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The phrase describes Hungarian Tokaji wine, and is attributed to King Louis XIV of France. viperam sub ala nutricare: a viper nursed at the bosom: A caveat regarding trusting someone against his inherent nature; the moral of Aesop's fable The Farmer and the Viper. vir quisque vir: every man a man: Motto of the US collegiate fraternity Lambda ...
Refers to situations in which a single example or observation indicates a general or universal truth. Coined in Virgil, Aeneid II 65-6. Example: visible in the court of King Silas in the American television series Kings. ab urbe condita (AUC) from the founding of the City: i.e., "from the founding of Rome", which occurred in 753 BC, according ...
Latin Translation Notes faber est suae quisque fortunae: every man is the artisan of his own fortune: Appius Claudius Caecus; motto of Fort Street High School in Petersham, Sydney, Australia fac et spera: do and hope: motto of Clan Matheson: fac fortia et patere: do brave deeds and endure: motto of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia ...
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1
So for example the Act of Settlement 1701 stipulated that judges' commissions are valid quamdiu se bene gesserint (during good behaviour). (Notice the different singular, "gesserit", and plural, "gesserint", forms.) It was from this phrase that Frank Herbert extracted the name for the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune novels. quantocius ...
At the end. Used in footnotes, for example, "p. 157 in fine": "the end of page 157". in flagrante delicto: in a blazing wrong, while the crime is blazing: Caught in the act (esp. a crime or in a "compromising position"); equivalent to "caught red-handed" in English idiom. in flore: in blossom: Blooming. in foro: in forum: In court . in forma ...
For example: Rising oil prices, ceteris paribus, mean lower earnings because of higher energy costs. Ceteris paribus gets you clean and simple explanations. Unfortunately, the world is complicated.
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages: