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  2. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    The word is used in scholarly citations. vide infra (v. i.) see below: The word is used in scholarly works. vide supra (v. s.) see above: The word is used in scholarly works to refer to previous text in the same document. It is sometimes truncated to "supra". videlicet (viz.) "namely", "that is to say", or "as follows"

  3. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Crosses the rivers Styx and Acheron which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead Check out To die Euphemism Choir Invisible To die Humorous: British. "Join the choir invisible" Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch. Come to a sticky end [1] To die in a way that is considered unpleasant Humorous: British. Also 'to meet a sticky end'.

  4. Chiranjivi - Wikipedia

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    The term is a combination of chiram, or 'permanent', and jīvi, or 'lived'.It is similar to amaratva, which refers to true immortality.At the end of the last manvantara (age of Manu), an asura named Hayagriva attempted to become immortal by swallowing the sacred pages of the Vedas, as they escaped from the mouth of Brahma.

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    The form of a pardon for killing another man in self-defence (see manslaughter). charta pardonationis utlagariae: a paper of pardon to the outlaw: The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed. Also called perdonatio utlagariae. Christianos ad leones [Throw the] Christians to the lions! Christo et Doctrinae: For Christ and Learning

  6. Eudaimonia - Wikipedia

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    In terms of its etymology, eudaimonia is an abstract noun derived from the words eû (good, well) and daímōn (spirit or deity). [2]Semantically speaking, the word δαίμων (daímōn) derives from the same root of the Ancient Greek verb δαίομαι (daíomai, "to divide") allowing the concept of eudaimonia to be thought of as an "activity linked with dividing or dispensing, in a good way".

  7. Life or Something Like It - Wikipedia

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    He introduces her to a new approach to life: to live every moment of her life to the fullest and to do whatever she had always wanted to do. Lanie moves in with Pete for a day, and he introduces her to his son Tommy, who lives with his mother. They spend a whole day together with Tommy. That night Lanie and Pete sleep together for the second time.

  8. Here are all of the men who have been crowned as People's ...

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    Cruise's "Rain Man" co-star Valeria Golino told People that the actor's most mesmerizing attribute was his eyes. "Not their color. His regard — the way he looks with them. They’re very alive ...

  9. John Tinniswood - Wikipedia

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    John Alfred Tinniswood (26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024) was a British supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living man from the death of 112-year-old Shi Ping of China on 29 June 2024 until his own death on 25 November 2024, at the age of 112 years and 91 days.