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  2. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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    Life is but a shadow: the shadow of a bird on the wing. Self-dependent power can time defy, as rocks resist the billows and the sky. [3] [4] Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away. [4] [5] Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow [6] When I am gone, mark not the passing of the hours, but just that love lives on.

  3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    It is used in the life sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov.. comedamus et bibamus, cras enim moriemur: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die: Latin translation of no. 72 of John Chrysostom's 88 Greek homilies on the Gospel of John, [29] citing Isaiah 22:13: communibus annis: in common years

  4. List of Latin phrases (C) - Wikipedia

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    It is used in the life sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov.. comedamus et bibamus, cras enim moriemur: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die: Latin translation of no. 72 of John Chrysostom's 88 Greek homilies on the Gospel of John, [13] citing Isaiah 22:13: communibus annis: in common years

  5. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    For God and country: Motto of Regis High School in New York City, New York, United States. Deo gratias: Thanks [be] to God: A frequent phrase in the Roman Catholic liturgy, used especially after the recitation of a lesson, the Last Gospel at Mass or as a response to Ite Missa Est / Benedicamus Domino. Deo juvante: with God's help

  6. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  7. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    From Quechua Ñatu, meaning "small nose," and suchus, the Greek name of the Egyptian crocodile god Sobek. The species name is from the Pebas Formation, where the holotype was collected, which itself derives from the now-extinct Peba language [92] Goeppertia allouia (Guinea arrowroot) arrowroot: Kalinago

  8. Chinchilla - Wikipedia

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    In the wild, the average life-span of a chinchilla is ten years; however, they could live up to 20 years in human care. [ 14 ] Chinchillas are popular pets, though they require extensive exercise and dental care, [ 20 ] due to their teeth continually growing throughout their life span, and since they lack the ability to sweat, they require a ...

  9. Talk : List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in ...

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    2. Binomial and taxa names are meant to be grammatical Latin terms - even when the words are of Greek origin. Greek words are therefore usually tranliterated following classical Latin rules - something which is not always the case with other scientific terms. Trying to accommodate both sets of words in one list will unecessarily add to its ...