a case is an onus procedendi burden of procedure exception to the rule opera omnia all works collected works of an author opera posthuma posthumous works works published after the author's death act of doing scholastic phrase, used to explain that there is no possible act operari sequitur something follows if there is not being: being is absolutely necessary for any esse the act of being other act opere citato (op. in the work that was used in academic works when referring again to the last cit.) cited source mentioned or used doing what you believe is morally right through everyday opere et viritate in action and truth actions opere laudato See opere citato (op. laud.) leading the way with operibus anteire to speak with actions instead of words deeds ophidia in herba a snake in the grass any hidden danger or unknown risk opus anglicanum English work fine embroidery, especially used to describe church vestments Opus Dei The Work of God Catholic organisation

ora et labora ora pro nobis oratio directa oratio obliqua

pray and work pray for us direct speech indirect speech

Completely this principle of the Benedictine monasteries reads: "Ora et labora (et put), Deus adest sine mora." "Pray and work (and reads), God is (or: God helps) without delay." "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus" expressions from Latin grammar

from Satires of Juvenal (Book IV/10), referring to Alexander the Great; James Bond's adopted family motto in the novel On Her the world does not Majesty's Secret Service; it made a brief appearance in the orbis non sufficit suffice or the world film adaptation of the same name and was later used as the is not enough title of the nineteenth James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough. orbis unum one world seen in The Legend of Zorro out of chaos, comes ordo ab chao one of the oldest mottos of Craft Freemasonry.[29] order Let us pray, one for oremus pro Popular salutation for Roman Catholic clergy at the beginning the other; let us invicem or ending of a letter or note. Usually abbreviated OPI. pray for each other orta recens quam newly risen, how Motto of New South Wales. pura nites brightly you shine [edit] P Notes "With all due respect to", "with due deference to", "by leave of", or "no pace in peace offense to". Used to politely acknowledge someone with whom the speaker or writer disagrees. pace tua with your peace Thus, "with your permission". pacta sunt agreements Also "contracts must be honoured". Indicates the binding power of servanda must be kept treaties. palma non no reward Also "dare to try"; motto of numerous schools. sine pulvere without effort palmam qui let whoever wins Achievement should be rewarded motto of the University of Southern meruit ferat the palm bear it California. From Juvenal, Satire X, line 81. Originally described all that was panem et bread and needed for emperors to placate the Roman mob. Today used to circenses circuses describe any entertainment used to distract public attention from more important matters. From "Si vis pacem para bellum" if you want peace prepare for war para bellum prepare for war since if a country is ready for war its enemies will not attack. Can be used to denote support or approval for a war or conflict. parens parent of the A public policy requiring courts to protect the best interests of any patriae nation child involved in a lawsuit. See also Pater Patriae. Pari passu with equal step Thus, "moving together", "simultaneously", etc. parva sub the small under Implies that the weak are under the protection of the strong, rather ingenti the huge than that they are inferior. Motto of Prince Edward Island. When you are parvis steeped in little imbutus Motto of Barnard Castle School, sometimes translated as "Once you things, you shall tentabis have accomplished small things, you may attempt great ones safely". safely attempt grandia tutus great things. Less literally, "throughout" or "frequently". Said of a word, fact or here and there, notion that occurs several times in a cited text. Also used in passim everywhere proofreading, where it refers to a change that is to be repeated everywhere needed. Or "master of the house". The eldest male in a family, who held patria potestas ("paternal power"). In Roman law, a father had enormous father of the pater familias power over his children, wife, and slaves, though these rights dwindled family 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 father of the Also rendered with the gender-neutral parens patriae ("parent of the Pater Patriae nation nation"). father, I have pater peccavi The traditional beginning of a Roman Catholic confession. sinned pauca sed Similar to "quality over quantity"; though there may be few of few, but good bona something, at least they are of good quality. pauca sed Said to be one of Carl Gauss's favorite quotations. Used in The King few, but ripe matura and I by Rodgers and Hammerstein. pax aeterna eternal peace A common epitaph. Pax A euphemism for the United States of America and its sphere of American Peace Americana influence. Adapted from Pax Romana. Pax British Peace A euphemism for the British Empire. Adapted from Pax Romana. Britannica Latin Translation

Pax Christi pax Dei Pax Deorum Pax Domine pax et bonum

Peace of Christ peace of God Peace of the gods peace, lord

peace and the good peace and pax et justitia justice pax et lux peace and light

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

Motto of Tufts University and various schools. Also written as "Pax et Lvx". Pax Europaea European peace A euphemism for Europe after World War II. A euphemism for the Spanish Empire. Specifically can mean the Pax Hispanica Spanish Peace 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 peace of If the mother is peaceful, then the family is peaceful. The opposite of maternum, mothers, the Southern American saying, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody ergo pax therefore peace happy." familiarum of families Pax Mongolian Peace A period of peace and prosperity in Asia during the Mongol Empire. Mongolica A period of relative prosperity and lack of conflict in the early Roman Pax Romana Roman Peace Empire. A period of peace in East Asia during times of strong Chinese Pax Sinica Chinese Peace hegemony. peace be with pax tecum (singular). you Pax tibi, Marce, evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum. pax vobiscum Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist. Here will rest your body. peace [be] with you I have sinned Legend states that when the evangelist went to the lagoon where Venice would later be founded, an angel came and said so.[30] The first part is depicted as the note in the book shown opened by the lion of St Mark's Basilica, Venice; registered trademark of the Assicurazioni Generali, Trieste.[31] 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. Telegraph message and pun from Charles Napier, British general, upon completely subjugating the Indian province of Sindh in 1842. This is, arguably, the most terse military despatch ever sent. The story is apocryphal. According to Suetonius' De vita Caesarum, when Emperor Vespasian was challenged by his son Titus for taxing the public lavatories, the emperor held up a coin before his son and asked whether it smelled or simply said non olet ("it doesn't smell"). From this, the phrase was expanded to pecunia non olet, or rarely aes non olet ("copper doesn't smell").

peccavi

pecunia non olet

money doesn't smell

if you know how pecunia, si uti to use money, scis, ancilla money is your est; si nescis, slave; if you domina don't, money is your master pede poena punishment claudo comes limping pendent the work hangs opera interrupted interrupta By, through, by per means of through per angusta difficulties to ad augusta greatness per annum per year (pa.) through per ardua adversity per ardua ad through hard alta work, great heights are

Written on an old Latin tablet in downtown Verona (Italy).

That is, retribution comes slowly but surely. From Horace, Odes, 3, 2, 32. From the Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV. See specific phrases below. Joining sentence of the conspirators in the drama Hernani by Victor Hugo (1830). The motto of numerous educational establishments. Thus, "yearly"occurring every year. Motto of the British RAF Regiment. Motto of University of Birmingham, Methodist Ladies' College, Perth.

achieved Motto of the air force of several nations (including the Royal Air Force through of the United Kingdom) and of several schools. The phrase is used by adversity to the Latin Poet Virgil in the Aeneid; also used in H. Rider Haggard's novel stars The People of the Mist. From Seneca the Younger. Motto of NASA and the South African Air Force. A common variant, ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through through per aspera ad hardships"), is the state motto of Kansas. Ad Astra ("To the Stars") is hardships to the astra the title of a magazine published by the National Space Society. De stars Profundis Ad Astra ("From the depths to the stars.") is the motto of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. "Per head", i.e., "per person", a ratio by the number of persons. The per capita by heads singular is per caput. through the per capsulam That is, "by letter". small box through the per contra Or "on the contrary" (cf. a contrario). contrary through the per crucem cross we shall Motto of St John Fisher Catholic High School, Dewsbury. vincemus conquer through the per curiam Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam decision. senate per through the Thus, "by definition". definitionem definition Thus, "per day". A specific amount of money an organization allows an per diem (pd.) by day individual to spend per day, typically for travel expenses. Per fidem Fearless through intrepidus Faith. per mare per By Sea and by Motto of the Royal Marines and (with small difference) of Clan Donald terram Land and the Compagnies Franches de la Marine. per mensem by month Thus, "per month", or "monthly". (pm.) through the per os (p.o.) Medical shorthand for "by mouth". mouth Used of a certain place can be traversed or reached by foot, or to per pedes by feet indicate that one is travelling by foot as opposed to by a vehicle. Also rendered per procurationem. Used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of another person. Correctly placed per procura through the before the name of the person signing, but often placed before the (p.p.) or (per agency name of the person on whose behalf the document is signed, pro) sometimes through incorrect translation of the alternative abbreviation per pro. as "for and on behalf of". In a UK legal context: "by reason of which" (as opposed to per se by reason of per quod which requires no reasoning). In American jurisprudence often refers which to a spouse's claim for loss of consortium. per rectum through the Medical shorthand. See also per os. (pr) rectum Also "by itself" or "in itself". Without referring to anything else, per se through itself intrinsically, taken without qualifications, etc. A common example is negligence per se. See also malum in se. through the Used in wills to indicate that each "branch" of the testator's family per stirpes roots 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 Motto of St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School and St Margaret's Anglican per volar born to soar Girls' School The phrase is not from Latin but from Dante's Purgatorio, sunata[sic] Canto XII, 95, the Italian phrase "per volar s nata". periculum in danger in delay mora from Virgil's Aeneid IV 114; in Vergil's context: "proceed with your perge sequar advance, I follow plan, I will do my part." perpetuum thing in A musical term. Also used to refer to hypothetical perpetual motion mobile perpetual motion machines. An unwelcome, unwanted or undesirable person. In diplomatic contexts, a person rejected by the host government. The reverse, persona non person not persona grata ("pleasing person"), is less common, and refers to a grata pleasing diplomat acceptable to the government of the country to which he is sent. petitio request of the Begging the question, a logical fallacy in which a proposition to be principii beginning proved is implicitly or explicitly assumed in one of the premises. pia desideria pious longings Or "dutiful desires". Or "dutiful deceit". Expression from Ovid. Used to describe deception pia fraus pious fraud which serves Church purposes. pia mater pious mother Or "tender mother". Translated into Latin from Arabic. The delicate per ardua ad astra

