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word for word: The phrase refers to perfect transcription or quotation. verbatim et literatim: word for word and letter by letter: verbi divini minister: 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 ...
Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...
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:
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] This list covers the letter L.
method of living or way of life: An accommodation between disagreeing parties to allow life to go on. A practical compromise. Monasterium sine libris est sicut civitas sine opibus: A monastery without books is like a city without wealth: Used in the Umberto Eco novel The Name of the Rose. Part of a much larger phrase: Monasterium sine libris ...
Under the word or heading; abbreviated s.v. Used to cite a work, such as a dictionary, with alphabetically arranged entries, e.g. "Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. 'horse. ' "" sublimis ab unda: Raised from the waves: Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham subsiste sermonem statim: stop speaking immediately: Succisa virescit
untarnished, she shines with honor: From Horace's Odes (III.2.18). Motto of Wofford College. integer vitae scelerisque purus: unimpaired by life and clean of wickedness: From Horace's Odes (I.22.1) [4] Used as a funeral hymn. intelligenti pauca: few words suffice for him who understands: inter alia (i.a.) among other things
the fount of knowledge is the word of God: motto of Bishop Blanchet High School fons vitae caritas: love is the fountain of life: motto of Chisipite Senior School and Chisipite Junior School: formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas: teach the woods to re-echo "fair Amaryllis" Virgil, Eclogues, 1:5 formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin