(Corpus Iuris Civilis: Digesta)
Sat sapienti.
Enough for a wise man.
(Plautus, Persa)
Secundae res mire sunt vitiis obtentui.
Prosperity has a wonderful way of hiding faults.
(Sallustius, Epistulae ad Caesarem)
Sed fugit interae, fugit irreparabile tempus.
But meanwhile, the irreplaceable time escapes.
(Vergilius, Georgica. Usually, you only quote the last three words.)
Semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.
Once released, the word flies irrevocably.
(Horatius, Epistulae)
Semper idem.
Always the same.
(Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. Said to have been Xantippa's words about Socrates' facial expression.)
Senectus est natura loquacior.
Old age is talkative by nature.
(Cicero, De senectute)
Serva me, servabo te.
Save me and I will save you.
(Petronius Arbiter)
Sic erat in fatis.
Thus it was written in destiny.
(Ovidius, Fasti)
Sic itur ad astra.
Thus, you go to the stars (i.e. gain reputation)
(Vergilius, Aenis)
Sic volo, sic iubeo.
I want this, I order this.
(Juvenalis, Saturae)
Si dis placet
If it pleases the gods
(N/A)
Silent enim leges inter arma.
Laws are silent in times of war.
(Cicero, Pro Milone.)
Si libet, licet.
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.)
Sine ira et studio.
Without anger or bias.
(Tacitus, Annales, about his history writing)
Sit venia verbo.
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.)
Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love
(Seneca Philosophus, Epistulae)
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
(From Vegetius; a version of qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.)
Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant.
They made a desert and called it peace.
(Tacitus, Agricola)
Spemque metumque inter dubiis.
Hover between hope and fear.
(Vergilius, Aenis)
S.P.Q.R. (Senatus Populusque Romanus)
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.)
Stat magni nominis umbra.
He stands in the shadow of a great name.
(Lucanus, Pharsalia. Said about Pompey.)
Stat sua cuique dies, breve et irreparabile tempus omnibus est vitae.
The day is decided for each and everyone, the lifespan is short and irreplaceable for everybody.
(Vergilius, Aenis)
Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes.
It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.
(Publilius Syrus)
Summum ius, summa iniuria.
The extreme law is the greatest injustice.
(Cicero, De officiis)
Suum cuique.
To each and every one his own.
(Cicero, De officiis)
Suus cuique mos.
Everyone has his customs.
(Gellius, Noctes Atticae)
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Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas.
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)
Tempora quid faciunt.
The times do change.
(Martialis, Epigrammaton liber)
Tetigisti acu.
You have hit the nail on the head.
(Plautus, Rudens)
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Ubi bene, ibi patria.
Where one is happy, there is one's homeland.
(Pacuvius, Teucer)
Unus multorum.
One of many.
(Horatius, Satirae)
Unus sed leo.
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.)
Urbs aeterna.
The eternal city (i.e. Rome)
(Tibullus)
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
(Ovidius, Ex Ponto)
Utilius est autem absolvi innocentem quam nocentem causam non dicere.
It is more important that the innocent is acquitted than that the guilty is not brought to justice.
(Cicero, Pro Roscio Amerino)
Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent.
How often do not the greatest geniuses remain hidden.
(Plautus, Captivi)
Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
(Cicero, De oratore.)
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Vae victis!
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.)
Variatio delectat
There's nothing like change!
(Cicero, De divinatione)
Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
(Written by Julius Caesar about his rapid victory in the Battle of Zela.)
Vera esse facimus nosmet ipsi.
We ourselves create the truth.
(N/A)
Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet.
Words fly away, the written (letter) remains.
(N/A)
Veritas vos liberabit.
The truth will set you free.
(Versio Vulgata, Ioh. 8.32)
Vestigia terrent.
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.)
Vestis virum reddit.
The clothes make the man.
(Quintilianus?)
Videant consules ne quid detrimenti capiat respublica.
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. )
Vide quam mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum.
See, how convinced I am that you are my second self.
(Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares)
Vincere scis, Hannibal, victoria uti nescis.
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.)
Virtus est medium vitiorum.
Virtue is a middle course between vices.
(Horatius, Epistulae)
Vitiis nemo sine nascitur.
No-one is born without faults.
(Horatius, Satirae)
Vivere est cogitare.
To live is to think.
(Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes)
Vox populi, vox Dei.
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
(Translated from Homer, The Odyssey)
Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat.
All of them wound, the last one kills.
(Referring to the hours; inscription sometimes found on clocks in churches and public spaces.)
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ab initio
from the beginning
ab ovo
from the egg
(From the very beginning. Cf. ab ovo usque ad mala.)
ad arma
to arms
ad depositum
for (safe)keeping
ad finem
to the end
ad hoc
for a particular use
(Literally, to this)
ad hominem
(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)
ad litem
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)
ad personam
to the person; personal
ad protocollum
to the record
ad referendum
for further consideration
ad rem
to the matter
ad tempus
in time
ad ultimum
at last
ad valorem
according to the value
(Of taxes, in proportion to the estimated value of the goods.)
alma mater
bounteous mother
(A figurative name for a university, sometimes used jokingly.)
ceteris paribus
other things being equal
conferre (Cf.)
compare
curriculum vitae (CV)
course of life
damnatur
may it be damned
(The opopsite of imprimatur.)
de facto
in fact (whether by right or not)
de jure
by right
disjecta membra
scattered remains, fragments (esp. of written work)
dramatis personae
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)
ex actis
from the files (according to document)
ex cathedra
from the (teacher's) chair
(With full authority, esp. of papal pronouncement)
exempli grata (e.g.)
for example
ex gratia
as a favour
(Literally, from grace
ex mandato
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.)
ex post facto
from subsequent events (with retrospective action or force)
ex tempore
immediately (without any preparation. Cf. extemporise.)
