Latin Phrases - L -> E Flashcards
Primus Inter Pares
First among equals
Brutum Fulmen
Loud thunder: an empty or ineffective threat.
Ordo Ab Chao
Order from chaos
IR context: Thomas Hobbes asserts that the creation of the state was the creation of ordo ab chao, liberating people from the state of nature.
Non Omnia Possumus Omnes
We can’t all of us do everything.
Semper Idem
Always the same
Omnium Rerum Principia Parva Sunt
The beginnings of all things are small.
Amor Vincit Omnia
Love conquers all
Vivamus Moriendum Est
Let us live since we shall die.
Mens Sana In Corpore Sano
A healthy mind is a healthy body.
Exitus Acta Probat
The result justifies the deed.
Quid Pro Quo
Something for something, a favour for a favour
In situ
In the original place.
Or
In the appropriate position.