This page is one of a series listing English translations of notableLatin phrases, such asveni, vidi, vici andet cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations ofGreek phrases, asancient Greekrhetoric andliterature started centuries before the beginning ofLatin literature inancient Rome.[1]
| Latin | Translation | Notes | |||
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| cacatum non est pictum | That's shat, not painted. | FromGottfried August Bürger'sPrinzessin Europa (line 60); popularised byHeinrich Heine'sDeutschland. Ein Wintermärchen (XI, 44); also the title ofJoseph Haydn'scanon for four voices, Hob.XXVIIb:16;Ludwig van Beethoven set the text by Bürger as a three-voice canon,WoO 224. Contemporary critics applied this epithet to both of Turner'sRegulus (1828 and 1837).[2] | |||
| cacoethes scribendi | insatiable desire to write | Cacoēthes[3] "bad habit", or medically, "malignant disease" is aborrowing of Greekkakoēthes.[4] The phrase is derived from a line in theSatires ofJuvenal:Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes, or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many". Seehypergraphia. | |||
| cadavera vero innumera | truly countless bodies | Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of theBattle of the Catalaunian Plains. | |||
| Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. | Kill them all. For the Lord knows those who are his. | Supposed statement by AbbotArnaud Amalric before theMassacre at Béziers during theAlbigensian Crusade, recorded 30 years later, according toCaesarius of Heisterbach. cf. "Kill them all and let God sort them out." | |||
| Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt | Those who hurry across the sea change the sky [upon them], not their souls or state of mind | Hexameter byHorace (Epistula XI).[5]Seneca shortens it toAnimum debes mutare, non caelum (You must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky) in hisLetter to LuciliusXXVIII, 1. | |||
| Caesar non supra grammaticos | Caesar has no authority over the grammarians | Political power is limited; it does not include power over grammar.[6] | |||
| caetera desunt | the rest is missing | Caetera isMedieval Latin spelling forcētera. | |||
| calix meus inebrians | my cup making me drunk | ||||
| calamus gladio fortior | The pen is mightier than the sword | ||||
| camera obscura | dark chamber | An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modernphotography. The source of the wordcamera. | |||
| Cane Nero magna bella Persica | Tell, oh Nero, of the great wars of Persia | Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words, in today's dialect of Rome, mean"A black dog eats a beautiful peach", which has a ridiculously different meaning. | |||
| canes pugnaces | war dogs orfighting dogs | ||||
| canescunt vani, vanescunt cani[7] | The vain turn grey, the grey vanish | A play on words. | |||
| canis canem edit | dog eats dog | Not from classical Latin; a situation where nobody is safe from anybody, each man for himself. Original name of the video gameBully. | |||
| capax Dei | capable of receiving God | FromAugustine,De Trinitate XIV, 8.11:Mens eo ipso imago Dei est quo eius capax est,[8] "The mind is the image of God, in that it is capable of Him and can be partaker of Him." | |||
| capax imperii nisi imperasset | capable of imperial power if only he had not held it | InTacitus'sHistories to describeGalba as emperor.[9] | |||
| capax infiniti | holding the infinite | Capability of achieving goals by force of many instead of a single individual. | |||
| caput inter nubila (condit) | (she plunges) [her] head in the clouds | So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach or understanding (fromVirgil'sAeneid and the shorter form appears inJohn Locke'sTwo Treatises of Government) | |||
| caput mortuum | dead head | Originally an alchemical reference to thedead head orworthless residue left over from a reaction. Also used to refer to a freeloader or worthless element. | |||
| Caritas Christi | The love of Christ | It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. Francis Xavier High School located inWest Meadowlark Park, Edmonton. | |||
| Caritas Christi urget nos | The love of Christ impels us or The love of Christ drives us | The motto of theSisters of Charity.[10] | |||
| Caritas in veritate | Charity in truth | Pope Benedict XVI's thirdencyclical[11] | |||
| carpe diem | seize the day | An exhortation to live for today. FromHorace,Odes I, 11.8.Carpere refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrasecollige virgo rosas has a similar sense. | |||
| carpe noctem | seize the night | An exhortation to make good use of the night, often used whencarpe diem, q.v., would seem absurd, e.g., when observing adeep-sky object or conducting aMessier marathon or engaging in social activities after sunset. | |||
