Mottoes Quotes and Abbreviations Quiz 2

carpe diem seize the day from the Latin author Horace The full thought is carpe diem quam minimum credula postero - "enjoy today, trusting little in tomorrow"

casus belli justification for making war

cave canem beware of the dog excavated from the ancient city of Pompeii in which was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

caveat emptor let the buyer beware the rule of law warning potential purchasers of goods or services they are not protected during the transaction

caveat beware

cedant arma toga let arms/weapons yield to the toga motto of Wyoming - military power must be subordinate to civil authority

citius, altius, fortius faster, higher, stronger

circa (c.) approximately indicates uncertainty about a date

cogito, ergo sum I think, therefore I am one of the most famous philosophical sayings started by Descartes, a French Philosopher

cornucopia horn of plenty symbol of abundance some stories say that Amalthea, who nursed Zeus as an infant, was a goat, Zeus endowed the horn of the goat with the capability of producing whatever the owner of the horn desired

corpus delicti body of the crime the fact or set of facts needed to establish that a crime has been committed. In murder, it is the proof that someone has been murdered rather than just died.

cum grano salis with a grain of salt implies a certain caution or reserve

cum laude with praise a university degree awarded cum laude is the third rank of honors

curriculum vitae c.v. the course of one’s life a resume

de facto something that is automatically accepted without a legal basis

de iure by law, according to law exists legally

Delenda est Carthago Carthage must be destroyed After the 2 nd Punic War against Carthage, it was no longer a threat to Rome - but Cato the Elder egged on the Senate with this saying - the Romans destroyed the city itself in the 3 rd war ironic reminder that a ruling clique in a powerful nation can have its own way in crushing a powerless nations

Deus ex machina a god out of a machine it describes an unexpected occurrence that rescues someone or something from a hopeless predicament

Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus never tickle a sleeping dragon motto of Hogwarts

dum spiro spero while I breathe, I hope motto of South Carolina

e pluribus unum from many, one motto of the United States

emeritus having served his time has it roots in Roman military tradition with the meaning "of a soldier who served his time honorably" - in modern usage it is applied to a university officer

ergo therefore