User:Ch4zm/November 2022/Mottoes

Sacramento Boot Lickers:

• Mors lupi agnis vita
• The death of the wolf is life to the lambs

Ideas

Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Latin_mottos

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annuit_c%C5%93ptis

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/genealogy/namemeanings-coatofarms/mottoes_H.html

https://www.leges.org/List-of-Latin-Mottos/

A

Annuit cœptis: He approved the undertakings

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annuit_c%C5%93ptis
• on the back side of the dollar, over the eye of providence

from Virgil's Aenid: "...audacibus adnue coeptis."

• It is a prayer by Ascanius, the son of the hero of the story, Aeneas
• it translates to, "Jupiter Almighty, favour my bold undertakings", just before slaying an enemy warrior, Numanus.

Ad astra per aspera: To the stars through difficulties

• Kansas state motto
• Ad is a Latin preposition expressing direction toward in space or time
• Astra is the accusative plural form of the Latin word astrum 'star' (from Ancient Greek ἄστρον astron 'star', from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ster-).[5]

I

inveniam viam aut faciam: I shall either find a way, or make one.

• The phrase has been attributed to Hannibal; when his generals told him it was impossible to cross the Alps by elephant, this was supposedly his response.

R

Reid: "Fortitudine et labore"

• By fortitude and exertion
• fortitude - courage in the face of adversity
• exertion - the application of a force

Rendell:

• Mors lupi agnis vita
• The death of the wolf is life to the lambs

Richards:

• Nec sperno, nec timeo
• I neither spurn nor fear
• (spurn -> despise)

Richardson:

• Semper fidelis
• Always faithful

Richardson

• Labor vincit omnia
• Labor conquers all things

(reap what you sow?)

Vae victis - woe to the conquered

• 390 BCV
• army of Gauls led by Brennus
• attacked Rome, Romans ransomed hte city
• 1,000 lbs of gold
• Gauls provided weights, weighed the gold, it came up short
• Romans claimed it was rigged and complained
• Brennus then threw his word on the scale: "Vae victis!"
• more gold

google translate

San Francisco Boat Shoes :

• Pro gloria et fama et fortuito infamatus est (For glory and fame and a chance to become infamous)

Detroit Grape Chews :

• Sed terrae graviora manent (But on earth, worse things await - Virgil, Aeneid 6:84)

Alewife Arsonists :

• Sic semper non est combustum (thus always to that which remains unburned)

Boylston Boogers :

• Thesaurus qui non quaesitur non invenietur (treasure that is not sought shall not be found)

San Diego Balloon Animals :

• Si comprehendis, non est Animalis (If you understand it, it is not The San Diego Balloon Animals)

Seattle Sneakers :

• Sine metu (Without fear)

Baltimore Texas II :

• Post tenebras spero lucem (After darkness, I hope for light)

PHI:

• Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua (The only good language is a dead language)
• Philadelphia Philologists