Notes Or "at will", "at one's pleasure".

This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplcito) a bene placito from one well pleased derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". In law, can refer to the obsolete cuius est a caelo usque ad from the sky to the solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos maxim centrum center 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 a capite ad calcem from head to heel "from head to toe"). Equally a pedibus usque ad caput. Equivalent to "on the contrary" or "au contraire". An argumentum a contrario is an "argument from the a contrario from the opposite contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. from or since A long time ago. From Gaius Lucilius (Satires, 6, a Deucalione Deucalion 284) a falsis principiis to set forth from false Legal term from Cicero's De Finibus 4.53. proficisci principles Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger a fortiori from the 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 flumine usque ad terminos terrae" (KJV: a mari usque ad from sea to sea "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and mare from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada. Completely. Similar to the English expressions "from a pedibus usque ad from feet to head tip to toe" or "from top to toe". Equally a capite ad caput calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala. from being able to "From possibility to actuality" or "from being a posse ad esse being possible to being actual" Based on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known after a proof has a posteriori from the latter been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known from empirical experience. a priori from the former 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 something that can be known without empirical experience. In everyday

Latin

Translation

ab absurdo

from the absurd

speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. appeal to ridicule) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum, which is usually a valid logical argument.

ab abusu ad usum an inference from an Rights abused are still rights (cf. abusus non tollit non valet abuse to a use is not usum). consequentia valid Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning ab aeterno from the eternal of time" or "from an infinitely remote time in the past". In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time. 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 ab extra from beyond sources, rather than from the self or the mind (ab intra). ab hinc or abhinc from here on Or "from the bottom of my heart", "with deepest ab imo pectore from the deepest chest affection", "sincerely".. Attributed to Julius Caesar. New Latin for "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience" or "from hardship". An argumentum ab inconvenienti is one based on the difficulties from an inconvenient ab inconvenienti involved in pursuing a line of reasoning, and is thus a thing 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 ab incunabulis from the cradle the earliest stage or origin of something, and especially to copies of books that predate the spread of the printing press around AD 1500. ab 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". From someone who dies with no legal will (cf. ex ab intestato from an intestate 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, ab irato from an angry man rather than on reason. The form irato is masculine; however, this does not mean it applies only to men, rather 'person' is meant, as the phrase probably elides "homo," not "vir." From the origin, beginning, source, or ab origine from the source commencementi.e., "originally". The source of the word aboriginal. From Horace, Satire 1.3. Means "from beginning to end", based on the Roman main meal typically ab ovo usque ad from the egg to the beginning with an egg dish and ending with fruit (cf. mala apples the English phrase soup to nuts). Thus, ab ovo means "from the beginning", and can also connote thoroughness. From Virgil's Aeneid. Refers to situations where a single example or observation indicates a general or ab uno disce omnes from one, learn all universal truth. Visible in the court of King Silas in the TV series Kings. Or "from the founding of Rome", which occurred in 753 BC according to Livy's count. Used as a from the city having reference point in ancient Rome for establishing ab urbe condita (a.u.c.) been founded dates, before being supplanted by other 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 non an absent person will In law, refers to the principle that someone who is erit not be an heir not present is unlikely to inherit. [with] the defendant absente reo (abs. re.) In the absence of the accused. being absent Expresses the wish that no insult or wrong be absit iniuria verbis let injury be absent conveyed by the speaker's words, i.e., "no offence". (or injuria) from [these] words See also absit invidia. absit invidia let ill will be absent 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 believe animosity can cause others. Also extended to absit invidia verbo, meaning "may ill will be absent from

absit omen absolutum dominium

the word" (cf. absit iniuria verbis). Or "let this not be a bad omen". Expresses the wish that something seemingly ill-boding does not turn let an omen be absent out to be an omen for future events, and calls on divine protection against evil. absolute dominion Total power or sovereignty. A legal term said by a judge acquitting a defendant following a trial. Te absolvo or absolvo te, translated, "I forgive you," said by Roman Catholic priests during the Sacrament of Confession, in Latin prior to the Second Vatican Council and in vernacular thereafter.

absolvo

I acquit

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

abundant caution does Frequently phrased as "one can never be too careful". no harm misuse does not Just because something is misused doesn't mean it remove use can't be used correctly. From Psalms 42:7; some translations have 'Sea calls deep calleth unto deep to sea'. Take this Motto of 848 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy. A legal maxim denoting that any accused person is entitled to make a plea of not guilty, and also that a accusare nemo se no one ought to witness is not obliged to give a response or submit a debet nisi coram accuse himself except document that will incriminate himself. A very Deo in the Presence of God similar phrase is nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare "no one is bound to accuse himself". See right to silence. Ovid's Tristia 1.2.97: si tamen acta deos numquam acta deos mortal actions never mortalia fallunt, / a culpa facinus scitis abesse mea. numquam mortalia deceive the gods "Yet if mortal actions never deceive the gods, / you fallunt know that crime was absent from my fault." A common ending to ancient Roman comedies, also claimed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to have acta est fabula The play has been been Augustus' last words. Applied by Sibelius to the plaudite performed; applaud! third movement of his String Quartet no. 2 so that his audience would realize it was the last one, as a fourth would normally be expected. Motto of the United States Merchant Marine acta non verba Deeds, not Words Academy. Also used in the singular, Acta Sancti (Deeds of the acta sanctorum Deeds of the Saints Saint), preceding a specific Saint's name. A common title of works in hagiography. actus me invito the act done by me factus non est meus against my will is not actus my act actus non facit The act does not make A legal term outlining the presumption of mens rea

[a person] guilty reum nisi mens sit unless the mind rea should be guilty. actus reus guilty act

in a crime. The actual crime that is committed, rather than the intent or thought process leading up to the crime. Thus, the external elements of a crime, as contrasted with mens rea, the internal elements. In logic, to the point of being silly or nonsensical. See also reductio ad absurdum. Not to be confused with ab absurdo (from the absurd). In legal language, used when providing additional evidence to an already sufficient collection. Also used commonly, as an equivalent of "as if this wasn't enough". Name or motto (in full or part) of many organizations, publications, etc. A favorite saying of John Steinbeck. A professor told him that he would be an author when pigs flew. Every book he wrote is printed with this insignia. Motto of Kansas, and other organisations. The phrase is also translated as "A rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1.

ad absurdum

to the absurd

ad abundantiam ad arbitrium ad astra ad astra per alas porci ad astra per aspera ad augusta per angusta ad captandum vulgus

to abundance at will, at pleasure to the stars to the stars on the wings of a pig to the stars through difficulty to rise to a high position overcoming hardships.

ad eundem

ad fontes ad fundum ad hoc ad hominem

To appeal to the masses. Often used of politicians. in order to capture the An argumentum ad captandum is an argument crowd designed to please the crowd. An ad eundem degree, from the Latin ad eundem gradum (to the same step" or "to the same degree), is a courtesy degree awarded by one university or to the same 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 to the sources Protestant Reformation. Said during a generic toast, equivalent to "bottoms to the bottom up!" In other contexts, generally means "back to the basics". Generally means "for this", in the sense of to this improvised on the spot or designed for only a specific, immediate purpose. to the man Or "at the man". Typically used in argumentum ad

ad honorem ad infinitum ad interim (ad int)

ad kalendas graecas

ad libitum (ad lib)

ad litem

ad lucem ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam (AMDG) ad meliora ad mortem ad multos annos ad nauseam

hominem, a logical fallacy consisting of criticizing a person when the subject of debate is the person's ideas or argument, on the mistaken assumption that the soundness of an argument is dependent on the qualities of the proponent. Generally means "for the honour", not seeking any to the honour material reward. Going on forever. Used to designate a property to infinity which repeats in all cases in mathematical proof. As in the term "charg d'affaires ad interim" for a for the meantime diplomatic officer who acts in place of an ambassador. Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The Calends were specific days of the at the Greek Calends Roman calendar, not of the Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur. Similar to "when pigs fly". Loosely, "according to what pleases" or "as you wish"; libitum comes from the past participle of libere, "to please". It typically indicates in music and toward pleasure theatrical scripts that the performer has the liberty to change or omit something. Ad lib is specifically often used when someone improvises or ignores limitations. A legal term referring to a party appointed by a court to act in a lawsuit on behalf of another party who is to the lawsuit deemed incapable of representing himself. An individual who acts in this capacity is called a guardian ad litem. Motto of Oxford High School (Oxford), the to the light University of Lisbon, Withington Girls' School and St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, UK Motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Edward Elgar to the greater glory of dedicated his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius God "A.M.D.G." Towards better things motto of St. Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland To death used in medical contexts as a synonym for death A wish for a long life. Similar to "Many happy to many years! returns!" to seasickness Or "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a logical fallacy involving basing one's argument on prolonged repetition, i.e., repeating something so much that

people are "sick of it". Meaning "obvious on sight" or "obvious to anyone ad oculos to the eyes that sees it". Thus, "exactly as it is written". Similar to the phrase ad pedem litterae to the foot of the letter "to the letter", meaning "to the last detail". Generally precedes "of" and a person's name, and is ad perpetuam to the perpetual used to wish for someone to be remembered long memoriam memory after death. More loosely, "considering everything's weight". The abbreviation was historically used by physicians and ad pondus omnium to the weight of all others to signify that the last prescribed ingredient is (ad pond om) things to weigh as much as all of the previously mentioned ones. Meaning "according to the harm" or "in proportion to the harm". The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages inflicted, implying that a ad quod damnum to whatever damage remedy, if one exists, ought to correspond specifically and only to the damage suffered (cf. damnum absque iniuria). Loosely "subject to reference": provisionally to be proposed [before ad referendum approved, but still needing official approval. Not the (ad ref) the Senate] same as a referendum. ad rem to the matter Thus, "to the point", without digression. ad terminum qui for the term which has A legal term for a writ of entry ad terminum qui praeteriit passed praeteriit [for the 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 for the use of the editions of Greek and Roman classics which Louis ad usum Delphini Dauphin XIV had censored for his heir apparent, the Dauphin. Also rarely in usum Delphini (into the use of the Dauphin). ad usum proprium for one's own use
(ad us. propr.)

ad utrumque paratus ad valorem ad victoriam

prepared for either [alternative] according to value to victory

ad vitam aeternam to eternal life ad vitam aut for life or until fault culpam

The motto of Lund University, with the implied alternatives being the book (study) and the sword (defending the country in war). Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes, taxes based on the assessed value of real estate or personal property. More commonly translated into "for victory" this is a battlecry of the Romans. Also "to life everlasting". A common Biblical phrase. Usually used of a term of office.

addendum adaequatio intellectus et rei adaequatio intellectus nostri cum re adsum

An item to be added, especially a supplement to a book. The plural is addenda. One of the definitions of the truth. When the mind correspondence of the has the same form as reality, we think truth. Also mind and reality found as adaequatio rei et intellectus. thing to be added conformity of our minds to the fact I am here A phrase used in Epistemology regarding the nature of understanding. Equivalent to "Present!" or "Here!" The opposite of absum "I am absent".

adversus solem ne don't speak against the Or don't argue what's obviously wrong. loquitor sun From Horace, Ars Poetica, 7. Loosely, "troubled aegri somnia a sick man's dreams dreams". Abbreviation of "aetatis"; further abbreviated (and "of age" / "aged" (in aetat. more common): "aet." e.g.: "aetat" or "aet. 36" = the sense of: "age: ...) "36 years old". Thus, "at the age of". Appeared on portraits, gravestones, etc. Sometimes extended to anno aetatis suae (AAS), "in the year of his age". aetatis suae of one's own 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.

affidavit

he asserted

age quod agis

Do what you are doing.

agenda agere sequitur credere agere sequitur (esse) Agnus Dei alea iacta est

things to be done action follows belief action follows being

Lamb of God the die has been cast

A legal term from Medieval Latin referring to a sworn statement. From fides, "faith". More often translated as "Do well whatever you do", this phrase is used as the motto of several Catholic schools. Literally translated, it means "Drive, because you are driven"; figuratively it means "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so". Originally comparable to a to-do list, an ordered list of things to be done. Now generalized to include any planned course of action. The singular, agendum (thing that must be done), is rarely used. "We act according to what we believe (ourselves to be)".[2] Metaphysical and moral principle that indicates the connection among ontology, obligation and ethics.[2] Latin translation from John 1:36, where John the Baptist exclaims Ecce Agnus Dei! "Behold the Lamb of God!" upon seeing Jesus, referring both to a lamb's connotations of innocence and to a sacrificial lamb. Or in Greek, anerrhphth kbos;

said by Julius Caesar upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius. The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. Light [is] to be alenda lux ubi orta nourished where libertas liberty [has] arisen. alias at another time, otherwise Or "let learning be cherished..." The motto of Davidson College. An assumed name or pseudonym. Similar to alter ego, but more specifically referring to a name, not to a "second self". A legal defense where a defendant attempts to show that he was elsewhere at the time a crime was committed.
His alibi is sound; he gave evidence that he was in another city on the night of the murder.

alibi aliquid stat pro aliquo

elsewhere

something stands for A foundational definition for semiotics. something else taken from the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 40. "But those who wait for the Lord shall find their strength alis aquilae on an eagle's wings renewed, they shall mount up on wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not grow faint." Or "nothing is heavy to those who have wings". nothing [is] heavy alis grave nil Motto of the Pontifcia Universidade Catlica do Rio with wings de Janeiro. State motto of Oregon; adopted in 1987, it replaced she flies with her own alis volat propriis "The Union", which was the previous state motto wings adopted in 1957. Term used for the university one attends or has attended. Another university term, matriculation, is also derived from mater. The term suggests that the alma mater nourishing mother 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 alter ego another I character, or different characters who seem representations of the same personality. Often used of a fictional character's secret identity. alterius non sit qui Let no man be Final sentence from Aesop ascribed fable (see also suus esse potest another's who can be Aesop's Fables) "The Frogs Who Desired a King" as his own appears in the collection commonly known as the "Anonymus Neveleti" (fable XXIb. De ranis a Iove

querentibus regem). Motto of Paracelsus. Usually attributed to Cicero. alterum non laedere alumnus or alumna amicus curiae to not wound another One of Justinian I's three basic legal precepts. graduate or former student of a school, college or university An adviser, or a person who can obtain or grant access to the favour of powerful group, like a Roman friend of the court Curia. In current U.S. legal usage, an amicus curiae is a third party allowed to submit a legal opinion (in the form of an amicus brief) to the court. An obsolete legal term signifying the forfeiture of the to lose the law of the right of swearing in any court or cause, or to become land infamous. Motto of Baylor School - Chattanooga, Tennesee; Wellesley College Primary School - Eastbourne, Victory favors care New Zealand; Victoria College- St. Helier Parish, Jersey, the Channel Islands. pupil love is rich with both honey and venom love of fate Nietzscheian alternative world view to memento mori [remember you must die]. Nietzsche believed amor fati to be more life affirming.

amittere legem terrae Amat victoria curam amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus amor fati amor omnibus idem amor patriae

love is the same for all from Virgil's Georgics III.

love of one's country Patriotism. written on bracelet worn by the Prioress in Chaucer's amor vincit omnia love conquers all The Canterbury Tales See also: Love Conquers All Used before the anglicized version of a word or anglice in English name. For example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland". Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae anno (an.) in the year (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni. Short for Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi (in the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ), the predominantly used system for dating years across the world, used with the Gregorian calendar, and based on the in the Year of the perceived year of the birth of Jesus Christ. The years Anno Domini (A.D.) Lord 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.

anno regni Annuit cptis

annus horribilis

annus mirabilis

annus terribilis ante bellum ante cibum (a.c.)

ante litteram

In the year of the reign Precedes "of" and the current ruler. Or "he approves our undertakings". Motto on the He nods at things reverse of the Great Seal of the United States and on being begun 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 horrible year 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 wonderful year 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 dreadful year began to afflict Europe. As in "status quo ante bellum", "as it was before the war". Commonly used in the Southern United States before the war as antebellum to refer to the period preceding the American Civil War. before food 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. before the letter
Alan Turing was a computer scientist ante litteram, since the field of "computer science" was not yet recognized in Turing's day.

ante meridiem
(a.m.)

before midday before death before lunch

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".

ante mortem ante prandium

(a.p.)

apparatus criticus tools of a critic aqua (aq.) aqua fortis aqua pura water strong water pure water

aqua regia

aqua vitae aquila non capit muscas arare litus arbiter elegantiarum Arcana imperii Arcanum boni tenoris animae arcus senilis argentum album arguendo

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 water of life (uisge beatha) in Scotland and Ireland, gin in Holland, brandy (eau de vie) in France, and akvavit in Scandinavia. an eagle doesn't catch A noble or important person doesn't deal with flies insignificant issues. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known to plough the seashore 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. judge of tastes Said of Petronius. Sometimes found in the singular, arbiter elegantiae (judge of taste). Invisible power . The secret behind a Motto of the Starobrno Brewery in Brno. good mood An opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often bow of an old person seen in elderly people. Also "silver coin". Mentioned in the Domesday white silver 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 for arguing point. royal water
Let us assume, arguendo, that your claim is correct.

argumentum

argument

Or "reasoning", "inference", "appeal", "proof". The plural is argumenta. Commonly used in the names of logical arguments and fallacies, preceding phrases such as a silentio (by silence), ad antiquitatem (to antiquity), ad baculum (to the stick), ad captandum (to capturing), ad consequentiam (to the consequence), ad crumenam (to the purse), ad feminam (to the woman), ad hominem (to the person), ad ignorantiam (to ignorance), ad judicium (to judgment), ad lazarum (to poverty), ad logicam (to logic), ad metum (to fear), ad misericordiam (to pity), ad nauseam (to nausea), ad novitatem (to novelty), ad personam (to the character), ad numerum (to the number), ad odium (to spite), ad populum (to the people), ad temperantiam (to moderation), ad verecundiam (to reverence), ex silentio (from silence), in terrorem (into terror), and e contrario (from/to the opposite).

An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural art [is] to conceal art 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 ars gratia artis art for art's sake 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 ars longa, vita art is long, life is short context. The "art" referred to in the original aphorism brevis was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime to acquire. arte et labore by art and by labour motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C. Award of the Minister of Culture of the Czech Artis Bohemiae Friends of Czech Arts Republic for the promotion of the positive reputation Amicis of Czech culture abroad. From Erasmus's collection of Adages. An awkward asinus ad lyram an ass to the lyre or incompetent individual. asinus asinum the jackass rubs the Used to describe two people lavishing excessive fricat jackass praise on one another. the assured does not assecuratus non seek profit but makes Refers to the insurance principle that the indemnity quaerit lucrum sed [it his profit] that he cannot be larger than the loss. agit ne in damno sit not be in loss Astra inclinant, sed The stars incline us, Refers to the Free will over the astrological non obligant they do not bind us determinism. auctoritas authority The level of prestige a person had in Roman society. audacter slander boldly, calumniare, from Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum something always semper aliquid (1623) sticks haeret audax at fidelis bold but faithful Motto of Queensland. Motto of Otago University Students' Association, a direct response to the university's motto of sapere audeamus let us dare aude "dare to be wise". Also Motto of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. State motto of Alabama, adopted in 1923. Translated into Latin from a paraphrase of the stanza "Men who audemus jura we dare to defend our their duties know / But know their rights, and nostra defendere rights knowing, dare maintain" from the poem "What Constitutes a State?" by 18th-century author William Jones. audentes fortuna fortune favors the bold From Virgil, Aeneid X, 284 (where the first word is iuvat in the archaic form audentis). Allegedly the last ars [est] celare artem

words of Pliny the Elder before he left the docks at Pompeii to rescue people from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79. Often quoted as audaces fortuna iuvat. Also the motto of the Portuguese Army Commandos, and the USS Montpelier (SSN-765) in the latter form. audere est facere to dare is to do motto of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. A legal principle of fairness. Also worded as audi alteram hear the other side audiatur et altera pars (let the other side be heard partem too). audio hostem I hear the enemy Motto of 845 NACS Royal Navy Motto of Security Information Service of the Czech audi, vide, tace hear, see, be silent Republic From Horace's Odes II, 10. Refers to the ethical goal of reaching a virtuous middle ground between two aurea mediocritas golden mean sinful extremes. The golden mean concept is common to many philosophers, chiefly Aristotle. From Virgil, Aeneid 3,57. Later quoted by Seneca as accursed hunger for quod non mortalia pectora coges, auri sacra fames auri sacra fames gold "What don't you force mortal hearts [to do], accursed hunger for gold!" A common ancient proverb, this version from Terence. Indicates that one is in a dangerous auribus teneo I hold a wolf by the situation where both holding on and letting go could lupum ears 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 aurora australis southern dawn Northern Lights, or aurorea borealis. The Aurora Australis is also the name of an Antarctic icebreaker ship. The Northern Lights, an aurora that appears in the aurora borealis northern dawn Northern Hemisphere. Motto of the fictional Fowl family in the Artemis aurum potestas est gold is power Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and auspicium melioris hope/token of a better motto of Raffles Institution, a secondary school in aevi age Singapore. Indicates that the only valid possibility is to be aut Caesar aut either Caesar or emperor, or a similarly prominent position. More nihil nothing generally, "all or nothing". Adopted by Cesare Borgia as a personal motto. Thus, either through reasoned discussion or through aut concilio aut either by meeting or war. A former motto of Chile, replaced by post ense the sword tenebras lux.

aut pax aut bellum either peace or war The motto of the Gunn Clan. aut viam inveniam I will either find a way Hannibal. aut faciam or make one A general pledge of victoria aut mors "victory or aut vincere aut either to conquer or to death". Motto of the Higgenbotham, and mori die Higginbottom families of Cheshire England; participants in the War of the Roses. From Catullus, carmen 101, addressed to his ave atque vale Hail and farewell! deceased brother. ave Europa nostra Hail, Europe, our true Anthem of Imperium Europa. vera Patria Fatherland! From Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars, Claudius 21. A salute and plea for mercy recorded on one Hail, Emperor! Those occasion by naumachiariicaptives and criminals Ave Imperator, who are about to die fated to die fighting during mock naval encounters. morituri te salutant salute you! 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 Ave Maria Hail, Mary mother of Jesus to pray for the petitioner.

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Latin barba tenus sapientes 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 Beata Virgo Blessed Virgin Virginis (BMV), occurs often as well, appearing with Maria (BVM) Mary such words as horae "hours", litaniae "litanies" and officium "office". beatae memoriae of blessed memory See in memoriam. A Beatitude from Matthew 5:3 in the Vulgate: beati beati pauperes Blessed in spirit pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum spiritu [are] the poor. "Blessed in spirit [are] the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens". blessed [are] those beati possidentes Translated from Euripides. who possess beatus homo qui blessed is the man from Proverbs 3:13; set to music in a 1577 motet of the invenit sapientiam who finds wisdom same name by Orlando di Lasso. bella gerant alii let others wage war Originally from Ovid, Heroides 13.84,[4] where Laodamia Protesilaus amet! Protesilaus should is writing to her husband Protesilaus who is at the Trojan love! War. She begs him to stay out of danger, but he was in fact the first Greek to die at Troy. Also used of the Translation wise as far as the beard

bellum omnium contra omnes bellum se ipsum alet bibo ergo sum

war of all against all war feeds itself

Habsburg marriages of 1477 and 1496, written as bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube (let others wage war; you, fortunate Austria, marry). Said by King Matthias. A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature.

