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This is the US motto & is found on our coins & $1 bills
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What is E Pluribus Unum?
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Based on this saying, no one has grounds for calling any of you "fool"
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What is Rident Stolidi Verba Latina?
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The renowned mathematician Rene Descartes said this (& it means, I think, therefore I am)
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What is "Cogito, ergo sum"?
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I often say this upon departing Latin class. (It means I have a headache)
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What is "Ex capite laboro"?
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How would one complain to Ceasar about a tooth?
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What is "Ex dente laboro"?
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This is how Magistra asks you to close the door.
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What is "Claude, quaeso, januam"?
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This means "Go to the whiteboard"
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What is "Accede ad tabulam albam"?
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This means "HURRY!"
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What is "Festina"?
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This is the motto of the US Marine Corps and it means "Ever faithful"
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What is "Semper Fidelis"?
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This motto of the US Coast Guard means "always prepared"
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What is "Semper Paratus"?
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When consoling someone who has made a mistake, one might say this.
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What is "errare est humanum"?
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The way in which one would say "NOW OR NEVER!"
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What is "Nunc aut numquam"?
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A phrase I've often used, meaning "My fault!!! All my fault"
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What is "Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa"?
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Julius Caesar is reported to have said this after he conquered Pharnaces in 47 BC
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What is "Veni, vidi, vici"?
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Everyone must stand at this command.
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What is "surgite"?
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The first words of John 1:1
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What are "In principio erat verbum"?
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To be polite when in Ancient Rome, use these words.
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What is "gratias tibi ago"?
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This is the motto of NY State (sadly, seems to refer to taxes, and general cost of living)
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What is "EXCELSIOR"?
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A country western group uses this term as part of their name. It means "before the war"
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Who is Lady Antebellum?
What is Ante Bellum? |
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I often hear myself asking this of my Latin disciupli.
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What is "intelligis-ne"?
or "intelligitis-ne"? |
