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Details Title: Latin II Phrase & Abreviations Description: Test is on 11/17/04 You can use these to study. Total Flash Cards: 30 Created: 11/16/2004 12:54:06	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term ab initio Definition from the beginning Term de novo Definition anew Term cum grano salis Definition w/ a grain of salt Term pons asinorum Definition 1.bridge of donkeys 2.Euclid's 5th proposition 3.any difficult situation or problem Term vox clamatis in deserto Definition one voice cries out in the desert (John the Baptist) Term c/ca Definition L.=circa E.=about/around Term lapsus calami Definition slip of the pen Term lapsus memoriae Definition slip of the memory Term lapsus linguae Definition slip of the tongue Term (nos) morituri te salutamus Definition we who are about to die, salute you (gladiators) Term amicus curiae Definition a friend of the court Term alea iacta est Definition the die is cast (Julius Caesar) Term sic semper tyrannis Definition thus always to tyrants (lincoln/ john wilkes boothe) Term ex nihilo nihil fit Definition out of nothing comes nothing Term age quid agis Definition to the matter at hand Term astrophobia Definition fear of the stars Term altophobia Definition fear of heights Term alliumphobia Definition fear of garlic Term aurophobia Definition fear of gold Term felinophobia Definition fear of cats Term frigophobia Definition fear of cold Term noctiphobia Definition fear of night Term pedophobia Definition fear of children Term ambulophobia Definition fear of walking Term apiphobia Definition fear of bees Term ranidaphobia Definition fear of frogs Term A.U.C. Definition from the building of the city (Rome) Term genius loci Definition the spirit of the place (haunted house) Term non compos mentis Definition not sound of mind Term sanctum sanctorum Definition a very private place