innermost of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Thus, "he painted this" or "she painted this". Formerly used on works pinxit one painted of art, next to the artist's name. piscem natare teach fish to Latin proverb, attributed by Erasmus to Greek origin ( docem swim ); corollary Chinese idiom () placet it pleases expression of assent. pluralis The first-person plural pronoun when used by an important personage plural of majesty majestatis to refer to himself or herself; also known as the "royal we". plus minusve Frequently found on Roman funerary inscriptions to denote that the more or less (p.m.v.) age of a decedent is approximate. The national motto of Spain and a number of other institutions. Motto plus ultra further beyond of the Colombian National Armada. pollice goodwill decided Life was spared with a thumb tucked inside a closed fist, simulating a compresso by compressed sheathed weapon. Conversely, a thumb up meant to unsheath your favor thumb sword. iudicabatur Used by Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated gladiator. The with a turned pollice verso type of gesture used is uncertain. Also the name of a famous painting thumb depicting gladiators by Jean-Lon Grme. Polonia Rebirth of Poland Restituta pons Any obstacle that stupid people find hard to cross. Originally used of bridge of asses asinorum Euclid's Fifth Proposition in geometry. Or "Supreme Pontiff". Originally an office in the Roman Republic, later a title held by Roman Emperors, and later a traditional epithet of the pope. The pontifices were the most important priestly college of the Pontifex Greatest High religion in ancient Rome; their name is usually thought to derive from Maximus Priest 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. to have the right Thus, to be able to be made into part of a retinue or force. In common posse to an armed law, a sheriff's right to compel people to assist law enforcement in comitatus retinue unusual situations. post aut after it or by Causality between two phenomena is not established (cf. post hoc, propter means of it ergo propter hoc). post cibum after food Medical shorthand for "after meals" (cf. ante cibum). (p.c.) post coitum After sex After sexual intercourse. After sexual post coitum intercourse omne animal every animal is Or: triste est omne animal post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque. triste est sive sad, except the Attributed to Galen of Pergamum.[32] gallus et cock and the mulier woman after this, A logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing happening after post hoc ergo therefore another thing means that the first thing caused the second. The title of propter hoc because of this a West Wing episode. 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 The phrase is used in legal terminology in the context of intellectual after the auctoris property rights, especially copyright, which commonly lasts until a author's death (p.m.a.) certain number of years after the author's death. post nubila after the clouds, Motto of the University of Zulia, Venezuela. phoebus the sun after the time post prandial Refers to the time after any meal. Usually rendered postprandial. before midday post scriptum after what has A postscript. Used to mark additions to a letter, after the signature. (p.s.) been written Can be extended to post post scriptum (p.p.s.), etc. post tenebras Motto of the Protestant Reformation inscribed on the Reformation Wall lux, or post after darkness, [I in Geneva from Vulgata, Job 17:12. Former motto of Chile; motto of tenebras hope for] light Robert College of Istanbul. spero lucem postera we grow in the crescam esteem of future Motto of the University of Melbourne. laude generations praemonitus forewarned is praemunitus forearmed praesis ut Lead in order to prosis ne ut serve, not in Motto of Lancaster Royal Grammar School. imperes order to rule. praeter legem after the law Legal terminology, international law.

Praga Caput Regni Praga Caput Rei publicae Praga mater urbium Praga totius Bohemiae domina

Prague, Head of the Kingdom Prague, Head of the Republic Prague, Mother of Cities Prague, the mistress of the whole of Bohemia

Motto of Praha from Middle Ages. Motto of Praha from 1991. Motto of Praha from 1927. Former motto of Praha.

Motto of Burnley Football Club; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 4.739 The prize and pretiumque et (Latin/English): "The Tale of Perseus and Andromeda": resoluta catenis the cause of our causa laboris incedit virgo, pretiumque et causa laboris. ("freed of her chains the labour virgin approaches, cause and reward of the enterprise.") Used to designate evidence in a trial which is suggestive, but not prima facie at first sight conclusive, of something (e.g., a person's guilt). prima luce at dawn Literally "at first light". I am a primate; primas sum: nothing about primatum nil A sentence by the American anthropologist Earnest Hooton and the primates is a me alienum slogan of primatologists and lovers of the primates. outside of my puto bailiwick primum first moving Or "first thing able to be moved". See primum movens. mobile thing Or "first moving one". A common theological term, such as in the cosmological argument, based on the assumption that God was the primum prime mover first entity to "move" or "cause" anything. Aristotle was one of the first movens philosophers to discuss the "uncaused cause", a hypothetical originatorand violatorof causality. A medical precept. Often falsely attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, though its true source is probably a paraphrase from Hippocrates' primum non first, to not harm Epidemics, where he wrote, "Declare the past, diagnose the present, nocere 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 A title of the Roman Emperors (cf. princeps). pares equals principia principles prove; probant non they are not Fundamental principles require no proof; they are assumed a priori. probantur proved prior tempore earlier in time, A legal principle that older laws take precedent over newer ones. potior iure stronger in law Another name for this principle is lex posterior. Often abbreviated pro bono. Work undertaken voluntarily at no pro bono for the public expense, such as public services. Often used of a lawyer's work that is publico good not charged for. let exceptional pro Brasilia things be made Motto of So Paulo state, Brazil. fiant eximia for Brazil pro deo et For God and Motto of many institutions. patria Country for (ones own) serving the interests of a given perspective or for the benefit of a pro domo home or house given group. pro Ecclesia, For Church, For Motto of Baylor University, a private Christian Baptist university in pro Texana Texas Waco, Texas. Motto of the originally Irish Muldoon family and of several schools, pro fide et for faith and such as the Diocesan College (Bishops) in in Cape Town, South Africa, patria fatherland and All Hallows High School in the Bronx, New York. Or "as a matter of form". Prescribing a set form or procedure, or pro forma for form performed in a set manner. pro gloria et for glory and Motto of Prussia patria fatherland Request of a state court to allow an out-of-state lawyer to represent a pro hac vice for this occasion client. It is part of the Rite of Consecration of the wine in Western Christianity pro multis for many tradition, as part of the Mass. 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 (counterpro patria for country insurgency operations in South West Africa 196689) and for campaigns in Angola (197576 and 198788). Motto of The Royal Canadian Regiment and Royal South Australia Regiment. pro patria watchful for the Motto of the United States Army Signal Corps. vigilans country to defend oneself in court without counsel; abbreviation of propria pro per for self persona. See also: pro se. pro rata for the rate i.e., proportionately. pro re nata for a thing that Medical shorthand for "as the occasion arises" or "as needed". Also

(PRN, prn) pro rege et lege

has been born

"concerning a matter having come into being". 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").

for king and the Found on the Leeds coat of arms. law to defend oneself in court without counsel. Some jurisdictions prefer, pro se for oneself "pro per". pro studio et for study and labore work Denotes something that has only been partially fulfilled. A pro tanto for so much philosophical term indicating the acceptance of a theory or idea without fully accepting the explanation. Equivalent to English phrase "for the time being". Denotes a pro tempore for the time temporary current situation. probatio testing of the A Medieval Latin term for breaking in a new pen. pennae pen I am open for Traditionally inscribed above a city gate or above the front entrance of probis pateo honest people a dwelling or place of learning. propria manu "by one's own (p.m.) hand". propter vitam to destroy the vivendi reasons for living That is, to squander life's purpose just in order to stay alive, and live a perdere for the sake of meaningless life. From Juvenal, Satyricon VIII, verses 8384. causas life provehito in launch forward Motto of Memorial University of Newfoundland, as well as of the band altum into the deep 30 Seconds to Mars.. proxime he came next The runner-up. accessit proximo in the following Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the next month. mense (prox.) month Used with ult. ("last month") and inst. ("this month"). pulchrum est Beauty is for the From Friedrich Nietzsche's 1895 book The Antichrist, translated by H. paucorum few L. Mencken as "Few men are noble". hominum pulvis et we are dust and From Horace, Carmina book IV, 7, 16. umbra sumus shadow punctum leaping point Thus, the essential or most notable point. The salient point. saliens [edit] Q Latin qua definitione qua patet orbis Translation by virtue of definition Notes Thus: "by definition"; variant of per definitionem; sometimes used in German-speaking countries. Occasionally misrendered as "qua definitionem".

as far as the Motto of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps world extends what alone is quae non prosunt not useful helps singula multa Ovid, Remedia amoris when iuvant accumulated Mottos of Northwestern University and St. Francis Xavier University. quaecumque whatsoever is Also motto of the University of Alberta as "quaecumque vera". sunt vera true Taken from Phillipians 4:8 of the Bible Teach me quaecumque Motto of St. Joseph's College, Edmonton at the University of whatsoever is vera doce me Alberta. true Or "you might ask..." Used to suggest doubt or to ask one to quaere to seek consider whether something is correct. Often introduces rhetorical or tangential questions. Also quaerite primo regnum dei. Motto of Newfoundland and quaerite primum seek ye first the Labrador. Motto of Shelford Girls' Grammar, St Columb's College, regnum Dei kingdom of God and Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. As what kind of qualis artifex Or "What a craftsman dies in me!" Attributed to Nero in Suetonius' artist do I pereo De vita Caesarum. perish? quam bene non how well, not Motto of Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada quantum how much. it is how well quam bene vivas you live that referre (or refert), Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium CI (101) matters, not non quam diu how long quamdiu (se) as long as he I.e., "[while on] good behavior." So for example the Act of bene gesserit shall have Settlement 1701 stipulated that judges' commissions are valid behaved well quamdiu se bene gesserint (during good behaviour). It was from (legal Latin) this phrase that Frank Herbert extracted the name for the Bene

Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels. quantum libet (q.l.) quantum sufficit (qs) as much as pleases as much as is enough Medical shorthand for "as much as you wish".

Medical shorthand for "as much as needed" or "as much as will suffice". Medical shorthand. Also quaque die (qd), "every day", quaque quaque hora (qh) every hour mane (qm), "every morning", and quaque nocte (qn), "every night". An action of trespass; thus called, by reason the writ demands the quare clausum wherefore he person summoned to answer to wherefore he broke the close fregit broke the close (quare clausum fregit), i.e. why he committed such a trespass. quater in die four times a day Medical shorthand. (qid) Whom the gods quem deus vult would destroy, perdere, they first make dementat prius insane Other translations of diligunt include "prize especially" or "esteem". quem di diligunt he whom the From Plautus, Bacchides, IV, 7, 18. In this comic play, a sarcastic adulescens gods love dies servant says this to his aging master. The rest of the sentence moritur young reads: dum valet sentit sapit ("while he is healthy, perceptive and wise"). From the Summoner's section of Chaucer's General Prologue to The questio quid iuris I ask what law? Canterbury Tales, line 648. he who sings From St. Augustine of Hippo's commentary on Psalm 74, 1: Qui qui bene cantat well praises enim cantat laudem, non solum laudat, sed etiam hilariter laudat bis orat twice ("He who sings praises, not only praises, but praises joyfully"). Common nonsensical Dog Latin misrendering of the Latin phrase qui bono who with good cui bono ("who benefits?"). literally qui Unused in English, but common in other modern languages (for qui pro quo instead of quo instance Italian, Polish and French). Used as a noun, indicates a (medieval Latin) misunderstanding. qui tacet he who is silent Thus, silence gives consent. Sometimes accompanied by the consentire is taken to proviso "ubi loqui debuit ac potuit", that is, "when he ought to have videtur agree spoken and was able to". qui tam pro Generally known as 'qui tam,' it is the technical legal term for the he who brings domino rege unique mechanism in the federal False Claims Act that allows an action for the quam pro se ipso persons and entities with evidence of fraud against federal king as well as in hac parte programs or contracts to sue the wrongdoer on behalf of the for himself sequitur Government. he who wants qui totum vult everything loses Attributed to Seneca. totum perdit everything he who Or "he who brought us across still supports us", meaning God. qui transtulit transplanted State motto of Connecticut. Originally written as sustinet qui sustinet still sustains transtulit in 1639. Attributed to Julius Caesar by Plutarch, Caesar 10. Translated loosely as "because even the wife of Caesar may not be suspected". At the feast of Bona Dea, a sacred festival for females only, which was being held at the Domus Publica, the home of the because he quia suam Pontifex Maximus, Caesar, and hosted by his second wife, Pompeia, should wish uxorem etiam the notorious politician Clodius arrived in disguise. Caught by the even his wife to suspiciore vacare outraged noblewomen, Clodius fled before they could kill him on be free from vellet the spot for sacrilege. In the ensuing trial, allegations arose that suspicion Pompeia and Clodius were having an affair, and while Caesar asserted that this was not the case and no substantial evidence arose suggesting otherwise, he nevertheless divorced, with this quotation as explanation. What's going quid agis What's happening? What's going on? What's the news? What's up? on? In the Vulgate translation of John 18:38, Pilate's question to Jesus quid est veritas What is truth? (Greek: ;). A possible answer is an anagram of the phrase: est vir qui adest, "it is the man who is here." quid novi ex What of the new Less literally, "What's new from Africa?" Derived from an Aristotle Africa out of Africa? quotation. Commonly shortened to quidnunc. As a noun, a quidnunc is a quid nunc What now? busybody or a gossip. Patrick Campbell worked for The Irish Times under the pseudonym "Quidnunc". 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 quid pro quo what for what traditional Latin expression for this meaning was do ut des ("I give, so that you may give"). Or "anything said in Latin sounds profound". A recent ironic Latin whatever has quidquid Latine phrase to poke fun at people who seem to use Latin phrases and been said in dictum sit altum quotations only to make themselves sound more important or Latin seems videtur "educated". Similar to the less common omnia dicta fortiora si dicta deep Latina. Quieta non don't move

movere quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

settled things Who will guard the guards themselves? Commonly associated with Plato who in the Republic poses this question; and from Juvenal's On Women, referring to the practice of having eunuchs guard women and beginning with the word sed ("but"). Usually translated less literally, as "Who watches the watchmen?" This translation is a common epigraph, such as of the Tower Commission and Alan Moore's Watchmen comic book series.

quis leget haec? quis separabit? quis ut Deus quo amplius eo amplius quo errat demonstrator quo fata ferunt quousque tandem? quo vadis? quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) quod erat faciendum (Q.E.F) quod est (q.e.) quod est necessarium est licitum quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi

quod me nutrit me destruit quod natura non dat Salmantica non praestat Quod scripsi, scripsi. quod vide (q.v.) Quodcumque dixerit vobis, facite quomodo vales quorum quos amor verus tenuit tenebit Quot capita tot sensus quot homines tot sententiae

Who will read this? who will Motto of the Order of St. Patrick. Motto of Northern Ireland. separate us? Who [is] as Usually translated "Who is like unto God?" Questions who would God? have the audacity to compare himself to a Supreme Being. Something more Apocryphally credited to Borges, House on Nob Hill (unauthorized beyond plenty Morgenstern translation, c. 1962) where the A pun on ''quod erat demonstrandum''. prover errs where the fates Motto of Bermuda. bear us to From Cicero's first speech In Catilinam to the Roman Senate For how much regarding the conspiracy of Catiline: Quo usque tandem abutere, longer? Catilina, patientia nostra? ("For how much longer, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?"). According to Vulgate translation of John 13:36, Saint Peter asked Where are you Jesus Domine, quo vadis ("Lord, where are you going?"). The King going? James Version has the translation "Lord, whither goest thou?" The abbreviation is often written at the bottom of a mathematical what was to be proof. Sometimes translated loosely into English as "The Five Ws", demonstrated W.W.W.W.W., which stands for "Which Was What We Wanted". Or "which was to be constructed". Used in translations of Euclid's which was to be Elements when there was nothing to prove, but there was done something being constructed, for example a triangle with the same size as a given line. which is what is necessary is lawful what is asserted without reason If no grounds have been given for an assertion, then there are no may be denied grounds needed to reject it. without reason what is If an important person does something, it does not necessarily permitted to mean that everyone can do it (cf. double standard). Iovi (also Jupiter is not commonly rendered Jovi) is the dative form of Iuppiter ("Jupiter" or permitted to an "Jove"), the chief god of the Romans. ox Thought to have originated with Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. Generally interpreted to mean that that which motivates what nourishes or drives a person can consume him or her from within. This phrase me destroys me has become a popular slogan or motto for pro-ana websites, anorexics and bulimics. what nature does not give, Refers to the Spanish University of Salamanca, meaning that Salamanca does education cannot substitute the lack of brains. not provide What I have written I have Pilate to the chief priests (John 19:22). written. Used after a term or phrase that should be looked up elsewhere in which see the current document or book. For more than one term or phrase, the plural is quae vide (qq.v.). Whatever He More colloquially: "Do whatever He [God] tells you to do." tells you, that Instructions of Mary to the servants at the Wedding at Cana. (John you shall do. 2:5). how are you? The number of members whose presence is required under the of whom rules to make any given meeting constitutional. Those whom true love has Seneca. held, it will go on holding As many heads, so many "There are as many opinions as there are heads." Terence opinions how many people, so many Or "there are as many opinions as there are people". opinions

[edit] R Latin Translation Notes radix malorum the root of evils is Or "greed is the root of all evil". Theme of the Pardoner's Tale from est cupiditas desire The Canterbury Tales. An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's Satires: rara avis rara avis rare bird (very in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very (Rarissima avis) rare bird) like a black swan"). rari nantes in Rare survivors in Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118 gurgite vasto the immense sea ratio reasoning for the The legal, moral, political, and social principles used by a court to decidendi decision compose a judgment's rationale. ratio legis reasoning of law A law's foundation or basis. ratione because of the Also "Jurisdiction Ratione Personae" the personal reach of the courts personae person involved jurisdiction.[33] by account of the Or "according to the soil". Assigning property rights to a thing based ratione soli ground on its presence on a landowner's property. 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 re [in] the matter of 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. The doctrine that treaty obligations hold only as long as the rebus sic with matters fundamental conditions and expectations that existed at the time of stantibus standing thus their creation hold. recte et Upright and Also "just and faithful" and "accurately and faithfully". Motto of fideliter Faithful Ruyton Girls' School A common debate technique, and a method of proof in mathematics and philosophy, that proves the thesis by showing that its opposite is absurd or logically untenable. In general usage outside reductio ad leading back to mathematics and philosophy, a reductio ad absurdum is a tactic in absurdum the absurd which the logic of an argument is challenged by reducing the concept to its most absurd extreme. Translated from Aristotle's " " (hi eis atopon apagogi, "reduction to the impossible"). An argument that creates an infinite series of causes that does not seem to have a beginning. As a fallacy, it rests upon Aristotle's reductio ad leading back to notion that all things must have a cause, but that all series of infinitum the infinite causes must have a sufficient cause, that is, an unmoved mover. An argument which does not seem to have such a beginning becomes difficult to imagine. State motto of Arkansas, adopted in 1907. Originally rendered in regnat the people rule 1864 in the plural, regnant populi ("the peoples rule"), but populus subsequently changed to the singular. Regnum Kingdom of Mary, Mariae the Patron of Former motto of Hungary. Patrona Hungary Hungariae You have touched rem acu the point with a i.e., "You have hit the nail on the head" tetigisti needle Usually said as a jocular remark to defend the speaker's (or writer's) repeating does repetita juvant choice to repeat some important piece of information to ensure good reception by the audience. repetitio est repetition is the mater mother of study studiorum Or "may he rest in peace". A benediction for the dead. Often requiescat in let him rest in inscribed on tombstones or other grave markers. "RIP" is commonly pace (R.I.P.) peace mistranslated as "Rest In Peace", though the two mean essentially the same thing. rerum to learn the Motto of the University of Sheffield, the University of Guelph, and cognoscere causes of things London School of Economics. causas 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 res gestae things done 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 A phrase from the common law of torts meaning that negligence loquitur for itself can be inferred from the fact that such an accident happened, without proof of exactly how. A clause sometimes (informally) added on to the end of this phrase is sed quid in infernos dicit ("but what

