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mare nostrum: our sea: A nickname given to the Mediterranean during the height of the Roman Empire, as it encompassed the entire coastal basin. Mater Dei: Mother of God: A name given to describe Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is also called the Son of God. mater familias: the mother of the family: The female head of a family. See pater ...
Translation Notes a bene placito: from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head ...
The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30. contemptus mundi/saeculi: scorn for the world/times: Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. contra bonos mores: against good morals: Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. contra legem ...
Mare Nostrum (/ ˌ m ɑː r ɪ ˈ n ɒ s t r ə m /; [1] Latin: "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. In Classical Latin , it would have been pronounced [ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.t̪rʊ̃ː] , and in Ecclesiastical Latin , it is pronounced [ˈmaː.rɛ ˈnɔs.t̪rum] .
a word is known by the company it keeps: In statutory interpretation, when a word is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined by reference to the rest of the statute. noster nostri: Literally "Our ours" Approximately "Our hearts beat as one." nota bene (n.b.) mark well: That is, "please note" or "note it well". novus ordo seclorum: new order of ...
The Latin word is a calque of Greek μεσόγειος (mesógeios; 'inland'), from μέσος (mésos, 'in the middle') and γήινος (gḗinos, 'of the earth'), from γῆ (gê, 'land, earth'). The original meaning may have been 'the sea in the middle of the earth', rather than 'the sea enclosed by land'.
Literal translation by Cicero (in his De Natura Deorum 1.10) of the Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα, an invocation by Pythagoreans when appealing to the pronouncements of the master. ipsissima verba: the very words themselves "Strictly word for word" (cf. verbatim). Often used in Biblical Studies to describe the record of Jesus' teaching found in ...
Nostrum remedium, a Latin term for trademarked patent medicine. Air Nostrum, a regional airline based in Spain. Exultavit cor nostrum, a 13th Century papal bull. Mare Nostrum, a Latin nickname for the Mediterranean sea. Pascha Nostrum, an Easter hymn. Nostrum Oil & Gas, an oil and gas exploration and production company.