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Latin
a bene placito
a caelo usque ad
centrum
Translation
from one well
pleased
from the sky to the
center
from or since
Deucalion
a falsis principiis to set forth from
proficisci
false principles
a Deucalione
a fortiori
a mari usque ad
mare
a pedibus usque
ad caput
a posse ad esse
Notes
Or at will, at ones pleasure. This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish
(beneplcito) 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
solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos maxim of property ownership (for whoever owns
the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths).
From top to bottom; all the way through (colloquially from head 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 contrary, an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite.
A long time ago. From Gaius Lucilius (Satires, 6, 284)
Legal term from Ciceros De Finibus 4.53.
Loosely, even more so or with even stronger reason. Often used to lead from a less certain
proposition to a more evident corollary.
From Psalm 72:8, Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae
(KJV: He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the
earth). National motto of Canada.
Completely. Similar to the English expressions from tip to toe or from head to toe. Equally a
capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala.
From possibility to actuality or from being possible to being actual
a posteriori
a priori
ab absurdo
Based on observation (i.e., empirical evidence), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and
logic to denote something that is known after a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to
denote something known from experience.
Presupposed independent of experience, the reverse of a posteriori. Used in mathematics and
logic to denote something that is known or postulated before a proof has been carried out. In
philosophy, used to denote something is supposed without empirical evidence. In everyday
speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event.
Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statements validity by pointing out the absurdity of an
opponents 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 intestato
ab intra
ab invito
from an intestate
from within
unwillingly
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 testamento).
From the inside. The opposite of ab extra.
By a person who is angry. Used in law to describe a decision or action that is detrimental to those
it affects and was made based on hatred or anger, rather than on reason. The form irato is
ab irato
from an angry man
masculine; however, this does not mean it applies only to men, rather person is meant, as the
phrase probably elides homo, not vir.
From the origin, beginning, source, or commencementi.e., originally. The source of the word
ab origine
from the source
aboriginal.
From Horace, Satire 1.3. Means from beginning to end, based on the Roman main meal
ab ovo usque ad from the egg to the
typically beginning with an egg dish and ending with fruit (cf. the English phrase soup to nuts).
mala
apples
Thus, ab ovo means from the beginning, and can also connote thoroughness.
ab uno disce
From Virgils Aeneid. Refers to situations where a single example or observation indicates a
from one, learn all
omnes
general or universal truth. Visible in the court of King Silas in the TV series Kings.
Or from the founding of Rome, which occurred in 753 BC according to Livys count. Used as a
ab urbe condita from the city having reference point in ancient Rome for establishing dates, before being supplanted by other systems.
(a.u.c.)
been founded
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 not present is unlikely to inherit.
erit
not be an heir
absente reo (abs. [with] the defendant In the absence of the accused.
re.)
being absent
Expresses the wish that no insult or wrong be conveyed by the speakers words, i.e., no offense.
absit inuria
let injury be absent Also rendered absit iniuria verbis let injury be absent from these words. Contrast with absit
invidia.
Said in the context of a statement of excellence. Unlike the English expression no offense, absit
let ill will/jealousy invidia is intended to ward off jealous deities who might interpret a statement of excellence as
absit invidia
be absent
hubris. Also extended to absit invidia verbo, meaning may ill will/jealousy be absent from these
words. Contrast with absit iniuria verbis. An explanation of Livys usage.
absit omen
let an omen be
Or let this not be a bad omen. Expresses the wish that something seemingly ill-boding does not
absent
turn out to be an omen for future events, and calls on divine protection against evil.
absolutum
dominium
absolute dominion
absolvo
I acquit
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.
abundans cautela
non nocet
abusus non tollit
usum
abyssus abyssum
invocat
accipe hoc
abundant caution
does no harm
misuse does not
remove use
deep calleth unto
deep
Take this
no one ought to
accusare nemo se
accuse himself
debet nisi coram
except in the
Deo
Presence of God
acta deos
mortal actions never
numquam
deceive the gods
mortalia fallunt
mind should be
guilty.
actus reus
guilty act
ad absurdum
to the absurd
ad abundantiam
to abundance
ad captandum
vulgus
I strive towards
higher things
at will, at pleasure
to the archives, no
longer relevant
to the stars
to the stars through
difficulties
to rise to a high
position overcoming
hardships.
in order to capture
the crowd
ad clerum
to the clergy
ad eundem
to the same
ad fontes
to the sources
ad fundum
to the bottom
ad hoc
to this
ad altiora tendo
ad arbitrium
ad acta
ad astra
ad astra per
aspera
ad augusta per
angusta
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 wasnt enough.
immediate purpose.
Or at the man. Typically used in argumentum ad hominem, a logical fallacy consisting of
ad hominem
to the man
criticizing a person when the subject of debate is the persons ideas or argument, on the mistaken
assumption that the soundness of an argument is dependent on the qualities of the proponent.
ad honorem
to the honour
Generally means for the honour, not seeking any material reward.
Going on forever. Used to designate a property which repeats in all cases in mathematical proof.
Also used in philosophical contexts to mean repeating in all cases. For example, the claim of
ad infinitum
to infinity
the existence of a creator of the universe would require an explanation of the creators creation,
and so on ad inifinitum.
As in the term charg daffaires ad interim for a diplomatic officer who acts in place of an
ad interim (ad int) for the meantime
ambassador.
Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The Calends were specific days of
ad kalendas
at the Greek Calends the Roman calendar, not of the Greek, and so the Greek Kalends would never occur. Similar to
graecas
when pigs fly.
Loosely, according to what pleases or as you wish; libitum comes from the past participle of
libere, to please. It typically indicates in music and theatrical scripts that the performer has the
ad libitum (ad lib) toward pleasure
liberty to change or omit something. Ad lib is specifically often used when someone improvises or
ignores limitations. Also used by some restaurants in favor of the colloquial all you can eat or
drink.
A legal term referring to a party appointed by a court to act in a lawsuit on behalf of another party
ad litem
to the lawsuit
who is deemed incapable of representing himself. An individual who acts in this capacity is called
a guardian ad litem.
Motto of Oxford High School (Oxford), the University of Lisbon, Withington Girls School and
ad lucem
to the light
St. Bartholomews School, Newbury, UK
ad maiorem Dei
gloriam or ad
to the greater glory Motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Edward Elgar dedicated his oratorio The Dream of
majorem Dei
of God
Gerontius A.M.D.G.
gloriam (AMDG)
Towards better
ad meliora
motto of St. Patricks College, Cavan, Ireland
things
ad mortem
To death
used in medical contexts as a synonym for death
ad multos annos to many years!
A wish for a long life. Similar to Many happy returns!
ad nauseam
to seasickness
Or to the point of disgust. Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An
ad oculos
to the eyes
to the foot of the
ad pedem litterae
letter
ad perpetuam
to the perpetual
memoriam
memory
ad pondus
to the weight of all
omnium (ad pond things
Generally precedes of and a persons name, and is used to wish for someone to be remembered
long after death.
More loosely, considering everythings weight. The abbreviation was historically used by
physicians and others to signify that the last prescribed ingredient is to weigh as much as all of the
om)
previously mentioned ones.
Meaning according to the harm or in proportion to the harm. The phrase is used in tort law as
ad quod damnum to whatever damage a measure of damages inflicted, implying that a remedy, if one exists, ought to correspond
specifically and only to the damage suffered (cf. damnum absque iniuria).
to be proposed
Loosely subject to reference: provisionally approved, but still needing official approval. Not the
ad referendum
(ad ref)
[before the Senate] same as a referendum.
ad rem
to the matter
Thus, to the point, without digression.
ad terminum qui for the term which
A legal term for a writ of entry ad terminum qui praeteriit [for the term which has passed].[1]
praeteriit
has passed
ad undas
to the waves
Equivalent to to hell.
ad unum
to one
Said of a work that has been expurgated of offensive or improper parts. The phrase originates
for the use of the
ad usum Delphini
from editions of Greek and Roman classics which Louis XIV had censored for his heir apparent,
Dauphin
the Dauphin. Also rarely in usum Delphini (into the use of the Dauphin).
ad usum
proprium (ad us. for ones own use
propr.)
ad utrumque
paratus
ad valorem
according to value
ad victoriam
ad vitam
to victory
to eternal life
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.
aeternam
ad vitam aut
culpam
addendum
adaequatio
intellectus et rei
adaequatio
intellectus nostri
cum re
adsum
adversus solem ne
loquitor
Someone who, given a certain argument, takes a position he or she does not necessarily agree
with, for the sake of argument.
a sick mans dreams From Horace, Ars Poetica, 7. Loosely, troubled dreams.
of age / aged (in
Abbreviation of aetatis; further abbreviated (and more common): aet. e.g.: aetat or aet.
the sense of: age:
36 = 36 years old.
)
Thus, at the age of. Appeared on portraits, gravestones, etc. Sometimes extended to anno
of ones own age
aetatis suae (AAS), in the year of his age. Sometimes shortened to just aetatis or aetat (aet.).
The tomb reads Anno 1629 Aetatis Suae 46 because she died in 1629 at age 46.
affidavit
agenda
agere sequitur
he asserted
A legal term from Medieval Latin referring to a sworn statement. From fides, faith.
More often translated as Do well whatever you do, this phrase is used as the motto of several
Catholic schools. Literally translated, it means Do what you do; figuratively it means keep
going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so. Used as a maxim by Pope John XXIII in
Do what you are
the sense dont be concerned with any other matter than the task in hand. He is fighting worry
doing.
about what will become of him in the future. His sense of age quod agis is joy regarding what is
going on now and detachment regarding concerns about the future. (Journal of a Soul, p. 154155)
Originally comparable to a to-do list, an ordered list of things to be done. Now generalized to
things to be done
include any planned course of action. The singular, agendum (thing that must be done), is rarely
used.
action follows belief We act according to what we believe (ourselves to be).[2]
credere
agere sequitur
(esse)
Agnus Dei
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
Lamb of God! upon seeing Jesus, referring both to a lambs 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
the die has been cast afoot, but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase crossing the Rubicon, denotes passing
the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the
outcome is left to chance.
Light [is] to be
nourished where
Or let learning be cherished The motto of Davidson College.
liberty [has] arisen.
at another time,
An assumed name or pseudonym. Similar to alter ego, but more specifically referring to a name,
otherwise
not to a second self.
A legal defense where a defendant attempts to show that he was elsewhere at the time a crime was
elsewhere
committed.
action follows being
His alibi is sound; he gave evidence that he was in another city on the night of the murder.
Graduate or former student of a school, college or university. Plural of alumnus is alumni (male).
Plural of alumna is alumnae (female).
A sure friend in an
unsure matter
amicus curiae
An adviser, or a person who can obtain or grant access to the favour of powerful group, like a
Roman Curia. In current U.S. legal usage, an amicus curiae is a third party allowed to submit a
legal opinion (in the form of an amicus brief) to the court.
Plato is my friend,
but truth is a better
friend.
to lose the law of the
land
amor fati
love of fate
amor omnibus
idem
amor patriae
to value truth higher than friendship; attributed to Aristotle (Ethics, 1096a15) and Roger Bacon
(Opus Majus, P. I, ch. v)
An obsolete legal term signifying the forfeiture of the right of swearing in any court or cause, or
to become infamous.
Motto of Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Wellesley College Primary School, Eastbourne,
New Zealand; Victoria College- St. Helier Parish, Jersey, the Channel Islands.
Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For example, Terra Mariae, anglice,
Maryland.
anglice
in English
animus in
consulendo liber
a mind unfettered in
Official motto of NATO.
deliberation
Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno
in the year
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,
in the Year of the
and based on the perceived year of the birth of Jesus Christ. The years before Jesus birth were
Lord
once marked with a.C.n (Ante Christum Natum, Before Christ was Born), but now use the English
abbreviation BC (Before Christ). Example: Augustus Caesar was born in the year 63 BC, and died AD 14.
In the year of the
Precedes of and the current ruler.
reign
He nods at things
Or he approves our undertakings. Motto on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States
now begun
and on the back of the United States one-dollar bill.
A recent pun on annus mirabilis, first used by Queen Elizabeth II to describe what a bad year
1992 had been for her, and subsequently occasionally used to refer to many other years perceived
horrible year
as horrible. In Classical Latin, this phrase could actually mean terrifying year. See also annus
terribilis.
Used particularly to refer to the years 16651666, during which Isaac Newton made revolutionary
inventions and discoveries in calculus, motion, optics and gravitation. Annus Mirabilis is also the
title of a poem by John Dryden written in the same year. It has since been used to refer to other
wonderful year
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)
dreadful year
Used to describe 1348, the year the Black Death began to afflict Europe.
As in status quo ante bellum, as it was before the war. Commonly used in the Southern United
before the war
States 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
before the letter
introduced or became common. Example: Alan Turing was a computer scientist ante litteram, since the field of
anno (an.)
Anno Domini
(A.D.)
anno regni
annuit cptis
annus horribilis
annus mirabilis
annus terribilis
ante bellum
ante cibum (a.c.)
ante litteram
ante meridiem
before midday
(a.m.)
ante mortem
ante omnia
armari
ante prandium
(a.p.)
before death
before all else, be
armed
before lunch
in the writings of
water
strong water
pure water
aqua regia
royal water
aqua vitae
water of life
an eagle doesnt
catch flies
to plough the
seashore
arare litus
arbiter
elegantiarum
Arcana imperii
Arcanum boni
tenoris animae
arcus senilis
arduus ad solem
argentum album
arguendo
Used on pharmaceutical prescriptions to denote before a meal. Less common is post prandium,
after lunch.
Textual notes. A list of other readings relating to a document, especially in a scholarly edition of a
text.
Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand
Refers to nitric acid.
Or clear water, clean water.
refers to a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, thus called because of its ability to
dissolve gold.
Spirit of Wine in many English texts. Used to refer to various native distilled beverages, such as
whisky (uisge beatha) in Scotland and Ireland, gin in Holland, brandy (eau de vie) in France, and
akvavit in Scandinavia.
A noble or important person doesnt deal with insignificant issues.
From Gerhard Gerhards (14661536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia
(1508). Wasted labour.
One who prescribes, rules on, or is a recognized authority on matters of social behavior and taste.
judge of tastes
Said of Petronius. Sometimes found in the singular, arbiter elegantiae (judge of taste).
Originally used by Tacitus to refer to the state secrets and unaccountable ways used by the Roman
the secrets of power
imperial government,
The secret behind a
Motto of the Starobrno Brewery in Brno.
good mood
bow of an old person An opaque circle around the cornea of the eye, often seen in elderly people.
Striving towards the
Motto of the Victoria University of Manchester.
sun
white silver
Also silver coin. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, signifies bullion, or silver uncoined.
for arguing
For the sake of argument. Said when something is done purely in order to discuss a matter or
argumentum
illustrate a point. Example: Let us assume, arguendo, that your claim is correct.
Or reasoning, inference, appeal, proof. The plural is argumenta. Commonly used in the
names of logical arguments and fallacies, preceding phrases such as a silentio (by silence), ad
antiquitatem (to antiquity), ad baculum (to the stick), ad captandum (to capturing), ad
consequentiam (to the consequence), ad crumenam (to the purse), ad feminam (to the woman), ad
hominem (to the person), ad ignorantiam (to ignorance), ad judicium (to judgment), ad lazarum
argument
(to poverty), ad logicam (to logic), ad metum (to fear), ad misericordiam (to pity), ad nauseam (to
nausea), ad novitatem (to novelty), ad personam (to the character), ad numerum (to the number),
ad odium (to spite), ad populum (to the people), ad temperantiam (to moderation), ad
verecundiam (to reverence), ex silentio (from silence), in terrorem (into terror), and e contrario
(from/to the opposite).
An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin,
art [is] to conceal art
but often incorrectly attributed to Ovid.[3]
Translated into Latin from Baudelaires Lart pour lart. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This
art for arts 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
art is long, life is
out of context. The art referred to in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which
short
took a lifetime to acquire.
by art and by labour motto of Blackburn Rovers F.C.
by skill and valour motto of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) Branch of the Canadian Forces.
Friends of Czech
Award of the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic for the promotion of the positive
Arts
reputation of Czech culture abroad.
an ass to the lyre
From Erasmuss collection of Adages. An awkward or incompetent individual.
the jackass rubs the
Used to describe two people lavishing excessive praise on one another.
jackass
the assured does not
seek profit but
Refers to the insurance principle that the indemnity cannot be larger than the loss.
makes [it his profit]
that he not be in loss
The stars incline us,
Refers to the Free will over the astrological determinism.
they do not bind us
Various Authors
Used in bibliography for books, texts, publications or articles that contain more than three
auctoritas
Auctoritas non
veritas facit legem
audacter
calumniare,
semper aliquid
haeret
audax at fidelis
authority
authority, not truth,
makes law
audeamus
let us dare
audemus jura
nostra defendere
we dare to defend
our rights
slander boldly,
something always
sticks
bold but faithful
to dare is to do
hear the other side
I hear the enemy
hear, see, be silent
auribus teneo
lupum
This formula appears in the 1670 Latin translation of the Hobbes Leviathan, II, 26[4]
From Horaces Odes II, 10. Refers to the ethical goal of reaching a virtuous middle ground
between two sinful extremes. The golden mean concept is common to many philosophers, chiefly
Aristotle.
accursed hunger for From Virgil, Aeneid 3,57. Later quoted by Seneca as quod non mortalia pectora coges, auri
gold
sacra fames What dont 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
I hold a wolf by the
situation where both holding on and letting go could be deadly. A modern version is To have a
ears
tiger by the tail.
collaborators.
