Sententiae Semester 1 Flashcards by Audrey Sau

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and other things

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et alia (et. al.)

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a lot in a little

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multum in parvo

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light and truth

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Lux et Veritas

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I thank you.

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Gratias tibi ago.

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Kindly, willingly (i.e., you’re welcome)

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Benigne.

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Gladly (i.e., you’re welcome)

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Libenter.

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If it pleases you.

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Si tibi (vobis) placet.

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If you (sg.) will.

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Si vis. (Sis.)

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If you (pl.) will.

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Si vultis. (Sultis.)

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an auspicious (lucky) day

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dies faustus

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a praiser of time past

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laudator temporis acti

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The pot boils poorly.

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Olla male fervet.

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She seeks quiet peace under liberty by the sword.

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Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.

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for this (particular purpose)

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ad hoc

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the golden mean

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aurea mediocritas

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wondrous to behold

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mirabile visu

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to each his/her own

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suum cuique

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enough and more (than enough)

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satis superque

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things accomplished

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res gestae

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of its (her, his) own kind (i.e., one of a kind)

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sui generis

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by the very deed (act)

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ipso facto

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Pluck the day.

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Carpe diem.

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With a grain of salt

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Cum grano salis.

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from the acorn, the oak

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ex glande quercus

May the earth be light on you.

Sit tibi terra levis. (S.T.T.L.)

I shall not wholly die.

Non omnis moriar.

While I breathe, I hope.

Dum spiro, spero.

He who strikes with the sword, dies by the sword.

Qui gladio ferit, gladio perit.

Hail and farewell.

Ave atque vale.

To the gods it seemed otherwise

Dis aliter visum.

nothing new under the sun

Nihil novi sub sole.

More quicky than asparagus are cooked.

Celerius quam asparagi concantur.

to pay on the Greek Kalends (i.e., never)

ad Kalendas Graecas solvere

The belly does not listen to orders

Venter praecepta non audit.

I do not live that I may eat, but I eat that I may live.

Non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo.

an abundance and plenty of all things

omnium rerum abundantia et copia

I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts.

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.

He himself said it. (i.e., the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras)

Ipse dixit.

no more beyond

ne plus ultra

not sound of mind

non compos mentis

from the former

a priori

(See to it that you) do it which you are to do (i.e., One should stick to one's purpose)

Quod agas, id agas.

northern dawn (lights)

aurora borealis

A water drop hollows a stone

Gutta cavat lapidem.

to be rather than to seem

esse quam videri

without day (i.e., no appointed date)

sine die

under penalty

sub poena

for the time being

pro tempore (pro tem.)

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

Nimia familiaritas contemptum parit.

Vanity of vanities, and all things are vanity.

Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.

O how great inanity there is in things!

O quantum est in rebus inane!