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  2. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    light in the Lord: Motto of the Ateneo de Manila University: lux in tenebris lucet: The light that shines in the darkness: Motto of Columbia University School of General Studies [5] Also: John 1:5. lux libertas: light and liberty: Motto of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Lux mentis Lux orbis: Light of the mind, Light of the world

  3. Post tenebras lux - Wikipedia

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    Post tenebras lux is a Latin phrase translated as Light After Darkness. It appears as Post tenebras spero lucem ("After darkness, I hope for light") in the Vulgate version of Job 17:12. [1] Post Tenebras Lux in the seal of the Canton of Geneva

  4. Lux in Tenebris - Wikipedia

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    Lux in tenebris is the motto of the prominent "Moran" surname, which translates to "they shine in darkness". The Moran name comes from membership in a medieval dynastic sept and means "descendent of Mórán," which translates to "big one". Many Moran crests feature three stars and the motto "Lucent in tenebris".

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    in the absence of light, darkness prevails: in actu: in act: In the very act; in reality. [Dominica] in albis [depositis] [Sunday in Setting Aside the] White Garments: Latin name of the Octave of Easter. in articulo mortis: at the point of death: in bono veritas: truth is in the good: in camera: in the chamber: In secret. See also camera ...

  7. List of light deities - Wikipedia

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    Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios; Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.

  8. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    The Light Under the Cross: Motto of the University of Adelaide, Australia. Refers to the figurative "light of learning" and the Southern Cross constellation, Crux. sub divo: under the wide open sky: Also, "under the sky", "in the open air", "out in the open" or "outdoors". Ablative "divo" does not distinguish divus, divi, a god, from divum ...

  9. Tenebrae - Wikipedia

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    Tenebrae (/ ˈ t ɛ n ə b r eɪ,-b r i / [1] —Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a "strepitus" or "loud noise" taking place in total darkness near the end of the service.