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Alma mater (Latin: alma mater; pl.: almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase meaning 'nourishing mother'. It personifies a school that a person has attended or graduated from. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term is related to alumnus , literally meaning 'nursling', which describes a school graduate.
alma mater: nourishing mother: Term used for the university one attends or has attended. Another university term, matriculation, is also derived from mater. The term suggests that the students are "fed" knowledge and taken care of by the university. It is also used for a university's traditional school anthem. alter ego: another I
Alma Redemptoris Mater" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈalma redempˈtoris ˈmater]; "Loving Mother of our Redeemer") is a Marian hymn, written in Latin hexameter, and one of four seasonal liturgical Marian antiphons sung at the end of the office of Compline (the other three being Ave Regina Caelorum, Regina Caeli and Salve Regina).
mater familias: the mother of the family: The female head of a family. See pater familias. mater lectionis: mother of reading: a consonant used to represent a vowel in writing systems that lack separate vowel characters, such as Hebrew and Arabic script. Translation of Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה ʾem kəriʾa. Mater semper certa est
When you drink water, never shall you forget its source; love your motherland and add credit to your Alma Mater [56] Shanghai University: 自强不息；先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 [57] Chinese The movement of heaven is full of power. Thus the superior man makes himself strong and untiring.
It is the Latin translation from John 1:36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimes "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!") upon seeing Jesus Christ. alea iacta est: the die has been cast: Said by Julius Caesar (Greek: ἀνερρίφθω κύβος, anerrhíphthō kýbos) upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius.
The origin of the name is debated; it may have been derived from "alma mater" [3] ("benevolent mother", a title used for the Virgin Mary, and in antiquity, for several goddesses). It gained popularity after the Battle of Alma in the 19th century and appeared as a fashionable name for girls and a popular place name, [ 4 ] but it has decreased in ...
The Latin noun alumnus means "foster son" or "pupil" and is derived from the verb alere "to nourish". B Pictured: Lorado Taft's Alma Mater in Urbana, Illinois.. Alumni (sg.: alumnus (MASC) or alumna (FEM)) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university.