Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group E(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.Ecce quam bonum.
Behold how good.
Motto of The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, USA. Ecclesiae et litteris.
For the church and literature.
Motto of King College, Bristol, Tennessee, USA. Ecclesiae filii.
Sons of the church.
Motto of St. Edmund's School, Canterbury, UK. Editio cum notis variorum.
An edition with the notes of various people.
An edition of a literary text, called a variorum edition, that offers variant readings of the text as well as notes and commentary by scholars. This refers to a compendium edition of an author's work that includes scholarly interpretations, criticism, source materials, variant readings (several versions of Hamlet exist, for example), and other related and pertinent information. Furness' New Variorum Shakespeare series is considered the most distinguished of such treatment. editio princeps
First edition.
Educatio pro omnibus.
Education for all.
Motto of Sampson Technical College, Clinton, North Carolina, USA. Ego spem pretio non emo.
I don't buy hope for a price.
Written to currently mean: "Show me" or "I won't buy a pig in a poke (bag or sack)." Ego sum rex Romanus (imperator Romanorum) et super grannaticam.
I am the king of Rome and above grammar.
Words spoken by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund at the Council of Constance (1414-1418) when a cardinal corrected his Latin. Ego sum via veritas et vita.
I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Motto seen over the entrance to St. Steven's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary. Eheu fugaces labuntur anni.
Alas, the fleeting years glide by.
From Horace's Odes, suggesting that our "days dwindle down to a precious few". eiusdem farinae (or) ejusdem farinae
Of the same flour.
Interpreted as "birds of a feather" and is used to characterize people of the same nature; that is, "cut from the same cloth" (usually in a pejorative sense). emeritus (s), emeriti (pl)
Having served his time.
The origin of this word comes from Roman military tradition with the meaning of "a soldier who has served his time honorably". Modern usage usually refers to a university officer who is rewarded for faithful service with the position, for example, of "professor emeritus". Such a title may allow the person so honored to continue to use the facilities of the institution and to attend ceremonies as an honored member of the academic community. Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros.
Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel.
Motto of the University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA. emporium
Greek > Latin: a trading place, market.
In Roman times, this word had two meanings. It referred to a seaport whose commercial life primarily consisted of maritime trade or it could denote a large building on the waterfront of a port where importers and exporters (businessmen) had their "offices". It's current meaning is "a store, usually a large store, that offers a wide selection of goods; or a marketplace or center of trade". Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam.
By the sword we seek peace but peace only under liberty.
State motto of Massachusetts, USA.; suggesting that military preparedness can ensure peace.
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