Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 213

  1. Ad quem - To which (Legal term - e.g. Terminus ad quen Limit to which - compare with post quem - after which)
  2. Ad referendum - To reference (Legal term and also Diplomatic term - Indicates that although the main points has been agreed to, there are still details to be worked out later)
  3. Ad rem - To the point
  4. Ad sedes - To the headquarter
  5. Ad sidera tollere vultus - Raise your face to the stars (Ovid Metamorphoses I, 86 - Urges us to have always altruistic ambitions)
  6. Ad solemnitatem - To solemnity (Legal term - Seriousness required to validate the act)
  7. Ad summun - To the summit (to the top)
  8. Ad terrorem - To create terror
  9. Ad unguem - By the nail (Sculptors used their nails to detect imperfections in their work. Since then it meant to be something perfect, since it passed the nail test)
  10. Ad unguem factus - Made by the nail (Well polished, well made)
  11. Ad unum omnes - From one to all
  12. Ad usque fidelis - Unto fidelity (True to the end - Motto of Saint Tropez)
  13. Ad usum - To usage (Legal term - According to custom)
  14. Ad usum delphini - For use by the Dolphin (Refers to books that have been expurgated)
  15. Ad utrumque paratus - Prepared for either (Motto of the Spanish Submarine Force)
  16. Ad valorem - According to value (Used to determine the Customs duty charge)
  17. Ad verbum - To the word (Exactly word for word)
  18. Ad verecundiam - To the venerability (Legal and philosophical term used in logic to describe a Argumentum ad hominem fallacy, where an argument is accepted due to the respect (venerability) of the person asserting it, instead of the facts - Also known as argument to respect or argument to prestige)
  19. Ad verum ducit - Conducive to truth - (Motto of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande of Sul, Brazil)
  20. Ad vitam aeternam - To eternal life (for the duration of a person's life)
  21. Addenda et corrigenda - To be added and corrected (Grammatical term - Added to the end of a book so that it will be fixed in the next edition)
  22. Addictio bonorum libertatum servandorum causa - Property exchanged to gain freedom (Legal term - When a master died, the slaves could obtain the property with the condition that they pay all the creditors)
  23. Adeamus ad montem fodere putas cum porribus nostrum - We are going to the mountain to plant potatoes with our hoe
  24. Adeo acriter nostri milites pugnaverunt ut hostes superarent - Our soldiers fought with much determination and overcame to the enemy
  25. Adeo fessus pervenit ut ceciderit et humi iaceret - So tired he arrived that he fell humiliated and he stayed laying on the earth

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