I drink, therefore I A play on "cogito ergo sum", "I think therefore I am". 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 bona fide in good faith "sincerely". Bona fides is not the plural (which would be bonis fidebus), but the nominative, and means simply "good faith". Opposite of mala fide. In law, if a person dying has goods, or good debts, in another diocese or jurisdiction within that province, besides his goods in the diocese where he dies, bona notabilia note-worthy goods amounting to a certain minimum value, he is said to have bona notabilia; in which case, the probat of his will belongs to the archbishop of that province. A nation's offer to mediate in disputes between two other bona officia good services nations. bona patria goods of a country A jury or assize of countrymen, or good neighbors. United Kingdom legal term for ownerless property that bona vacantia vacant goods passes to The Crown. it is a good boni pastoris est shepherd's [job] to Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional commanders, tondere pecus non shear his flock, not as a warning against taxing the populace excessively. deglubere to flay them bono malum Overcome evil Motto of Westonbirt School. superate with good Or "general welfare". Refers to what benefits a society, bonum commune common good of as opposed to bonum commune hominis, which refers to communitatis the community what is good for an individual. Refers to an individual's happiness, which is not bonum commune common good of a "common" in that it serves everyone, but in that hominis man individuals tend to be able to find happiness in similar things. busillis Pseudo-Latin meaning "baffling puzzle" or "difficult point". John of Cornwall (ca. 1170) was once asked by a scribe what the word meant. It turns out that the original

text said in diebus illis magnis plenae (in those days there were plenty of great things), which the scribe misread as indie busillis magnis plenae (in India there were plenty of large busillis).

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Notes Cacothes "bad habit", or medically, "malignant disease" is a borrowing of Greek kakthes.[6] The phrase cacoethes insatiable desire to is derived from a line in the Satires of Juvenal: Tenet scribendi write insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes, or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many". See hypergraphia. cadavera vero truly countless Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the innumera bodies Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the Caedite eos. Novit Kill them. For the massacre of Bziers during the Albigensian Crusade, enim Dominus qui Lord knows those recorded 30 years later, according to Caesar of sunt eius. who are his. Heisterbach. Those who hurry Caelum non cross the sea Hexameter by Horace (Epistulae I, 11 v.27). Seneca animum mutant change the sky shortens it to Animum debes mutare, non caelum (You qui trans mare [upon them], not must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky) in his currunt their souls or state Letter to Lucilium XXVIII, 1 of mind Caesar has no Caesar non supra authority over the grammaticos grammarians caetera desunt the rest is missing Caetera is Medieval Latin spelling for ctera. calix meus my cup making me inebrians drunk An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of camera obscura dark chamber modern photography. The source of the word camera. war dogs or canes pugnaces fighting dogs Refers to a situation where nobody is safe from anybody, canis canem edit dog eats dog each man for himself. a term referring (at least) to some Christian doctrines of the incarnation of the Son of God when it asserts that capax infiniti holding the infinite humanity is capable of housing full divinity within its finite frame. Related to the Docetic heresy and sometimes a counterpoint to the Reformed 'extracalvinisticum.' caput inter nubila (he plunges) [his] So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach
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(condit) caput mortuum Caritas Christi Caritas in Veritate carpe diem

or understanding (from Virgil's Aeneid and the shorter head in the clouds form appears in John Locke's Two Treatises of Government) Originally an alchemical reference to the dead head or dead head worthless residue left over from a reaction. Also used to refer to a freeloader or worthless element. It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. The love of Christ Francis Xavier High School located in West Meadowlark Park, Edmonton. Charity in Truth seize the day Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical. An exhortation to live for today. From Horace, Odes I, 11.8. Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase collige virgo rosas has a similar sense. An exhortation to make good use of the night, often used when carpe diem, q.v., would seem absurd, e.g., when observing a deep sky object or conducting a Messier marathon or engaging in social activities after sunset.

carpe noctem carpe vinum

seize the night seize the wine

The Roman senator Cato the Elder ended every speech after second Punic Wars with ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, literally "For the rest, I am Carthago delenda Carthage must be of the opinion that Carthage is to be destroyed." Before est destroyed 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 casus belli event of war war. The cause is causa latet, vis est hidden, but the Ovid: Metamorphoses IV, 287; motto of Alpha Sigma notissima result is well Phi. known. causa mortis cause of death especially used by Doctors of Medicine, when they want to warn each other (e.g.: "cave nephrolithiases" in order cave beware! to warn about side effects of an uricosuric). Spoken aloud in some British public schools by pupils to warn each other of impending authority. cave canem Beware of the dog The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the let the buyer goods suit his need. Phrases modeled on this one replace caveat emptor beware emptor with lector, subscriptor, venditor, utilitor: "reader", "signer", "seller", "user". cedant arma let arms yield to "Let military power yield to civilian power", Cicero, De

togae

Officiis I:77. See also Toga Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". A variant of more swiftly than celerius quam the Roman phrase velocius quam asparagi coquantur, asparagus [stem]s asparagi cocuntur using a different adverb and an alternative mood and are cooked spelling of coquere. In law, it is a return made by the sheriff, upon a capias, or cepi corpus I got the body other process to the like purpose; signifying, that he has taken the body of the party. See also habeas corpus. Or "... if it can be rendered certain." Often used in law certum est quod it is certain, when something is not known, but can be ascertained certum reddi whatever can be (e.g. the purchase price on a sale which is to be potest rendered certain determined by a third-party valuer) when the reason cessante ratione A rule of law becomes ineffective when the reason for its for the law ceases, legis cessat ipsa application has ceased to exist or does not correspond to the law itself lex the reality anymore. By Gratian. ceases cetera desunt the rest are missing Also spelled "caetera desunt". all other things That is, disregarding or eliminating extraneous factors in ceteris paribus being equal a situation. charta a paper of pardon The form of a pardon for killing another man in selfpardonationis se to defend oneself defence (see manslaughter). defendendo charta a paper of pardon The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed. Also pardonationis to the outlaw called 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 title of volume I, book 5, chapter XI of Les Misrables by Christ has freed us liberavit Victor Hugo. Christus Rex Christ the King A Christian title for Jesus. In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used circa (c.) or (ca.) around of a date. circulus in circle made in Circular reasoning. Similar term to circulus vitiosus. probando testing [a premise] In logic, begging the question, a fallacy involving the presupposition of a proposition in one of the premises circulus vitiosus vicious circle (see petitio principii). In science, a positive feedback loop. In economics, a counterpart to the virtuous circle. citius altius faster, higher, Motto of the modern Olympics. fortius stronger clamea A writ whereby the king of England could command the admittenda in justice to admit one's claim by an attorney, who being

the gown

itinere per atturnatum clausum fregit claves Sancti Petri 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 the keys of Saint Peter golden key for being made a clerk

employed in the king's service, cannot come in person. A legal action for trespass to land; so called, because the writ demands the person summoned to answer wherefore he broke the close (quare clausum fregit), i.e., why he entered the plaintiff's land. A symbol of the Papacy. The means of discovering hidden or mysterious meanings in texts, particularly applied in theology and alchemy. In law, a writ directed to the bishop, for the admitting a clerk to a benefice upon a ne admittas, tried, and found for the party who procures the writ. In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of statute merchant. 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. 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.

Book of Canon Law "No one suffers punishment for mere intent." I think, therefore I cogito ergo sum am. interrupted coitus interruptus congress coitus more congress in the ferarum way of beasts

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 "Gather ye to Carpe diem, from rosebuds while collige virgo rosas pick, girl, the roses De rosis nascentibus ye may", 1909, (also titled Idyllium de by John William rosis) attributed to Waterhouse Ausonius or Virgil. combinatio nova new combination It is frequently abbreviated comb. nov.. It is used in the

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

contemptus mundi/saeculi contra bonos mores

scorn for the world/times against good morals

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 contra legem against the law wording and thus is neither valid by interpretation nor by analogy. Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka; also used in the contra spem spero hope against hope Pentateuch with reference to Abraham the Patriarch. A thing or idea that would embody a contradiction, for contradictio in contradiction in example, payment for a gift, or a circle with corners. The terminis terms fallacy of proposing such a thing. there can be no contra principia debate with those Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on common negantem non est who deny the rules, facts, presuppositions. disputandum foundations First formulated by Hippocrates to suggest that the contraria the opposite is diseases are cured with contrary remedies. Antonym of contrariis cured with the similia similibus curantur (the diseases are recovered curantur opposite with similar remedies.) From Augustine's Confessions, referring to a prescribed cor ad cor heart speaks to method of prayer: having a "heart to heart" with God. loquitur heart Commonly used in reference to a later quote by Cardinal John Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs. (Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, cor aut mors Heart or Death Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, to no longer be respected as person of integrity.) cor meum tibi my heart I offer to offero domine you Lord promptly motto of Calvin College prompte et and sincerely sincere A popular school motto. Often used as names for cor unum one heart religious and other organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. A phrase from Christian theology which summarizes the in the Presence of coram Deo idea of Christians living in the Presence of, under the God authority of, and to the honor and glory of God. coram nobis, in our presence, in Two kinds of writs of error. coram vobis your presence in the presence of coram populo Thus, openly. the people in view of the coram publico public

Corpus Christi

corpus delicti Corpus Iuris Canonici Corpus Iuris Civilis corpus vile corrigenda corruptio optimi pessima corruptissima re publica plurimae leges corruptus in extremis cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet Credo in Unum Deum credo quia absurdum est

The name of a feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating the Eucharist. It is also the name of a Body of Christ city in Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, and a controversial play. The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in convicting someone of having committed that body of the offence crime; if there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal. Body of Canon The official compilation of canon law in the Roman Law Catholic Church (cf. Codex Iuris Canonici). Body of Civil Law The body of Roman or civil law. worthless body A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.'

things to be corrected the corruption of the best is the worst When the republic is at its most Tacitus corrupt the laws are most numerous corrupt to the Motto of the fictional Springfield Mayor Office in The extreme Simpsons TV-Show May he love It's the refrain from the 'Pervigilium Veneris', a poem tomorrow who has which describes a three day holiday in the cult of Venus, never loved before; located somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in And may he who religious festivities joined with a deep sense of nature and has loved, love Venus as the "procreatrix", the life-giving force behind tomorrow as well the natural world. I Believe in One The first words of the Nicene Creed and the Apostles' God Creed. I believe it because A very common misquote of Tertullian's et mortuus est it is absurd 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. May we grow in crescamus in Illo Him through all per omnia things let knowledge crescat scientia grow, let life be vita excolatur enriched Light ever crescente luce increasing Civilization crescit cum prospers with commercio civitas commerce Motto of Cheverus High School. Motto of the University of Chicago. Motto of James Cook University. Motto of Claremont McKenna College.

crescit eundo

cruci dum spiro fido cucullus non facit monachum

cui bono

cui prodest cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos cuius regio, eius religio cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius

State motto of New Mexico, adopted in 1887 as the territory's motto, and kept in 1912 when New Mexico received statehood. Originally from Lucretius' De rerum it grows as it goes 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, Whilst Motto of the Sisters of Loreto (IBVM) and its associated I trust in the Cross schools. I have life The hood does not William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Scene I, Act V 48 make the monk 50 "Who benefits?" An adage in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an unwelcome event is likely to reveal who is responsible Good for whom? 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 for whom it advances, he has done it) in Seneca's Medea. Thus, the advances murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf. cui bono). First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th century. Whose the land is, A Roman legal principle of property law that is no longer all the way to the observed in most situations today. Less literally, "For sky and to the whosoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and underworld is his. down to the depths." The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his whose region, his subjects. A regional prince's ability to choose his people's religion religion was established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. Anyone can err, Cicero, Philippica XII, 5. but only the fool

nisi insipientis in errore persists in his fault perseverare. Also "blame" or "guilt". In law, an act of neglect. In general, guilt, sin, or a fault. See also mea culpa. cum gladiis et with swords and From the Bible. Occurs in Matthew 26:47 and Luke fustibus clubs 22:52. cum gladio et sale with sword and salt Motto of a well-paid soldier. See salary. cum grano salis with a grain of salt Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth. cum hoc ergo with this, therefore fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation. propter hoc on account of this The standard formula for academic Latin honors in the cum laude with praise United States. Greater honors include magna cum laude and summa cum laude. cum mortuis in with the dead in a Movement from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest lingua mortua dead language Mussorgsky cuncti adsint let all come who meritaeque by merit deserve Motto of University College London. expectent praemia the most reward palmae The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of cur Deus Homo Why the God-Man Christianity must be both fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated "why did God become Man?" care for the whole Motto of Georgetown University School of Medicine and cura personalis person University of Scranton. An exhortation to physicians, or experts in general, to take care of your cura te ipsum deal with their own problems before addressing those of own self others. An overview of a person's life and qualifications, similar curriculum vitae course of life to a rsum. custos morum keeper of morals A censor. distinguished by its cygnis insignis Motto of Western Australia. swans cygnus inter swan among ducks anates culpa fault

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Latin Da mihi factum, dabo tibi ius Notes also: Da mihi facta, dabo tibi ius; legal principle based Give me the fact(s), on Roman law; parties should present the facts of a case I'll give you the law while the judge rules on the law. Related to iura novit curia (the court knows the law). Translation

damnant quod non intelligunt damnatio ad bestias damnatio memoriae

They condemn what they do not understand submission to beasts damnation of memory

Used to describe ignorant people.

damnum absque damage without injuria injury dat deus incrementum data venia datum perficiemus munus God grants the increase "with due respect" or "given the excuse" Mission given, mission accomplished

A Roman custom in which disgraced Romans (particularly former Emperors) were pretended to have never existed. A loss that results from no one's wrongdoing. In Roman law, a man is not responsible for unintended, consequential injury to another resulting from a lawful act. This protection does not necessarily apply to unintended damage by negligence or folly. Motto of Westminster School, a leading British independent school. Used before disagreeing with someone.

Motto of Batalho de Operaes Policiais Especiais (BOPE), the elite special forces unit of the military police of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). A de bene esse deposition is used to preserve the de bene esse as well done testimony of a 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 asportatis away larceny (wrongful taking of chattels). Used in the context of "As we agreed in the meeting d.d. de dato of the date 26th Mai 2006. Said of something that is the actual state of affairs, in contrast to something's legal or official standing, which de facto by deed is described as de jure. 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 de fideli with faithfulness appointed, promising to do his or her tasks faithfully as a servant of the court. de futuro regarding the future Usually used in the context of "at a future time" there is no de gustibus non Less literally "there's no accounting for taste". Likely of disputing about est disputandum Scholastic origin (see Wiktionary). tastes again, a second de integro time de jure by law "Official", in contrast with de facto. Analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice". In other contexts, can mean "according to law", "by right" or

"legally". Also commonly written de iure, the classical form. from law to be passed "from law passed" de lege lata or "by law in force" The law does not The court does not want to bother with small, trivial de minimis non bother with the things. A case must have importance for the court to hear curat lex smallest things. it. See "de minimis not curat praetor". Also "The chief magistrate does not concern himself The commander with trifles." Trivial matters are no concern of a high de minimis non does not bother official (cf. aquila non capit muscas, the eagle does not curat praetor with the smallest catch flies). Sometimes rex (the king) or lex (the law) is things. used in place of praetor, and de minimis is a legal term 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. either well or bene aut nihil de mortuis nil nisi bonum). nothing From de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est, "nothing must be said about the dead except the good", attributed about the dead, de mortuis nil nisi by Diogenes Lartius to Chilon. In legal contexts, this nothing unless a bonum quotation is used with the opposite meaning, as defaming good thing a deceased person is not a crime. In other contexts, it refers to taboos against criticizing the recently deceased. Thus, "their story is our story". Originally referred to the de nobis fabula about us is the story end of Rome's dominance. Now often used when narratur told comparing any current situation to a past story or historical event. "Anew" or "afresh". In law, a trial de novo is a retrial. In biology, de novo means newly synthesized, and a de novo mutation is a mutation that neither parent possessed de novo from the new 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. about every A 15th-century Italian scholar wrote the De omni re de omni re scibili knowable thing, scibili portion (about every knowable thing), and a wag et quibusdam aliis and even certain added et quibusdam aliis (and even certain other things). other things be suspicious of de omnibus Karl Marx's favorite motto and a title of one of Sren everything, doubt dubitandum Kierkegaard's works De Omnibus Dubitandum Est everything Commonly mistranslated as "To Liberate the Free From Having de oppresso liber Oppressed". The motto of the United States Army Been Oppressed Special Forces. de profundis from the depths Out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin de lege ferenda

translation of Psalm 130. In logic, de dicto statements (about the truth of a de re about the matter proposition) are distinguished from de re statements (about the properties of a thing itself). Inscription on British one-pound coins. Originally on An ornament and a 17th-century coins, it refers to the inscribed edge as a decus et tutamen safeguard protection against the clipping of precious metal. The phrase originally comes from Virgil's Aeneid. Also Dei Gratia Rex (By the Grace of God, King). By the Grace of Dei Gratia Regina Abbreviated as D G REG preceding Fidei Defensor (F D) God, Queen on British pounds, and as D G Regina on Canadian coins. Dei sub numine under God's Spirit Motto of Princeton University. viget she flourishes In Catholic theology, a pleasure taken in sinful thought or imagination, such as brooding on sexual images. It is delectatio morosa peevish delight distinct from actual sexual desire, and involves voluntary and complacent erotic fantasizing, without any attempt to suppress such thoughts. A translation into Latin from Ren Goscinny's ils sont deliriant isti They are mad, fous, ces romains!, frequently issued by Obelix in the Romani those Romans! Asterix comics. For God and for Deo ac veritati Motto of Colgate University. truth Deo Confidimus In God we trust Motto of Somerset College. 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 The semi-Hispanicized form Deogracias is a Philippine Deo gratias thanks [be] to God first name. The motto of Monaco and its monarch which appears on Deo juvante with God's help the royal arms. Derived from the Pagan Iupiter Optimo Maximo (To the Deo Optimo To the Best and best and greatest Jupiter). Printed on bottles of Maximo (DOM) Greatest God Bndictine liqueur. with God as Motto of the Confederate States of America. An alternate Deo vindice protector translation is "With an avenging God". This was often used in conjunction with a signature at the end of letters. It was used in order to signify that "God willing" this letter will get to you safely, "God Deo volente God willing willing" the contents of this letter come true. The motto of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. See also: Insha'Allah. descensus in The descent into the Down the Rabbit Hole (see: Alice's Adventures in cuniculi cavum cave of the rabbit Wonderland#Famous lines and expressions.

Deus Caritas Est God is Love

deus ex machina

a god from a machine

Deus Lux Mea Est God is my Light Deus meumque God and my right jus deus otiosus God at leisure Deus spes nostra God is our hope Deus vult dictatum erat
(dict)

The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI; for other meanings, see Deus Caritas Est (disambiguation) From the Greek (ap mchans thes). A contrived or artificial solution, usually to a literary plot. Refers to the practice in Greek drama of lowering by crane (the mechan) an actor playing a god or goddess onto the stage to resolve an insuperable conflict in the plot. The device is most commonly associated with Euripides. The motto of The Catholic University of America. The principal motto of Scottish Rite Freemasonry; see also Dieu et mon droit.

dicto simpliciter

dictum meum pactum diem perdidi

Dies Irae

dies non juridicum dirigo

The motto of Sir Thomas de Boteler, founder of Boteler Grammar School Warrington in 1526 The principal slogan of the Crusades.Motto of Bergen God wills it! Catholic High School, NJ Recent academic substitution for the spacious and inconvenient "As previously stated, ...". Literally, has as previously stated been stated; also translated as "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 eliminated. [From] a maxim, For instance, the appropriateness of using opiates is 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. my word [is] my Motto of the London Stock Exchange bond From the Roman Emperor Titus. Passed down in I have lost the day Suetonius's biography of him in Lives of the Twelve Caesars Refers to the Judgment Day in Christian eschatology. The name of a famous 13th-century Medieval Latin Day of Wrath hymn by Tommaso da Celano, used in the Mass for the dead. Days under common law (traditionally Sunday) in which Day without no legal process can be served and any judgment is void. judiciary This concept was first codified by the English Parliament in the reign of Charles II. I direct In Classical Latin, "I arrange". State motto of Maine. Based on a comparison of the state of Maine to the star

Polaris. In other words, the gods have different plans than it seemed otherwise dis aliter visum mortals, and so events do not always play out as people to the gods wish them to. Refers to the Manes, Roman spirits of the dead. Loosely "To the memory of". A conventional inscription dis manibus Sacred to the ghost- preceding the name of the deceased on pagan grave sacrum (D.M.S.) gods markings, often shortened to dis manibus (D.M.), "for the ghost-gods". Preceded in some earlier monuments by hic situs est (H. S. E.), "he lies here". disce aut discede Learn or Depart Motto of Royal College Colombo. disce quasi Learn as if always semper victurus going to live; live Attributed to St Edmund of Abingdon. vive quasi cras as if tomorrow moriturus going to die. That is, "scattered remains". Paraphrased from Horace, Satires, I, 4, 62, where it was written "disiecti membra disiecta membra scattered limbs poetae" (limbs of a scattered poet). Also written as disjecta membra. State motto of Arizona, adopted in 1911. Probably ditat Deus God enriches derived from the Vulgate's translation of Genesis 14:23. A Roman maxim adopted by Julius Caesar, Louis XI and divide et impera divide and rule Machiavelli. Commonly rendered "divide and conquer". A popular eloquent expression, usually used in the end of dixi I have spoken a speech. 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, ["...", ...] dixit ["...", ...] said rather than the speaker. I give that you may Often said or written for sacrifices, when one "gives" and do ut des give expects something back from the gods. It is learned by Also translated "One learns by teaching." Attributed to docendo discitur teaching Seneca the Younger. docendo disco, I learn by teaching, scribendo cogito think by writing. "The ... concept is particular to a few civil law systems and cannot sweepingly be equated with the notions of special or specific intent in common law systems. Of course, the same might equally be said of the concept of dolus specialis special intent 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 Lord guide us Motto of the City of London Dominus the Lord is my light Motto of the University of Oxford. Illuminatio Mea

Dominus fortitudo nostra Dominus vobiscum dona nobis pacem donatio mortis causa draco dormiens nunquam titillandus dramatis person duae tabulae rasae in quibus nihil scriptum est ducimus Ducit amor patriae ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt ductus exemplo dulce bellum inexpertis dulce et decorum est pro patria mori dulce et utile dulce periculum dulcius ex asperis dum Roma deliberat

The Lord is our Strength

Motto of the Southland College, Philippines

Phrase used during and at the end of Catholic sermons, and a general greeting form among and towards Lord be with you members of Catholic organizations, such as priests and nuns. See also pax vobiscum. Often set to music, either by itself or as part of the Agnus give us peace Dei prayer of the Mass. Also an ending in the video game Haunting Ground. giving in A legal concept where a person in imminent mortal expectation of danger need not meet the requisite consideration to death create or modify a will. Motto of the fictional Hogwarts school in the Harry a sleeping dragon is Potter series; translated more loosely in the books as never to be tickled "never tickle a sleeping dragon". More literally, "the masks of the drama"; more the parts of the play figuratively, "cast of characters". The characters represented in a dramatic work. Two blank slates Stan Laurel, inscription for the fanclub logo of The Sons with nothing of the Desert. written upon them We lead Motto of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps. Love of country Motto of the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland leads me Regiment. The fates lead the willing and drag the Attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca. unwilling This is the motto for the United States Marine Corps' leadership by Officer Candidates School located at Marine Corps Base example Quantico; Quantico, Virginia. War may seem pleasant to those who have never been war is sweet to the involved in it, though the more experienced know better. inexperienced A phrase from Erasmus in the 16th century. It is sweet and From Horace, Odes III, 2, 13. Used by Wilfred Owen for honorable to die for the title of a poem about World War I, Dulce et the fatherland. Decorum est. Horace wrote in his Ars Poetica that poetry must be a sweet and useful dulce et utile (pleasant and profitable), both enjoyable thing and instructive. Horace, Odes III, 25, 16. Motto of the Scottish clan danger is sweet MacAulay. sweeter after Motto of the Scottish clan Fergusson.[12] difficulties while Rome Used when someone has been asked for urgent help, but debates, Saguntum responds with no immediate action. Similar to Hannibal

Saguntum perit

is in danger while I breathe, I dum spiro spero hope dum vivimus While we live, we servimus serve dum vivimus, While we live, let vivamus us live! [the] law [is] harsh, dura lex sed lex but [it is the] law dura mater tough mother dum vita est, spes while there is life, est there is hope dux bellorum war leader

ante portas, but referring to a less personal danger. State motto of South Carolina. From Cicero. motto of Presbyterian College. An encouragement to embrace life. Motto inscribed on the sword of the main character in the novel Glory Road.

outer covering of the brain

E
Latin e pluribus unum Translation one (coming) out of many Notes Motto of the United States of America. Used on many U.S. coins and inscribed on the Capitol. Also used as the motto of S.L. Benfica. Less commonly written as 'ex pluribus unum'. Mock Latin. Notably heard by Giles Goat Boy in John Barth's novel Giles Goat-Boy and the title of an essay ("E Unibus Pluram: 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 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; it makes reference to the Host; the Eucharist; the bread of Heaven; the Body of Christ. See also: Panis Angelicus. The first printed edition of a work. attributed to Saint Francis Xavier short for "Even if all others... I will not."

e unibus pluram

pluram out of ones (not being Latin, this has no proper translation)

Ecce Homo

Behold the Man

ecce panis angelorum

behold the bread of angels

editio princeps first edition O Deus Ego Amo Te O God I Love You ego non not I

ego te absolvo ego te provoco eheu fugaces labuntur anni

I absolve you I provoke you Alas, the fleeting years slip by

Part of the absolution-formula spoken by a priest as part of the sacrament of Penance (cf. absolvo). Used as a challenge, "I dare you". From Horace's Odes II, 14.

