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ab asino lanam
wool from a stone
an impossible thing
ab extra
from the outside
ab incunabulis
from infancy
from the origins
from the swaddling clothes
incunabula
earliest stage or beginning of anything OR
books that date before AD 1500
ab irato
unfair, unprovoked
"from an angry man"
ab ovo
from the beginning/from the egg
absit invidia (verbo)
no offense/let the ill will be absent (From the word)
absit omen
let the omen be absent
invocation of divine protection
haruspex
looked at entrails
auspex
looked at birds
ab uno disce omnes
author
Vergil's Aeneid
from one (example) , learn all
abusus non tollit usum
abuse does not nullify proper use
ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia
the consequence of abuse does not apply to general use
law/jurists
abyssus abyssum invocat
author
psalsm of David
hell calls hell
one mistep leads to another
a capite ad calcem
from head to heel
thoroughly, from top to bottom
accessit
honorable mention "he came near"
esp. in European universities
Acheruntis pabulum
food for the gallows--those deserving to die
fodder of Acheron
a cruce salus
salvation (safety) from the cross
acta est fabula
who said?
Emperor Augustus
also, classical theater
acta sanctorum
deeds of the saints
accounts of lives of christian martyrs
Jean Bolland==Bollandists, keep acta
ad arbitrium
at pleasure, of his own will
arbitrio suo
of his own will
ad augusta per angusta
to honors through difficulties
ad calendas graecas
never
ad captandum vulgus
to capture the masses
politics
ad clerum
religion
religious leader to clery only, a statement
a deo et rege
documents signed by kings
adeste fideles
christmas hymn, date and author unkown
ad eundem
ad eundem gradum
to the same degree
law: both ppl held ad eundem
academics: degree with coursework from other schools
ad gloriam
ad maioreim dei gloriam
adhuc sub iudice lis est
still the matter is under the court's consideration
ad interm
in the meantime
ad lib
ad libitum
at pleasure
ad limina
ad limina apostolorum
to the highest authority
religious
appropriate for highest (papal or academic, etc.) consideration
ad litem
for the suit or action
law
decision taken as valid only for the lis, the case under adjudication
ad litteram
to the last jot
precisely
ad loc
ad locum
at or to the place
AMDC
ad maiorem dei gloriam
jesuit motto
who said, and where
aurea mediocritas
Horace in his Odes
aureo hamo piscari
to fish with a golden hook
money talks
auro quaeque ianua panditur
any door is opened by means of gold
who said
auri sacra fames
cursed hunger for gold
Virgil
southern lights
aurora australis
northern lights
aurora borealis
an omen of a better time
auspicium melioris aevi
motto of Emperor Frederick III, a Hapsburg

give abbreviation as well
Austriae est imperare orbi universo
It is Austria's to rule the entire world

