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from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head to toe". See also a pedibus usque ...
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:
also known as Occam's razor: lex rex: the law [is] king: A principle of government advocating a rule by law rather than by men. The phrase originated as a double entendre in the title of Samuel Rutherford's controversial book Lex, Rex (1644), which espoused a theory of limited government and constitutionalism. lex scripta: written law
from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head to toe". See also a pedibus usque ...
The phrase illustrates a common use of the subjunctive verb mood. si vales valeo (SVV) if you are well, I am well (abbr) A common beginning for ancient Roman letters. An abbreviation of si vales bene est ego valeo, alternatively written as SVBEEV. The practice fell out of fashion and into obscurity with the decline in Latin literacy. si vis ...
List of Latin phrases; List of motu proprios; List of Latin phrases (full) A. List of Latin phrases (A) B. List of Latin phrases (B) C. List of Latin phrases (C) D.
Phrase describing scorched earth tactics. Also rendered as igne atque ferro, ferro ignique, and other variations. ignis aurum probat: fire tests gold: Phrase referring to the refining of character through difficult circumstances ignis fatuus: foolish fire: Will-o'-the-wisp. ignorantia juris non excusat
A well-known satirical lampoon left attached to the ancient "speaking" statue of Pasquino on a corner of the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. [3] Through a sharp pun the writer criticizes Pope Urban VIII , of the Barberini family, who reused stones and decorations from ancient buildings to build new ones, thus wrecking classical constructions that ...