Also 'worn-out'. Retired from office. Often used to denote a position held at the point of retirement, as an emeritus veteran honor, such as 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 existing because of ens causa sui owes its existence to no other being, hence God or a oneself Supreme Being (cf. Primum Mobile). ense petit placidam by the sword she sub libertate seeks gentle peace State motto of Massachusetts, adopted in 1775. quietem under liberty entia non sunt entities must not be Occam's Razor or law of parsimony; that is, that multiplicanda multiplied beyond arguments which do not introduce extraneous praeter necessitatem necessity variables are to be preferred in logical argumentation. entitas ipsa involvit reality involves a aptitudinem ad A phrase used in modern Western philosophy on the power to compel extorquendum nature of truth. sure assent certum assensum Technical term used in philosophy and the law. Similar to ipso facto. Example: "The fact that I am eo ipso by that very (act) does not eo ipso mean that I think." From Latin eo ipso, ablative form of id ipsum, "that (thing) itself". eo nomine by that name 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). From St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermones (164, 14): errare humanum est to err is human Humanum fuit errare, diabolicum est per animositatem in errore manere. Or 'mistake'. Lists of errors in a previous edition of a erratum error work are often marked with the plural, errata ('errors'). Roman legal principle formulated by Pomponius in the will of a errantis voluntas the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis, stating that mistaken party is nulla est legal actions undertaken by man under the influence void of error are ineffective. scholarship and eruditio et religio Motto of Duke University religion

George Berkeley's motto for his idealist philosophical position that nothing exists independently of its perception by a mind except minds themselves. Truly being something, rather than merely seeming to be something. Motto of many institutions. From chapter 26 of Cicero's De amicitia ('On Friendship'). Earlier than Cicero, the phrase had been used by Sallust in his Bellum Catilinae (54.6), where he wrote to be, rather than to esse quam videri that Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat ('he seem preferred to be good, rather than to seem so'). Earlier still, Aeschylus used a similar phrase in Seven Against Thebes, line 592, ou gar dokein aristos, all' enai thelei; 'he wishes not to seem the best, but to be the best'. Said of Venice by the Venetian historian Fra Paolo Sarpi shortly before his death. Also the state motto of Idaho, adopted in 1867, and of S. Thomas' College, esto perpetua may it be perpetual Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. It is also used as the open motto of Sigma Phi Society, a collegiate Greek Letter Fraternity. esto quod es be what you are Motto of Wells Cathedral School. A less common variant on et cetera used at the end of et alibi (et al.) and elsewhere 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 et alii (et al.) and others 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. In modern usage, used to mean 'and so on' or 'and et cetera (etc.) or (&c.) And the rest more'. And light came to From Genesis 1:3 "and there was light". Motto of et facta est lux be or was made Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. And all that sort of et hoc genus omne Abbreviated to e.h.g.o. or ehgo thing and in Arcadia [am] In other words, 'I, too, am in Arcadia'. See memento et in Arcadia ego I mori. et lux in tenebris And light will shine See also Lux in Tenebris; motto for the Pontificia lucet in darkness Universidad Catlica del Per. et nunc reges And now, O ye From the Book of Psalms, II.x. (Vulgate), 2.10 intelligite erudimini kings, understand: (Douay-Rheims). esse est percipi to be is to be perceived

receive instruction, qui judicatis terram you that judge the earth. and the following et sequentes (et seq.) (masc./fem. plural) and a supposition et suppositio nil puts nothing in ponit in esse being

Also et sequentia ('and the following things': neut.), abbreviations: et seqq., et seq.., or sqq. More typically translated as "Sayin' it don't make it so". Also 'Even you, Brutus?' or 'You too, Brutus?' Used to indicate a betrayal by someone close. From Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, based on the traditional dying words of Julius Caesar. However, these were almost certainly not 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. A legal term. A legal term.

et tu, Brute?

And you, Brutus?

et uxor (et ux.) et vir Etiamsi omnes, ego non

and wife and husband Even if all others... Peter to Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:33) 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 from excessive "an abundance of caution" employed by United States ex abundanti cautela caution President Barack Obama to explain why his oath of office had to be re-administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts and again in reference to terrorist threats. For out of the From the Gospel according to St. Matthew, XII.xxxiv ex abundantia enim abundance of the (Vulgate), 12.34 (Douay-Rheims) and the Gospel cordis os loquitur heart the mouth according to St. Luke, VI.xlv (Vulgate), 6.45 (Douayspeaketh. Rheims). Sometimes rendered without enim ('for'). 'On equal footing', i.e., 'in a tie'. Used for those two ex aequo from the equal (seldom more) participants of a competion, that showed exactly the same performance. Always something Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, VIII/42: unde ex Africa semper new from Africa etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi aliquid novi (literally something Africam adferre.[14] of new) ex animo from the heart Thus, 'sincerely'. 'Beforehand', 'before the event'. Based on prior ex ante from before assumptions. A forecast. ex astris scientia From the Stars, The motto of the fictional Starfleet Academy on Star Knowledge Trek. Adapted from ex luna scientia, which in turn

ex cathedra

from the chair

was modeled after ex scientia tridens. A phrase applied to the declarations or promulgations of the Pope when, in communion with the college of cardinals, preserved from the possibility of error by the action of the Holy Spirit (see Papal infallibility), he solemnly declares or promulgates ("from the chair" that was the ancient symbol of the teacher and of the governor, in this case of the church) a dogmatic teaching on faith or morals as being contained in divine revelation, or at least being intimately connected to divine revelation. Used, by extension, of anyone who is perceived as speaking as though with supreme authority. '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.

ex Deo

from God

ex dolo malo

from fraud

ex facie ex fide fiducia ex glande quercus

from the face

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

supra

ex juvantibus ex lege ex libris ex luna scientia ex malo bonum

from faith [comes] A motto of St George's College, Harare. confidence The motto of the Municipal Borough of Southgate, from acorn to oak London. More literally 'from grace'. Refers to someone voluntarily performing an act purely out of kindness, from 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. from the hypothesis Thus, 'by hypothesis'. Recent academic notation for 'from below in this 'from below' writing' from that which The medical pitfall in which response to a therapeutic helps regimen substitutes proper diagnosis. from the law Precedes a person's name, with the meaning of 'from from the books the library of...'; also a bookplate. The motto of the Apollo 13 moon mission, derived from the moon, from ex scientia tridens, the motto of Jim Lovell's knowledge Alma Mater, the United States Naval Academy. good out of evil From St. Augustine's "Sermon LXI" where he

contradicts Seneca's dictum in Epistulae 87:22: bonum ex malo non fit (good does not come from evil). Also the alias of the Anberlin song, "Miserabile Visu" from their album New Surrender. ex mea sententia ex mero motu in my opinion out of mere impulse, or of one's own accord. From Lucretius, and said earlier by Empedocles. Its original meaning is 'work is required to succeed', but its modern meaning is a more general 'everything has its origins in something' (cf. causality). It is commonly applied to the conservation laws in philosophy and modern science. Ex nihilo often used nothing comes from in conjunction with the term creation, as in creatio ex nothing 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. from new Said of something that has been built from scratch. 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 from the office of a committee or congress may not vote this may be the case, but it is not guaranteed by that title. In legal terms, ex officio refers to an administrative or judicial office taking action of its own accord, for example to invalidate a patent or prosecute copyright infringers. A theological phrase contrasted with ex opere operato, from the work of referring to the notion that the validity or promised the one working benefit of a sacrament depends on the person administering it. A theological phrase meaning that the act of receiving a sacrament actually confers the promised benefit, from the work such as a baptism actually and literally cleansing one's worked sins. The Catholic Church affirms that the source of grace is God, not just the actions or disposition of the minister or the recipient of the sacrament. light from the east Originally refers to the sun rising in the east, but

ex nihilo nihil fit

ex novo Ex Oblivione

ex officio

ex opere operantis

ex opere operato

ex oriente lux

ex parte ex pede Herculem ex post ex post facto ex professo ex scientia tridens ex scientia vera

ex silentio

ex situ ex supra (e.s.) cf. ex

infra

ex tempore Ex turpi causa non oritur actio ex umbra in solem ex vi termini ex vivo ex voto ex vulgus scientia

alludes to culture coming from the Eastern world. Motto of several institutions. A legal term meaning 'by one party' or 'for one party'. from a part Thus, on behalf of one side or party only. From the measure of Hercules' foot you shall know from Hercules' foot his size; from a part, the whole. 'Afterward', 'after the event'. Based on knowledge of from after the past. Measure of past performance. from a thing done Said of a law with retroactive effect. afterward from one declaring Or 'with due competence'. Said of the person who [an art or science] perfectly knows his art or science. The United States Naval Academy motto. Refers to from knowledge, knowledge bringing men power over the sea sea power. comparable to that of the trident-bearing Greek god Poseidon. from knowledge, The motto of the College of Graduate Studies at truth Middle Tennessee State University. In general, the claim that the absence of something demonstrates the proof of a proposition. An argumentum ex silentio ('argument from silence') is an from silence argument based on the assumption that someone's silence on a matter suggests ('proves' when a logical fallacy) that person's ignorance of the matter or their inability to counterargue validly. opposite of 'in situ Recent academic notation for 'from above in this 'from above' writing'. from [this moment 'This instant', 'right away' or 'immediately'. Also of] time written extempore. From a A legal doctrine which states that a claimant will be dishonorable cause unable to pursue a cause of action, if it arises in an action does not connection with his own illegal act. Particularly arise relevant in the law of contract, tort and trusts. from the shadow Motto of Federico Santa Mara Technical University. into the light from the force of Thus, 'by definition'. the term Used in reference to the study or assay of living tissue out of or from life in an artificial environment outside the living organism. Thus, in accordance with a promise. An ex voto is also from the vow an offering made in fulfillment of a vow. from crowd, used to describe social computing, The Wisdom of knowledge Crowds

excelsior exceptio firmat (or probat) regulam in casibus non exceptis excusatio non petita accusatio manifesta exeat exempli gratia (e.g.) exercitus sine duce corpus est sine spiritu exeunt

experientia docet experimentum crucis experto crede

expressio unius est exclusio alterius

extra domum extra Ecclesiam

'Ever upward!' The state motto of New York. Also a catch phrase used by Marvel Comics head Stan Lee. A juridical principle which means that the statement The exception of a rule's exception (e.g., "no parking on Sundays") confirms the rule in implicitly confirms the rule (i.e., that parking is cases which are not allowed Monday through Saturday). Often excepted mistranslated as "the exception that proves the rule". an excuse that has More loosely, 'he who excuses himself, accuses not been sought [is] himself'an unprovoked excuse is a sign of guilt. In an obvious French, qui s'excuse, s'accuse. accusation 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] for the sake of Exempli gratia, 'for example', is commonly example abbreviated 'e.g.'; in this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma, depending on style.[16] an army without a On a plaque at the former military staff building of the leader is a body Swedish Armed Forces. without a spirit Third-person plural present active indicative of the they leave Latin verb exire; also extended to exeunt omnes, 'all leave'; singular: exit. This term has been used in dermatopathology to express that there is no substitute for experience in experience teaches dealing with all the numerous variations that may occur with skin conditions.[17] The term has also been used in gastroenterology.[18] experiment of the Or 'crucial experiment'. A decisive test of a scientific cross theory. Literally 'believe one who has had experience'. An trust the expert author's aside to the reader. 'Mentioning one thing may exclude another thing'. A principle of legal statutory interpretation: the explicit presence of a thing implies intention to exclude the expression of others; e.g., a reference in the Poor Relief Act 1601 to the one is the 'lands, houses, tithes and coal mines' was held to exclusion of the exclude mines other than coal mines. Sometimes other expressed as expressum facit cessare tacitum (broadly, 'the expression of one thing excludes the implication of something else'). Refers to a possible result of Catholic ecclesiastical [placed] outside of legal proceedings when the culprit is removed from the house being part of a group like a monastery. outside the Church This expression comes from the writings of Saint higher

Cyprian of Carthage, a bishop of the third century. It is often used to summarise the doctrine that the Catholic Church is absolutely necessary for salvation. It is issued by the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations before a session of the Papal conclave which will elect a new Pope. When spoken, all those extra omnes outside, all [of you] who are not Cardinals, or those otherwise mandated to be present at the Conclave, must leave the Sistine Chapel. he who administers extra territorium jus justice outside of Refers to extraterritorial jurisdiction. Often cited in dicenti impune non his territory is law of the sea cases on the high seas. paretur disobeyed with impunity nulla salus [there is] no salvation

F
Translation every man is the faber est suae artisan of his own quisque fortunae fortune fac fortia et do brave deeds and patere endure fac simile make a similar thing facile princeps facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque easily the first Latin 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 out of children by means Motto of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland of books and a and Santa Fe, New Mexico balance." facta, non verba deeds, not words Frequently used as motto. A Roman legal principle indicating that a witness who willfully falsifies one matter is not credible on any falsus in uno, false in one, false in matter. The underlying motive for attorneys to falsus in omnibus all impeach opposing witnesses in court: the principle discredits the rest of their testimony if it is without corroboration. from Henry Baerlein's introduction to his translation feci quod potui, I have done what I of The Diwan of Abul Ala by Abul Ala Al-Maarri faciant meliora could; let those who (9731057);[19] also in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, potentes can do better. act I. fecisti patriam "From differing Verse 63 from the poem De reditu suo by Rutilius diversis de peoples you have Claudius Namatianus praising emperor Augustus.[20] gentibus unam made one native land"

felix culpa felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas felo de se

fortunate fault happy is he who can discover the causes of things felon from himself

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

fere libenter men generally believe People's beliefs are shaped largely by their desires. homines id quod what they want to Julius Caesar, The Gallic War 3.18 volunt credunt An oxymoronic motto of Augustus. It encourages proceeding quickly, but with calm and caution. festina lente hurry slowly 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, fiat lux let light be made "dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux" ("and God said, 'Let light be made', and light was made."); frequently used as motto for educational institutions. fiat panis let there be bread Motto of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) May God's will be fiat voluntas Dei The motto of Robert May's School done The motto of Archbishop Richard Smith of the Roman fiat voluntas tua Thy will be done Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton. ficta voluptatis fictions meant to Horace Ars Poetica (338) , advice presumably causa sint please should discounted by the magical realists proxima veris approximate the truth A title given to Henry VIII of England by Pope Leo X Fidei Defensor on October 17, 1521 before Henry became a Defender of the Faith (Fid Def) or (fd) heresiarch. Still used by the 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 a light-hearted wish for the reader's fidem scit He knows the faith well-being. The humor comes from the phrase's similarity in pronunciation to the words "Feed 'em shit". the faith by which it is the personal faith which apprehends, contrasted with fides qua creditur believed fides quae creditur

fides quae creditur fides quaerens intellectum fidus Achates

the faith which is believed faith seeking understanding faithful Achates

the content of "the faith," contrasted with fides qua creditur the motto of Saint Anselm, found in his Proslogion A faithful friend. From the name of Aeneas's faithful companion in Virgil's Aeneid.

filae nostrae sicvt may our daughters be angvli incisi as polished as the Motto of Francis Holland School similitvdine corners' of the temple templi the end crowns the finis coronat opus the end justifies the means. work finis vitae sed non the end of life, but not amoris of love referred to Attila the Hun, when he led his armies to flagellum dei scourge of god invade the Western Roman Empire. flectere si nequeo superos, if I cannot move Virgil's Aeneid, book 7 Achaeronta heaven I will raise hell 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 floruit (fl.) one flourished birth and death dates are unknown was most active. fluctuat nec she wavers and is not Motto of Paris. mergitur immersed "The fountainhead and beginning". The source and fons et origo the spring and source origin. the fount of fons sapientiae, knowledge is the word The motto of Bishop Blanchet High School. verbum Dei 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, Motto of Fahnestock Family Arms. cedere non potest but cannot yield fortis est veritas truth is strong Motto on the coat of arms of Oxford, England. fortis et liber strong and free Motto of Alberta. Motto of Municipal Borough of Middleton from the fortis in arduis strong in difficulties Earl of Middleton.

fortiter et fideliter bravely and faithfully fortunae meae, multorum faber

Frequently used as motto. Used by The King's School, Sydney.

artisan of my fate and Motto of Gatineau. that of several others An Epitaph, made to remind the reader of the I once was what you inevitability of death, saying "Once I was alive like Fui quod es, eris are, you will be what i you are, and you will be dead as I am now." As quod sum am believed, it's was carved on a gravestone of some Roman military officer. presumption of fumus boni iuris sufficient legal basis fundamenta unshakable foundation inconcussa

G
Latin gaudeamus hodie Translation let us rejoice today Notes First words of a famous academic anthem used, among other places, in The Student Prince. Motto of Bishop Allen Academy

gaudeamus igitur therefore let us rejoice gaudete in domino rejoice in the lord gaudium in joy in truth veritate generalia specialibus non derogant

A principle of statutory interpretation: If a matter universal things do not falls under a specific provision and a general detract from specific provision, it shall be governed by the specific things provision. The unique, distinctive aspects or atmosphere of a place, such as those celebrated in art, stories, folk genius loci spirit of place tales, and festivals. Originally, the genius loci was literally the protective spirit of a place, a creature usually depicted as a snake. gesta non verba deeds, not words Motto of James Ruse Agricultural High School. Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title Gloria in excelsis Glory to God in the and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic Deo Highest doxology, the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei gloriam. The glory of sons is Gloria filiorum their fathers Motto of Eltham College. patres (Proverbs17:6) Gloria Patri Glory to the Father The beginning of the Lesser Doxology. gloriosus et liber glorious and free Motto of Manitoba gradatim ferociter by degrees, ferociously Motto of private spaceflight company Blue Origin gradibus ascending by degrees Motto of Grey College, Durham

ascendimus Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit

Conquered Greece in turn defeated its savage Horace Epistles 2.1 conqueror By hard work, all Grandescunt things increase and Motto of McGill University Aucta Labore grow gratiae veritas truth through God's Motto of Uppsala University naturae mercy and nature graviora manent heavier things remain more severe things await, the worst is yet to come Gravis Dulcis serious sweet Title of a poem by James Elroy Flecker [21] Immutabilis immutable gutta cavat a water drop hollows a main phrase is from Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto IV, lapidem [non vi sed stone [not by force, but 10, 5.[22]; expanded in the Middle Ages saepe cadendo] by falling often]

H
Latin Translation You should have the body 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 habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (you may have the body to bring up). Commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to challenge the legality of their detention. Used after a Roman Catholic Church papal election to announce publicly a successful ballot to elect a new pope.

habeas corpus

habemus papam we have a pope Books have their Habent sua fata destiny [according libelli to the capabilities of the reader] hac lege with this law haec olim one day, this will meminisse be pleasing to iuvabit remember Hannibal ad Hannibal is at the portas gates Hannibal ante Hannibal before portas the gates haud ignota I speak not of loquor unknown things hic abundant here lions abound leones hic et nunc here and now

Commonly rendered in English as "One day, we'll look back on this and smile". From Virgil's Aeneid 1.203. Also, motto of the Jefferson Society. Roman parents would tell their misbehaving children this, invoking their fear of Hannibal. Refers to wasting time while the enemy is already here. Attributed to Cicero. Thus, "I say no things that are unknown". From Virgil's Aeneid, 2.91. Written on uncharted territories of old maps. The imperative motto for the desire for satisfaction. "I

hic jacet (HJ)

here lies

hic manebimus optime hic sunt dracones hic sunt leones hinc et inde hinc illae lacrimae hinc robur et securitas historia vitae magistra hoc age hoc est bellum hoc est Christum cognoscere, beneficia eius cognoscere hoc est enim corpus meum

here we'll stay excellently

need it, 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), and sometimes combined into hic jacet sepultus (HJS), "here lies buried". 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 lions Written on uncharted territories of old maps. from both sides From Terence, Andria, line 125. Originally literal, referring to the tears shed by Pamphilus at the funeral of hence those tears Chrysis, it came to be used proverbially in the works of later authors, such as Horace (Epistula XIX, 41). herefore strength Motto of the Central Bank of Sweden. and safety history, the teacher From Cicero, Tusculanas, 2, 16. Also "history is the of life mistress of life". Motto of Bradford Grammar School, often purposefully do this mistranslated by pupils as "Just do it!". This is war To know Christ is Famous dictum by the Reformer Melanchthon in his Loci to know his Communes of 1521 benefits This is my Body The words of Jesus reiterated in Latin during the Roman Catholic Eucharist: "Hoc est corpus"

Today it's me, hodie mihi, cras tomorrow it will tibi be you hominem non Treat the Man, not Motto of the Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing morbum cura 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, eo magis senex" (for if, as they homo bulla man is a bubble 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). homo homini man [is a] wolf to The sentence was drawn on by Hobbes in Leviathan as a lupus man concise expression of his human nature view.

homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto homo unius libri (timeo) honestes ante honores honor virtutis praemium

One is innocent See also presumption of innocence. until proven guilty From Terence, Heautontimoroumenos. Originally "strange" or "foreign" (alienum) was used in the sense of "irrelevant", as this line was a response to the speaker being told to mind his own business, but it is now commonly used to advocate respecting different cultures and being humane in general. Puto (I consider) is not translated because it is meaningless outside of the line's context within the play.

