List of Latin phrases

This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as "i.e." and "et cetera". Some of these are themselves translations of Greek phrases.

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;Lapsus calami

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:"A slip of the pen."

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;Lapsus linguae

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:"A slip of the tongue."

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;Lapsus memoriae

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:"Memory lapse."

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;Laus deo

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:"Praise be to God."

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;Legitime

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:"Forced share" — a legal term describing the portion of a deceased person's estate from which the immediate family cannot be disinherited.

Related Topics:
Estate - Disinherit

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;Lex ferenda

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:"The law as it ought to be"

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;Lex lata

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:"The law as it exists"

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;Lex rex

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:"The Law is King" - a principle of government advocating a rule by law rather than rule by men. The phrase originated as a double entendre in the title of Samuel Rutherford's controversial book Lex, Rex (1644) which espoused a theory of limited government and constitutionalism.

Related Topics:
Government - Double entendre - Samuel Rutherford - 1644 - Limited government - Constitutionalism

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;Lex talionis

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:"Law of retaliation" — cf. Retributive justice, an eye for an eye.

Related Topics:
Retributive justice - An eye for an eye

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;Locus classicus

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:"A classic place" — a quote from a classical text used as an example of something.

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;Lorem ipsum

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:A mangled fragment from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum ("On the Ends (Limits) of Good and Evil", 45 BC), used as typographer's filler to show fonts (a.k.a. greeking).

Related Topics:
Cicero - 45 BC - Typographer - Fonts

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;Luctor et Emergo

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:"I struggle and I emerge" — the motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland to denote its battle against the sea.

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;Lucus a non lucendo

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:"The word for 'grove' is lucus (=light) because it is not light in a grove" ? etymology by opposites. Or possibly: The light shineth not into the grove.

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;Lupus in fabula

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:"Wolf from the fable." — i.e., "Speak of the wolf, and he will come". Occurs in Terence's play Adelphoe.

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;Lux et veritas

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:"Light and Truth" - motto of Yale University and Indiana University.

Related Topics:
Yale University - Indiana University

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;"Lux et veritas floreant"

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:"Let Light and Truth Flourish" - motto of the University of Winnipeg

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