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tu quoque |
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you too |
The logical fallacy of attempting to defend one's position merely by pointing out the same weakness in one's opponent. If a politician is criticized for advocating an inadequately-funded plan and replies that his or her opponent's plan is equally inadequately funded, this is a 'tu quoque' argument: undermining the counterproposal on the same basis does not make the original plan any more satisfactory. |
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non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum |
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you should not make evil in order that good may be made from it |
Opposite of "the ends justify the means" |
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tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito |
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you should not give in to evils, but proceed ever more boldly against them |
From Virgil, Aeneid, 6, 95. |
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venire facias |
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you must make come |
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habeas corpus |
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you may have the body |
A legal term from the 14th century or earlier. Refers to a number of legal writs to bring a person before a court or judge, most commonly habeas corpus ad subjiciendum ("you may have the body to bring up"). Commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to have the charge against them specifically identified. |
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vincere scis Hannibal victoria uti nescis |
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you know [how] to win, Hannibal; you do not [how] to use victory |
According to Livy, a cavalry colonel told Hannibal this after the victory at Cannae in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal should have marched on Rome directly. |
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tu autem |
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you indeed |
In response to a person's belief that he will never die. A memento mori epitaph. |
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annos vixit |
a.v. |
years of life |
he (or she) lived (so many) years |
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anni |
ann. |
years |
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annus |
a. |
year |
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malum in se |
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wrong in itself |
A legal term meaning that something is inherently wrong. |
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malum prohibitum |
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wrong due to being prohibited |
A legal term meaning that something is only wrong because it is against the law. |
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lex scripta |
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written law |
Statute law |
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Ira Deorum |
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Wrath of the Gods |
Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the ancient Romans practiced pagan rituals to ward off such things as earthquakes and other disasters, believing it important to achieve a state of Pax Deorum ("Peace of the Gods") instead of Ira Deorum ("Wrath of the Gods").
Today, we speak of natural disasters as "Acts of God," but the Romans were more personal by call in them "Ira Deorum." |
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corpus vile |
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worthless body |
A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment. |
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opera |
op. |
works |
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Labor omnia vincit |
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Work conquers all things |
State motto of Oklahoma. |
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opus |
op. |
work |
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verba ita sunt intelligenda ut res magis valeat quam pereat |
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words are to be understood such that the subject matter may be more effective than wasted |
A legal maxim. |
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sesquipedalia verba |
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words a foot and a half long |
From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba" (he throws down his high-flown language and his foot-and-a-half-long words). A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. |
