Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group S(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.Sola bona, quae honesta.
Only good deeds are honorable.
Motto of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian (1314-1347). Soli Deo gloria.
Glory to God alone.
Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines for everyone.
Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.
They come to see, they come that they themselves be seen.
Also, "They wish as much to be seen as to see." A statement made by Ovid in his Ars Amatoria, making it apparent that people have not changed much since Roman times. Spes nostra.
Our hope.
Motto of Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA. Spes unica.
A single hope.
Motto of Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. sphragistics
A seal (not the animal).
This refers to a branch of philology and paleography dealing with the study of seals. A knowledge of ecclesiastical, political, or private seals is of great value in dating or otherwise determining the significance of an ancient document. Spiritus intus alit.
The spirit nourishes from within.
Motto of Clifton College, U.K. Spolia opima.
The choicest spoils.
This phrase is from Livy to indicate the booty personally taken by a victorious general who has slain the commanding general of an enemy army. sponte sua
Of one's own accord.
Usually presented as sua sponte. S.P.Q.R.; Senatus Populusque Romanus
The Roman Senate and People.
It is often seen on Roman military standards (flags). Stans pede in uno.
Standing on one foot.
From Satires by Horace. It also means, "effortlessly" and is the equivalent to the English expression "I can do that standing on one foot." statim; stat.
Immediately.
A medical direction in a prescription. status
Condition or state.
This English derived word that comes directly from Latin is status and it is used in a variety of Latin expressions: statu quo, "as things were before"; status quo, "the state in which anything is (or was)"; status quo ante bellum, "the condition (or military boundaries) that existed before the war"; and status quo ante (a shortened version of the previous phrase, with the same meaning. status quo
The present position.
"The existing state of affairs as it has been and is" which indicates the idea of preserving something without change, just the way it is now; leave things the way they are.
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