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An utterance by the Delphic oracle recorded by Eusebius in Praeparatio evangelica, book VI, ch. 5, translated from the Greek of Porphyry (c.f. E. H. Gifford's translation) [5] and used by William Wordsworth as a subtitle for his ballad "Anecdote for Fathers". rex regum fidelum et: king even of faithful kings
Here the shore-lines of the countries well known to Italian mariners, from Flanders to Azov, are well laid down; the Caspian and the north German and Scandinavian coasts appear with an evident, though far slighter, relation to practical knowledge; and some idea is shown of the great continental rivers of the north, such as the Don, Volga ...
Rex pacificus: Announcement of the Liber Extra, the collection of papal decretals. [26] 1234 (July 3) Fons Sapientiae: Canonizes Saint Dominic [27] 1234 (November 17) Rachel suum videns: Calls for a crusade to the Holy Land and orders Dominicans and Franciscans to preach in favour of it. [28] 1235 Cum hora undecima ("Since the eleventh hour")
English translation Regis regum rectissimi Propre est dies domini, Dies irae et vindicatae, Tenebrarum et nebulae, Regis regum rectissimi. Diesque mirabilium Tonitruorum fortium, Dies quoque angustiae, Maeroris ac tristitiae. Regis regum rectissimi. In quo cessabit mulierum Amor et desiderium, Nominumque contentio Mundi hujus et cupido. Regis ...
From Psalm 72:8, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae" (KJV: "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada. amat victoria curam: victory favours care: Motto of several schools amicus certus in re incerta: a sure friend in an unsure ...
Interunit rivalry often leads to the sarcastic translation of ubique to mean all over the place in a derogative sense. Motto of the American Council on Foreign Relations, where the translation of ubique is often given as omnipresent, with the implication of pervasive hidden influence. [2] ultima forsan: perhaps the last: i.e. "perhaps your last ...
vinum et musica laetificant cor: wine and music gladden the heart: Asterix and Caesar's Gift; it is a variation of "vinum bonum laetificat cor hominis". vinum regum, rex vinorum: the wine of kings, the king of wines: The phrase describes Hungarian Tokaji wine, and is attributed to King Louis XIV of France. viperam sub ala nutricare: a viper ...
Relying on deductions only, and without knowing the actual script or language, Grotefend obtained a near-perfect translation of the Xerxes inscription (here shown in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian): "Xerxes the strong King, King of Kings, son of Darius the King, ruler of the world" ("Xerxes Rex fortis, Rex regum, Darii Regis Filius, orbis ...