Classical Terms Flashcards

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Je ne sais quoi

A

Indescribable quality

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Ipso facto

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Because of the fact

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3
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Quid pro quo

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This for that

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4
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Schadenfreude

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Pleasure derived from someone else’s misfortune

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5
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Deus ex machina

A

Ghost from the machine

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Carpe Diem(Horace)

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Pluck the day

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7
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De Brevitate Vitae

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About the brevity of life

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Memento mori

A

Remember you are mortal

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C’est la vie

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That’s life

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10
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Ars gratia artis

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Art for art’s sake

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Non-sequitur

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It does not follow

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12
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Persona non grata

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An unwelcome person

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13
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A priori

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Knowledge before experience

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A posteriori

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Knowledge after experience

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15
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Est quod est

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Be what you are

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16
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In toto

A

In total

17
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Nihilo ex nihilo

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Nothing from nothing

18
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Sapere aude

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Dare to know

19
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Avant garde

A

Advance guard or leading guard

20
Q

Tete-a-Tete

A

Head to head

21
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De rigueur

A

It’s fashionable

22
Q

Mens rea

A

Mental state

23
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Argumentum ad hominem

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Attack the man

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Argumentum ad infinitum

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Argue same thing constantly (or constant)

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Argument in ad naseum

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Argue same thing but an outcome comes out

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Amor fati

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Love your fate

27
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Ante-bellum

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Before the war

28
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Bibo ergo sum

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I drink therefore I am

29
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Bona fide

A

Proof of authenticity

30
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Casus belli

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Cause for war

31
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Caveat emptor

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Buyer beware

32
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Deo volente

A

God willing

33
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Vini, Vidi, Vici

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I came, I saw, I conquered

34
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Ne plus ultra

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There is nothing more beyond