Mottoes Quotes and

AbbreviationsQuiz 2

carpe diemseize the day

from the Latin author Horace

The full thought is carpe diem quam minimum credula postero -

"enjoy today, trusting little in tomorrow"

casus belli

justification for making

war

cave canembeware of the dogexcavated from the ancient city of Pompeii in 1748 - which was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

caveat emptor

let the buyer beware

the rule of law warning potential purchasers of goods or services they

are not protected during the transaction

caveat

beware

cedant arma togalet arms/weapons

yield to the togamotto of Wyoming - military power

must be subordinate to civil authority

citius, altius, fortiusfaster, higher,

stronger

circa (c.)approximately

indicates uncertainty about a

date

cogito, ergo sumI think, therefore I

amone of the most famous

philosophical sayings started by Descartes, a French Philosopher

cornucopiahorn of plenty

symbol of abundance

some stories say that Amalthea, who nursed Zeus as an infant, was a goat,

Zeus endowed the horn of the goat with the capability of producing whatever the

owner of the horn desired

corpus delictibody of the crimethe fact or set of facts needed to establish that a crime has been

committed. In murder, it is the proof that someone has been murdered

rather than just died.

cum grano saliswith a grain of

saltimplies a certain caution or reserve

cum laudewith praise

a university degree awarded cum laude is the third rank of

honors

curriculum vitaec.v.

the course of one’s lifea resume

de factosomething that is

automatically acceptedwithout a legal basis

de iureby law,

according to law

exists legally

Delenda est CarthagoCarthage must be destroyed

After the 2nd Punic War against Carthage, it was no longer a threat to Rome - but Cato the Elder egged on the Senate with this saying -

the Romans destroyed the city itself in the 3rd warironic reminder that a ruling clique in a

powerful nation can have its own way in crushing a powerless nations

Deus ex machinaa god out of a

machineit describes an unexpected occurrence that rescues someone or something from a hopeless predicament

Draco dormiens nunquam titillandusnever tickle a

sleeping dragonmotto of Hogwarts

dum spiro spero

while I breathe, I hope

motto of South Carolina

e pluribus unum

from many, onemotto of the United States

emeritushaving served his

timehas it roots in Roman military tradition with the meaning "of a soldier who

served his time honorably" - in modern usage it is applied to a

university officer

ergo

therefore