the hell does it say?"), which serves as a reminder that one must still interpret the significance of events that "speak for themselves". A matter which has been decided by a court. Often refers to the legal concept that once a matter has been finally decided by the res judicata judged thing courts, it cannot be litigated again (cf. non bis in idem and double jeopardy). From rs ("things, facts") the plural of rs ("a thing, a fact") + nn actions speak ("not") + verba ("words") the plural of verbum ("a word"). Literally res, non verba louder than words meaning "things, not words" or "facts instead of words" but referring to that "actions be used instead of words". Goods without an owner. Used for things or beings which belong to nobody and are up for grabs, e.g., uninhabited and uncolonized res nullius nobody's property lands, wandering wild animals, etc. (cf. terra nullius, "no man's land"). respice look behind, look adspice i.e., "examine the past, the present and future". Motto of CCNY. here, look ahead prospice look back at the i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the end". Generally a respice finem end memento mori, a warning to remember one's death. Regarded as a legal maxim in agency law, referring to the legal liability of the principal with respect to an employee. Whereas a respondeat let the superior hired independent contract acting tortiously may not cause the superior respond 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 in restoration to Principle behind the awarding of damages in common law integrum original condition negligence claims rex regum king even of Latin motto that appears on the crest of the Trinity Broadcasting fidelum et faithful kings Network of Paul and Jan Crouch. The rigidity of corpses when chemical reactions cause the limbs to stiffen about 34 hours after death. Other signs of death include rigor mortis stiffness of death drop in body temperature (algor mortis, "cold of death") and discoloration (livor mortis, "bluish color of death"). risum Can you help An ironic or rueful commentary, appended following a fanciful or teneatis, laughing, friends? unbelievable tale. amici? Unconquerable Roma invicta Inspirational motto inscribed on the Statue of Rome. Rome An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Its intended meaning is "Romans, go home!", but is actually closer to "'People called Romanes they go the house'", according to a centurion in the movie. When Brian is caught vandalizing the palace walls with this phrase, rather than punish him, the centurion Romanes eunt Romanes go the corrects his Latin grammar, explaining that Romanus is a second domus house declension noun and has its plural in -i rather than -es; that ire or eo ("to go") must be in the imperative mood to denote a command; and that domus takes the accusative case without a preposition as the object. The final result of this lesson is the correct Latin phrase Romani ite domum. rosa redder than the rubicundior, rose, whiter than lilio candidior, the lilies, fairer omnibus From the Carmina Burana's song "Si puer cum puellula". than all things, I formosior, do ever glory in semper in te thee glorior A countryside in Generally used to refer to a haven of peace and quiet within an rus in urbe the city urban setting, often a garden, but can refer to interior decoration. [edit] S Latin saltus in demonstrando salus in arduis salus populi suprema lex esto salva veritate Salvator Mundi salvo errore et omissione (s.e.e.o.) Notes a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is leap in explaining omitted. a stronghold (or a Roman Silver Age maxim, also the school motto of refuge) in difficulties Wellingborough School. From Cicero's De Legibus, book III, part III, sub. VIII. Quoted by the welfare of the John Locke in his Second Treatise, On Civil Government, to people is to be the describe the proper organization of government. Also the state highest law motto of Missouri. Refers to two expressions that can be interchanged without with truth intact changing the truth value of the statements in which they occur. Christian epithet, usually referring to Jesus. The title of Savior of the World paintings by Albrecht Drer and Leonardo da Vinci. save for error and omission Appears on statements of "account currents". Translation

salvo honoris titulo (SHT) Sancta Sedes sancta simplicitas sancte et sapienter sanctum sanctorum sapere aude

save for title of honor Holy Chair holy innocence with holiness and with wisdom Holy of Holies dare to be wise More literally, "sacred seat". Refers to the Papacy or the Holy See. Or "sacred simplicity". Also sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of several institutions. referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy location. From Horace's Epistularum liber primus, Epistle II, line 40. Popularized by its use in Kant's What is Enlightenment? to define the Enlightenment. Frequently used in mottos; also the name of an Australian Heavy Metal band. From Plautus. Indicates that something can be understood without any need for explanation, as long as the listener 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").

sapienti sat sapientia et doctrina sapientia et eloquentia sapientia et veritas sapientia et virtus sapientia, pax, fraternitas scientiae cedit mare

enough for the wise

wisdom and learning Motto of Fordham University, New York. wisdom and eloquence wisdom and truth wisdom and virtue One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines.[34] Motto of the Minerva Society Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New Zealand. Motto of University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Motto of Universidad de las Amricas, Puebla, Cholula, Mxico. Motto of the United States Coast Guard Academy.

Wisdom, Peace, Fraternity The sea yields to knowledge knowledge through [hard] work, or: by scientia ac means of knowledge labore and hard work, or: through knowledge and [hard] work scientia, aere knowledge, more perennius lasting than bronze scientia cum religion and religione knowledge united scientia et knowledge and sapientia wisdom knowledge is the scientia imperii adornment and decus et safeguard of the tutamen Empire scientia ipsa potentia est scientia vincere tenebras scio scire quod sciendum scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim scuto amoris divini seculo seculorum knowledge itself is power

Motto of several institutions

unknown origin, probably adapted from Horace's ode III (Exegi monumentum aere perennius). Motto of St Vincent's College, Potts Point motto of Illinois Wesleyan University Motto of Imperial College London Stated originally by Sir Francis Bacon in Meditationes Sacrae (1597), which in modern times is often paraphrased as scientia potentia est or "knowledge is power."

conquering darkness motto of several institutions by science I know knowledge which is motto of now defunct publisher Small, Maynard & Company worth having Each desperate as translated by Philip Francis. From Horace, Epistularum liber blockhead dares to secundus (1, 117)[35] and quoted in Fielding's Tom Jones; lit: write "Learned or not, we shall write poems without distinction" by the shield of God's The motto of Skidmore College love forever and ever

But the same Spirit sed ipse spiritus intercedes postulat pro incessantly for us, nobis, gemitibus with inexpressible inenarrabilibus groans with the seat being sede vacante vacant sedes apostolica apostolic chair sedes incertae semel in anno licet insanire

Romans 8:26

The "seat" is the Holy See, and the vacancy refers to the interregnum between two popes. Synonymous with Sancta Sedes. Used in biological classification to indicate that there is no seat (i.e. location) agreement as to which higher order grouping a taxon should be uncertain placed into. Abbreviated sed. incert. once in a year one is Concept expressed by various authors, such as Seneca, Saint allowed to go crazy Augustine and Horace. It became proverbial during the Middle

ages. semper ad meliora semper ardens semper eadem semper excelsius semper fidelis semper fortis semper idem semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat semper instans semper invicta semper liber always towards better things always burning always the same always higher always faithful always brave always the same We're always in the manure; only the depth varies. always threatening always invincible always free Motto of several institutions. Motto of Carl Jacobsen and name of a line of beers by Danish brewery Carlsberg. personal motto of Elizabeth I, appears above her royal coat of arms. Used as motto of Elizabeth College, Guernsey, Channel Islands, which was founded by Elizabeth I, and of Ipswich School, to whom Elizabeth granted a royal charter. Motto of the K.A.V. Lovania Leuven. Motto of several institutions. One of the most well known institutions that uses this as a motto is the United States Marine Corps. Motto of the United States Navys' Submarine Service. Motto of Underberg. Lord de Ramsey, House of Lords, 21 January 1998[36] Motto of 846 NACS Royal Navy. Motto of Warsaw. Motto of the city of Victoria, British Columbia. Motto of several institutions. One of the most well known institutions that uses this as a motto is the United States Coast Guard.

