Similar to 'status quo', 'quid pro quo'..'etecetra'
2007-11-07 19:59:01 · 10 answers · asked by Mimi 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
In what context are they used?
2007-11-07 20:21:09 · update #1
There are very many
circa
et cetera
a.m. (ante meridiem)
p.m. (post meridiem)
a.D. (anno domini)
percent
habeas corpus
m.o. (modus operandi)
cave canem
caveat emptor
n.b. (nota bene)
p.s. (post scriptum)
in camera (in chambers)
ex post facto
ibid. (ibidem)
annuit coeptis (on money)
e pluribus unum
deus ex machina
in media res
rx
ph.d.
m.d.
j.d.
summa c um laude
magna c um laude
lots, lots more, those were just a few off the top of my head.
2007-11-10 05:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to be lazy but I've too many of them and then I'm passing you here below 3 links to websites with a bunch of Latin phrases commonly used in the English language.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/nsalway/latin.html
http://users.bigpond.net.au/renton/310.htm
http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/gslj/wordsfromlatin.html
I guess it will be hard to give you more than this..!!
2007-11-08 18:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by martox45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
carpe diem - seize the day
caveat emptor - let the buyer beware
decree nisi - a decree, esp. of divorce, that will become absolute at a later date
2007-11-07 20:03:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have Fun -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetic_list_of_translations_of_latin_phrases
2007-11-07 20:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by Dale P 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
our legal language is full of latin words and phrases like habeascorpus, writ of mandamus, primus inter pares, de novo etc.
2007-11-07 20:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by sreenivasa m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ad infinitem
habeas corpus
per ardua ad astra
2007-11-07 20:25:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
de facto
ipso facto
rara avis
tabula rasa
ex libris
2007-11-07 20:04:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i.e or id est
e.g. or exempli gratia
nota bine
p.m and a.m fo post and anti meridiem
2007-11-07 20:40:55 · answer #8 · answered by kagome in blue 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mea culpa: my fault
2007-11-08 07:02:27 · answer #9 · answered by Elaine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Si, no, que sera - sera, or muy bueno.
2007-11-07 20:04:19 · answer #10 · answered by Agent319.007 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