I am a human being; nothing human is strange to me

(I fear) a man of Attributed to Thomas Aquinas one book honesty before Motto of King George V school, Hong Kong, China glory esteem is the Motto of Arnold School, Blackpool, England reward of virtue for the sake of Said of an honorary title, such as "Doctor of Science honoris causa honor honoris causa". hora fugit the hour flees See tempus fugit. hora somni (h.s.) at the hour of sleep Medical shorthand for "at bedtime". horas non I do not count the numero nisi hours unless they A common inscription on sundials. serenas 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 hortus in urbe city the city's 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 generis human race humanity in general. hypotheses non I do not fabricate From Newton, Principia. Less literally, "I do not assert fingo hypotheses that any hypotheses are true".

I
Latin ibidem (ibid.) idem (id.) id est (i.e.) Translation in the same place the same that is Notes 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. There should be a period (.) after both letters, since it is an abbreviation of two words.[23] id quod plerumque that which generally A phrase used in legal language to indicate the most accidit happens probable outcome from an act, fact, event or cause. 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 Idus Martiae the Ides of March best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC; the term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom. Direct quote from the Vulgate, John 19:19. The inscription was written in Iesus Nazarenus Jesus of Nazareth, Latin, Greek and Aramaic at the top Rex Iudaeorum King of the Jews (INRI) of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. (John 19:20) igitur qui desiderat Therefore whoever Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari; pacem, praeparet desires peace, let him similar to si vis pacem, para bellum. bellum prepare for war igne natura through fire, nature is An alchemical aphorism invented as an alternate renovatur integra reborn whole meaning for the acronym INRI. A phrase describing scorched earth tactics. Also igni ferroque with fire and iron rendered as igne atque ferro, ferro ignique, and other variations. A phrase referring to the refining of character ignis aurum probat fire tests gold through difficult circumstances, it is also the motto of the Prometheus Society ignis fatuus foolish fire Will-o'-the-wisp. (or ignorantia legis non excusat or ignorantia iuris non ignorantia legis A legal principle whereby ignorance of a law does excusat neminem excusat) not allow one to escape liability; ignorance of the law is no excuse The logical fallacy of irrelevant conclusion: making an argument that, while possibly valid, doesn't prove or support the proposition it claims to. An ignoratio ignoratio elenchi ignorance of the issue elenchi that is an intentional attempt to mislead or confuse the opposing party is known as a red herring. Elenchi is from the Greek elenchos. ignotum per unknown by means An explanation that is less clear than the thing to be ignotius of the more unknown explained. Synonymous with obscurum per

obscurius. ignotus (ign.) imago Dei unknown image of God From the religious concept that man was created in "God's image". A principle, held by several religions, that believers imitatio dei imitation of a god should strive to resemble their god(s). 1. A group of people who owe utmost fealty to their leader(s), subordinating the interests of the larger group to the authority of the internal group's imperium in an order within an 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 an empire without an imperium sine fine city (Rome) from which would come an everlasting, end neverending empire, the endless (sine fine) empire. An authorization to publish, granted by some imprimatur let it be printed censoring authority (originally a Catholic Bishop). Used in a number of situations, such as in a trial in absentia in the absence carried out in the absence of the accused. in actu in act "In the very act/In reality". in articulo mortis at the point of 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 that proceeds gently, but turns vicious the poison is in the in cauda venenum towards the end or more generally waits till the tail end to reveal an intention or statement that is undesirable in the listener's ears. Eboracum was the Roman name for York and this In the county of in com. Ebor. phrase is used in some Georgian and Victorian books Yorkshire on the genealogy of prominent Yorkshire families. in Deo speramus in God we hope Motto of Brown University. Expresses the judicial principle that in case of doubt in doubt, on behalf of the decision must be in favor of the accused (in that in dubio pro reo the [alleged] culprit anyone is innocent until there is proof to the contrary). in duplo in double "In duplicate". "In (the form of) an image", "in effigy" as opposed to in effigie in the likeness "in the flesh" or "in person". in esse in existence In actual existence; as opposed to in posse. "In full", "at full length", "completely", in extenso in the extended "unabridged". in extremis in the furthest reaches In extremity; in dire straits. Also "at the point of

death" (cf. in articulo mortis). in fide scientiam in fidem in fieri in fine (i.f.) To our Faith Add Knowledge into faith in becoming in the end Motto of Newington College. To the verification of faith. Thus, "pending". At the end. The footnote says "p. 157 in
fine": "the end of page 157".

in a blazing wrong, in flagrante delicto while the crime is blazing in flore in foro in blossom in forum We enter the circle at in girum imus nocte night and are et consumimur igni consumed by fire in harmonia progress in harmony progressio in hoc sensu or in in this sense sensu hoc (s.h.)

Equivalent to the English idiom "caught red-handed": caught in the act of committing a crime. Sometimes carries the connotation of being caught in a "compromising position". Blooming. Legal term for "in court". A palindrome said to describe the behavior of moths. Also the title of a film by Guy Debord.

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 by this sign you will a vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. in hoc signo vinces conquer Motto of Sigma Chi fraternity, the Norwegian Army 2nd Battalion and the House of Di Santis. Describes a meeting called for a particular stated in hunc effectum for this purpose purpose only. Recent academic substitution for the spacious and in illo ordine (i.o.) in that order inconvenient "..., respectively." "at that time", found often in Gospel lectures during in illo tempore in that time Masses, used to mark an undetermined time in the past. lit.: in the beginning in inceptum finis est or: the beginning foreshadows the end is the end Preliminary, in law referring to a motion that is made in limine at the outset to the judge before or during trial, often about the admissibility of evidence believed prejudicial That is, "on site". in the place, on the The nearby labs were closed for the in loco weekend, so the water samples were analyzed spot
in loco.

in loco parentis

in the place of a parent

in luce Tua videmus in Thy light we see

A legal term meaning "assuming parental (i.e., custodial) responsibility and authority". Primary and secondary teachers are typically bound by law to act in loco parentis. Motto of Valparaiso University.

lucem light in lumine tuo in your light we will videbimus lumen see the light in manus tuas into your hands I commendo spiritum entrust my spirit meum into the middle of things

Motto of Columbia University, Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School and Ohio Wesleyan University. According to Luke 23:46, the last words of Jesus on the cross. From Horace. Refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in, the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, Os Lusadas, Othello, and Paradise Lost. Compare ab initio. Equivalent to "in the memory of". Refers to remembering or honoring a deceased person. "Charity" (caritas) is being used in the classical sense of "compassion" (cf. agape). Motto of the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen. Often misattributed to Augustine of Hippo.[citation needed] 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". Motto of the United States Army's 18th Infantry Regiment

in medias res

in memoriam

into the memory

in necessariis in necessary things unitas, in dubiis unity, in doubtful libertas, in omnibus things liberty, in all caritas things charity in nocte consilium in nomine Domini in nuce in omnia paratus advice comes over night in the name of the Lord in a nut Ready for anything.

Everywhere I have in omnibus requiem searched for peace quaesivi, et and nowhere found it, Quote by Thomas Kempis nusquam inveni nisi except in a corner in angulo cum libro with a book An alternate form of "requiescat in pace", meaning in pace requiescat in peace may he rest "let him rest in peace". Found in this form at the end of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. That is, "in the land of the infidels", infidels here referring to non-Christians. After Islam conquered a in partibus in the parts of the large part of the Roman Empire, the corresponding infidelium infidels bishoprics didn't disappear, but remained as titular sees. A Cardinal named in secret by the pope. See also ab in pectore in the heart imo pectore. in personam into a person Directed towards a particular person in posse in potential In the state of being possible; as opposed to in esse. in propria persona in one's own person "Personally", "in person".

in principio erat Verbum

in re

in regione caecorum rex est luscus

in rem

in rerum natura in retentis in saeculo in salvo in scientia opportunitas

in silico
(Dog Latin)

in situ in somnis veritas in spe in specialibus generalia

in the beginning was Beginning of the Gospel of John the Word (Logos) A legal term used to indicate that a judicial proceeding may not have formally designated adverse parties or is otherwise uncontested. The term in the matter [of] is commonly used in case citations of probate proceedings, for example, In re Smith's Estate; it is also used in juvenile courts, as, for instance, In re Gault. In the land of the A quote of Desiderius Erasmus from Adagia (first blind, the one-eyed published 1500, with numerous expanded editions man is king. through 1536), III, IV, 96. 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 to the thing 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". See also Lucretius' De rerum natura (On the Nature in the nature of things of Things). among things held Used to describe documents kept separately from the back regular records of a court for special reasons. "In the secular world", that is, outside a monastery, in the times or before death. in safety In Knowledge, there Motto of Edge Hill University. is Opportunity Coined in the late 1980s for scientific papers. Refers to an experiment or process performed virtually, as a computer simulation. The term is Dog Latin modeled in silicon after terms such as in vitro and in vivo. The Latin word for silicon is silicium, so the correct Latinization of "in silicon" would be in silicio, but this form has little usage. In the original place, appropriate position, or natural in the place arrangement. In dreams there is truth "future" (My mother-in-law in spe", i.e., "My future mother-in-law), or "in embryonic form", as in in hope "Locke's theory of government resembles, in spe, Montesquieu's theory of the separation of powers." To seek the general in That is, to understand the most general rules through the specifics the most detailed analysis.

quaerimus in statu nascendi in toto in triplo in umbra, igitur, pugnabimus in utero in utrumque paratus in vacuo in varietate concordia in the state of being born in all in triple Then we will fight in the shade in the womb Prepared for either (event) in a void Just as something is about to begin. "Totally", "entirely", "completely". "In triplicate".

Motto of the McKenzie clan.

"In a vacuum". In isolation from other things. The motto of the European Union and the Council of united in diversity Europe in wine [there is] That is, wine loosens the tongue(Referring to in vino veritas truth alcohol's disinhibitory effects). An experimental or process methodology performed in a "non-natural" setting (e.g. in a laboratory using a glass test tube or Petri dish), and thus outside of a in vitro in glass living organism or cell. Alternative experimental or process methodologies include in vitro, in silico, ex vivo and in vivo. in life" or "in a living An experiment or process performed on a living in vivo thing specimen. An expression used by biologists to express the fact in a living thing that laboratory findings from testing an organism in in vivo veritas [there is] truth 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 May I not shrink incepto ne desistam Aeneas. When she saw the fleet of Aeneas on its way from my purpose! 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". of uncertain position A term used to classify a taxonomic group when its incertae sedis (seat) broader relationships are unknown or undefined. incredibile dictu incredible to say A variant on mirabile dictu. Index of Prohibited Index Librorum A list of books considered heretical by the Roman (or, Forbidden) Prohibitorum Catholic Church. Books indivisibiliter ac indivisible and Motto of Austria-Hungary prior to its separation into inseparabiliter inseparable independent states in 1918.

Infinitus est Infinite is the number numerus stultorum. of fools. infirma mundi elegit Deus infra dignitatem
(infra dig)

God chooses the weak of the world beneath one's dignity innocent but not afraid

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

innocens non timidus

Motto on Rowe family coat of arms.

Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the current month, sometimes abbreviated as instant; instante mense (inst.) in the present month e.g.: "Thank you for your letter of the 17th inst." ult. mense = last month, prox. mense = next month. intaminatis fulget Untarnished, she From Horace's Odes (III.2.18). Motto of Wofford honoribus shines with honor College. unimpaired by life integer vitae and clean of From Horace. Used as a funeral hymn. scelerisque purus wickedness A term used in formal extract minutes to indicate that the minute quoted has been taken from a fuller record inter alia (i.a.) among other things of other matters, or when alluding to the parent group after quoting a particular example. Often used to compress lists of parties to legal inter alios among others documents. Said by Cicero in Pro Milone as a protest against unchecked political mobs that had virtually seized control of Rome in the 60s and 50s BC. Famously inter arma enim in a time of war, the quoted in the essay Civil Disobedience by Henry silent leges law falls silent 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 inter urinas et we are born between Attributed to St Augustine. faeces nascimur urine and feces Said of property transfers between living persons, as inter vivos between the living opposed to inheritance; often relevant to tax laws. Thus, "not public". Source of the word intramural. intra muros within the walls See also Intramuros, Manila. intra vires within the powers That is, "within the authority". I remain invictus maneo Motto of the Armstrong Clan. unvanquished Iohannes est nomen John is his name / Motto of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Puerto

eius ipsa scientia potestas est

Juan es su Nombre knowledge itself is power

Rico Famous phrase written by Sir Francis Bacon in 1597.

Commonly said in Medieval debates referring to Aristotle. Used in general to emphasize that some assertion comes from some authority, i.e., as an argument from authority, and the term ipse-dixitism ipse dixit he himself said it 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 the very words Biblical Studies to describe the record of Jesus' ipsissima verba themselves teaching found in the New Testament (specifically, the four Gospels). To approximate the main thrust or message without ipsissima voce the very 'voice' itself using the exact words. ipso facto by the fact itself Or "by that very fact". Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the ancient Romans practiced pagan rituals, ira deorum wrath of the gods 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. Wrath (anger) is but a ira furor brevis est brief madness A useful phrase, as the Romans had no word for "yes", preferring to respond to questions with the ita vero thus indeed affirmative or negative of the question (e.g., "Are you hungry?" was answered by "I am hungry" or "I am not hungry", not "Yes" or "No). Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding ite missa est Go, it is the dismissal words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite.[24] The path a law takes from its conception to its iter legis The path of the law implementation. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). It to cut the throat of can mean attacking the work or personality of iugulare mortuos corpses deceased person. Alternatively, it can be used to describe criticism of an individual already heavily criticised by others. also spelled juncta juvant; from the legal principle iuncta iuvant together they strive quae non valeant singula, iuncta iuvant ("What is without value on its own, helps when joined") iura novit curia the court knows the A legal principle in civil law countries of the Roman-

German tradition that says that lawyers need not to argue the law, as that is the office of the court. law Sometimes miswritten as iura novat curia (the court renews the laws). Indicates a right exercised by a son on behalf of his iure matris in right of his mother mother. Indicates a right exercised by a husband on behalf of iure uxoris in right of his wife his wife. iuris ignorantia est it is ignorance of the cum ius nostrum law when we do not ignoramus know our own rights Commonly referred to as "right of survivorship": a ius accrescendi right of accrual rule in property law that surviving joint tenants have rights in equal shares to a decedent's property. Refers to the laws that regulate the reasons for going ius ad bellum law towards war to war. Typically, this would address issues of selfdefense 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 ius in bello law in war address issues of who or what is a valid target, how to treat prisoners, and what sorts of weapons can be used. The word jus is also commonly spelled ius. ius primae noctis law of the first night The droit de seigneur. iustitia justice - fundamental Motto of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of fundamentum regni of kingdom the Czech Republic. iustitia omnibus justice for all The motto of Washington, D.C. iuventuti nil to the young nothing Motto of Canberra Girls' Grammar School. arduum is difficult iuventutis veho I bear the fortunes of Motto of Dollar Academy. fortunas youth

L
Latin Labor omnia Translation Hard work Notes Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's

vincit Laborare pugnare parati sumus

conquers all

Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. Motto of the California Maritime Academy Motto of several schools Motto of the Carlsberg breweries Motto of the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK

To work, (or) to fight; we are ready By labour and Labore et honore honour Laboremus pro Let us work for patria the fatherland Laboris gloria Work hard, Play Ludi hard

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 lapsus linguae slip of the tongue 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". lapsus memoriae slip of memory Source of the term memory lapse. Laudator praiser of time One who is discontent with the present but instead prefers Temporis Acti past things of the past. See "the Good old days". Laudetur Jesus Praise (Be) Jesus Often used as a salutation, but also used after prayers or the Christus Christ 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 laus Deo praise be to God motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar School. lectori salutem greetings reader Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter. Describes how something should be performed, conducted according to the lege artis or carried out in a correct way. Used especially in a medical law of the art context. The 'art' referred to in the phrase is medicine. the law of the legem terrae land leges humanae nascuntur, laws of man are vivunt, et born, live and die moriuntur leges sine laws without From Horace's Odes: the official motto of the University of moribus vanae morals [are] vain Pennsylvania. legio patria The Legion is Motto of the French Foreign Legion nostra our fatherland I read, I legi, intellexi, understood, I condemnavi condemned. legitime lawfully A legal term describing a "forced share", the portion of a deceased person's estate from which the immediate family

lex artis lex dei vitae lampas

law of the skill the law of God is Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne the lamp of life the law that lex ferenda The law as it ought to be. should be borne The rule whereby a spouse cannot by deed inter vivos or the law here bequeath by testament to his or her second spouse more than lex hac edictali proclaims the amount of the smallest portion given or bequeathed to any child. lex in casu law in the event A law that only concerns one particular case. the law that has lex lata The law as it is. been borne lex loci law of the place law that has not lex non scripta Unwritten law, or common law. been written lex orandi, lex the law of prayer credendi is the law of faith law of lex parsimoniae also known as Occam's Razor. succinctness A principle of government advocating a rule by law rather than by men. The phrase originated as a double entendre in lex rex the law [is] king the title of Samuel Rutherford's controversial book Lex, Rex (1644), which espoused a theory of limited government and constitutionalism. lex scripta written law Statute law. Contrasted with lex non scripta. the law of lex talionis Retributive justice (cf. an eye for an eye). retaliation Name of musical composition by popular Maltese electronic lex tempus time is the law music artist Ray Buttigieg Used in the movie Event Horizon (1997), where it is translated as "save yourself (from hell)". It is initially libera te tutemet Free yourself misheard as liberate me (free me), but is later corrected. (ex inferis) (from hell) Libera te is often mistakenly merged into liberate, which would necessitate a plural pronoun instead of the singular tutemet (which is an emphatic form of tu, you). Libertas Justitia Liberty Justice Motto of the Korea University. Veritas Truth Libertas Quae freedom which Thus, "liberty even when it comes late". Motto of Minas Sera Tamen [is] however late Gerais, Brazil. Libertas Liberty Security Motto of the Frontex. Securitas Justitia Justice libra (lb) scales Literally "balance". Its abbreviation, lb, is used as a unit of

cannot be disinherited. From the French hritier legitime (rightful heir). The rules that regulate a professional duty.

weight, the pound. in the place cited More fully written in loco citato. See also opere citato. The most typical or classic case of something; quotation locus classicus a classic place which most typifies its use. Used in philology to indicate that subsequent mistakes in the tradition of the text have made a passage so corrupted as to place of discourage any attempt of correction. The passage is marked locus deperditus (irremediable) by a crux desperationis (""). Somehow close in meaning to loss the modern English expression lost in translation.[citation needed] loco citato (lc)
[dubious discuss]

A medical term to describe a location on or in a body that offers little resistance to infection, damage, or injury. For example, a weakened place that tends to be reinjured. locus standi A right to stand A right to appear before court. A mangled fragment from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On the Limits of Good and Evil, 45 BC), used as sorrow itself, typographer's filler to show fonts (a.k.a. greeking). An lorem ipsum pain for its own approximate literal translation of lorem ipsum might be sake "sorrow itself", as the term is from dolorum ipsum quia, meaning "sorrow because of itself", or less literally, "pain for its own sake". Let your light May be found in Matthew Ch. 5 V. 16. Popular as a school luceat lux vestra shine motto. We follow the lucem sequimur Motto of the University of Exeter, United Kingdom light Motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle I struggle and luctor et emergo against the sea, and the Athol Murray College of Notre emerge Dame. From late 4th-century grammarian Honoratus Maurus, who sought to mock implausible word origins such as those proposed by Priscian. A pun based on the word lucus (dark lucus a non [it is] a grove by grove) having a similar appearance to the verb lucere (to lucendo not being light shine), arguing that the former word is derived from the latter word because of a lack of light in wooded groves. Often used as an example of absurd etymology. the wolf in the With the meaning "speak of the wolf, and he will come". lupus in fabula story Occurs in Terence's play Adelphoe. lupus non a wolf does not mordet lupum bite a wolf lux et lex light and law Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of lux et veritas light and truth several institutions. light from lux ex tenebris Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing. darkness lux hominum light the life of Motto of the University of New Mexico locus minoris resistentiae place of less resistance

vita lux in Domino lux libertas

man light in the Lord Motto of the Ateneo de Manila University light, liberty Motto of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Light of the lux mentis lux mind, light of the Motto of Sonoma State University orbis world A more literal Latinization of the phrase "let there be light", the most common translation of fiat lux ("let light arise", literally "let light be made"), which in turn is the Latin lux sit let there be light 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. Your Light lux tua nos ducat Motto of St. Julian's School, Carcavelos, Portugal[25] Guides Us lux, veritas, light, truth, Motto of Northeastern University virtus courage

M
Latin Translation Notes Macte animo! Young, cheer up! Motto of Academia da Fora Area(Air Force Generose puer sic This is the way to the Academy) of the Brazilian Air Force itur ad astra skies. Canonical medieval reference to Aristotle, precluding magister dixit the teacher has said it further discussion Set of documents from 1215 between Pope Innocent Magna Carta Great Charter III, King John of England, and English barons. Common Latin honor, above cum laude and below magna cum laude with great praise summa cum laude magna est vis great is the power of consuetudinis habit Magna Europa est Great Europe is Our Political motto of pan-Europeanists (cf. Ave Europa Patria Nostra Fatherland nostra vera Patria) magno cum gaudio with great joy magnum opus great work Said of someone's masterpiece greater things are Used to indicate that it is the moment to address more maiora premunt pressing important, urgent, issues. Said of an act done with knowledge of its illegality, or mala fide in bad faith with intention to defraud or mislead someone. Opposite of bona fide. Also used ironically, e.g.: New teachers know all mala tempora bad times are upon us tricks used by pupils to copy from classmates? Oh, currunt mala tempora currunt!.

male captus bene detentus malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium

wrongly captured, An illegal arrest will not prejudice the subsequent properly detained detention/trial. I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery Alludes to the apple of Eris in the Judgement of Paris, the mythological cause of the Trojan War. It is also a pun based on the near-homonymous word malum malum discordiae apple of discord (evil). The word for "apple" has a long vowel in Latin and the word for "evil" a short a vowel, but they are normally written the same. A legal term meaning that something is inherently malum in se wrong in itself wrong (cf. malum prohibitum). wrong due to being A legal term meaning that something is only wrong malum prohibitum prohibited because it is against the law. malum quo the more common an communius eo evil is, the worse it is peius A phrase from Virgil's Aeneid, VI.883, mourning the manibus date lilia give lilies with full death of Marcellus, Augustus' nephew. Quoted by plenis hands Dante as he leaves Virgil in Purgatory, XXX.21, echoed by Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass III, 6. manu militari with a military hand Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal With the implication of "signed by one's hand". Its abbreviated form is sometimes used at the end of typewritten or printed documents or official notices, manu propria with one's own hand (m.p.) directly following the name of the person(s) who "signed" the document exactly in those cases where there isn't an actual handwritten signature. Originally used as the name of a ship in the Marathon game series, its usage has spread. In the PlayStation game, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, the phrase was written in blood on the walls of a vampire's feeding room. It is assumed that one of the dying victims manus celer Dei the swift hand of God wrote it with his fingers. After the game's main character surveys the bloody room, associative logic dictates that the phrase was to deify both the vampire's wrath on shackled, powerless humans and the boundless slaughter of his victims. famous quote from The Pumpkinification of Claudius, manus manum one hand washes the ascribed to Seneca the Younger.[26] It implies that one lavat other situation helps the other. In law, a sea under the jurisdiction of one nation and mare clausum closed sea closed to all others. mare liberum free sea In law, a sea open to international shipping

mare nostrum Mater Dei mater facit mater familias

our sea Mother of God Mother Does It the mother of the family

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 female head of a family. See pater familias.

a Roman-law principle which has the power of praesumptio iuris et de iure, meaning that no counterMater semper The mother is always evidence can be made against this principle (literally: certa est certain Presumed there is no counter evidence and by the law). Its meaning is that the mother of the child is always known. The branch of medical science concerned with the materia medica medical matter study of drugs used in the treatment of disease. Also, the drugs themselves. Less literally, "my foot itches". Refers to a trivial situation or person that is being a bother, possibly in it annoys me at the me vexat pede the sense of wishing to kick that thing away or, such foot 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 mea culpa my fault inherently flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (my greatest fault). mea navis A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by My hovercraft is full aricumbens the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by Monty of eels anguillis abundat Python. A well-known sequence, falsely attributed to Notker media vita in In the midst of our during the Middle Ages. It was translated by Cranmer morte sumus lives we die and became a part of the burial service in the funeral rites of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Used erroneously as Mediolanum Capta Est by the Mediolanum Milan has been black metal band Mayhem as an album title. captum est captured Mediolanum was an ancient city in present-day Milan, Italy. Carrying the connotation of "always better". The meliora better things motto of the University of Rochester. A relatively common recent Latinization from the joke Melita, domi phrasebook Latin for All Occasions. Grammatically Honey, I'm home! adsum correct, but the phrase would be anachronistic in ancient Rome. memento mori remember that [you remember your mortality

memento vivere meminerunt omnia amantes memores acti prudentes futuri

will] die remember to live lovers remember all

mindful of what has Thus, both remembering the past and foreseeing the been done, aware of future. From the North Hertfordshire District Council what will be coat of arms. From Virgil. Motto of Rossall School, the University the mind moves the mens agitat molem of Oregon, the University of Warwick and the mass Eindhoven University of Technology. Motto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and mens et manus mind and hand also of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Also "culprit mind". A term used in discussing the mens rea guilty mind mindset of an 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 Salamanca, there is Miles Gloriosus Glorious Soldier 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 qui innocent who spares parcit nocentibus the guilty mirabile dictu wonderful to tell A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful mirabile visu wonderful to see event/happening. Latin Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV, line 112, "he" He approves of the miscerique probat referring to the great Roman god, who approved of the mingling of the populos et foedera settlement of Romans in Africa. Old Motto of peoples and their jungi Trinidad and Tobago, and used in the novel A Bend in bonds of union the River by V. S. Naipaul. misera est servitus miserable is that state ubi jus est aut of slavery in which Quoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James incognitum aut the law is unknown or Boswell on Vicious intromission. vagum uncertain miserabile visu terrible by the sight A terrible happening or event. A phrase within the Gloria in Excelsis Deo and the miserere nobis have mercy upon us Agnus Dei, to be used at certain points in Christian religious ceremonies. missit me Dominus the Lord has sent me A phrase used by Jesus.

mittimus mobilis in mobili

we send

A warrant of commitment to prison, or an instruction for a jailer to hold someone in prison.

modus morons
(Dog Latin)

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

modus operandi
(M.O.)

Loosely "method of affirming", a logical rule of inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and P, then one can conclude Q. Loosely "method of denying", a logical rule of modus tollens method of removing inference stating that from propositions if P then Q and not Q, then one can conclude not P. An accommodation between disagreeing parties to modus vivendi method of living allow life to go on. A practical compromise. montaini semper mountaineers [are] State motto of West Virginia, adopted in 1872. liberi always free Montis Insignia Badge of the Rock of Calpe Gibraltar more ferarum like beasts used to describe any sexual act in the manner of beasts morior invictus death before defeat morituri nolumus we who are about to From Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero mori die don't want to Used once in Suetonius' De Vita Caesarum 5, (Divus Claudius), chapter 21[27], by the condemned prisoners manning galleys about to take part in a mock naval morituri te those who are about battle on Lake Fucinus in AD 52. Popular salutant to die salute you misconception ascribes it as a gladiator's salute. See also: Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant and Naumachia. mors certa, hora death is certain, its incerta hour is uncertain mors omnibus death to all Signifies anger and depression. From medieval Latin, it indicates that battle for mors tua vita mea your death, my life survival, where your defeat is necessary for my victory, survival. death conquers all" or mors vincit omnia An axiom often found on headstones. "death always wins morte magis old age should rather from Juvenal in his 'Satires' metuenda senectus be feared than death modus ponens

mortui vivos docent

Used to justify dissections of human cadavers in order to understand the cause of death. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known you are flogging a as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). mortuum flagellas dead Criticising one who will not be affected in any way by the criticism. an unwritten code of laws and conduct, of the the custom of our Romans. It institutionalized cultural traditions, mos maiorum ancestors societal mores, and general policies, as distinct from specific laws. Or "by his own accord." Identifies a class of papal motu proprio on his own initiative documents, administrative papal bulls. From Gerhard Gerhards' (1466-1536) [better known mulgere hircum to milk a male goat as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Attempting the impossible. "Part of a comic definition of woman" from the Mulier est hominis Altercatio Hadriani Augusti et Secundi.[28] Famously Woman is man's ruin. confusio. quoted by Chauntecleer in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Say much in few multa paucis words multis e gentibus from many peoples, Motto of Saskatchewan. vires strength multitudo a multitude of the From the Vulgate, Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. Motto sapientium sanitas wise is the health of of the University of Victoria. orbis the world Conciseness. The motto of Rutland, a county in central England. multum in parvo much in little
Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words.

The dead teach the living

mundus senescit

the world grows old the world wants to be mundus vult decipi From James Branch Cabell. deceived this one defends and munit haec et the other one Motto of Nova Scotia. altera vincit conquers after changing what mutatis mutandis Thus, "with the appropriate changes". needed to be changed

N
Latin nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de Translation Notes The unborn is deemed Refers to a situation where an unborn child is to have been born to deemed to be entitled to certain inheritance rights. the extent that his own

commodis eius agitur natura abhorret a vacuo

inheritance is concerned nature abhors a vacuum Pseudo-explanation for why a liquid will climb up a tube to fill a vacuum, often given before the discovery of atmospheric pressure. Cf. Leucippus: "Everything that happens does so for a reason and of necessity." That is, the natural world is not sentimental or compassionate. Shortened form of "sicut natura nil facit per saltum ita nec lex" (just as nature does nothing by a leap, so neither does the law), referring to both nature and the legal system moving gradually. A famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all organisms bear relationships on all sides, their forms changing gradually from one species to the next. From Philosophia Botanica (1751). Sir Isaac Newton's famous quote, defining foundation of all modern sciences. Can be found in his Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the Portsmouth Collection in the University Library, Cambridge, 1978 edition. Based on Servius' commentary on Virgil's Georgics (3:96): "turpis non est quia per naturam venit."

natura nihil frustra nature does nothing in facit vain natura non nature is not saddened contristatur natura non facit saltum ita nec lex natura non facit saltus nature does not make a leap, thus neither does the law nature makes no leaps

Nature is exceedingly Natura valde simplex simple and est et sibi consona harmonious with itself. naturalia non sunt turpia naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret. What is natural is not dirty.

You may drive out You must take the basic nature of something into Nature with a account. pitchfork, yet she still - Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle iv, line 24. will hurry back. navigare necesse est Attributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus Pompeius, who, to sail is necessary; to vivere non est during a severe storm, commanded sailors to bring live is not necessary necesse food from Africa to Rome. Also nec plus ultra or non plus ultra. A descriptive phrase meaning the best or most extreme example of something. The Pillars of Hercules, for example, were literally the nec plus ultra of the ancient Mediterranean world. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V's heraldic emblem reversed this idea, ne plus ultra nothing more beyond using a 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, nec Neither to the right Do not get distracted. Motto for Bishop Cotton

sinistrorsum nec spe, nec metu nec tamen consumebatur nec temere nec timide neca eos omnes, deus suos agnoscet nemine contradicente (nem.
con.)

nor to the left without hope, without fear

Boys' School and the Bishop Cotton Girls' School, both located in Bangalore, India.

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

nemo me impune lacessit

nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit nemo nisi per No one learns except Used to imply that one must like a subject in order amicitiam by friendship to study it. cognoscitur The short and more common form of "Nemo enim nemo saltat sobrius Nobody dances sober fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit", "Nobody dances sober, unless he is completely insane." nemo tenetur no one is bound to A maxim banning mandatory self-incrimination. seipsum accusare accuse himself Near-synonymous with accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo. Similar phrases include: nemo

Refers to the Burning Bush of Exodus 3:2. Motto of many Presbyterian churches throughout the world, including Australia. neither reckless nor The motto of the Dutch 11th Air Manoeuvre timid Brigade kill them all, God will alternate rendition of Caedite eos. Novit enim know his own. Dominus qui sunt eius. by Arnaud Amalric. Less literally, "without dissent". Used especially in with no one speaking committees, where a matter may be passed nem. against con., or unanimously. no one gives what he Thus, "none can pass better title than they have". 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 Legal principle that no individual can preside over no man shall be a a hearing in which he holds a specific interest or judge in his own cause bias. Also translated to "no peace for the wicked." peace visits not the Refers to the inherent psychological issues that guilty mind plague bad/guilty people. Motto of the Order of the Thistle, and consequently of Scotland, found stamped on the milled edge of no one provokes me certain British pound sterling coins. It is also the with impunity motto of the Montressors in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Cask of Amontillado". Motto of the San Beda College Beta Sigma Fraternity. No mortal is wise at The wisest may make mistakes. all times and yet it was not consumed

tenetur armare adversarium contra se (no one is bound to arm an opponent against himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to in any way assist the prosecutor to his own detriment; nemo tenetur edere instrumenta contra se (no one is bound to produce documents against himself, meaning that a defendant is not obligated to provide materials to be used against himself (this is true in Roman law and has survived in modern criminal law, but no longer applies in modern civil law); and nemo tenere prodere seipsum (no one is bound to betray himself), meaning that a defendant is not obligated to testify against himself. In war, it is essential to be able to purchase nervos belli, Endless money forms supplies and to pay troops (as Napoleon put it, "An pecuniam infinitam the sinews of war army marches on its stomach"). nothing to do with the nihil ad rem That is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential. point nothing achieved nihil boni sine labore Motto of Palmerston North Boys' High School without hard work In law, a declination by a defendant to answer nihil dicit he says nothing charges or put in a plea. Or just "nothing new". The phrase exists in two versions: as nihil novi sub sole (nothing new under the sun), from the Vulgate, and as nihil novi nisi nihil novi nothing of the new commune consensu (nothing new unless by the common consensus), a 1505 law of the Polish Lithuanian 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 nihil obstat nothing prevents found nothing objectionable to faith or morals in its content. See also imprimatur. The motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled Nihil sine Deo Nothing without God by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (1878 1947). Nihil Ultra Nothing Beyond The motto of St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. be surprised at Motto of the Fitzgibbon family. See John nil admirari nothing FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare nothing must be nil desperandum That is, "never despair". despaired at Nil igitur est mors ad Death, therefore, is Written in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura nos nothing to us. (Concerning the nature of things) nil mortalibus ardui nothing is impossible From Horace's Odes. Motto of Rathkeale College, est for humankind New Zealand.

nil nisi bonum

(about the dead say) nothing unless (it is) good

Short for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, "Don't speak ill of anyone who has died". Also "Nil magnum nisi bonum" (nothing is great unless good), motto of St Catherine's School, Toorak, Pennant Hills High School and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School.

no terror, except to the The motto of The King's School, Macclesfield. bad nil per os, rarely non nothing through the Medical shorthand indicating that oral foods and per os (n.p.o.) mouth fluids should be withheld from the patient. nothing [is] enough Motto of Everton F.C., residents of Goodison Park, nil satis nisi optimum unless [it is] the best Liverpool. Motto of Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane nothing without nil sine labore Girls Grammar School, Greenwich Public School, labour and Victoria School Or "nothing without providence". State motto of Colorado, adopted in 1861. Probably derived from nothing without the Virgil's Aeneid Book II, line 777, "non haec sine nil sine numine divine will numine divum eveniunt" (these things 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 civitatem if not the Lord, [it is] nisi Dominus frustra frustra vigilavit qui custodit" (unless the Lord in vain builds the house, they work on a useless thing who build it; unless the Lord guards the community, he keeps watch in vain who guards it). The motto of Edinburgh. In England, a direction that a case be brought up to Westminster for trial before a single judge and nisi prius unless previously jury. In the United States, a court where civil actions are tried by a single judge sitting with a jury, as distinguished from an appellate court. From Ovid's Amores, III.4:17. It means that when we are denied of something, we will eagerly pursue We strive for the nitimur in vetitum the denied thing. Used by Friedrich Nietzsche in forbidden his Ecce Homo to indicate that his philosophy pursues what is forbidden to other philosophers. nolens volens unwilling, willing That is, "whether unwillingly or willingly". Sometimes rendered volens nolens, aut nolens aut volens or nolentis volentis. Similar to willy-nilly, nil nisi malis terrori

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 noli me tangere do not touch me the Gospel of John, this was said by Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection. That is, "Don't upset my calculations!" Said by Archimedes to a Roman soldier who, despite noli turbare circulos Do not disturb my having been given orders not to, killed Archimedes meos circles! at the conquest of Syracuse, Sicily. The soldier was executed for his act. From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood "nolite te bastardes "Don't let the bastards the protagonist (Offred) finds the phrase carborundorum" grind you down inscribed on the inside of her wardrobe. One of (Dog Latin) many variants of Illegitimi non carborundum. A legal motion by a prosecutor or other plaintiff to to be unwilling to nolle prosequi drop legal charges, usually in exchange for a prosecute diversion program or out-of-court settlement. That is, "no contest". A plea that can be entered on behalf of a defendant in a court that states that the I do not wish to nolo contendere accused doesn't admit guilt, but will accept contend punishment for a crime. Nolo contendere pleas cannot be used as evidence in another trial. A scientific name of unknown or doubtful nomen dubium doubtful name application. nomen est omen the name is a sign Thus, "true to its name". I do not know the nomen nescio (N.N.) Thus, the name or person in question is unknown. name A purported scientific name that does not fulfill the nomen nudum naked name proper formal criteria and therefore cannot be used unless it is subsequently proposed correctly. not twice in the same non bis in idem A legal principle forbidding double jeopardy. thing Also known as the "questionable cause" or "false not the cause for the non causa pro causa cause". Refers to any logical fallacy where a cause cause is incorrectly identified. See compos mentis. Also rendered non compos sui not in control of the (not in control of himself). Samuel Johnson, author non compos mentis mind of the first English dictionary, theorized that the word nincompoop may derive from this phrase. non constat it is not certain Used to explain scientific phenomena and religious advocations, for example in medieval history, for rulers to issue a 'Non Constat' decree, banning the worship of a holy figure. In legal context, occasionally a backing for nulling information that

non ducor, duco non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum non impediti ratione cogitationis non in legendo sed in intelligendo legis consistunt non liquet non loqui sed facere non mihi solum

Non nobis Domine

non nobis solum

non obstante veredicto non olet non omnis moriar non plus ultra non possumus non progredi est regredi

was presented by an attorney. Without any tangible proof, Non constat information is difficult to argue for. Motto of So Paulo city, Brazil. See also pro I am not led; I lead Brasilia fiant eximia. you should not make More simply, "don't do wrong to do right". The evil in order that good direct opposite of the phrase "the ends justify the may be made from it means". unencumbered by the motto of radio show Car Talk thought process the laws depend not on being read, but on being understood Also "it is not clear" or "it is not evident". A it is not proven sometimes controversial decision handed down by a judge when they feel that the law is not complete. Motto of the University of Western Australia's not talk but action Engineering faculty student society. 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 to the high Episcopal Church of the ordinary Anglican 'Not to us (oh) Lord' 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 solum nati sumus (we are not born not for ourselves for ourselves alone). Motto of Lower Canada alone College, Montreal and University College, Durham University. A judgment notwithstanding verdict, a legal motion not standing in the asking the court to reverse the jury's verdict on the way of a verdict grounds that the jury could not have reached such a verdict reasonably. it doesn't smell See pecunia non olet. "Not all of me will die", a phrase expressing the I shall not all die belief that a part of the speaker will survive beyond death. nothing further the ultimate beyond not possible to not go forward is to go backward

A judgment in favor of a defendant when the plaintiff failed to 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 vitae discimus school, but for life. University. Used in the sense "what matters is not who says it but what he says" a warning against ad hominem non quis sed quid not who but what arguments. Also, motto 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 internally non sequitur it does not follow 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 non serviam I will not serve as Satan's statement of disobedience to God, though in the original context the quote is attributed to Israel, not Satan. non sibi Not for self. A slogan used by many schools and universities. Engraved on the doors of the United States Naval Not for self, but for non sibi, sed patriae Academy chapel. Also the motto of the USS Country. Halyburton (FFG-40) Not for one's self but A slogan used by many schools and universities. non sibi, sed suis for one's own. Including Tulane University. non sic dormit, sed Sleeps not but is Martin Luther on mortality of the soul. vigilat awake Not for self, but for non silba, sed others; God will A slogan used by the Ku Klux Klan. anthar; Deo vindice vindicate. Or "I am not the kind of person I once was". non sum qualis eram I am not such as I was Expresses a change in the speaker. non teneas aurum Do not hold as gold Also, "All that glitters is not gold." Parabolae. Also totum quod splendet all that shines as gold. used by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. ut aurum This is the phrase printed on the Colt, in non timebo mala I will fear no evil Supernatural. non vestra sed vos Not yours but you Motto of St Chad's College, Durham. Not through violence, Martin Luther on Catholic church reform. (see non vi, sed verbo but through the word Protestant Reformation) alone nosce te ipsum know thyself From Cicero, based on the Greek (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. A non-traditional Latin non prosequitur he does not proceed

noster nostri nosus decipio nota bene (n.b.) novus ordo seclorum nulla dies sine 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

rendering, temet nosce (thine own self know), is translated in The Matrix as "know thyself". Literally "Our ours" Approximately "Our hearts beat as one." As translated in Amazing Grace (2006 film), "we we cheat cheat." From verb decipere: to ensnare, trap, beguile, deceive, cheat. mark well That is, "please note" or "note it well". From Virgil. Motto on the Great Seal of the United new order of the ages States. Similar to Novus Ordo Mundi (New World Order). Not a day without a Pliny the Elder attributes this maxim to Apelles, an line drawn. ancient Greek artist. Refers to the legal principle that one cannot be no penalty without a punished for doing something that is not prohibited law by law, and is related to Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali. For the tenacious, no Motto of the Dutch car builder Spyker. road is impassable. That is, "nothing". It has been theorized that this expression is the origin of Italian nulla, French no thing born rien, and Spanish and Portuguese nada, all with the same meaning. Motto of the Coldstream Guards and Nine second to none Squadron Royal Australian Corps of Transport and the Pretoria Regiment. On the word of no Motto of the Royal Society. man Legal principle meaning that one cannot be no crime, no penalised for doing something that is not prohibited punishment without a by law. It also means that penal law cannot be previous penal law enacted retroactively. There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness No Funeral Without a Motto of the Guild of Funerary Violinists. Fiddle The motto of the University of WisconsinGod our light Madison. The motto of Elon University. A method to limit the number of students who may closed number study at a university. Motto of the Korps Commandotroepen, Dutch elite now or never special forces. beginning of the Song of Simeon, from the Gospel now you send of Luke.

nunc est bibendum nunc pro tunc nunc scio quid sit amor nunquam minus solus quam cum solus nunquam non paratus

now is the time to drink now for then

Carpe-Diem-type phrase from the Odes of Horace, Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus (Now is the time to drink, now the time to dance footloose upon the earth). Something that has retroactive effect, is effective from an earlier date.

now I know what love From Virgil, Eclogues VIII. is never less alone than when alone. never unprepared frequently used as motto

O
Notes attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman o homines ad Emperor Tiberius, in disgust at the servile attitude of men fit to be slaves! servitutem paratos Roman senators; said of those who should be leaders but instead slavishly follow the lead of others Oh, the times! Oh, also translated "What times! What customs!"; from o tempora, o mores the morals! Cicero, Catilina I, 1, 2 "He/she died", inscription on gravestones; ob. also obiit (ob.) one died sometimes stands for obiter (in passing or incidentally) The old woman dies, obit anus, abit onus Arthur Schopenhauer 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 a thing said in thus neither requiring his decision nor serving as a obiter dictum passing precedent, but nevertheless of persuasive authority. In general, any comment, remark or observation made in passing Forget private Roman political saying which reminds that common obliti privatorum, affairs, take care of good should be given priority over private matters publica curate public ones for any person 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 means of the more obscurius explain; synonymous with ignotum per ignotius obscure obtorto collo with a twisted neck unwillingly Latin Translation

oculus dexter (O.D.) right eye oculus sinister (O.S.) left eye oderint dum metuant let them hate, so long as they fear

Ophthalmologist shorthand 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

odi et amo

I hate and I love

I hate the unholy odi profanum vulgus rabble and keep et arceo them away odium theologicum theological hatred

name for the special hatred generated in theological disputes from Erasmus' (14661536) collection of annotated oleum camino (pour) oil on the fire Adagia omne ignotum pro every unknown thing or "everything unknown appears magnificent" magnifico [is taken] for great Omnes homines sunt All men are donkeys a sophismata proposed and solved by Albert of asini vel homines et or men and donkeys Saxony (philosopher) asini sunt asini are donkeys omnes vulnerant, postuma necat or all [the hours] usual in clocks, reminding the reader of death omnes feriunt, wound, last one kills ultima necat motto for Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, omnia cum deo all with God Victoria, Australia or "everything sounds more impressive when said in everything said [is] omnia dicta fortiora Latin"; a more common phrase with the same stronger if said in si dicta Latina meaning is quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur Latin (whatever said in Latin, seems profound) motto for The Evergreen State College, Olympia, omnia extares! Let it all hang out! Washington, USA[29] omnia mutantur, everything changes, Ovid (43 BC 17 AD), Metamorphoses, book XV, nihil interit nothing perishes line 165 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 every living thing is foundational concept of modern biology, opposing omne vivum ex ovo from an egg the theory of spontaneous generation omnia munda everything [is] pure from The New Testament mundis to the pure [men]

omnia praesumuntur legitime facta donec probetur in contrarium

all things are presumed to be lawfully done, until in other words, "innocent until proven guilty" it is shown [to be] in the reverse motto of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, usually omnibus idem the same to all accompanied by a 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 traditor traitor reader should take heed of unavoidable imperfections omnis vir tigris everyone a tiger motto of the 102nd Intelligence Wing miscellaneous collection or assortment; often used omnium gatherum gathering of all 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 operari sequitur esse something follows possible act if there is not being: being is absolutely the act of being necessary for any other act in the work that was used in academic works when referring again to the opere citato (op. cit.) cited last source mentioned or used doing what you believe is morally right through opere et viritate in action and truth everyday actions opere laudato (op. See opere citato
laud.)

