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sic et non: thus and not: More simply, "yes and no". sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc: we gladly feast on those who would subdue us: Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family. sic infit: so it begins: sic itur ad astra: thus you shall go to the stars: From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases.
Spoken aloud in some British public (paid) schools by pupils to warn each other of impending authority. cave canem: Beware of the dog: Earliest written example is in the Satyricon of Petronius, circa 1st century C.E. caveat emptor: let the buyer beware: The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need.
Sic transit gloria mundi is a Latin phrase that means "thus passes the glory of the world". In idiomatic contexts, the phrase has been used to mean "fame is fleeting". In idiomatic contexts, the phrase has been used to mean "fame is fleeting".
Used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of another person. Correctly placed before the name of the person signing, but often placed before the name of the person on whose behalf the document is signed, sometimes through incorrect translation of the alternative abbreviation per pro. as "for and on behalf of". per quod
Meteoro (P-41): Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit-To boldly go where no man has gone before (Latin) Rayo (P-42): Fulgura iecit et conturbavit eos – And threw to them a thunderbolt (Latin) Atalaya (P-74): Dispositio et provideo – I dispose and provide (Latin) Spanish Navy Marines: Valientes por tierra y por mar - Bravery in land and in the sea
Blessing of animals can be either of the animal or of the human-animal relationship, and can apply to pets and other companion animals, or to agricultural animals and working and other animals which humans depend on or interact with. Blessing of animals, or of the slaughtering process, before slaughter, is a key element of some religions.
Medieval interpretations focused on the diagnostic potential of the bird: if it looks into the face of a sick person, the person will live; if it looks away, the person will die. [2] This is compatible with the idea that the caladrius' look draws the sickness into itself; the bird is then said to fly up to the sun, where the disease is burned ...
The dog was accomplished at finding and instilling fear in the Indians and able to do the work of fifty soldiers. He was fed the same rations as the men and paid a wage. [3] Another story finds the Spanish conquistadors outside the capital of Puerto Rico at the time, Caparra, where a group of Indians had been captured and subdued. While waiting ...