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  2. List of Latin phrases (U) - Wikipedia

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    Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi patria. ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est: where there is charity and love, God is there: ubi dubium, ibi libertas: where [there is] doubt, there [is] freedom: Anonymous proverb. ubi jus, ibi remedium: Where [there is] a right, there [is] a remedy: ubi mel, ibi apes: where [there is] honey ...

  3. Ubi sunt - Wikipedia

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    Ubi nunc (lit. ' where now ') is a common variant. [1] Sometimes interpreted to indicate nostalgia, the ubi sunt motif is a meditation on mortality and life's transience. Ubi sunt is a phrase which was originally derived from a passage in the Book of Baruch (3:16–19) in the Vulgate Latin Bible beginning Ubi sunt principes gentium?

  4. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. 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. See also Latin phonology and ...

  5. Ubi panis ibi patria - Wikipedia

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    Ubi panis ibi patria is a Latin expression meaning "Where there is bread, there is (my) country" (or home, or homeland). According to J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur in "What is an American", the third of his Letters from an American Farmer, this is the motto of all European immigrants to the United States. [1]

  6. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    It is the Latin translation from John 1:36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimes "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!") upon seeing Jesus Christ. alea iacta est: the die has been cast: Said by Julius Caesar (Greek: ἀνερρίφθω κύβος, anerrhíphthō kýbos) upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius.

  7. List of Latin verbs with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin verbs with English derivatives and those derivatives. 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.

  8. Urbi et Orbi - Wikipedia

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    The term Urbi et Orbi evolved from the consciousness of the ancient Roman Empire.The invocation is expressed by the pope in his capacity as both the bishop of Rome (urbs = city; urbi the corresponding dative form; compare: urban) and the head of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world (orbis = earth; orbi the corresponding dative form; compare: orbit).

  9. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/U - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples uber-fruitful, udder Latin: ūber, uberare: exuberance, exuberant, exuberate, uberous, uberty