AEIOU
aut bibat aut abeat
let him either drink or depart
you're either with us our not
a motto of Cesare Borgia, favorite son of Pope Alexander VI
aut Caesar aut nihil
all or nothing
either learn or leave
aut disce aut discede
where there's a will, there's a way
i'll find a way or make it
aut viam inveniam aut faciam
victory or death
aut vincere aut mori
a verbis ad verbera
from words to blows
a discussion that is heating up
title of a hymn in honor of the Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven
Ave Regina Caelorum
an absolute divorce
a vinculo
a vinculo matrimonii
from the bond/chain of marraige
phrase on tombstones and burial plaques
"of blessed memory"
beatae memoriae
B.M.
Beata Maria
Blessed Mary
B.V.
Beata Virgo
Blessed Virgin
opening words of the eighth sermon on the mount of Mattheq
beati pacifici
blessed are the peacemakers
blessed are the poor in spirit
from Matthew
beati pauperes spiritu
possession is nine tenths of the law
beati possidentes
blessed are those who possess
who wrote
bella detesta matribus
wars the horrors of mothers
Horace
who wrote
bella horrida bella
wars, horrible wars
Vergil
who wrote
bene qui latuit bene vixit
Ovid in Tristia
he who has lived in obscurity has
beatus =
advocatus diaoli
who wrote
beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Publilius Syrus
to accept a favor is to sell your liberty
he who gives quickly gives twice
what author quotes this phrase?
bis dat qui cito dat
Cervantes in Don Quixote
who said
bis repetita placent
bis repetita
Horace
the things that place are those that are asked for again and again
be original
bis vivit qui bene vivit
he lives twice who lives well
honestly, sincerely, without deception
bona fide
under favorable signs
bonis avibus
under good birds
avi mala/
avi sinistra
bad omens
good wine gladdens a person's heart
bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis
who wrote
bruta fulmina et vana
Pliny
thunderbolts that strike blindly and in vain
brutum fulmen
empty threat
insensible thunderbolt
c
circa
around
ca.
circa
around
mania for finding faultl
cacoethes carpendi
compulsive talking
cacoethes loquendi
who wrote
insanabile cacoethes scribendi
Juvenal
uncurable desire to write
the argument collapses
cadit quaestio
the question fails
envy is blind
caeca invidia est
quotation from Psalms
the heavesn bespeak the glory of GOd
caeli enarrant gloriam Dei
cetera desunt
the rest are missing
other things being equal
ceteris paribus
worthless residue--residue in a flask after distillation is complete
alchemist's term
caput mortuum
head of the horld
caput mundi
love of humanity, dearness, high price
caritas
who wrote
annonae caritas
Cicero
a year when the price for grain was high
castigat ridendo ores
he corrects customs by laughing at them
justification for war
casus belli
who wrote
casus urbis Troianae
Vergil
who wrote
bellum domesticum
Cicero
domestic strife
who wrote
foedus amorum
Cicero
pact of loves
casus foederis
a situation triggering action under a treaty
sine qua non
full form?
causa sine qua non
phrase used to invite consuls to select dictator
caveant consules ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat
caveant consules
alerting govt to threat of popular dictatorship
where was
cave canem
found?
door of a house in Pompei
who said, and where
cedant arma togae
Cicero
De Officiis
let arms cede to the toga
motto of Wyoming
Cedant arma togae
a legal document calling for delivery to a higher court of the record of a proceeding before a lower court
certiorari
to be made certain
who said, and where
certum est quia impossibile est
Tertullian, De Carne Christi
it is certain because it is impossible
when the cause is removed, the effect also disappears
cessante causa cessat et effectus
scholarly notation indicating parts of a work never found despite research
cetera desunt
cf
confer
comper
codex
a manuscript parchment; a code of laws
originally caudex, a tree trunk
juvenal used "codex" to mean....
a wooden block
Terence used codex to mean...
blockhead, term of derision
two famous codices
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Sinaticus
who said, and where
coelum non animum mutatnt qui trans mare currunt
Horace, Epistles
they who run across the sea change the heavens, not their mind
who said
cogito ergo sum
Descartes
interrupted coitus
coitus interruptus
colleagueship
collegium
master of himself
compos sui
in one's right mind
compos mentis
opening word of the Catholic general confession said at the beginning of mass
confiteor
the committe that supervises messages and missions for the Vatican
congregatio de propaganda fide
coniunctis viribus
with united powers
eg military action with several govts
who said
consensus audacium
a conspiracy
agreement of rash men
Cicero
consent makes the law
consensus facit legem
unanimity of the nation
consensus gentium
agreement of all; by general consent
consensus omnium
motto of Figaro in Barber of Seville
consilio manuque
by stratagem and manual labor
who said
consule Planco
Horace, Odes
in the good old days
42 BC, when Horace served under Brutus at Philippi
Christ's last words on the cross
consummatum est
John 19:30
against the best interests of society
contra bonos mores
opposites are cured by opposites
principle of allophathic medicine
contraria contrariis curantur
before a judge who has jurisdiction
coram iudice
a writ intended to correct an injury caused by a writ by the law
coram nobis
in the presence of us
term for a hearing before a court that lacks authority or competence to rule in the mattter
coram non iudice
who said and where
coram populo
Horace Ars Poetica
dramatist should not depict murder on stage
body of a crime, evidence
corpus delicti
body of law of a nation, state, or city
corpus iuris
things to be corrected
corrigenda
couplet refrain of the Pervigilium Veneris
cras amet qui nunquam amavit;
Quique amavit, cras amet
a motto of Maryland
crescite et multiplicamini
increase and multiply
multiplicor
multiplicari multiplicatus
multiply
a justification of faith denying the importance of reason
credo quia absurdum est OR
credo quia impossibile est
Motto of Maryland
crescite et multiplicamini
grow and multiply
motto of New Mexico
crescit eundo
what author writes of a judge saying
"cui bono"?
Cicero
the ruler of a territory choses his religion
cuius regio eius religio
pay of Roman soldiers was called...
Salarium
third rank of university honors
cum laude
authorized/licensed version of book
cum privilegio
editio cum privilegio
who said, and what was the quote:
silence is an admission of guilt
cum tacent clamant
Cicero, first Catilinarian oration
who said:
curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent
Seneca
light losses can be talked away, big ones are speechless
something written without care or forethought
currente calamo
pen running on
c.v.
curriculum vitae
resume
young man's guardian, censor
custos morum
who writes:
dabit....
dabit deus his quoque finem
Vergil
dabit qui dedit
motto for fundraiser, etc
cry of the misunderstood poet, artist, etc.
damnunt quod non intellegunt
loss of property or violation of right without possibility of legal redress
damnum absque inuria
loss without harm
from Benjamin Disraeli, "little things affect little minds": about scholars who talk about the minimal, trivial
de asini umbra disceptare
to argue about the shadow of an ass
come what may
de bono et malo
of good and bad
optical illusion
deceptio visus
deception of vision
continuously (two versions)
de diem in diem
from day into day

