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.status quo ante
The previous position.
Commonly used in international dealings to indicate that nothing is to be changed, or that there is to be a return to an earlier state of affairs. status quo ante bellum
The previous position before the war.
Commonly used in international dealings to indicate that there is to be a return to an earlier state of affairs that existed before a war. stet processus
Let the process stand.
A court order suspending further action. stet; st.
Let it stand.
Used in proofreading to indicate that something queried or removed from the text should be retained. Stillicidi casus lapidem cavat.
Dripping moisture hollows out a stone.
Also translated as: "Slow and steady does it." stratum (singular); strata (plural)
Layer; layers.
stratum super stratum
Layer upon layer.
strenua inertia
Energetic idleness; masterly inactivity -Horace
Strepit anser inter olores.
Between swans, the goose cackles.
Motto of King Otto IV of Brunswick, Germany (1198-1215). Studiis et rebus honestis.
Through studies and upright affairs.
Motto of the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. Studio optimae doctrinae et saluti sanitatis.
[Dedicated] to the pursuit of educational excellence and the preservation of health.
Motto of Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA. Sua cuique voluptas.
Everyone has his own pleasures.
Also: "To each his own." A related expression is Sua cuique sunt vitia, "Everyone has his own vices." Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem.
It is pleasant when safe on the land to watch the great struggle of another out on a swelling sea, amid winds churning the deep. -Lucretius
sub poena, sub pena
Under punishment or penalty.
A sub poena is a court order requiring a person to appear in court, usually unwillingly, on pain of punishment if he/she does not do so. Usually a sub poena is ordered so someone can give evidence or "bear witness" for a specified legal trial. sub rosa
Under the rose.
Secretly, confidentially, privately.
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