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love of fate: Nietzscheian alternative worldview to that represented through memento mori ("remember you must die"): Nietzsche believed amor fati was more affirmative of life. amor omnibus idem: love is the same for all: From Virgil, Georgics III amor patriae: love of the fatherland: i.e., "love of the nation;" patriotism: amor vincit omnia ...
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:
my heart I offer to you Lord promptly and sincerely: John Calvin's personal motto, also adopted by Calvin College: cor unum: one heart: A popular school motto and often used as a name for religious and other organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. coram: in the presence of
through my fault: Used in Christian prayers and confession to denote the inherently flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (through my greatest fault). mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat: My hovercraft is full of eels: A relatively common recent Latinization inspired by the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch by ...
Down the rabbit hole; backtranslation, not a genuine Latin phrase; see Down the rabbit hole. desiderantes meliorem patriam: they desired a better land: From Hebrews 11:16; the motto of the Order of Canada. Deus caritas est: God Is Love: Title and first words of the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI.
Popular as a motto; derived from a phrase in Virgil's Eclogue (X.69: omnia vincit Amor – "Love conquers all"); a similar phrase also occurs in his Georgics I.145. laborare pugnare parati sumus: To work, (or) to fight; we are ready: Motto of the California Maritime Academy: labore et honore: By labour and honour: laboremus pro patria
under the name "in the name of", "under the title of"; used in legal citations to indicate the name under which the litigation continued. sub silentio: under silence: implied but not expressly stated. sub specie aeternitatis: under the sight of eternity: Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From Spinoza, Ethics. sub specie Dei: under the ...
Exempli gratiā is usually abbreviated "e. g." or "e.g." (less commonly, ex. gr.).The abbreviation "e.g." is often interpreted (Anglicised) as 'example given'. The plural exemplōrum gratiā to refer to multiple examples (separated by commas) is now not in frequent use; when used, it may be seen abbreviated as "ee.g." or even "ee.gg.", corresponding to the practice of doubling plurals in Latin ...