October 26th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi"
"altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi"
"All the deepest rivers flow with the least sound." - like the English "Still waters run deep."
a.d. VII Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
October 25th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "alter ego"
"alter ego"
Literally "another I" - "another self" - a term used in English both for a very close friend and for another identity
a.d. VIII Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
October 24th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "alma mater"
"alma mater"
Literally "nourishing mother," used metaphorically in English for the institutions (particularly schools) one attended, and sometimes for symbols thereof (like the "school song" is sometimes referred to as the alma mater)
a.d. IX Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
October 23rd, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Cui des videto"
"Cui des videto"
"Look at to whom you would give," "Consider to whom you give" ~ from the Monostichs of Dionysius Cato
a.d. X Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
October 22nd, 2023 Latin of the Day - "alis volat propriis"
"alis volat propriis"
"she flies on her own wings" ~ State Motto of Oregon
a.d. XI Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
October 21st, 2023 Latin of the Day - "aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus"
"aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus"
"sometimes good Homer nods off" - meaning sometimes even the greatest poet fails to be as incredible as usual, even the greatest in any field can be off their game and no one is perfect all the time - from Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
a.d. XII Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
October 20th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "alieni iuris"
"alieni iuris"
"of a another's law" or "of another's right" - a legal Latin term designating a person as being under the authority of another by law, as with children or those not mentally competent to manage their own affairs
a.d. XIII Kalendas Novembres anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