| carpe vinum | seize the wine | ||||
| Carthago delenda est | Carthage must be destroyed | The Roman senatorCato the Elder ended every speech after theSecond Punic War withceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam, literally "For the rest, I am of the opinion that Carthage is to be destroyed." | |||
| castigat ridendo mores | One corrects customs by laughing at them | Or, "[Comedy/Satire] criticises customs through humour", is a phrase coined by FrenchNeo-Latin poetJean-Baptiste de Santeul (1630–1697), but sometimes wrongly attributed to his contemporaryMolière or toRomanlyric poetHorace. | |||
| Casum sentit dominus | accident is felt by the owner | Refers to theprivate law principle that the owner has to assume the risk of accidental harm to him or accidental loss to his property. | |||
| casus belli | event of war | Refers to an incident that is the justification or case for war. | |||
| causa latet, vis est notissima | The cause is hidden, but the result is well known. | Ovid:MetamorphosesIV, 287; motto ofAlpha Sigma Phi. | |||
| causa mortis | cause of death | ||||
| cave | beware! | especially used byDoctors of Medicine, when they want to warn each other (e.g.: "cavenephrolithiases" in order to warn about side effects of anuricosuric). Spoken aloud in some British public (paid) schools by pupils to warn each other of impending authority. | |||
| cave canem | Beware of the dog | Earliest written example is in theSatyricon of Petronius, circa 1st century C.E. | |||
| caveat emptor | let the buyer beware | The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need. Phrases modeled on this one replaceemptor withlector,subscriptor,venditor,utilitor: "reader", "signer", "seller", "user". | |||
| caveat venditor | let the seller beware | It is a counter tocaveat emptor and suggests that sellers can also be deceived in a market transaction. This forces the seller to take responsibility for the product and discourages sellers from selling products of unreasonable quality. | |||
| cedant arma togae | let arms yield to the gown | "Let military power yield to civilian power",Cicero,De OfficiisI:77. Former motto of the Territory of Wyoming. See alsoToga#Roman military. | |||
| cedere nescio | I know not how to yield | Motto ofHMASNorman | |||
| Celer – Silens – Mortalis | Swift – Silent – Deadly | The motto of theforce reconnaissance companies of theUnited States Marine Corps, also known as force recon. | |||
| celerius quam asparagi cocuntur | more swiftly thanasparagus [stem]s are cooked | Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". A variant of the Roman phrasevelocius quam asparagi coquantur, using a different adverb and an alternativemood and spelling ofcoquere. | |||
| cepi corpus | I have taken the body | In law, it is a return made by the sheriff, upon acapias, or other process to the like purpose; signifying, that he has taken the body of the party. See alsohabeas corpus. | |||
| certiorari | to be made certain | Fromcertiorari volumus, "we wish to be made certain." Aprerogative writ, by which a superior court orders an inferior one to turn over its record for review. Now used, depending on the jurisdiction, for an order granting leave to appeal a decision (e.g. to theSupreme Court of the United States) or judicial review of a lower court's order. | |||
| certum est quod certum reddi potest | it is certain, whatever can be rendered certain | Or "... if it can be rendered certain." Often used in law when something is not known, but can be ascertained (e.g. the purchase price on a sale which is to be determined by a third-party valuer) | |||
| cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex | when the reason for the law ceases, the law itself ceases | A rule of law becomes ineffective when the reason for its application has ceased to exist or does not correspond to the reality anymore. ByGratian. | |||
| cetera desunt | the rest are missing | Also spelled "caetera desunt". | |||
| ceteris paribus | all other things being equal | That is, disregarding or eliminating extraneous factors in a situation. | |||
| charta pardonationis se defendendo | a paper of pardon to defend oneself | The form of a pardon for killing another man in self-defence (seemanslaughter). | |||
| charta pardonationis utlagariae | a paper of pardon to the outlaw | The form of a pardon of a man who isoutlawed. Also calledperdonatio utlagariae. | |||
| Christianos ad leones | [Throw the] Christians to the lions! | ||||
| Christo et Doctrinae | ForChrist and Learning | The motto ofFurman University. | |||
| Christus nos liberavit | Christ has freed us | title of volume I, book 5, chapter XI ofLes Misérables byVictor Hugo. | |||
| Christus Rex | Christ the King | A Christian title forJesus. | |||