operibus anteire ophidia in herba opus anglicanum Opus Dei ora et labora ora pro nobis oratio directa oratio obliqua orbis non sufficit

leading the way with to speak with actions instead of words deeds a snake in the grass any hidden danger or unknown risk fine embroidery, especially used to describe church English work vestments The Work of God Catholic organisation Completely this principle of the Benedictine monasteries reads: "Ora et labora (et put), Deus adest pray and work sine mora." "Pray and work (and reads), God is (or: God helps) without delay." pray for us "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus" direct speech expressions from Latin grammar indirect speech the world does not from Satires of Juvenal (Book IV/10), referring to

Alexander the Great; James Bond's adopted family motto in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service; suffice or the world it made a brief appearance in the film adaptation of is not enough the same name and was later used as the title of the nineteenth James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough. orbis unum one world seen in The Legend of Zorro out of chaos, comes ordo ab chao one of the oldest mottos of Craft Freemasonry.[30] order Let us pray, one for Popular salutation for Roman Catholic clergy at the oremus pro invicem the other; let us pray beginning or ending of a letter or note. Usually for each other abbreviated OPI. orta recens quam newly risen, how Motto of New South Wales. pura nites brightly you shine

P
Latin pace pace tua pacta sunt servanda palma non sine pulvere palmam qui meruit ferat panem et circenses Translation in peace Notes "With all due respect to", "with due deference to", "by leave of", or "no offense to". Used to politely acknowledge someone with whom the speaker or writer disagrees. Thus, "with your permission". Also "contracts must be honoured". Indicates the binding power of treaties.

para bellum

parens patriae Pari passu parva sub ingenti parvis imbutus

with your peace agreements must be kept no reward without Also "dare to try"; motto of numerous schools. effort let whoever wins Achievement should be rewarded motto of the University the palm bear it of Southern California. From Juvenal, Satire X, line 81. Originally described all that was needed for emperors to placate the Roman mob. bread and circuses Today used to 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 since if a country is ready for war its prepare for war enemies will not attack. Can be used to denote support or approval for a war or conflict. A public policy requiring courts to protect the best parent of the interests of any child involved in a lawsuit. See also Pater nation Patriae. with equal step Thus, "moving together", "simultaneously", etc. Implies that the weak are under the protection of the the small under the strong, rather than that they are inferior. Motto of Prince huge Edward Island. When you are Motto of Barnard Castle School, sometimes translated as

steeped in little tentabis grandia things, you shall tutus safely attempt great things. passim here and there, everywhere

"Once you have accomplished small things, you may attempt great ones safely".

pater familias

Less literally, "throughout" or "frequently". Said of a word, fact or notion that occurs several times in a cited text. Also used in 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 power over his children, wife, and father of the family slaves, though these rights dwindled over time. Derived from the phrase pater familias, an Old Latin expression preserving the archaic -as ending for the genitive case. Father Almighty father of the nation father, I have sinned A more direct translation would be "omnipotent father". Also rendered with the gender-neutral parens patriae ("parent of the nation"). The traditional beginning of a Roman Catholic confession.

Pater Omnipotens Pater Patriae pater peccavi

Similar to "quality over quantity"; though there may be few of something, at least they are of good quality. pauca sed Said to be one of Carl Gauss's favorite quotations. Used in few, but ripe matura The King and I by Rodgers and Hammerstein. pax aeterna eternal peace A common epitaph. A euphemism for the United States of America and its Pax Americana American Peace sphere of influence. Adapted from Pax Romana. A euphemism for the British Empire. Adapted from Pax Pax Britannica British Peace Romana. Used as a wish before the Holy Communion in the Pax Christi Peace of Christ Catholic Mass, also the name of the peace movement Pax Christi. Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10thpax Dei peace of God century France. Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important Pax Deorum Peace of the gods 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 Pax Domine peace, lord clergy or educated professionals. Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his pax et bonum peace and the good monastery in Assisi; translated in Italian as pace e bene. pax et justitia peace and justice Motto of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Motto of Tufts University and various schools. Also pax et lux peace and light written as "Pax et Lvx". pauca sed bona few, but good

Pax Europaea Pax Hispanica pax in terra pax maternum, ergo pax familiarum Pax Mongolica Pax Romana Pax Sinica pax tecum

European peace Spanish Peace peace on earth peace of mothers, therefore peace of families Mongolian Peace Roman Peace Chinese Peace peace be with you

Pax tibi, Marce, evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum.

Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist. Here will rest your body.

A euphemism for Europe after World War II. A euphemism for the Spanish Empire. Specifically can mean the twenty-three years of supreme Spanish dominance in Europe (approximately 15981621). Adapted from Pax Romana. Used to exemplify the desired state of peace on earth. If the mother is peaceful, then the family is peaceful. The opposite of the Southern American saying, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." A period of peace and prosperity in Asia during the Mongol Empire. A period of relative prosperity and lack of conflict in the early Roman Empire. A period of peace in East Asia during times of strong Chinese hegemony. (singular). Legend states that when the evangelist went to the lagoon where Venice would later be founded, an angel came and said so.[31] 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.
[32]

pax vobiscum

peace [be] with you

peccavi

I have sinned

pecunia non olet

money doesn't smell

pecunia, si uti if you know how scis, ancilla est; to use money, si nescis, domina money is your slave; if you don't, money is your

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

pede poena claudo pendent opera interrupta per per angusta ad augusta

master punishment comes limping the work hangs interrupted By, through, by means of

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 through difficulties by Victor Hugo (1830). The motto of numerous to greatness educational establishments. per annum (pa.) per year Thus, "yearly"occurring every year. per ardua through adversity Motto of the British RAF Regiment. through hard work, per ardua ad Motto of University of Birmingham, Methodist Ladies' great heights are alta College, Perth. Also the motto of Clan Hannay. achieved Motto of the air force of several nations (including the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom) and of several per ardua ad through adversity schools. The phrase is used by Latin Poet Virgil in the astra to the stars Aeneid; also used in H. Rider Haggard's novel The People of the Mist. From Seneca the Younger. Motto of NASA and the South African Air Force. A common variant, ad astra per aspera ("to the stars through hardships"), is the state motto of per aspera ad through hardships Kansas. Ad Astra ("To the Stars") is the title of a magazine astra to the stars published by the National Space Society. De Profundis Ad Astra ("From the depths to the stars.") is the motto of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. "Per head", i.e., "per person", a ratio by the number of per capita by heads persons. The singular is per caput. through the small per capsulam That is, "by letter". box through the per contra Or "on the contrary" (cf. a contrario). contrary per crucem through the cross Motto of St John Fisher Catholic High School, Dewsbury. vincemus we shall conquer Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam per curiam through the senate decision. through the per definitionem Thus, "by definition". definition Thus, "per day". A specific amount of money an per diem (pd.) by day organization allows an individual to spend per day, typically for travel expenses. Per fidem Fearless through intrepidus Faith.

per mare per By Sea and by terram Land per mensem (pm.) by month per os (p.o.) through the mouth

Motto of the Royal Marines and (with small difference) of Clan Donald and the Compagnies Franches de la Marine. Thus, "per month", or "monthly". Medical shorthand for "by mouth". Used of a certain place can be traversed or reached by foot, per pedes by feet or to indicate that one is travelling by foot as opposed to by a vehicle. Also rendered per procurationem. Used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of another person. Correctly placed before the name of the person signing, but per procura (p.p.) through the agency often placed before the name of the person on whose or (per pro) behalf the document is signed, sometimes through incorrect translation of the alternative abbreviation per pro. as "for and on behalf of". In a UK legal context: "by reason of which" (as opposed to per se which requires no reasoning). In American per quod by reason of which jurisprudence often refers to a spouse's claim for loss of consortium. per rectum (pr) through the rectum Medical shorthand. See also per os. Also "by itself" or "in itself". Without referring to anything else, intrinsically, taken without qualifications, etc. A per se through itself common example is negligence per se. See also malum in se. Used in wills to indicate that each "branch" of the testator's per stirpes through the roots family should inherit equally. Contrasted with per capita. through unity, per unitatem vis Motto of Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets. strength through truth, per veritatem vis Motto of Washington University in St. Louis. strength Motto of St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School and St per volar Margaret's Anglican Girls' School The phrase is not from born to soar [sic] sunata Latin but from Dante's Purgatorio, 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 perge sequar advance, I follow with your plan, I will do my part." perpetuum thing in perpetual A musical term. Also used to refer to hypothetical mobile motion perpetual motion machines. An unwelcome, unwanted or undesirable person. In diplomatic contexts, a person rejected by the host persona non government. The reverse, persona grata ("pleasing person not pleasing grata person"), is less common, and refers to a diplomat acceptable to the government of the country to which he is sent.

Begging the question, a logical fallacy in which a proposition to be proved is implicitly or explicitly assumed in one of the premises. pia desideria pious longings Or "dutiful desires". Or "dutiful deceit". Expression from Ovid. Used to pia fraus pious fraud describe deception which serves Church purposes. Or "tender mother". Translated into Latin from Arabic. pia mater pious mother The delicate innermost of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Thus, "he painted this" or "she painted this". Formerly pinxit one painted used on works of art, next to the artist's name. Latin proverb, attributed by Erasmus to Greek origin piscem natare teach fish to swim ( ); corollary Chinese idiom ( docem ) placet it pleases expression of assent. The first-person plural pronoun when used by an important pluralis plural of majesty personage to refer to himself or herself; also known as the majestatis "royal we". Frequently found on Roman funerary inscriptions to plus minusve more or less (p.m.v.) denote that the age of a decedent is approximate. The national motto of Spain and a number of other plus ultra further beyond institutions. Motto of the Colombian National Armada. pollice goodwill decided Life was spared with a thumb tucked inside a closed fist, compresso favor by compressed simulating a sheathed weapon. Conversely, a thumb up iudicabatur thumb meant to unsheath your sword. Used by Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated with a turned gladiator. The type of gesture used is uncertain. Also the pollice verso thumb name of a famous painting depicting gladiators by JeanLon Grme. Polonia Restituta Rebirth of Poland Any obstacle that stupid people find hard to cross. pons asinorum bridge of asses Originally used of Euclid's Fifth Proposition in geometry. Or "Supreme Pontiff". Originally an office in the Roman Republic, later a title held by Roman Emperors, and later a traditional epithet of the pope. The pontifices were the Pontifex Greatest High most important priestly college of the religion in ancient Maximus Priest Rome; their name is usually thought to derive from pons facere ("to make a bridge"), which in turn is usually linked to their religious authority over the bridges of Rome, especially the Pons Sublicius. Thus, to be able to be made into part of a retinue or force. to have the right to posse comitatus In common law, a sheriff's right to compel people to assist an armed retinue law enforcement in unusual situations. after it or by means Causality between two phenomena is not established (cf. post aut propter of it post hoc, ergo propter hoc). petitio principii request of the beginning

post cibum (p.c.) after food post coitum After sex After sexual post coitum intercourse every omne animal animal is sad, triste est sive except the cock gallus et mulier (rooster) and the woman post hoc ergo propter hoc post festum post meridiem
(p.m.)

Medical shorthand for "after meals" (cf. ante cibum). After sexual intercourse. Or: triste est omne animal post coitum, praeter mulierem gallumque. Attributed to Galen of Pergamum.[33]

A logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing after this, therefore happening after another thing means that the first thing because of this caused the second. The title of a West Wing episode. after the feast Too late, or after the fact. after midday The period from noon to midnight (cf. ante meridiem). Usually rendered postmortem. Not to be confused with post meridiem. The phrase is used in legal terminology in the context of intellectual property rights, especially copyright, which commonly lasts until a certain number of years after the author's death. Motto of the University of Zulia, Venezuela.

post mortem (pm) after death Post mortem auctoris (p.m.a.) post nubila phoebus post prandial after the author's death after the clouds, the sun after the time before midday

Refers to the time after any meal. Usually rendered postprandial. A postscript. Used to mark additions to a letter, after the after what has been post scriptum signature. Can be extended to post post scriptum (p.p.s.), (p.s.) written etc. post tenebras Motto of the Protestant Reformation inscribed on the lux, or post after darkness, [I Reformation Wall in Geneva from Vulgata, Job 17:12. tenebras spero hope for] light Former motto of Chile; motto of Robert College of lucem Istanbul. we grow in the postera crescam esteem of future Motto of the University of Melbourne. laude generations praemonitus forewarned is praemunitus forearmed Lead in order to praesis ut prosis serve, not in order Motto of Lancaster Royal Grammar School. ne ut imperes to rule. praeter legem after the law Legal terminology, international law. Praga Caput Prague, Head of Motto of Praha from Middle Ages. Regni the Kingdom Praga Caput Rei Prague, Head of Motto of Praha from 1991. publicae the Republic Praga mater Prague, Mother of Motto of Praha from 1927.

urbium Praga totius Bohemiae domina

Cities Prague, the mistress of the Former motto of Praha. whole of Bohemia Motto of Burnley Football Club; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 4.739 (Latin/English): "The Tale of pretiumque et The prize and the Perseus and Andromeda": resoluta catenis incedit virgo, causa laboris cause of our labour pretiumque et causa laboris. ("freed of her chains the virgin approaches, cause and reward of the enterprise.") Used to designate evidence in a trial which is suggestive, prima facie at first sight but not conclusive, of something (e.g., a person's guilt). prima luce at dawn Literally "at first light". I am a primate; primas sum: A sentence by the American anthropologist Earnest nothing about primatum nil a Hooton and the slogan of primatologists and lovers of the primates is outside me alienum puto primates. of my bailiwick primum mobile first moving thing Or "first thing able to be moved". See primum movens. Or "first moving one". A common theological term, such as in the cosmological argument, based on the assumption that God was the first entity to "move" or "cause" primum movens prime mover anything. Aristotle was one of the first philosophers to discuss the "uncaused cause", a hypothetical originator and violatorof causality. A medical precept. Often falsely attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, though its true source is probably a primum non paraphrase from Hippocrates' Epidemics, where he wrote, first, to not harm nocere "Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things: to help, or at least to do no harm." primus inter first among equals A title of the Roman Emperors (cf. princeps). pares principia principles prove; Fundamental principles require no proof; they are assumed probant non they are not proved a priori. probantur prior tempore earlier in time, A legal principle that older laws take precedent over newer potior iure stronger in law ones. Another name for this principle is lex posterior. For God and The motto of the Royal Queensland Regiment, and many pro aris et focis country other regiments. Often abbreviated pro bono. Work undertaken voluntarily pro bono publico for the public good at no expense, such as public services. Often used of a lawyer's work that is not charged for. let exceptional pro Brasilia fiant things be made for Motto of So Paulo state, Brazil. eximia Brazil pro Deo et Patria For God and One of the mottos of Lyceum of the Philippines University

Country for (ones own) pro domo home or house pro Ecclesia, pro For Church, For Texana Texas pro fide et patria pro forma pro gloria et patria pro hac vice pro multis for faith and fatherland for form for glory and fatherland for this occasion for many

and many other institutions. serving the interests of a given perspective or for the benefit of a given group. Motto of Baylor University, a private Christian Baptist university in Waco, Texas. Motto of the originally Irish Muldoon family and of several schools, such as the Diocesan College (Bishops) in in Cape Town, South Africa, and All Hallows High School in the Bronx, New York. Or "as a matter of form". Prescribing a set form or procedure, or performed in a set manner. Motto of Prussia Request of a state court to allow an out-of-state lawyer to represent a client. It is part of the Rite of Consecration of the wine in Western Christianity tradition, as part of the Mass. Pro Patria Medal: for operational service (minimum 55 days) in defence of the Republic South Africa or in the prevention or suppression of terrorism; issued for the Border War (counter-insurgency operations in South West Africa 196689) and for campaigns in Angola (197576 and 198788). Motto of The Royal Canadian Regiment and Royal South Australia Regiment. Motto of the United States Army Signal Corps.

pro patria

for country

pro patria vigilans pro per

watchful for the country for self

to defend oneself in court without counsel; abbreviation of propria persona. See also: pro se. pro rata for the rate i.e., proportionately. Medical shorthand for "as the occasion arises" or "as needed". Also "concerning a matter having come into pro re nata (PRN, for a thing that has being". Used to describe a meeting of a special Presbytery prn) been born or Assembly called to discuss something new, and which was previously unforeseen (literally: "concerning a matter having been born"). for king and the pro rege et lege Found on the Leeds coat of arms. law to defend oneself in court without counsel. Some pro se for oneself jurisdictions prefer, "pro per". pro studio et for study and work labore 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. pro tempore for the time Equivalent to English phrase "for the time being". Denotes

a temporary current situation. probatio pennae testing of the pen A Medieval Latin term for breaking in a new pen. I am open for Traditionally inscribed above a city gate or above the front probis pateo honest people entrance of a dwelling or place of learning. To Accomplish prodesse quam Rather Than To Be Motto of Miami University. conspici Conspicuous "by one's own propria manu (p.m.) hand". propter vitam to destroy the That is, to squander life's purpose just in order to stay vivendi perdere reasons for living alive, and live a meaningless life. From Juvenal, Satyricon causas for the sake of life VIII, verses 8384. provehito in launch forward Motto of Memorial University of Newfoundland, as well altum into the deep as of the band 30 Seconds to Mars.. proxime accessit he came next The runner-up. Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the proximo mense in the following next month. Used with ult. ("last month") and inst. ("this (prox.) month month"). pulchrum est Beauty is for the From Friedrich Nietzsche's 1895 book The Antichrist, paucorum few translated by H. L. Mencken as "Few men are noble". hominum pulvis et umbra we are dust and From Horace, Carmina book IV, 7, 16. sumus shadow punctum saliens leaping point Thus, the essential or most notable point. The salient point.

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 world Motto of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps extends what alone is not quae non prosunt useful helps when Ovid, Remedia amoris singula multa iuvant accumulated Mottos of Northwestern University and St. Francis quaecumque sunt Xavier University. Also motto of the University of whatsoever is true vera Alberta as "quaecumque vera". Taken from Phillipians 4:8 of the Bible quaecumque vera Teach me Motto of St. Joseph's College, Edmonton at the doce me whatsoever is true University of Alberta. quaere to seek Or "you might ask..." Used to suggest doubt or to ask one to consider whether something is correct. Often

introduces rhetorical or tangential questions. Also quaerite primo regnum dei. Motto of quaerite primum seek ye first the Newfoundland and Labrador. Motto of Shelford regnum Dei kingdom of God Girls' Grammar, St Columb's College, and Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. As what kind of Or "What a craftsman dies in me!" Attributed to Nero qualis artifex pereo artist do I perish? in Suetonius' De vita Caesarum. quam bene non how well, not how Motto of Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada quantum much. quam bene vivas it is how well you referre (or refert), non live that matters, Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium CI (101) quam diu not how long I.e., "[while on] good behavior." So for example the Act of Settlement 1701 stipulated that judges' as long as he shall commissions are valid quamdiu se bene gesserint quamdiu (se) bene have behaved well (during good behaviour). It was from this phrase that gesserit (legal Latin) Frank Herbert extracted the name for the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels. quantum libet (q.l.) as much as pleases Medical shorthand for "as much as you wish". as much as is Medical shorthand for "as much as needed" or "as quantum sufficit (qs) enough much as will suffice". Medical shorthand. Also quaque die (qd), "every day", quaque hora (qh) every hour quaque mane (qm), "every morning", and quaque nocte (qn), "every night". An action of trespass; thus called, by reason the writ wherefore he demands the person summoned to answer to quare clausum fregit broke the close wherefore he broke the close (quare clausum fregit), i.e. why he committed such a trespass. quater in die (qid) four times a day Medical shorthand. Whom the gods quem deus vult would destroy, perdere, dementat they first make prius insane Other translations of diligunt include "prize especially" or "esteem". From Plautus, Bacchides, IV, quem di diligunt he whom the gods 7, 18. In this comic play, a sarcastic servant says this adulescens moritur love dies young to his aging master. The rest of the sentence reads: dum valet sentit sapit ("while he is healthy, perceptive and wise"). From the Summoner's section of Chaucer's General questio quid iuris I ask what law? Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, line 648. From St. Augustine of Hippo's commentary on Psalm qui bene cantat bis he who sings well 74, 1: Qui enim cantat laudem, non solum laudat, sed orat praises twice etiam hilariter laudat ("He who sings praises, not only praises, but praises joyfully").

qui bono quid abundat non obstat qui pro quo qui tacet consentire videtur qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur qui totum vult totum perdit qui transtulit sustinet

who with good

Common nonsensical Dog Latin misrendering of the Latin phrase cui bono ("who benefits?").

quia suam uxorem etiam suspiciore vacare vellet

quid agis quid est veritas quid novi ex Africa

what is abundant It is no problem to have too much of something. doesn't hinder literally qui instead Unused in English, but common in other modern of quo (medieval languages (for instance Italian, Polish and French). Latin) Used as a noun, indicates a misunderstanding. Thus, silence gives consent. Sometimes accompanied he who is silent is by the proviso "ubi loqui debuit ac potuit", that is, taken to agree "when he ought to have spoken and was able to". Generally known as 'qui tam,' it is the technical legal he who brings an term for the unique mechanism in the federal False action for the king Claims Act that allows persons and entities with as well as for evidence of fraud against federal programs or himself contracts to sue the wrongdoer on behalf of the Government. he who wants everything loses Attributed to Seneca. everything he who Or "he who brought us across still supports us", transplanted still meaning God. State motto of Connecticut. Originally sustains written as sustinet qui 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 Pontifex Maximus, Caesar, and hosted by his second because he should wife, Pompeia, the notorious politician Clodius wish even his wife arrived in disguise. Caught by the outraged to be free from noblewomen, Clodius fled before they could kill him suspicion on the spot for sacrilege. In the ensuing trial, allegations arose that Pompeia and Clodius were having an affair, and while Caesar asserted that this was not the case and no substantial evidence arose suggesting otherwise, he nevertheless divorced, with this quotation as explanation. What's happening? What's going on? What's the What's going on? news? What's up? In the Vulgate translation of John 18:38, Pilate's question to Jesus (Greek: ;). A What is truth? possible answer is an anagram of the phrase: est vir qui adest, "it is the man who is here." What of the new Less literally, "What's new from Africa?" Derived out of Africa? from an Aristotle quotation.