The level of prestige a person had in Roman society.
aurora australis
southern dawn
aurora borealis
northern lights
aurora musis
amica
Dawn is a friend to
the Muses
aurum potestas
est
auspicium
melioris aevi
aut Caesar aut
nihil
aut consiliis aut
ense
The Southern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Southern Hemisphere. It is less well-known
than the Northern Lights, or aurorea borealis. The Aurora Australis is also the name of an
Antarctic icebreaker ship.
The Northern Lights, an aurora that appears in the Northern Hemisphere.
Title of a distich by Iohannes Christenius (15991672): Conveniens studiis non est nox,
commoda lux est; / Luce labor bonus est et bona nocte quies. (Night is not suitable for studying,
daylight is; / working by light is good, as is rest at night.) in Nihus, Barthold (1642).
Epigrammata disticha. Johannes Kinckius.
gold is power
Motto of the fictional Fowl family in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer
hope/token of a
better age
either Caesar or
nothing
either by meeting or
the sword
Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and motto of Raffles Institution, a secondary
school in Singapore.
Indicates that the only valid possibility is to be emperor, or a similarly prominent position. More
generally, all or nothing. Adopted by Cesare Borgia as a personal motto.
Thus, either through reasoned discussion or through war. The first motto of Chile.
Do or die, no retreat. A Greek expression said by Spartan mothers to their sons as they
aut cum scuto aut either with shield or
departed for battle. A hoplite would drop his cumbersome shield in order to flee the battlefield; a
in scuto
on shield
slain warrior would be borne home atop his shield.
aut imiteris aut
Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 7:7. Full form: necesse est aut imiteris aut
imitate or loathe it
oderis
oderis (you must either imitate or loathe the world)
aut neca aut
either kill or be
or neca ne neceris (kill lest you be killed)
necare
killed
aut pax aut
either peace or war The motto of the Gunn Clan.
bellum
aut viam inveniam I will either find a
Hannibal.
aut faciam
way or make one
A general pledge of victoria aut mors victory or death. Motto of the Higgenbotham, and
aut vincere aut
either to conquer or
Higginbottom families of Cheshire England; participants in the War of the Roses. Also the motto
mori
to die
for the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
ave atque vale
Hail and farewell!
From Catullus, carmen 101, addressed to his deceased brother.
ave Europa nostra Hail, Europe, our
Anthem of Imperium Europa
vera patria
true Fatherland!
From Suetonius The Twelve Caesars, Claudius 21. A salute and plea for mercy recorded on one
Hail, Emperor!
occasion by naumachiariicaptives and criminals fated to die fighting during mock naval
Those who are about
encounters. Later versions included a variant of We who are about to die, and this translation is
to die salute you!
sometimes aided by changing the Latin to nos morituri te salutamus.
Ave Maria
Hail, Mary
Catholic prayer of intercession asking Mary, the mother of Jesus to pray for the petitioner.
Hail, Mother of
ave mater Angliae
Motto of Canterbury.
England
Ave Imperator,
morituri te
salutant
B
Latin
barba crescit caput
nescit
barba non facit
philosophum
barba tenus
sapientes
Translation
beard grows, head
doesnt grow wiser
a beard doesnt make
one a philosopher
(BVM)
beatae memoriae
beati pauperes
spiritu
beati possidentes
beatus homo qui
invenit sapientiam
bella gerant alii
Protesilaus amet!
bellum omnium
Notes
wise as far as the beard Or wise only in appearance. From Erasmuss collection of Adages.
A common name in the Roman Catholic Church for Mary, the mother of Jesus. The genitive,
Beatae Mariae Virginis (BMV), occurs often as well, appearing with such words as horae
(hours), litaniae (litanies) and officium (office).
See in memoriam.
A Beatitude from Matthew 5:3 in the Vulgate: beati pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est
regnum caelorum Blessed in spirit [are] the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
of blessed memory
Blessed in spirit [are]
the poor.
blessed [are] those
Translated from Euripides.
who possess
blessed is the man who
from Proverbs 3:13; set to music in a 1577 motet of the same name by Orlando di Lasso.
finds wisdom
Originally from Ovid, Heroides 13.84,[5] where Laodamia is writing to her husband
Protesilaus who is at the Trojan War. She begs him to stay out of danger, but he was in fact
Others wage war
the first Greek to die at Troy. Also used of the Habsburg marriages of 1477 and 1496, written
Protesilaus should love!
as bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria nube (let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry).
Said by King Matthias.
war of all against all A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature.
contra omnes
bellum se ipsum alet war feeds itself
Biblia pauperum
Paupers Bible
bibo ergo sum
I drink, therefore I am
he gives twice, who
bis dat qui cito dat
gives promptly
bis in die (bid)
twice in a day
bona fide
in good faith
bona notabilia
note-worthy goods
bona officia
bona patria
bona vacantia
boni pastoris est
tondere pecus non
deglubere
bono malum
superate
good services
goods of a country
vacant goods
it is a good shepherds
Tiberius reportedly said this to his regional commanders, as a warning against taxing the
[job] to shear his flock,
populace excessively.
not to flay them
Overcome evil with
Motto of Westonbirt School.
good
Or general welfare. Refers to what benefits a society, as opposed to bonum commune
bonum commune
common good of the hominis, which refers to what is good for an individual. In the film Hot Fuzz, this phrase is
communitatis
community
chanted by an assembled group of people, in which context it is deliberately similar to
another phrase that is repeated throughout the film, which is The Greater Good.
bonum commune
common good of a
Refers to an individuals happiness, which is not common in that it serves everyone, but in
hominis
man
that individuals tend to be able to find happiness in similar things.
boreas domus, mare the North is our home,
Motto of Orkney.
amicus
the sea is our friend
harmless (or inert)
brutum fulmen
Used to indicate either an empty threat, or a judgement at law which has no practical effect.
thunderbolt
busillis
Pseudo-Latin meaning baffling puzzle or difficult point. John of Cornwall (ca. 1170) was
once asked by a scribe what the word meant. It turns out that the original text said in diebus
illis magnis plenae (in those days there were plenty of great things), which the scribe misread
as indie busillis magnis plenae (in India there were plenty of large busillis).
C
Latin
cacoethes
scribendi
cadavera vero
innumera
Caedite eos. Novit
enim Dominus qui
sunt eius.
Caelum non
animum mutant
qui trans mare
currunt
Caesar non supra
grammaticos
caetera desunt
calix meus
inebrians
Translation
Those who hurry across the sea change the sky [upon
them], not their souls or state of mind
Notes
Cacothes[6] bad habit, or medically, malignant disease
is a borrowing of Greek kakthes.[7] The phrase is derived
from a line in the Satires of Juvenal: Tenet insanabile multos
scribendi cacoethes, or the incurable desire (or itch) for
writing affects many. See hypergraphia.
Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the Battle
of the Catalaunian Plains.
Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the
massacre of Bziers during the Albigensian Crusade,
recorded 30 years later, according to Caesar of Heisterbach.
Hexameter by Horace (Epistula XI).[8] Seneca shortens it to
Animum debes mutare, non caelum (You must change
[your] disposition, not [your] sky) in his Letter to Lucilium
XXVIII, 1.
camera obscura
dark chamber
canes pugnaces
capax Dei
capax infiniti
dead head
Caritas Christi
carpe noctem
carpe vinum
Carthago delenda
Carthage must be destroyed
est
imago Dei est quo eius capax est,[9] The mind is the image
of God, in that it is capable of Him and can be partaker of
Him.
A term referring (at least) to some Christian doctrines of the
incarnation of the Son of God when it asserts that humanity
is capable of housing full divinity within its finite frame.
Related to the Docetic heresy and sometimes a counterpoint
to the Reformed extracalvinisticum.
So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach or
understanding (from Virgils Aeneid and the shorter form
appears in John Lockes Two Treatises of Government)
Originally an alchemical reference to the dead head or
worthless residue left over from a reaction. Also used to refer
to a freeloader or worthless element.
It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St.
Francis Xavier High School located in West Meadowlark
Park, Edmonton.
Pope Benedict XVIs 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.
The Roman senator Cato the Elder ended every speech after
the Second Punic War with ceterum censeo Carthaginem
esse delendam, literally For the rest, I am of the opinion that
Carthage is to be destroyed. Before the ratification of the
Treaty of Lisbon in the European Parliament, Daniel Hannan
ended all his speeches in a similar way with Pactio
Olisipiensis censenda est The Treaty of Lisbon must be put
to a referendum.
castigat ridendo
mores
casus belli
event of war
causa latet, vis est
The cause is hidden, but the result is well known.
notissima
causa mortis
cause of death
cave
beware!
cave canem
caveat emptor
caveat venditor
celerius quam
more swiftly than asparagus [stem]s are cooked
asparagi cocuntur
cepi corpus
in itinere per
atturnatum
clarere audere
gaudere
clausum fregit
claves Sancti Petri the keys of Saint Peter
clavis aurea
golden key
coitus more
ferarum
Gather ye
rosebuds while
ye may, 1909,
by John William
Waterhouse
communis opinio
common opinion
compos mentis
concilio et labore
concordia cum
veritate
concordia salus
combinatio nova
new combination
confer (cf.)[11][12]
compare
Confoederatio
Helvetica (C.H.)
Helvetian Confederation
Congregatio
Sanctissimi
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Redemptoris C.Ss.R
Redemptorists
consensu
consuetudo pro
lege servatur
with consent
contra
proferentem
coram Deo
coram nobis,
coram vobis
coram populo
coram publico
Thus, openly.
Corpus Christi
Body of Christ
corpus delicti
Corpus Iuris
Canonici
Corpus Iuris
Civilis
corpus vile
worthless body
corrigenda
corruptio optimi
pessima
corruptissima re
publica plurimae
leges
corvus oculum
corvi non eruit
corruptus in
extremis
things to be corrected
the corruption of the best is the worst
When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are
most numerous
Tacitus
Cras es Noster
creatio ex nihilo
Credo in Unum
Deum
The first words of the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed.
it grows as it goes
credo quia
absurdum est
crescamus in Illo
per omnia
crescat scientia
vita excolatur
crescente luce
crescit cum
commercio civitas
crescit eundo
cui bono
cui prodest
cuique suum
Whose the land is, all the way to the sky and to the
underworld is his.
cuiusvis hominis
est errare, nullius
nisi insipientis in Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault
errore
perseverare.
culpa
fault
cum gladiis et
fustibus
cum gladio et sale
cum grano salis
cum hoc ergo
propter hoc
cum laude
with praise
cum mortuis in
with the dead in a dead language
lingua mortua
cum privilegio ad
imprimendum
with the exclusive right to print
solum
cuncti adsint
meritaeque
let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
expectent praemia
palmae
cupio dissolvi
desire to be dissolved
cura personalis
cura te ipsum
curriculum vitae
course of life
custodi civitatem,
guard the city, O Lord
Domine
custos morum
keeper of morals
cygnis insignis
cygnus inter
anates
D
Latin
Da Deus fortunae
Da mihi factum,
dabo tibi ius
Translation
Notes
God give happiness
Traditional Czech brewers greeting.
or God give luck
also: Da mihi facta, dabo tibi ius; legal principle based on Roman law; parties should present
Give me the fact(s),
the facts of a case while the judge rules on the law. Related to iura novit curia (the court knows
Ill give you the law
the law).
Paraphrase of Quintilianus, from De Institutione Oratoria, Book X, chapter I, 26:
They condemn what
they do not
understand
condemnation to
[the] beasts
damnation of
damnatio memoriae
memory
damnatio ad bestias
damnum absque
injuria
dat deus
incrementum or
deus dat
incrementum
data venia
damage without
injury
Modesto tamen et circumspecto iudicio de tantis viris pronuntiandum est, ne, quod
plerisque accidit, damnent quae non intellegunt.
Yet students must pronounce with diffidence and circumspection on the merits of
such illustrious characters, lest, as is the case with many, they condemn what
they do not understand. (Translation by Rev. John Selby Watson)
Colloquially thrown to the lions.
A Roman custom in which disgraced Romans (particularly former Emperors) were pretended to
have never existed.
A loss that results from no ones 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.
datum perficiemus
munus
de bene esse
de bonis asportatis
decessit sine prole
decessit sine prole
legitima
decessit sine prole
mascula superstite
decessit sine prole
superstite
decessit vita matris
decessit vita patris
decus et tutamen
de dato
de facto
defendit numerus
de fideli
de fideli
administratione
defunctus vivente
excuse
We shall accomplish
Motto of Batalho de Operaes Policiais Especiais (BOPE), Rio de Janeiro.
the mission assigned
A de bene esse deposition is used to preserve the testimony of a witness who is expected not to
as well done
be available to appear at trial and be cross-examined.
carrying goods away Trespass de bonis asportatis was the traditional name for larceny (wrongful taking of chattels).
Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dsp, to indicate a person who died
died without issue
without having had any children
died without
Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dspl, to indicate a person who died
legitimate issue
without having had any children by a spouse.
died without
Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dspm, to indicate a person who died
surviving male issue without having had any male children who lived or outlived them.
died without
Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dsps, to indicate a person who died
surviving issue
without having had any children who lived or outlived them.
died in the lifetime Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dvm, to indicate a person who
of the mother
predeceased their mother.
died in the lifetime Used in genealogical records, often in the abbreviated form dvp, to indicate a person who
of the father
predeceased their father
Inscription on British one-pound coins. Originally on 17th-century coins, it refers to the
An ornament and a
inscribed edge as a protection against the clipping of precious metal. The phrase originally
safeguard
comes from Virgils Aeneid.
of the date
Used in the context of As we agreed in the meeting d.d. 26th Mai 2006.
Said of something that is the actual state of affairs, in contrast to somethings legal or official
by deed
standing, which is described as de jure. De facto refers to the way things really are rather than
what is officially presented as the fact.
There is safety in
numbers
A clerk makes the declaration De fideli when appointed, promising to do his or her tasks
with faithfulness
faithfully as a servant of the court.
of faithful
Describing an oath taken to faithfully administer the duties of a job or office, like that taken by
administration
a court reporter.[15]
(dvp) died with
Used by genealogists to denote a son who has pre-deceased his father and not lived long
narratur
told
de novo
about every
de omni re scibili et knowable thing, and
quibusdam aliis
even certain other
things
be suspicious of
de omnibus
everything, doubt
dubitandum
everything
Free From Having
de oppresso liber
Been Oppressed
de profundis
from the depths
used when comparing any current situation to a past story or historical event.
Anew or afresh. In law, a trial de novo is a retrial. In biology, de novo means newly
synthesized, and a de novo mutation is a mutation that neither parent possessed or transmitted.
In economics, de novo refers to newly founded companies, and de novo banks are state banks
that have been in operation for five years or less.
The 15th-century Italian scholar Giovanni Pico della Mirandola wrote the De omni re scibili
portion (about every knowable thing), and a wag added et quibusdam aliis (and even certain
other things).
Attributed to Ren Descartes. Karl Marxs favorite motto and a title of one of Sren
Kierkegaards works De Omnibus Dubitandum Est
Loosely translated as To Liberate the Oppressed. The motto of the United States Army
Special Forces.[17]
Out of the depths of misery or dejection. From the Latin translation of Psalm 130.
In logic, de dicto statements (about the truth of a proposition) are distinguished from de re
statements (about the properties of a thing itself).
de re
delectatio morosa
peevish delight
no delegated powers
can be further
.
delegated
They are mad, those A translation into Latin from Ren Goscinnys French ils sont fous, ces romains! or Italian
delirant isti Romani
Romans!
Sono pazzi questi Romani (compare SPQR), frequently issued by Obelix in the 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
Deo et patriae
for God and Country Motto of Regis High School (New York City).
delegata potestas
non potest delegari
Deo gratias
Deo juvante
Deo non Fortuna
Deo Optimo
Maximo (DOM)
Deo volente
descensus in cuniculi
cavum
desiderantes
meliorem patriam
God willing
Literally, has 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
[From] a maxim,
exception is ignored or eliminated. For instance, the appropriateness of using opiates is
dicto simpliciter
simply
dependent on the presence of extreme pain. To justify the recreational use of opiates by
referring to a cancer patient or to justify arresting said cancer patient by comparing him to the
recreational user would be a dicto simpliciter.
dictum factum
what is said is done Motto of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron VF-194
dictum meum
my word [is] my
Motto of the London Stock Exchange
pactum
bond
From the Roman Emperor Titus. Passed down in Suetoniuss biography of him in Lives of the
diem perdidi
I have lost the day
Twelve Caesars
Refers to the Judgment Day in Christian eschatology. The name of a famous 13th-century
Dies Irae
Day of Wrath
Medieval Latin hymn by Tommaso da Celano, used in the Mass for the dead.
Days under common law (traditionally Sunday) in which no legal process can be served and
Day without
dies non juridicum
any judgment is void. This concept was first codified by the English Parliament in the reign of
judiciary
Charles II.
In Classical Latin, I arrange. State motto of Maine. Based on a comparison of the state of
dirigo
I direct
Maine to the star Polaris.
it seemed otherwise In other words, the gods have different plans than mortals, and so events do not always play out
dis aliter visum
to the gods
as people wish them to. Virgil, Aeneid, 2:428.
