"the opinion of the multitude. One work by the Medieval philosopher Peter Abelard is entitled ""Scito te ipsum"" (“know yourself”) or ""Ethica"". From 1539 onwards the phrase ""nosce te ipsum"" and its Latin variants were often used in the anonymous texts written for anatomical fugitive sheets printed in Venice as well as for later anatomical atlases printed throughout Europe. The 1530s fugitive sheets are the first instances in which the phrase was applied to knowledge of the human body attained through dissection. In 1651 Thomas Hobbes used the term ""nosce teipsum"" which he translated as 'read thyself' in his famous"
"Bellum se ipsum alet The Latin phrase bellum se ipsum alet () or bellum se ipsum alit (, ), and its German rendering ""Der Krieg ernährt den Krieg"" describe the military strategy of feeding and funding armies primarily with the resources of occupied territories. The phrase, coined by Ancient Roman statesman Cato the Elder, is primarily associated with the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The phrase ""bellum se ipsum alit"" was first mentioned in ""Ab urbe condita libri"" XXXIV,9,12, written by Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy) (59 BC-17 AD), who attributed it to Cato Marcus Porcius (""the Elder"", 234–149 BC), a"
"(2003). The transgender character Nomi in the Netflix show Sense8, again directed by The Wachowskis, has a tattoo on her arm with the Greek version of this phrase. ""Know Thyself"" is the motto of Hamilton College, of Lyceum International School (Nugegoda, Sri Lanka) and of İpek University (Ankara, Turkey). ""Nosce te ipsum"" is also the motto for the Scottish clan Thompson. It is featured on the family crest or coat of arms. Know thyself The Ancient Greek aphorism ""know thyself"" (Greek: , transliterated: '; also ' with the ε contracted), is one of the Delphic maxims and was inscribed in"
"badges of law enforcement officers in the United States. ""Nemo me impune lacessit"" is the motto of Dartmouth College's independent conservative newspaper, ""The Dartmouth Review"". This phrase is also one of several intimidating phrases (all in Latin) that are spoken by opponents in the mobile game ""Blood and Glory"", published by Glu, which involves gladiator combat. Nemo me impune lacessit Nemo me impune lacessit was the Latin motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland from at least the reign of James VI when it appeared on the reverse side of merk coins minted in 1578 and 1580. It is"
"Suum cuique """" ( ), or ""Unicuique suum"", is a Latin phrase often translated as ""to each his own"" or ""may all get their due"". It has been significant in the history of philosophy and as a motto. The Latin phrase relates to an old Greek principle of justice which translates literally into English as ""to each his own"". Plato, in ""Republic"", offers the provisional definition that ""justice is when everyone minds his own business, and refrains from meddling in others' affairs"" (Greek: ""...τὸ τὰ αὑτοῦ πράττειν καὶ μὴ πολυπραγμονεῖν δικαιοσύνη ἐστί..."", 4.433a). Everyone should do according to his abilities"
"Nemo me impune lacessit Nemo me impune lacessit was the Latin motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland from at least the reign of James VI when it appeared on the reverse side of merk coins minted in 1578 and 1580. It is the adopted motto of the Order of the Thistle and of three Scottish regiments of the British Army. The motto also appears, in conjunction with the collar of the Order of the Thistle, in later versions of the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Scotland and subsequently in the version of the Royal coat"
"from Latin and is literally translated ""the thing itself speaks"", but the sense is well conveyed in the more common translation, ""the thing speaks for itself."" The earliest known use of the phrase was by Cicero in his defence speech ""Pro Milone"". The circumstances of the genesis of the phrase and application by Cicero in Roman legal trials has led to questions whether it reflects on the quality of ""res ipsa loquitur"" as a legal doctrine subsequent to 52 BC, some 1915 years before the English case ""Byrne v Boadle"" and the question whether Charles Edward Pollock might have taken"
"Ego Dominus Tuus Ego Dominus Tuus, Latin for ""I am your lord,"" sometimes translated as ""I am your master"" is a poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. It was published in the 1918 book ""Per Amica Silentia Lunae"", where it introduced some of Yeats's essays, and collected with other poems in ""The Wild Swans at Coole"" (1919). The title is taken from Dante's ""La Vita Nuova"": the words ""ego dominus tuus"" are spoken to Dante in a dream by the personification of Love. The two characters of the poem, ""Hic"" and ""Ille"", are Latin words meaning ""this man"""
"Ipso facto brought about by a previous action. It is a term of art used in philosophy, law, and science. An example in law is money laundering: the act is not illegal because it is an exchange but is done as a cover for something else, so the act puts the actions of an individual in question. A common English idiom with a similar meaning is ""in and of itself"". Compare also ""by itself"" and ""per se"". Aside from its technical uses, it occurs frequently in literature, particularly in scholarly addenda: e.g., ""Faustus had signed his life away, and was,"
