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The Greek terms equivalent to Latin mores are ethos (ἔθος, ἦθος, 'character') or nomos (νόμος, 'law'). As with the relation of mores to morality, ethos is the basis of the term ethics, while nomos gives the suffix -onomy, as in astronomy.
The Roman family was one of the ways that the mos maiorum was passed along through the generations.. The mos maiorum (Classical Latin: [ˈmoːs majˈjoːrʊ̃]; "ancestral custom" [1] or "way of the ancestors"; pl.: mores, cf. English "mores"; maiorum is the genitive plural of "greater" or "elder") is the unwritten code from which the ancient Romans derived their social norms.
In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ (Ancient Greek: Μόρος means 'doom, fate' [1]) is the personified spirit of impending doom, [2] who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave people the ability to foresee their death. His Roman equivalent was Fatum.
Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena. Mithras, god worshipped in the Roman empire; popular with soldiers. Molae, daughters of Mars, probably goddesses of grinding of the grain. Moneta, minor goddess of memory, equivalent to the Greek Mnemosyne. Also used as an epithet of Juno. Mors, personification of death and equivalent of the Greek ...
A Latin translation of René Goscinny's phrase in French ils sont fous, ces romains! or Italian Sono pazzi questi Romani. Cf. SPQR, which Obelix frequently used in the Asterix comics. Deo ac veritati: for God and for truth: Motto of Colgate University. Deo confidimus: In God we trust: Motto of Somerset College. Deo domuique: For God and for home
at the Greek Calends: i.e., "when pigs fly". Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The Calends were specific days of the Roman calendar, not of the Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur. ad libitum (ad lib) toward pleasure: i.e, "according to what pleases" or "as you wish".
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The Latin translation of the phrase comes from Marcus Tullius Cicero in De Natura Deorum ... Greek equivalent of the English phrase "A fish rots from the head down"; ...