Refers to the Manes, Roman spirits of the dead. Loosely To the memory of. A conventional
dis manibus sacrum Sacred to the ghost- inscription preceding the name of the deceased on pagan grave markings, often shortened to dis
(D.M.S.)
gods
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
Learn as if always
disce quasi semper
going to live; live as
victurus vive quasi
Attributed to St Edmund of Abingdon.
if tomorrow going to
cras moriturus
die.
while teaching we
discendo discimus
learn
disiecta membra
scattered limbs
That is, scattered remains. Paraphrased from Horace, Satires, I, 4, 62, where it was written
ditat Deus
divide et impera
dixi
["...", ...] dixit
do ut des
docendo discitur
docendo disco,
scribendo cogito
dolus specialis
disiecti membra poetae (limbs of a scattered poet). Also written as disjecta membra.
State motto of Arizona, adopted in 1911. Probably derived from the Vulgates translation of
God enriches
Genesis 14:23.
A Roman maxim adopted by Julius Caesar, Louis XI and Machiavelli. Commonly rendered
divide and rule
divide and conquer.
A popular eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. The implied meaning is: I
I have spoken
have said all that I had to say and thus the argument is settled.
["...", ...] said
Used to attribute a statement or opinion to its author, rather than the speaker.
I give that you may Often said or written for sacrifices, when one gives and expects something back from the
give
gods.
It is learned by
Also translated One learns by teaching. Attributed to Seneca the Younger.
teaching
I learn by teaching,
think by writing.
The concept is particular to a few civil law systems and cannot sweepingly be equated with
the notions of special or specific intent in common law systems. Of course, the same might
special intent
equally be said of the concept of specific intent, a notion used in the common law almost
exclusively within the context of the defense of voluntary intoxication.Genocide scholar
William Schabas[18]
Lord guide us
Motto of the City of London
Sunday in [Setting
Aside the] White
Latin name of the Octave of Easter.
Garments
Dominus Illuminatio
the Lord is my light Motto of the University of Oxford.
Mea
Dominus fortitudo The Lord is our
Motto of the Southland College, Philippines
nostra
Strength
Phrase used during and at the end of Catholic sermons, and a general greeting form among and
Dominus vobiscum Lord be with you
towards 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 Dei prayer of the Mass. Also an
dona nobis pacem
give us peace
ending in the video game Haunting Ground.
donatio mortis causa giving in
A legal concept where a person in imminent mortal danger need not meet the requisite
danger
while I breathe, I
dum spiro spero
hope
while there is life,
dum vita est, spes est
there is hope
dum vivimus
While we live, we
servimus
serve
dum vivimus,
While we live, let us
vivamus
live!
[the] law [is] harsh,
dura lex sed lex
but [it is the] law
dura mater
tough mother
During good
durante bene placito
pleasure
durante munere
while in office
dux bellorum
war leader
The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of
wisdom
Initium Sapientiae
Timor Domini
E
Latin
Translation
e pluribus unum
Ecce homo
ecce panis
angelorum
editio princeps
Notes
Literally, out of more (than one), one. 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.
From the Latin Vulgate Gospel of John 19:5 (Douay-Rheims), where Pontius Pilate speaks these
words as he presents Christ, crowned with thorns, to the crowd. It is also the title of Nietzsches
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.
ego te absolvo
ego te provoco
eheu fugaces
labuntur anni
eluceat omnibus
lux
emeritus
I absolve you
I challenge you
Alas, the fleeting
years slip by
let the light shine
out from all
veteran
existing because
of oneself
by the sword she
ense petit placidam
seeks a serene
sub libertate
repose under
quietem
liberty
entia non sunt
entities must not
multiplicanda
be multiplied
praeter
beyond necessity
necessitatem
entitas ipsa involvit
reality involves a
aptitudinem ad
power to compel
extorquendum
sure assent
certum assensum
ens causa sui
eo ipso
eo nomine
equo ne credite
erga omnes
ergo
errare humanum
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. Can also be written as te provoco
From Horaces Odes II, 14.
The motto of Sidwell Friends School
Retired from office. Often used to denote a position held at the point of retirement, as an honor,
such as professor emeritus or provost emeritus. This does not necessarily mean that the honorand is
no longer active. Also worn-out.
Or being ones own cause. Traditionally, a being that owes its existence to no other being, hence
God or a Supreme Being (cf. Primum Mobile).
State motto of Massachusetts, adopted in 1775.
Occams Razor or Law of Parsimony; that is, that arguments which do not introduce extraneous
variables are to be preferred in logical argumentation.
Technical term used in philosophy and the law. Similar to ipso facto. Example: The fact that I am
by that very (act) does not eo ipso mean that I think. From Latin eo ipso, ablative form of id ipsum, that (thing)
itself.
by that name
do not trust the
Virgil, Aeneid, II. 4849 (Latin)
horse
in relation to
everyone
therefore
Denotes a logical conclusion (cf. cogito ergo sum).
to err is human
Sometimes attributed to Seneca the Younger, but not attested: Errare humanum est, perseverare
est
erratum
errantis voluntas
nulla est
eruditio et religio
error
the will of a
mistaken party is
void
scholarship and
religion
to be is to be
perceived
autem diabolicum, et tertia non datur (To err is human; to persist [in committing such errors] is of
the devil, and the third possibility is not given.) Several authors contemplated the idea before
Seneca: Livy Venia dignus error is humanus (Storie, VIII, 35) and Cicero: is Cuiusvis errare:
insipientis nullius nisi, in errore perseverare (Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault)
(Philippicae XII, ii, 5). Cicero well-versed in ancient Greek may well have been alluding to
Euripides play Hippolytus some four centuries earlier.[20] 300 years later Augustine of Hippo
recycled the idea in his Sermones (164, 14): Humanum fuit errare, diabolicum est per
animositatem in errore manere.[21] The phrase gained currency in English language after
Alexander Popes An Essay on Criticism (1711): To err is human, to forgive divine. (line 325).
Or mistake. Lists of errors in a previous edition of a work are often marked with the plural,
errata (errors).
Roman legal principle formulated by Pomponius in the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis, stating
that legal actions undertaken by man under the influence of error are ineffective.
Motto of Duke University
George Berkeleys 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 Ciceros De amicitia (On Friendship). Earlier than Cicero, the phrase had
to be, rather than been used by Sallust in his Bellum Catilinae (54.6), where he wrote that Cato esse quam videri
esse quam videri
to seem
bonus malebat (he preferred to be good, rather than to seem so). Earlier still, Aeschylus used a
similar phrase in Seven Against Thebes, line 592, ou gar dokein aristos, all enai thelei (he wishes
not to seem the best, but to be the best); also motto of North Carolina.
there is a middle ground in things, there is a middle way; from Horaces Satires 1.1.106; see also:
Golden mean (philosophy). According to Potempski & Galmarini (Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 9471
there is measure in 9489, 2009) the sentence should be translated as: There is an optimal condition in all things
est modus in rebus
things
which in the original text is followed by the sentence: There are therefore precise boundaries
beyond which one cannot find the right thing (sunt certi denique fines quos ultra citraque nequit
consistere rectum).
Said of Venice by the Venetian historian Fra Paolo Sarpi shortly before his death. Also the state
may it be
esto perpetua
motto of Idaho, adopted in 1867, and of S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. It is also
perpetual
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.
esse est percipi
and a supposition
puts nothing in
More typically translated as Sayin it dont make it so.
being
Also Even you, Brutus? or You too, Brutus? Used to indicate a betrayal by someone close.
From Shakespeares Julius Caesar, based on the traditional dying words of Julius Caesar.
et tu, Brute?
And you, Brutus? However, these were almost certainly not Caesars true last words; Plutarch quotes Caesar as
saying, in Greek, the language of Romes elite at the time, ; (Ka s tknon?), in
English You too, (my) child?, quoting from Menander.
et uxor (et ux.)
and wife
A legal term.
et vir
and husband
A legal term.
Even if all
Etiamsi omnes, ego
others I will
Peter to Jesus Christ (from Vulgate Matthew 26:33; New King James Version: Matthew 26:33).
non
never
etsi deus non
even if God were
Sentence synthesizing a famous concept of Grotius (1625).
daretur
not a given
In law, describes someone taking precautions against a very remote contingency. One might wear
out of an
a belt in addition to braces ex abundanti cautela.[24] In banking, a loan in which the collateral is
ex abundanti
abundance of
more than the loan itself. Also the basis for the term an abundance of caution employed by
cautela
caution
United States President Barack Obama to explain why his oath of office had to be re-administered
by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts and again in reference to terrorist threats.
For out of the
ex abundantia
From the Gospel according to St. Matthew, XII.xxxiv (Vulgate), 12.34 (Douay-Rheims) and the
abundance of the
enim cordis os
Gospel according to St. Luke, VI.xlv (Vulgate), 6.45 (Douay-Rheims). Sometimes rendered
heart the mouth
loquitur
without enim (for).
speaketh.
On equal footing, i.e., in a tie. Used for those two (seldom more) participants of a competition,
ex aequo
from the equal
that showed exactly the same performance.
(Theres) always
ex Africa semper something new
Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.42 (unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi
aliquid novi
(coming) out of
Africam adferre[25]), a translation of the Greek .
Africa
ex animo
from the heart
Thus, sincerely.
ex ante
from before
Beforehand, before the event. Based on prior assumptions. A forecast.
ex astris scientia
From the Stars,
The motto of the fictional Starfleet Academy on Star Trek. Adapted from ex luna scientia, which in
et suppositio nil
ponit in esse
Knowledge
ex cathedra
ex cultu robur
ex Deo
from culture
[comes] strength
from God
ex dolo malo
from fraud
ex facie
ex fide fiducia
ex fide fortis
ex glande quercus
ex gratia
ex hypothesi
ex infra (e.i.) cf. ex
supra
ex juvantibus
ex lege
ex libris
ex luna scientia
ex malo bonum
ex mea sententia
in my opinion
out of mere
impulse, or of
ones own accord.
ex mero motu
Precedes a persons name, with the meaning of from the library of; also a bookplate.
The motto of the Apollo 13 moon mission, derived from ex scientia tridens, the motto of Jim
Lovells Alma Mater, the United States Naval Academy.
From St. Augustines Sermon LXI where he contradicts Senecas 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.
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
nothing comes
ex nihilo nihil fit
nihilo often used in conjunction with the term creation, as in creatio ex nihilo, meaning creation
from nothing
out of nothing. It is often used in philosophy or theology in connection with the proposition that
God created the universe from nothing. It is also mentioned in the final ad-lib of the Monty Python
song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
ex novo
from new
Said of something that has been built from scratch.
Ex Oblivione
from oblivion
The title of a short story by H. P. Lovecraft.
By virtue of office or position; by right of office. Often used when someone holds one position
by virtue of holding another: for example, the President of France is an ex officio Co-Prince of
Andorra. A common misconception is that all ex officio members of a committee or congress may
ex officio
from the office
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.
from the work of A theological phrase contrasted with ex opere operato, referring to the notion that the validity or
ex opere operantis
the one working promised 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
from the work
benefit, such as a baptism actually and literally cleansing ones sins. The Catholic Church affirms
ex opere operato
worked
that the source of grace is God, not just the actions or disposition of the minister or the recipient of
the sacrament.
Originally refers to the sun rising in the east, but alludes to culture coming from the Eastern world.
ex oriente lux
light from the east
Motto of several institutions.
ex parte
ex pede Herculem
ex post
ex post facto
ex professo
ex scientia tridens
ex scientia vera
from a part
from his foot, so
Hercules
from after
from a thing done
afterward
from one
declaring [an art
or science]
from knowledge,
sea power.
from knowledge,
truth
A legal term that means by one party or for one party. Thus, on behalf of one side or party
only.
From the measure of Hercules foot you shall know his size; from a part, the whole.
Afterward, after the event. Based on knowledge of the past. Measure of past performance.
Said of a law with retroactive effect.
Or with due competence. Said of the person who perfectly knows his art or science.
The United States Naval Academy motto. Refers to knowledge bringing men power over the sea
comparable to that of the trident-bearing Greek god Poseidon.
The motto of the College of Graduate Studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
ex silentio
from silence
ex situ
ex supra (e.s.) cf. ex
out of position
In general, the claim that the absence of something demonstrates the proof of a proposition. An
argumentum ex silentio (argument from silence) is an argument based on the assumption that
someones silence on a matter suggests (proves when a logical fallacy) that persons ignorance of
the matter or their inability to counterargue validly.
opposite of in situ
from above
infra
ex vi termini
ex vita discedo,
tanquam ex
hospitio, non
tanquam ex domo
ex vivo
ex voto
ex vulgus scientia
excelsior
higher
The exception
confirms the rule
in cases which are
not excepted
an excuse that has
excusatio non
not been sought
petita accusatio
[is] an obvious
manifesta
accusation
exeat
may he/she leave
I have reared a
exegi monumentum monument more
aere perennius
enduring than
bronze
for the sake of
exempli gratia (e.g.) example, for
example
Thus, by definition.
Used in reference to the study or assay of living tissue in an artificial environment outside the
living organism.
Thus, in accordance with a promise. An ex voto is also an offering made in fulfillment of a vow.
used to describe social computing, The Wisdom of Crowds
Ever upward! The state motto of New York. Also a catchphrase used by Marvel Comics head
Stan Lee.
A juridical principle which means that the statement of a rules exception (e.g., no parking on
Sundays) implicitly confirms the rule (i.e., that parking is allowed Monday through Saturday).
Often mistranslated as the exception that proves the rule.
More loosely, he who excuses himself, accuses himselfan unprovoked excuse is a sign of
guilt. In French, qui sexcuse, saccuse.
A formal leave of absence.
Horace, Carmina III:XXX:I
Usually read out in English as for example (see citation signal and compare how the ampersand
is read out as and). Often confused with id est (i.e.).[26] Exempli grati, for example, is usually
abbreviated e.g. (less commonly, ex. gr.); in this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma,
depending on style.[27]
Third-person plural present active indicative of the Latin verb exire; also extended to exeunt
omnes, all leave; singular: exit.
This term has been used in dermatopathology to express that there is no substitute for experience in
experientia docet experience teaches dealing with all the numerous variations that may occur with skin conditions.[28] The term has
also been used in gastroenterology.[29]
experimentum
experiment of the
Or crucial experiment. A decisive test of a scientific theory.
crucis
cross
experto crede
trust the expert
Literally believe one who has had experience. An authors aside to the reader.
Mentioning one thing may exclude another thing. A principle of legal statutory interpretation: the
the expression of
explicit presence of a thing implies intention to exclude others; e.g., a reference in the Poor Relief
expressio unius est the one is the
Act 1601 to lands, houses, tithes and coal mines was held to exclude mines other than coal
exclusio alterius
exclusion of the
mines. Sometimes expressed as expressum facit cessare tacitum (broadly, the expression of one
other
thing excludes the implication of something else).
[placed] outside of Refers to a possible result of Catholic ecclesiastical legal proceedings when the culprit is removed
extra domum
the house
from being part of a group like a monastery.
outside the Church This expression comes from the writings of Saint Cyprian of Carthage, a bishop of the third
extra Ecclesiam
[there is] no
century. It is often used to summarise the doctrine that the Catholic Church is absolutely necessary
nulla salus
salvation
for salvation.
It is issued by the Master of the Papal Liturgical Celebrations before a session of the Papal
outside, all [of
extra omnes
conclave which will elect a new Pope. When spoken, all those who are not Cardinals, or those
you]
otherwise mandated to be present at the Conclave, must leave the Sistine Chapel.
he who
administers justice
extra territorium
outside of his
jus dicenti impune
Refers to extraterritorial jurisdiction. Often cited in law of the sea cases on the high seas.
territory is
non paretur
disobeyed with
impunity
exeunt
they leave
F
Latin
Translation
faber est suae quisque every man is the artisan of
fortunae
his own fortune
Notes
Appius Claudius Caecus. Motto of Fort Street High School in Petersham, Sydney,
Australia.
fac et spera
fac fortia et patere
fac simile
faciam eos in gentem
unum
faciam quodlibet quod
necesse est
faciam ut mei
memineris
facile princeps
do and hope
do brave deeds and endure
make a similar thing
I will make them into one
nation
Said of the acknowledged leader in some field, especially in the arts and humanities.
Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1/12:7
Motto of St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico
Frequently used as motto.
Terence, Phormio 5/8:45
A Roman legal principle indicating that a witness who willfully falsifies one matter
is not credible on any matter. The underlying motive for attorneys to impeach
opposing witnesses in court: the principle discredits the rest of their testimony if it is
without corroboration.
Frequently used as a family motto.
