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Used before the anglicized version of a word or name. For example, "Terra Mariae, anglice, Maryland". animus in consulendo liber: a mind unfettered in deliberation: Motto of NATO: anno (an.) in the year: Also used in such phrases as anno urbis conditae (see ab urbe condita), Anno Domini, and anno regni. anno Domini (A.D.) in the year of our Lord
I am here: i.e., "present!" or "here!" The opposite of absum ("I am absent"). adtigo planitia Lunae: I will reach the plains of the Moon: Insignia motto of the American IM-1 lunar mission. adversus solem ne loquitor: do not speak against the Sun: i.e., "do not argue what is obviously/manifestly incorrect." advocatus diaboli: Devil's advocate
eager or intent on, example: he is keen to get to work on time. desirable or just right, example: "peachy keen" – "That's a pretty keen outfit you're wearing." (slang going out of common usage) keeper a curator or a goalkeeper: one that keeps (as a gamekeeper or a warden) a type of play in American football ("Quarterback keeper")
This is a list of English words with derivatives in Latin (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.
Example: "New Age s.l. has a strong American flavor influenced by Californian counterculture." sine loco "without place of publication" Commonly used in bibliography. s.s. sensu stricto "in the strict sense" Example: "New Age s.s. refers to a spectrum of alternative communities in Europe and the United States in the 1970s." SOS si opus sit
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
here’s: here is how’d (informal) how did / how would howdy (informal) how do you do / how do you fare how’ll: how will / how shall how’re: how are how’s: how has / how is / how does I’d: I had / I would I’d’ve: I would have / I did have I’d’nt: I would not / I did not I’d’nt’ve (informal) I would not have / I did not ...
Not public; source of the word intramural. Can also refer to the portion of a city within the city walls (current or past); for example, Intramuros, Manila. intra vires: within the powers: Within one's authority. Contrasted with ultra vires. invenias etiam disiecti membra poetae: you would still recognize the scattered fragments of a poet