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unusual facts about Latin phrase



Et in Arcadia ego

"Et in Arcadia ego" is a Latin phrase that most famously appears as the title of two paintings by Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665).

Furor Teutonicus

Furor Teutonicus ("Teutonic Fury") is a Latin phrase referring to the proverbial ferocity of the Teutones, or more generally the Germanic tribes of the Roman Empire period.

Golden Bed

The foot of the bed is inscribed with the latin phrase 'VITA NOVA' ('New Life'), with the posts of the bed inscribed 'WILLIAM BURGES ME FIERI FECIT' ('William Burges Made Me') on the right, and 'ANNO DOMINI MDCCCLXXIX' ('In the Year of Our Lord 1879') on the left.


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11059 Nulliusinverba

Nullius in verba is a Latin phrase that can be translated as "take nobody's word for it"; it is the motto of the Royal Society of London.

Adam's apple

Linguist Alexander Gode claimed that the Latin phrase to designate the laryngeal protuberance was very probably translated incorrectly from the beginning.

Bonum

De mortuis nil nisi bonum is a Latin phrase thar indicates that it is socially inappropriate to say anything negative about a deceased person.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum

: In Act 1, in an effort at light metaphor, the bourgeois character Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev, misquotes the Latin phrase Nil nisi bonum and conflates it with the maxim De gustibus non est disputandum (“About taste there is no disputing”), which results in the mixed mortuary opinion: De gustibus aut bene, aut nihil (“Let nothing be said of taste, but what is good”).

Dominus vobiscum

Dominus vobiscum, a Latin phrase meaning "The Lord be with you", is an ancient salutation and blessing traditionally used by the clergy in the Roman Catholic Mass, as well as in the liturgies of other Western Christian denominations.

Dulcie and Decorum

The title is a play on the first words of Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, the Latin phrase meaning "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."

For God and Country

Pro aris et focis, a Latin phrase meaning "for God and country" (literally, "for our altars and our hearths")

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

The intended answer had been "Out of Many, One" which is a translation of the Latin phrase E pluribus unum, which is not actually the current United States motto.

Lord Asriel

Her name is possibly a variant of Stella Maria, a pseudo-Latin phrase that approximates "star of the sea" (see also Stella Maris).

ResPublica

ResPublica (from the Latin phrase, res publica meaning 'public thing') is a British independent public policy think tank, founded in 2009 by Phillip Blond.

Roger Joseph Foys

The coat of arms was designed by A.W.C. Phelps, Cleveland, Ohio, in consultation with the Most Reverend Roger Joseph Foys, D.D. Below the shield is the Latin phrase Luceat Lux Vestra, Latin for Let your light shine (Matthew 5: 16).

Seal of Massachusetts

For the first time the Latin phrase appeared on a state seal and meant that the colony no longer recognized the authority of the Royal Governor General Thomas Gage.

To Each His Own

Jedem das Seine, a German translation of Suum cuique, the Latin phrase meaning to each his own

Touch me not

The biblical Latin phrase Noli me tangere which appears in John 20:17 is translated as "Touch me not".

Viva voce

Viva voce is a Latin phrase literally meaning "with living voice," but most often translated as "by word of mouth."

Walter Russell Mead

Via media is a Latin phrase meaning "the middle road" and is a philosophical maxim for life which advocates moderation in all thoughts and actions.