"the dishonour, of extensive massacres of surrendered victims, and the frequent execution of harsh plunders. The phrase bellum se ipsum alet—the war feeds itself—was coined by Cato during this period. His proceedings in Hispania were not discrepant with the received idea of the fine old Roman soldier or with his own firm and over-assertive temper. He claimed to have destroyed more towns in Hispania than he had spent days in that country. After he reduced the area between the River Iberus and the Pyrenees to a resentful and, as it turned out, temporary obedience, Cato turned his attention to administrative"
"tribunal. Ipso facto brought about by a previous action. It is a term of art used in philosophy, law, and science. An example in law is money laundering: the act is not illegal because it is an exchange but is done as a cover for something else, so the act puts the actions of an individual in question. A common English idiom with a similar meaning is ""in and of itself"". Compare also ""by itself"" and ""per se"". Aside from its technical uses, it occurs frequently in literature, particularly in scholarly addenda: e.g., ""Faustus had signed his life away, and"
"and capabilities, to serve the country and the society as a whole. Also, everyone should receive ""his own"" (e.g., rights) and not be deprived of ""his own"" (e.g., property) (433e). The Roman author, orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) popularised the Latin phrase: The phrase appears near the beginning of Justinian's ""Institutiones"": ""iuris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere, alterum non laedere"", suum cuique tribuere. (Inst. 1,1,3-4). (Translated into English: ""the precepts of law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, [and] to give to each his own"".) ""Suum cuique"" serves as the motto"
"a contracted form of ""ecce eum"". This is the origin of Old French ' (*""ecce ille""), ' (*""ecce iste"") and ' (*""ecce hic""); Italian ' (*""eccum istum""), ' (*""eccum illum"") and (now mainly Tuscan) ' (*""eccum tibi istum""), as well as ' (*""eccu hic""), ' (*""eccum hac""); Spanish ' and Portuguese ' (*""eccum ille""); Spanish ' and Portuguese ' (*""eccum hac""); Spanish ' and Portuguese ' (*""eccum hic""); Portuguese ' (*""eccum illac"") and ' (*""eccum inde""); Romanian ' (*""ecce iste"") and """" (*""ecce ille""), and many other forms. On the other hand, even in the Oaths of Strasbourg, no demonstrative"
"in many formats and in several countries from 1531 onwards. There it figures as Emblem 173 and is accompanied by a poem in Latin. The device's title is ""Iusta ultio"", which may be translated as 'just revenge' or what is now understood by the English phrase 'poetic justice'. This was further emphasised in the French translation of 1536, where the French proverb ""Les preneurs sont prins"" (the hunters are caught in their own wiles) is punned upon in an accompanying poem by Jean Lefevre. There were also German translations from 1536 onwards. The 1615 Spanish edition with commentary, ""Declaracion magistral"
"Sui iuris Sui iuris, also spelled as sui juris ( or ), is a Latin phrase that literally means ""of one's own right"". It is used in both civil law and canon law by the Catholic Church. The term church ""sui iuris"" is used in the Catholic Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches (CCEO) to denote the autonomous churches in Catholic communion: A church ""sui iuris"" is ""a community of the Christian faithful, which is joined together by a hierarchy according to the norm of law and which is expressly or tacitly recognized as sui iuris by the supreme"
"Nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de commodis eius agitur ""Nasciturus pro iam nato habetur, quotiens de commodis eius agitur"" is a Latin legal maxim that refers to a law that grants or protects the right of a foetus to inherit property. The maxim translates to: ""The unborn is deemed to have been born to the extent that his own benefits are concerned"". ""Nasciturus"" literally translates to ""one who is to be born"" and refers to a conceived foetus, i. e., a living child who has not yet been born. Pursuant to this legal principle, the foetus is presumed to"
"A solis ortu usque ad occasum A solis ortu usque ad occasum is a heraldic motto roughly meaning """"From sunrise to sunset"""" in Latin. Inspired by the Biblical passage of , it can be interpreted as the sentiment of the monarch's dominion over lands across the world, similar to how the British and Spanish Empires are/were called the ""empire[s] on which the sun never sets"". Most often cited in the coat of arms of many former Kings of Spain above the crest, it is distinctive in its placement above the crest similar to the Scottish style in slogans versus placement"
"In hoc signo vinces ""In hoc signo vinces"" (; ) is a Latin phrase meaning ""In this sign you will conquer"", often also rendered in early modern English as ""In this sign thou shalt conquer"". It is a translation, or rendering, of the Greek phrase """", transliterated as """"en toútōi níka"""" (, ), literally meaning ""in this, conquer"". Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was an early Christian author (c. 240 – c. 320) who became an advisor to the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine I (and tutor to his son), guiding the Emperor's religious policy as it developed during his reign."
