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mea culpa: through my fault: Used in Christian prayers and confession to denote the inherently flawed nature of mankind; can also be extended to mea maxima culpa (through my greatest fault). mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat: My hovercraft is full of eels
"and the words, pages, etc. that follow" Used when referring the reader to a passage beginning in a certain place, and continuing, e.g., "p.6 et seqq." means "page 6 and the pages that follow". Use et seqq. or et sequa. if "the following" is plural. et ux. et uxor "and wife" et vir "and husband" dwt. denarius weight "pennyweight" [1]
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
The Sator square is arranged as a 5 × 5 grid consisting of five 5-letter words, thus totaling 25 characters. It uses 8 different Latin letters: 5 consonants (S, T, R, P, N) and 3 vowels (A, E, O). In some versions, the vertical and horizontal lines of the grid are also drawn, but in many cases, there are no such lines.
Lists of Greek and Latin roots in English beginning with other letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z P Root Meaning in English Origin language ...
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples nap-turnip: Latin: nāpus: napiform, neep nar-nostril: Latin: naris: internarial ...
O Lord, guide us: Motto of the City of London, England. Domine salvum fac Regem: O Lord, save the king: Psalm 20, 10. Domine salvam fac Reginam: O Lord, save the queen: After Psalm 20, 10. Dominica in albis [depositis] Sunday in [Setting Aside the] White Garments: Latin name of the Octave of Easter in the Roman Catholic liturgy. Dominus ...
o homines ad servitutem paratos: Men ready to be slaves! attributed (in Tacitus, Annales, III, 65) to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, in disgust at the servile attitude of Roman senators; said of those who should be leaders but instead slavishly follow the lead of others O tempora, o mores! Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! also translated "What times!