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Rara avis is a Latin phrase for 'rare bird'. Rara avis may refer to: Rara Avis, Mississippi, an American ghost town; Rara Avis, an artwork by Ralph Helmick; Rara avis, a 2005 exhibition about Iris Apfel; RARA AVIS, a musical ensemble featuring Ken Vandermark; Rara Avis, a 1985 documentary about Bridget Bate Tichenor
rara avis (rarissima avis) rare bird (very rare bird) An extraordinary or unusual thing. From Juvenal's Satires VI: rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). rari nantes in gurgite vasto: Rare survivors in the immense sea: Virgil, Aeneid, I, 118: ratio decidendi: reasoning for the ...
Rara Avis is a ghost town located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the Alabama state line. Rara Avis was settled in 1850, [1] and the town name translated to Latin means "rare bird". [citation needed] The population was 100 in 1900. [2] A post office was established in 1902. [3]
The Roman satirist Juvenal wrote in AD 82 of rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno ("a rare bird in the lands, and very like a black swan"). [6] He meant something whose rarity would compare with that of a black swan, or in other words, as a black swan was not thought to exist, neither did the supposed characteristics of the "rare bird" with which it was being compared.
The term black swan was a Latin expression: its oldest reference is in the poet Juvenal's expression that "a good person is as rare as a black swan" ("rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno", 6.165). [18]
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
Beyoncé is hitting the road again. Early Feb. 2, the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer officially announced her upcoming “Cowboy Carter Tour” by sharing a video on Instagram. While the album was ...
In English translation, ... A good wife is a rara avis, like a black swan. lines 6.184-199 – Dressing and speaking Greek is not attractive, especially for old women.