(Literally, from time)
extra muros
outside the walls (official)
ex usu
according to custom
(Literally from use)
iacet hic (IH)
here lies
ibid. (abbr. of ibidem)
in the same place
id. (abbr. of idem)
the same
id est (i.e.)
that is to say
imprimatur
let it be printed
(A license to publish, e.g. by Roman Catholic authority; the opposite of damnatur.)
in absentia
in one's absence
in abstracto
in itself, in general
in absurdum
to the absurd
in aeternum
forever
in amplissima forma
in greatest shape
in blanco
in blank
in camera
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".)
infra
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.)
in manu
by hand
in medias res
into the midst of things
in memoriam
in memory of
in natura
in a natural way
(Payment with goods instead of with money.)
in nuce
in a nutshell
in perpetuum
forever
in pleno
in full
in propria persona
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 specie
in particular
in statu nascendi
in the moment of birth
in summa
in all
in statu populari
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
intra muros
within the walls (unofficial)
in usu
in frequent use
in usum
for use
in utero
in the womb
in vacuo
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.)
ipsissima verba
the precise words
ipso facto
by that very fact
ipso jure
by right itself
item (it.)
as well
lapsus calami
slip of the pen
lapsus linguae
slip of the tongue
lege artis
according to the rules (of the art)
memento
remember
modus operandi (abb. m.o.)
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.)
more uxori
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.)
non compos mentis
not in one's right mind
non placet
it does not please
(A negative vote in a Church or assembly.)
non possumus
we cannot
(A statement of inability to act in a matter.)
non sequitur.
it doesn't follow.
(Used about a conclusion that doesn't logically follow from the premisses.)
non ultra descriptus (NUD)
without further specification
nota bene (NB or n.b.)
note
pactum turpe
an indecent agreement
par nobis
on level with us
(Additional grade previously used to show that the examinee's knowledge was as great as the examinator's.)
pars pro toto
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.")
per aures
by the ears
per capita
for each person
(Literally by heads)
Pereat!
May he/she perish!
per fas et nefas
by any means necessary
(Literally, by right or wrong)
per se
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.)
piae memoriae
in kind memory
placebo
I will please
pluralis majestatis
the royal plural
(Using the plural instead of the first person.)
post mortem
after death
prima facie
at first sight
primum mobile
first moving thing
(The central or most important source of motion or action.)
pro haec vice
for this occasion (only)
quantum satis
enough
qui pro quo
someone instead of someone else (a mix-up or a mistake)
quid pro quo
compensation
(Literally, something for something else)
quod erat demonstrandum (QED)
which was the thing to be proved
quod est
which is
quod vide (q.v.)
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.)
sine anno (s.a.)
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)
stante pede
off-hand
(Literally, "on standing foot".)
status quo
the existing state of affairs
(Literally, the state in which)
sui generis
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.)
ut infra
like below
ut supra
like above
veto
I forbid
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Canadian Province Mottoes A mari usque ad mari
From sea to sea
(Canada) Fortis et liber
Strong and free
(Alberta) Splendor sine occasu
Splendour without diminishment
(British Columbia) Gloriosus et liber
Glorious and free
(Manitoba) Spem reduxit
Hope restored
(New Brunswick) Quaerite prime regnum Dei
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
(Newfoundland) Munit haec et altera vincit
One defends and the other conquers
(Nova Scotia) Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet
Loyal she began and loyal she remains
(Ontario) Parva sub ingenti
The small under the protection of the great
(Prince Edward Island) Multis e gentibus vires
From many peoples, strength
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US State Mottoes E pluribus unum
One out of many
(The United States of America) Audemus iura nostra defendere
We dare defend our rights
(Alabama) Ditat Deus
God enriches
(Arizona) Regnat populus
The people rule
(Arkansans) Nil sine numine
Nothing without the Deity
(Colorado) Qui transtulit sustinet
He who transplanted still sustains
(Conneticut) Justitia omnibus
Justice to all
(The District of Columbia) Esto perpetua
May she live forever
(Idaho) Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties
(Kansas) Dirigo
I guide
(Maine) Scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronasti nos
With the shield of thy good-will thou hast covered us
(Maryland) Ense petit placidam sub libertatem quietem
By the sword she seeks quiet peace under liberty
(Massachusetts) Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
(Michigan) Virtute et armis
By valour and arms
(Mississippi) Salus populi suprema lex esto
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
(Missouri) Crescit eundo
It grows as it goes
(New Mexico) Excelsior
Ever upward
(New York) Esse quam videri
To be rather than to seem
(North Carolina) Labor omnia vincit
Labour conquers everything
(Oklahoma) Alis volat propriis
She flies with her own wings
(Oregon) Animus opibusque paratus
Prepared in mind and resources
(South Carolina) Dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope
(South Carolina) Sic semper tyrannis
Thus ever unto tyrants
(Virginia) Montani semper liberi
Mountaineers are always freemen
(West Virginia) Cedant arma togae
Let arms yield to the toga
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City Mottoes Urbs in horto
A city in a garden
(Chicago, IL) Semper eadem
Always the same
(City of Leicester, UK) Domine, dirige nos
Lead us, Lord
(London, UK) Amor vincit omnia
Love conquers all
(Newport, RI) Fluctuat nec mergitur
She tosses but does not sink
(Paris, France; referring to the ship on the city's seal) Iustitia omnibus
Justice for all
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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
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