Ultima ratio regum translates as “the last argument of kings”. The saying presents force as the final instrument available to a ruler when persuasion,…
Suum cuique is a Latin expression commonly translated as “to each their own” or, more precisely, “to each what is due”. Its meaning reaches beyond personal…
Some Latin phrases remain useful because they name an experience that modern language struggles to express. Spes contra spem is one of them. Usually translated…
Soli Deo gloria is a Latin phrase meaning “to God alone be the glory”. It expresses the belief that praise, honour and ultimate credit belong to God rather…
Public attention can make a person appear larger than life, yet fame is rarely as permanent as it seems. A celebrated athlete, actor, politician or business…
Sapiens dominatur astris is commonly translated as “the wise person governs the stars” or “the wise person rules the stars”. Read as a statement about human…
Some observations land with unusual precision. A doctor identifies the real source of a symptom, a researcher notices the variable that changes an experiment,…
Few Latin expressions have travelled as neatly from ancient scholarship into modern mathematics as quod erat demonstrandum. Usually abbreviated to Q.E.D. or…
The Latin phrase post mortem means “after death”. It describes something that takes place following a person’s death, especially an examination of the body to…
Few Latin phrases carry as much narrative force as per aspera ad astra. Usually translated as “through hardships to the stars”, it expresses a journey in which…