Latin Phrases - L -> E Flashcards

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Primus Inter Pares

A

First among equals

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Brutum Fulmen

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Loud thunder: an empty or ineffective threat.

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Ordo Ab Chao

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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.

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Non Omnia Possumus Omnes

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We can’t all of us do everything.

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Semper Idem

A

Always the same

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Omnium Rerum Principia Parva Sunt

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The beginnings of all things are small.

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Amor Vincit Omnia

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Love conquers all

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Vivamus Moriendum Est

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Let us live since we shall die.

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Mens Sana In Corpore Sano

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A healthy mind is a healthy body.

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Exitus Acta Probat

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The result justifies the deed.

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Quid Pro Quo

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Something for something, a favour for a favour

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In situ

A

In the original place.

Or

In the appropriate position.

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