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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 V.
The love of Christ impels us or The love of Christ drives us: The motto of the Sisters of Charity [25] Caritas in veritate: Charity in truth: Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical [26] carpe diem: seize the day: An exhortation to live for today. From Horace, Odes I, 11.8. Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit.
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 L.
choose the lesser evil so a greater evil may be averted; the lesser of two evils principle [6] mirabile dictu: wonderful to tell: Virgil: mirabile visu: wonderful to see: A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening. mirum videtur quod sit factum iam diu: Does it seem wonderful [merely] because it was done a long time/so long ago?
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 B.
in the name of the devil in nomine Domini: in the name of the Lord: Motto of Trinity College, Perth, Australia; the name of a 1050 papal bull: in nomine patris, et filii, et spiritus sancti: in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: invocation of the Holy Trinity; part of the Latin Mass in nuce: in a nut
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.