The Latin phrase genus Homo, literally translated as "the human kind" or "man as a kind," appears frequently in scientific publications, museum displays, and…
The Latin noun gaudium means joy, delight, or gladness. In a spiritual setting, it describes more than a passing sense of pleasure. It points to a settled form…
The phrase fuit Ilium sits among the most resonant Latin expressions that classical writers, medieval scholars, and modern essayists have turned to when…
Few Latin phrases travel as far from the ancient Mediterranean as Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit, and yet the line feels at home almost anywhere that…
Latin mottos still pass through the vocabulary of cities, councils, and institutions that want to communicate something about who they are and what they refuse…
The two words have a strange power to freeze a room. Drop them into a sentence and even the most mundane news story acquires the texture of a Roman courtroom.…
The Latin phrase fides quaerens intellectum translates as "faith seeking understanding," and it has shaped Christian theological reflection for nearly a…
Fiat lux is one of the best-known Latin phrases in the English-speaking world. Usually translated as “let there be light”, it joins a simple command to one of…
Facilis descensus Averno — the descent to Avernus is easy — is one of the most quoted lines from Virgil's Aeneid. Spoken by the Sibyl at Cumae as she guides…
Experto crede — literally "believe the experienced one" — is one of those Latin expressions that survives most powerfully when people do not even realise they…