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Latin Phrases
Latin - American Phrases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A fortiori | For a stronger reason; all the more |
| A posteriori | inductive; relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts |
| A priori | deductive; relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions; presupposed by experience; being without examination or analysis; presumptive; formed or conceived beforehand. |
| Ad hominem | appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect; marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made. |
| Ad infinitum | without end or limit. |
| Ad nauseam | to a sickening or excessive degree. |
| Camera obscura | a darkened enclosure having an aperture usu. provided with a lens through which light from external objects enters to form an image of the objects on the opposite surface. |
| Carpe diem | the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future. |
| Casus belli | an event or action that justifies or allegedly justifies a war or conflict |
| Caveat | a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices; an explanation to prevent misinterpretation; a legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition has a hearing |
| De facto | in reality; actually. |
| De jure | by right; of right |
| Dictum | a noteworthy statement: as a: a formal pronouncement of a principle, proposition, or opinion b: an observation intended or regarded as authoritative; a judicial opinion on a point other than the precise issue involved in determining a case. |
| Et alii | and others; abbreviated as et al. |
| Et cetera | and others esp. of the same kind: and so forth; abbreviated as etc |
| Ex parte | on or from one side or party only--used of legal proceedings; from a one-sided or partisan point of view. |
| Floruit | a period of flourishing (as of a person or movement). |
| Habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows; the typical place of residence of a person or a group; a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditio |
| In camera | in private: secretly |
| In loco parentis | in the place of a parent. n. regulation or supervision by an administrative body (as at a university) acting in loco parentis. |
| In medias res | in or into the middle of a narrative or plot. |
| Ipse dixit | an assertion made but not proved |
| Ipso facto | by that very fact or act; as an inevitable result |
| Lingua franca | a common language consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, Greek, and Arabic that was formerly spoken in Mediterranean ports; any of various languages used as common or commercial tongues among peoples of diverse speech; something resembling a co |
| Magna cum laude | with great distinction |
| Magnum opus | a great work, esp: the greatest achievement of an artist or writer |
| Memento | something that serves to warn or remind. |
| Memento mori | a reminder of mortality; esp: death's-head |
| Mirabile visu | wonderful to behold. |
| Mirabile dictu | wonderful to relate. |
| Ne plus ultra | the highest point capable of being attained: acme; the most profound degree of a quality or state. |
| Noli me tangere | a warning against touching or interference. |
| Nolo contendere | a plea in a criminal prosecution that without admitting guilt subjects the defendant to conviction but does not preclude denying the truth of the charges in a collateral proceeding. |
| Non sequitur | an inference that does not follow from the premises; specif: a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent; a statement (as a response) that does not follow |
| Nota bene | used to call attention to something important |
| Pax | a period of general stability in international affairs under the influence of a dominant military power--usu. used in combination with a latinized name (Pax Americana, Pax Brittanica, Pax Romana). |
| Per capita | equally to each individual; per unit of population: by or for each person per capita of any state in the union. |
| Per diem | by the day; for each day; adj. based on use or service by the day: daily; paid by the day; n. pl per diems a daily allowance; a daily fee. |
| Persona grata | personally acceptable or welcome. |
| Persona non grata | personally unacceptable or unwelcome |
| Post mortem | occuring or done after death; pertaining to a post-mortem examination; n. a post-mortem examination, esp. an autopsy. |
| Post partum | of or occuring in the period shortly after childbirth. |
| Prima facie | at first view: on the first appearance; adj. true, valid, or sufficient at first impression: apparent ; self-evident; legally sufficient to establish a fact or a case unless disproved . |
| Pro forma | made or carried out in a perfunctory manner or as a formality; provided in advance to prescribe form or describe items . |
| Quod erat demonstrandum | which was to be proved. |
| Rara avis | rarity |
| Res ipsa loquitur | the affair speaks for itself |
| RIP | RIP - [acronym of requiescat in pace] abbreviation, may he rest in peace, may she rest in peace; requiescant in pace = may they rest in peace. |
| Sine die | without any future date being designated (as for resumption): indefinitely |
| Sine qua non | something absolutely indispensable or essential. |
| Sui generis | constituting a class alone: unique, peculiar |
| Summa cum laude | with highest distinction --compare cum laude, magna cum laude. |
| Tabula rasa | the mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions; something existing in its original pristine state. |
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