Classical Terms Flashcards
Je ne sais quoi
Indescribable quality
Ipso facto
Because of the fact
Quid pro quo
This for that
Schadenfreude
Pleasure derived from someone else’s misfortune
Deus ex machina
Ghost from the machine
Carpe Diem(Horace)
Pluck the day
De Brevitate Vitae
About the brevity of life
Memento mori
Remember you are mortal
C’est la vie
That’s life
Ars gratia artis
Art for art’s sake
Non-sequitur
It does not follow
Persona non grata
An unwelcome person
A priori
Knowledge before experience
A posteriori
Knowledge after experience
Est quod est
Be what you are
In toto
In total
Nihilo ex nihilo
Nothing from nothing
Sapere aude
Dare to know
Avant garde
Advance guard or leading guard
Tete-a-Tete
Head to head
De rigueur
It’s fashionable
Mens rea
Mental state
Argumentum ad hominem
Attack the man
Argumentum ad infinitum
Argue same thing constantly (or constant)
Argument in ad naseum
Argue same thing but an outcome comes out
Amor fati
Love your fate
Ante-bellum
Before the war
Bibo ergo sum
I drink therefore I am
Bona fide
Proof of authenticity
Casus belli
Cause for war
Caveat emptor
Buyer beware
Deo volente
God willing
Vini, Vidi, Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
Ne plus ultra
There is nothing more beyond