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The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
in the end: At the end. Used in footnotes, for example, "p. 157 in fine": "the end of page 157". in flagrante delicto: in a blazing wrong, while the crime is blazing: Caught in the act (esp. a crime or in a "compromising position"); equivalent to "caught red-handed" in English idiom. in flore: in blossom: Blooming. in foro: in forum: In court .
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:
"a friend as far as to the altars", "a friend whose only higher allegiance is to religion", "a friend to the very end". amittere legem terrae: to lose the law of the land: An obsolete legal phrase signifying the forfeiture of the right of swearing in any court or cause, or to become infamous. amor Dei intellectualis: intellectual love of God
In legal contexts, this quotation is used with the opposite meaning: defamation of a deceased person is not a crime. In other contexts, it refers to taboos against criticizing the recently deceased. de nobis fabula narratur: About us is the story told: Thus: "their story is our story". Originally it referred to the end of Rome's dominance.
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.
Exempli gratiā is usually abbreviated "e. g." or "e.g." (less commonly, ex. gr.).The abbreviation "e.g." is often interpreted (Anglicised) as 'example given'. The plural exemplōrum gratiā to refer to multiple examples (separated by commas) is now not in frequent use; when used, it may be seen abbreviated as "ee.g." or even "ee.gg.", corresponding to the practice of doubling plurals in Latin ...
An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Its intended meaning is "Romans, go home!", in Latin Romani ite domum. rorate coeli: drop down ye heavens: a.k.a. The Advent Prose. rosam quae meruit ferat: She who has earned the rose may bear it: Motto from Sweet Briar College: rus in urbe: A countryside in the city