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Novus Ordo Seclorum
"A new order of the ages" - found on the \$1 bill
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Mens sana in corpore sano
"A sound mind in a sound body" - Juvenal
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semper fidelis
"always faithful" - U.S. Marine Corps
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semper paratus
"always prepared" - U.S. Coast Guard
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ars artis gratia
"art for the sake of art" - Metro Goldwyn Mayer logo
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ars longa, vita brevis
"Art is long, life is short" - Horace
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Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres
"As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word" - Horace
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cave canem
"beware of the dog" - found on a mosaic in Pompeii
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In hoc signo vinces
"By this sign you will conquer" - Constantine saw this in the sky before the battle of the Milvian bridge
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et tu, Brute?
"Even you, Brutus?" - Julius Caesar
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Rident stolidi verba Latina
"Fools laugh at the Latin language" - Ovid
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Audentis Fortuna iuvat
"fortune favors the bold" - Virgil
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A mari usque ad mare
"from sea to sea" - national motto of Canada
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Annuit Coeptis
"God looks with favor on our undertakings" - found on \$1 bill
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veni, vidi, vici
"I came, I saw, I conquered" - Julius Caesar
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Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas
"It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it" - Pliny the Younger
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festina lente
"Make haste slowly" - Augustus
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carpe diem
"Seize the day" - Horace
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citius, altius, fortius
"swifter, higher, stronger" - motto of modern Olympics
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alea iacta est
"the die is cast" - the Caesar, as he was about to cross the Rubicon
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errare humanum est
"To err is human" - Seneca
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urbs in horto
a city in a garden (Chicago)
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vade mecum
a constant companion (go with me)
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dicto simpliciter
a fallacy in which a rule is considered universally true despite circumstance
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primus inter pares
a first among equals
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puri sermonis amator
A lover of pure speech - Julius Caesar
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res judicata
a matter already judged
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modus vivendi
a method of living
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sine qua non
a necessity
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rara avis
a rare bird
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rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cycno
A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan - Juvenal
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credo
a set of beliefs, literally "I believe"
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locum tenens
a substitute
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locum tenes
a substitute
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varium et mutabile semper femina
A woman is always fickle and changeable - Vergil
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ante cibos
a.c. - before meals
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anno domini
A.D. - in the year of our Lord
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alternis horis
A.H. - every other hour
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ante meridiem
A.M. - before noon
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anno urbis conditae
A.U.C. - from the founding of the city
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ab urbe condita
A.U.C. - from the founding of the city
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ab init.
ab initio - from the beginning
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Kansas motto
Ad astra per aspera - to the stars through darkness
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ad inf.
ad infinitum - forever
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ad libitum
ad lib. - at pleasure
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post mortem
after death
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post proelium, praemium
after the battle, the reward
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post hoc, ergo propter hoc
after this, therefore on account of this
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contra felicem vix deus vires habet
against a lucky man a god scarcely has power - Publilius Syrus
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Oregon motto
Alis volat propriis - she flies by her own wings
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semper progrediens
Always progressing
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mirabile dictu
amazing to say
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in extremis
among the last things, at the point of death
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consensus audacium
An agreement of rash men - Cicero
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reductio ad infinitum
an argument which leads to infinite causes that don't have a beginning
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brutum fulmen
an empty threat
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ignoramus
an extremely ignorant person
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honesta mors turpi vita potior
an honorable death is better than a shameful life - Tacitus
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persona non grata
an unwelcome person
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sunt superis sua iura
And if they soar too high the sun may scorch them - Ovid
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de novo
anew
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A.D.