Commonly shortened to quidnunc. As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip. Patrick Campbell quid nunc What now? worked for The Irish Times under the pseudonym "Quidnunc". What are we, a Commonly used by Nocera Clan. synonym - "to Quid infantes sumus bunch of babies? throw down ones gauntlet." Commonly used in English, it is also translated as "this for that" or "a thing for a thing". Signifies a quid pro quo what for what favor exchanged for a favor. The traditional Latin expression for this meaning was do ut des ("I give, so that you may give"). Or "anything said in Latin sounds profound". A recent ironic Latin phrase to poke fun at people who quidquid Latine whatever has been seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to dictum sit altum said in Latin seems make themselves sound more important or videtur deep "educated". Similar to the less common omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina. don't move settled Quieta non movere things 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 Who will guard the quis custodiet ipsos women and beginning with the word sed ("but"). guards custodes? Usually translated less literally, as "Who watches the themselves? watchmen?" This translation is a common epigraph, such as of the Tower Commission and Alan Moore's Watchmen comic book series. Who will read quis leget haec? this? who will separate Motto of the Order of St. Patrick. Motto of Northern quis separabit? us? Ireland. Usually translated "Who is like unto God?" Questions quis ut Deus Who [is] as God? who would have the audacity to compare himself to a Supreme Being. quo amplius eo Something more Apocryphally credited to Borges, House on Nob Hill amplius beyond plenty (unauthorized Morgenstern translation, c. 1962) quo errat where the prover A pun on ''quod erat demonstrandum''. demonstrator errs where the fates quo fata ferunt Motto of Bermuda. bear us to From Cicero's first speech In Catilinam to the Roman Senate regarding the conspiracy of Catiline: Quo For how much quousque tandem? usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? longer? ("For how much longer, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?").

quo vadis?

Where are you going? what was to be demonstrated

quod erat demonstrandum

(Q.E.D.)

quod erat faciendum which was to be (Q.E.F) done

According to Vulgate translation of John 13:36, Saint Peter asked Jesus Domine, quo vadis ("Lord, where are you going?"). The King James Version has the translation "Lord, whither goest thou?" The abbreviation is often written at the bottom of a mathematical proof. Sometimes translated loosely into English as "The Five Ws", 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 Elements when there was nothing to prove, but there was something being constructed, for example a triangle with the same size as a given line.

quod est (q.e.) which is quod est necessarium what is necessary est licitum is lawful what is asserted quod gratis asseritur, without reason If no grounds have been given for an assertion, then gratis negatur may be denied there are no grounds needed to reject it. without reason If an important person does something, it does not what is permitted necessarily mean that everyone can do it (cf. double quod licet Iovi, non to Jupiter is not standard). Iovi (also commonly rendered Jovi) is the licet bovi permitted to an ox dative form of Iuppiter ("Jupiter" or "Jove"), the chief god of the Romans. Thought to have originated with Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. Generally quod me nutrit me what nourishes me interpreted to mean that that which motivates or destruit destroys me drives a person can consume him or her from within. This phrase has become a popular slogan or motto for pro-ana websites, anorexics and bulimics. what nature does quod natura non dat Refers to the Spanish University of Salamanca, not give, Salmantica non meaning that education cannot substitute the lack of Salamanca does praestat brains. not provide What I have Quod scripsi, scripsi. written I have Pilate to the chief priests (John 19:22). written. Used after a term or phrase that should be looked up quod vide (q.v.) which see elsewhere in the current document or book. For more than one term or phrase, the plural is quae vide (qq.v.). Whatever He tells More colloquially: "Do whatever He [Jesus] tells you Quodcumque dixerit you, that you shall to do." Instructions of Mary to the servants at the vobis, facite do. Wedding at Cana. (John 2:5). quomodo vales how are you?

quorum quos amor verus tenuit tenebit

of whom

The number of members whose presence is required under the rules to make any given meeting constitutional. Seneca. "There are as many opinions as there are heads." Terence Or "there are as many opinions as there are people".

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding As many heads, so Quot capita tot sensus many opinions quot homines tot how many people, sententiae so many opinions

R
Latin radix malorum est cupiditas Notes Or "greed is the root of all evil". Theme of the Pardoner's Tale from The Canterbury Tales. An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's rara avis rare bird (very rare Satires: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a (Rarissima avis) bird) rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). rari nantes in Rare survivors in Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118 gurgite vasto the immense sea reasoning for the The legal, moral, political, and social principles used by a ratio decidendi decision court to compose a judgment's rationale. ratio legis reasoning of law A law's foundation or basis. because of the Also "Jurisdiction Ratione Personae" the personal reach ratione personae person involved of the courts jurisdiction.[34] by account of the Or "according to the soil". Assigning property rights to a ratione soli ground thing based 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 the case re [in] the matter of 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 rebus sic with matters the fundamental conditions and expectations that existed stantibus standing thus at the time of their creation hold. Also "just and faithful" and "accurately and faithfully". recte et fideliter Upright and Faithful Motto of Ruyton Girls' School reductio ad leading back to the A common debate technique, and a method of proof in absurdum absurd mathematics and philosophy, that proves the thesis by Translation the root of evils is desire

showing that its opposite is absurd or logically untenable. In general usage outside mathematics and philosophy, a reductio ad absurdum is a tactic in which the logic of an argument is challenged by reducing the concept to its most absurd extreme. Translated from Aristotle's " " (hi eis atopon apagogi, "reduction to the impossible"). An argument that creates an infinite series of causes that does not seem to have a beginning. As a fallacy, it rests upon Aristotle's notion that all things must have a cause, reductio ad leading back to the but that all series of causes must have a sufficient cause, infinitum infinite 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 regnat populus the people rule rendered in 1864 in the plural, regnant populi ("the peoples rule"), but subsequently changed to the singular. Regnum Mariae Kingdom of Mary, Patrona the Patron of Former motto of Hungary. Hungariae Hungary You have touched rem acu tetigisti the point with a i.e., "You have hit the nail on the head" needle Usually said as a jocular remark to defend the speaker's repetita juvant repeating does good (or writer's) choice to repeat some important piece of information to ensure reception by the audience. repetitio est repetition is the mater studiorum mother of study Or "may he rest in peace". A benediction for the dead. requiescat in Often inscribed on tombstones or other grave markers. let him rest in peace pace (R.I.P.) "RIP" is commonly mistranslated as "Rest In Peace", though the two mean essentially the same thing. rerum to learn the causes Motto of the University of Sheffield, the University of cognoscere of things Guelph, and 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 misunderstanding/misinterpretation res gestae things done 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 loquitur the thing speaks for A phrase from the common law of torts meaning that itself negligence can be inferred from the fact that such an

res judicata

res, non verba

res nullius respice adspice prospice respice finem

respondeat superior

restitutio in integrum rex regum fidelum et rigor mortis risum teneatis, amici? Roma invicta Romanes eunt

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 judged thing decided by the courts, it cannot be litigated again (cf. non bis in idem and double jeopardy). From rs ("things, facts") the plural of rs ("a thing, a fact") + nn ("not") + verba ("words") the plural of actions speak louder verbum ("a word"). Literally meaning "things, not than words 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., nobody's property uninhabited and uncolonized lands, wandering wild animals, etc. (cf. terra nullius, "no man's land"). look behind, look i.e., "examine the past, the present and future". Motto of here, look ahead CCNY. i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the end". look back at the end Generally a memento mori, a warning to remember one's death. Motto of Homerton College, Cambridge Regarded as a legal maxim in agency law, referring to the legal liability of the principal with respect to an employee. Whereas a hired independent contract acting let the superior tortiously may not cause the principal to be legally liable, respond a hired employee acting tortiously will cause the principal (the employer) to be legally liable, even if the employer did nothing wrong. restoration to Principle behind the awarding of damages in common original condition law negligence claims king even of faithful Latin motto that appears on the crest of the Trinity kings Broadcasting Network of Paul and Jan Crouch. The rigidity of corpses when chemical reactions cause the limbs to stiffen about 34 hours after death. Other stiffness of death signs of death include drop in body temperature (algor mortis, "cold of death") and discoloration (livor mortis, "bluish color of death"). Can you help An ironic or rueful commentary, appended following a laughing, friends? fanciful or unbelievable tale. Unconquerable Inspirational motto inscribed on the Statue of Rome. Rome Romanes go the An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty

domus

house

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 corrects his Latin grammar, explaining that Romanus is a second declension noun and has its plural in -i rather than -es; that ire or eo ("to go") must be in the imperative mood to denote a command; and that domus takes the accusative case without a preposition as the object. The final result of this lesson is the correct Latin phrase Romani ite domum.

rosa rubicundior, redder than the rose, lilio candidior, whiter than the omnibus lilies, fairer than all From the Carmina Burana's song "Si puer cum puellula". formosior, things, I do ever semper in te glory in thee glorior Generally used to refer to a haven of peace and quiet A countryside in the rus in urbe within an urban setting, often a garden, but can refer to city interior decoration.

S
Latin saltus in demonstrando salus in arduis salus populi suprema lex esto Notes a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an leap in explaining equation is omitted. a stronghold (or refuge) a Roman Silver Age maxim, also the school motto in difficulties of Wellingborough School. From Cicero's De Legibus, book III, part III, sub. the welfare of the VIII. Quoted by John Locke in his Second people is to be the Treatise, On Civil Government, to describe the highest law proper organization of government. Also the state motto of Missouri. Refers to two expressions that can be interchanged with truth intact without changing the truth value of the statements in which they occur. Christian epithet, usually referring to Jesus. The Savior of the World title of paintings by Albrecht Drer and Leonardo da Vinci. save for error and Appears on statements of "account currents". omission Holy Chair More literally, "sacred seat". Refers to the Papacy Translation

salva veritate Salvator Mundi

salvo errore et omissione (s.e.e.o.) salvo honoris titulo save for title of honor
(SHT)

Sancta Sedes

or the Holy See. holy innocence Or "sacred simplicity". with holiness and with Also sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of sancte et sapienter wisdom several institutions. referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, sanctum sanctorum Holy of Holies 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 sapere aude dare to be wise 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 sapienti sat enough for the wise common sense. Often extended to dictum sapienti sat est ("enough has been said for the wise", commonly translated as "a word to the wise is enough"). sapientia et doctrina wisdom and learning Motto of Fordham University, New York. One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines.[35] sapientia et wisdom and eloquence eloquentia Motto of the Minerva Society Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New sapientia et veritas wisdom and truth Zealand. sapientia et virtus wisdom and virtue Motto of University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. sapientia, pax, Wisdom, Peace, Motto of Universidad de las Amricas, Puebla, fraternitas Fraternity Cholula, Mxico. The sea yields to scientiae cedit mare Motto of the United States Coast Guard Academy. knowledge knowledge through [hard] work, or: by means of knowledge scientia ac labore Motto of several institutions and hard work, or: through knowledge and [hard] work scientia, aere knowledge, more unknown origin, probably adapted from Horace's perennius lasting than bronze ode III (Exegi monumentum aere perennius). scientia cum religion and knowledge Motto of St Vincent's College, Potts Point religione united scientia et sapientia knowledge and wisdom motto of Illinois Wesleyan University knowledge is the scientia imperii adornment and Motto of Imperial College London decus et tutamen protection of the Empire sancta simplicitas

scientia ipsa potentia est scientia vincere tenebras scio

knowledge itself is power

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 by motto of several institutions science I know knowledge which is motto of now defunct publisher Small, Maynard & scire quod sciendum worth having Company as translated by Philip Francis. From Horace, scribimus indocti Each desperate Epistularum liber secundus (1, 117)[36] and quoted doctique poemata blockhead dares to in Fielding's Tom Jones; lit: "Learned or not, we passim write shall write poems without distinction" by the shield of God's scuto amoris divini The motto of Skidmore College love seculo seculorum forever and ever sedet, aeternumque a Virgi's verse, means when you stop trying, then seat, be seated forever sedebit you loose sed ipse spiritus But the same Spirit postulat pro nobis, intercedes incessantly Romans 8:26 gemitibus for us, with inenarrabilibus inexpressible groans with the seat being The "seat" is the Holy See, and the vacancy refers sede vacante vacant to the interregnum between two popes. sedes apostolica apostolic chair Synonymous with Sancta Sedes. Used in biological classification to indicate that seat (i.e. location) there is no agreement as to which higher order sedes incertae uncertain grouping a taxon should be placed into. Abbreviated sed. incert. Concept expressed by various authors, such as semel in anno licet once in a year one is Seneca, Saint Augustine and Horace. It became insanire allowed to go crazy proverbial during the Middle ages. always towards better semper ad meliora Motto of several institutions. things Motto of Carl Jacobsen and name of a line of beers semper ardens always burning by Danish brewery Carlsberg. personal motto of Elizabeth I, appears above her royal coat of arms. Used as motto of Elizabeth semper eadem always the same College, Guernsey, Channel Islands, which was founded by Elizabeth I, and of Ipswich School, to whom Elizabeth granted a royal charter. semper excelsius always higher Motto of the K.A.V. Lovania Leuven. Motto of several institutions. One of the most well semper fidelis always faithful known institutions that uses this as a motto is the United States Marine Corps.

semper fortis semper idem semper in excretia sumus solim profundum variat semper instans semper invicta semper liber semper paratus semper primus

always brave always the same We're always in the manure; only the depth varies. always threatening always invincible always free always prepared always first

Motto of Underberg. Lord de Ramsey, House of Lords, 21 January 1998[37] 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.

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 always in need of being semper reformanda Protestant theologians that the church must reformed continually re-examine itself in order to maintain its purity of doctrine and practice. The term first appeared in print in Jodocus van Lodenstein, Beschouwinge van Zion (Contemplation of Zion), Amsterdam, 1674.[38] A common English-New Latin translation joke. always where under semper ubi sub ubi The phrase is nonsensical in Latin, but the English where translation is a pun on "always wear underwear". Motto of several institutions. Also the motto of the semper vigilans always vigilant city of San Diego, California. semper vigilo always vigilant The motto of Scottish Police Forces, Scotland. The official name of the Roman Republic. "SPQR" was carried on battle standards by the Roman Senatus Populusque The Senate and the legions. In addition to being an ancient Roman Romanus (SPQR) People of Rome motto, it remains the motto of the modern city of Rome. with the broad, or sensu lato Less literally, "in the wide sense". general, meaning sensu stricto cf. stricto "with the tight Less literally, "in the strict sense". sensu meaning" In biblical exegesis, the deeper meaning intended sensus plenior in the fuller meaning by God, not intended by the human author. sequere pecuniam follow the money In an effort to understand why things may be happening contrary to expectations, or even in alignment with them, this idiom suggests that keeping track of where money is going may show the basis for the observed behavior. Similar in

servabo fidem serviam servus servorum Dei

Keeper of the faith I will serve

spirit to the phrase cui bono (who gains?) or cui prodest (who advances?), but outside those phrases' historically legal context. I will keep the faith. The answer of St. Michael the Archangel to the non serviam, "I will not serve" of Satan, when the angels were tested by God on whether they will serve an inferior being, a man, Jesus, as their Lord.

sesquipedalia verba Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes si omnes... ego non si peccasse negamus fallimur et nulla est in nobis veritas si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice si quid novisti rectius istis, candidus imperti; si nil, his utere mecum.

servant of the servants A title for the pope. of God From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba" ("he throws down his highwords a foot and a half flown language and his foot-and-a-half-long long words"). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. If you can read this, you have too much education. if all ones... not I From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History if we refuse to make a of Doctor Faustus, where the phrase is translated mistake, we are "if we say that we have no sin, we deceive deceived, and there's no ourselves, and there's no truth in us". (cf. 1 John truth in us 1:8 in the New Testament) Said to have been based on the tribute to architect Christopher Wren in St Paul's Cathedral, London, if you seek a delightful which reads si monumentum requiris circumspice peninsula, look around ("if you seek a memorial, look around"). State motto of Michigan, adopted in 1835. if you can better these principles, tell me; if Horace, Epistles I:6, 6768 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 as, "If you had been silent, you would have remained a philosopher." The phrase illustrates a common use of the subjunctive verb mood. Among other functions it expresses actions contrary to fact. Sir Humphrey Appleby translated it to the PM as: "If you'd kept your mouth shut we might have thought you were clever". A common beginning for ancient Roman letters.

si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses

If you had kept your silence, you would have stayed a philosopher

si vales valeo (SVV)

if you are well, I am

Also extended to si vales bene est ego valeo ("if you are well, that is good; I am well"), abbreviated well to SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. If you want to be loved, This quote is often attributed to the Roman si vis amari ama love philosopher Seneca. From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of the name parabellum for some si vis pacem, para if you want peace, ammunition and firearms, such as the Luger bellum prepare for war Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum) Or "just so". States that the preceding quoted material appears exactly that way in the source, despite any errors of spelling, grammar, usage, or sic thus 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". we gladly feast on sic gorgiamus allos those who would Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family. subjectatos nunc subdue us sic infit so it begins From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly thus you shall go to the sic itur ad astra the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of stars several institutions. sic passim Thus here and there Used when referencing books; see passim. Thus has it always sic semper erat, et been, and thus shall it sic semper erit ever be Attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar's assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth at the time of Abraham Lincoln's assassination; whether it was actually said at either of these events is sic semper tyrannis thus always to tyrants disputed. Shorter version from original sic semper evello mortem tyrannis ("thus always death will come to tyrants"). State motto of Virginia, adopted in 1776. sic transit gloria thus passes the glory of A reminder that all things are fleeting. During mundi the world Papal Coronations, a monk reminds the pope of his mortality by saying this phrase, preceded by pater sancte ("holy father") while holding before his eyes a burning paper illustrating the passing nature of earthly glories. This is similar to the tradition of a slave in Roman triumphs whispering memento

mori. Or "use your property in such a way that you do use [what is] yours so sic utere tuo ut not damage others'". A legal maxim related to as not to harm [what is] alienum non laedas property ownership laws, often shortened to of others simply sic utere ("use it thus"). Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, sic vita est thus is life whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect of living. Though the sidere mens eadem constellations change, Latin motto of the University of Sydney. mutato the mind is universal signetur (sig) or (S/) let it be labeled Medical shorthand Motto of the Institute of the Brothers of the signum fidei Sign of the Faith Christian Schools. Latinization of the English expression "silence is silentium est silence is golden golden". Also Latinized as silentium est aurum aureum ("silence is gold"). "like cures like" and "let like be cured by like"; the similia similibus similar things take care first form ("curantor") is indicative, while the curantur of similar things" second form ("curentor") is subjunctive. The indicative form is found in Paracelsus (16th similia similibus let similar things take century), while the subjunctive form is said by curentur care of similar things Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy, and is known as the law of similars. Used as a general rule in chemistry; "like dissolves similar substances will similia similibus like" refers to the ability of polar or non polar dissolve similar solvuntur solvents to dissolve polar or non polar solutes substances respectively.[39] simplicity is the sign of expresses a sentiment akin to Keep It Simple, simplex sigillum veri truth Stupid Used in bibliographies to indicate that the date of sine anno (s.a.) without a year publication of a document is unknown. Originally from old common law texts, where it indicates that a final, dispositive order has been sine die without a day made in the case. In modern legal context, it means there is nothing left for the court to do, so no date for further proceedings is set. without anger and sine ira et studio Thus, impartially. From Tacitus, Annals 1.1. fondness Used in bibliographies to indicate that the place of sine loco (s.l.) without a place publication of a document is unknown. sine metu "without fear" Motto of Jameson Irish Whiskey Used in bibliographies to indicate that the sine nomine (s.n.) "without a name" publisher of a document is unknown. sine poena nulla lex Without penalty, there Refers to the ineffectiveness of a law without the

is no law sine prole sine timore aut favore sine qua non sine remediis medicina debilis est sine scientia ars nihil est sisto activitatem sit nomine digna sit sine labe decus sit tibi terra levis sit venia verbo sol iustitiae illustra nos sol lucet omnibus sol omnia regit sola fide Without offspring

means of enforcement Frequently abbreviated to s.p. in genealogical works. Also d.s.p. decessit sine prole died without offspring

Without Fear or Favor St.George's School, Vancouver, Canada motto Used to denote something that is an essential part of the whole. See also condicio sine qua non. without remedies Inscription on the stained-glass in the conference medicine is powerless hall of pharmaceutical mill in Kaunas without knowledge, Motto of The International Diving Society skill is nothing Phrase, used to cease the activities of the Sejm I cease the activity upon the liberum veto principle may it be worthy of the Motto of Rhodesia name Motto of the Brisbane Boys' College (Brisbane, let honour stainless be Australia). may the earth be light Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted to you as S.T.T.L., the same way as today's R.I.P. may there be forgiveness for the Similar to the English idiom "pardon my French". word Sun of Justice, shine Motto of Utrecht University upon us the sun shines on Petronius, Satyricon Lybri 100 everyone the sun rules over Inscription near the entrance to Frombork Museum everything The material principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to by faith alone the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that men are saved by faith even without works. A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that by grace alone salvation is an unearned gift (cf. ex gratia), not a direct result of merit. the only good language Example of dog Latin humor. is a dead language The formal principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant by scripture alone idea that the Bible alone is the ultimate authority, not the pope or tradition. Virtue alone ennobles without which not

sola gratia sola lingua bona est lingua mortua sola scriptura sola nobilitat virtus

soli Deo gloria

(S.D.G.)

glory to God alone

solus Christus solus ipse

Christ alone I alone

A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the idea that God is the creator of all good things and deserves all the praise for them. Johann Sebastian Bach often signed his manuscripts with the abbreviation S.D.G. to invoke this phrase, as well as with AMDG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam). A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that Jesus is the only mediator between God and mankind. Also rendered solo Christo ("by Christ alone").