diem ex die
day from day
phrase by Theologian Thomas Kempis advising lesser of two evils
de duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum
of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen
in reality vs law, e.g. segregation
de facto
de gustibus
non est disputandum OR
de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum
Dei Gratia refers to what profession?
kings, queens
Imperator/Regina Dei Gratia
direct access to divinity
anew
de integro
from the beginning
sanctioned by law
de iure
del
delineavit
on artists' work
eg delineavit Publius
del Publius
mental disorder from too much drinking
delirium tremens
how many praetors in Caesar's time?
sixteen
the law does not care about trifles

alt form?
de minimis non curat lex
also, de minimis non curat praetor
speak kindly of the dead
de mortuis nil nisi bonum
who says and where:
de nihilo nihil
Persius, Satires
from nothing nothing comes
who wrote adn where:
in nihilum nil posse reverti
nothing can revert into nothing
Persius, Satires
two expressions for "anew"
de integro
de novo
phrase to invoke God's favor, cooperation

(two phrases)
deo favente
god willing

deo iuvante/deo adiuvante
with God's help
thanks to god
Deo Gratias
everything that's worth knowing and more
de omni re scibili et quibusdam aliis

Pico della Mirandola, fifteenth century Italian scholar
D.O.M.
Deo Optimo Maximo
on a work of art
To God the best the greatest
D.V.
Deo Volente
God Willing
turning point, critical stage
de pilo pendet
it hangs by a hair
opening words of Psalm 130
De Profundis
Victorian author who wrote a de profundis
Oscar Wilde
spontaneously, of its own motion
de proprio motu
whose philosophical theories were the basis of De Rerum Nature
Democritus and Leucippus
Epicurus
who wrote and where

dulce est desipere in loco
Horace, Odes

It is sweet to rest at (the proper) place
unlikely intervention
deus ex machina
title of Psalm 67
Deus Misereatur
benediction of one taking a leave
God be with you
Deus vobiscum
battle cry of the First Crusade
Deus Vult
who said:

