The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool



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(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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T
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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U
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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V
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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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.)
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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