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Pages in category "Words and phrases with no direct English translation" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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(English: O immortal gods! Men do not understand what a great revenue is thrift.) maior e longinquo reverentia: greater reverence from afar: When viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful. Tacitus, Annales 1.47: maiora premunt: greater things are pressing: Used to indicate that it is the moment to address more important, urgent, issues ...
From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy. de re: about/regarding the matter: In logic, de dicto statements regarding the truth of a proposition are distinguished from de re statements regarding the properties of a thing itself. decessit sine prole: died without issue
Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words, in today's dialect of Rome, mean "A black dog eats a beautiful peach", which has a ridiculously different meaning. canes pugnaces: war dogs or fighting dogs: canis canem edit: dog eats dog
The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30. contemptus mundi/saeculi: scorn for the world/times: Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. contra bonos mores: against good morals: Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. contra legem ...
Speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago, Trump expressed his continued enthusiasm for tariffs, calling it "the most beautiful word in the dictionary" and even joking, “It needs a public ...
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter F.