50 Latin phrases every college student should know – Flashcards
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Per se
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By itself
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Vice versa
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To reverse order of something
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Alma mater
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Bountiful mother
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Magnum Opus
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Masterpiece
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Bona fide
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good faith
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Quasi
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As if
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Alter ego
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A second self
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Verbatim
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Repeated word for word
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Status Quo
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The state in which
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Sic
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In brackets when quoting a statement
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Id est
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That is
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Deus ex machina
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God out of a machine
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Exempli gratia
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For the sake of example
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Ex libris
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"from the library of"
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Et cetera
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And the others
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Ibidem
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In the same place (ibid)
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Et alii
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Used in writing to take place of writing out a long list of writers (et al)
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Ad infinitum
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To infinity
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De facto
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from the fact
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In toto
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in all or entirety
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Ipso facto
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by the fact itself
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Tabula rasa
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"clean slate" someone not affacted by experiences
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Terra firma
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firm ground
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Mea culpa
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my fault
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Persona non grata
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unacceptable person
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In situ
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On site; something found in original state on site
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In vitro
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"in glass" any biological process that occurs in the lab rather in a natural setting
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In vivo
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within the living
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Ante bellum
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"before the war"
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A priori
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general idea applyed to a particular issue
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A posteriori
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"some bachelors are happy"
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Ad nauseam
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Argument been taken to place of nausia
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Ergo
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therefore
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Compis mentis
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in command of one's mind
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Subpoena
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"under penalty" if someone delivers this to someone, they have to respond or they'll be some big penalties under the law
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Ad hominem
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Term designating an argument that attacks someone's character rather than addressing an issue at hand
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Habeas corpus
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requires a person to appear before the court in person
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Pro bono
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"for the good" term designating when someone is free of charge
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Mens rea
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"guilty mind"
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Ad hoc
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"to this"
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Per diem
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"by the day"
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Curriculum vitae
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"the course of one's life" Fancy way to describe a resume
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Pro rata
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to charge at a proportional rate
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Quid pro quo
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"this for that" used to describe an exchange of value necessary for a contract to take place.
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Carpe diem
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"seize the day" Quote by Horace
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Cogito ergo sum
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"I think, therefore I am" Quote of Rene Descartes
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Veni, vidi, vici
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"I came, I saw, I conquered" Quote by Julius Caesar
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In vino veritas
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"in wine there is truth" Quote by Pliny the Elder
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E pluribus unum
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"out of many, one" Quote on U.S. seal
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Et tu, Brute?
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"Even you, Brutus?" Last words of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'