| Cicero dicit fac hoc | Cicero says do it | Said by some to be the origin of the game command and titleSimon says.[12] | |||
| Cicero pro domo sua [it] | Cicero's speech in 57 BC to regain his confiscated house | Said of someone who pleads cases for their own benefit; seeList of Latin phrases (P) § pro domo | |||
| circa(c.) or(ca.) | around | In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date. | |||
| circulus in probando | circle made in testing [a premise] | Circular reasoning. Similar term tocirculus vitiosus. | |||
| circulus vitiosus | vicious circle | In logic,begging the question, afallacy involving the presupposition of a proposition in one of the premises (seepetitio principii). In science, apositive feedback loop. In economics, a counterpart to thevirtuous circle. | |||
| citius altius fortius | faster, higher, stronger | Motto of the modernOlympics. | |||
| civis romanus sum | I am (a) Roman citizen | Is a phrase used inCicero'sIn Verrem as a plea for the legal rights ofa Roman citizen | |||
| clamea admittenda in itinere per atturnatum | a claim to be admitted to theeyre by an attorney | A writ whereby the king of England could command the justice of an eyre (a medieval form ofcircuit court) to permit an attorney to represent a person who is employed in the king's service and therefore cannot come in person. | |||
| clarere audere gaudere | [be] bright, daring, joyful | Motto of the Geal family | |||
| clausum fregit | he broke the enclosure | A legal action for trespass to land; so called because the writ demands the person summoned to answerwherefore he broke the close(quare clausum fregit), i.e., why he entered the plaintiff's land. | |||
| claves Sancti Petri | the keys ofSaint Peter | A symbol of thePapacy. | |||
| clavis aurea | golden key | The means of discovering hidden or mysterious meanings in texts, particularly applied intheology andalchemy. | |||
| clerico admittendo | for being made a clerk | In law, a writ directed to the bishop, for the admitting a clerk to a benefice upon ane admittas, tried, and found for the party who procures the writ. | |||
| clerico capto per statutum mercatorum | In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of statute merchant. | ||||
| clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando | In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk to his ordinary, that was formerly convicted of felony; by reason that his ordinary did not challenge him according to the privilege of clerks. | ||||
| clerico intra sacros ordines constituto non eligendo in officium | In law, a writ directed to the bailiffs, etc., that have thrust abailiwick orbeadleship upon one in holy orders; charging them to release him. | ||||
| Codex Iuris Canonici | Book ofCanon Law | The official code of canon law in theRoman Catholic Church (cf.Corpus Iuris Canonici). | |||
| Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur | No one suffers punishment for mere intent. | No one can be punished for their thoughts. | |||
| cogito, ergo sum | I think, therefore I am. | Arationalistic argument used by French philosopherRené Descartes to attempt to prove his own existence. | |||
| coitus interruptus | interrupted congress | Abortingsexual intercourse prior toejaculation—the only permitted form ofbirth control in some religions. | |||
| coitus more ferarum | congress in the way of beasts | A medical euphemism for thedoggy-style sexual position. | |||
| collige virgo rosas | pick, girl, the roses |
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| combinatio nova | new combination | It is frequently abbreviatedcomb. nov.. It is used in thelife sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g.Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov.. | |||
| comedamus et bibamus, cras enim moriemur | let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die | Latin translation of no. 72 ofJohn Chrysostom's 88 Greekhomilies on theGospel of John,[14] citingIsaiah 22:13 | |||
| communibus annis | in common years | One year with another; on an average. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" | |||
| communibus locis | in common places | A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" | |||
| communis opinio | common opinion | prevailing doctrine, generally accepted view (in an academic field),scientific consensus; originallycommunis opinio doctorum, "common opinion of the doctors" | |||
| compos mentis | in control of the mind | Describes someone of sound mind. Sometimes used ironically. Also a legal principle,non compos mentis (not in control of one's faculties), used to describe an insane person. | |||
| concilio et labore | by wisdom and effort | Motto of the city ofManchester | |||
| concordia cum veritate | in harmony with truth | Motto of theUniversity of Waterloo | |||
