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From a book by Suetonius (Vit. Tib., 2.2) and Cicero (De Natura Deorum, 2.3). The phrase was said by Roman admiral Publius Claudius Pulcher right before the battle of Drepana, as he threw overboard the sacred chickens which had refused to eat the grain offered them—an unwelcome omen of bad luck. Thus, the sense is, "if they do not perform as ...
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:
U. List of Latin phrases (U) V. List of Latin phrases (V) This page was last edited on 16 April 2024, at 06:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Lists of Latin phrases (27 P) M. Latin medical words and phrases (22 P) Memento mori (20 P) Latin mottos (101 P) N. Ancient Roman names (4 C, 6 P) Neo-Latin ...
[5] cwt. centum weight "hundredweight" [1] This is a mixture of Latin and English abbreviations. DG Dei gratia "by the grace of God" [1] A part of the monarch's title, it is found on all British and Canadian coins. DV Deo volente "God willing" ead. eadem "the same" (woman) See id. below. Eadem is pronounced with stress on the first e. et al.
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Propertius, Elegies Book III, 2 initium sapientiae timor Domini: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: Psalm 111:10. Motto of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. iniuriae qui addideris contumeliam: you who have added insult to injury: Phaedrus, Fables 5/3:5. inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia