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Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny by modern Italians because the same exact words, in Italian, mean "Romans' calves are beautiful", which has a ridiculously different meaning. ibidem (ibid.) in the same place: Usually used in bibliographic citations to refer to the last source previously referenced. id est (i.e.)
A purported prediction stated as if it was made before the event it describes, while in fact being made thereafter. vel non: or not: Summary of alternatives, e. g., "this action turns upon whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non." velle est posse: to be willing is to be able: Non-literally, "where there is a will, there is a way".
Made popular in Kant's essay Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? defining the Age of Enlightenment. The phrase is common usage as a university motto. sapiens dominabitur astris: the wise man will master the stars: Astrological aphorism and motto of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence. sapiens qui prospicit: wise is he who ...
greater things are pressing: Used to indicate that it is the moment to address more important, urgent, issues. mala fide: in bad faith: Said of an act done with knowledge of its illegality, or with intention to defraud or mislead someone. Opposite of bona fide. Mala Ipsa Nova: Bad News Itself: Motto of the inactive 495th Fighter Squadron, US ...
The poignancy of things. Virgil, Aeneid 1:462 lapsus: lapse, slip, error; involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking: lapsus calami: inadvertent typographical error, slip of the pen lapsus linguae: inadvertent speech error, slip of the tongue lapsus memoriae: slip of memory: source of the term memory lapse
Aurum, the Latin word for gold and the source of its chemical symbol, "Au" Aurum bikes, a Spanish bicycle manufacturer; Aurum (liqueur), an Italian liqueur; Aurum Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone; Aurum, Nevada, a ghost town; Aurum Press, a defunct English publishing house, now part of The Quarto Group; Aurum, an album by ...