The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool
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(Corpus Iuris Civilis: Digesta)
Enough for a wise man. (Plautus, Persa)
Prosperity has a wonderful way of hiding faults. (Sallustius, Epistulae ad Caesarem)
But meanwhile, the irreplaceable time escapes. (Vergilius, Georgica. Usually, you only quote the last three words.)
Once released, the word flies irrevocably. (Horatius, Epistulae)
Always the same. (Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. Said to have been Xantippa's words about Socrates' facial expression.)
Old age is talkative by nature. (Cicero, De senectute)
Save me and I will save you. (Petronius Arbiter)
Thus it was written in destiny. (Ovidius, Fasti)
Thus, you go to the stars (i.e. gain reputation) (Vergilius, Aenis)
I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis, Saturae)
If it pleases the gods (N/A)
Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero, Pro Milone.)
If it pleases you, it is allowed. (Scriptores historiae augustae; said to have been the "stepmother" Julia's response when her "stepson" Emperor Carcalla wanted her for his wife.)
Without anger or bias. (Tacitus, Annales, about his history writing)
Let the word be allowed. (If I may say so.) (A rephrasal of venia sit dicto, the said should be allowed; Plinius the Younger, Epistulae.)
If you want to be loved, love (Seneca Philosophus, Epistulae)
If you want peace, prepare for war. (From Vegetius; a version of qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.)
They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus, Agricola)
Hover between hope and fear. (Vergilius, Aenis)
The Senate and the Roman people (Abbreviation used on banners and the like in ancient Rome to show the world the unity between the Roman people and its rulers. Still officially used in Rome.)
He stands in the shadow of a great name. (Lucanus, Pharsalia. Said about Pompey.)
The day is decided for each and everyone, the lifespan is short and irreplaceable for everybody. (Vergilius, Aenis)
It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus)
The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero, De officiis)
To each and every one his own. (Cicero, De officiis)
Everyone has his customs. (Gellius, Noctes Atticae)
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We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus, Epistulae) Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem. So great a burden was it to establish the Roman race. (Vergilius, Aeneis)
The times do change. (Martialis, Epigrammaton liber)
You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus, Rudens)
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Where one is happy, there is one's homeland. (Pacuvius, Teucer) Unus multorum. One of many. (Horatius, Satirae)
One, but (it is) a lion. (Translated from Aesop. The lioness to the vixen who boasted about her having many cubs when the lioness only had one.)
The eternal city (i.e. Rome) (Tibullus)
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovidius, Ex Ponto)
It is more important that the innocent is acquitted than that the guilty is not brought to justice. (Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino)
How often do not the greatest geniuses remain hidden. (Plautus, Captivi)
As you sow, so shall you reap. (Cicero, De oratore.)
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Woe to the conquered! (Livius, Praefatio) Vare, legiones redde! Varus, give me back my legions! (Acc. to Suetonius, exclaimed by Emperor Augustus when he heard that his governor Quintilius Varus and three entire legions had been killed in an ambush in the Teutoburger Forest.)
There's nothing like change! (Cicero, De divinatione)
I came, I saw, I conquered. (Written by Julius Caesar about his rapid victory in the Battle of Zela.)
We ourselves create the truth. (N/A)
Words fly away, the written (letter) remains. (N/A)
The truth will set you free. (Versio Vulgata, Ioh. 8.32)
The footprints frighten me. (Horatius, Epistulae. From a story about a fox who saw footprints lead into, but not out of a lion's den.)
The clothes make the man. (Quintilianus?)
May the (Roman) consuls see to that no damage comes to the state. (Phrase that gave the Roman consuls absolute power when the state was in a severe crisis. Quoted by Cicero in In Catilinam. )
See, how convinced I am that you are my second self. (Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares)
You know how to be victorious, Hannibal, but not how to take advantage of victory. (According to Livius, words said by Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal when Hannibal did not attack Rome immediately after his victory at Cannae.)
Virtue is a middle course between vices. (Horatius, Epistulae)
No-one is born without faults. (Horatius, Satirae)
To live is to think. (Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes)
The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Translated from Homer, The Odyssey)
All of them wound, the last one kills. (Referring to the hours; inscription sometimes found on clocks in churches and public spaces.)
