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Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka; it derives from an expression found in Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:18 (Greek: παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, Latin: contra spem in spe[m]) with reference to Abraham the Patriarch who maintained faith in becoming the father of many nations despite being childless and well-advanced in years.
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.
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)
Meaning a loss that results from no one's wrongdoing. In Roman law, a person is not responsible for unintended, consequential injury to another that results from a lawful act. This protection does not necessarily apply to unintended damage caused by one's negligence or folly. dat deus incrementum, or, deus dat incrementum: God gives growth
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Theatre is a means through which Pontians in Greece maintain a sense of cohesive cultural identity and remember their origins, specifically to resist the threat of complete assimilation into wider Greek culture. [227] This theatre tends to present a cohesive "pan-Pontic" identity and an idyllic view of village life. [227]
Greek salad Traditional Greek taverna, integral part of Greek culture and cuisine. A bottle of retsina. Greek cuisine has a long tradition and its flavors change with the season and its geography. [12] Greek cookery, historically a forerunner of Western cuisine, spread its culinary influence – via ancient Rome – throughout Europe and beyond ...
The name "Macedonians", in order to colloquially mean the Greek soldiers (etc) that Alexander the Great was first the hegemon of, is being used by – at least – contemporary sources when referring to the Hellenistic period, as the ancient Macedonian army, including the famous somatophylakes (e. g. Lysimachus) and, later, the diadochi [71] of ...