āDe mortuis nil nisi bonumā is a Latin maxim commonly translated as āof the dead, speak nothing but good.ā It expresses a familiar rule of mourning: whenā¦
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 theā¦
The phrase de facto threads through conversations in courtrooms, boardrooms, and family kitchens, even though many people who use it never stop to consider itsā¦
Cur Deus Homo, usually translated as āWhy Did God Become Human?ā, is one of the most influential works in the history of Christian theology. Written by Anselmā¦
A short Latin phrase can carry a surprisingly modern attitude. Cum grano salis is usually translated as āwith a grain of saltā, an instruction to treat aā¦
The Latin phrase "cui bono" ā literally "to whose benefit" ā has travelled remarkably far from the Roman courts where it first gained traction. For centuries,ā¦
The word credo has travelled further than most Latin expressions still alive in English-speaking life. From liturgy to legal oaths, from university halls toā¦
Latin phrases still surface in Australian courtrooms, lecture halls, and even journalism programs, often without translation. Corpus delicti is one of thoseā¦
Latin remains woven into the language of law, scholarship and public debate. Some expressions survive as complete phrases, while others function as compactā¦
When the gavel falls in a Sydney courtroom, when a long-distance runner crosses the finish line of the Melbourne Marathon, or when a scholar finally bindsā¦