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  2. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    With the meaning "speak of the wolf, and he will come"; from Terence's play Adelphoe. lupus non mordet lupum: a wolf does not bite a wolf: lupus non timet canem latrantem: a wolf is not afraid of a barking dog: lux aeterna: eternal light: epitaph lux et lex: light and law: Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College and the University of North ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Commonly used in reference to a later quote by Cardinal John Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs. cor aut mors: Heart or Death (Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, no longer to be respected as person of integrity.) cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere

  4. History of Latin - Wikipedia

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    Vulgar Latin (in Latin, sermo vulgaris) is a blanket term covering vernacular usage or dialects of the Latin language spoken from earliest times in Italy until the latest dialects of the Western Roman Empire, diverging significantly after 500 AD, evolved into the early Romance languages, whose writings began to appear about the 9th century.

  5. List of polyglots - Wikipedia

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    He is famous for claiming to speak more than fifty languages, and for a time was listed in The Guinness Book of Records. It is unclear how many languages he can in fact speak. [218] Andrew Divoff (1955–), Venezuelan actor and producer. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Italian, English, German, and Russian. [219]

  6. List of Latin phrases (T) - Wikipedia

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    time, devourer of all things: Also "time, that devours all things", literally: "time, gluttonous of things", edax: adjectival form of the verb edo to eat. From Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15, 234-236. tempus fugit: Time flees. Time flies. From Virgil's Georgics (Book III, line 284), where it appears as fugit inreparabile tempus. A common sundial motto.

  7. 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:

  8. Latin - Wikipedia

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    The spoken Latin that would later become Romanian diverged somewhat more from the other varieties, as it was largely separated from the unifying influences in the western part of the Empire. Spoken Latin began to diverge into distinct languages by the 9th century at the latest, when the earliest extant Romance writings begin to appear.

  9. Personal life of Cicero - Wikipedia

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    Although little is known about Cicero's mother, Helvia, it was common for the wives of important Roman citizens to be responsible for the management of the household. Cicero's brother Quintus wrote in a letter that she was a thrifty housewife. [14] Cicero's cognomen, personal surname, is derived from the Latin for chickpea. Romans often chose ...