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S. Salus populi suprema lex esto; Sapere aude; Sapiens dominabitur astris; Scientia est lux lucis; Semper fidelis; Semper paratus; Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
In Classical Latin, "I arrange". Motto of the State of Maine, United States; based on a comparison of the State to the star Polaris. dis aliter visum: It seemed otherwise to the gods: In other words, the gods have ideas different from those of mortals, and so events do not always occur in the way persons wish them to. Cf. Virgil, Aeneid, 2: 428 ...
List of Greek and Latin roots in English; List of Latin abbreviations; List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; List of Latin words with English derivatives; List of Latin legal terms; List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes; List of sundial mottos § Latin mottos; List of U.S. state and territory mottos
From Horace's Odes; motto of the University of Pennsylvania: legio patria nostra: The Legion is our fatherland: Motto of the French Foreign Legion: legi, intellexi, et condemnavi: I read, understood, and condemned. legis plenitudo charitas: charity (love) is the fulfilment of the law: Motto of Ratcliffe College, UK and of the Rosmini College ...
Orkney Islands: Boreas domus mare amicus (Latin: The North our home, the sea our friend) [32] Perth : Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (For the King, the Law and the People) Port Glasgow : Ter et Quarter anno Revisens Aequor Atlanticum Impune (Three and four times a year revisiting the Atlantic with impunity)
E pluribus unum included in the Great Seal of the United States, being one of the nation's mottos at the time of the seal's creation. E pluribus unum (/ iː ˈ p l ɜːr ɪ b ə s ˈ uː n ə m / ee PLUR-ib-əs OO-nəm, Classical Latin: [eː ˈpluːrɪbʊs ˈuːnʊ̃], Latin pronunciation: [e ˈpluribus ˈunum]) – Latin for "Out of many, one" [1] [2] (also translated as "One out of many" [3 ...
Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family. sic infit: so it begins: sic itur ad astra: thus you shall go to the stars: From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions, including the Royal Canadian Air Force. sic parvis magna: greatness from small beginnings: Motto of Sir Francis ...
Kentucky, North Dakota, and Vermont also have two mottos, one in Latin and the other in English. [3] [4] All other states and territories have only one motto, except for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, which do not have any mottos. [5] English and Latin are the most-used languages for state mottos, each used by 25 states and territories.