| concordia salus | well-being through harmony | Motto ofMontreal;Bank of Montreal coat of arms and motto | |||
| concordia parvae res crescunt | small things grow in harmony | Motto of theWorshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and the corresponding schoolsfor girls andfor boys, Crosby, andin Northwood. | |||
| condemnant quod non intellegunt | They condemn what they do not understand or They condemn because they do not understand | Thequod here is ambiguous: it may be therelative pronoun or aconjunction. | |||
| condicio sine qua non | condition without which not | A required, indispensable condition. Commonly mistakenly rendered withconditio ("seasoning" or "preserving") in place ofcondicio ("arrangement" or "condition"). | |||
| conditur in petra | it is founded on the rock | Motto ofPeterhouse Boys' School andPeterhouse Girls' School | |||
| confer(cf.) | compare | The abbreviationcf. is used in text to suggest a comparison with something else (cf.citation signal). | |||
| Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris C.Ss.R | Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | Redemptorists | |||
| coniunctis viribus | with connected strength | Or "with united powers". Sometimes renderedconjunctis viribus. Motto ofQueen Mary, University of London. | |||
| consensu | with consent | ||||
| consuetudo pro lege servatur | Custom serves for law. | Where there are no specific laws, the matter should be decided by custom;[15] established customs have the force of laws.[16] Alsoconsuetudo est altera lex (custom is another law) andconsuetudo vincit communem legem (custom overrules the common law); see also:Consuetudinary. | |||
| consummatum est | It is completed. | The last words ofJesus on thecross in theLatin translation ofJohn 19:30. | |||
| contemptus mundi/saeculi | scorn for the world/times | Despising thesecular world. Themonk orphilosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. | |||
| contra bonos mores | against good morals | Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. | |||
| contra legem | against law | Especially incivil law jurisdictions, said of an understanding of astatute that directly contradicts its wording and thus is valid neither by interpretation nor byanalogy. | |||
| contra mundum | against the world | against public opinion; see alsocontra mundum injunction, enforceable against anyone, rather than a named party;Athanasius Contra Mundum, Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th-century Christian patriarch and theologian, exiled five times by four emperors. | |||
| contra proferentem | against the proferror | Incontract law, the doctrine of contractual interpretation which provides that an ambiguous term will be construed against the party that imposed its inclusion in the contract – or, more accurately, against the interests of the party who imposed it. | |||
| contra spem spero | I hope against hope | Title of a poem byLesya Ukrainka; it derives from an expression found in Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:18 (Greek: παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, Latin: contra spem in spe[m]) with reference toAbraham the Patriarch who maintained faith in becoming the father of many nations despite being childless and well-advanced in years. | |||
| contra vim mortis non crescit herba (orsalvia)in hortis | No herb(orsage) grows in the gardens against the power of death | there is no medicine against death; from various medieval medicinal texts | |||
| contradictio in terminis | contradiction in terms | Something that would embody acontradiction with the very definition of one of its terms; for example, payment for a gift, or a circle with corners. Thefallacy of proposing such a thing. | |||
| contra principia negantem non est disputandum | there can be no debate with those who deny the foundations | Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on common rules, facts, presuppositions. | |||
| cor ad cor loquitur | heart speaks to heart | FromAugustine'sConfessions, referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a "heart to heart" with God. Commonly used in reference to a later quote by CardinalJohn Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs. | |||
| cor aut mors | Heart or Death | (Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, no longer to be respected as person of integrity.) | |||
| cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere | my heart I offer to you Lord promptly and sincerely | John Calvin's personal motto, also adopted byCalvin College | |||
| cor unum | one heart | A popular school motto and often used as a name for religious and other organisations such as thePontifical Council Cor Unum. | |||
| coram | in the presence of | Used before a list of the names of the judges on a panel hearing a particular case. | |||
