University and College Mottos

Question 1

Give the Latin and English motto for Amherst College

Answer 1

terras irradient - let them illuminate the earth

Question 2

Give the Latin and English motto for Baylor University

Answer 2

Pro ecclesia, pro Texana - for the church, for Texas

Question 3

Give the Latin and English motto for Brookyln College

Answer 3

Nil sine magno labore - Nothing without great work

Question 4

Give the Latin and English motto for Brown University

Answer 4

In Deo speramus - In God we trust

Question 5

Give the Latin and English motto for Catholic University of America

Answer 5

Deus lux Mea - God is my light

Question 6

Give the Latin and English motto for City College of NY

Answer 6

Respice, adspice, prospice - Look back, look to the present, look to the future

Question 7

Give the Latin and English motto for Columbia University

Answer 7

In lumine tuo videbimus lumen - In thy light, we shall see light

Question 8

Give the Latin and English motto for Dartmouth College

Answer 8

Vox clamantis in deserto - A voice of one crying in the wilderness

Question 9

Give the Latin and English motto for Fordham University

Answer 9

Sapientia et doctrina - Wisdom and knowledge

Question 10

Give the Latin and English motto for George Washington University

Answer 10

Deus nobis fiducia - God is our trust

Question 11

Give the Latin and English motto for Havard University

Answer 11

Veritas - truth

Question 12

Give the Latin and English motto for Hunter College

Answer 12

Mihi cura futuri - My anxiety is for the future

Question 13

Give the Latin and English motto for Indiana University Bloomington

Answer 13

Lux et veritas - light and truth

Question 14

Give the Latin and English motto for John Hopkins University

Answer 14

Veritas vos liberabit - Truth will free you

Question 15

Give the Latin and English motto for Miami University of Ohio

Answer 15

Prodesse quam conspici - To the productive, rather than to be ornamental

Question 16

Give the Latin and English motto for New York University

Answer 16

Perstare et praestare - To preserve and surpass

Question 17

Give the Latin and English motto for Northwestern University

Answer 17

quaecum sunt vera - whatever is true

Question 18

Give the Latin and English motto for Notre Dame University

Answer 18

crux spes unica - the cross is the only hope

Question 19

Give the Latin and English motto for Oxford University

Answer 19

Dominus illuminatio mea - the lord is my light

Question 20

Give the Latin and English motto for Princeton University

Answer 20

Dei sub numine viget - It flourishes under the will of God

Question 21

Give the Latin and English motto for The Jesuit

Answer 21

ad maiorem dei gloriam - For the greater glory of God

Question 22

Give the Latin and English motto for Trinity College

Answer 22

Pro ecclesia et patria - for church and country

Question 23

Give the Latin and English motto for Tulane University

Answer 23

Non sibi, sed suis - Not for herself, but for her own

Question 24

Give the Latin and English motto for Tufts University

Answer 24

Pax et Lux - Peace and Light

Question 25

Give the Latin and English motto for Univ. Florida

Answer 25

Civium in moribus rei publiae salus - In the character of its citizens lies the welfare of the state

Question 26

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Chicago

Answer 26

crescat scientia, vita excolatur - Let knowledge increase, let life be perfected

Question 27

Give the Latin and English motto for University of California

Answer 27

fiat lux - let there be light

Question 28

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Georgia

Answer 28

Et docere et rerum exquirere causas - both to teach and to inquire into the causes of things

Question 29

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Michigan

Answer 29

Artes, scientia, veritas - the arts, knowledge, thruth

Question 30

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Mississippi

Answer 30

Virtute et armis - by valor and arms

Question 31

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Missouri

Answer 31

Salus populi - the welfare of the people

Question 32

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Nebraska

Answer 32

Litteris dedicata et omnibus artibus - dedicated to letters and all the arts

Question 33

Give the Latin and English motto for University of New Mexico

Answer 33

Lux hominum vita - light of the life of men

Question 34

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Oklahoma

Answer 34

Civi et rei publicae - for the citizen and the state

Question 35

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Oregon

Answer 35

Mens agitat molem - mind moves the mass

Question 36

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Pennsylvania

Answer 36

Leges sine moribus vanae - laws without morals are useless

Question 37

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Texas

Answer 37

disciplina praesidium civitatis - instruction is the safeguard of the state

Question 38

Give the Latin and English motto for University of the South(Sewanee)

Answer 38

Ecce quam bonam - behold how good

Question 39

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Vermont

Answer 39

Studiis et rebus honestis - by honorable pursuits and deeds

Question 40

Give the Latin and English motto for University of Washington

Answer 40

Lux sit - let there be light

Question 41

Give the Latin and English motto for Wake Forest Univesity

Answer 41

Pro Humanitate - for humanity

Question 42

Give the Latin and English motto for Washington University

Answer 42

per virtutem vis - strength through virtue

Question 43

Give the Latin and English motto for Yale University

Answer 43

Lux et veritas - light and truth