NN made (this)
immersed
fons et origo
the spring and source
fons sapientiae,
the fount of knowledge is
verbum Dei
the word of God.
formosam resonare
teach the woods to re-echo
doces Amaryllida silvas fair Amaryllis
perhaps even these things
forsan et haec olim
will be good to remember
meminisse iuvabit
one day
fortes fortuna adiuvat Fortune favours the bold
fortes in fide
strong in faith
fortis cadere, cedere
The brave may fall, but
non potest
cannot yield
fortis est veritas
truth is strong
fortis et liber
strong and free
fortis in arduis
strong in difficulties
fortiter et fideliter
bravely and faithfully
fortiter in re, suaviter resolute in execution, gentle
in modo
in manner
fortunae meae,
artisan of my fate and that of
multorum faber
several others
fraus omnia vitiat
presumption of sufficient
legal basis
fundamenta inconcussa unshakable foundation
fumus boni iuris
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.
gaudete in domino
rejoice in the Lord
Motto of Bishop Allen Academy
gaudium in veritate joy in truth
Motto of Campion School
A principle of statutory interpretation: If a matter falls under a specific provision in
general provisions enacted in later
generalia
a statute enacted before a general provision enacted in a later statute, it is to be
legislation do not detract from
specialibus non
presumed that the legislature did not intend that the earlier specific provision be
specific provisions enacted in
derogant
repealed, and the matter is governed by the earlier specific provision, not the more
earlier legislation
recent general one.
The unique, distinctive aspects or atmosphere of a place, such as those celebrated
genius loci
spirit of place
in art, stories, folk tales, and festivals. Originally, the genius loci was literally the
protective spirit of a place, a creature usually depicted as a snake.
Learn each field of study
generatim discite
according to its kind. (Virgil,
Motto of the University of Bath.
cultus
Georgics II.)
gens una sumus
we are one people
Motto of FIDE. Can be traced back to Claudians poem De consulatu Stilichonis.
gesta non verba
deeds, not words
Motto of James Ruse Agricultural High School.
Often translated Glory to God on High. The title and beginning of an ancient
Gloria in excelsis
Glory to God in the Highest
Roman Catholic doxology, the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei
Deo
gloriam.
Gloria invidiam
By your fame you have
Sallust, Bellum Jugurthum (Jugurthine War) 10:2.
vicisti
conquered envy
gloria filiorum
The glory of sons is 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
gaudeamus igitur
ascendimus
Graecia capta
ferum victorem
cepit
Most commonly from William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar where
Casca couldnt explain to Cassius what Cicero was saying because he was
speaking Greek. The more common collloquilism would be: Its all Greek to me.
Grandescunt Aucta
Labore
gratiae veritas
naturae
graviora manent
Gravis Dulcis
Immutabilis
gutta cavat lapidem
[non vi sed saepe
cadendo]
Virgil Aeneid 6:84; more severe things await, the worst is yet to come
a water drop hollows a stone [not main phrase is from Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto IV, 10, 5.;[35] expanded in the
by force, but by falling often]
Middle Ages
H
Latin
Translation
Notes
A legal term from the 14th century or earlier. Refers to a number of legal writs to bring a
person before a 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 prisoners legal right to
challenge the legality of their detention. (Corpus here is used in a similar sense to corpus
delicti, referring to the substance of the reason for detention rather than a physical human
body.)
Used after a Catholic Church papal election to announce publicly a successful ballot to elect a
new pope.
habeas corpus
habemus papam
we have a pope
hac lege
haec olim
meminisse iuvabit
here lies
Also rendered hic iacet. Written on gravestones or tombs, preceding the name of the deceased.
Equivalent to hic sepultus (here is buried), and sometimes combined into hic jacet sepultus
(HJS), here lies buried.
hic manebimus
optime
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 ones position even if the circumstances appear adverse.
here there are dragons Written on a globe engraved on two conjoined halves of ostrich eggs, dated to 1504.
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
hence those tears
the funeral of Chrysis, it came to be used proverbially in the works of later authors, such as
Horace (Epistula XIX, 41).
from here the way
Written on the wall of the old astronomical observatory of Vilnius University, Lithuania, and
leads to the stars
the universitys motto.
herefore strength and
Motto of the Central Bank of Sweden.
safety
history, the teacher of From Ciceros De Oratore, II, 9. Also history is the mistress of life.
magistra
hoc age
hoc est bellum
hoc est Christum
cognoscere,
beneficia eius
cognoscere
hoc est enim corpus
meum
life
do this
This is war
To know Christ is to
know his benefits
The words of Jesus reiterated in Latin during the Roman Catholic Eucharist. Sometimes
simply written as Hoc est corpus meum or This is my body.
From Horaces Satires, 1/2:2. Refers to the crowd at Tigellios funeral (c. 4039 BC). Not to
hoc genus omne
All that crowd/people
be confused with et hoc genus omne (English: and all that sort of thing).
Today its me,
hodie mihi, cras tibi tomorrow it will be
you
hominem pagina
It is of man that my
From Martials Epigrams, Book 10, No. 4, Line 10; stating his purpose in writing.
nostra sapit
page smells
hominem non
Treat the Man, not the
Motto of the Far Eastern University Institute of Nursing
morbum cura
Disease
Varro (116 BC 27 BC), in the opening line of the first book of Rerum Rusticarum Libri Tres,
wrote quod, ut dicitur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex (for if, as they say, man is a bubble,
homo bulla
man is a bubble
all the more so is an old man)[36] later reintroduced by Erasmus in his Adagia, a collection of
sayings published in 1572.
man [is a] wolf to
First attested in Plautus Asinaria (lupus est homo homini). The sentence was drawn on by
homo homini lupus
man
Hobbes in Leviathan as a concise expression of his human nature view.
homo praesumitur
One is innocent until
bonus donec
See also: presumption of innocence.
proven guilty
probetur malus
From Terences Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor) (163 BC). Originally strange
homo sum humani a I am a human being; or foreign (alienum) was used in the sense of irrelevant, as this line was a response to the
me nihil alienum
nothing human is
speaker being told to mind his own business, but it is now commonly used to advocate
puto
strange to me
respecting different cultures and being humane in general. Puto (I consider) is not translated
because it is meaningless outside of the lines context within the play.
homo unius libri
(I fear) a man of one Attributed to Thomas Aquinas
For this is my Body
(timeo)
honestas ante
honores
honor virtutis
praemium
honoris causa
hora fugit
hora somni (h.s.)
horas non numero
nisi serenas
book
honesty before glory
esteem is the reward
of virtue
for the sake of honor
the hour flees
at the hour of sleep
I do not count the
hours unless they are
sunny
horresco referens
I shudder as I tell
horribile dictu
hortus in urbe
hortus siccus
hostis humani
generis
humilitas occidit
superbiam
hypotheses non
fingo
horrible to say
A garden in the city
A dry garden
enemy of the human
race
humility conquers
pride
I do not fabricate
hypotheses
From Newton, Principia. Less literally, I do not assert that any hypotheses are true.
I
Latin
Translation
ibidem (ibid.)
id est (i.e.)
that is
Notes
Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source
previously referenced.
That is (to say) in the sense of that means and which means, or
in other words, or sometimes in this case, depending on the
context; may be followed by a comma, or not, depending on style
(American English and British English respectively).[37] It is often
id quod plerumque
accidit
the same
the same as
Idus Martiae
Jesus, help!
excusat
ignoratio elenchi
unknown
image of God
imitatio dei
imitation of a god
impossibilium nulla
there is no obligation to do the impossible
obligatio est
imprimatur
let it be printed
in absentia
in the absence
in absentia luci,
tenebrae vincunt
in actu
[Dominica] in albis
[depositis]
escape liability.
The logical fallacy of irrelevant conclusion: making an argument that,
while possibly valid, doesnt prove or support the proposition it
claims to. An ignoratio elenchi that is an intentional attempt to
mislead or confuse the opposing party is known as a red herring.
Elenchi is from the Greek elenchos.
An explanation that is less clear than the thing to be explained.
Synonymous with obscurum per obscurius.
From the religious concept that man was created in Gods image.
A principle, held by several religions, that believers should strive to
resemble their god(s).
1. A group of people who owe utmost fealty to their leader(s),
subordinating the interests of the larger group to the authority of the
internal groups leader(s).
2. A fifth column organization operating against the organization
within which they seemingly reside.
3. State within a state
In Virgils Aeneid, Jupiter ordered Aeneas to found a city (Rome)
from which would come an everlasting, never-ending empire, the
endless (sine fine) empire.
Publius Iuventius Celsus, Digesta L 17, 185.
An authorization to publish, granted by some censoring authority
(originally a Catholic Bishop).
Used in a number of situations, such as in a trial carried out in the
absence of the accused.
[Sunday in Setting Aside the] White Garments Latin name of the Octave of Easter.
in articulo mortis
in camera
in casu (i.c.)
in cauda venenum
in com. Ebor.
in flagrante delicto
in flore
in foro
in blossom
in forum
We enter the circle at night and are consumed A palindrome said to describe the behavior of moths. Also the title of
by fire
a film by Guy Debord.
in hunc effectum
in ictu oculi
in that order
in illo tempore
in that time
progress in harmony
in this sense
at the outset/threshold
in loco
in loco parentis
in manus tuas
commendo spiritum into your hands I entrust my spirit
meum
in medias res
into the middle of things
in memoriam
in necessariis unitas,
in necessary things unity, in doubtful things
in dubiis libertas, in
liberty, in all things charity
omnibus caritas
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.
I.e., Tomorrow is a new day. Motto of Birkbeck College, University
of London.
in nocte consilium
in nomine diaboli
in nomine Domini
in nomine patris, et
filii, et spiritus sancti
in nuce
in omnia paratus
in omnibus amare et
servire Domino
in omnibus requiem
quaesivi, et nusquam
inveni nisi in angulo
cum libro
in ovo
in pace ut sapiens
in peace, like the wise man, make
aptarit idonea bello preparations for war
in pace requiescat
in partibus
infidelium
in pectore
in personam
in posse
in the heart
into a person
in potential
in propria persona
in principio erat
Verbum
in re
in rebus
to the thing
in rerum natura
in retentis
in saecula
(saeculorum), in
saeculum saeculi
in saeculo
in salvo
Muslim empires.
A cardinal named in secret by the pope. See also ab imo pectore.
Directed towards a particular person
In the state of being possible; as opposed to in esse.
Abbreviated pro per; For ones self, For the sake of ones
Personhood; acting on ones own behalf, especially a person
representing himself in a legal proceeding; see also litigant in person,
pro se legal representation in the United States.
Beginning of the Gospel of John
A legal term used to indicate that a judicial proceeding may not have
formally designated adverse parties or is otherwise uncontested. The
term is commonly used in case citations of probate proceedings, for
example, In re Smiths Estate; it is also used in juvenile courts, as, for
instance, In re Gault.
Primarily of philosophical use to discuss properties and property
exemplification. In philosophy of mathematics, it is typically
contrasted with ante rem and, more recently, post res
structuralism. Sometimes in re is used in place of in rebus.
A quote of Desiderius Erasmus from Adagia (first published 1500,
with numerous expanded editions through 1536), III, IV, 96.
Legal term indicating a courts jurisdiction over a piece of property
rather than a legal person; contrast with personal (ad personam)
jurisdiction. See In rem jurisdiction; Quasi in rem jurisdiction
See also Lucretius De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things).
Used to describe documents kept separately from the regular records
of a court for special reasons.
in the times
in safety
in scientia
opportunitas
in se magna ruunt
in silico
in silicon
(Dog Latin)
(Dog Latin)
in situ
in somnis veritas
in the place
In dreams there is truth
in spe
in hope
in specialibus
generalia quaerimus
in statu nascendi
in toto
in triplo
in umbra, igitur,
pugnabimus
in utero
in utrumque paratus
in vacuo
in varietate
concordia
united in diversity
in vino veritas
In Verbis Virtus
Power in Words
in vitro
in glass
in vivo
in vivo veritas
incertae sedis
incredibile dictu
incredible to say
Inwardly, under the skin [intimately, without
reservation]
intus et in cute
An experimental or process methodology performed in a nonnatural setting (e.g. in a laboratory using a glass test tube or Petri
dish), and thus outside of a living organism or cell. Alternative
experimental or process methodologies include in vitro, in silico, ex
vivo and in vivo.
An experiment or process performed on a living specimen.
An expression used by biologists to express the fact that laboratory
findings from testing an organism in vitro are not always reflected
when applied to an organism in vivo. A pun on in vino veritas.
Westville Boys High School and Westville Girls High Schools
motto is taken directly from Virgil. These words, found in Aeneid,
Book 1, are used by Juno, queen of heaven who hated the Trojans led
by Aeneas. When she saw the fleet of Aeneas on its way to Italy, after
the sack of Troy by the Greeks, she planned to scatter it by means of
strong winds. In her determination to accomplish her task she cried
out Incepto Ne Desistam!
A term used to classify a taxonomic group when its broader
relationships are unknown or undefined.
A variant on mirabile dictu.
Persius, Satire 3:30.
Index Librorum
Prohibitorum
indigens Deo
indignor quandoque
bonus dormitat
Homerus
indivisibiliter ac
inseparabiliter
Infinitus est
numerus stultorum.
iniuriae qui
addideris
contumeliam
inopiae desunt
multa, avaritiae
omnia
Publilius Syrus.
inter alios
inter arma enim
silent leges
among others
in a time of war, the law falls silent
inter caetera
inter mutanda
constantia
inter spem et metum
inter urinas et faeces
nascimur
among others
Steadfast in the midst of change
Attributed to St Augustine.
inter vivos
intra muros
intra vires
invenias etiam
disiecti membra
poetae
inveniet quod
quisque velit
invicta
invictus maneo
Iohannes est nomen
eius
ipsa scientia potestas
est
ipse dixit
Unconquered
I remain unvanquished
he himself said it
ipsissima verba
ipsissima voce
ipso facto
ira deorum
ita vero
thus indeed
iter legis
The path of the law
iucunda memoria est
praeteritorum
Pleasant is the memory of past troubles
malorum
iugulare mortuos
iuncta iuvant
iure matris
iure uxoris
iuris ignorantia est
cum ius nostrum
ignoramus
ius accrescendi
right of accrual
ius ad bellum
ius cogens
compelling law
ius in bello
law in war
L
Latin
labor ipse voluptas
Translation
The pleasure is in the
work itself.
Notes
Motto of Leopold von Ranke.
Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgils Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor
Love conquers all); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. Motto of St.
labor omnia vincit
Hard work conquers all.
Xaviers Institution, Penang. Motto of Brinkworth Area School, South Australia. Motto of
Princes Street Primary School, Tasmania, Australia.[41]
laborare pugnare
To work, (or) to fight;
Motto of the California Maritime Academy
parati sumus
we are ready
labore et honore
By labour and honour Motto of several schools
Let us work for the
laboremus pro patria
Motto of the Carlsberg breweries
fatherland
Games are the glory of
laboris gloria Ludi
Motto of the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, UK
work,
The poignancy of
lacrimae rerum
Virgil, Aeneid 1:462.
things.
lapse, slip, error;
involuntary mistake
lapsus
made while writing or
speaking
inadvertent
lapsus calami
typographical error, slip
of the pen
inadvertent speech error,
lapsus linguae
slip of the tongue
lapsus memoriae
slip of memory
source of the term memory lapse
latius est impunitum It is better to let the
relinqui facinus
crime of the guilty go
Ulpian, Digest 5:6.
nocentis (quam
unpunished (than to
innocentem damnari) condemn the innocent)
Laudatio Ejus Manet His Praise Remains unto Motto of Galway
One who is discontent with the present and instead prefers things of the past (the good
old days). In Horaces Ars Poetica, line 173.
laudetur Jesus
Christus
Praise (Be) Jesus Christ Often used as a salutation, but also used after prayers or the reading of the gospel.
laus Deo
praise be to God
This is written on the East side at the peak of the Washington Monument in Washington,
D.C. Also is the motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar School.
The shorter reading is A wrong maxim in text criticism. Codified, but simultaneously refuted, by Johann Jakob
the better
Griesbach.
greetings reader
Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter.
according to the law of Denotes that a certain intervention is performed in a correct way. Used especially in a
the art
medical context. The art referred to in the phrase is medicine.
the law of the land
laws of man are born,
live and die
laws without morals
From Horaces Odes: the official motto of the University of Pennsylvania.
[are] vain
The Legion is our
Motto of the French Foreign Legion
fatherland
I read, understood, and
condemned.
charity (love) is the
Motto of Ratcliffe College, UK and of the Rosmini College, NZ.
fulfilment of the law
In Roman and civil law, a forced share in an estate; the portion of the decedents estate
lawfully
from which the immediate family cannot be disinherited. From the French hritier
legitime (rightful heir).
law of the skill
The rules that regulate a professional duty.
the law of God is the
Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne
lamp of life
the law that should be
The law as it ought to be.
borne
lex in casu
lex lata
lex loci
lex non scripta
lex orandi, lex
credendi
lex paciferat
lex parsimoniae
lex rex
lex scripta
lex talionis
libera te tutemet (ex
inferis)
Libertas Justitia
Veritas
Libertas Perfundet
Omnia Luce
Libertas Quae Sera
Tamen
Libera Scientia
Libertas Securitas
Justitia
The rule whereby a spouse cannot by deed inter vivos or bequeath by testament to his or
her second spouse more than the amount of the smallest portion given or bequeathed to
any child.
A law that only concerns one particular case. See law of the case.
The law as it is.
libra (lb)
balance; scales
The written word
endures
in the place cited
locum tenens
place holder
locus classicus
locus minoris
resistentiae
a classic place
locus poenitentiae
a place of repentance
locus standi
longissimus dies cito
conditur
A right to stand
even the longest day
Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 9/36:4.
soon ends
sorrow itself; pain for its A mangled fragment from Ciceros De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On the Limits of
own sake
Good and Evil, 45 BC), used as typographers filler to show fonts (a.k.a. greeking).
