Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 276

276. Affidavit - Gave faith (Legal term - A sworn written statement)
277. Affirmanti incumbit probatio - The one who alleges something must prove it (Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) - German philosopher - The burden of proof lies with the party that makes the charge)
278. Afflictis longae, celeres gaudentibus horae - The hours pass slow for those who are suffering, fast for those who are happy (Phrase inscribed in a sun dial)
279. Age quod agis et bene agis - Do what you do and do it wel
280. Agedum, pontifex publicus populi Romani, praci verba quibus me pro legionibus devoveam - Come therefore, and, as the state pontiff of the Roman people, dictate to me the words in which I may devote myself for the legions (Livy - Ab Urbe Condita - Liber VIII - The romans needed the help from Gods so they asked Marcus Valerius to pronounce the words that would inspire the troops. Pontiff is a person who serves as a bridge to the gods)
281. Ager publicus - Public land (In ancient Rome, territory owned by the State)
282. Agnosco veteris vestigia flamea - I feel once more the scars of the old flame (Virgil - Aeneid IV, 23)
283. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis - Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (Ecclesiastical term)
284. Alea iacta est - The die has been thrown (Said by Julius Caesar when he crossed with his troops the Rubicon river in 49 BC, despite the refusal of the Roman Senate, thus provoking civil war)
285. Alere Flammam Veritatis - Encouraging the flame of truth (Motto of the University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico)
286. Alias - Also known as
287. Alibi - In another place (Legal term - In legal parlance is used to designate the excuse, namely that a person has not been at the crime scene)
288. Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent - The things of others are more pleasant for us, and ours more pleasant to them (The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence)
289. Alieni iuris - Alian right (Legal Term - A person (e.g. a minor) who is legally dependent on another. Compare with sui iuris)
290. Aliis coluit non sibi - He cultivated for others and not for him (Cicero Orationes)
291. Aliis si licet, tibi non licet - For others this is permitted, but not for you
292. Aliis Vivere - Live for others (Academic Term - Motto of the Faculty of Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico)
293. Aliorum iudicio permulta nobis et facienda et non facienda et mutanda et corrigenda sunt - In the opinion of others, lots of things should be done, omitted, changed and corrected by us (Cicero - de Officiis )
294. Alios docendo ipsi discimus - We learn teaching other
295. Alios ego vidi ventos; alias prospexi animo procellas - I've seen other winds; and have faced other storms (Philosophical Term - Cicero Familiares, 12, 25, 5, 12)
296. Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus - Sometimes good Homer sleeps (No one is perfect. Even the great poet Homer, the author of the Iliad, can make a mistake.)
297. Aliquando et insanire iucundum est - Sometimes it is enjoyable to be insane (Seneca De tranquillitate animi XVII 10)
298. Aliquid quo nihil maius cognitari posit - Somthing which nothing greater can be conceived (Philosophical term - Saint Anselm's argument of the existance of God)
299. Aliquis latet error - Some trickery lies hidden (Virgil - Aeneid II, 48)
300. Alis volat propriis - She Flies With Her Own Wings (motto of Oregon)

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