| coram Deo | in the presence of God | A phrase fromChristian theology which summarizes the idea ofChristians living in the presence of, under the authority of, and to the honor and glory ofGod; see alsocoram Deo. | |||
| coram episcopo | in the presence of the bishop | Refers to the celebration of Mass in the Roman Catholic Church where the bishop is present but does not preside over the service.[17] Cf.coram Summo Pontifice, in the presence of the Pope, in similar circumstances.[18] | |||
| coram nobis, coram vobis | in our presence, in your presence | Two kinds ofwrits of error, calling for the decision to be reviewed by the same court that made it.Coram nobis is short forquae coram nobis resident (let them, i.e. the matters on the court record, remain before us), and was the form historically used for theCourt of King's Bench; the "us" means the King, who was theoretically the head of that court.Coram vobis is the analogous version ("let the matters remain before you") for theCourt of Common Pleas, where the King did not sit, even notionally. | |||
| coram non judice | not before a judge | legal proceeding that is outside the presence of a judge, thus a violation of the law and anullity | |||
| coram populo | in the presence of the people | ||||
| coram publico | in view of the public | ||||
| Corpus Christi | Body of Christ | The name of afeast in theRoman Catholic Church commemorating theEucharist. It is also the name of a city in Texas,Corpus Christi, Texas, the name of Colleges atOxford andCambridge universities, anda controversial play. | |||
| corpus delicti | body of the offence | The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in convicting someone of having committed that crime; if there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal. | |||
| Corpus Iuris Canonici | Body ofCanon Law | The official compilation of canon law in theRoman Catholic Church (cf.Codex Iuris Canonici). | |||
| Corpus Juris Civilis | Body of Civil Law | The body ofRoman orcivil law. | |||
| corpus vile | worthless body | A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.' | |||
| corrigenda | things to be corrected | ||||
| corruptio optimi pessima | the corruption of the best is the worst | ||||
| corruptissima re publica plurimae leges | When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous | Tacitus | |||
| corvus oculum corvi non eruit | a raven does not pick out an eye of another raven | ||||
| corruptus in extremis | corrupt to the extreme | Motto of the fictionalMayor's office inThe Simpsons | |||
| cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet | May he who has never loved before, love tomorrow; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well | The refrain from the 'Pervigilium Veneris', a poem which describes a three-day holiday in the cult of Venus, located somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in religious festivities joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as the "procreatrix", the life-giving force behind the natural world. | |||
| cras es noster | Tomorrow, be ours | As "The Future is Ours", motto ofSan Jacinto College, Texas | |||
| creatioex nihilo | creation out of nothing | A concept about creation, often used in a theological or philosophical context. Also known as the 'First Cause' argument inphilosophy of religion. Contrasted withcreatio ex materia. | |||
| Credo in Unum Deum | I Believe in One God | The first words of theNicene Creed and theApostles' Creed. | |||
| credo quia absurdum est | I believe it because it is absurd | A very common misquote ofTertullian'set mortuus est Dei Filius prorsus credibile quia ineptum est (and the Son of God is dead: in short, it is credible because it is unfitting), meaning that it is so absurd to say that God's son has died that it would have to be a matter of belief, rather than reason. The misquoted phrase, however, is commonly used to mock thedogmatic beliefs of the religious (seefideism). This phrase is commonly shortened tocredo quia absurdum, and is also sometimes renderedcredo quia impossibile est (I believe it because it is impossible) or, asDarwin used it inhis autobiography,credo quia incredibile. | |||
| credo ut intelligam | I believe so that I may understand | A motto of St Anselm, used as the motto ofSt. Anselm Hall, Manchester | |||
| crescamus in Illo per omnia | May we grow in Him through all things | Motto ofCheverus High School | |||
| crescat scientia vita excolatur | let knowledge grow, let life be enriched | Motto of theUniversity of Chicago; often rendered in English as aniambic tetrameter, "Let knowledge grow from more to more, and so be human life enriched". | |||
| crescente luce | Light ever increasing | Motto ofJames Cook University | |||
| Crescite et multiplicamini | Increase and multiply | Motto ofMaryland until 1874 | |||