Last update: January 3, 2002 by Johanna Hansdotter Sundberg ab initio from the beginning ab ovo from the egg (From the very beginning. Cf. ab ovo usque ad mala.)
to arms
for (safe)keeping
to the end ad hoc for a particular use (Literally, to this)
(relating)to the (particular) person ad honorem for the sake of glory ad infinitum without limit ad interim for the meantime ad lib (abbr. of ad libitum) improvised (Literally, according to pleasure)
appointed for a lawsuit ad literam to the letter ad mandatum by direction ad manus proprias in one's own hands ad modum in the same way as ad mortem to the death ad nauseam to an excessive degree (Literally, to nausea)
to the person; personal ad protocollum to the record ad referendum for further consideration ad rem to the matter ad tempus in time
at last
according to the value (Of taxes, in proportion to the estimated value of the goods.)
bounteous mother (A figurative name for a university, sometimes used jokingly.)
other things being equal conferre (Cf.) compare
course of life
may it be damned (The opopsite of imprimatur.)
in fact (whether by right or not) de jure by right
scattered remains, fragments (esp. of written work)
the characters of the drama eiusdem anni (e.a.) in/during the same year et alii/alia (et al.) and others et cetera (etc.) and so on ex ante beforehand (Literally, from before)
from the files (according to document) ex cathedra from the (teacher's) chair (With full authority, esp. of papal pronouncement)
for example ex gratia as a favour (Literally, from grace
by direction ex nihilo out of nothing ex officio by virtue of one's office ex parte from the party (In the interest of one side only or of an interested outside party.)
from subsequent events (with retrospective action or force) ex tempore immediately (without any preparation. Cf. extemporise.) (Literally, from time)
outside the walls (official) ex usu according to custom (Literally from use)
here lies ibid. (abbr. of ibidem) in the same place id. (abbr. of idem) the same
that is to say
let it be printed (A license to publish, e.g. by Roman Catholic authority; the opposite of damnatur.)
in one's absence in abstracto in itself, in general in absurdum to the absurd in aeternum forever
in greatest shape
in blank
behind closed doors (Literally, in the room) in casu in this case in concreto in particular in corpore in the body (in full) in duplo in duplicate in extenso in full (unabridged) in extremis at the point of death (or in great difficulties) in flagrante delicto caught red-handed (Literally, "in blazing crime".)
below
(Below or further on in a book or writing.) infra dig (abbr. of infra dignitatem) beneath one's dignity in genere in general in infinitum endlessly in loco at this place in loco parentis in the place of a parent (Used of a teacher etc. responsible for children.)
by hand
into the midst of things
in memory of in natura in a natural way (Payment with goods instead of with money.)
in a nutshell in perpetuum forever
in full
in his/her own person in re in the matter of in saecula saeculorum for ever and ever in situ in its place in spe ...to be
in particular
in the moment of birth in summa in all
under guardianship (Or in a junior position at university, not having a degree.) in suspenso in a suspended state (indefinite) inter alia among other things inter nos between us in toto in full
within the walls (unofficial)
in frequent use in usum for use
in the womb
in a vacuum invenit (inv.) ...has made it in vitro in glass
(Taking place in a test-tube or other laboratory enviroment.) in vivo in a living thing (Taking place in a living organism.)
the precise words ipso facto by that very fact ipso jure by right itself item (it.) as well
slip of the pen
slip of the tongue lege artis according to the rules (of the art) memento remember
way of operating (The particular way in which a person performs a task or action) modus vivendi way of living (An arrangement whereby those in dispute can carry on pending a settlement.)
like married nemine contradicente (nem.con) with no one dissenting nolens, volens unwilling, willing (willy-nilly) nolle prosequi refuse to pursue (The relinquish by a plaintiff or prosecutor of all or part of a suit.)
not in one's right mind non placet it does not please (A negative vote in a Church or assembly.)
we cannot (A statement of inability to act in a matter.)
it doesn't follow. (Used about a conclusion that doesn't logically follow from the premisses.)
without further specification nota bene (NB or n.b.) note
an indecent agreement
on level with us (Additional grade previously used to show that the examinee's knowledge was as great as the examinator's.)
