List of Latin Mottos
A
A Mari Usque Ad Mare: From Sea to Sea; from Psalm 72:8; Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae: King James Bible; He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth
Ad astra: to the stars; from Virgil, sic itur ad astra, thus you shall go to the stars; opta ardua pennis astra sequi, desire to reach the high stars on wings; non est ad astra mollis e terris via , there is no easy way from the earth to the stars (Seneca the Younger)
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam: For the greater glory of God
Alis volat propriis: He (it) flies with his own wings
Annuit cœptis: He approved the undertakings
Audemus jura nostra defendere: We Dare To Defend Our Rights and We Dare To Maintain Our Rights
C
Carpe diem: (Horace) pluck the day or gather the day; seize (enjoy or use) the day (Ovid)
Crescat e Fluviis: create from the river
Cura Personalis: Care for the whole Person
D
De oppresso liber: to free (others) from oppression and to liberate the oppressed
Dei Gratia Regina; (D·G·REGINA): By the Grace of God, Queen. (Queen Elizabeth II) D. G. REG. F. D.; Dei gratia regina fidei defensor
Deo vindice: God Will Vindicate, defend, clear us
Disce aut Discede: Learn or Leave
Docendo discimus: by teaching, we learn, (Seneca the Younger)
Dominus illuminatio mea: Psalm 27; The Lord is my light
Dum spiro spero: While I breathe, I hope (Cicero)
E
E pluribus unum: Out of many, one (Pierre Eugene du Simitiere)
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem: she seeks with the sword a quiet peace under liberty; from Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem; this hand, hostile to tyrants, seeks with the sword a quiet peace under liberty
Esse quam videri: from Cicero Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt; Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so
esse quam videri bonus malebat: He preferred to be good rather than to seem so; (Sallust)
Esto perpetua: Let it be perpetual
Et in Arcadia ego: Even in Arcadia I (am ); Death is even in Arcadia
Etiamsi omnes, ego non: Matthew 26:33–34; Peter to Jesus: "Even if all others desert you, I will not or If all will take offence at you, I shall not
Experto crede: Believe who had experience in the case; believe in experience
F
Fiat Lux: Let there be light; The Bible, book of Genesis
Fluctuat nec mergitur: FLVCTVAT NEC MERGITVR: He who rises with the wave is not overcome by it
I
In hoc signo vinces: in this sign you will conquer; Revelation to Constantine as seen in the sky before the battle of Milvian Bridge
In varietate concordia: United in diversity; motto of the EU
Invicta: unconquered, undefeated
L
Labor omnia vincit: Hard work conquers all (Virgil)
Labor omnia uicit improbus: Ruinous work overcomes all things
M
Magis: the more, from Ad majorem Dei gloriam, for the greater glory of God; Magis means doing more for Christ and others.
Meliora: better, always better, make better
Memento mori: Remember your mortality; Remember you must die; Remember you will die
N
Nec pluribus impar: Not unequal to many (Louis XIV of France)
Nec Temere, Nec Timide: Neither rashly nor timidly
Nemo me impune lacessit: No one attacks me with impunity; No one can harm me unpunished
Nescit cedere: He does not know how to give up
Nihil sine Deo: Nothing without God
Nobilitatis virtus non stemma: Virtue, not pedigree, is the mark of nobility
Non incautus futuri: Not Unmindful of the Future
Non pro nobis laboramus: we labor not for ourselves
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus: We do not learn for the school, but for life (Seneca)
Novus ordo seclorum: New Order of the Ages
P
Pari passu: with an equal step; on equal footing
Ubi panis ibi patria: Where there is bread, there is country
Ubi bene ibi patria: where good, there fatherland; Where I am at ease, there is country
Per ardua ad astra: Through struggle to the stars
Plus ultra: further beyond
Post tenebras lux: Light After Darkness
Post tenebras spero lucem: After darkness, I hope for light: Job 17:12
Pro Aris et Focis: for our altars and our hearths; For God and country (Cicero)
Pro Fide, Lege et Rege: For Faith, Law and King; Si Deus Nobiscum quis contra nos: If God is with us, then who is against us
pro fide lege et grege: Faith, Justice, and the Nation
Q
Quis separabit? Who will separate us? Romans, 8:35: Quis nos separabit a caritate Christi; Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
R
Repulsae Nescia: ignorant of defeat (Horace), Virtus Repulsae Nescia: courage knows no defeat
S
Scientia est lux lucis: knowledge is enlightenment; scientific is enlightenment (Leonardo da Vinci)
Semper Fidelis: Always Faithful, Always Loyal
Semper Paratus: Always Ready
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Si monumentum requiris, circumspice: If you seek a monument, look around you
Sic semper tyrannis: thus always to tyrants
Sine ira et studio: without either bitterness or partiality
Sit tibi terra levis: be to you ground, soil, light, lightness
Spectemur Agendo: judge us by our acts
Spiritus intus alit: the spirit nourishes within (Virgil)
SPQR: The Senate and People of Rome: Senatus Populusque Romanus
Stella quarta decima: The Fourteenth Star
U
Ubi panis ibi patria: Where there is bread, there is country
Ubi bene ibi patria: where good, there fatherland; where I am at ease, there is country
Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno: One for all, all for one; (Alexandre Dumas) The Three Musketeers
V
Veritas vos liberabit or Veritas liberabit vos: the truth shall set you free, John 8:32 and in John 18:38: Quid est veritas?: What is truth?
