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dum vita est, spes est: while there is life, there is hope: dum vivimus servimus: while we live, we serve: Motto of Presbyterian College. dum vivimus, vivamus: while we live, let us live [10] An encouragement to embrace life."
dum vita est, spes est: while there is life, there is hope: dum vivimus servimus: while we live, we serve: Motto of Presbyterian College. dum vivimus, vivamus: while we live, let us live [43] An encouragement to embrace life."
The sense of dum spiro spero can be found in the work of Greek poet Theocritus (3rd Century BC), who wrote: "While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none." [2] That sentiment seems to have become common by the time of Roman statesman Cicero (106 – 43 BC), who wrote to Atticus: "As in the case of a sick man one says, 'While there is life there is hope' [dum anima est, spes ...
quod est (q.e.) which is: quod est necessarium est licitum: what is necessary is lawful: quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur: what is asserted without reason may be denied without reason: If no grounds have been given for an assertion, then there are no grounds needed to reject it. quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.
Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny by modern Italians because the same exact words, in Italian, mean "Romans' calves are beautiful", which has a ridiculously different meaning. ibidem (ibid.) in the same place: Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source previously referenced. id est (i.e.)
A claim of "non est factum" means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its meaning, but was not done so negligently. A successful plea would make the contract void ab initio. non est princeps super leges, sed leges supra principem: the prince is not above the laws, but the law is above the prince.
The other image on the seal depicts the Roman goddess Spes walking along a shore that is littered with weapons. The goddess grasps a branch of laurel as the sun rises behind her. Below her image is her name, Spes, Latin for 'hope', and over the image is the motto Dum spiro spero, meaning 'While I breathe, I hope'.