semper paratus always prepared semper primus always first

A phrase deriving from the Nadere Reformatie movement in the seventeenth century Dutch Reformed Church and widely but informally used in Reformed and Presbyterian churches today. It refers to the conviction of certain Reformed Protestant semper always in need of theologians that the church must continually re-examine itself reformanda being reformed 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.[37] A common English-New Latin translation joke. The phrase is semper ubi sub always where under nonsensical in Latin, but the English translation is a pun on ubi where "always wear underwear". Motto of several institutions. Also the motto of the city of San semper vigilans always vigilant Diego, California. semper vigilo always vigilant The motto of Scottish Police Forces, Scotland. Senatus The official name of the Roman Republic. "SPQR" was carried Populusque The Senate and the on battle standards by the Roman legions. In addition to being Romanus People of Rome an ancient Roman motto, it remains the motto of the modern (SPQR) city of Rome. with the broad, or sensu lato Less literally, "in the wide sense". general, meaning sensu stricto cf. "with the tight Less literally, "in the strict sense". stricto sensu meaning" In an effort to understand why things may be happening contrary to expectations, or even in alignment with them, this idiom suggests that keeping track of where money is going sequere follow the money may show the basis for the observed behavior. Similar in spirit pecuniam to the phrase cui bono (who gains?) or cui prodest (who advances?), but outside those phrases' historically legal context. servabo fidem Keeper of the faith I will keep the faith. The answer of St. Michael the Archangel to the non serviam, "I will not serve" of Satan, when the angels were tested by God on serviam I will serve whether they will serve an inferior being, a man, Jesus, as their Lord. servus servorum servant of the A title for the pope. Dei servants of God From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia sesquipedalia words a foot and a verba" ("he throws down his high-flown language and his footverba half long and-a-half-long words"). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. Si hoc legere If you can read this, scis nimium you have too much eruditionis education. habes si omnes... ego if all ones... not I non si peccasse if we refuse to make From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor

negamus fallimur et nulla est in nobis veritas si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti; si nil, his utere mecum.

a mistake, we are Faustus, where the phrase is translated "if we say that we have deceived, and there's no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us". (cf. 1 no truth in us John 1:8 in the New Testament) Said to have been based on the tribute to architect Christopher if you seek a Wren in St Paul's Cathedral, London, which reads si delightful peninsula, monumentum requiris circumspice ("if you seek a memorial, look around look around"). State motto of Michigan, adopted in 1835. if you can better these principles, tell Horace, Epistles I:6, 6768 me; if not, join me in following them

This quote is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius of the late fifth and early sixth centuries. It translates literally If you had kept your as, "If you had been silent, you would have remained a si tacuisses, silence, you would philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common use of the philosophus have stayed a subjunctive verb mood. Among other functions it expresses mansisses philosopher actions contrary to fact. Sir Humphrey Appleby translated it to the PM as: "If you'd kept your mouth shut we might have thought you were clever". A common beginning for ancient Roman letters. Also extended si vales valeo if you are well, I am to si vales bene est ego valeo ("if you are well, that is good; I (SVV) well am well"), abbreviated to SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. If you want to be si vis amari ama This quote is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca. loved, love From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of si vis pacem, if you want peace, the name parabellum for some ammunition and firearms, such para bellum prepare for war as the Luger Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum) Or "just so". States that the preceding quoted material appears exactly that way in the source, despite any errors of spelling, sic thus 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 et non thus and not More simply, "yes and no". sic gorgiamus we gladly feast on allos those who would Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family. subjectatos subdue us nunc sic infit so it begins thus you shall go to From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the sic itur ad astra the stars ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions. sic passim Thus here and there Used when referencing books; see passim. sic semper erat, Thus has it always et sic semper been, and thus shall erit it ever be Attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham Lincoln's sic semper thus always to assassination; whether it was actually said at either of these tyrannis tyrants events is disputed. Shorter version from original sic semper evello mortem tyrannis ("thus always death will come to tyrants"). State motto of Virginia, adopted in 1776. A reminder that all things are fleeting. During Papal Coronations, a monk reminds the pope of his mortality by sic transit gloria thus passes the glory saying this phrase, preceded by pater sancte ("holy father") mundi of the world while holding before his eyes a burning paper illustrating the passing nature of earthly glories. This is similar to the tradition of a slave in Roman triumphs whispering memento mori. sic utere tuo ut use [what is] yours Or "use your property in such a way that you do not damage alienum non so as not to harm others'". A legal maxim related to property ownership laws, laedas [what is] of others often shortened to simply sic utere ("use it thus"). Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or sic vita est thus is life bad, is an inherent aspect of living. Though the sidere mens constellations Latin motto of the University of Sydney. eadem mutato change, the mind is universal signetur (sig) 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 Latinization of the English expression "silence is golden". Also silence is golden aureum Latinized as silentium est aurum ("silence is gold"). similia similibus similar things take "like cures like" and "let like be cured by like"; the first form curantur care of similar ("curantor") is indicative, while the second form ("curentor") is

subjunctive. The indicative form is found in Paracelsus (16th century), while the subjunctive form is said by Samuel similia similibus let similar things take Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy, and is known as the law curentur care of similar things of similars. similar substances Used as a general rule in chemistry; "like dissolves like" refers similia similibus will dissolve similar to the ability of polar or non polar solvents to dissolve polar or solvuntur substances non polar solutes respectively.[38] simplex sigillum simplicity is the sign expresses a sentiment akin to Keep It Simple, Stupid veri of truth Used in bibliographies to indicate that the date of publication of sine anno (s.a.) without a year a document is unknown. Originally from old common law texts, where it indicates that a final, dispositive order has been made in the case. In modern sine die without a day legal context, it means there is nothing left for the court to do, so no date for further proceedings is set. sine ira et without anger and Thus, impartially. From Tacitus, Annals 1.1. studio fondness Used in bibliographies to indicate that the place of publication sine loco (s.l.) without a place of a document is unknown. sine metu "without fear" Motto of Jameson Irish Whiskey sine nomine Used in bibliographies to indicate that the publisher of a "without a name" (s.n.) document is unknown. sine poena nulla Without penalty, Refers to the ineffectiveness of a law without the means of lex there is no law enforcement Frequently abbreviated to s.p. in genealogical works. Also d.s.p. sine prole Without offspring decessit sine prole died without offspring sine timore aut Without Fear or St.George's School, Vancouver, Canada motto favore Favor Used to denote something that is an essential part of the sine qua non without which not whole. See also condicio sine qua non. sine remediis without remedies Inscription on the stained-glass in the conference hall of medicina debilis medicine is pharmaceutical mill in Kaunas est powerless sine scientia ars without knowledge, Motto of The International Diving Society nihil est skill is nothing sisto Phrase, used to cease the activities of the Sejm upon the I cease the activity activitatem liberum veto principle sit nomine may it be worthy of Motto of Rhodesia digna the name sit sine labe let honour stainless Motto of the Brisbane Boys' College (Brisbane, Australia). decus be sit tibi terra may the earth be Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted as S.T.T.L., levis light to you the same way as today's R.I.P. may there be sit venia verbo forgiveness for the Similar to the English idiom "pardon my French". word sol iustitiae Sun of Justice, shine Motto of Utrecht University illustra nos upon us sol lucet the sun shines on Petronius, Satyricon Lybri 100 omnibus everyone the sun rules over sol omnia regit Inscription near the entrance to Frombork Museum everything The material principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of sola fide by faith alone the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that men are saved by faith even without works. A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, sola gratia by grace alone referring to the Protestant claim that salvation is an unearned gift (cf. ex gratia), not a direct result of merit. sola lingua bona the only good est lingua language is a dead Example of dog Latin humor. mortua language The formal principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of sola scriptura by scripture alone the five solas, referring to the Protestant idea that the Bible alone is the ultimate authority, not the pope or tradition. sola nobilitat Virtue alone virtus ennobles A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the idea that God is the creator of all good things soli Deo gloria and deserves all the praise for them. Johann Sebastian Bach glory to God alone (S.D.G.) often signed his manuscripts with the abbreviation S.D.G. to invoke this phrase, as well as with AMDG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam). A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that solus Christus Christ alone Jesus is the only mediator between God and mankind. Also rendered solo Christo ("by Christ alone").

things"

solus ipse solvitur ambulando

I alone It is solved by walking your lot is cast in Spartam nactus Sparta, be a credit to es; hanc exorna it specialia special departs from generalibus general derogant speculum mirror of mirrors speculorum spem reduxit he has restored hope

The problem is solved by taking a walk, or by simple experiment. from Euripides's Telephus, Agamemnon to Menelaus.[39]

Motto of New Brunswick. Refers to Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant hope conquers spes vincit to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am (overcomes) the thronum set down with my Father in his throne." On the John Winthrop throne family tombstone, Boston, Massachusetts. From The Second Coming (poem) by William Butler Yeats. Refers to Yeats' belief that each human mind is linked to a spiritus mundi spirit of the world single vast intelligence, and that this intelligence causes certain universal symbols to appear in individual minds. The idea is similar to Carl Jung's concept of the collective unconscious. Refers to The Gospel of Saint John 3:8, where he mentions how Jesus told Nicodemus "The wind blows wherever it wants, and spiritus ubi vult the spirit spreads even though you can hear its noise, you don't know where it spirat wherever it wants comes from or where it goes. The same thing happens to whomever has been born of the Spirit". It is the motto of Cayetano Heredia University[40] splendor sine brightness without Loosely "splendour without diminishment" or "magnificence occasu setting without ruin". Motto of British Columbia. The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation stamus contra we stand against by from English, as the preposition contra takes the accusative malo evil case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum". stante pede with a standing foot "Immediately". to stand by the stare decisis To uphold previous rulings, recognize precedent. decided things stat sua cuique There is a day [turn] Virgil, Aeneid, X 467 dies for everybody statim (stat) "immediately" Medical shorthand used following an urgent request. The current condition or situation. Also status quo ante ("the situation in which [things were] before"), referring to the state status quo the situation in which of affairs prior to some upsetting event (cf. reset button technique). status quo ante the state before the A common term in peace treaties. bellum war stercus accidit shit happens Attributed to David Hume. Marginal mark in proofreading to indicate that something stet let it stand previously deleted or marked for deletion should be retained. stet fortuna let the fortune of the First part of the motto of Harrow School, England. domus house stand From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor stipendium the reward of sin is Faustus. (See Rom 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the peccati mors est death free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.") strenuis ardus the heights yield to Motto on the coat of arms of the University of Southampton, cedunt endeavour England. stricto sensucf. with the tight Less literally, "in the strict sense". sensu stricto meaning The title by which Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was the wonder of the known. More literally translated "the bewilderment of the stupor mundi world world", or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, "the stupidity of the world". Legal term when a court takes up a motion on its own initiative, sua sponte by its own accord not because any of the parties to the case has made the motion. Commonly abbreviated sa, it is used in citing annals, which sub anno under the year record events by year. Motto of the University of Adelaide, Australia. Refers to the The Light Under the sub cruce lumen figurative "light of learning" and the Southern Cross Cross constellation, Crux. Also, "under the sky", "in the open air", "out in the open" or under the wide open sub divo "outdoors". Ablative "divo" does not distinguish divus, divi, a sky god, from divum, divi, the sky. Used in citations to refer to the end of a book, page, etc., and sub finem toward the end abbreviated 's.f.' Used after the page number or title. E.g., 'p. 20 s.f. '

sub Iove frigido under cold Jupiter sub judice under a judge

sub poena

under penalty

sub rosa

under the rose

sub silentio sub specie aeternitatis sub specie Dei sub tuum praesidium Sub umbra floreo sub verbo; sub voce sublimis ab unda subsiste sermonem statim Sudetia non cantat sui generis sui iuris sum quod eris sum quod sum summa cum laude summa summarum

under silence under the sight of eternity under the sight of God Beneath thy compassion Under the shade I flourish

At night; from Horace's Odes 1.1:25 Said of a case that cannot be publicly discussed until it is finished. Also sub iudice. Commonly rendered subpoena. Said of a request, usually by a court, that must be complied with on pain of punishment. Examples include subpoena duces tecum ("take with you under penalty"), a court summons to appear and produce tangible evidence, and subpoena ad testificandum ("under penalty to testify"), a summons to appear and give oral testimony. "In secret", "privately", "confidentially" or "covertly". In the Middle Ages, a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council 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. implied but not expressly stated. Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From Spinoza, Ethics. "from God's point of view or perspective". Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary). Also "under your protection". A popular school motto. National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany tree. Under the word or heading, as in a dictionary; abbreviated s.v.

Raised from the waves stop speaking immediately One doesn't sing on the Sudeten Mountains Of its own kind

Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham

Saying from Han region

In a class of its own. Capable of responsibility. Has both legal and ecclesiastical use. Of one's own right Commonly rendered sui juris. A gravestone inscription to remind the reader of the inevitability of death (cf. memento mori). Also rendered fui I am what you will be quod sis ("I have been what you are") and tu fui ego eris ("I have been you, you will be I"). from Augustine's Sermon No. 76;[41] also a 2-part episode in the I am what I am webcomic Heroes. with highest praise all in all Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion is rounded up at the end of some elaboration. Literally "highest good". Also summum malum ("the supreme evil"). From Cicero (De officiis, I, 10, 33). An acritical application of law, without understanding and respect of laws's purposes and without considering the overall circumstances, is often a means of supreme injustice. A similar sentence appears in Terence (Heautontimorumenos, IV, 5): Ius summum saepe summa est malitia ("supreme justice is often out of supreme malice (or wickedness)"). From Virgil, Aeneid. Followed by et mentem mortalia tangunt ("and mortal things touch my mind"). Aeneas cries as he sees Carthaginian temple murals depicting the deaths of the Trojan War. See also hinc illae lacrimae.

summum bonum the supreme good

summum ius, summa iniuria

supreme justice, supreme injustice

sunt lacrimae rerum sunt omnes unum sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant suo jure

there are tears for things they are all one

suo motu

Children are children, and children do anonymous proverb childish things Used in the context of titles of nobility, for instance where a in one's own right wife may hold a title in her own right rather than through her marriage. Also rendered suo moto. Usually used when a court of law, upon its own initiative, (i.e., no petition has been filed) upon one's own proceeds against a person or authority that it deems has initiative committed an illegal act. It is used chiefly in South Asia.[citation
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suos cultores Knowledge crowns scientia coronat those who seek Her super fornicam superbia in proelia supero omnia on the lavatory pride in battle

The motto of Syracuse University, New York. Where Thomas More accused the reformer, Martin Luther, of going to celebrate Mass. Motto of Manchester City F.C. A declaration that one succeeds above all others. From Erasmus' collection of annotated Adagia (1508): a useless action. Motto of Columbia University's Philolexian Society. Thus, don't offer your opinion on things that are outside your competence. It is said that the Greek painter Apelles once asked the advice of a cobbler on how to render the sandals of a soldier he was painting. When the cobbler started offering advice on other parts of the painting, Apelles rebuked him with this phrase in Greek, and it subsequently became a popular Latin expression. One of Justinian I's three basic precepts of law. Also shortened to suum cuique ("to each his own"). Abbreviation for sub verbo or sub voce (see above).

I surpass everything to belch before the surdo oppedere deaf surgam I shall rise sursum corda Lift up your hearts

sutor, ne ultra crepidam

Cobbler, no further than the sandal!

suum cuique tribuere s.v. [edit] T Latin tabula gratulatoria tabula rasa talis qualis taliter qualiter

to render to every man his due

Translation congratulatory tablet scraped tablet just as such somewhat

Notes A list of congratulations. Thus, "blank slate". Romans used to write on wax-covered wooden tablets, which were erased by scraping with the flat end of the stylus. John Locke used the term to describe the human mind at birth, before it had acquired any knowledge. "Such as it is" or "as such".

talium regnum for of such (little Deitalium Dei children) is the regnum kingdom of God tanquam ex we know the lion ungue leonem by his claw tarde venientibus ossa Te occidere possunt sed te edere non possunt nefas est technica impendi nationi temet nosce tempora heroica tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis tempus edax rerum To the late are left the bones

from St Mark's gospel 10:14 "talium (parvuli) est enim regnum Dei"; similar in St Matthew's gospel 19:14 "talium est enim regnum caelorum" ("for of such is the kingdom of heaven"); motto of The Cathedral School. Said in 1697 by Johann Bernoulli about Isaac Newton's anonymously submitted solution to Bernoulli's challenge regarding the Brachistochrone curve.

They can kill you, The motto of the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in the David Foster but they cannot Wallace novel Infinite Jest. Translated in the novel as "They can kill eat you, it is you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier". against the law. Technology impulses nations know thyself Heroic Age Motto of Technical University of Madrid A reference to , which was inscribed in the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to the Greek periegetic writer Pausanias (10.24.1). Literally "Heroic Times"; refers to the period between the mythological Titanomachy and the (relatively) historical Trojan War.

the times are Variant of omnia mutantur et nos mutamur in illis, attributed to changing, and we Lothair I. See entry for details. change in them

time, devourer of Also "time, that devours all things", or more literally, "time, all things devouring of things". From Ovid. Commonly mistranslated as "time flies" due to the similar phrase tempus fugit time flees tempus volat hora fugit ("time flies, the hour flees"). tempus rerum time, commander imperator of all things tempus spring time Name of song by popular Irish singer Enya vernum tempus volat time flies, the hour Or "time speeds while the hour escapes". hora fugit flees teneo te Suetonius attributes this to Julius Caesar, from when Caesar was on I hold you, Africa! Africa the African coast. The way must be tentanda via motto for York University tried

ter in die (t.i.d.) terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus.

thrice in a day

Medical shorthand for "three times a day".

The hour finishes the day; the Phrase concluding Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus.[42] author finishes his work. In archaeology or history, refers to the date before which an artifact or feature must have been deposited. Used with terminus post quem terminus ante ("limit after which"). Similarly, terminus ad quem ("limit to which") limit before which quem 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 Latin name of Newfoundland (island portion of Canadian province of terra nova new land Newfoundland and Labrador, capital- St. John's), also root of French name of same, Terre-Neuve That is, no man's land. A neutral or uninhabited area, or a land not terra nullius land of none under the sovereignty of any recognized political entity. Or "let them give light to the world". An allusion to Isaiah 6.3: plena est omnis terra gloria eius ("the whole earth is full of his glory"). let them Sometimes mistranslated as "they will illuminate the lands" based on terras illuminate the mistaking irradiare for a future indicative third-conjugation verb, irradient lands 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 A logical axiom that a claim is either true or false, with no third a third is not given datur option. 1. Something that cannot be classified into either of two groups tertium quid a third something considered exhaustive; an intermediate thing or factor. 2. A third person or thing of indeterminate character. testis unus, one witness is not A law principle expressing that a single witness is not enough to testis nullus a witness corroborate a story. Danaos being a term for the Greeks. In Virgil's Aeneid, II, 49, the phrase is said by Laocon when warning his fellow Trojans against timeo Danaos I fear Greeks even accepting the Trojan Horse. The full original quote is quidquid id est et dona if they bring gifts timeo Danaos et dona ferentis, quidquid id est meaning "whatever it ferentes 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: non flet does not weep Total War. Refrain originating in the response to the seventh lesson in the timor mortis the fear of death Office of the Dead. In the Middle Ages, this service was read each conturbat me confounds me day by clerics. As a refrain, it appears also in other poems and can frequently be found inscribed on tombs. Offering one's life in total commitment to another. The motto was totus tuus totally yours adopted by Pope John Paul II to signify his love and servitude to Mary the Mother of Jesus. tres faciunt three makes It takes three to have a valid group; three is the minimum number of collegium company members for an organization or a corporation. translatio Used to express the belief in the transfer of imperial authority from transfer of rule imperii the Roman Empire of antiquity to the Medieval Holy Roman Empire. A decree by the medieval Church that all feuds should be cancelled treuga Dei Truce of God during the Sabbatheffectively from Wednesday or Thursday night until Monday. See also Peace and Truce of God. Also "even you" or "yes, you", in response to a person's belief that tu autem you indeed he will never die. A memento mori epitaph. tu autem But Thou, O Lord, Domine Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy of the have mercy upon miserere medieval church. us nobis Thus, "what you are, I was; what I am, you will be.". A memento mori I was you; you will tu fui ego eris gravestone inscription to remind the reader that death is be me unavoidable (cf. sum quod eris). you should not tu ne cede give in to evils, malis, sed but proceed ever From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95. contra more boldly audentior ito against them The logical fallacy of attempting to defend one's position merely by tu quoque you too pointing out the same weakness in one's opponent. tuebor I will protect Found on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of Michigan. turris fortis God is my strong Motto of the Kelly Clan mihi Deus tower

[edit] U Translation Notes most abundant Or "utmost good faith" (cf. bona fide). A legal maxim of insurance uberrima fides faith contracts requiring all parties to deal in good faith. ubertas et fertility and Motto of Tasmania. fidelitas faithfulness where [there is] ubi amor, ibi love, there [is] dolor pain where [it is] ubi bene ibi well, there [is] Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi patria. patria the fatherland ubi caritas et where there is amor Deus ibi charity and love, est God is there where [there is] ubi dubium ibi doubt, there [is] Anonymous proverb. libertas freedom Where [there is] ubi jus ibi a right, there [is] remedium a remedy where [there is] similar to " you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar" .. ubi mel ibi apes honey, there treat people nicely and they will treat you nice back [are] bees where [there is] ubi libertas ibi liberty, there [is] Or "where there is liberty, there is my country". Patriotic motto. patria the fatherland Where you are ubi nihil vales, worth nothing, From the writings of the Flemish philosopher Arnold Geulincx; also ibi nihil velis there you will quoted by Samuel Beckett in his first published novel, Murphy. wish for nothing where [there is] ubi non Thus, there can be no judgment or case if no one charges a no accuser, accusator ibi defendant with a crime. The phrase is sometimes parodied as "where there [is] no non iudex there are no police, there is no speed limit". judge where there is ubi panis ibi bread, there is patria my country where there is ubi pus, ibi pus, there evacua evacuate it when, in a true Or "whereas, in reality..." Also rendered ubi revera ("when, in fact" or ubi re vera thing "when, actually"). if there's a ubi societas ibi society, law will By Cicero. ius be there ubi solitudinem They make a from a speech by Calgacus reported/constructed by Tacitus, Agricola, faciunt pacem desert and call it ch. 30. appellant peace Nostalgic theme of poems yearning for days gone by. From the line ubi sunt where are they? ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt ("Where are they, those who have gone before us?"). Motto of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and most other Artillery Ubique, quo fas everywhere, corps within the armies of the British Commonwealth (for example, et gloria where right and the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery and Royal Regiment of ducunt glory leads New Zealand Artillery). The last resort. Short form for the metaphor "The Last Resort of Kings and Common Men" referring last method to the act of declaring war; used in the names the the final French sniper rifle PGM Ultima Ratio and the ultima ratio argument fictional Reason weapon system. Louis XIV of the last resort France had Ultima Ratio Regum ("last argument (as force) of kings") cast on the cannons of his armies; motto of the 1st Battalion 11th Marines. ultimo mense in the last Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the previous (ult.) month month. Used with inst. ("this month") and prox. ("next month"). "Without authority". Used to describe an action done without proper ultra vires beyond powers authority, or acting without the rules. The term will most often be used in connection with appeals and petitions. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] (to send) owls to collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Latin translation of a classical ululas Athenas Athens Greek proverb. Generally means putting large effort in a necessarily fruitless enterprise. Compare "selling coal to Newcastle". una hirundo one swallow A single example of something positive does not necessarily mean non facit ver does not make that all subsequent similar instances will have the same outcome. Latin

summer the only safety una salus victis for the nullam sperare conquered is to salutem hope for no safety unitas per servitiam uno flatu unus multorum Unus papa Romae, unus portus Anconae, una turris Cremonae, una ceres Raconae Urbi et Orbi urbs in horto usus est magister optimus ut biberent quoniam esse nollent unity through service in one breath one of many Less literally, "the only safe bet for the vanquished is to expect no safety". Preceded by moriamur et in media arma ruamus ("let us die even as we rush into the midst of battle") in Virgil's Aeneid, book 2, lines 353354. Used in Tom Clancy's novel Without Remorse, where character John Clark translates it as "the one hope of the doomed is not to hope for safety". Motto for the St. Xavier's Institution Board of Librarians. Used in criticism of inconsistent pleadings, i.e. "one cannot argue uno flatu both that the company does not exist and that it is also responsible for the wrong." An average person.

One pope in Rome, one port in Ancona, one Motto of the Czech Brewery in Rakovnk.[43] tower in Cremona, one beer in Rakovnk to the city and Meaning "To Rome and the World". A standard opening of Roman the circle [of the proclamations. Also a traditional blessing by the pope. lands] city in a garden Motto of the City of Chicago. practice is the best teacher. so that they might drink, since they refused to eat In other words, practice makes perfect. Also sometimes translated "use makes master." Also rendered with quando ("when") in place of quoniam. From a book by Suetonius (Vit. Tib., 2.2) and Cicero (De Natura Deorum, 2.3). The phrase was said by Roman admiral Publius Claudius Pulcher right before the battle of 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". From Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (III, 4, 79).

though the ut desint vires, power be tamen est lacking, the will laudanda is to be praised voluntas all the same ut incepit as she began fidelis sic loyal, so she permanet persists ut infra as below ut prosim that I may serve ut proverbium you know what loguitur they say... vetus... that the matter ut res magis may have effect valeat quam rather than pereat fail[44] ut retro as backwards

Thus, the state remains as loyal as ever. Motto of Ontario.

Motto of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Lit: As the old proverb says...

Or "as on the back side"; thus, "as on the previous page" (cf. ut supra).

as Rome falls, so ut Roma cadit, [falls] the whole sic omnis terra world so there might A traditional brocard. The full form is Interest reipublicae ut sit finis ut sit finis be an end of litium, "it is in the government's interest that there be an end to litium litigation litigation." Often quoted in the context of statutes of limitation. ut supra as above as the Robert Hooke's expression of his discovery of his law of linear ut tensio sic vis extension, so elasticity. Also: Motto of cole Polytechnique de Montral. the force utilis in usefulness in Comes from 2 Timothy 4:11. Motto of Camberwell Girls Grammar ministerium service School. Also translated as "that the two may be one." Motto found in 18th utraque unum both into one century Spanish dollar coins. Motto of Georgetown University. utrinque ready for Motto of The British Parachute Regiment paratus anything [edit] V Latin vade ad formicam Translation go to the ant Notes A Biblical phrase from the Book of Proverbs. The full quotation translates as "go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom".

vade mecum

go with me

vade retro Satana

Go back, Satan!

vae victis vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas vaticinium ex eventu vel non

Woe to the conquered! vanity of vanities; everything [is] vanity prophecy from the event or not

A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a handbook. An exhortation for Satan to begone, often used in response to temptation. From a popular Medieval Catholic exorcism formula, based on a rebuke by Jesus to Peter in the Vulgate, Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana ("step back from me, Satan!"). The older phrase vade retro ("go back!") can be found in Terence's Formio I, 4, 203. The phrase has been mocked by a Portuguese slogan, "Vai de metro, Satans" ("Go by the subway, Satan"). Attributed by Livy to Brennus, the chief of the Gauls, while he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC. More simply, "vanity, vanity, everything vanity". From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes, 1:2. A prophecy made to look as though it was written before the events it describes, while in fact being written afterwards. Summary of alternatives, i.e. "this action turns upon whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non."

"To be willing is to be able." (nonvelle est Motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of Hillfield literal: "Where posse Strathallan College. there's a will, there's a way.") Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". Ascribed to Augustus velocius quam more rapidly than by Suetonius (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Book 2 (Augustus), asparagi asparagus will be para. 87). Can refer to anything done very quickly. A very common coquantur cooked variant is celerius quam asparagi cocuntur ("more swiftly than asparagus is cooked"). velut arbor As a tree with the Motto of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. aevo passage of time. The message supposedly sent by Julius Caesar to the Roman I came, I saw, I veni, vidi, vici Senate to describe his battle against King Pharnaces II near Zela in conquered 47 BC. venisti From whence you remanebis came, you shall The phrase that the wizard said to the Devil in the film Tenacious donec denuo remain, until you are D in The Pick of Destiny completus sis complete again vera causa true cause verba docent Words instruct, exempla On the relevance to use illustrations for example when preaching. illustrations lead trahunt words are to be verba ita sunt understood such intelligenda that the subject When explaining a given subject, it is important to clarify rather ut res magis matter may be more than confuse. valeat quam effective than pereat wasted verba volant, words fly away, scripta From a famous speech of Caio Titus at the Roman senate. writings remain manent verbatim word for word Refers to perfect transcription or quotation. verbatim et word for word and litteratim 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 Domini manet Lord Endures Motto of the Lutheran Reformation. in aeternum Forever (VDMA) A word to the wise is The hearer can fill in the rest; enough said. Short for Verbum verbum sap sufficient sapienti sat[is] est. veritas truth Motto of many educational institutions. veritas, Truth, Goodness, bonitas, Beauty, and Current motto of Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. pulchritudo, Holiness sanctitas veritas The de jure motto of Harvard University, dating to its foundation; it Truth for Christ and Christo et is often shortened to Veritas to dispose of its original religious Church ecclesiae meaning. Motto of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & veritas curat The Truth Cures. Research. Veritas Dei The God's Truth Motto of the Hussites.

vincit veritas, fides, sapientia veritas diaboli manet in aeternum veritas et virtus veritas in caritate

prevails. Truth, Faith, Wisdom Current motto of Dowling Catholic High School. Devil's truth remain eternally Truth and virtue Truth Through Caring Motto of University of Pittsburgh, Methodist University. Motto of Bishop Wordsworth's School. Motto of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan, The first Catholic Philippine Jesuit University located in Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao, Philippines. A common non-literal translation is "Truth enlightens me." Motto of Seoul National University. Another plaussible translation is 'Truth is Life's Mistress'. Unofficial Motto of University of Puerto Rico, Ro Piedras, appearing in its Tower. Seneca the Younger. Motto of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario. See also national motto Satyameva Jayate of India and motto of Triangle Fraternity. Motto of Villanova University. Motto of the Scottish clan Keith. Used to be motto of Protektorate of Bohemia and Moravia and in Czech translation motto of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic Motto of the University of Szeged in Hungary.

