Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Down the rabbit hole; backtranslation, not a genuine Latin phrase; see Down the rabbit hole. desiderantes meliorem patriam: they desired a better land: From Hebrews 11:16; the motto of the Order of Canada. Deus caritas est: God Is Love: Title and first words of the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI.
choose the lesser evil so a greater evil may be averted; the lesser of two evils principle [6] mirabile dictu: wonderful to tell: Virgil: mirabile visu: wonderful to see: A Roman phrase used to describe a wonderful event/happening. mirum videtur quod sit factum iam diu: Does it seem wonderful [merely] because it was done a long time/so long ago?
Among those who do not take the evil eye literally, either by reason of the culture in which they were raised or because they simply do not believe it, the phrase, "to give someone the evil eye" usually means simply to glare at the person in anger or disgust. The term has entered into common usage within the English language. Within the ...
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages:
It is also believed to ward off evil eye and protect oneself from evil. [citation needed] In these countries, an amulet of a hand performing the fig sign is worn as a good luck or protective charm. [5] In Asturias, these amulets are made from Jet, and it is usual to give them to
we stand against by evil: The motto of the Jungle Patrol in The Phantom. The phrase actually violates Latin grammar because of a mistranslation from English, as the preposition contra takes the accusative case. The correct Latin rendering of "we stand against evil" would be "stamus contra malum ". stante pede: with a standing foot "Immediately ...
These light blue evil eye nails are so fun to look at and as the user wrote, they go so well with their dotted hand tattoo. 16. Colorful Evil Eye Nails. View the original article to see embedded ...
you should not make evil in order that good may be made from it: More simply, "don't do wrong to do right". The direct opposite of the phrase "the ends justify the means". non hos quaesitum munus in usus: A gift sought for no such purpose: Virgil, Aeneid, 4:647, of the sword with which Dido will commit suicide. "Not for so dire an enterprise ...