The phrase "ars longa vita brevis" has echoed through more than two thousand years of human reflection, drifting from ancient medical texts into galleries,ā¦
Few Latin expressions have travelled as far through the corridors of time as terra incognita. Meaning "unknown land," the phrase first emerged in theā¦
Few Latin expressions have travelled so neatly from international law into ordinary conversation as persona non grata. Literally meaning āan unwelcome person,āā¦
Ceteris paribus is one of those Latin phrases that slips into academic writing so smoothly that many readers never pause to consider its weight. The expressionā¦
āNon sequiturā is a Latin expression meaning āit does not followā. In logic, it describes a conclusion that is not supported by the statements before it. Inā¦
The Latin phrase ad hoc means āfor thisā or āfor this particular purposeā. In everyday English, it describes something created, arranged or decided for aā¦
A bargain is often described as a simple trade: one person offers money, labour, access or information, while another provides something of comparable value.ā¦
Pax Romana is usually translated as āRoman peaceā, but the phrase means more than a simple absence of war. It describes a long period in which Rome imposedā¦
A story does not always begin at the beginning. It may open with a detective standing over a body, a family already arguing in a hospital corridor, or aā¦
Et cetera is one of the most familiar Latin expressions in modern English. Usually shortened to etc., it means āand the restā or āand other things of the sameā¦