anno domini
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alter idem
another self
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alter ego
another self
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aqua
aq. - water
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US Forestry Service
arbor potestas - tree power
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reductio ad absurdum
arguments that try to disprove statements by showing it leads to a ridiculous conclusion
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ars gratia artis
art for the sake of art - MGM studios
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ars est celare artem
Art is to conceal art - Ovid
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U of Michigan
Artes, scientia, veritas - arts, knowledge, truth
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quot homines tot sententiae
As many men, so many opinions - 8Terrence
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sicut patribus sit Deus nobis
As with our fathers, may God be with us (Boston)
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Alabama motto
Audemus iura nostra defendere - we dare defend our rights
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Frederick III
austriae est imperare orbi universo - it is austria's destiny to rule the whole world
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Winchester College
aut disce aut discede - either learn or leave
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bis in die
b.i.d - twice a day
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apes non sunt solitaria natura
bees are not of a solitary nature - Varro
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ante bellum
before the war
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tabula rasa
blank slate
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panem et circenses
bread and circuses
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pons asinorum
bridge of donkeys, Euclid's fifth proposition in geometry
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onus probandi
burden of proving
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per capita
by heads
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per se
by itself; essentially
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per pares
by one's peers
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de jure
by right ; by law
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vica voce
by spoken word; orally
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per diem
by the day
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dei gratia rex
by the grace of god - coins of UK, Canada, and Australia
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ipso facto
by the very fact itself
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per annum
by the year
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rebus
by things; a puzzle which uses pictures
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ex officio
by virtue of office
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via
by way of
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cum
c - with
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dramatis personae
cast of characters
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in flagrante delicto
caught in the act
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casus belli
cause of war
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Wyoming motto
Cedant arma togae - let arms yield to the toga (peace)
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Iona College
certa bonum certamen - fight the good fight
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confer
cf. - compare
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c.
circa
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ca.
circa
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U of Florida
Civium in morius rei publicae salus - the welfare of the states lies in the character of its citizens
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cf.
confer - compare
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vincite virtute vera
Conquer by means of true virtue - Plautus
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U of Chicago
Crescat scientia, vita excolatur - let knowledge grow, let life be enriched
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New Mexico motto
Crescit eundo - it grows as it goes
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11th Medical Regiment
curare - to care for
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C.V.
curriculum vitae
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Atomic Energy Commission
de minimis maximum - from the smallest (particles comes) the greatest (power)
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alibi
defense of being elsewhere
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Princeton University
dei sub numine viget - under the providence of God it flourishes
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Kentucky motto
Deo gratias habeamus - let us have thanks to God
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507th Parachute Regiment
descende ad terram - descend to earth
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Maine motto
Dirigo - I point the way
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U of Texas
Disciplina praesidium civitatis - training, the defense of the state
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disp.
dispense
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Arizona motto
Ditat deus - God enriches
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divide et impera
divide and rule
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nil desperandum
do not despair, never give up
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fec.
do, make
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London motto
domine, dirige nos - Lord guide us
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dram. pers.
dramatis personae
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calamitosus est animus futuri anxius
dreadful is the state of mind that is anxious about the future - Seneca
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in poculis
drunk
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South Carolina motto
Dum spiro, spero - while there's life, there's hope
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exempli gratia
e.g. - for example
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U of the South
Ecce quam bonum - behold how good
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ex post facto
enacted after the fact; retroactive
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Massachusetts motto
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with a sword she seeks calm peace under liberty
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in toto
entirely
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Duke University
eruditio et religio - learning and religion
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City University of New York
Eruditio populi liberi spes gentium - the education of free people is the hope of humanity
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North Carolina motto
Esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem
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Idaho motto
Esto perpetua - may it last forever
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et alia
et al. - and others
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et uxor
et ux. - and wife
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et cetera
etc. - and so forth, and the rest
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militat omnis amans
Every lover is a soldier - Ovid
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US Naval Academy
ex scientia tridens - power over the sea from knowledge
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New York motto
Excelsior - ever higher
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12th Field Artillery Regiment
facta non verba - deeds not verbs
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Fairfax Country, Virginia
fare fac - say it, do it!
