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  2. Vince malum bono - Wikipedia

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    Vince malum bono or Vince in bono malum is a Latin phrase meaning Overcome evil with good or Defeat Evil with Good.. The motto comes from partial quotation from the Bible, Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 12:21: "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (noli vinci a malo sed vince in bono malum; Greek: Μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    we stand against by evil: The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as the preposition contra takes the accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum ". stante pede: with a standing foot "Immediately ...

  4. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    Authored by Dante Alighieri in Canto XXXIV of the Inferno, the phrase is an allusion to and play upon the Latin Easter hymn Vexilla Regis. The phrase is repeatedly referenced in the works of Walter M. Miller, Jr. vi coactus: under constraint: A legal phrase regarding contracts that indicates agreement made under duress. vi et animo: with heart ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Down the rabbit hole; backtranslation, not a genuine Latin phrase; see Down the rabbit hole. desiderantes meliorem patriam: they desired a better land: From Hebrews 11:16; the motto of the Order of Canada. Deus caritas est: God Is Love: Title and first words of the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI.

  6. List of Latin phrases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages:

  7. List of Latin phrases (M) - Wikipedia

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    choose the lesser evil so a greater evil may be averted; the lesser of two evils principle [6] mirabile dictu: wonderful to tell: Virgil: mirabile visu: wonderful to see: A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening. mirum videtur quod sit factum iam diu: Does it seem wonderful [merely] because it was done a long time/so long ago?

  8. List of Latin phrases (F) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. List of Latin phrases (E) - Wikipedia

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    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 E.