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68 Cards in this Set
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ars vita longa brevis
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art is long, life is short
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ave, atque, vale
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hello and goodbye
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in bona fide
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in good faith
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calvo turpius nihil comato
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there is nothing uglier than a bald man with hair
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carpe diem
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seize the day; live in the present, not the past or the future
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casus belli
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the cause of war
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cave canem
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beware of the dog
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caveat emptor
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let the buyer beware
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cogito ergo sum
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descartes' said i think therefore i am
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confer (cf)
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to compare
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cornucopia
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horn of supply (THanksgiving and the harvest)
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cuerpos delicti
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body of the crime, basic element of the crime; evidence
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stare decious
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to stay undecided
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sumus victores
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we are the champions
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credo
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i believe
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Veni, vedi, vici
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i came, i saw, i conquered
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ad hoc
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for this
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ad hominen
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to the man
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ad infinitum
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something that just keeps going
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ad nauseum
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until we throw up
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ad initio
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from the beginning of time
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ab ovo usque ad malo
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from eggs to honey
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alibi
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that you are somewhere else; excuse to get out of accusation
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alma matar
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nourishing mother
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annuit coeptis
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(on the dollar bill) a god [higher being] nodded at our beginning; god favored the beginnings of our state
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anno domini
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ad (after death)
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Quid agis?
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how are you?
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bene
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good
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varie
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so, so
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em vivo
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im alive
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plane infliciter
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clearly horrid
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ante bellum
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before the war
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ante meridiem
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before midday (am)
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post meridiem
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past midday (pm)
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ars gratia artis
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on emblem for lion on MGM; art for the sake of art
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cui bono
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to whom, for good, or for who's benefit
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cum grano salis
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take it with a grain of salt (don't trust something entirely)
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cum laude
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with praise or with honors
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curriculum vitae
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course of life (resume)
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de iure
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by law (president bush is de iure president of the US)
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de facto
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by deed [not by law] [oppposite of de iure]
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de gustibus non est disputandum
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about the taste, there must be no arguing [different strokes for different folks]
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de minimus non curat lex
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the law does not care about trifles (the small things)
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de mortuis nil nisi bonum
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about the dead, there should be nothing spoken but good [dont talk about the dead unless you have something nice to say]
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homo sapiens
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wise man [scientific name]
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de novo
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from the new
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deus ex machina
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god from the machine [bring abrupt ending to something] [spiritual out of machine and resolve problems]
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docendo discitur
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learned by teaching [not really learn something until you've taught it yourself]
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dramatis personae
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actor or actress, masks of drama
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dulce et decorum pro patris mori
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it is sweet and right to die for one's own coutnry
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emeritus
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earned or deserved
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errave humanum
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to error is human
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et alia
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and others
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et cetera
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and others
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ex cathedra
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medieval latin; from the bishops' chair; with authority
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ex libris
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from the books/library
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ex nihilo nihil fit
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from nothing nothing comes (nothing is made from nothing)
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ex officio
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from the office; by virtue of one's position
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ex post facto
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after the fact, from after the deed
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ex tempore
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little or no preperation
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exempli gratia
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(eg) for example
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exeat
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may (you/she/he) leave
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fiat lux
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first 2 words of the old testament; let there be light
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festina lente
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hurry slowly (move at a brisk pace but cautiously)
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exeunt omnus
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everybody depart (stage lines)
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finis
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the end
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genius loci
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the guardian spirits of a place [either moving force or the experienced]
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habeus corpus
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right of body; gives the right to a trial; not unlawfully imprisoned
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