Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group I(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.in aeternum
Forever.
In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides.
You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself.
Petronius (c. 27-66 A.D.) was a Roman courtier, satirist writer, and credited with writing the Satyricon (Tales of Satyrs); a long satirical romance in prose and verse of which only parts of the 15th and 16th books, in a fragmentary state, still survive. in articulo mortis
In the grasp of death or at the moment of death.
A statement made in articulo mortis, "at the point of death", carries special weight; since it is believed that a person about to die has nothing to gain, perhaps much to lose, by lying. In bono vince.
Conquer by good.
Motto of St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, U.K. in camera
In a chamber.
Current meaning is "in private" which is applied especially to a hearing held by a judge in her/his chambers, or in an office, with the public and the press excluded. A judge's chambers [singular] is his/her private office for discussing cases or legal matters not taken up in open court. In Christo fratres.
Brothers in Christ.
Motto of Tonbridge School, U.K. incognitus (masculine); incognita (feminine)
Not known, unknown.
1. With one's name, character and rank, etc., concealed. 2. Status of a person who appears or travels without disclosing his/her true identity. This term is better known in the Italian version, perhaps via French; as, incognito, from the Latin form shown above. In Deo speramus.
We trust in God.
Motto of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. It is also translated as, "In God we trust." in excelsis
In the highest.
in extenso
In full.
An unabridged text is given in extenso or word for word. In fide, justitia, et fortitudine.
In faith, justice, and strength.
Motto of the Order of St. George, Bavaria, Germany. In fide fiducia.
There is trust in faith.
Motto of Leys School, Cambridge, U.K. In fide vestra virtutem in virtute autem scientiam.
[Have] virtue in your faith but knowledge in your virtue.
Motto of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, USA. Infinitus est numerus stultorum.
Infinite is the number of fools.
in flagrante delicto
While the crime is blazing.
A reference to someone who is caught in the very act of committing a crime.
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