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A phrase from Virgil's Aeneid. Inscription on British one-pound coins. Originally inscribed on coins of the 17th century, it refers to the inscribed edge of the coin as a protection against the clipping of its precious metal. defendit numerus: There is safety in numbers: Defensor Fortis: Defender of the Force
Said of someone who pleads cases for their own benefit; see List of Latin phrases (P) § pro domo: circa (c.) or (ca.) around: In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date. circulus in probando: circle made in testing [a premise] Circular reasoning. Similar term to circulus vitiosus. circulus vitiosus: vicious circle
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:
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.
Defender of the Faith (Latin: Fidei Defensor or, specifically feminine, Fidei Defensatrix; French: Défenseur de la Foi) is a phrase used as part of the full style of many English, Scottish and later British monarchs since the early 16th century, as well as by other monarchs and heads of state.
Joint Task Force 2: Facta non verba (Latin for "deeds, not words") The Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Le corps du genie electric et mécanique royal canadien):’’ Arte Marte ’’(Latin for “ by skill and by fighting” “Latin pour “Par l’adresse et le combat”)
Defensor pacis ('defender of peace'), a 1324 tract by Marsilius of Padua about popular sovereignty Defensor minor, written around 1342; Defensor Fortis, motto of United States Air Force Security Forces; Fidei defensor ('defender of the faith'), a phrase used as part of the full style of many monarchs and heads of state
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 A.