the part for the whole (Synedoche; a figure of speech in which a partvis made to represent the whole or vice versa, e.g. "new faces" instead of "new people.")
by the ears per capita for each person (Literally by heads)
May he/she perish! per fas et nefas by any means necessary (Literally, by right or wrong)
by itself peractis peragendi when that which should be done has been done persona non grata (PNG) a non-desirable person (Used about a diplomatic representative who is not acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.)
in kind memory placebo I will please pluralis majestatis the royal plural (Using the plural instead of the first person.)
after death prima facie at first sight primum mobile first moving thing (The central or most important source of motion or action.)
for this occasion (only) quantum satis enough
someone instead of someone else (a mix-up or a mistake)
compensation (Literally, something for something else)
which was the thing to be proved quod est which is
see which (in cross-references etc) (Used to tell the reader to look for further information on another place in the same book.) requiescat in pace (R.I.P.) rest in peace sanae mentis common sense sic! so! (used/spelt as written) (Used to call the attention to, or confirming, the form of quoted or written words.)
without year of publication sine dato (s.d.) without date sine die with no appointed day sine dubio without a doubt sine loco (s.l.) without place of publication sine loco et anno (s.l.e.a.) without imprint (conditio) sine qua non an indispensable condition (Literally, without which not)
off-hand
(Literally, "on standing foot".) status quo the existing state of affairs (Literally, the state in which)
of its kind summa cum laude with highest distinction terra firma firm ground terra incognita unknown ground tertium quid a third something (Especially intermediary between mind and matter, or between opposite things.)
like below ut supra like above veto I forbid
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To Top University/College Mottoes Ad astra To the stars (University College Dublin, Ireland) Ad augusta per angusta Achievement through effort (Lakehead University, Ontario) Ad utrumque (paratus) (Prepared) for both (i.e. both the book and the sword) (Lund University, Sweden) Artes, scientia, veritas Arts, science, truth (University of Michigan) Aut disce aut discede Either learn or leave (Winchester College) Coelestem adspicit lucem It looks at the heavenly light. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark; referring to the eagle in the university seal) Concordia Harmony (Mayfield College, UK) Concordia cum veritate In harmony with truth (University of Waterloo, Ontario) Consilio manuque Scholarship and dexterity (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Crescat scientia, vita excolatur Let knowledge grow from more to more and thus be human life enriched (University of Chicago) Deo et Patriae For God and country (University of Saskatchewan) Disce doce Learn and teach (University of Sheffield, UK) Disciplina praesidium civitatis The instruction (and) protection of the state (University of Texas) Divinum sedare dolorem It is divine to alleviate pain (Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK) Docendo discimus By teaching we learn (Stranmillis College, UK) Dominus illuminatio mea The Lord is my light (Oxford University) Ex lege libertas From the laws, freedom (The Faculty of Law, Stockholm University) Fiat lux Let there be light (University of California, Berkeley) Floreat domus May this house flourish (Queens' College) Hinc lucem et pocula sacra From whence issue light and the sacred draughts of wisdom (University of Cambridge, UK) In Deo speramus In God we trust (Brown University, US) Ingenio et labore By natural ability and hard work (University of Auckland) In omnibus veritas Truth in everything (University of Mannheim, Germany) Integritas Integrity (Nipissing University, Ontario) In veritate In truth (St Paul's College, Australia) Jesus Christus esto mihi Jesus Christ shall be mine (Christ College, Australia) Labor omnia vincit Work conquers all (University of Illinois) Lucerna ardens et lucens A torch of glowing radiance (University of Sudbury, Ontario) Lux et veritas Light and truth (Yale University) Manu et mente With hand and mind (University of New South Wales) Mens agitat molem Mind moves the mass (University of Oregon) Mens et manus Mind and hand (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT) Multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis A multitude of the wise is the health of the world) (University of Victoria, British Columbia) Naturam primum cognoscere rerum First, to learn the nature of things (The Australian National University) Nosse Deum vivere Through God we live (St. George's College, Australia) Nunc cognosco ex parte Now I know in part (Trent University, Ontario) Postera crescam laude I shall grow in the esteem of future generations (University of Melbourne) Provehito in altum Launch forth into the deep Yüklə 392,39 Kb. 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