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This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. 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. See also Latin phonology and ...
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 ...
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito: you should not give in to evils, but proceed ever more boldly against them: From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95. "Ne cede malis" is the motto of The Bronx. tu quoque: you too: The logical fallacy of attempting to defend one's position merely by pointing out the same weakness in one's opponent. tu stultus es ...
Et alia is neuter plural and thus in Latin text is properly used only for inanimate, genderless objects, but some use it as a gender-neutral alternative. [5] APA style and MLA style uses et al. if the work cited was written by more than three authors; AMA style lists all authors if ≤6, and 3 + et al. if >6. AMA style forgoes the period ...
a word is known by the company it keeps: In statutory interpretation, when a word is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined by reference to the rest of the statute. noster nostri: Literally "Our ours" Approximately "Our hearts beat as one." nota bene (n.b.) mark well: That is, "please note" or "note it well". novus ordo seclorum: new order of ...
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
In the list, letters with diacritics are arranged in alphabetical order according to their base, e.g. å is alphabetised with a , not at the end of the alphabet, as it would be in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. Substantially-modified letters, such as ſ (a variant of s ) and ɔ (based on o ), are placed at the end.
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O.