- sub rosa
Sub rosa comes from the Latin, literally "under the rose," from the ancient association of the rose with confidentiality, the origin of which traces to a famous story in which Cupid gave Harpocrates, the god of silence, a rose to bribe him not to betray the confidence of Venus. Hence the ceilings of Roman banquet-rooms were decorated with roses to remind guests that what was spoken sub vino (under the influence of wine) was also sub rosa.
- sub vino
Under the influence of wine
- deus ex machina (god from the machine)
1. In ancient Greek and Roman drama, a god introduced by means of a crane to unravel and resolve the plot.
2. Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty.
- a priori
1. Proceeding from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive.
2a. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.
2b. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.
3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.
- rara avis
Rare bird (A rare or unique person or thing.)
- nolens volens
Whether unwilling or willing.
- Habeas Corpus
You have the body
- Carpe diem ...Horace
Seize the day
- Discimus tollere flammem ...Merrilands HS motto
Keep the flame burning(?)
- Veni, vidi, vici ...Julius Caesar
I came, I saw, I conquered
- Dum spiro, spero ...Cicero
While I breathe, I hope
- Sapere aude! ...Cicero
Dare to be wise!
- Semper avarus eget ...Cicero
The greedy is always in need
- Veritas temporis filia ...Aulus Gellius
Truth the daughter of time
- Video barbam et pallium; philosophum nondum video ...Aulus Gellius
I see the beard and cloak, but I do not see a philosopher yet
- Mens sana in corpore sano ...Juvenal
A sound mind in a sound body
- Non scholae sed vitae discimus ...Seneca
We are not learning for school but for life
- Ipsa scientia potestas es ...Francis Bacon
Knowledge is power
- Ars gratia artis
Art for the sake of art
- Excelsior
Ever upward
- Quanto basta
As long as it takes
- Esse quam videri
To be rather than to seem
- Semper paratus
Always prepared
- Semper fidelis
Always faithful
- A posse ad esse
A 'dream come true' design .... literally "from possibility to actuality"
- facta non verba
deeds, not words (Actions speak louder than words)
- pari passu
with equal step (At an equal pace or rate)
Refer to "http://members.ozemail.com.au/~enigman/latin.html"
- E.G. exempli gratia ...
Random examples
- I.E. id est ...
It is
- N.B. nota bene ...
Note well
- P.S. post scriptum ...
After the writing