"Ad libitum Ad libitum () is Latin for ""at one's pleasure"" or ""as you desire""; it is often shortened to ""ad lib"" (as an adjective or adverb) or ""ad-lib"" (as a verb or noun). The roughly synonymous phrase ""a bene placito"" (""in accordance with [one's] good pleasure"") is less common but, in its Italian form ""a piacere"", entered the musical ""lingua franca"" (see below). The phrase ""at liberty"" is often associated mnemonically (because of the alliteration of the ""lib-"" syllable), although it is not the translation (there is no cognation between ""libitum"" and ""liber""). Libido is the etymologically closer cognate"
"""animus in consulendo liber"" was engraved on the Magistrate's seat. The motto is displayed on the wall of the main Council Room at NATO headquarters in Brussels, behind the chairman's seat (with the New Latin letter U instead of V used in Classical Latin). The motto's original context by Sallust, who cites Cato the Younger's address to the Roman Senate, is: ""But there were other qualities which made them [our forefathers] great, which we do not possess at all: efficiency at home, a just rule abroad, in counsel an independent spirit free from guilt or passion"" (Latin: ""Sed alia fuere,"
"Lorem ipsum In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is a placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the visual form of a document without relying on meaningful content (also called greeking). Replacing the actual content with placeholder text allows designers to design the form of the content before the content itself has been produced. The lorem ipsum text is typically a scrambled section of ""De finibus bonorum et malorum"", a 1st-century BC Latin text by Cicero, with words altered, added, and removed to make it nonsensical, improper Latin. Usually it is dummy text to replace a desktop template, which we"
"Ego eimi ""ego eimi"" ( ) ""I am"", ""I exist"", is the first person singular present tense of the verb ""to be"" in ancient Greek. The use of this phrase in some of the uses found in the Gospel of John is given theological significance by many Christians. When used as a copula, with a predicate, ""I am X"", then usage is equivalent to English. When used alone, without a predicate, ""I am"", ""he is"", ""they are"", typically mean ""I exist"" etc. This is so unless there is an implied predicate in immediate context. Use without a predicate in Hellenistic"
"In ictu oculi The phrase in ictu oculi is a Latin expression meaning ""in the blink of an eye"". One source is from the Bible, in 1 Corinthians 15:52: """"In momento, in ictu oculi, in novissima tuba:"""", translated in the KJV as ""In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:"" where the Latin is itself a translation of the original Koine Greek phrase (""en rhipēi ophthalmou""). The phrase was used by Henry of Huntingdon on the rapid submission to the coronation of Stephen of England in 1135: ""Sine mora, sine labore, quasi in ictu oculi."""
