Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 189

  1. Ad litem - For the suit (Legal term - "guardian ad litem" refers to a party appointed by a court to represent the interests of another)
  2. Ad litteram - Literly (Exactly, to the letter)
  3. Ad maiora nati sumus - We are born for greater things
  4. Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam - For the greater glory of God (Ecclesiastical term - Motto of the Jesuit order - Often found inscribed in many cathedrals abbreviated as A.M.D.G.)
  5. Ad maiorem Matris Gloriam - For the greater glory of the mother (Ecclesiastical term - Refers to the Church and Virgin Mary)
  6. Ad marginem - At margin (Grammatical term - Notes written in a book outside the main text)
  7. Ad metalla - To the mines (Sentence equivalent to forced labor)
  8. Ad multos annos - For many year
  9. Ad nauseam - To nausea (When the speaker repeats the point so many times, that it makes you sick)
  10. Ad nocendum potentes sumus - We are pleased to harm
  11. Ad notam - Make note (Thank you: Linda Sartori )
  12. Ad notitiam - By new
  13. Ad nutum - At will
  14. Ad orbem per technicam - To the world through science (Motto of the Las Palmas University of Gran Canaria, Spain)
  15. Ad orbis non veritas - In the world there is no truth (Vulgate - Letter of Apostle Paul to the Corinthians - It means that truth does not come from this world, but from heaven)
  16. Ad ostentationem - For ostentation
  17. Ad Pacem - Towards peace
  18. Ad patres - To the parents (Next to the ancestors)
  19. Ad pedem litterae - To the foot of the letter (Literally, exactly as it is written)
  20. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam - In perpetual remembrance of the even
  21. Ad personam - Towards the person
  22. Ad petendam pluviam - Obligatory Prayer to Request for Rain (Ecclesiastical term - Prayers for rain said in masses) )
  23. Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora - Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow (A bird at hand is better than two in the bush)
  24. Ad probationem - To probe (Legal term - evidence used as proof)
  25. Ad quem - To which (Legal term - e.g. Terminus ad quen Limit to which - compare with post quem - after which)

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