Let your light shine
May be found in Matthew Ch. 5 V. 16. Popular as a school motto.
We follow the light
Motto of the University of Exeter
I shine, not burn
Motto of the Highland Scots Clan Mackenzie
The shining stars
Horace, Carmina 1/3:2.
Motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle against the sea, and the Athol
I struggle and emerge
Murray College of Notre Dame.
I struggle, but am not
Motto of the Glass Family (Sauchie, Scotland)[42]
overwhelmed
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
[it is] a grove by not
grove) having a similar appearance to the verb lucere (to shine), arguing that the former
being light
word is derived from the latter word because of a lack of light in wooded groves. Often
used as an example of absurd etymology, it derives from parum luceat (it does not shine
[being darkened by shade]) by Quintilian in Institutio Oratoria.
We play well in groups Motto of the Barony of Marinus.
lorem ipsum
luceat lux vestra
lucem sequimur
luceo non uro
lucida sidera
luctor et emergo
Luctor, non mergor
ludemus bene in
compania
lupus est homo
homini
A man to a man is a
wolf
lupus in fabula
lupus non mordet
lupum
lupus non timet
canem latrantem
lux aeterna
lux et lex
lux et veritas
lux ex tenebris
lux hominum vita
lux in Domino
Plautus adaptation of an old Roman proverb: homo homini lupus est (man is a wolf to
[his fellow] man). In Asinaria, act II, scene IV, verse 89 [495 overall]. Lupus est homo
homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit (a man to a man is a wolf, not a man, when
the other doesnt know of what character he is.)[43]
With the meaning speak of the wolf, and he will come; from Terences play Adelphoe.
epitaph
Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College and The University of North Dakota.
A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of several institutions.
Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing.
Motto of the University of New Mexico
Motto of the Ateneo de Manila University
Motto of Columbia University School of General Studies[44]
Motto of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Motto of Sonoma State University
A more literal Latinization of the phrase; the most common translation is fiat lux, from
Latin Vulgate Bible phrase chosen for the Genesis line --
- ; -
- ,-
-
(And God said: Let there be light. And there was light). Motto of the University of
Washington.
Motto of St. Julians School, Carcavelos, Portugal[45]
Motto of Northeastern University
M
Latin
Macte animo!
Translation
Young, cheer up! This is the
Notes
Motto of Academia da Fora Area (Air Force Academy) of the Brazilian Air Force
Used to indicate that it is the moment to address more important, urgent, issues.
Said of an act done with knowledge of its illegality, or with intention to defraud or
mislead someone. Opposite of bona fide.
Motto of the inactive 495th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
Also used ironically, e.g.: New teachers know all tricks used by pupils to copy from
classmates? Oh, mala tempora currunt!.
An illegal arrest will not prejudice the subsequent detention/trial.
mala fide
in bad faith
detentus
Malo mori quam
foedari
malo periculosam
libertatem quam
quietum servitium
detained
Death rather than dishonour
Motto of the inactive 34th Battalion (Australia), the Drimnagh Castle Secondary
School
attributed to the Count Palatine of Posen before the Diet of Poland, cited in The
Social Contract or Principles of Political Right by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Alludes to the apple of Eris in the Judgement of Paris, the mythological cause of the
Trojan War. It is also a pun based on the near-homonymous word malum (evil). The
malum discordiae apple of discord
word for apple has a long vowel in Latin and the word for evil a short a vowel,
but they are normally written the same.
malum in se
wrong in itself
A legal term meaning that something is inherently wrong (cf. malum prohibitum).
malum prohibitum wrong due to being prohibited A legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is against the law.
malum quo
the more common an evil is,
communius eo peius the worse it is
literally translated means with
manu forte
a strong hand, often quoted as Motto of the Clan McKay
by strength of hand
A phrase from Virgils Aeneid, VI.883, mourning the death of Marcellus, Augustus
manibus date lilia
give lilies with full hands
nephew. Quoted by Dante as he leaves Virgil in Purgatory, XXX.21, echoed by Walt
plenis
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 ones hand. Its abbreviated form is sometimes
used at the end of typewritten or printed documents or official notices, directly
manu propria (m.p.) with ones own hand
following the name of the person(s) who signed the document exactly in those
cases where there isnt an actual handwritten signature.
manus manum
famous quote from The Pumpkinification of Claudius, ascribed to Seneca the
one hand washes the other
lavat
Younger.[46] It implies that one situation helps the other.
manus multae cor
many hands, one heart
Motto of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
unum
marcet sine
valor becomes feeble without Seneca the Younger, De Providentia 2:4. Also, translated into English as [their]
adversario virtus
an opponent
strength and courage droop without an antagonist (Of Providence (1900) by
Seneca, translated by Aubrey Stewart),[47] without an adversary, prowess shrivels
(Moral Essays (1928) by Seneca, translated by John W, Basore)[48] and prowess
mare clausum
Mare Ditat, Rosa
Decorat
mare liberum
closed sea
The sea enriches, the rose
adorns
free sea
mare nostrum
our sea
Mater Dei
Mother of God
mater familias
medical matter
maxima debetur
puero reverentia
me vexat pede
mea culpa
through my fault
mea navis
aricumbens
anguillis abundat
A well-known sequence, falsely attributed to Notker during the Middle Ages. It was
media vita in morte
In the midst of our lives we die translated by Cranmer and became a part of the burial service in the funeral rites of
sumus
the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.
Mediolanum
Used erroneously as Mediolanum Capta Est by the black metal band Mayhem as an
Milan has been captured
captum est
album title. Mediolanum was an ancient city in present-day Milan, Italy.
meliora
better things
Carrying the connotation of always better. The motto of the University of
Rochester.
Meliorem lapsa
locavit
A relatively common recent Latinization from the joke phrasebook Latin for All
Occasions. Grammatically correct, but the phrase would be anachronistic in ancient
Rome.
remember your mortality
mindful of things done, aware Thus, both remembering the past and foreseeing the future. From the North
of things to come
Hertfordshire District Council coat of arms.
Sacred to the
A common first line on 17th century English church monuments. The Latinized name
Memoriae Sacrum
of the deceased follows, in the genitive case. Alternatively it may be used as a
(M.S.)
Memory (of )
heading, the inscription following being in English, for example: Memoriae Sacrum.
Here lies the body of
From Virgil. Motto of Newcastle University, Rossall School, the University of
mens agitat molem the mind moves the mass
Oregon, the University of Warwick and the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Motto of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also of the Philadelphia College
mens et manus
mind and hand
of Osteopathic Medicine.
mens rea
guilty mind
Also culprit mind. A term used in discussing the mindset of an accused criminal.
mens sana in
a sound mind in a sound body Or a sensible mind in a healthy body.
corpore sano
metri causa
for the sake of the metre
Excusing flaws in poetry for the sake of the metre
Or Boastful Soldier. Miles Gloriosus is the title of a play of Plautus. A stock
character in comedy, the braggart soldier. (It is said that at Salamanca, there is a wall,
Miles Gloriosus
Glorious Soldier
on which graduates inscribe their names, where Francisco Franco had a plaque
installed reading Franciscus Francus Miles Gloriosus.)
mictus cruentus
bloody urine
see hematuria
minatur
innocentibus qui
parcit nocentibus
mirabile dictu
mirabile visu
wonderful to tell
wonderful to see
Does it seem wonderful
mirum videtur quod
[merely] because it was done a
sit factum iam diu
long time/so long ago?
miscerique probat He approves of the mingling of
populos et foedera the peoples and their bonds of
jungi
union
misera est servitus
miserable is that state of
ubi jus est aut
slavery in which the law is
incognitum aut
unknown or uncertain
vagum
miserabile visu
terrible to see
miserere nobis
Missio Dei
the Mission of God
missit me Dominus the Lord has sent me
mittimus
mobilis in mobili
modus morons
(Dog Latin)
modus operandi
(M.O.)
we send
Virgil
A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening.
Livius Andronicus, Aiax Mastigophorus.
Latin Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV, line 112, he referring to the great Roman god, who
approved of the settlement of Romans in Africa. Old Motto of Trinidad and Tobago,
and used in the novel A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul.
Quoted by Samuel Johnson in his paper for James Boswell on Vicious intromission.
A terrible happening or event.
A phrase within the Gloria in Excelsis Deo and the Agnus Dei, to be used at certain
points in Christian religious ceremonies.
A theological phrase in the Christian religion.
A phrase used by Jesus.
A warrant of commitment to prison, or an instruction for a jailer to hold someone in
prison.
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
modus ponens
method of placing
modus tollens
method of removing
modus vivendi
Monasterium sine
libris est sicut
civitas sine opibus
montani semper
liberi
Montis Insignia
Calpe
more ferarum
morior invictus
morituri nolumus
mori
morituri te salutant
death to me is reward
mors omnibus
death to all
A common epitaph, from St Pauls Epistle to the Philippians, 1:21 (Mihi enim vivere
Christus est et mori lucrum, transated in the King James Bible as: For to me to live
is Christ and to die is gain)
Signifies anger and depression.
From medieval Latin, it indicates that battle for survival, where your defeat is
necessary for my victory, survival.
mos maiorum
motu proprio
mulgere hircum
multa paucis
multis e gentibus
vires
multitudo
sapientium sanitas
orbis
multum in parvo
Motto of Saskatchewan
From the Vulgate, Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. Motto of the University of Victoria.
much in little
Conciseness. The term mipmap is formed using the phrases abbreviation MIP;
motto of Rutland, a county in central England.
Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words.
mundus senescit
N
Latin
nanos gigantum
humeris
insidentes
nascentes
morimur
finisque ab
origine pendet
nasciturus pro
iam nato
habetur,
quotiens de
commodis eius
agitur
natura abhorret
a vacuo
natura artis
magistra
natura nihil
frustra facit
natura non
contristatur
natura non facit
saltum ita nec
Translation
Dwarfs standing on the
shoulders of giants
Notes
First recorded by John of Salisbury in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of
Chartres. Also commonly known by the letters of Isaac Newton: If I have seen further it is
by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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. Derived by Arthur
Schopenhauer from an earlier source.
nature does not make a leap, Shortened form of sicut natura nil facit per saltum ita nec lex (just as nature does
thus neither does the law
nothing by a leap, so neither does the law), referring to both nature and the legal system
nature is not saddened
lex
moving gradually.
A famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all organisms bear relationships on all
natura non facit
nature makes no leaps
sides, their forms changing gradually from one species to the next. From Philosophia
saltus
Botanica (1751).
natura valde
Sir Isaac Newtons famous quote, defining foundation of all modern sciences. Can be
Nature is exceedingly simple
simplex est et
found in his Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton: A selection from the
and harmonious with itself
sibi consona
Portsmouth Collection in the University Library, Cambridge, 1978 edition[56]
naturalia non
Based on Servius commentary on Virgils Georgics (3:96): turpis non est quia per
What is natural is not dirty
sunt turpia
naturam venit.
naturam expellas You may drive out Nature
You must take the basic nature of something into account.
furca, tamen
with a pitchfork, yet she still
- Horace, Epistles, Book I, epistle X, line 24.
usque recurret. will hurry back
navigare necesse
to sail is necessary; to live is Attributed by Plutarch to Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, who, during a severe storm,
est vivere non est
not necessary
commanded sailors to bring food from Africa to Rome.
necesse
Also nec plus ultra or non plus ultra. A descriptive phrase meaning the best or most
extreme example of something. The Pillars of Hercules, for example, were literally the nec
plus ultra of the ancient Mediterranean world. Holy Roman Emperor Charles Vs heraldic
ne plus ultra
nothing more beyond
emblem reversed this idea, using a depiction of this phrase inscribed on the Pillarsas
plus ultra, without the negation. The Boston Musical Instrument Company engraved ne
plus ultra on its instruments from 1869 to 1928 to signify that none were better.
They are not afraid of difficulties. Less literally Difficulties be damned. Motto for 27th
Nec aspera
They are not terrified of the
Infantry Regiment (United States) and the Duke of Lancasters Regiment. Nec = not;
terrent
rough things
aspera = rough ones/things; terrent = they terrify / do terrify / are terrifying.
nec dextrorsum, Neither to the right nor to the Do not get distracted. Motto for Bishop Cotton Boys School and the Bishop Cotton Girls
nec sinistrorsum left
School, both located in Bangalore, India.
nec spe, nec
without hope, without fear
metu
nec tamen
Refers to the Burning Bush of Exodus 3:2. Motto of many Presbyterian churches
and yet it was not consumed
consumebatur
throughout the world.
nec temere nec
neither reckless nor timid
Motto of the Dutch 11th Air Manoeuvre Brigade and the city of Gdask, Poland.
timide
nec vi, nec clam, Without permission, without The law of adverse possession.
nec precario
neca eos omnes,
deus suos
agnoscet
necesse est aut
imiteris aut
oderis
necessitas etiam
timidos fortes
facit
nemine
contradicente
Less literally, without dissent. Used especially in committees, where a matter may be
passed nem. con., or unanimously, or with unanimous consent.
Legal principle that no individual can preside over a hearing in which he holds a specific
interest or bias.
Also translated to no rest for the wicked. Refers to the inherent psychological issues that
plague bad/guilty people.
No one attacks me with impunity. Motto of the Order of the Thistle, and consequently of
nemo me impune No man may touch me
Scotland, found stamped on the milled edge of certain British pound sterling coins. It is the
lacessit
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.
nemo mortalium No mortal is wise at all times The wisest may make mistakes.
omnibus horis
sapit
nemo nisi per
amicitiam
cognoscitur
nemo saltat
sobrius
Used to imply that one must like a subject in order to study it.
The short and more common form of Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit,
Nobody dances sober, unless he is completely insane.
A maxim banning mandatory self-incrimination. Near-synonymous with accusare nemo se
debet nisi coram Deo. Similar phrases include: nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra
se (no one is bound to arm an opponent against himself), meaning that a defendant is not
obligated to in any way assist the prosecutor to his own detriment; nemo tenetur edere
nemo tenetur se no one is bound to accuse
instrumenta contra se (no one is bound to produce documents against himself, meaning
ipsum accusare himself (the right to silence)
that a defendant is not obligated to provide materials to be used against himself (this is true
in Roman law and has survived in modern criminal law, but no longer applies in modern
civil law); and nemo tenere prodere se ipsum (no one is bound to betray himself), meaning
that a defendant is not obligated to testify against himself.
neque semper
nor does Apollo always keep
arcum tendit
Horace, Carmina 2/10:19-20. The same image appears in a fable of Phaedrus.
his bow drawn
Apollo
Ne quid nimis
Nothing in excess
nervos belli,
Endless money forms the
In war, it is essential to be able to purchase supplies and to pay troops (as Napoleon put it,
pecuniam
sinews of war
An army marches on its stomach).
infinitam
nihil ad rem
nothing to do with the point That is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential.
nihil boni sine
nothing achieved without
Motto of Palmerston North Boys High School
labore
hard work
nihil dicit
he says nothing
In law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in a plea.
nihil enim
nothing dries sooner than a
lacrima citius
Pseudo-Cicero, Ad Herrenium, 2/31:50
tear
arescit
Adapted from Terences Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor), homo sum humani a
nihil humanum
nothing human is alien to me me nihil alienum puto (I am a human being; nothing human is strange to me).
mihi alienum
Sometimes ending in est.
nihil in intellectu nothing in the intellect unless The guiding principle of empiricism, and accepted in some form by Aristotle, Aquinas,
Nobody dances sober
nisi prius in
sensu
nihil nimis
Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Leibniz, however, added nisi intellectus ipse (except the
intellect itself).
nothing too
Or nothing to excess. Latin translation of the inscription of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
Or just nothing new. The phrase exists in two versions: as nihil novi sub sole (nothing
new under the sun), from the Vulgate, and as nihil novi nisi commune consensu (nothing
nihil novi
nothing of the new
new unless by the common consensus), a 1505 law of the PolishLithuanian
Commonwealth and one of the cornerstones of its Golden Liberty.
A notation, usually on a title page, indicating that a Roman Catholic censor has reviewed
nihil obstat
nothing prevents
the book and found nothing objectionable to faith or morals in its content. See also
imprimatur.
Motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty
nihil sine Deo
nothing without God
(18781947).
nihil ultra
nothing beyond
Motto of St. Xaviers College, Calcutta
Or nihil admirari. Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes (3,30), Horace, Epistulae (1,6,1),
nil admirari
be surprised at nothing
and Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, (8,5). Motto of the Fitzgibbon family. See
John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare
nil desperandum nothing must be despaired at That is, never despair.
nil igitur fieri de nothing, therefore, we must
nilo posse
confess, can be made from From Lucretius De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), I.205
fatendumst
nothing
Nil igitur mors Death, therefore, is nothing
From Lucretius De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), III.831
est ad nos
to us
nil mortalibus
nothing is impossible for
From Horaces Odes. Motto of Rathkeale College, New Zealand and Brunts School,
ardui est
humankind
England.