diem perdidi
Titus

I have lost a day
an auspicious day
dies faustus
an inauspicious day
dies infaustus
thirteenth century Latin hymn on the day of judgement
Dies Irae
household guardians
dii penates
motto of Maine
Dirigo
I direct
who wrote:

dis aliter visum
Vergil
it seemed otherwise to the gods
who wrote

disiecti membra poetae
Horace
dismembered limbs of a poet
fragments of work
motto of Arizona
ditat Deus
god enriches
a theologian's urge to debate is an incurable disease
disputandi pruritus ecclesiarum scabies
political maxim to divide and rule
divide et impera
divide ut regnes
divide ut imperes
who wrote:

divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes
Marcus Terrentius Varro
divine nature gave the fields, human skill built the cities
D.D.
Divinitatis Doctor
Teacher of Divinity
that settles the matter; i have spoken, and no one else will
dixi
we learn by teaching

also...
docendo discimus

doce ut discas
having book learning
doctus cum libro
motto of London
domine, dirige nos
motto on a liquer made by the Benedictine Order
D.O.M.
Domino Optimo Maximo
motto of the Benedictine ORder
Domino optimo Maximo
D.O.M.
motto of Oxford University
Domius illuminatio mea
who wrote:

donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos
Ovid, Tristia

So long as you're rich, you will number many friends
cast of characters
dramatis personae
love of country guides me
ducit amor patriae
mottoes of South Carolina
1) dum spiro spero
2) animis opibusque parati
while there's life, there's hope
dum vita spes est
motto of Epicureans
dum vivimus vivamus
while we live, let us live
the law is rough but it is the law
dura lex sed lex
who wrote

dux femina facti
Vergil, Aeneid

a woman was the leader of the deed
words of Pontius Pilate to show the bound Christ
Ecce homo
look at the proof
ecce signum
on the contrary
e contrario
edition of a literary text with various readings of thetext as well as notes and commentary
editio cum notis variorum
edition with the notes of various persons
first edition
editio princeps
common edition
editio vulgata
who wrote

eheu....fugaces labuntur anni
Horace, Odes
birds of a feather, people of the same nature
eiusdem farinae
of the same flour
from the books of
ex libris
e libris
originally Roman military term, refers to distinguished professor
emeritus
serving in war and peace
ense et aratro
with sword and plough
motto of Massachusetts
ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem

by the sword she seeks peaceful quiet under liberty
an error in printing or writing
erratum
pl. errata
motto of North Carolina
esse quam videri
to be rather than to seem
who wrote and where:

est modus in rebus
Horace, Satires

there is a proper measure in things

choose the middle ground
motto of Idaho, the dying words of Fra Paolo Sarpi
esto Perpetua

may she last forever
et al.
et alii, et aliae, et alia
and the other
and all that sort
et hoc genus omne
and everything of its kind
again adn again
etiam atque etiam
from now on
now and forever
et nunc et simper
and so of similar things
et sic de similibus
abbreviation for "and wife"
et ux.
et uxor
doing everything "according to what is just and quood"
ex aequo et bono
sincerely
ex animo
with authority, esp religious authority
ex cathedra
from the chair
motto of New York state
excelsior
higher
the exception establishes the rule
exceptio probat regulam
exceptio probat regulam in casis non exceptis
printer's or engraver's mark (abbreviation)
excud
excudit
he struck it
permission to be abent from British university or a diocese
exeat
the end justifies the means
exitus acta probat
the end validates the deeds
from the library of
ex libris
e libris
spontaneously
de proprio motu (of its own moving) OR ex mero motu (out of pure impulse)
according to custom
ex more
who wrote:

nil posse creari de nilo
Lucretius
also rendered as ex nihilo nil fit
by virtue of an office
ex officio
from a party; legal proceeding in which only one side of the case is presented
ex parte
from a sample we can judge the whole
ex pede Herculem
which sixth century BC Greek mathematician calculated the height of Hercules?
Pythagoras
who wrote

experto credite
trust the expert
acting "voluntarily", of "one's accord"
ex proprio motu
who wrote:

ex tempore
Cicero

speaking extemporaneously
who wrote and where

exintinctus amabitur idem
Horace, Epistles

the same man will be loved when he's dead (i.e. bad deeds are forgotten in the grave)
from a sample we can judge the whole (Two sayings)
ex pede Herculem
ex ungue Leonem
hunger makes everything taste good
fabas indulcet fames
hunger makes beans taste good
acknowledged leader in a field
facile princeps
Avernus was in what district of Italy?
Campania
may his good name live forever
fama semper vivat
who wrote:

Fama....malum quo non aliud velocius ullum
Vergil
who wrote:

Fama volat
Vergil
hunger is the best seasoning
fames optimum condimentum
name the three Roman Fata
Nona, Decuma, Morta
who wrote:

Fata obstant
Vergil
Who wrote:
Fata viam invenient
Vergil
The fates shall find a way
who wrote:

favete linguis
favor your tongues

keep silent on holy days
fecit
he/she made it
artist's way of signing a work
prosperity has many friends
felicitas habet multos amicos
who wrote and where

felix qui potuit....
Vergil, Georgics
who wrote that Augustus said: "festina lente" and WHERE?
Suetonius, Divus Augustus
let justice be done though the heavens fall
fiat iustitia ruat caleum
defender of the faith
Fidei Defensor
by faith and confidence
by fate and love
fide et fiducia
fide et amore
a double cross
Fides Punica
Ars Punica
fraus Punica
perfidia Punica
look to the end
finem respice
the end crowns the work
finis coronat opus
fl.
floruit
he/she flourished
dates the period of a person's prime
the motto of Paris
fluctuat nec mergitur
ancient name of Paris
Lutetia (from Lutum, mud)
source and origin
fons et origo
who wrote and where

fortes fortuna iuvat
Terence, Phormi
resolutely in action, gentle in manner
fortiter in re, suaviter in modo
alternate form of fortes fortuna iuvat
fortuna favet fortibus
who wrote:

fronti nulla fides
Juvenal, Satires
no faith in the front
don't judge a book by its cover
don't judge a book by its cover
who said?
fronti nulla fides
Juvenal, Satires
who wrote
fugit hora
Persius 1st-century AD poet
who wrote and where
fugit irreparabile temus
Vergil, Georgics
who wrote and where:

fuit..........Ilium
Vergil, Aeneid
rage for speaking
furor loquendi
poetic frenzy
furor poeticus
urge/rage to write
furor scribendi
guardian spirit of a place
genius loci
who wrote and where
genus irritabile vatum
Horace, Epistles
the irritable race of poets
mountain of the muses
Parnassus
who wrote and where:

grammatici certant
Horace, Ars Poetica
who wrote, and where:

et adhuc sub iudice lis est
Horace, Epistles
and the case is before the courts,
writ to bring a person before a court
habeas corpus
expression used to alert Romans to imminent danger
Hannibal ad portas
I speak of things by no means unkown
haud ignora loquor
here and now; demanding immediate action
hic et nunc
here and everywhere
hic ubique
who wrote and where
hinc illae lacrimae
Terence, Andria
hence those ears
who wrote and where
hoc erat in votis
Horace, Satires
This was in my prayers
this was what I longed for
Who wrote:
hoc est vivere bis vita posse priore frui
Martial, Epigrams

this is to live twice, to be able to enjoy prior life
who wrote:
hoc genus omne
Horace, Satires
all this sort
who wrote:
hoc opus, hic labor est
Vergil, Aeneid
this is the work, this is the labor
refers to Avernus
who wrote:

hoc volo, sic iubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas
Juvenal, Satires
this I want, thus I order, let my will serve as reason
who wrote
homo homini lupus
Plautus, Asinaria
man is a wolf to man
academic honorary degree
honoris causa
horas non numero nisi serenas is found on what instrument?
sundials
who wrote:
horresco referens
Vergil, Aeneid (i.e. Laocoon)
horrible to say
horribile dictu
enemy of the human race
hostis humani generis
private meeting, e.g. meeting in Sistine Chapel to select new pope
ianuis clausis
ibid.
ibidem
in the same place
id.
idem
the same
I.N.R.I.
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
who wrote:
ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros
Seneca, De Providentia
fire tests gold, misery strong men
Who wrote De Providentia?
Seneca
misleading, deluding goal
ignis fatuus
foolish fire
ignorance of the law excuses no one
ignorantia legis neminem excusat
who wrote and where
ignoti nulla cupido
Ovid, Ars Amatoria
no desire for a thing unknown
a university degree awarded or crime convicted in absence
in absentia
forever
in aeternum
in the grasp of death
in articulo mortis
who wrote and where:
in bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt
Caesar, De Bello Gallico
private
in camera
in cauda venenum
in the tail's the poison
out of the frying pan into the fire
incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim
you fall into Scylla wanting to avoid Charybdis
first word in many medieval manuscripts: her begins
incipit
list published by Catholic Church on prohibited works
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
things actually existing VS
things in potentiality
in esse VS
in psse
unabridged text
in extenso
in full
at the point of death
in extremis OR
in articulo mortis (in the grasp of death)
red handed
in flagrante delicto
while the crime is blazing
scholarly term used to point out something that follows in a text
infra
below
something about to happen or beginning to happen
in limine
person with guardian responsibilities
in loco parentis
motto of Columbia University
in lumine tuo videbimus lumen
in your light we will see the light
who wrote and where:
in medio tutissimus ibis
you will go safest in the middle
to the memory of
in memoriam
in a state of nature; naked
in naturalibus
immature, undeveloped,
in ovo
in partibus
in partibus infidelium
bishop who has title but no authority since under infidel lands
who said and where:
iin pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello
Horace, Satires
in peace, like a wise man, she appropriately prepares for war
something done in secret, in the breast
in pectore
payment in full
in pleno
right now, in the present
in praesenti
regarding
in re
forever and ever, ages and ages
in saecula saeculorum
insaluto hospite
leaving in a hurry
without saluting the host
who wrote:
insanus omnis furere credit ceteros
Publilius Syrus, Maxims
every madman thinks everyone else is raging
in itself
in se
in its natural location
in situ
in a glass, in an artificial place
in vitro
experiments performed on a living organism
in vivo
expression used by Cicero to characterize Plato
instar omnium
in the likeness (worth) of them all
in the same state
in statu quo
who wrote:
integer vitae scelerisquepurus non eget mauris iaculis neque arcu
Horace, Odes
intellegenti pauca
a word to the wise
also, verbum sapienti
in tempore opportuno
at the opportune time
inter alia
among other things
inter nos
among us
over drinks
inter pocula
between cups
period when there is no ruling authority
interregnum
gift given from one living person to another
inter vivos
entirely
in toto
within the walls
intra muros
on the way
in transitu
without the legal power or authroity of an institution
intra vires VS ultra vires
who wrote
in utrumque paratus
Vergil, Aeneid
ready for either alternative
isolated; absence of communication, separation from reality, issolation
in vacuo
who wrote
in vino veritas
Pliny the Elder
uninspired (mythological reference)
invita Minerva
last of the Roman poets
Claudian
who wrote
ipsa quidem pretium virtus sibi
Claudian
virtue is its own reward
an unsupported assertion, authoritative only because of the speaker.
WHO COINED PHRASE?
ipse dixit
Cicero on Pythagoras
ipsissima verba
the very words, verbatim
who wrote
ira furor brevis est
Horace, Epistles
ending words of mass
ite, missa est
right of the first night, medieval
ius primae noctis
motto of District of Columbia
iustitia omnibus
motto of Oklahoma
labor omnia vincit
Vergil
slip of the pen
lapsus calami
vs. lapsus linguae
who wrote
laudator temporis acti
Horace, Ars Poetica
who said
lauden virtutis necessitati damus
Quintilian, first century AD
we give praise of virtue to necessity
"law of the land"
lex loci
ab initio
from the beginning