People
Horace-Quintus
Born 65 BC
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Poet
Famous phrase: “Carpe diem” (Seize the day)
Supernova
Large exploding star
Comes from the Latin words
“Super” meaning “over, above, on”
“Novus, a, um” meaning “new”
Regnat Populus
The people rule
Arkansas motto
a.c.
ante cenam
Before dinner
Comes from
Ante “before”
Cenam “dinner
Vergil
Wrote the Aeneid
Full name: Publius Vergilius Maro
Lived during Augustus’s reign
Born 70 BCE, died 19 BCE
Acerbic
Derived from the Latin word “acer” meaning “sharp, piercing, irritating”
Nil sine numine
Motto of Colorado
Means “Nothing without the divine will”
Ad inf.
Ad infinis
To infinity
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero
106 BCE-43 BCE
Famous orator and lawyer
Stellar (stella, stellae f.)
Outstanding, exceptionally good
Comes from Latin word “stella, stellae” meaning “star
E pluribus unum
"One out of many”
U.S. motto
Ad int.
In the meantime
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso
Roman poet
Wrote the Metamorphoses
Mythological poem with various stories
Luminosity
Brightness
Comes from “lumens, lumenis” meaning light
Qui transtulit sustinet
CT motto
“He who transplanted still sustains”
BL
Baccalaureus Legum
Bachelor of Laws
Need this degree to be a lawyer
Juvenal
Name: Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Born: 55-60? CE; Died: in or after 127
Wrote satirical poems
If he were alive today he would be writing for Saturday Night Live
Effete
Means “no longer fertile”
Comes from the latin words “ex” meaning “out” and “fetus” meaning “bearing”
Synonym would be “sterile”
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties”
Kansas state motto
Ad lib
Abbreviation for “ad libitum” meaning “at pleasure”
Medical term doctors use such as having a patient fast to prepare for a medical procedure
Patients can have water ad lib but nothing else during the fast.