Via, Veritas, Vita: (I am the) The Way, The Truth, The Life; words of Jesus Christ
Viriliter age: Act Courageously; Act Manfully; from Psalm 26
Virtus non stemma: Valor, not garland; Courage, not pomp; Worth, not birth; Virtue, not pedigree; Nobilitatis virtus non stemma: Virtue, not pedigree, is the mark of nobility
The full list of Latin Mottos translated into English from the Latin Mottos above.
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From sea to sea, From Sea to Sea; From Psalm 72: 8; He will rule from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth: King James Bible; He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the Earth
To the stars, to the stars; from Virgil, so we go to the stars, thus you shall go to the stars; outspread wings, stars wish to follow his desire to reach the high stars on wings; There is no easy way from the earth , there is no easy way from the earth to the stars (Seneca the Younger)
To the greater glory or the greater glory: For the greater glory of God
Wings flying his own, he (it) flies with his own wings
Signals enterprise, he approved the undertakings
We dare defend our rights, we dare to defend our rights and we dare to maintain our rights
100
Seize the day (Horace) pluck the day or gather the day; seize (enjoy or use) the day (Bacon)
Let the rivers create from the river
The personal care, care for the whole person
500
On the oppressed free, free (others) from oppression and to liberate the oppressed
Queen of Grace; ( 500 · G · Regina ) : By the grace of God, Queen. (Queen Elizabeth 2) DG REG. FD; Grace of God Queen of Faith
God will: God Will Vindicate, defend, clear Us
Learn or leave, Learn or Leave
We learn by teaching, teaching, we learn, (Seneca the Younger)
The Lord is my Ps 27; The Lord is my light
While I breathe: While 1 breathe, hope 1 (QED)
E
One out of many: Out of many, one (Pierre Eugene du Simitiere)
Sword on a quiet under liberty, she seeks with the sword a quiet peace under liberty; from the hand of a placid and under the liberty he seeks is an enemy to the tyranny of the quiet of the sword ; this hand, hostile to tyrants, seeks with the sword a quiet peace under liberty
To be rather than to seem: from Cicero, For many wish not so much to be rather than to seem they want to; Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so
to be seen how good he preferred, he preferred to be good rather than to seem so; (Titus)
Be Eternal: Let it be perpetual
Et in Arcadia ego: Even in Arcadia 1 (am); Death is even in Arcadia;
Even if all the, I do not: Matthew 26: 33-34; Peter to him: "Even if all others desert you, 1 will not or if all will take offense at you, 1 shall
My experience, believe me, believe who had experience in the case; believe the experience
F
Fiat Lux: Let there be light; The Book of Genesis
Fluctuates not sink, FLVCTVAT NEC MERGITVR: He who rises with the waves is not overcome by it
1
In this sign you will win in this sign you will conquer; Revelation Constantine as seen in the sky before the Battle of Milvian Bridge
The variety of the agreement : United in Diversity; The motto of the EU
Invincible, unconquered, undefeated
50
Toil wins: Hard work endures (I)
Toil overcome persistent, Ruinous work overcomes all things
1000
Rather, the more, from the greater glory of God , for the greater glory of God; This means doing more for Christ and others.
Better, better, always better, make better
Remember: Remember your mortality; Remember you must die; Remember you will die
N
Not many odd, not unequal to many (Louis 14 of France)
Nor is it acting rashly,, Do not be shy: Neither rashly nor timidly
No one provokes me with impunity: No one attacks me with impunity; No one can harm me unpunished
Yield knows: He does not know how to give up
Without God, nothing, nothing without God
Nobility of the power line is: Virtue, not pedigree, is the mark of nobility
Not blindly into the future, not unmindful of the Future
It is not hard for us, we work not for ourselves
It is not for school but for life: We do not learn for the school, but for life (Werner)
The new world order: New Order of the Ages
P
On an equal footing, with an equal step; on equal footing
When the bread is a country where there is bread, there is country
Where you feel good there is your home where good, there fatherland; Where 1 am at ease, there is country
The steep slope to the stars: Through struggle to the stars
Over no further beyond
After the darkness, Light After Darkness
After darkness, after darkness, 1 hope for light, Job 17:12;
For home and hearth, for our altars and our hearth; For God and Country (QED)
Instead of faith, law and govern For Faith, Law and King ; If God is with us : If God is with us, then who is against us
For the mom and faith: Faith, Justice, and the Nation
Q
Who separate? Who will separate us? Romans 8:35: What will separate us from the love of Christ; Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
R
Driven we do not know of defeat (Horace), Virtue, knowing, courage knows no defeat
S
Knowledge is light, knowledge is enlightenment; is scientific enlightenment (Leonardo da Vinci)
Always Faithful, Always Faithful, Always Loyal
Always ready Always Ready
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
If you seek his monument, look around: If you seek a monument, look around you
Thus always to tyrants, thus always to tyrants
Without anger and determination, without either bitterness or partiality
Levis, be to you ground, soil, light, lightness
Judged by our actions, judge us by our acts
The inside nourishes the spirit flourishes within (I)
SPQR: The Senate and People of Rome, SPQR
Star of the Fourteenth: The Fourteenth Star
U
When the bread is a country where there is bread, there is country
Where you feel good there is your home where good, there fatherland; Living here 1 am at ease, there is country
For there is one for all, all for one: One for all, all for one; (Alexandre Dumas) The Three Musketeers
5
The truth will set you free or you the truth shall set you free, and in John 18:38, John 8:32: What is truth? : What is truth?
Way, the Truth and Life (1 am) The Way, The Truth, The Life; words of Jesus Christ
Act: Act courageously; Act manfully; From Psalm 26
Not a power line , valor, not Garland; Courage, not pomp; Worth, not birth; Virtue, not pedigree; Nobility of the power line is: Virtue, not pedigree, is the mark of nobility