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  2. List of Latin phrases (M) - Wikipedia

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    literally translated means 'with a strong hand', often quoted as 'by strength of hand' Motto of the Clan McKay manu militari: with a military hand: Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal manu propria (m.p.) with one's own hand: With the implication of "signed by one's hand".

  3. List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes - Wikipedia

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    United States Military Academy (West Point) - Duty, Honor, Country (adopted 1898) [6] United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) - Latin: De Oppresso Liber, lit. 'To Free the Oppressed' [7] Army Medical Department - To Conserve Fighting Strength [8] United States Army Military Police Corps - Assist. Protect. Defend.

  4. List of mottos - Wikipedia

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    Belgian monarchy: French: L'Union Fait La Force (Union makes strength) British monarchy (Plantagenet): French: Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my right / God and my right shall me defend) Dutch monarchy: French: Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain) Greek royal family : Greek: Ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ (People's love, my strength)

  5. List of military unit mottoes by country - Wikipedia

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    2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group: Audacia et fortitudo (Latin for "strength and courage") The Royal Canadian Dragoons: Audax et celer (Latin for "bold and swift") The Royal Canadian Regiment: Pro patria (Latin for "for country") 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group: Allons-y (French for "let's go")

  6. List of national mottos - Wikipedia

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    Previously, one of the possible meanings was: Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Austria's destiny is to rule the world). [citation needed] Azerbaijan: No official motto. Unofficial: The Land of Fire (Azerbaijani: Odlar Yurdu) [citation needed] The national motto of Bolivia, La Unión es la Fuerza (Unity is Strength), is inscribed on ...

  7. Arete - Wikipedia

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    The root of the word is the same as aristos, the word which shows superlative ability and superiority, and aristos was constantly used in the plural to denote the nobility. [5] By the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, arete as applied to men had developed to include quieter virtues, such as dikaiosyne and sophrosyne (self-restraint).

  8. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    word for word and letter by letter: verbi divini minister: servant of the Divine Word: A phrase denoting a priest. Cf. "Verbum Dei" infra. verbi gratia (v. gr. or v. g.) for example: Literally, "for the sake of a word". Verbum Dei: Word of God: See religious text. Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris: The word of the Lord [is] a light for our feet

  9. Virtus - Wikipedia

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    At one time virtus extended to include a wide range of meanings that covered one general ethical ideal. [1] The use of the word grew and shifted to fit evolving ideas of what manliness meant. [2] Once virtus meant primarily that a man was a brave warrior, but it came also to mean that he was a good man, someone who did the right thing. During ...