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The connection of mother and necessity is documented in Latin and in English in the 16th century: William Horman quoted the Latin phrase Mater artium necessitas ("The mother of invention is necessity") in 1519; [7] [page needed] Roger Ascham said "Necessitie, the inventour of all goodnesse" in 1545.
William Horman (c. 1440 – April 1535) was a headmaster at Eton and Winchester College in the early Tudor period of English history. [1] He is best known for his Latin grammar textbook the Vulgaria, which created controversy at the time due to its unconventional approach in first giving examples of translations of English writings on different topics, and later discussing the rules of grammar ...
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
necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit: need makes even the timid brave: Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline, 58:19 nemine contradicente (nem. con., N.C.D.) with no one speaking against: Less literally, "without dissent". Used especially in committees, where a matter may be passed nem. con., or unanimously, or with unanimous consent. nemini parco
Medieval manuscripts abound in abbreviations, owing in part to the abandonment of the uncial, or quasi-uncial, and the almost universal use of the cursive, hand.The medieval writer inherited a few from Christian antiquity; others he invented or adapted, in order to save time and parchment.
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
semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit: the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges: Latin maxim often associated with the burden of proof in law or in philosophy: semper paratus: always prepared: Motto of several institutions, e.g. United States Coast Guard; see also nunquam non paratus (never unprepared ...
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