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Classical Studies Are Life Studies at Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, Massachusetts

USEFUL LATIN EXPRESSIONS TEST

  1. ANNO DOMINI (A.D.)--IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
  2. ANTE MERIDIEM (A.M.)--BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
  3. ET ALIA (ET AL.)--AND OTHER THINGS
  4. ET CETERA (ETC.)--AND THE REST
  5. EXEMPLI GRATIA (E.G.)--FOR EXAMPLE
  6. IBIDEM (IBID)--IN THE SAME PLACE
  7. ID EST (I.E.)--THAT IS
  8. NOTA BENE (N.B.)--NOTE WELL
  9. POST MERIDIEM (P.M.)--AFTER THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
  10. POST SCRIPTUM (P.S.)--AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN
  11. PRO TEMPORE (PRO TEM)--FOR THE TIME BEING
  12. QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM (Q.E.D.)--THAT WHICH MUST BE SHOWN/PROVEN
  13. REQUIESCAT IN PACE (R.I.P.)--LET HIM/HER REST IN PEACE
  14. SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS (SPQR)--THE SENATE AND PEOPLE OF ROME
  15. AB OVO--FROM THE BEGINNING
  16. AD HOC--FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
  17. AD INFINITUM--FOREVER
  18. AD NAUSEAM--TO THE POINT OF DISGUST
  19. ALIAS--ANOTHER NAME
  20. ALMA MATER--SCHOOL FROM WHICH ONE GRADUATES
  21. ALUMNUS--MALE GRADUATE      ALUMNA--FEMALE GRADUATE      ALUMNI--MALE AND FEMALE GRADUATES  ALUMNAE--FEMALE GRADUATES
  22. ANTE BELLUM--BEFORE THE WAR
  23. ARGUMENTUM EX SILENTIO--AN ARGUMENT BASED ON SILENCE
  24. ARS GRATIA ARTIS--ART FOR THE SAKE OF ART
  25. BONA FIDE--IN GOOD FAITH
  26. CARPE DIEM--SEIZE THE DAY
  27. CUM GRANO SALIS--WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
  28. CUM LAUDE--WITH PRAISE
  29. DE FACTO--IN FACT
  30. DOMINUS VOBISCUM--MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU
  31. DRAMATIS PERSONAE--CAST OF CHARACTERS
  32. E PLURIBUS UNUM--FROM MANY COMES ONE
  33. EMERITUS/A--RETIRED PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE
  34. EX CATHEDRA--FROM A HIGH PLACE/AUTHORITY
  35. EX OFFICIO--BECAUSE OF ONE'S OFFICE
  36. EX POST FACTO--AFTER THE FACT
  37. VIA--BY WAY OF
  38. FESTINA LENTE--HURRY SLOWLY
  39. HABEAS CORPUS--RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL
  40. IN HOC SIGNO VINCES--IN THIS SIGN YOU WILL WIN
  41. IN LOCO PARENTIS--IN PLACE OF A PARENT
  42. IN MEDIAS RES--IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS
  43. IN MEMORIAM--IN MEMORY OF
  44. IN TOTO--COMPLETELY
  45. IN VINO VERITAS--IN WINE THERE IS TRUTH
  46. IPSO FACTO--THE FACT ITSELF
  47. LAPSUS LINGUAE--A SLIP OF THE TONGUE
  48. MAGNA CUM LAUDE--WITH GREAT PRAISE
  49. MEA CULPA--MY FAULT
  50. MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO--A SOUND MIND IN A SOUND BODY
  51. MINUTIAE--TRIVIA
  52. MIRABILE DICTU--REMARKABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT
  53. MIRABILE VISU--REMARKABLE TO WATCH
  54. MODUS OPERANDI (M.O.)--WAY OF DOING SOMETHING
  55. MODUS VIVENDI--WAY OF LIFE
  56. MORITURI TE SALUTAMUS--WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU
  57. NIL DESPERANDUM--DON'T GIVE UP HOPE
  58. NON COMPOS MENTIS--NOT OF SOUND MIND
  59. NON SEQUITUR--IT DOES NOT FOLLOW, OUT OF SYNC
  60. O TEMPORA! O MORES! --OH WHAT TIMES, O WHAT CUSTOMS!!
  61. PAX VOBISCUM--PEACE BE WITH YOU
  62. PER ANNUM--PER YEAR
  63. PER CAPITA--PER PERSON
  64. PER DIEM--PER DAY
  65. PER SE--IN ITSELF
  66. POST MORTEM--AUTOPSY
  67. PRIMA FACIE--AT FIRST GLANCE/ON THE FACE OF THINGS
  68. PRO BONO (PUBLICO)--FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD
  69. PRO ET CONTRA--FOR AND AGAINST
  70. PRO FORMA--TRADITIONAL
  71. QUASI--JUST LIKE
  72. QUID PRO QUO--SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING ELSE
  73. RARA AVIS--RARE BIRD, UNUSUAL
  74. REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM--REDUCTION TO ABSURDITY
  75. SANCTUM SANCTORUM--HOLY OF HOLIES
  76. SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI--THUS PASSES THE GLORY OF THE WORLD
  77. SINE QUA NON--ESSENTIAL, NECESSARY
  78. STATUS QUO--THE WAY THINGS ARE
  79. SUB ROSA--SNEAKY
  80. SUMMA CUM LAUDE--WITH THE HIGHEST PRAISE/HIGHEST ACADEMIC HONOR
  81. TABULA RASA--CLEAN SLATE
  82. TEMPUS FUGIT--TIME FLIES
  83. TERRA FIRMA--SOLID GROUND
  84. VADE MECUM--COME WITH ME
  85. QUO VADIS--WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
  86. NOVUS ORDO SAECLORUM--NEW WORLD ORDER
  87. ANNUIT COEPTIS--GOD HAS FAVORED OUR BEGINNING
  88. PERSONA NON GRATA--UNWELCOME PERSON
  89. VERBATIM--WORD FOR WORD
  90. SEMPER FIDELIS--ALWAYS FAITHFUL
  91. SEMPER PARATUS--ALWAYS READY
  92. VOX POPULI--VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
  93. ALTER EGO--ANOTHER SELF
  94. CAVEAT EMPTOR--LET THE BUYER BEWARE
  95. CORPUS DELICTI--THE BODY OF EVIDENCE
  96. EX LIBRIS--FROM BOOKS, FROM LITERATURE
  97. IN ABSENTIA--IN ONE'S ABSENCE
  98. VENI, VIDI, VICI--I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED
  99. ALEA IACTA EST--THE DIE IS CAST
  100. QUORUM--NECESSARY NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO HOLD A MEETING

THE FOLLOWING PHRASE WILL BE EXTRA CREDIT--5 POINTS. NO SCORES HIGHER THAN 100, HOWEVER.  YOU MUST GET THE ENTIRE MOTTO CORRECT.

ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM (THE MOTTO OF MASSACHUSETTS)--WITH A SWORD SHE SEEKS A QUIET PEACE UNDER LIBERTY