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pater patriae
father of his country
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Madeira School
festina lente - make haste slowly
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U of California
fiat lux - let there be light
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sententia iudicum
finding of the jury
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ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros
fire tests gold, hardship tests strong men - Seneca
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fl.
flourished
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Paris motto
fluctuat nec mergitur - she is tossed by the waves but does not sink
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ignis fatuus
foolish fire, something misleading
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pro and con(tra)
for and against
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pro mundi beneficio
For the benefit of the world (Panama)
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ad maiorem dei gloriam
for the greater glory of god - jesuits motto
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pro bono publico
for the people's good
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pro bono public
for the public welfare
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pro forma
for the sake of appearance
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ad hoc
for this purpose
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cui bono
for what good, to whose advantage
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quondam
former, once
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Douglas family motto
fortes fortuna juvat - fortune helps the brave
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Episcopal High School
fortiter, feliciter, fideliter - bravely, happily, faithfully
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amicus curiae
friend of the court
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hinc lucem et pocula sacra
from here, light and sacred draughts (Cambridge)
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multis e gentibus vires
from many peoples, strength (Saskatchewan)
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ab extra
from outside
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ab absurdo
from the absurd
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ex novo
from the beginning
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ex libris
from the books of
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ab ovo usque ad mala
from the egg to the apple or from start to finish
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deus ex machina
god from the machine
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vox Dei
God's voice
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b.v.
goodbye
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grammatici certant
Grammarians dispute - Horace
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guttae
gtt. - drops
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hora somni
h.s. - at bedtime
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altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera
he carries a stone in one hand, and shows bread in the other - Plautus
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exit; exeunt
he goes out; they go out
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ille dolet vere qui sine teste dolet
He grieves truly who grieves without a witness - Martial
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abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit
He has gone away, withdrawn, escaped, burst forth! - Cicero
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non scribit, cuius carmina nemo legit
He is no writer whose verses no one reads - Martial
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qui nescit dissimulare nescit vivere
He who doesn't know how to lie doesn't know how to live
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qui tacet consentit
he who is silent consents
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qui fugiebat rursus proeliabitur
he who was fleeing will do battle again
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qui scribit bis legit
he who writes reads twice
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exit
he/she leaves, way out
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ave atque vale
hello and goodbye
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sanctum sanctorum
holy of holies; a very personal place
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cornucopia
horn of plenty
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homo sapiens
human being, wise human
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haec tibi dona fero
I bring these gifts to you (Newfoundland)
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veritatem dilexi
I delight in the truth (Bryn Mawr College)
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nolo contendere
I do not want to contest; essentially admitting guilt
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odi et amo
I hate and I love - Catullus
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peccavi
I have sinned
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haec scripsi non otii abundantia, sed amoris erga te
I have written this, not as having abundance of leisure, but out of love for you. - Cicero
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arma virumque cano
I tell of wars and a hero (vergil)
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cogito ergo sum
I think, therefore I am (Descartes)
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pergo et perago
I undertake and I achieve
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placebo
I will please
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id est
i.e. - that is, in other words
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ibidem
ibid. - in the same place
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idem
id. - the same (author)
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ignorantia legis reminem excusat
ignorance of the law excuses no one
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stante pede
immediately
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Ohio motto
imperium in imperio - an empire in an empire
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in vitro
in a test tube
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in vacuo
in a vacuum, without considering other factors
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Brown University
In Deo speramus - in God we trust
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de facto
in fact; actually
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bona fide
in good faith, genuine
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in situ
in its natural place
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Columbia University
In lumine tuo videbimus lumen - in your light, we shall see the light
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in memoriam
in memory of
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in absentia
in one's absence
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sui juris
in one's own right
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in actu
in practice
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pro rata
in proportion; according to a fixed share
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seriatim
in series
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in re
in the matter of; concerning
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in media res
in the middle of things
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in loco parentis
in the place of a parent
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in hoc signo vinces
in this sign you will conquer
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in vino veritas
in wine their is truth
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crescite et multiplicamini
increase and multiply; motto of Maryland??
