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A word that floats in the air, on which everyone is thinking and is just about to be imposed. [citation needed] veritas: truth: Motto of many educational institutions veritas aequitas: truth [and] justice: veritas, bonitas, pulchritudo, sanctitas: truth, goodness, beauty, [and] sanctity: Motto of Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan: veritas ...
From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy. de re: about/regarding the matter: In logic, de dicto statements regarding the truth of a proposition are distinguished from de re statements regarding the properties of a thing itself. decessit sine prole: died without issue
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:
suppression of the truth Willful concealment of the truth when bound to reveal it, such as withholding details of damage from an auto accident from a prospective buyer of the car in that accident. supra: above Used in citations to refer to a previously cited source. terra nullius: no one's land
Hard work conquers all. Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor – "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. laborare pugnare parati sumus: To work, (or) to fight; we are ready: Motto of the California Maritime Academy: labore et honore: By labour and honour ...
at your word: a reference to the response of Peter when he was invited by Jesus to "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch" (Luke 5:4–5). invidiae prudentia victrix: prudence conquers jealousy: in vino veritas: in wine [there is] truth: That is, wine loosens the tongue (referring to alcohol's disinhibitory effects). in vitro ...
know thyself: A reference to the Greek γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnothi seauton), inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to the Greek periegetic writer Pausanias (10.24.1). Rendered also with nosce te ipsum, temet nosce ("thine own self know") appears in The Matrix translated as "know thyself". tempora heroica ...
all in all: Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion is rounded up at the end of some elaboration. summum bonum: the supreme good: Literally "highest good". Also summum malum ("the supreme evil"). summum ius, summa iniuria: supreme law, supreme injustice: From Cicero (De officiis, I, 10, 33). An acritical application of law, without ...