"Ipse dixit Ipse dixit (Latin for ""he said it himself"") is an assertion without proof; or a dogmatic expression of opinion. The fallacy of defending a proposition by baldly asserting that it is ""just how it is"" distorts the argument by opting out of it entirely: the claimant declares an issue to be intrinsic, and not changeable. The Latin form of the expression comes from the Roman orator and philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) in his theological studies ""De Natura Deorum"" (""On the Nature of the Gods"") and is his translation of the Greek expression (with the identical meaning)"
"In situ In situ (; often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to ""on site"" or ""in position."" It can mean ""locally,"" ""on site,"" ""on the premises,"" or ""in place"" to describe an event where it takes place, and is used in many different contexts. For example, in fields such as physics, chemistry, or biology, ""in situ"" may describe the way a measurement is taken, that is, in the same place the phenomenon is occurring without isolating it from other systems or altering the original conditions of the test. In the aerospace industry, equipment on-board"
"Thistle is ""Nemo me impune lacessit"", Latin for ""Nobody shall provoke/injure me with impunity"". The origin of the motto reflects the feudal clan system of ancient Scotland, particularly the Highlands. The goal of some legal systems is limited to ""just"" revenge—in the fashion of the contrapasso punishments awaiting those consigned to Dante's ""Inferno"", some have attempted to turn the crime against the criminal, in clever and often gruesome ways. The popular expression ""revenge is a dish best served cold"" suggests that revenge is more satisfying if enacted when unexpected or long feared, inverting traditional civilized revulsion toward ""cold-blooded"" violence. The"
"it is the nominative of the first person singular personal pronoun and is translated as ""I myself"" to express emphasis—it is a translation of Freud's German term ""Das Ich"", which in English would be ""the I"". 'In Cicero's ""De Senectute""...old age acquires a meaning identified with the achievement of total self-possession, ego-integrity, and wisdom...Erikson's own psychology, on its normative side, is finally only a restatement of Stoic ideals'. In his late haiku, 'we see Issa the old man—hundreds of years, thousands of years old, the Old Man of Edward Lear. That is our fate too. We have to die, to"
"Physician, heal thyself Physician, heal thyself ( — ""Iatre, therapeuson seauton""), sometimes quoted in the Latin form ""Medice, cura te ipsum"", is a proverb used in literary Classical texts from at least the 6th century BCE. The Greek dramatist Aeschylus refers to it in his ""Prometheus Bound"", where the chorus comments to the suffering Prometheus, ""like an unskilled doctor, fallen ill, you lose heart and cannot discover by which remedies to cure your own disease."" The moral of the proverb in general, containing within itself also a criticism of hypocrisy, is to attend to one's own defects before those in"
"quae illos magnos fecere, quae nobis nulla sunt: domi industria, foris iustum imperium, animus in consulendo liber, neque delicto neque lubidini obnoxius""). Animus in consulendo liber Animus in consulendo liber (Latin: ""A mind unfettered in deliberation"") is the official motto of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), originating from ""The Conspiracy of Catiline"" (52, 21) by Roman historian Sallust where it was translated by Charles Anthon as ""a mind unfettered in deliberation"". The motto was chosen by the Dean of the NATO Council André de Staercke to reflect the spirit of consultation envisioned by the then-Secretary General of NATO Paul-Henri"
"vitae et sententiae eorum qui in philosophia probati fuerunt"" (1433), and so popularized ""De mortuis nihil nisi bonum"", the Latin aphorism advising respect for the dead. After the thwarting of his gun-running operation, meant to alter the course of British politics, the villain, Professor Ormsby, challenges the hero, Commander Stevenson, with the phrase ""De mortuis nil nisi bonum"", to imply that he, Prof. Ormsby, would kill himself, for which reason Commander Stevenson would cancel the news-media campaign with which he had planned to publicly discredit Ormsby as a traitor. To the implicit, honour-saving offer, Stevenson replies, “Certainly, I am concerned"
"Motu proprio In law, motu proprio (Latin for: ""on his own impulse"") describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use the term ""sua sponte"" for the same concept. In Catholic canon law, it refers to a document issued by the Pope on his own initiative and personally signed by him. Such a document may be addressed to the whole Church, to part of it, or to some individuals. A document issued ""motu proprio"" has its legal effect even if the reasons given for its issuance are found to be false or fraudulent, a"
"repair a vehicle at the place where it has a breakdown. In situ In situ (; often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to ""on site"" or ""in position."" It can mean ""locally,"" ""on site,"" ""on the premises,"" or ""in place"" to describe an event where it takes place, and is used in many different contexts. For example, in fields such as physics, chemistry, or biology, ""in situ"" may describe the way a measurement is taken, that is, in the same place the phenomenon is occurring without isolating it from other systems or altering the"
"Ecce homo Ecce homo (""behold the man"", , ) are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The original Greek is ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος (""idou ho anthropos""), and the Douay-Rheims Bible translates the phrase into English as ""Behold the Man"". The scene has been widely depicted in Christian art. A scene of the ""Ecce Homo"" is a standard component of cycles illustrating the ""Passion"" and ""Life of Christ"" in art. It follows the ""Flagellation"