LATIN PHRASES USED IN OUR LANGUAGE by

LATIN PHRASES USED IN OUR LANGUAGE by https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie I en-us 2018-03-20 17:15:19 UTC 2023-04-18 06:52:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Mea culpa https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244458907 Mea culpa : The phrase means "my fault" .]]> 2018-03-21 11:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244458907 Curriculum vitae https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459044 This phrase means the biography. It litterally means 'the flow of the life' but we use it metaphorically about the most serious parts of somebody's life, his studies or his experience, hobbies etc.]]> 2018-03-21 11:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459044 Verba volant, scripta manent https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459259 It means that words
just fly
and get forgotten
while writings
stay forever.....
This phrase indicates how important writing is! ]]> 2018-03-21 11:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459259 Dum spiro spero https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459329 It means "as long as Ι breathe Ι hope" or "as long as Ι live Ι hope".]]> 2018-03-21 11:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459329 Alter ego: it is translated as "a second self or different version of oneself" . It was used for the first time by the Roman orator Ciceron. He describes that a real friend is our other self, alter ego. https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459475 2018-03-21 11:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459475 a posteriori = the knowledge that you acquire from experience, after things have happened https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459614 2018-03-21 11:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459614 A priori https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459618 It means "before", when somebody comes to a conclusion before examining something.]]> 2018-03-21 11:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244459618 PATER FAMILIAS https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244461556 it means the father of the

family.

]]> 2018-03-21 11:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244461556 Status quo= https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244461654 Firstly "status quo" it was part of the phrase "in statu quo res erant ante bellum", that is "the situation before the war". Finally only the phrase "status quo" remained for describing the current situation.

]]> 2018-03-21 11:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244461654 DURA LEX, SED LEX https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244463697 It is a hard law but it is the law.Romans respect law very much!
]]> 2018-03-21 11:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244463697 IN VITRO https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244463787 It means that something has not happened in real conditions. The phrase is very popular to students, because it also means that something happens in a lab and not in the nature.]]> 2018-03-21 11:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244463787 De facto https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244463917 Τhis means that something exists in fact. It is medieval latin and not Roman latin]]> 2018-03-21 11:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244463917 Lingua franca https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464659 It is the language that is used by people with different mother tongue. It literally means "french language".
It used to be a language used by the crucaders .]]> 2018-03-21 11:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464659 Mare nostrum https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464704 Romans used this phrase to talk about the Mediterranean sea.]]> 2018-03-21 11:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464704 homo sapiens = wise man https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464738 2018-03-21 11:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464738 Veni, vidi, vici https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464901 This phrase means " I came, I saw and I won'" and we use it for something that it was easy. It was used by Julius Caesar. ]]> 2018-03-21 11:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244464901 casus belli = reason of war https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244465471 2018-03-21 11:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244465471 O tempora o mores! https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244465739 It means Oh times, Oh morals. Ciceron used it.]]> 2018-03-21 11:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244465739 Tabula rasa https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244466091 It means "unwritten board".In ancient Rome they wrote on boards covered with wax. It means that man is born without knowing anything, empty.]]> 2018-03-21 11:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244466091 Carpe die : It means seize the day and it came from the Roman poet Oratio. The phrase was used in the movie "Dead Poets society." https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244469956 2018-03-21 12:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244469956 Sui generis= https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244470259 eccentric,strange,weird]]> 2018-03-21 12:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244470259 roykalamata https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244653661 2018-03-21 17:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/244653661 ex aequo: https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245468319 equality]]> 2018-03-23 14:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245468319 Post scriptum https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245468806 In the end of letter]]> 2018-03-23 14:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245468806 aquarium: https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245469830 bowl for fish]]> 2018-03-23 14:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245469830 ad vitam aeternam https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245471466 It says: for ever]]> 2018-03-23 14:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245471466 grosso modo https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245475307 That means we do not give a lot of details.]]> 2018-03-23 14:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245475307 vice versa https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245477676 It's a reversal.

]]> 2018-03-23 14:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/245477676 Alea jacta est https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/246014170 The die is thrown

]]> 2018-03-26 11:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/246014170 Errare humanum est https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/246015315 The error is human

]]> 2018-03-26 11:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/246015315 et caetera = etc https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/251527923 2018-04-13 13:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/251527923 minimum https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/251528113 2018-04-13 13:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/251528113 mens sana in corpore sano = a good spirit in a good body https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/251528379 2018-04-13 13:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/251528379 😁 https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/253528087 2018-04-19 16:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/roykalamata/44jcc3jvsqie/wish/253528087