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The sense of dum spiro spero can be found in the work of Greek poet Theocritus (3rd Century BC), who wrote: "While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none." [2] That sentiment seems to have become common by the time of Roman statesman Cicero (106 – 43 BC), who wrote to Atticus: "As in the case of a sick man one says, 'While there is life there is hope' [dum anima est, spes ...
The Greek counterpart of Spes was Elpis, who by contrast had no formal cult in Greece.The primary myth in which Elpis plays a role is the story of Pandora.The Greeks had ambivalent or even negative feelings about "hope", with Euripides describing it in his Suppliants as "delusive" and stating "it has embroiled many a State", [13] and the concept was unimportant in the philosophical systems of ...
a word to the wise [is sufficient] A phrase denoting that the listener can fill in the omitted remainder, or enough is said. It is the truncation of "verbum sapienti sat[is] est". verbum volitans: flying word: A word that floats in the air, on which everyone is thinking and is just about to be imposed. [citation needed] veritas: truth
Within the system of what is now called "Roman religion (in the modern sense of the word), the term religio originally meant an obligation to the gods, something expected by them from human beings or a matter of particular care or concern as related to the gods, [16] "reverence for God or the gods, careful pondering of divine things, piety". [17]
[320] It is not apparently related to the more common Latin word manubiae meaning "booty (taken by a general in war)." [321] Seneca uses the term in an extended discussion of lightning. [322] Jupiter, as identified with Etruscan Tinia, [323] held three types of manubiae [324] sent from three different celestial regions. [325] Stefan Weinstock ...
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Hope (Latin: spes) is one of the three theological virtues in the Christian tradition. Hope is a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it. The Christian virtue is hoping specifically for Divine union and so eternal happiness. While faith is a function of the intellect, hope is an act of the will.
Ave crux, spes unica is a Latin pious expression or motto meaning "Hail to the Cross, our only hope." The expression has a long history in Catholic and Anglican piety and is a motto occasionally used by bishops and church institutions. It is the motto of the Congregation of Holy Cross, [1] Edith Stein, and of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.