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  2. Vita - Wikipedia

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    Vita (electoral list), an Italian electoral list in the 2022 general election; Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment, an ethnographic study by João Biehl; Beta (letter) a.k.a. Vita (β), the second letter of the Greek alphabet; A vita (Latin for "life") is a hagiography, a biography praising the life of a Christian saint

  3. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words.

  4. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...

  5. List of phrases containing the word vitae - Wikipedia

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    Vitae is a Latin word, meaning or pertaining to life. Aqua vitae, archaic name for a concentrated aqueous solution of ethanol, distilled spirits; Arbor vitae (disambiguation), "tree of life" De Brevitate Vitae, work of Roman philosopher Seneca; Curriculum vitae or CV, summary of education and job experience, résumé

  6. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    vita mutatur, non tollitur: life is changed, not taken away: The phrase is a quotation from the preface of the first Roman Catholic rite of the Mass for the Dead. vita patris: during the life of the father: Hence the term "decessit vita patris" (d. v. p) or "died v. p.", which is seen in genealogical works such as Burke's Peerage.

  7. List of Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The singular form is never vita. Curriculum is already singular, vitae is genitive from vita, i.e., "of life", despite the plural-appearing vitae modifier. The true plural is curricula vitae. [5] cwt. centum weight "hundredweight" [1] This is a mixture of Latin and English abbreviations. DG Dei gratia "by the grace of God" [1]

  8. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    decessit vita matris: died in the lifetime of the mother: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.v.m., to indicate a person who predeceased his or her mother. decessit vita patris: died in the lifetime of the father: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.v.p., to indicate a person who predeceased his or her father.

  9. Vita (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Vita is a feminine given name derived from the Latin word meaning life. In other instances it has been used as a diminutive of names such as Victoria or as a feminine form of the related masculine name Vitus and its masculine and feminine variants.