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Caveat lector is a Latin phrase meaning "let the reader beware". [9] It means that when reading something, the reader should take careful note of the contents, and undertake due diligence on whether the contents are accurate, relevant, reliable and so forth.
"Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" communibus locis: in common places: A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation"
The word denotes "by way of" or "by means of", e. g., "I will contact you via email". via media: middle road/way: This phrase describes a compromise between two extremes or the radical center political position. via, veritas, vita: the Way, the Truth, [and] the Life: Words of Jesus Christ in John 14:6; motto of many institutions viam sapientiae ...
Caveat may refer to Latin phrases: Caveat lector ("let the reader beware") Caveat emptor ("let the buyer beware") Caveat venditor ("let the seller beware") Other: CAVEAT, a Canadian lobby group; Caveat, an album by Nuclear Death; Caveat, a 2020 horror film; Caveat, a rural locality west of Mansfield, Australia; Caveat (horse) (fl. 1983)
Latin: "The die has been cast"; Greek: "Let the die be cast." Julius Caesar as reported by Plutarch, when he entered Italy with his army in 49 BC. Translated into Latin by Suetonius as alea iacta est. Ἄνθρωπος μέτρον. Ánthrōpos métron. "Man [is] the measure [of all things]" Motto of Protagoras (as quoted in Plato's Theaetetus ...
The ancient Greeks came up with seven different words for the types of love. Experts break down what they mean and how to foster the types of love in your life.
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Laocoön and His Sons sculpture shows them being attacked by sea serpents. As related in the Aeneid, after a nine-year war on the beaches of Troy between the Danaans (Greeks from the mainland) and the Trojans, the Greek seer Calchas induces the leaders of the Greek army to win the war by means of subterfuge: build a huge wooden horse and sail away from Troy as if in defeat—leaving the horse ...