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ad pondus omnium (ad pond om) to the weight of all things: i.e., "considering everything's weight". The abbreviation was historically used by physicians and others to signify that the last prescribed ingredient is to weigh as much as all of the previously mentioned ones. ad quod damnum: to whatever damage
Lacrimae rerum (Latin: [ˈlakrɪmae̯ ˈreːrũː] [1]) is the Latin phrase for "tears of things." It derives from Book I, line 462 of the Aeneid (c. 29–19 BC), by Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70–19 BC).
In the Orthodox liturgy, Ad multos annos has a Byzantine equivalent of the first millennium which is an acclamation called Eis polla eti (Greek εἰς πολλὰ ἔτη): it is part of the Polychronion. [1] In Slavic Orthodoxy, especially Ukraine and Russia, Mnogaya leta has become a traditional celebratory song, akin to Happy birthday to you.
In instrumental music, a style of playing that imitates the way the human voice might express the music, with a measured tempo and flexible legato. cantilena a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured ...
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
omnium gatherum: gathering of all: miscellaneous collection or assortment; "gatherum" is English, and the term is used often used facetiously onus probandi: burden of proof: onus procedendi: burden of procedure: burden of a party to adduce evidence that a case is an exception to the rule opera omnia: all works: collected works of an author ...
voice of the people: The phrase denotes a brief interview of a common person that is not previously arranged, e. g., an interview on a street. It is sometimes truncated to "vox pop." vox populi, vox Dei: the voice of the people [is] the voice of God: vulpes pilum mutat, non mores: the fox changes his fur, not his habits
Tropes were a particular feature of the music and texts of the Sarum Use (the use of Salisbury, the standard liturgical use of England until the Reformation), although they occurred widely in the Latin church. Deus creator omnium, was widely used in the Sarum Use and is in the form of a troped Kyrie: [citation needed]