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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 ...
every morning: quaque ante meridiem q.d., qd every day / daily quaque die q.h.s., qhs every night at bedtime quaque hora somni q.d.s, qds, QDS 4 times a day quater die sumendum q.i.d, qid 4 times a day quater in die q.h., qh every hour, hourly quaque hora q.o.d., qod every other day / alternate days quaque altera die q.p.m., qPM, qpm
The name comes from the Nahuatl words tlāhuizcalpan [t͡ɬaːwisˈkaɬpan] "dawn" and tēcuhtli [ˈteːkʷt͡ɬi] "lord". [2] Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is one of the thirteen Lords of the Day , representing the 12th day of the Aztec trecena .
Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow [6] When I am gone, mark not the passing of the hours, but just that love lives on. The Concern of the Rich and the Poor [7] Time Takes All But Memories [8] Some tell of storms and showers, I tell of sunny hours. [9] Order in the court! [10] [citation needed] Like true firemen, I am always ready.
"Thor's day" corresponds to Latin diēs Iovis, "day of Jupiter" (the Roman god of thunder). Friday: Old English Frīgedæg (pronounced [ˈfriːjedæj]), meaning the day of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Frīg. The Norse name for the planet Venus was Friggjarstjarna, 'Frigg's star'. [21] It is based on the Latin diēs Veneris, "Day of Venus".
Quetzalcoatl was often considered the god of the morning star, and his twin brother Xolotl was the evening star . As the morning star, he was known by the title Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, meaning "lord of the star of the dawn".
The two living species of chinchilla are Chinchilla chinchilla [1] [2] (formerly known as Chinchilla brevicaudata) and Chinchilla lanigera. C. chinchilla has a shorter tail, a thicker neck and shoulders, and shorter ears than C. lanigera. The former species is currently facing extinction; the latter, though rare, can be found in the wild. [10]
Brunfelsia pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, the nightshades.It is endemic to Brazil, and it is grown in cultivation. [1] A shrubby perennial plant grown in gardens, its common names include today, tomorrow together, yesterday, today and tomorrow, morning-noon-and-night, kiss me quick, and Brazil raintree.