Short for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, Dont speak ill of anyone who has
(about the dead say) nothing died. Also Nil magnum nisi bonum (nothing is great unless good), motto of St
nil nisi bonum
unless (it is) good
Catherines School, Toorak, Pennant Hills High School and Petit Seminaire Higher
Secondary School.
nil nisi malis
no terror, except to the bad Motto of The Kings School, Macclesfield
terrori
nil per os, rarely
Medical shorthand indicating that oral foods and fluids should be withheld from the
nothing through the mouth
non per os (n.p.o.)
patient.
nil satis nisi
nothing [is] enough unless [it Motto of Everton F.C., residents of Goodison Park, Liverpool.
first in sense
optimum
nil volentibus
arduum
nisi Dominus
frustra
nisi prius
nitimur in
vetitum
nobis bene,
nemini male
Motto of Fitzoy High School, Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane Girls Grammar School,
Greenwich Public School, Victoria School, Victoria Junior College, Baines High School,
St Mungos Academy and Heckmondwike Grammar School
Or nothing without providence. State motto of Colorado, adopted in 1861. Probably
derived from Virgils Aeneid Book II, line 777, non haec sine numine divum eveniunt
(these things do not come to pass without the will of Heaven). See also numen.
nolens volens
unwilling, willing
noli me tangere
do not touch me
noli turbare
That is, whether unwillingly or willingly. Sometimes rendered volens nolens, aut nolens
aut volens or nolentis volentis. Similar to willy-nilly, though that word is derived from Old
English will-he nil-he ([whether] he will or [whether] he will not).
Commonly translated touch me not. According to the Gospel of John, this was said by
Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection.
That is, Dont upset my calculations! Said by Archimedes to a Roman soldier who,
despite having been given orders not to, killed Archimedes at the conquest of Syracuse,
Sicily. The soldier was executed for his act.
circulos meos
nolite te
From The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood the protagonist (Offred) finds the
Dont let the bastards grind
bastardes
phrase inscribed on the inside of her wardrobe. One of many variants of Illegitimi non
carborundorum you down
carborundum.
(Dog Latin)
nolle prosequi
to be unwilling to prosecute
nomen nudum
non auro, sed
ferro,
recuperanda est
patria
non bene pro
toto libertas
venditur auro
non bis in idem
non canimus
surdis,
respondent
omnia silvae
non causa pro
A legal motion by a prosecutor or other plaintiff to drop legal charges, usually in exchange
for a diversion program or out-of-court settlement.
That is, no contest. A plea that can be entered on behalf of a defendant in a court that
states that the accused doesnt admit guilt, but will accept punishment for a crime. Nolo
contendere pleas cannot be used as evidence in another trial.
naked name
A purported scientific name that does not fulfill the proper formal criteria and therefore
cannot be used unless it is subsequently proposed correctly.
According to some roman this sentence was said by Marcus Furius Camillus to Brennus,
the chief of the Gauls, after he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently
sacked Rome in 390 BC.
liberty is not well sold for all Motto of Republic of Ragusa, inscribed over the gates of St. Lawrence Fortress. From
the gold
Gualterus Anglicuss version of Aesops fable The Dog and the Wolf.
not twice in the same thing
Also known as the questionable cause or false cause. Refers to any logical fallacy
causa
non compos
mentis
non constat
it is not certain
non liquet
it is not proven
facere
non mihi solum
non ministrari
sed ministrare
non multa sed
multum
Non nobis
Domine
non nobis nati
not to be served, but to serve Motto of Wellesley College and Shimer College (from Matthew 20:28 in the Vulgate).
not quantity but quality
[We learn]
A judgment in favor of a defendant when the plaintiff failed to take the necessary steps in
an action within the time allowed.
An inversion of non vitae sed scholae now used as a school motto
vitae
non qui parum
habet, set qui
plus cupit,
pauper est
non sequitur
non serviam
non sibi
non sibi, sed
patriae
Used in the sense what matters is not who says it but what he says a warning against
ad hominem arguments; frequently used as motto, including that 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 inconsistent), often used in humor. As a
logical fallacy, a conclusion that does not follow from a premise.
Possibly derived from a Vulgate mistranslation of the Book of Jeremiah. Commonly used
in literature as Satans statement of disobedience to God, though in the original context the
quote is attributed to Israel, not Satan.
A slogan used by many schools and universities.
Engraved on the doors of the United States Naval Academy chapel; motto of the
USS Halyburton (FFG-40).
A slogan used by many schools and universities.
Not for ones self but for all A slogan used by many schools and universities.
Sleeps not but is awake
Or I am not the kind of person I once was. Expresses a change in the speaker. Horace,
Odes 4/1:3.
Also, All that glitters is not gold. Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice.
nullum magnum
ingenium sine
mixtura
dementiae fuit
nullum funus
sine fidula
numen lumen
numerus clausus
nunc aut
nunquam
nunc dimittis
nunc est
bibendum
nunc pro tunc
nunc scio quid
sit amor
nunquam minus
solus quam cum
solus
nunquam non
paratus
now or never
O
Latin
O Deus Ego Amo Te
Translation
Notes
O God I Love You
attributed to Saint Francis Xavier
The farmers would count
O fortunatos nimium sua
themselves lucky, if only they from Virgil in The Georgics, 458
si bona norint, agricolas
knew how good they had it
attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, in
o homines ad servitutem
Men ready to be slaves!
disgust at the servile attitude of Roman senators; said of those who should be
paratos
leaders but instead slavishly follow the lead of others
O tempora, o mores!
Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! also translated What times! What customs!; from Cicero, Catilina I, 2
Motto of Dublin
obiit (ob.)
one died
He/she died, inscription on gravestones; ob. also sometimes stands for obiter
(in passing or incidentally)
Arthur Schopenhauer
missing.
omne initium difficile est every beginning is difficult
every living thing is from an
omne vivum ex ovo
egg
Omnes homines sunt
All men are donkeys or men
asini vel homines et asini
and donkeys are donkeys
sunt asini
omnes vulnerant,
all [the hours] wound, last one
postuma necat or omnes
kills
feriunt, ultima necat
omnia cum deo
all with God
omnia dicta fortiora si
dicta Latina
omnia extares!
omnia in mensura et
numero et pondere
disposuisti
omnia mutantur, nihil
interit
omnia omnibus
si omnia ficta
omnia vincit amor
omnia munda mundis
omnia praesumuntur
legitime facta donec
probetur in contrarium
omnibus idem
oratio directa
oratio obliqua
direct speech
indirect speech
from Satires of Juvenal (Book IV/10), referring to Alexander the Great; James
Bonds adopted family motto in the novel On Her Majestys Secret Service; it
made a brief appearance in the film adaptation of the same name and was later
used as the title of the nineteenth James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough.
seen in The Legend of Zorro
one of the oldest mottos of Craft Freemasonry.[68]
Popular salutation for Roman Catholic clergy at the beginning or ending of a
letter or note. Usually abbreviated OPI. (Oremus used alone is just let us
pray).
one world
out of chaos, comes order
(Let us pray), one for the
other; let us pray for each
other
newly risen, how brightly you
Motto of New South Wales
shine
P
Latin
Translation
pace
pace tua
Pacem in terris
pacta sunt
servanda
palma non sine
pulvere
palmam qui meruit
ferat
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.
para bellum
parare Domino
plebem perfectam
parce sepulto
parens patriae
pari passu
with equal step
parturiunt montes,
The mountains are in labour, a ridiculous mouse will be
nascetur ridiculus
born.
mus
parum luceat
parvis imbutus
tentabis grandia
tutus
passim
pater familias
pater peccavi
eternal peace
Pax Americana
American Peace
Pax Britannica
British Peace
Pax Christi
Peace of Christ
pax Dei
peace of God
Pax Deorum
Pax Domine
peace, lord
pax et bonum
pax et justitia
pax et lux
Pax Europaea
European peace
Pax Hispanica
Spanish Peace
pax in terra
peace on earth
Pax intrantibus,
salus exeuntibus
Pax Mongolica
Mongolian Peace
Pax Romana
Roman Peace
Pax Sinica
Chinese Peace
pax tecum
pax vobiscum
peccavi
I have sinned
per capita
by heads
per capsulam
per contra
per crucem
vincemus
Per Crucem
Crescens
per curiam
per definitionem
per diem (pd.)
per angusta ad
augusta
each year
through adversity
by month
through the mouth
per pedes
by feet
per quod
by reason of which
per stirpes
advance, I follow
petitio principii
pia desideria
pious longings
pia fraus
pious fraud
pia mater
pious mother
Pietate et doctrina
Freedom is made safe through character and learning
tuta libertas
pinxit
one painted
piscem natare
doces
placet
it pleases
plus ultra
further beyond
pollice compresso
favor iudicabatur
pollice verso
Polonia Restituta
Rebirth of Poland
pons asinorum
bridge of asses
posse comitatus
after it or by means of it
Highlander.
pretiumque et
causa laboris
prima facie
at first sight
prima luce
at dawn
primas sum:
I am a primate; nothing about primates is outside of my
primatum nil a me
bailiwick
alienum puto
primum mobile
first moving thing
primum movens
prime mover
pro forma
for form
pro multis
for many
pro parte
in part
pro patria
for country
for self
pro rata
pro re nata (PRN,
pro se
for oneself
prn)
pro scientia et
for science and nation
patria
pro studio et labore for study and work
pro tanto
for so much
pro tempore
probatio pennae
probis pateo
prodesse quam
conspici
propria manu (p.m.)
propter vitam
vivendi perdere
causas
provehito in altum
proxime accessit
proximo mense
(prox.)
pulchrum est
paucorum
hominum
pulvis et umbra
sumus
punctum saliens
leaping point
purificatus non
consumptus
Q
Latin
Translation
Notes
by virtue of
Thus: by definition; variant of per definitionem; sometimes used in German-speaking
qua definitione
definition
countries. Occasionally misrendered as qua definitionem.
as far as the world
qua patet orbis
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
quaecumque sunt
Mottos of Northwestern University and St. Francis Xavier University. Also motto of the
whatsoever is true
vera
University of Alberta as quaecumque vera. Taken from Philippians 4:8 of the Bible
quaecumque vera
teach me whatsoever
Motto of St. Josephs College, Edmonton at the University of Alberta.
doce me
is true
Or you might ask Used to suggest doubt or to ask one to consider whether something is
quaere
to seek
correct. Often introduces rhetorical or tangential questions.
quaerite primum
seek ye first the
Also quaerite primo regnum dei. Motto of Newfoundland and Labrador. Motto of Shelford
regnum Dei
kingdom of God
Girls Grammar, St Columbs College, and Philharmonic Academy of Bologna.
As what kind of
qualis artifex pereo
Or What a craftsman dies in me! Attributed to Nero in Suetonius De vita Caesarum.
artist do I perish?
Qualitas potentia
Quality is our might The motto of Finnish Air Force.
nostra
quam bene non
how well, not how Motto of Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada
quantum
quam bene vivas
referre (or refert), non
quam diu
quamdiu (se) bene
gesserit
quantocius
quantotius
quantum libet (q.l.)
much
it is how well you
live that matters, not Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium CI (101)
how long
I.e., [while on] good behavior. So for example the Act of Settlement 1701 stipulated that
as long as he shall judges commissions are valid quamdiu se bene gesserint (during good behaviour). (Notice the
have behaved well different singular, gesserit, and plural, gesserint, forms.) It was from this phrase that Frank
(legal Latin)
Herbert extracted the name for the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels.
the sooner, the better or, as quickly as possible
as much as pleases
as much as is
quantum sufficit (qs)
enough
Medical shorthand. Also quaque die (qd), every day, quaque mane (qm), every morning,
and quaque nocte (qn), every night.
wherefore he broke An action of trespass; thus called, by reason the writ demands the person summoned to answer
quare clausum fregit
the close
to 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
quem deus vult
Whom the gods
perdere, dementat
would destroy, they
prius
first make insane
Other translations of diligunt include prize especially or esteem. From Plautus, Bacchides,
quem di diligunt
he whom the gods
IV, 7, 18. In this comic play, a sarcastic servant says this to his aging master. The rest of the
adulescens moritur love dies young
sentence reads: dum valet sentit sapit (while he is healthy, perceptive and wise).
From the Summoners section of Chaucers General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, line
questio quid iuris
I ask what law?
648.
From St. Augustine of Hippos commentary on Psalm 74, 1: Qui enim cantat laudem, non
qui bene cantat bis
he who sings well
solum laudat, sed etiam hilariter laudat (He who sings praises, not only praises, but praises
orat
praises twice
joyfully).
qui bono
who with good
Common nonsensical Dog Latin misrendering of the Latin phrase cui bono (who benefits?).
he that teacheth, on Motto of the University of Chester. The more literal translation is Let those who teach, teach
qui docet in doctrina
teaching
or Let the teacher teach.
quaque hora (qh)
every hour
quid agis
quid est veritas
quid infantes sumus
quid novi ex Africa
quid nunc
quid pro quo
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear; Mark Mark 4:9
common inscription on bells
Thus, silence gives consent. Sometimes accompanied by the proviso ubi loqui debuit ac
potuit, that is, when he ought to have spoken and was able to.
Generally known as qui tam, it is the technical legal term for the unique mechanism in the
federal False Claims Act that allows persons and entities with evidence of fraud against federal
programs or contracts to sue the wrongdoer on behalf of the Government.
Attributed to Seneca
Or he who brought us across still supports us, meaning God. State motto of Connecticut.
Originally 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
because he should only, which was being held at the Domus Publica, the home of the Pontifex Maximus, Caesar,
wish even his wife and hosted by his second wife, Pompeia, the notorious politician Clodius arrived in disguise.
to be free from
Caught by the outraged noblewomen, Clodius fled before they could kill him on the spot for
suspicion
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 are you doing? Whats happening? Whats going on? Whats the news? Whats up?
In the Vulgate translation of John 18:38, Pilates question to Jesus (Greek: ;).
What is truth?
A possible answer is an anagram of the phrase: est vir qui adest, it is the man who is here.
What are we, a
Commonly used by Nocera Clan. synonym to throw down ones gauntlet.
bunch of babies?
What of the new out
Less literally, Whats new from Africa? Derived from an Aristotle quotation.
of Africa?
Commonly shortened to quidnunc. As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip. Patrick
What now?
Campbell worked for The Irish Times under the pseudonym Quidnunc.
what for what
Commonly used in English, it is also translated as this for that or a thing for a thing.
Signifies a favor exchanged for a favor. The traditional Latin expression for this meaning was
do ut des (I give, so that you may give).
Why do you laugh?
Quid rides?
Change but the
Mutato nomine de te
name, and the story
fabula narratur.
is told of yourself.
quidquid Latine
whatever has been
dictum sit altum
said in Latin seems
videtur
deep
dont move settled
quieta non movere
things
Quis custodiet ipsos
custodes?
quis leget haec?
quis separabit?
quis ut Deus
quo errat
demonstrator
quo fata ferunt
quousque tandem?
Quo Vadimus?
quo vadis?
Commonly associated with Plato who in the Republic poses this question; and from Juvenals
On Women, referring to the practice of having eunuchs guard women and beginning with the
Who will guard the
word sed (but). Usually translated less literally, as Who watches the watchmen? This
guards themselves?
translation is a common epigraph, such as of the Tower Commission and Alan Moores
Watchmen comic book series.
Who will read this?
Who will separate
Motto of Northern Ireland and of the Order of St Patrick.
us?
Usually translated Who is like unto God? Questions who would have the audacity to
compare himself to a Supreme Being. It is a translation of the Hebrew name Michael = Mi
Who [is] as God?
cha El Who like God - //-( right to left).
where the prover
A pun on quod erat demonstrandum.
errs
where the fates bear
Motto of Bermuda.
us to
From Ciceros first speech In Catilinam to the Roman Senate regarding the conspiracy of
For how much
Catiline: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? (For how much longer,
longer?
Catiline, will you abuse our patience?).
Where are we
Title of the series finale of Aaron Sorkins TV dramedy Sports Night.
going?
Where are you
According to Vulgate translation of John 13:36, Saint Peter asked Jesus Domine, quo vadis
going?
(Lord, where are you going?). The King James Version has the translation Lord, whither
goest thou?
quocunque jeceris
stabit
quod abundat non
obstat
quod cito fit, cito
perit
quod erat
demonstrandum
(Q.E.D.)
whithersoever you
Motto of the Isle of Man.
throw it, it will stand
what is abundant
It is no problem to have too much of something.
doesnt hinder
what is done
quickly, perishes
Things done in a hurry are more likely to fail and fail quicker than those done with care.
quickly
The abbreviation is often written at the bottom of a mathematical proof. Sometimes translated
what was to be
loosely into English as The Five Ws, W.W.W.W.W., which stands for Which Was What We
demonstrated
Wanted.
Or which was to be constructed. Used in translations of Euclids Elements when there was
which was to be
nothing to prove, but there was something being constructed, for example a triangle with the
done
same size as a given line.
which is
what is necessary is
lawful
what is asserted
without reason may
If no grounds have been given for an assertion, then there are no grounds needed to reject it.
be denied without
reason
what is permitted to If an important person does something, it does not necessarily mean that everyone can do it
Jupiter is not
(cf. double standard). Iovi (also commonly rendered Jovi) is the dative form of Iuppiter
permitted to an ox (Jupiter or Jove), the chief god of the Romans.
Thought to have originated with Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. Generally
what nourishes me interpreted to mean that that which motivates or drives a person can consume him or her from
destroys me
within. This phrase has become a popular slogan or motto for pro-ana websites, anorexics and
bulimics.
what nature does not
Refers to the Spanish University of Salamanca, meaning that education cannot substitute the
give, Salamanca
lack of brains.
does not provide
What the barbarians A well-known satirical lampoon left attached to the ancient speaking statue of Pasquino on a
did not do, the
corner of the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.[73]
Barberini
Barberini did
What has happened has happened and it cannot be changed, thus we should look forward into
the future instead of being pulled by the past.
