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Mottoes/Sententiae
30 Commonly Used Latin Mottoes
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Language - Latin
9th Grade
09/20/2006
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Culpa mea est
 Definition
the fault is mine
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SPQR=Senatus Populusque Romanus
 Definition
The Senate and the Roman People
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Persona non grata
 Definition
An umwelcomed person
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E pluribus unum
 Definition
One from among many (Motto of the USA Seal)
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Lapsus linguae
 Definition
A slip of the toungue
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Summa cum laude
 Definition
With highest honors
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Rigor mortis
 Definition
The stiffness of death
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In toto
 Definition
Entirely
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Ex libris
 Definition
From the library of
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Vox populi
 Definition
Voice of the people
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Terra firma
 Definition
Solid ground
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In medias res
 Definition
In the middle of things
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In utero
 Definition
In the womb
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In vitro
 Definition
In a dish/glass
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Non compos mentis
 Definition
Not of sound mind
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Per se
 Definition
Intrinsically, of itself
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Modus Vivendi
 Definition
Way of living
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Ante bellum
 Definition
Before the war
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Homo sapiens
 Definition
Modern man
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Cave Canem
 Definition
Beware of the dog
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Sub rosa
 Definition
Confidentially
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Veni, vidi, vici
 Definition
I came, I saw, I conquered
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Tempus fugit
 Definition
Time flies
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Semper fidelis
 Definition
Always faithful
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Carpe diem
 Definition
Seize the day
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Status quo
 Definition
The State in which (we are)
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Per diem
 Definition
By the day, per day
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Pro bona publico
 Definition
For the public good
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Caveat emptor
 Definition
Let the buyer beware
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Sine qua non
 Definition
Without which nothing (an absolute necessity)
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