Academics — PMAQ Flashcards
Influenced by Liber Digitalis Chapters 13–16
Give the Latin and English for the motto of the University of Oregon.
Mēns agitat molem - The mind moves the mass
Give the Latin and English for the motto of Hunter College.
Mihi cūra futurī - My anxiety is for the future
Give the Latin and English for the motto of New York University.
Perstāre et praestāre - To persevere and surpass
Give the Latin and English for the motto of Delaware College.
Scientia sōl mentis - Knowledge, the sun of the mind
Give the Latin and English for the motto of Dartmouth College.
Vōx clamantis in dēsertō - The voice of one crying in the wilderness
Who is credited with the quotation “Dux fēmina factī”?
Vergil
Give the English for the Latin quotation “Dux fēmina factī”.
The leader of the deed was a woman
Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase ad hoc.
Literal translation: to this
More common meaning: for this purpose
Fun Fact: When a committee is organized to deal with a specific issue, it is called an ad hoc committee. It works only on the one issue it was formed to consider. It is not a standing committee, and it will disband after its work is done.
Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase corpus dēlictī.
Literal translation: the body of an offense
More common meaning: the basic element of a crime
Fun Fact: The English word “corpse” is derived from the Latin word corpus, meaning “body,” but the corpus dēlictī is not always a corpse: corpus in this expression simply means any evidence that a crime has been committed.
Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase dē factō.
Literal translation: from the fact
More common meaning: in fact, in reality
Fun Fact: Dē factō is the opposite of dē iūre.
Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase dē iūre.
Literal translation: from law
More common meaning: by law
Fun Fact: If you have read about the Civil Rights movement in the United States, you know that housing patterns all over the country were determined dē jūre until the nineteen sixties. This meant that laws prohibited minorities from buying real estate in many areas. Latin students know that the Latin alphabet did not contain the letter j so Romans would have written this phrase dē iūre, not dē jūre.
Give the English for the Latin phrase ex officiō.
by virtue of the office
Give the English for the Latin phrase in absentiā.
in absence
Give the English for the Latin phrase in locō parentis.
in the place of a parent
Give the English for the Latin phrase nē plūs ultrā.
perfection (nothing more beyond)
Give the English for the Latin phrase post mortem.
after death (an autopsy)
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “for this purpose”.
ad hoc
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “the facts (body) of a crime”.
corpus dēlictī
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “in fact; actually”.
dē factō
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “by right; legally”.
dē iūre
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “by virtue of the office”.
ex officiō
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “in absence”.
in absentiā
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “in the place of a parent”.
in locō parentis
Give the Latin for the phrase that means “perfection (nothing more beyond)”.
nē plūs ultrā
