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This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within the categories of verba (common words and expressions), dicta (common phrases and familiar sayings), and abbreviations, this practical and helpful reference guide is a comprehensive compendium of more than 7,000 Latin words, expressions, phrases, and sayings taken from the world of art, music, law, philosophy, theology, medicine and the theatre, as well as witty remarks and sage advice from ancient writers such as Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, and more.
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Verba
Common Words and Expressions
A
a bene placito: at pleasure
a capite ad calcem [from head to heel]: from head to toe (i.e., completely or entirely)
a cuspide corona [from the spear a crown]: honor for military exploits
a datu: from the date
a dextra: on the right
a die: from that day
a fortiori [with greater force]: more conclusively; in logic, an argument made from the lesser to the greater
a latere: from the side
a maximis ad minima: from the greatest to the least
a mensa et toro (or thoro) [from table and bed]: (leg.) from bed and board
a mille passibus [from a thousand passes]: a mile away
a minori ad majus: from the lesser to the greater
a posse ad esse: from possibility to realization or reality
a posteriori [from after]: reasoning from specific instances to general conclusions (i.e., inductive or empirical knowledge)
a primo: from the first
a principio: from the beginning
a priori [from before]: reasoning from premise to logical conclusion (i.e., deductive or presumptive knowledge)
a pueris or a puero: from boyhood
a quo: from which (opposite of ad quem)
a re decedunt: they wander from the point
a sinistra: on the left
a te pro te: from thee for thee
a teneris annis [from tender years]: from childhood or youth
a tergo [in the rear]: behind
a verbis ad verbera: from words to blows
a vinculo matrimonii [from the bonds of marriage]: an absolute divorce
ab: from
ab absurdo: from the absurd
ab aeterno: from the beginning of time
ab asino lanam [wool from an ass]: blood from a stone
ab epistulis [of letters]: secretarial matters
ab extra [from without]: from the outside
ab imo pectore: from the bottom of the heart
ab inconvenienti [from the inconvenience (involved)]: usually designating a law which should not be passed due to certain hardships or inconveniences it would create
ab incunabulis [from the cradle]: from childhood
ab infima ara: from the bottom of the altar
ab initio (ab init.): from the beginning
ab integro: anew
ab intra: from within
ab invito: unwillingly
ab irato [from an angry man]: in a fit of anger (i.e., not to be taken too seriously)
ab omni parte: from every side
ab origine: from the origin or beginning
ab ovo [from the egg]: from the beginning
ab uno ad omnes: from one to all
ab urbe condita (A.U.C.): from the founding of the city (i.e., Rome)
abacus [a square board]: a hand-held calculating table
aberrare a scopo: to miss the mark
abest (pl. absunt): he/she is absent
abiit ad plures or majores (pl. abierunt): he/she has gone to the majority (i.e., is dead) (Petronius)
abnormis sapiens [unconventionally wise]: a natural-born philosopher (Horace)
abscissio infiniti [cutting off the infinite or negative part]: in logic, the process by which the true conclusion is reached by a systematic comparison and rejection of hypotheses
absente reo (abs. re.): (leg.) the defendant being absent
absit invidia [let there be no ill-will]: no offense intended
absit omen: may the omen augur no evil
absolvo: I absolve
absonus: out of tune
absque [but for]: without
absque hoc [without this]: a legal term used in a special traverse or formal denial
absque ulla nota: without any mark
abusus non tollit usum [abuse does not take away use]: (leg.) abuse is no argument against use
abyssus abyssum invocat: deep calls unto deep
Academia: The Academy (i.e., the grove near Athens where Plato taught his disciples)
accedas ad curiam [you may approach the court]: in English law, a common-law writ to remove a case to a higher court
accendere candelam: to light a candle
accentus: part of a church service chanted or sung by the priest and his/her assistant at the altar, distinguished from concentus which is sung by the congregation or choir
accepta [receipts]: credits
accessio initium regni: ascension to the thron...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Richard A. LaFleur
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- References
- Pronunciation Guide
- Latin for the Illiterati
- English–Latin Index