R
Latin
Translation
radix malorum est
the root of evils is desire
cupiditas
rara avis (Rarissima
rare bird (very rare bird)
avis)
rari nantes in gurgite Rare survivors in the immense sea
Notes
Or greed is the root of all evil. Theme of The Pardoners Tale from The
Canterbury Tales.
An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenals Satires: rara avis in terris
nigroque simillima cygno (a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan).
Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118
vasto
ratio decidendi
ratio legis
reasoning of law
ratione personae
ratione soli
ratum et
consummatum
ratum tantum
confirmed only
re
recte et fortiter
recte et fideliter
reductio ad
absurdum
The legal, moral, political, and social principles used by a court to compose a
judgments rationale.
A laws foundation or basis.
Also Jurisdiction Ratione Personae the personal reach of the courts
jurisdiction.[74]
Or according to the soil. Assigning property rights to a thing based on its
presence on a landowners property.
in Canon law, a consummated marriage
in Canon law, a confirmed but unconsummated marriage (which can be
dissolved super rato)
More literally, by the thing. From the ablative of res (thing or
circumstance). It is a common misconception that the Re: in correspondence
is an abbreviation for regarding or reply; this is not the case for traditional
letters. However, when used in an e-mail subject, there is evidence that it
functions as an abbreviation of regarding rather than the Latin word for thing.
The use of Latin re, in the sense of about, concerning, is English usage.
The doctrine that treaty obligations hold only as long as the fundamental
conditions and expectations that existed at the time of their creation hold.
Motto of Homebush Boys High School
Also just and faithful and accurately and faithfully. Motto of Ruyton Girls
School
A common debate technique, and a method of proof in mathematics and
philosophy, that proves the thesis by showing that its opposite is absurd or
logically untenable. In general usage outside 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 Aristotles
(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 Aristotles notion that all things must have a
cause, but that all series of causes must have a sufficient cause, that is, an
unmoved mover. An argument which does not seem to have such a beginning
res judicata
res nullius
res publica
respice adspice
prospice
respice finem
credibility.
A phrase from the common law of torts meaning that negligence can be inferred
from the fact that such an accident happened, without proof of exactly how. A
the thing speaks for itself
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
judged thing
that once a matter has been finally decided by the courts, it cannot be litigated
again (cf. non bis in idem and double jeopardy).
From rs (things, facts) the plural of rs (a thing, a fact) + nn (not) +
actions speak louder than words, verba (words) the plural of verbum (a word). Literally meaning things, not
or deeds, not 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
nobodys property
are up for grabs, e.g., uninhabited and uncolonized lands, wandering wild
animals, etc. (cf. terra nullius, no mans land).
Pertaining to the state or public
source of the word republic
look behind, look here, look ahead i.e., examine the past, the present and future. Motto of CCNY.
look back at the end
i.e., have regard for the end or consider the end. Generally a memento mori,
a warning to remember ones death. Motto of Homerton College, Cambridge,
Trinity College, Kandy and Turnbull High School, Glasgow
Regarded as a legal maxim in agency law, referring to the legal liability of the
principal with respect to an employee. Whereas a hired independent contractor
acting tortiously may not cause the principal to be legally liable, a hired
employee acting tortiously will cause the principal (the employer) to be legally
liable, even if the employer did nothing wrong.
I shall arise
I shall rise again, expressing Christian faith in resurrection at the Last Day. It
appears, inter alia, in Charlotte Bronts Jane Eyre, as the epitaph written on
Helen Burnss grave; in a poem of Emily Dickinson: Poems (1955) I. 56
(Arcturus is his other name), I slew a worm the other day A Savant
rigor mortis
risum teneatis,
amici?
risus abundat in ore
stultorum
Roma invicta
Romanes eunt
domus
rorate coeli
rosa rubicundior,
lilio candidior,
omnibus formosior,
semper in te glorior
rus in urbe
stiffness of death
Generally used to refer to a haven of peace and quiet within an urban setting,
often a garden, but can refer to interior decoration.
S
Latin
Translation
Notes
Salvator Mundi
salvo errore et
omissione (s.e.e.o.)
salvo honoris titulo
(SHT)
Sancta Sedes
sancta simplicitas
Holy Chair
literally, holy seat. Refers to the Papacy or the Holy See.
holy innocence
Or sacred simplicity.
with holiness and with
sancte et sapienter
Also sancte sapienter (holiness, wisdom), motto of several institutions.
wisdom
referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy
sanctum sanctorum
Holy of Holies
location.
From Horaces Epistularum liber primus, Epistle II, line 40. Made popular in Kants essay
sapere aude
dare to know
Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? defining the Age of Enlightenment. The
phrase is common usage as a university motto.
wise is he who looks
sapiens qui prospicit
Motto of Malvern College, England
ahead
From Plautus. Indicates that something can be understood without any need for
explanation, as long as the listener has enough wisdom or common sense. Often extended
sapienti sat
enough for the wise
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.
sapientia et eloquentia wisdom and eloquence One of the mottos of the Ateneo schools in the Philippines.[78]
knowledge itself is
power
scientia vincere
conquering darkness
tenebras
scilicet (sc. or ss.)
scio
scio me nihil scire
scire quod sciendum
scribimus indocti
doctique poemata
passim
scuto amoris divini
seculo seculorum
sed ipse spiritus
postulat pro nobis,
gemitibus
inenarrabilibus
sed terrae graviora
manent
sede vacante
sedes apostolica
sedes incertae
sedet, aeternumque
sedebit
semel in anno licet
insanire
semper ad meliora
semper anticus
by science
Brussel).
that is to say; to wit; namely; in a legal caption, it provides a statement of venue or refers to
it is permitted to know
a location.
I know
I know that I know
nothing
knowledge which is
motto of now defunct publisher Small, Maynard & Company
worth having
Each desperate
as translated by Philip Francis. From Horace, Epistularum liber secundus (1, 117)[80] and
blockhead dares to
quoted in Fieldings Tom Jones; lit: Learned or not, we shall write poems without
write
distinction.
by the shield of Gods
The motto of Skidmore College
love
forever and ever
But the same Spirit
intercedes incessantly
Romans 8:26
for us, with
inexpressible groans
But on earth, worse
Virgil, Aeneid 6:84.
things await
with the seat being
The seat is the Holy See, and the vacancy refers to the interregnum between two popes.
vacant
apostolic chair
Synonymous with Sancta Sedes.
seat (i.e. location)
Used in biological classification to indicate that there is no agreement as to which higher
uncertain
order grouping a taxon should be placed into. Abbreviated sed. incert.
seat, be seated forever a Virgis verse, means when you stop trying, then you lose
once in a year one is
allowed to go crazy
always towards better
things
always forward
Concept expressed by various authors, such as Seneca, Saint Augustine and Horace. It
became proverbial during the Middle Ages.
Motto of several institutions
Motto of the 45th Infantry Division (United States) and its successor, the 45th Infantry
semper apertus
semper ardens
always open
always burning
semper eadem
semper excelsius
semper fidelis
semper fortis
semper idem
semper in excretia
sumus solim
profundum variat
semper instans
semper invicta
semper liber
semper paratus
semper primus
always higher
always faithful
always brave
always the same
Were always in the
manure; only the
depth varies.
always threatening
always invincible
the necessity of proof
always lies with the
person who lays
charges
always free
always prepared
always first
semper progrediens
always progressing
semper reformanda
always in need of
being reformed
semper sursum
semper necessitas
probandi incumbit ei
qui agit
semper vigilans
always vigilant
semper vigilo
always vigilant
Senatus Populusque
Romanus (SPQR)
sensu
sensus plenior
sequere pecuniam
sensu lato
sensu stricto cf. stricto
Motto of St. Josephs College, Allahabad, India. Motto of Palmerston North Girls High
School, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Motto of several institutions (such as the US Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol). Also the
motto of the city of San Diego, California.
The motto of Scottish Police Forces, Scotland.
The official name of the Roman Republic. SPQR was carried on battle standards by the
Roman legions. In addition to being an ancient Roman motto, it remains the motto of the
modern city of Rome.
Less literally, in the wide sense.
Less literally, in the strict sense.
In biblical exegesis, the deeper meaning intended by God, not intended by the human
author.
In an effort to understand why things may be happening contrary to expectations, or even
in alignment with them, this idiom suggests that keeping track of where money is going
may show the basis for the observed behavior. Similar in spirit to the phrase cui bono (who
gains?) or cui prodest (who advances?), but outside those phrases historically legal
context.
motto of the General Theological Seminary, Cornelius Fontem Esua
Si monumentum
requiris circumspice
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.
If you want to be
loved, love
sic
thus
sic et non
From Christopher Marlowes The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, where the phrase is
translated if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and theres no truth in us.
(cf. 1 John 1:8 in the New Testament)
Said to have been based on the tribute to architect Christopher Wren in St Pauls Cathedral,
London: si monumentum requiris, circumspice (see above). State motto of Michigan,
adopted in 1835.
Horace, Epistles I:6, 6768
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 youd kept your mouth shut we might have thought you were clever.
A common beginning for ancient Roman letters. An abbreviation of si vales bene est ego
valeo, alternatively written as SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity
with the decline in Latin literacy.
This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to
Lucilius.
From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of the name parabellum for
some ammunition and firearms, such as the Luger Parabellum. (Similar to igitur qui
desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum and in pace ut sapiens aptarit idonea bello.)
Or just so. States that the preceding quoted material appears exactly that way in the
source, despite any errors of spelling, grammar, usage, or fact that may be present. Used
only for previous quoted text; ita or similar must be used to mean thus when referring to
something about to be stated.
More simply, yes and no.
we gladly feast on
those who would
subdue us
so it begins
thus you shall go to
the stars
greatness from small
beginnings
Thus here and there
Thus has it always
been, and thus shall it
ever be
From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto
of several institutions.
Motto of Sir Francis Drake
Used when referencing books; see passim.
Attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesars assassination, and to John Wilkes Booth
at the time of Abraham Lincolns assassination; whether it was actually said at either of
sic semper tyrannis
thus always to tyrants
these events is disputed. Shorter version from original sic semper evello mortem tyrannis
(thus always I pluck death from tyrants). State motto of Virginia, adopted in 1776.
A reminder that all things are fleeting. During Papal Coronations, a monk reminds the Pope
of his mortality by saying this phrase, preceded by pater sancte (holy father) while
thus passes the glory
sic transit gloria mundi
holding before his eyes a burning paper illustrating the passing nature of earthly glories.
of the world
This is similar to the tradition of a slave in a Roman triumphs whispering memento mori in
the ear of the celebrant.
use [what is] yours so
sic utere tuo ut
Or use your property in such a way that you do not damage others. A legal maxim
as not to harm [what
alienum non laedas
related to property ownership laws, often shortened to simply sic utere (use it thus).
is] of others
Or such is life. Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect
sic vita est
thus is life
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
signum fidei
Sign of the Faith
Motto of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
Latinization of the English expression silence is golden. Also Latinized as silentium est
silentium est aureum silence is golden
aurum (silence is gold).
similia similibus
curantur
debilis est
sine scientia ars nihil
est
sisto activitatem
medicine is powerless
without knowledge,
skill is nothing
I cease the activity
may it be worthy of
sit nomine digna
the name
sit sine labe decus
let honour stainless be
may the earth be light
sit tibi terra levis
to you
may there be
sit venia verbo
forgiveness for the
word
sun of justice, shine
sol iustitiae illustra nos
upon us
the sun shines on
sol lucet omnibus
everyone
the sun rules over
sol omnia regit
everything
Lithuania.
Motto of The International Diving Society
Phrase, used to cease the activities of the Sejm upon the liberum veto principle
Motto of Rhodesia
Motto of the Brisbane Boys College (Brisbane, Australia).
Commonly used on gravestones, often contracted as S.T.T.L., the same way as todays
R.I.P.
Similar to the English idiom pardon my French.
Motto of Utrecht University.
Petronius, Satyricon Lybri 100.
Inscription near the entrance to Frombork Museum
The material principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to
the Protestant claim that the Bible teaches that men are saved by faith even without works.
A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the Protestant
claim that salvation is an unearned gift (cf. ex gratia), not a direct result of merit.
sola fide
by faith alone
sola gratia
by grace alone
sola scriptura
by scripture alone
The formal principle of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to
the Protestant idea that the Bible alone is the ultimate authority, not the Pope or tradition.
solus Christus
solus ipse
solvitur ambulando
Spartam nactus es;
hanc exorna
specialia generalibus
derogant
speculum speculorum
spem reduxit
spero meliora
spes bona
Christ alone
I alone
it is solved by walking The problem is solved by taking a walk, or by simple experiment.
your lot is cast in
from Euripidess Telephus, Agamemnon to Menelaus.[85]
Sparta, be a credit to it
special departs from
general
mirror of mirrors
he has restored hope Motto of New Brunswick.
I hope for better things
good hope
Motto of University of Cape Town.
hope conquers
Refers to Revelation 3:21, To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my
spes vincit thronum
(overcomes) the
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. On the
throne
John Winthrop family tombstone, Boston, Massachusetts.
From The Second Coming (poem) by William Butler Yeats. Refers to Yeats belief that
each human mind is linked to a single vast intelligence, and that this intelligence causes
spiritus mundi
spirit of the world
certain universal symbols to appear in individual minds. The idea is similar to Carl Jungs
concept of the collective unconscious.
Refers to The Gospel of Saint John 3:8, where he mentions how Jesus told Nicodemus
the spirit spreads
The wind blows wherever it wants, and even though you can hear its noise, you dont
spiritus ubi vult spirat
wherever it wants
know where it comes from or where it goes. The same thing happens to whomever has
been born of the Spirit. It is the motto of Cayetano Heredia University[86]
brightness without
Loosely splendour without diminishment or magnificence without ruin. Motto of
splendor sine occasu
setting
British Columbia.
The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin
we stand against by
grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as the preposition contra takes the
stamus contra malo
evil
accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of we stand against evil would be stamus
contra malum.
stante pede
with a standing foot Immediately.
stare decisis
stat sua cuique dies
statim (stat)
to stand by the
decided things
There is a day [turn]
for everybody
immediately
stupor mundi
sua sponte
sub anno
A title given to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. More literally translated the
bewilderment of the world, or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, the stupidity of the
world.
Legal term when a court takes up a motion on its own initiative, not because any of the
parties to the case has made the motion. The regimental motto of the 75th Ranger
Regiment of the U.S. Army.
Commonly abbreviated sa, it is used in citing annals, which record events by year.
Motto of the University of Adelaide, Australia. Refers to the figurative light of learning
and the Southern Cross constellation, Crux.
Also, under the sky, in the open air, out in the open or outdoors. Ablative divo
does not distinguish divus, divi, a god, from divum, divi, the sky.
Used in citations to refer to the end of a book, page, etc., and abbreviated s.f. Used after
sub poena
under penalty
sub rosa
sub silentio
under silence
under the sight of
sub specie aeternitatis
Thus, from eternitys point of view. From Spinoza, Ethics.
eternity
sub specie Dei
under the sight of God from Gods point of view or perspective.
Beneath thy
Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary). Also under your
sub tuum praesidium
compassion
protection. A popular school motto.
Under the shade I
Sub umbra floreo
National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany tree.
flourish
Under the word or
heading, as in a
sub verbo; sub voce
dictionary;
abbreviated s.v.
sublimis ab unda
Raised from the waves Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham
subsiste sermonem
stop speaking
statim
immediately
One doesnt sing on
Sudetia non cantat
the Sudeten
Saying from Hanakia
Mountains
sui generis
super fornicam
superbia in proelia
supero omnia
surdo oppedere
surgam
sursum corda
sutor, ne ultra
crepidam
on the lavatory
pride in battle
I surpass everything
to belch before the
deaf
I shall rise
Lift up your hearts
Where Thomas More accused the reformer, Martin Luther, of going to celebrate Mass.
Motto of Manchester City F.C.
A declaration that one succeeds above all others.
From Erasmus collection of annotated Adagia (1508): a useless action.
Motto of Columbia Universitys Philolexian Society.
Thus, dont offer your opinion on things that are outside your competence. It is said that
the Greek painter Apelles once asked the advice of a cobbler on how to render the sandals
Cobbler, no further
of a soldier he was painting. When the cobbler started offering advice on other parts of the
than the sandal!
painting, Apelles rebuked him with this phrase in Greek, and it subsequently became a
popular Latin expression.
to render to every man One of Justinian Is three basic precepts of law. Also shortened to suum cuique (to each
his due
his own).
Abbreviation for sub
verbo or sub voce (see
above).
T
Latin
tabula gratulatoria
Translation
congratulatory tablet
tabula rasa
scraped tablet
talis qualis
taliter qualiter
just as such
somewhat
Notes
A list of congratulations.
Thus, blank slate. Romans used to write on wax-covered wooden tablets, which were
erased by scraping with the flat end of the stylus. John Locke used the term to describe
the human mind at birth, before it had acquired any knowledge.
