Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A(classical-language maxims, slogans, adages, proverbs, and words of wisdom that can still capture our modern imagination)Expressions of general truths: Latin to English maxims, proverbs, and mottoesAll entries are from Latin unless otherwise indicated.anno Hegirae; A.H.
In the year of the Hegira.
Year of the Moslem calendar, dating from the flight of Mohammed from Mecca in 622 A.D. to Medina. Anno humanae salutis; A.H.S.
In the year of man's redemption.
Equivalent to anno Domini. Anno lucis.
In the year of light, computed by adding 4 000 years to A.D. [anno Domini].
Used by Freemasonary. anno mundi
In the year of the world.
The Irish theologian, Ussher, in the mid-seventeenth century computed the date of creation as 4004 B.C therefore, the year A.D. 2000 corresponds to 5761 A.M. or 6004 A.M., depending on whose date of creation one might prefer. Anno post Romam conditam; A.P.R.C.
In the year after the founding of Rome.
The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 753 B.C. Equivalent to A.U.C. anno urbis conditae; A.U.C., Ab urbe condita
From the founding of the city [Rome].
The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 753 B.C. Annuit coeptis.
He [God] has favored our undertakings.
This motto, adapted from Vergil's Aeneid, IX, 625, in which Ascanius prays to Jupiter for help in slaying an enemy, appears on the Great Seal of the United States. The words at the bottom of the seal, Novus ordo seclorum mean, "The new order of the ages." annus mirabilis (s); anni mirabiles (pl)
Year of wonders; a remarkable year.
Great achievements or disasters, or the like; the London fire of 1666 and the plague in the same year are examples of such a year. This phrase is also used to indicate a year in which figures of great importance were born, especially when that year produced important people in great numbers. Pronunciations for annus mirabilis are AN nuhs mee RAHB buh luhs and AN nuhs mi RAHB buh liss. It appears that there are many who do not understand the meaning of annus mirabilis in the context of "an extraordinary year" or a "remarkable year" which covers disasters; as well as, positive happenings. If this is true, then do we need annus horribilis for greater clarification? It was, in another context, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland who got it right: 1992 was supposed to be the European Community's annum mirabilis brought about by the Maastricht treaty and ending in the single market. Instead, it has been an annus horribilis (a dreadful, or horrible, year) with one faux pas after another, and with the cause of European unity looking like an increasingly elusive grail as the year progressed. The plural form is anni horribiles, "dreadful years", or "horrible years". ante bellum, antebellum
Before the war.
Specifically, in the United States, before the "Civil War" or before "The War between the States". ante Christum; A.C.
Before Christ.
ante Christum natum; A.Ch.N.
Before Christ's birth.
ante cibos (plural of ante cibum)
Before meals and is usually abbreviated as a.c. in prescriptions, etc.
ante cibum (s), ante cibos (pl)
Before a meal; usually, abbreviated a.c. in medical prescriptions, etc.
ante cibum; a.c.
Before food.
A direction on prescriptions indicating that medicine should be taken before meals. ante diem, a.d.
Before the day.
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