Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A
(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 mottoes
Word entries are from Latin unless otherwise indicated.
An argument concerning the point under discussion.
An argument concerning the point under discussion.
This has long been a popular and effecive form of persuasion. The force is suggested by wielding a walking stick (baculum), but a baculum was also the scepter that symbolized magisterial authority, so the force implied may also be that of governmental authority or legal compulsion.
An argument with a cane; the appeal to the use of force in a debate.
Motto of Reading School, U.K.
The Romans are said to have put a great deal of importance in dying nobly.
Motto of the University of Michigan, USA.
Motto of the New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA.
Abbreviated A.B. or B.A. This is the undergraduate degree which is awarded by colleges and universities in the USA. It has been suggested that the medieval Latin term baccalaureus, "bachelor", was adapted from baccalarius, meaning "laborer" or "tenant".
Abbreviated A.M. or M.A. This is another university degree that is usually achieved after the A.B. or B.A. degree.
Motto of King Williams's College, Isle of Man, U.K.
A rhetorical figure that gains brevity and force through the omission of connective words. In Julius Caesar's statement, Veni, vidi, vici ("I came, I saw, I conquered"), the conjunction et or "and" has been omitted before vici.
Units of mottoes and proverbs listed by groups: A to X.
