Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 284

  1. 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)
  2. Alere Flammam Veritatis - Encouraging the flame of truth (Motto of the University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico)
  3. Alias - Also known as
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. Alieni iuris - Alian right (Legal Term - A person (e.g. a minor) who is legally dependent on another. Compare with sui iuris)
  7. Aliis coluit non sibi - He cultivated for others and not for him (Cicero Orationes)
  8. Aliis si licet, tibi non licet - For others this is permitted, but not for you
  9. Aliis Vivere - Live for others (Academic Term - Motto of the Faculty of Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico)
  10. 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 )
  11. Alios docendo ipsi discimus - We learn teaching other
  12. 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)
  13. 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.)
  14. Aliquando et insanire iucundum est - Sometimes it is enjoyable to be insane (Seneca De tranquillitate animi XVII 10)
  15. Aliquid quo nihil maius cognitari posit - Somthing which nothing greater can be conceived (Philosophical term - Saint Anselm's argument of the existance of God)
  16. Aliquis latet error - Some trickery lies hidden (Virgil - Aeneid II, 48)
  17. Alis volat propriis - She Flies With Her Own Wings (motto of Oregon)
  18. Aliud est punire, aliud vindicare - One thing is to punish, to vindicate is another (Legal Term Leonard Lessius 1554-1623)
  19. Allere Flammam Veritatis - Let flame of truth shine (Motto of University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico)
  20. Alma mater - Nourishing mother (Academic term - refers to the institution where one got his/her degree)
  21. Alma parens - Nurturing parent (Virgil - Aeneid X)
  22. Alter ego - The other I (Term used in Physiology - Refers to other personalities of people who have schizophrenia)
  23. Alter idem - The second self (Another thing exactly the same)
  24. Alter parens - Other Parent (Legal term - Person whom something is owe )
  25. Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest - A man cannot belong to another, if he can belong to himself (Paracelsus [Theophrastus Phillippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim ] Swiss Doctor (1493-1541))

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