| Dictionary of Latin Phrases and Proverbs: V | ||||||||
| vade in pace | ||||||||
| Go in peace (one of the Roman "goodbye" expressions). | ||||||||
| veni vidi vici | ||||||||
| I came, I saw, I conquered | ||||||||
| (Julius Caesar's report of victory in 47 B.C. over Pharnaces, king of Pontus) | ||||||||
| veritas vos liberabit | ||||||||
| The truth shall make you free | ||||||||
| victis honor | ||||||||
| Honour to the vanquished | ||||||||
| vincit qui se vincit | ||||||||
| He conquers who conquers himself. | ||||||||
| vir sapit qui pauca loquitur | ||||||||
| That man is wise who talks little | ||||||||
| (know when to hold your tongue) | ||||||||
| vita non est vivere sed valere vita est | ||||||||
| Life is more than merely staying alive | ||||||||
| Vocatus atque | ||||||||
| non vocatus | ||||||||
| Deus aderit | ||||||||
| Invoked or not invoked, the god is present | ||||||||
| (Inscription on Carl Jung's tombstone, | ||||||||
| Flutern Cemetery; Fluntern (Zurich, Switzerland)) | ||||||||
| Source: http://corsinet.com/braincandy/graves.html | ||||||||
| verbum sat sapienti | ||||||||
| A word is enough for a wise man. | ||||||||
| via media | ||||||||
| A middle course | ||||||||
| vice versa | ||||||||
| The terms being reversed | ||||||||
| videlicet | ||||||||
| That is to say namely | ||||||||
| vi et armis | ||||||||
| By force and arms | ||||||||
| virginibus puerisque | ||||||||
| For girls and boys | ||||||||
| viva voce | ||||||||
| By the living voice (orally). | ||||||||
| vox et praeterea nihil | ||||||||
| A voice and nothing more | ||||||||
| vox populi vox dei | ||||||||
| The voice of the people is the voice of god | ||||||||
| vale(te)! | ||||||||
| Farewell! | ||||||||
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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