Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A common name or motto, in whole or part, among many publications ad astra per aspera: to the stars through difficulties: i.e., "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. Used as a motto by the State of Kansas and other organisations ad augusta per angusta: through difficulties ...
List of Latin phrases (P) This page lists English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before the rise of ancient Rome . This list covers the letter P.
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages: List of Latin phrases (A) List of Latin phrases (B) List of Latin phrases (C)
Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New Zealand. sapientia et virtus: wisdom and virtue: Motto of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. sapientia ianua vitae: wisdom is the gateway to life: Motto of the Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Bebington, England. sapientia melior auro: wisdom is better than gold
much in little. Conciseness. The term "mipmap" is formed using the phrase's abbreviation "MIP"; motto of Rutland, a county in central England. Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words. mundus senescit. the world grows old. mundus vult decipi. the world wants to be deceived.
Motto of the University of St Andrews (founded 1410), the Edinburgh Academy (founded 1824), and Boston College (founded 1863). The source is the sixth book of Homer's Iliad, (Iliad 6. 208) in a speech Glaucus delivers to Diomedes: "Hippolocus begat me. I claim to be his son, and he sent me to Troy with strict instructions: Ever to excel, to do ...
Motto of Hollins University and Keswick School, derived from Psalm 121 (Levavi oculos meos in montes). lex artis: law of the skill: The rules that regulate a professional duty. lex dei vitae lampas: the law of God is the lamp of life: Motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne: Lex dilationes abhorret: The law abhors delay: lex est ...
Every dog has his day [a] Every Jack has his Jill [a] Every little bit helps [a] Every man for himself ( and the Devil take the hindmost) [a] Every man has his price [a] Every picture tells a story [a] Every stick has two ends [a] Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die [a] Everyone has their price.