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annuit coeptis?

novus ordo seclorum?

2006-10-23 09:42:09 · 9 answers · asked by dreamangel20051 2 in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

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Annuit Cœptis is one of two mottos (the other being Novus Ordo Seclorum) on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. Taken from the Latin words annuo (to nod, approve) and cœpto (to begin, undertake), it literally means someone or something "has approved our beginnings."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annuit_C%C5%93ptis

Novus Ordo Seclorum (Latin for "New Order of the Ages") appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, first designed in 1782 and printed on the back of the American dollar bill since 1935.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novus_Ordo_Seclorum

2006-10-23 09:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

ANNUIT COEPTIS – Origin and Meaning
of the Motto Above the Eye
Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson suggested "Annuit Coeptis" when he put together the final design of the Great Seal in June 1782.

He placed the motto at the top of the Seal's reverse side, where its meaning is associated with the Eye of Providence in a triangle surrounded by light rays.

Thomson did not provide an exact translation of the motto, but he explained its symbolism: The Eye and the motto Annuit Coeptis "allude to the many signal interpositions of providence in favour of the American cause."

"Signal" means unusual, notable, outstanding.
"Interposition" means intervention. (In this case, a divine intervention.)

NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM – Origin and Meaning
of the Motto Beneath the American Pyramid
"Novus Ordo Seclorum" was the motto suggested in 1782 by Charles Thomson, the Founding Father chosen by the Continental Congress to come up with the final design for the Great Seal of the United States.

He put the motto at the bottom of the reverse side where its meaning ties into the imagery above it: the unfinished pyramid with the date MDCCLXXVI (1776).

Thomson did not provide an exact translation of the motto, but he explained its symbolism: Novus Ordo Seclorum signifies "the beginning of the new American Æra," which commences from 1776.

2006-10-23 09:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0 1

Translating NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM

* Novus means: new, young, novel.
* Ordo means: row, series, order.
* Seclorum means: of the ages, of the generations, of the centuries.

An accurate translation of Novus Ordo Seclorum is "A New Order of the Ages," but the meaning of this motto is better understood when seen in its original context.

Translating ANNUIT COEPTIS

Annuit means to nod assent, to favor, to smile upon.
Coeptis means undertakings, endeavors, beginnings.

Annuit coeptis means "favors (lit., gives the nod to) undertakings." The subject must be supplied. Who favors? The Eye (Providence) does.

The verb annuit can be either present tense or perfect tense, therefore an accurate translation of the motto is: "Providence favors our undertakings" or "Providence has favored our undertakings." (The word "our" is supplied.)

(It has also been translated as: "He favors our undertakings" or "He has prospered our endeavors.")

The meaning of this motto is better understood when seen in its original context

2006-10-23 09:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by ichigo_li2 3 · 0 0

novus ordo seclorum=new secular order

2006-10-23 09:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It makes one of those not basic sense, notwithstanding this is clunky and relies upon on parodying a cliché: "what's solid for the goose is solid for the gander." The word, "so a concepts as what's honest," is redundant because it needlessly repeats what follows. It feels like someone repeating a drained old ensure of speech and really no longer getting it accurate. Be easy and sparkling: "what's solid for X might want to be what's solid for Y."

2016-12-05 03:46:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

New world order for the second one.

2006-10-23 09:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by robert m 7 · 0 1

"Approved our beginning"

and

"New Order of the Age"

2006-10-23 09:50:22 · answer #7 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0 1

It means you are sooooooooo bored, you're reading the back of paper currency, is what.

2006-10-23 09:48:34 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0 2

a doe is a deer, a female deer.

2006-10-23 09:44:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

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