The two-word expression "de novo" travels through Australian courtrooms, research laboratories, boardrooms, and policy briefings with remarkable ease. A direct…
“De mortuis nil nisi bonum” is a Latin maxim commonly translated as “of the dead, speak nothing but good.” It expresses a familiar rule of mourning: when…
De Jure is a Latin phrase that travels far beyond the lecture halls of ancient rhetoric and into the modern courtroom, the parliamentary chamber, and the…
The phrase de facto threads through conversations in courtrooms, boardrooms, and family kitchens, even though many people who use it never stop to consider its…
Cur Deus Homo, usually translated as “Why Did God Become Human?”, is one of the most influential works in the history of Christian theology. Written by Anselm…
A short Latin phrase can carry a surprisingly modern attitude. Cum grano salis is usually translated as “with a grain of salt”, an instruction to treat a…
The Latin phrase "cui bono" — literally "to whose benefit" — has travelled remarkably far from the Roman courts where it first gained traction. For centuries,…
The word credo has travelled further than most Latin expressions still alive in English-speaking life. From liturgy to legal oaths, from university halls to…
Latin phrases still surface in Australian courtrooms, lecture halls, and even journalism programs, often without translation. Corpus delicti is one of those…
Latin remains woven into the language of law, scholarship and public debate. Some expressions survive as complete phrases, while others function as compact…