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The term is borrowed from Italian vigilante, which means 'sentinel' or 'watcher', from Latin vigilāns. According to political scientist Regina Bateson, vigilantism is "the extralegal prevention, investigation, or punishment of offenses." [1] The definition has three components:
words a foot and a half long: From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba " ("he throws down his high-flown language and his foot-and-a-half-long words"). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. Si comprehendis [,] non est Deus: if you understand [something], it is not God
Ius civile vigilantibus scriptum est is a Latin legal phrase that translates to "civil law is written for the vigilant". It can be traced back to the Roman jurist Quintus Cervidius Scaevola (2nd century AD) and is to this day referred to in different legal systems and contexts.
civil law is written for the vigilant ... Datinder Sodhi & R. S. Vasan, eds. Latin words & phrases for lawyers. New York: Law and Business Publications, 1980.
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:
Semper supra (Latin: Always above), the official motto and march of the United States Space Force; Semper vigilans (always vigilant), a Latin phrase used as a motto by the Civil Air Patrol, several military units, and the city of San Diego, California, U.S. Semper vigilo (Latin: Always vigilant or Always alert), motto of Police Scotland
Latin for prokoptôn. pro(h)airesis προαίρεσις: free will, reasoned choice, giving or withholding assent to impressions. ... State of continuous, vigilant ...
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 ...