The problem is solved by taking a walk, or by simple experiment. Spartam nactus es; your lot is cast in from Euripides's Telephus, Agamemnon to hanc exorna Sparta, be a credit to it Menelaus.[40] specialia special departs from generalibus general derogant speculum mirror of mirrors speculorum spem reduxit he has restored hope Motto of New Brunswick. Refers to Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my hope conquers throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down spes vincit thronum (overcomes) the throne with my Father in his throne." On the John Winthrop family tombstone, Boston, Massachusetts. From The Second Coming (poem) by William Butler Yeats. Refers to Yeats' belief that each human mind is linked to a single vast intelligence, spiritus mundi spirit of the world and that this intelligence causes certain universal symbols to appear in individual minds. The idea is similar to Carl Jung's concept of the collective unconscious. Refers to The Gospel of Saint John 3:8, where he mentions how Jesus told Nicodemus "The wind blows wherever it wants, and even though you can spiritus ubi vult the spirit spreads hear its noise, you don't know where it comes from spirat wherever it wants or where it goes. The same thing happens to whomever has been born of the Spirit". It is the motto of Cayetano Heredia University[41] splendor sine occasu brightness without Loosely "splendour without diminishment" or setting "magnificence without ruin". Motto of British solvitur ambulando It is solved by walking

Columbia. The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as the stamus contra malo we stand against by evil preposition contra takes the accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum". stante pede with a standing foot "Immediately". to stand by the decided stare decisis To uphold previous rulings, recognize precedent. things There is a day [turn] for stat sua cuique dies Virgil, Aeneid, X 467 everybody Medical shorthand used following an urgent statim (stat) "immediately" request. The current condition or situation. Also status quo ante ("the situation in which [things were] status quo the situation in which before"), referring to the state of affairs prior to some upsetting event (cf. reset button technique). status quo ante the state before the war A common term in peace treaties. bellum stercus accidit shit happens Attributed to David Hume. Marginal mark in proofreading to indicate that stet let it stand something previously deleted or marked for deletion should be retained. let the fortune of the stet fortuna domus First part of the motto of Harrow School, England. house stand From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History stipendium peccati the reward of sin is of Doctor Faustus. (See Rom 6:23, "For the wages mors est death of sin is death, but the 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 cedunt endeavour Southampton, England. stricto sensucf. sensu with the tight meaning Less literally, "in the strict sense".
stricto

stupor mundi

sua sponte sub anno sub cruce lumen

The title by which Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, was known. More literally translated the wonder of the world "the bewilderment of the world", or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, "the stupidity of the world". Legal term when a court takes up a motion on its by its own accord own initiative, not because any of the parties to the case has made the motion. Commonly abbreviated sa, it is used in citing under the year annals, which record events by year. The Light Under the Motto of the University of Adelaide, Australia. Cross Refers to the figurative "light of learning" and the

Southern Cross constellation, Crux. Also, "under the sky", "in the open air", "out in the under the wide open open" or "outdoors". Ablative "divo" does not sub divo sky distinguish divus, divi, a god, from divum, divi, the sky. Used in citations to refer to the end of a book, sub finem toward the end page, etc., and abbreviated 's.f.' Used after the page number or title. E.g., 'p. 20 s.f. ' sub Iove frigido under cold Jupiter At night; from Horace's Odes 1.1:25 Said of a case that cannot be publicly discussed sub judice under a judge 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 sub poena under penalty 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 sub rosa under the rose originates in Greek mythology, where Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros, and he, in turn, gave it to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to ensure that his mother's indiscretionsor those of the gods in general, in other accountswere kept under wraps. sub silentio under silence implied but not expressly stated. sub specie under the sight of Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From aeternitatis eternity Spinoza, Ethics. sub specie Dei under the sight of God "from God's point of view or perspective". Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos sub tuum Beneath thy (Blessed Virgin Mary). Also "under your praesidium compassion protection". A popular school motto. Under the shade I National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of Sub umbra floreo flourish the mahogany tree. Under the word or heading, as in a dictionary; sub verbo; sub voce abbreviated s.v. Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary sublimis ab unda Raised from the waves School, Lytham subsiste sermonem stop speaking statim immediately

One doesn't sing on the Saying from Han region Sudeten Mountains sui generis Of its own kind In a class of its own. Capable of responsibility. Has both legal and sui iuris Of one's own right ecclesiastical use. Commonly rendered sui juris. A gravestone inscription to remind the reader of the inevitability of death (cf. memento mori). Also sum quod eris I am what you will be rendered fui quod sis ("I have been what you are") and tu fui ego eris ("I have been you, you will be I"). from Augustine's Sermon No. 76;[42] also a 2-part sum quod sum I am what I am episode in the webcomic Heroes. summa cum laude with highest praise Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion summa summarum all in all is rounded up at the end of some elaboration. Literally "highest good". Also summum malum summum bonum the supreme good ("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 summum ius, supreme justice, supreme injustice. A similar sentence appears in summa iniuria supreme injustice 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 there are tears for sunt lacrimae rerum mind"). Aeneas cries as he sees Carthaginian things temple murals depicting the deaths of the Trojan War. See also hinc illae lacrimae. sunt omnes unum they are all one sunt pueri pueri, Children are children, pueri puerilia and children do anonymous proverb tractant childish things Used in the context of titles of nobility, for suo jure in one's own right instance where a 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 upon one's own suo motu petition has been filed) proceeds against a person initiative or authority that it deems has committed an illegal act. It is used chiefly in South Asia.[citation needed] suos cultores Knowledge crowns The motto of Syracuse University, New York. scientia coronat those who seek Her Sudetia non cantat

Where Thomas More accused the reformer, Martin Luther, of going to celebrate Mass. superbia in proelia pride in battle Motto of Manchester City F.C. supero omnia I surpass everything A declaration that one succeeds above all others. From Erasmus' collection of annotated Adagia surdo oppedere to belch before the deaf (1508): a useless action. Motto of Columbia University's Philolexian surgam I shall rise Society. sursum corda Lift up your hearts 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 sutor, ne ultra Cobbler, no further on how to render the sandals of a soldier he was crepidam than the sandal! 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. suum cuique to render to every man Also shortened to suum cuique ("to each his tribuere his due own"). Abbreviation for sub verbo or sub voce (see s.v. above). super fornicam on the lavatory

T
Latin tabula gratulatoria tabula rasa talis qualis taliter qualiter talium regnum Deitalium Dei regnum Translation congratulatory tablet A list of congratulations. Thus, "blank slate". Romans used to write on waxcovered 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". Notes

scraped tablet just as such somewhat for of such (little children) is the kingdom of God

from St Mark's gospel 10:14 "talium (parvuli) est enim regnum Dei"; similar in St Matthew's gospel 19:14 "talium est enim regnum caelorum" ("for of such is the kingdom of heaven"); motto of The Cathedral School. Said in 1697 by Johann Bernoulli about Isaac Newton's tanquam ex we know the lion by anonymously submitted solution to Bernoulli's ungue leonem his claw challenge regarding the Brachistochrone curve. tarde venientibus To the late are left the ossa bones

Te occidere possunt sed te edere non possunt nefas est technica impendi nationi

The motto of the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in They can kill you, but the David Foster Wallace novel Infinite Jest. Translated they cannot eat you, it in the novel as "They can kill you, but the legalities of is against the law. eating you are quite a bit dicier". Technology impulses Motto of Technical University of Madrid nations A reference to , which was inscribed in the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, temet nosce know thyself according to the Greek periegetic writer Pausanias (10.24.1). Literally "Heroic Times"; refers to the period between tempora heroica Heroic Age the mythological Titanomachy and the (relatively) historical Trojan War. tempora the times are Variant of omnia mutantur et nos mutamur in illis, mutantur et nos changing, and we attributed to Lothair I. See entry for details. mutamur in illis change in them tempus edax time, devourer of all Also "time, that devours all things", or more literally, rerum things "time, devouring of things". From Ovid. Commonly mistranslated as "time flies" due to the tempus fugit time flees similar phrase tempus volat hora fugit ("time flies, the hour flees"). tempus rerum time, commander of imperator all things tempus vernum spring time Name of song by popular Irish singer Enya tempus volat time flies, the hour Or "time speeds while the hour escapes". hora fugit flees Suetonius attributes this to Julius Caesar, from when teneo te Africa I hold you, Africa! Caesar was on the African coast. tentanda via The way must be tried motto for York University ter in die (t.i.d.) thrice in a day Medical shorthand for "three times a day". terminat hora The hour finishes the Phrase concluding Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor diem; terminat day; the author Faustus.[43] auctor opus. 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 ("limit after which"). terminus ante limit before which Similarly, terminus ad quem ("limit to which") may quem 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 incognita unknown land

Latin name of Newfoundland (island portion of Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, terra nova new land 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 terra nullius land of none a land not 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"). Sometimes mistranslated as "they will illuminate the lands" based on mistaking let them illuminate terras irradient irradiare for a future indicative third-conjugation verb, the lands whereas it is actually a present subjunctive firstconjugation 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 a third is not given datur no third option. 1. Something that cannot be classified into either of two groups considered exhaustive; an intermediate thing or tertium quid a third something factor. 2. A third person or thing of indeterminate character. testis unus, testis one witness is not a A law principle expressing that a single witness is not nullus witness enough to 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 accepting the Trojan Horse. The timeo Danaos et I fear Greeks even if full original quote is quidquid id est timeo Danaos et dona ferentes they bring gifts dona ferentis, quidquid id est meaning "whatever it is" and ferentis being an archaic form of ferentes. Commonly mistranslated "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts". timidi mater non A coward's mother proverb; occasionally appears on loading screens in the flet does not weep game Rome: Total War. Refrain originating in the response to the seventh lesson in the Office of the Dead. In the Middle Ages, this timor mortis the fear of death service was read each day by clerics. As a refrain, it conturbat me confounds me appears also in other poems and can frequently be found inscribed on tombs. Offering one's life in total commitment to another. The totus tuus totally yours motto was adopted by Pope John Paul II to signify his love and servitude to Mary the Mother of Jesus. It takes three to have a valid group; three is the tres faciunt three makes company minimum number of members for an organization or a collegium corporation.

Used to express the belief in the transfer of imperial authority from the Roman Empire of antiquity to the Medieval Holy Roman Empire. A decree by the medieval Church that all feuds should be cancelled during the Sabbatheffectively from treuga Dei Truce of God 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 tu autem you indeed belief that he will never die. A memento mori epitaph. tu autem Domine But Thou, O Lord, Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy miserere nobis have mercy upon us of the medieval church. Thus, "what you are, I was; what I am, you will be.". A I was you; you will be tu fui ego eris memento mori gravestone inscription to remind the me reader that death is unavoidable (cf. sum quod eris). you should not give in tu ne cede malis, to evils, but proceed sed contra From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95. ever more boldly audentior ito against them The logical fallacy of attempting to defend one's tu quoque you too position merely by pointing out the same weakness in one's opponent. Found on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of tuebor I will protect Michigan. turris fortis mihi God is my strong Motto of the Kelly Clan Deus tower translatio imperii transfer of rule

U
Latin uberrima fides ubertas et fidelitas Translation most abundant faith Notes Or "utmost good faith" (cf. bona fide). A legal maxim of insurance contracts requiring all parties to deal in good faith.

fertility and Motto of Tasmania. faithfulness where [there is] ubi amor, ibi dolor love, there [is] pain where [it is] well, Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi ubi bene ibi patria there [is] the patria. fatherland where there is ubi caritas et amor charity and love, Deus ibi est God is there ubi dubium ibi where [there is] Anonymous proverb. libertas doubt, there [is]

ubi jus ibi remedium ubi mel ibi apes ubi libertas ibi patria ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis ubi non accusator ibi non iudex ubi panis ibi patria ubi pus, ibi evacua ubi re vera ubi societas ibi ius ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant ubi sunt

Ubique, quo fas et gloria ducunt ultima ratio

freedom Where [there is] a right, there [is] a remedy where [there is] similar to " you catch more bees with honey than with honey, there [are] vinegar" .. treat people nicely and they will treat you nice bees back where [there is] Or "where there is liberty, there is my country". Patriotic liberty, there [is] motto. the fatherland Where you are From the writings of the Flemish philosopher Arnold worth nothing, Geulincx; also quoted by Samuel Beckett in his first there you will wish published novel, Murphy. for nothing Thus, there can be no judgment or case if no one charges where [there is] no a defendant with a crime. The phrase is sometimes accuser, there [is] parodied as "where there are no police, there is no speed no judge limit". where there is bread, there is my country where there is pus, there evacuate it when, in a true Or "whereas, in reality..." Also rendered ubi revera thing ("when, in fact" or "when, actually"). if there's a society, By Cicero. law will be there They make a from a speech by Calgacus reported/constructed by desert and call it Tacitus, Agricola, ch. 30. peace Nostalgic theme of poems yearning for days gone by. where are they? From the line ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt ("Where are they, those who have gone before us?"). Motto of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and most other everywhere, where Artillery corps within the armies of the British right and glory Commonwealth (for example, the Royal Regiment of leads Australian Artillery and Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery). last method The last resort. Short form for the the final argument metaphor "The Last Resort of Kings the last resort (as and Common Men" referring to the force) act of declaring war; used in the names the French sniper rifle PGM Ultima Ratio and the fictional Reason weapon system. Louis XIV

ultimo mense (ult.) in the last month

ultra vires

beyond powers

ululas Athenas

(to send) owls to Athens one swallow does not make summer

una hirundo non facit ver

una salus victis nullam sperare salutem unitas per servitiam uno flatu

the only safety for the conquered is to hope for no safety unity through service in one breath

of France had Ultima Ratio Regum ("last argument of kings") cast on the cannons of his armies; motto of the 1st Battalion 11th Marines. Formerly used in formal correspondence to refer to the previous month. Used with inst. ("this month") and prox. ("next month"). "Without authority". Used to describe an action done without proper authority, or acting without the rules. The term will most often be used in connection with appeals and petitions. From Gerhard Gerhards' (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Latin translation of a classical Greek proverb. Generally means putting large effort in a necessarily fruitless enterprise. Compare "selling coal to Newcastle". A single example of something positive does not necessarily mean that all subsequent similar instances will have the same outcome. Less literally, "the only safe bet for the vanquished is to expect no safety". Preceded by moriamur et in 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.

unus multorum one of many Unus papa Romae, One pope in Rome, unus portus one port in Anconae, una Ancona, one tower Motto of the Czech Brewery in Rakovnk.[44] turris Cremonae, in Cremona, one una ceres Raconae beer in Rakovnk to the city and the Meaning "To Rome and the World". A standard opening Urbi et Orbi circle [of the of Roman proclamations. Also a traditional blessing by lands] the pope. urbs in horto city in a garden Motto of the City of Chicago. usus est magister practice is the best In other words, practice makes perfect. Also sometimes optimus teacher. translated "use makes master." ut biberent so that they might Also rendered with quando ("when") in place of quoniam esse drink, since they quoniam. From a book by Suetonius (Vit. Tib., 2.2) and

nollent

refused to eat

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 them an unwelcome omen of bad luck. Thus, the sense is, "if they do not perform as expected, they must suffer the consequences".

though the power ut desint vires, be lacking, the will tamen est From Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (III, 4, 79). is to be praised all laudanda voluntas the same as has been said; as ut dicitur above ut incepit fidelis as she began loyal, Thus, the state remains as loyal as ever. Motto of sic permanet so she persists Ontario. ut infra as below Motto of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State ut prosim that I may serve University ut proverbium you know what Lit: As the old proverb says... loguitur vetus... they say... that the matter may ut res magis valeat have effect rather quam pereat than fail[45] Or "as on the back side"; thus, "as on the previous page" ut retro as backwards (cf. ut supra). as Rome falls, so ut Roma cadit, sic [falls] the whole omnis terra world A traditional brocard. The full form is Interest so there might be reipublicae ut sit finis litium, "it is in the government's ut sit finis litium an end of litigation interest that there be an end to litigation." Often quoted in the context of statutes of limitation. ut supra as above Robert Hooke's expression of his discovery of his law of as the extension, so ut tensio sic vis linear elasticity. Also: Motto of cole Polytechnique de the force Montral. utilis in usefulness in Comes from 2 Timothy 4:11. Motto of Camberwell Girls ministerium service Grammar School. Also translated as "that the two may be one." Motto utraque unum both into one found in 18th century Spanish dollar coins. Motto of Georgetown University. utrinque paratus ready for anything Motto of The British Parachute Regiment

Notes A Biblical phrase from the Book of Proverbs. The vade ad formicam go to the ant full quotation translates as "go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom". A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries vade mecum go with me 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 vade retro Satana Go back, Satan! 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 vae victis Woe to the conquered! Gauls, while he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC. vanitas vanitatum vanity of vanities; More simply, "vanity, vanity, everything vanity". omnia vanitas everything [is] vanity From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes, 1:2. A prophecy made to look as though it was written vaticinium ex prophecy from the before the events it describes, while in fact being eventu event written afterwards. Summary of alternatives, i.e. "this action turns upon vel non or not whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non." "To be willing is to be able." (non-literal: "Where Motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of velle est posse Hillfield Strathallan College. there's a will, there's a
way.")

Latin

Translation

velocius quam asparagi coquantur velut arbor aevo veni, vidi, vici

more rapidly than asparagus will be cooked As a tree with the passage of time. I came, I saw, I conquered

Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". Ascribed to Augustus by Suetonius (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Book 2 (Augustus), para. 87). Can refer to anything done very quickly. A very common variant is celerius quam asparagi cocuntur ("more swiftly than asparagus is cooked"). Motto of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The message supposedly sent by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate to describe his battle against King Pharnaces II near Zela in 47 BC.

From whence you venisti remanebis came, you shall remain, The phrase that the wizard said to the Devil in the donec denuo until you are complete film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny completus sis again

vera causa true cause verba docent Words instruct, exempla trahunt illustrations lead words are to be verba ita sunt understood such that intelligenda ut res the subject matter may magis valeat be more effective than quam pereat wasted verba volant, words fly away, scripta manent writings remain verbatim word for word verbatim et word for word and litteratim letter by letter verbi divini servant of the divine minister Word verbi gratia for example
(v.gr. or VG)

On the relevance to use illustrations for example when preaching. When explaining a given subject, it is important to clarify rather than confuse. From a famous speech of Caio Titus at the Roman senate. Refers to perfect transcription or quotation.

A priest (cf. Verbum Dei). literally: "for the sake of a word" See religious text. Motto of the Lutheran Reformation. The hearer can fill in the rest; enough said. Short for Verbum sapienti sat[is] est. Motto of many educational institutions. Current motto of Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. The de jure motto of Harvard University, dating to its foundation; it is often shortened to Veritas to dispose of its original religious meaning. Motto of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research. Motto of the Hussites. Current motto of Dowling Catholic High School.

Verbum Dei Word of God verbum Domini The Word of the Lord manet in Endures Forever aeternum (VDMA) A word to the wise is verbum sap sufficient veritas truth veritas, bonitas, Truth, Goodness, pulchritudo, Beauty, and Holiness sanctitas veritas Christo et Truth for Christ and ecclesiae Church veritas curat Veritas Dei vincit veritas, fides, sapientia veritas diaboli manet in aeternum Veritas et Fortitudo The Truth Cures. The God's Truth prevails. Truth, Faith, Wisdom Devil's truth remain eternally Truth and Courage

One of the mottoes of Lyceum of the Philippines University. Motto of University of Pittsburgh, Methodist veritas et virtus Truth and virtue University. veritas in caritate Truth Through Caring 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 veritas lux mea Truth is my light. enlightens me." Motto of Seoul National University. Another plaussible translation is 'Truth is Life's veritas vit Truth is Life's Teacher. Mistress'. Unofficial Motto of University of Puerto magistra Rico, Ro Piedras, appearing in its Tower. veritas odit moras Truth hates delay Seneca the Younger. Motto of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario. See veritas omnia Truth conquers all also national motto Satyameva Jayate of India and vincit motto of Triangle Fraternity. veritas unitas Truth, Unity, Love Motto of Villanova University. caritas Motto of the Scottish clan Keith. Used to be motto of Protektorate of Bohemia and Moravia and in Czech veritas vincit truth conquers translation motto of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic Veritas. Virtus. Truth. Courage. Motto of the University of Szeged in Hungary. Libertas. Freedom. veritas vos the truth will set you Motto of Johns Hopkins University. liberabit free veritate duce Advancing (with) Truth Motto of University of Arkansas. progredi Leading. [in] veritate et with truth and love Motto of Catholic Junior College, Singapore. caritate Motto of Sydney Boys High School. Also "virtute et veritate et virtute with truth and courage veritate", motto of Walford Anglican School for Girls. I delight in (or, I have veritatem dilexi Motto of Bryn Mawr College. chosen) the truth. veritatem to bear witness to the Motto of Xaverian Brothers High School. fratribus testari truth in brotherhood vero nihil verius nothing truer than truth Motto of Mentone Girls' Grammar School A variation of the campaign slogan used by thenvero possumus Yes, we can Senator Barack Obama on a Great Seal variation during the 2008 US presidential campaign.[46] Literally "in the direction". Mistakenly used in English as "against" (probably from "adversus"), versus (vs) or (v.) towards particularly to denote two opposing parties, such as in a legal dispute or a sports match. The right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of veto I forbid legislation. Derived from ancient Roman voting practices. Veritas Liberabit Truth Shall Set You Vos Free

Or "Strength with Courage". Motto of Ascham School and the 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 themes of truth by the power of truth, I, portrayed in the original germanic Faust folk tale. vi veri universum while living, have Note that v was originally the consonantal u, and was vivus vici conquered the universe written the same before the two forms became distinct, and also after in 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. "by way of" or "by means of"; e.g. "I'll contact you via by the road via e-mail." via media middle road Can refer to the radical center political stance. The Way, the Truth and Motto of The University of Glasgow and Eastern via, veritas, vita the Life Nazarene College "one who acts in place of another"; can be used as a vice in place of separate word, or as a hyphenated prefix: "Vice President" and "Vice-Chancellor". Thus, "the other way around", "conversely", etc. Historically, vice is properly pronounced as two syllables, but the one-syllable pronunciation is vice versa with position turned extremely common. Classical Latin pronunciation versa vice 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.[47] victoria aut mors Victory or death! similar to aut vincere aut mori. victoria concordia Victory comes from The official club motto of Arsenal F.C. crescit harmony the victorious cause victrix causa diis Lucan, Pharsalia 1, 128. Dedication on the south pleased the gods, but placuit sed victa side of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington the conquered cause Catoni National Cemetery. pleased Cato vide infra (v.i.) "see below" vide supra (v.s.) "see above" Or "see earlier in this writing". Also shortened to just vi et animo With heart and soul

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

virtus sola nobilitas virtus tentamine gaudet virtus unita fortior

virtue alone [is] noble

Christian Brothers College, St Kilda's school motto

Strength rejoices in the The motto of Hillsdale College. challenge. virtue united [is] State motto of Andorra. stronger Or "by manhood and weapons". State motto of Mississippi. Possibly derived from the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton, virtute non armis fido ("I trust in virtute et armis by virtue and arms virtue, not in arms"). Also virtute et 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 a life done before Thus, a previous life, generally due to reincarnation. [Mary our] life, vita, dulcedo, spes Motto of University of Notre Dame. sweetness, hope vita incerta, mors Life is uncertain, death In simpler English, "The most certain thing in life is certissima is most certain death". Hence the term "decessit vita patris" (d.v.p) or "died During the life of the vita patris v.p." seen in genealogy works such as Burke's father Peerage. the shortness of life vita summa brevis A wistful refrain, sometimes used ironically. From prevents us from spem nos vetat the first line of Horace's Ode I; later used as the title entertaining far-off incohare longam of a short poem by Ernest Dowson. hopes An oral, as opposed to a written, examination of a viva voce living voice candidate. vivat crescat may it live, grow, and floreat flourish! Usually translated "Long live the King!" Also Vivat vivat rex May the King live! Regina ("Long live the Queen!"). Election hit of the People's Party Movement for a Vivat Slovakia! Long live Slovakia! Democratic Slovakia. vive memor leti live remembering death Persius. Compare with "memento mori" live so that you may The phrase suggests that one should live life to the vive ut vivas live fullest and without fear of possible consequences. vivere est cogitare To live is to think Cicero. Compare with "cogito ergo sum". vivere est vincere To live is to conquer Captain John Smith's personal Motto. Seneca (Epist. 96,5). Compare with "militia est vita vivere militare est To live is to fight hominis" Book of Job 7:1 vocatus atque non or "called and even not called, God approaches"; called and not called, vocatus Deus attributed to the Oracle at Delphi. Used by Carl Jung God will be present aderit 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 volenti non fit to one willing, no harm held liable for injuries inflicted on an individual who injuria is done has given his consent to the action that gave rise to the injury. votum separatum separate vow 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 vox clamantis in the voice of one assumed to be shouting in vain, unheeded by the deserto shouting in the desert 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 vox nihili voice of nothing statement. Sometimes used in the media in the shortened form vox populi voice of the people vox pop, meaning a short non-prearranged interview with an ordinary person (e.g. on the street).