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sine die
indefinitely; without setting a day
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Sir Francis Bacon
ipsa scientia potestas est - knowledge itself is power
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non sequitur
it does not follow; an illogical statement
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difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long cherished love - Catullus
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dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country - Horace
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pectus est quod disertos facit
it is the heart that makes one eloquent - Quintillian
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District of Columbia motto
Iustitia omnibus - Justice for all
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juris doctor
J.D. - lawyer
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fructu non foliis arborem aestima
Judge a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves - Phaedrus
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Oklahoma motto
Labor omnia vincit - work conquers all
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curriculum vitae
lap of life, resume
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nec pluribus impar
latin motto of Louis XIV (of France)
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libra
lb. - pound
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disce et doce
learn and teach (University of Sheffield)
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exeat
let him/hear leave; a permission to leave
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stet
let it stand (printing term)
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caveat emptor
let the buyer beware
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terras irradient
Let them illuminate the earth
(Amherst College)
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fiat lux
let there be light (Genesis)
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alumnus
literally foster child, graduate of a school or college
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alumna
literally foster child, graduate of a school or college
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U of Nebraska
Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus - dedicated to letters and all the arts
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vivat
long live
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U of North Dakota
Lux et lex - light and law
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Indiana University
Lux et Veritas - light and truth
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Yale University
Lux et veritas - Light and truth
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Albion College
lux fiat - let there be light
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Alfred College
lux fiat - let there be light
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U of New Mexico
Lux hominum vita - light, the life of men
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U of Washington
Lux sit - let there be light
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meridie
m. - at midday, noon
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Medicinae Doctor
M.D. - medical doctor, doctor of medicine
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modus operandi
M.O. - a method of working
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magnum opus
masterpiece
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memoriter
memorized
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U of Oregon
Mens agitat molem - mind moves the mass
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M.I.T.
mens et manus - mind and hand
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Hunter College
Mihi cura futuri - my care is for the future
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West Virginia motto
Montani semper liberi - mountaineers are always free
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multum in parvo
much in little
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mea culpa
my fault
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animus meminisse horret
my mind shudders to remember - Vergil
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lasciva est nobis pagina, vita proba
My poems are naughty but my life is pure - Martial
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nota bene
N.B. - note well (pay attention to this)
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nihil per os
n.p.o. - nothing by mouth
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Brooklyn College
Nil sine magno labore - nothing without great labor
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Colorado motto
Nil sine numine - nothing without divine guidance
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ne plus ultra
no more beyond, perfection
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nemo est supra leges
no one is above the law
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nemo me impune lacessit
no one provokes me with impunity (Scotland)
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terra nullius
nobody's land
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res nullius
nobody's thing
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Cooper family motto
noli irritare leonem - do not irritate a lion
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Walsh family motto
noli irritare leonem - do not irritate a lion
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Willett family motto
noli me tangere - don't touch me
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Graham family motto
noli me tangere - don't touch me
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Graeme family motto
noli me tangere - don't touch me
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Notley family motto
noli mentiri - don't lie
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Booth family motto
non mihi, sed Deo et regi - not for me, but for God and for king
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Warren family motto
non mihi, sed Deo et regi - not for me, but for God and for king
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Wellesley College
non ministrari sed ministrare - not to be served but to serve
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Ash family motto
non nobis, sed omnibus - not for us, but for all
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Ashe family motto
non nobis, sed omnibus - not for us, but for all
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non repetatur
non rep. - do not repeat
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Tulane University
Non sibi, sed suis - not for herself, but for her own
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Lincolne family motto
non vi, sed mente - not by force, but by mind
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non nobis solum nati sumus
not for ourselves alone are we born - Cicero
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non compos mentis
not of sound mind
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ex nihilo nihil fit
nothing comes from nothing - Lucretius
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calvo turpius est nihil comato
nothing is uglier than a bald man with hair
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alma mater
nourishing mother
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U of Wisconsin
numen lumen - god is light
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497th Field Artillery Regiment
nunc aut numquam - now or never
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oculus dexter
o.d. - right eye

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