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Meaning "To Rome and the World". A standard opening of Roman proclamations. Also a traditional blessing by the pope. urbs in horto: city in a garden: Motto of the City of Chicago. usque ad finem: to the very end: Often used in reference to battle, implying a willingness to keep fighting until you die. usus est magister optimus: practice is the ...
ad quod damnum: to whatever damage: i.e., "according to the harm" or "in proportion to the harm". The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages inflicted, implying that a remedy (if one exists) ought to correspond specifically and only to the damage suffered. cf. damnum absque iniuria. ad referendum (ad ref) to reference
An ad eundem degree (derived from ad eundem gradum, "to the same step or degree") is a courtesy degree awarded by a university or college to an alumnus of another. Rather than an honorary degree , it is a recognition of the formal learning for which the degree was earned at another college.
sub finem: toward the end: Used in citations to refer to the end of a book, page, etc., and abbreviated 's.f.' Used after the page number or title. E.g., 'p. 20 s.f. ' sub Iove frigido: under cold Jupiter: At night; from Horace's Odes 1.1:25: sub judice: under a judge: Said of a case that cannot be publicly discussed until it is finished. Also ...
With the meaning "speak of the wolf, and he will come"; from Terence's play Adelphoe. lupus non mordet lupum: a wolf does not bite a wolf: lupus non timet canem latrantem: a wolf is not afraid of a barking dog: lux aeterna: eternal light: epitaph lux et lex: light and law: Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College and the University of North ...
respice finem: look back at the end: i.e., "have regard for the end" or "consider the end"; part of the dactylic hexameter quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem (whatever you do, do it wisely and consider the end) from Gesta Romanorum. Generally a memento mori, a warning to remember one's death.
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Motto: Fidelis Ad Finem [73] (Faithful to the end) Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire Escutcheon: Crest: Supporters: Motto: Sic itur ad astra a tous venaunts (Thus the way to the stars for all comers) Magdalen College School, Oxford, granted 1574 to Magdalen College, Oxford and also used by the school