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vivat crescat floreat: may it live, grow, [and] flourish: vivat rex: may the king live: The acclamation is ordinary translated as "long live the king!". In the case of a queen, "vivat regina" ("long live the queen"). vivat rex, curat lex: long live the king, guardian of the law
The members of the Studentenverbindung use the Zirkel as sign on Couleur or other things e.g. beer glasses etc. If a member signs in affairs of its Studentenverbindung, it places the Zirkel after its signature.
Then the students empty three consecutive glasses of beer (sometimes apple juice as a substitute), each time with the following Latin words Gymnasium Casimirianum Vivat, crescat, and floreat in aeternum (Translation: "Long live Casimirianum Gymnasium, may it grow and bloom forever") and throw them to the ground. The shards of the glasses are ...
Another visual hallmark is the Zirkel, a monogram containing the fraternity's initials and the letters v, c, and f for the Latin words vivat, crescat, floreat ('live, grow, flourish') or vivat circulus fratrum ('long live the circle of brothers'). [12] In fraternity documents, members sign their names with a Zirkel after their signature.
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
A poem starting with the words Subscribere proposui ("I have suggested signing (it)") has two verses that closely resemble the later Gaudeamus igitur verses, although neither the first verse nor the actual words Gaudeamus igitur appear. The music accompanying this poem bears no relation to the melody which is now associated with it.
Nearly 500 days after Hamas gunmen seized him from a roadside bomb shelter in southern Israel, Alon Ohel managed to get a message out from the Gaza tunnel where he is being held by the Palestinian ...
Viva, vive, and vivat are interjections used in the Romance languages. Viva in Spanish (plural Vivan), [1] Portuguese (plural Vivam), and Italian (Also evviva. Vivano in plural is rare), [2] Vive in French, and Vivat in Latin (plural Vivant) are subjunctive forms of the verb "to live." Being the third-person (singular or plural agreeing with ...