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  2. Festina lente - Wikipedia

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    The emblem of the dolphin and anchor which has been used since Roman times to illustrate the adage. This example is the printer's mark of Aldus.. Festina lente (Classical Latin: [fɛsˈtiː.naː ˈlɛn.teː]) or speûde bradéōs (σπεῦδε βραδέως, pronounced [spêu̯.de bra.dé.ɔːs]) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    A court does not care about small, trivial things. A case must have some importance in order for a court to hear it. See "de minimis non curat praetor". Also used as an adjective: "The court found that the alleged conduct was de minimis." de minimis non curat praetor: The commander does not care about the smallest things.

  4. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    Live action A form of a film that consists of images consisting of predominantly actual actors and objects that exist in the actual world, as opposed to an animated film, which predominantly consists of artificial static images or objects that take advantage of the persistence of vision principle of film to give an illusion of life. Live poker

  5. Deus, in adiutorium meum intende - Wikipedia

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    Deus, in adiutorium meum intende in the Book of Hours of Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Deus, in adiutorium meum intende in Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry "Deus, in adiutorium meum intende", with the response "Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina" (respectively, "O G OD, come to my assistance" and "O L ORD, make haste to help me") are the first verse of Psalm 70 (Psalm 69 in the Vulgate): "Make ...

  6. Gluttony - Wikipedia

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    The Gesenius Entry [3] (lower left word) has indications of "squandering" and "profligacy" (waste). In Matthew 11:19 and Luke 7:34, it is φαγος ("phagos" transliterated character for character), [4] The LSJ Entry [5] is tiny, and only refers to one external source, Zenobius Paroemiographus 1.73. The word could mean merely "an eater", since ...

  7. Hesychasm - Wikipedia

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    "solitary life", a sense, equivalent to "eremitical life", in which the term is used since the 4th century; "the practice of inner prayer, aiming at union with God on a level beyond images, concepts and language"; "the quest for such union through the Jesus Prayer";

  8. List of Latin phrases (F) - Wikipedia

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    the fount of knowledge is the word of God: motto of Bishop Blanchet High School fons vitae caritas: love is the fountain of life: motto of Chisipite Senior School and Chisipite Junior School: formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas: teach the woods to re-echo "fair Amaryllis" Virgil, Eclogues, 1:5 formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin

  9. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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    Such adjective phrases can be integrated into the clause (e.g., Love dies young) or detached from the clause as a supplement (e.g., Happy to see her, I wept). Adjective phrases functioning as predicative adjuncts are typically interpreted with the subject of the main clause being the predicand of the adjunct (i.e., "I was happy to see her"). [11]