| crescit cum commercio civitas | Civilization prospers with commerce | Motto ofClaremont McKenna College. | |||
| crescit eundo | it grows as it goes | FromLucretius'De rerum natura book VI, where it refers in context to the motion of athunderbolt across the sky, which acquires power and momentum as it goes. This metaphor was adapted as thestate motto ofNew Mexico (adopted in 1887 as the territory's motto, and kept in 1912 when New Mexico received statehood) and is seen onthe seal. Also the motto ofRocky Mount, Virginia andOmega Delta Phi. | |||
| cruci dum spiro fido | while I live, I trust in the cross, Whilst I trust in the Cross I have life | Motto of theSisters of Loreto (IBVM) and its associated schools. | |||
| cucullus non facit monachum | The hood does not make the monk | William Shakespeare,Twelfth Night, act 1, scene 5, 53–54[19] | |||
| cui bono | Good for whom? | "Who benefits?" Anadage in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an unwelcome event is likely to reveal who is responsible for that event (cf.cui prodest). Also the motto of theCrime Syndicate of America, a fictional supervillain group. The opposite iscui malo (Bad for whom?). | |||
| cui multum sit datum, multum ab eo postulabitur | to whom much is given, much is expected | Motto of TheBrooklyn Latin School. | |||
| cui prodest | for whom it advances | Short forcui prodest scelus is fecit (for whom the crime advances, he has done it) inSeneca'sMedea. Thus, the murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf.cui bono). | |||
| cuique suum | to each his own | ||||
| cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos | Whose the land is, all the way to the sky and to theunderworld is his. | First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th century. ARoman legal principle ofproperty law that is no longer observed in most situations today. Less literally, "For whosoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths." | |||
| cuius regio, eius religio | whose region, his religion | The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects. A regional prince's ability to choose his people's religion was established at thePeace of Augsburg in 1555. | |||
| cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare. | Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault | Cicero,PhilippicaXII, 5. | |||
| culpa | fault | Also "blame" or "guilt". In law, an act of neglect. In general, guilt, sin, or a fault. See alsomea culpa. | |||
| Cum Deo pro Patria et Libertate | With God forFatherland andLiberty | Appears onFrancis II Rákóczi's flag | |||
| cum gladiis et fustibus | with swords and clubs | From the Bible. Occurs inMatthew 26:47 andLuke 22:52. | |||
| cum gladio et sale | with sword and salt | Motto of a well-paid soldier. Seesalary. | |||
| cum grano salis | with agrain of salt | Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth. | |||
| cum hoc ergo propter hoc | with this, therefore on account of this | Fallacy of assuming thatcorrelation implies causation. | |||
| cum laude | with praise | The standard formula for academicLatin honors in the United States. Greater honors includemagna cum laude andsumma cum laude. | |||
| cum mortuis in lingua mortua | with the dead in a dead language | Movement fromPictures at an Exhibition byModest Mussorgsky | |||
| cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum | with the exclusive right to print | Copyright notice used in 16th-century England, used for comic effect inThe Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare[20] where Lucentio is urged by his servant Biondello to "seize your privilege to declare her [Bianca] yours alone". | |||
| cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae | let all come who by merit deserve the most reward | Motto ofUniversity College London. | |||
| cupio dissolvi | desire to be dissolved | From the Bible, locution indicating a will to death ("I want to die"). | |||
| cur Deus Homo | Why the God-Man | The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of Christianity must be both fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated "why did God become Man?" | |||
| cura personalis | care for the whole person | Motto ofGeorgetown University School of Medicine andUniversity of Scranton | |||
| cura te ipsum | take care of your own self | Exhortation tophysicians, or experts in general, to deal with their own problems before addressing those of others | |||
| curriculum vitae | course of life | An overview of a person's life and qualifications, similar to arésumé | |||
| custodi civitatem, Domine | guard the city, O Lord | Motto of theCity of Westminster | |||
| custos morum | keeper of morals | Acensor | |||
| cygnis insignis | distinguished by its swans | Motto ofWestern Australia | |||
| cygnus inter anates | swan among ducks |