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bellum omnium contra omnes: war of all against all: A phrase used by Thomas Hobbes to describe the state of nature: bellum Romanum: war as the Romans did it: All-out war without restraint as Romans practiced against groups they considered to be barbarians bellum se ipsum alet: war feeds itself: Biblia pauperum: Paupers' Bible
Relief at the entrance of the Cultural Center of the Armies in Madrid, showing the Latin phrase "Si vis pacem, para bellum.". Si vis pacem, para bellum (Classical Latin: [siː wiːs ˈpaːkɛ̃ ˈparaː ˈbɛllʊ̃]) is a Latin adage translated as "If you want peace, prepare for war."
A Roman maxim adopted by Roman Dictator Julius Caesar, King Louis XI of France and the Italian political author Niccolò Machiavelli. dixi: I have spoken: A popular, eloquent expression, usually used in the end of a speech. The implied meaning is that the speaker has said all that had to be said and thus the argument is completed ...
A maxim in text criticism. Codified, but simultaneously refuted, by Johann Jakob Griesbach. lectio difficilior potior: The more difficult reading is the stronger: lectori salutem (L. S.) greetings to the reader: Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter lege artis: according to the law of the art
The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. si vis amari ama: If you want to be loved, love: This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to Lucilius. si vis pacem, para bellum: if you want peace, prepare for war: From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De ...
The aphorism was likely first written in these words by Cicero in chapter 11 of his oration Pro Milone, although his actual wording is Silent enim leges inter arma. When Cicero used the phrase, politically-motivated mob violence was common. Armed gangs led by partisan leaders controlled the streets of Rome, but such leaders were elected to high ...
servant of the Divine Word: A phrase denoting a priest. Cf. "Verbum Dei" infra. verbi gratia (v. gr. or v. g.) for example: Literally, "for the sake of a word". Verbum Dei: Word of God: See religious text. Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris: The word of the Lord [is] a light for our feet: Motto of the University of Groningen: verbum Domini ...
Bellum/Polemos, the daemon of war from Greco-Roman mythology; Bellum omnium contra omnes, a Latin phrase meaning "the war of all against all" Bellum se ipsum alet, a Latin phrase meaning "the war will feed itself" Bellum civile (disambiguation), a Latin phrase meaning "civil war"