Veritas Truth Shall Set You Liberabit Vos Free veritas lux mea veritas vit magistra Truth is my light. Truth is Life's Teacher.

veritas odit Truth hates delay moras veritas omnia Truth conquers all vincit veritas unitas Truth, Unity, Love caritas veritas vincit Veritas. Virtus. Libertas. veritas vos liberabit veritate duce progredi [in] veritate et caritate veritate et virtute veritatem dilexi veritatem fratribus testari vero nihil verius vero possumus truth conquers Truth. Courage. Freedom.

the truth will set you Motto of Johns Hopkins University. free Advancing (with) Motto of University of Arkansas. Truth Leading. with truth and love with truth and courage I delight in (or, I have chosen) the truth. to bear witness to the truth in brotherhood nothing truer than truth Yes, we can Motto of Catholic Junior College, Singapore. Motto of Sydney Boys High School. Also "virtute et veritate", motto of Walford Anglican School for Girls. Motto of Bryn Mawr College. Motto of Xaverian Brothers High School. Motto of Mentone Girls' Grammar School

A variation of the campaign slogan used by then-Senator Barack Obama on a Great Seal variation during the 2008 US presidential campaign.[45] Literally "in the direction". Mistakenly used in English as "against" versus (vs) or towards (probably from "adversus"), particularly to denote two opposing (v.) parties, such as in a legal dispute or a sports match. The right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. Derived veto I forbid from ancient Roman voting practices. Or "Strength with Courage". Motto of Ascham School and the vi et animo With heart and soul McCulloch clan crest. Supposedly from Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus although is is conspicuously absent from both the uncensored A and edited B text, (where the B text is the version originally shown shortly after Marlowe's Death and the A text being, supposedly, closer to Marlowe's original Manuscript.) Strangely the nature of the quote is more in keeping with the by the power of vi veri themes of truth portrayed in the original germanic Faust folk tale. truth, I, while living, universum Note that v was originally the consonantal u, and was written the have conquered the vivus vici same before the two forms became distinct, and also after in universe many cases, when u and v were both capitalized as V: thus, Vniversum. Also, universum is sometimes quoted with the form ueniversum (or Veniversum), which is presumably a combination of universum and oeniversum, two classically attested spellings). Recently quoted in the Alan Moore graphic novel and film adaptation, V For Vendetta, by the main character, V. 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 Motto of The University of Glasgow and Eastern Nazarene College vita and the Life vice in place of "one who acts in place of another"; can be used as a separate

vice versa versa vice victoria aut mors victoria concordia crescit victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni vide infra (v.i.) vide supra (v.s.) videlicet (viz.)

word, or as a hyphenated prefix: "Vice President" and "ViceChancellor". Thus, "the other way around", "conversely", etc. Historically, vice is properly pronounced as two syllables, but the one-syllable with position turned pronunciation is extremely common. Classical Latin pronunciation dictates that the letter C can only make a hard sound, like K and a v is pronounced like a w; thus wee-keh wehr-sah.[46] Victory or death! similar to aut vincere aut mori.

Victory comes from The official club motto of Arsenal F.C. harmony the victorious cause pleased the gods, Lucan, Pharsalia 1, 128. Dedication on the south side of the but the conquered Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. cause pleased Cato "see below" "see above" Or "see earlier in this writing". Also shortened to just supra.

"namely", "that is to Contraction of videre licet: "permitted to see". say", "as follows" video et taceo I see and keep silent The motto of Queen Elizabeth I of England. video meliora I see and approve of proboque From the Metamorphoses VII. 2021 of Ovid. A summary of the the better, but I deteriora experience of akrasia. follow the worse sequor video sed non I see it, but I don't Caspar Hofmann after being shown proof of the circulatory system credo believe it by William Harvey. "it is permitted to videre licet see", "one may see" vim promovet promotes one's Motto of University of Bristol taken from Horace Ode 4.4. insitam innate power vince malum Overcome Evil with Partial quotation of Romans 12:21 also used as a motto for Old bono Good Swinford Hospital and Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. vincere scis you know [how] to According to Livy, a cavalry colonel told Hannibal this after the Hannibal win, Hannibal; you victory at Cannae in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal should have victoria uti do not know [how] marched on Rome directly. nescis to use victory vincit omnia Truth conquers all veritas vincit qui he conquers who First attributed to Roman scholar and satirst Persius; frequently patitur endures used as motto. Motto of many educational institutions. Also "bis vincit qui se he/she conquers vincit" ("he/she who prevails over himself/herself is twice vincit qui se who conquers victorious"). Also the motto of The Beast in Disney's Beauty and vincit himself/herself the Beast as seen on the castle's stained glass window near the beginning of the film. "the chain of the "A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris law", i.e. legally vinculum juris." Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856, "Obligation." binding vir prudens "[A] wise man does non contra not urinate [up] ventum mingit against the wind" "The manly thing is virile agitur As used in the motto of Knox Grammar School being done" viriliter agite "Quit ye like men, As used in the motto of Culford School estote fortes be strong" virtus et virtue and Frequently used as a motto, preeminently as that of La Salle scientia knowledge University of Philadelphia, PA. virtus in Virtue stands in the Idiomatically: Good practice lies in the middle path. There is media stat middle. disagreement as to whether "media" or "medio" is correct. virtus sola virtue alone [is] Christian Brothers College, St Kilda's school motto nobilitas noble virtus Strength rejoices in tentamine The motto of Hillsdale College. the challenge. gaudet virtus unita virtue united [is] State motto of Andorra. fortior stronger Or "by manhood and weapons". State motto of Mississippi. Possibly derived from the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton, virtute virtute et by virtue and arms non armis fido ("I trust in virtue, not in arms"). Also virtute et armis labore, as by manhood and by work motto of Pretoria Boys High School vis legis power of the law visio dei Vision of a god

vita ante acta vita, dulcedo, spes vita incerta, mors certissima vita patris vita summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam viva voce vivat crescat floreat vivat rex Vivat Slovakia! vive memor leti vive ut vivas

a life done before Thus, a previous life, generally due to reincarnation. [Mary our] life, Motto of University of Notre Dame. sweetness, hope Life is uncertain, death is most In simpler English, "The most certain thing in life is death". certain During the life of the Hence the term "decessit vita patris" (d.v.p) or "died v.p." seen in father genealogy works such as Burke's Peerage. the shortness of life A wistful refrain, sometimes used ironically. From the first line of prevents us from Horace's Ode I; later used as the title of a short poem by Ernest entertaining far-off Dowson. hopes living voice may it live, grow, and flourish! May the King live! Long live Slovakia! An oral, as opposed to a written, examination of a candidate.

Usually translated "Long live the King!" Also Vivat Regina ("Long live the Queen!"). Election hit of the People's Party Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.

live remembering Persius. Compare with "memento mori" death live so that you may The phrase suggests that one should live life to the fullest and live without fear of possible consequences. Cicero. Compare with "cogito ergo sum". Captain John Smith's personal Motto. Seneca (Epist. 96,5). Compare with "militia est vita hominis" Book of Job 7:1 or "called and even not called, God approaches"; attributed to the Oracle at Delphi. Used by Carl Jung as a personal motto adorning his home and grave. or "to him who consents, no harm is done"; used in tort law to delineate the principle that one cannot be held liable for injuries inflicted on an individual who has given his consent to the action that gave rise to the injury. An independent, minority voice. or traditionally, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness"; from Isaiah 40, and quoted by John the Baptist in the Gospels. Usually the "voice" is assumed to be shouting in vain, unheeded by the surrounding wilderness. However, in this phrase's use as the motto of Dartmouth College, it is taken to denote an isolated beacon of education and culture in the "wilderness" of New Hampshire. Applied to a useless or ambiguous phrase or statement. Sometimes used in the media in the shortened form vox pop, meaning a short non-prearranged interview with an ordinary person (e.g. on the street).

vivere est To live is to think cogitare vivere est To live is to conquer vincere vivere militare To live is to fight est vocatus atque called and not non vocatus called, God will be Deus aderit present volenti non fit to one willing, no injuria harm is done votum separatum separate vow

the voice of one vox clamantis shouting in the in deserto desert vox nihili vox populi voice of nothing voice of the people