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Horace-Quintus

  • Born 65 BC

  • Quintus Horatius Flaccus

  • Poet

  • Famous phrase: “Carpe diem” (Seize the day)

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Supernova

  • Large exploding star

  • Comes from the Latin words


    • “Super” meaning “over, above, on”

    • “Novus, a, um” meaning “new”

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Regnat Populus

  • The people rule

  • Arkansas motto

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a.c. 

  • ante cenam

  • Before dinner

  • Comes from

    • Ante “before”

    • Cenam “dinner

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Vergil

  • Wrote the Aeneid 

  • Full name: Publius Vergilius Maro

  • Lived during Augustus’s reign

  • Born 70 BCE, died 19 BCE

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Acerbic

  • Derived from the Latin word “acer” meaning “sharp, piercing, irritating”

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Nil sine numine    

  • Motto of Colorado

  • Means “Nothing without the divine will”

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Ad inf.

  • Ad infinis


    • To infinity

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Cicero

  • Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • 106 BCE-43 BCE

  • Famous orator and lawyer

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Stellar (stella, stellae f.)    

  • Outstanding, exceptionally good

  • Comes from Latin word “stella, stellae” meaning “star

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E pluribus unum

  • "One out of many”

  • U.S. motto

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Ad int.

  • ad interim

  • In the meantime

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Ovid

  • Publius Ovidius Naso

  • Roman poet

  • Wrote the Metamorphoses


    • Mythological poem with various stories

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Luminosity

  • Brightness

  • Comes from “lumens, lumenis” meaning light

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Qui transtulit sustinet

  • CT motto

  • “He who transplanted still sustains”

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BL

  • Baccalaureus Legum


    • Bachelor of Laws

  • Need this degree to be a lawyer

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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

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Effete

  • Means “no longer fertile”

  • Comes from the latin words “ex” meaning “out” and “fetus” meaning “bearing”

  • Synonym would be “sterile”

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Ad astra per aspera

  • To the stars through difficulties”

  • Kansas state motto

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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.