Such as it is or as such.
from St Marks gospel 10:14 talium (parvuli) est enim regnum Dei; similar in St
for of such (little children)
Matthews gospel 19:14 talium est enim regnum caelorum (for of such is the kingdom
is the kingdom of God
of heaven); motto of The Cathedral School, Townsville.
we know the lion by his Said in 1697 by Johann Bernoulli about Isaac Newtons anonymously submitted solution
claw
to Bernoullis challenge regarding the Brachistochrone curve.
tarde venientibus
ossa
Te occidere possunt
sed te edere non
possunt nefas est
technica impendi
nationi
temet nosce
know thyself
tempora heroica
Heroic Age
The motto of the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in the David Foster Wallace novel
Infinite Jest. Translated in the novel as They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you
are quite a bit dicier.
Motto of Technical University of Madrid
A reference to the Greek (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the pronaos of the
Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to the Greek periegetic writer Pausanias (10.24.1).
Rendered also with nosce te ipsum, temet nosce (thine own self know) appears in The
Matrix translated as know thyself.
Literally Heroic Times; refers to the period between the mythological Titanomachy and
the (relatively) historical Trojan War.
16th century variant of two classical lines of Ovid: tempora labuntur (time labors,
Fasti) and omnia mutantur (everything changes, Metamorphoses). See entry for details.
Also time, that devours all things, literally: time, gluttonous of things, edax:
adjectival form of the verb edo to eat. From Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15, 234-236.
From Vergils Georgics (Book III, line 284), where it appears as fugit inreparabile
tempus. A common sundial motto. See also tempus volat, hora fugit below.
Tempus Rerum Imperator has been adopted by the Google Web Accelerator project. It
is shown in the About Google Web Accelerator page.
Name of song by popular Irish singer Enya
Suetonius attributes this to Julius Caesar, from when Caesar was on the African coast.
motto for York University
Medical shorthand for three times a day.
Phrase concluding Christopher Marlowes play Doctor Faustus.[88]
In archaeology or history, refers to the date before which an artifact or feature must have
been deposited. Used with terminus post quem (limit after which). Similarly, terminus
ad quem (limit to which) may also refer to the latest possible date of a non-punctual
event (period, era, etc.), while terminus a quo (limit from which) may refer to the
earliest such date.
terra australis
incognita
terra firma
terra incognita
solid land
unknown land
terra nova
new land
terra nullius
land of none
terras irradient
no third (possibility) is
given
A logical axiom that a claim is either true or false, with no third option.
tertium quid
a third something
1. Something that cannot be classified into either of two groups considered exhaustive; an
intermediate thing or factor. 2. A third person or thing of indeterminate character.
not weep
Refrain originating in the response to the seventh lesson in the Office of the Dead. In the
Middle Ages, this service was read each day by clerics. As a refrain, it appears also in
other poems and can frequently be found inscribed on tombs.
Offering ones life in total commitment to another. The motto was adopted by Pope John
totus tuus
totally yours
Paul II to signify his love and servitude to Mary the Mother of Jesus.
Literally beneficial passage. Mentioned in The Seamy Side of History (Lenvers de
transire
to travel along while
lhistoire contemporaine, 1848), part of La Comdie humaine, by Honor de Balzac, and
benefaciendo
doing good
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.
Used to express the belief in the transfer of imperial authority from the Roman Empire of
translatio imperii
transfer of rule
antiquity to the Medieval Holy Roman Empire.
tres faciunt
It takes three to have a valid group; three is the minimum number of members for an
three makes company
collegium
organization or a corporation.
A decree by the medieval Church that all feuds should be cancelled during the Sabbath
treuga Dei
Truce of God
effectively from Wednesday or Thursday night until Monday. See also Peace and Truce
of God.
tria juncta in uno
Three joined in one
Motto of the Order of the Bath
tu autem Domine
But Thou, O Lord, have Phrase said at the end of biblical readings in the liturgy of the medieval church. Also used
miserere nobis
mercy upon us
in brief, tu autem, as a memento mori epitaph.
Thus, what you are, I was; what I am, you will be.. A memento mori gravestone
tu fui ego eris
I was you; you will be me
inscription to remind the reader that death is unavoidable (cf. sum quod eris).
you should not give in to
tu ne cede malis, sed
evils, but proceed ever
From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95.
contra audentior ito
more boldly against them
The logical fallacy of attempting to defend ones position merely by pointing out the same
tu quoque
you too
weakness in ones opponent.
tu stultus es
you are stupid
The motto for the satirical news organization, The Onion.
tuebor
I will protect
Found on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of Michigan.
tunica propior est
A tunic is closer to the
pallio
body than a cape
turris fortis mihi
God is my strong tower Motto of the Kelly Clan
Deus
timor mortis
conturbat me
U
Latin
uberrima fides
ubertas et
fidelitas
ubi amor, ibi
dolor
ubi bene ibi
patria
ubi caritas et
amor Deus ibi est
ubi dubium ibi
libertas
ubi jus ibi
remedium
Translation
most abundant faith
fertility and faithfulness
Motto of Tasmania.
Anonymous proverb.
Notes
Or utmost good faith (cf. bona fide). A legal
maxim of insurance contracts requiring all parties
to deal in good faith.
evacua
ubi re vera
ubi societas ibi
ius
ubi solitudinem
faciunt pacem
appellant
ubi sunt
By Aristotle.
ultima ratio
last method
the final argument
the last resort (as force)
The last resort. Short form for the metaphor The
Last Resort of Kings and Common Men
referring to the act of declaring war; used in the
names the French sniper rifle PGM Ultima Ratio
and the fictional Reason weapon system. Louis
XIV of France had Ultima Ratio Regum (last
argument of kings) cast on the cannons of his
armies; motto of the 1st Battalion 11th Marines;
motto of the Artilleriregementet.
beyond powers
ululas Athenas
unitas, iustitia,
spes
unitas per
servitiam
uno flatu
in one breath
unus multorum
Unus papa
Romae, unus
one of many
One pope in Rome, one port in Ancona, one tower in Cremona, one
beer in Rakovnk
portus Anconae,
una turris
Cremonae, una
ceres Raconae
though the power be lacking, the will is to be praised all the same
Urbi et Orbi
urbs in horto
city in a garden
usque ad finem
ut biberent
quoniam esse
nollent
ut cognoscant te
ut desint vires,
tamen est
laudanda
voluntas
ut dicitur
ut incepit fidelis
sic permanet
ut infra
ut in omnibus
glorificetur Deus.
as below
that in all things, God may be glorified
ut mare quod ut
ventus
ut prosim
ut proverbium
you know what they say
loquitur vetus
ut res magis
valeat quam
that the matter may have effect rather than fail[90]
pereat
ut retro
as backwards
ut supra
as above
utilis in
ministerium
usefulness in service
utraque unum
V
Latin
Translation
vade ad formicam
go to the ant
vade mecum
go with me
Go back, Satan!
vae victis
vanitas vanitatum
omnia vanitas
vaticinium ex
eventu
vanity of vanities;
everything [is] vanity
vel non
or not
To be willing is to be
able. (non-literal: Where
Notes
A Biblical phrase from the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as Go to
the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise![Pro 6:6]
A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a handbook.
An exhortation for Satan to begone, often used in response to temptation. From a popular
Medieval Catholic exorcism formula, based on a rebuke by Jesus to Peter in the Vulgate,
Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana (get behind Me, Satan!).[Mark 8:33] The older phrase
vade retro (go back!) can be found in Terences Formio I, 4, 203.
Attributed by Livy to Brennus, the chief of the Gauls, while he demanded more gold from
the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC.
More simply, vanity, vanity, everything vanity. From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes 1:2;12:8.
A prophecy made to look as though it was written before the events it describes, while in
fact being written afterwards.
Summary of alternatives, e.g. this action turns upon whether the claimant was the
deceaseds grandson vel non.
Motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of Hillfield Strathallan College.
Or simply faster than cooking asparagus. Ascribed to Augustus by Suetonius (The Twelve
velocius quam
faster than asparagus can
Caesars, Book 2 (Augustus), para. 87). Can refer to anything done very quickly. A very
asparagi coquantur be cooked
common variant is celerius quam asparagi cocuntur (faster than asparagus is cooked).
As a tree with the passage
velut arbor aevo
Motto of the University of Toronto
of time
The message supposedly sent by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate to describe his battle
veni, vidi, vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
against King Pharnaces II near Zela in 47 BC.
venisti remanebis From whence you came,
The phrase that the wizard said to the Devil in the film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
donec denuo
you shall remain, until
which trapped him in hell as long as he was missing his tooth.
completus sis
you are complete again
venturis ventis
To the coming winds
Motto of Braslia, capital of Brazil.
vera causa
true cause
verba docent
exempla trahunt
Words instruct,
illustrations lead
words are to be
verba ita sunt
understood such that the
intelligenda ut res
subject matter may be
magis valeat quam
more effective than
pereat
wasted
verba vana aut
Not to speak words in
risui non loqui
vain or to start laughter
verba volant,
words fly away, writings
scripta manent
remain
verbatim
word for word
verbatim et
word for word and letter
literatim
by letter
verbi divini
servant of the divine
minister
Word
verbi gratia
for example
(v.gr. or VG)
Verbum Dei
Word of God
verbum Domini
The Word of the Lord
manet in aeternum Endures Forever
(VDMA)
verb. sap.,
verbum sap.
The hearer can fill in the rest; enough said. Short for Verbum sapienti sat[is] est.
veritas
truth
Motto of many educational institutions, including Harvard University and Bishop Lynch
High School.
veritas aequitas
veritas, bonitas,
pulchritudo,
sanctitas
veritas Christo et
ecclesiae
veritas curat
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 and Research
Truth is my light.
truth conquers
Motto of the Scottish clan Keith. Used to be motto of Protektorate of Bohemia and Moravia
and in Czech translation motto of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic
veritas numquam
perit
veritas odit moras
veritas omnia vincit
veritas unitas
caritas
veritas vincit
Veritas. Virtus.
Libertas.
veritas vit
magistra
veritas vos liberabit
veritate duce
progredi
[in] veritate et
caritate
veritate et virtute
Truth Shall Set You Free Motto of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan
Motto of Sydney Boys High School. Also virtute et veritate, motto of Walford Anglican
Yes, we can
towards
veto
I forbid
vexilla regis
prodeunt inferni
vi coactus
vi et animo
under constraint
With heart and soul
by the power of truth, I,
while living, have
conquered the universe
by the road
middle road
The Way, the Truth and
the Life
vi veri universum
vivus vici
via
via media
via, veritas, vita
vice
vice versa
versa vice
Motto of Institut dtudes politiques de Lyon, also motto of the Accorretti family (it)
Motto of Bryn Mawr College
Motto of Xaverian Brothers High School
Motto of Mentone Girls Grammar School
A variation of the campaign slogan used by then-Senator Barack Obama on a Great Seal
variation during the 2008 US presidential campaign.[91]
Literally in the direction. Mistakenly used in English as against (probably from
adversus), particularly to denote two opposing parties, such as in a legal dispute or a
sports match.
The right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. Derived from ancient Roman
voting practices.
Used by Dante in Canto XXXIV of the Inferno, the phrase is an allusion to and play upon
the Latin Easter hymn Vexilla Regis, and is itself repeatedly referenced in the works of
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
used to indicate an agreement signed under duress
Or Strength with Courage. Motto of Ascham School and the McCulloch clan crest.
Magickal motto of Aleister Crowley.
extremely common. Classical Latin pronunciation dictates that the letter C can only make a
hard sound, like K, thus vee-keh vehr-sah. Moreover, it also dictates that the letter V, when
consonantal, represents /w/; i.e. in classical times, the V was pronounced like a W; hence
wee-keh wehr-sah.[92]
similar to aut vincere aut mori.
Victory or death!
Victory comes from
The official club motto of Arsenal F.C.
harmony
the victorious cause
victrix causa diis
pleased the gods, but the Lucan, Pharsalia 1, 128. Dedication on the south side of the Confederate Memorial at
placuit sed victa
conquered cause pleased Arlington National Cemetery.
Catoni
Cato
vide
see or refer to
vide infra (v.i.)
see below
vide supra (v.s.)
see above
Or see earlier in this writing. Also shortened to just supra.
namely, that is to say,
videlicet (viz.)
Contraction of videre licet: permitted to see.
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
proboque deteriora better, but I follow the
From the Metamorphoses VII. 2021 of Ovid. A summary of the experience of akrasia.
sequor
worse
I see it, but I dont believe
video sed non credo
Caspar Hofmann after being shown proof of the circulatory system by William Harvey.
it
it is permitted to see,
videre licet
one may see
vim promovet
promotes ones innate
Motto of University of Bristol taken from Horace Ode 4.4.
insitam
power
Overcome Evil with
Partial quotation of Romans 12:21 also used as a motto for Old Swinford Hospital and
vince malum bono
Good
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla.
vincere est vivere to conquer is to live
Captain John Smiths personal motto
vincere scis
you know [how] to win, According to Livy, a cavalry colonel told Hannibal this after the victory at Cannae in 216
Hannibal victoria Hannibal; you do not
BC, meaning that Hannibal should have marched on Rome directly.
uti nescis
know [how] to use
victory
vincit omnia veritas Truth conquers all
Motto of Augusta State University in Augusta, GA
vincit qui patitur he conquers who endures First attributed to Roman scholar and satirst Persius; frequently used as motto.
Motto of many educational institutions. Also bis vincit qui se vincit (he/she who
he/she conquers who
prevails over himself/herself is twice victorious). Also the motto of The Beast in Disneys
vincit qui se vincit
conquers himself/herself Beauty and the Beast as seen on the castles stained glass window near the beginning of the
film. It is also the motto of North Sydney Boys High School
the chain of the law, i.e. A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris. Bouviers
vinculum juris
legally binding
Law Dictionary, 1856, Obligation.
vinum et musica
Wine and music gladden
Asterix and Caesars Gift; a variation on vinum bonum laetificat cor hominis.
laetificant cor
the heart
vinum regum, rex The wine of kings, the
A description of Tokaji wine, attributed to Louis XIV.
vinorum
king of wines
vir prudens non
[A] wise man does not
contra ventum
urinate [up] against the
mingit
wind
vir visque vir
Every man a man
Motto of the U.S. collegiate fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha.
The manly thing is being
virile agitur
As used in the motto of Knox Grammar School
done
Act manfully or Act
viriliter age
As used in the motto of Marist College Ashgrove and others.
Courageously
viriliter agite
Act in a manly way
As used in the motto of St Muredachs College
viriliter agite estote
Act manfully, be strong As used in the motto of Culford School
fortes
virtus et labor
virtue and hard work
The motto of Don Bosco Liluah, India.
virtus et scientia
virtue and knowledge
Frequently used as a motto, preeminently as that of La Salle University of Philadelphia, PA.
Virtue stands in the
Idiomatically: Good practice lies in the middle path. There is disagreement as to whether
virtus in media stat
middle.
media or medio is correct.
virtus junxit mors that which virtue unites,
Masonic (Scottish Rite) motto
non separabit
let not death separate
virtus laudata
Greatness increases with
Berkhamsted School motto
crescit
praise
Duke of Westminsters motto at his stately home in Eaton, motto of Grosvenor Rowing
Club and Harrow County School for Boys
Christian Brothers College, St Kildas school motto
Usually translated Long live the King! Also Vivat Regina (Long live the Queen!).
Persius. Compare with memento mori
The phrase suggests that one should live life to the fullest and without fear of possible
vive ut vivas
live so that you may live
consequences.
vivere est cogitare to live is to think
Cicero; compare with cogito ergo sum
Seneca (Epist. 96,5). Compare with the allegory of Miles Christianus based on militia est
vivere militare est to live is to fight
vita hominis in the Vulgate, Book of Job 7:1.
vocatus atque non called and not called, God or called and even not called, God approaches; attributed to the Oracle at Delphi. Used
vocatus Deus aderit will be present
by Carl Jung as a personal motto adorning his home and grave.
or to him who consents, no harm is done; used in tort law to delineate the principle that
volenti non fit
to one willing, no harm is
one cannot be held liable for injuries inflicted on an individual who has given his consent
injuria
done
to the action that gave rise to the injury.
you are the salt of the
vos estis sal terrae
A famous biblical sentence said by Jesus.
earth.
votum separatum separate vow
An independent, minority voice.
or traditionally, the voice of one crying in the wilderness; from the Vulgate, Isaiah 40:3,
vox clamantis in
the voice of one shouting
and quoted by John the Baptist in the Gospels (Mark 1:3 and John 1:23). It is the motto of
deserto
in the desert
Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire.
vox nihili
voice of nothing
Applied to a useless or ambiguous phrase or statement.
Short non-prearranged interview with an ordinary person (e.g. on the street); sometimes
vox populi
voice of the people
shortened to vox pop.
the voice of the people is
vox populi, vox Dei
the voice of God
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2. ^ a b James T. Bretzke, Consecrated phrases: a Latin theological dictionary : Latin expressions commonly found in theological
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5. ^ Ovidi Nasonis Epistvlae Heroidvm, XIII. Laodamia Protesilao
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13.^ Jon R. Stone, More Latin for the Illiterati, Routledge, 1999, p. 53.
14.^ Giles Jacob, A Law Grammar, W. Clarke & Sons, 1817, p. 3.
15.^ Glossary Help. Judiciary of Scotland. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
16.^ Ablative of present participle vivens + pater
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18.^ Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea: An Investigation into the Treatment of Mens Rea in the Quest to Hold Individuals
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