the rose of old An epigraph quoted at the end of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.

A
stat rosa pristina
remains only in its verse by Bernard of Cluny (although likely mistranscribed in medieval times
nomine, nomina
name; we hold only from an original stat Roma pristina nomine..., "primordial Rome remains
nuda tenemus
empty names only in its name...").

stat sua cuique There is a day

Virgil, Aeneid, X 467
dies [turn] for everybody

statim (stat) "immediately" Medical shorthand used following an urgent request.[15]

Motto of Cork City, Ireland. Adapted from Virgil's Aeneid (II, 23: statio male
statio bene fide A safe harbour for
fida carinis, "an unsafe harbour") but corrupted for unknown reasons to
carinis ships
"fide".

The special status of Aruba between 1986 and 2010 as a constituent

status aparte separate state country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, separate from
the Netherlands Antilles to which it belonged until 1986.

most commonly employed in scholarly literature to refer in a summary way

status the state of
to the accumulated results, scholarly consensus, and areas remaining to
quaestionis investigation
be developed on any given topic.

status quo the state in which The current condition or situation.

the state in which

The state of affairs prior to some upsetting event. Often used as a legal
status quo ante [things were]
term. For other uses, see Status Quo Ante.
before

status quo ante the state before the

A common term in peace treaties.
bellum war

Marginal mark in proofreading to indicate that something previously deleted

stet let it stand
or marked for deletion should be retained.

stet fortuna let the fortune of First part of the motto of Harrow School, England, and inscribed upon
domus the house stand Ricketts House, at the California Institute of Technology.

stipendium the reward of sin is From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. (See
peccati mors est death Rom 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
 life in Christ Jesus our Lord.")

strenuis ardua the heights yield to

Motto of the University of Southampton.
cedunt endeavour

stricto sensu cf. with the tight

Less literally, "in the strict sense".
sensu stricto meaning

A title given to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. More literally translated
the wonder of the
stupor mundi "the bewilderment of the world", or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, "the
world
stupidity of the world".

Legal term when a court takes up a motion on its own initiative, not
sua sponte by its own accord because any of the parties to the case has made the motion. The
regimental motto of the 75th Ranger Regiment of the U.S. Army.

gently in manner,
suaviter in modo,
resolutely in Motto of Essendon Football Club
fortiter in re
execution

Commonly abbreviated s.a., it is used to cite events recorded

in chronicles according to the year under which they are listed. For
sub anno under the year
example, "ASC MS A, s.a. 855" means the entry for the year 855 in
manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

The Light Under Motto of the University of Adelaide, Australia. Refers to the figurative "light
sub cruce lumen
the Cross of learning" and the Southern Cross constellation, Crux.

Also, "under the sky", "in the open air", "out in the open" or "outdoors".
under the wide
sub divo Ablative "divo" does not distinguish divus, divi, a god, from divum, divi, the
open sky
sky.

Used in citations to refer to the end of a book, page, etc., and abbreviated
sub finem toward the end
's.f.' Used after the page number or title. E.g., 'p. 20 s.f. '

sub Iove frigido under cold Jupiter At night; from Horace's Odes 1.1:25

Said of a case that cannot be publicly discussed until it is finished. Also sub
sub judice under a judge
iudice.
 Source of the English noun subpoena. Said of a request, usually by a
court, that must be complied with on pain of punishment. Examples
include sub poena duces tecum ("take with you under penalty"), a
sub poena under penalty
court summons to appear and produce tangible evidence, and sub poena
ad testificandum ("under penalty to testify"), a summons to appear and give
oral testimony.

"In secret", "privately", "confidentially", or "covertly". In the Middle Ages,

a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber to indicate
that what was said in the "under the rose" was not to be repeated outside.
sub rosa under the rose This practice originates in Greek mythology, where Aphrodite gave a rose
to her son Eros, and he, in turn, gave it to Harpocrates, the god of silence,
to ensure that his mother's indiscretions—or those of the gods in general,
in other accounts—were kept under wraps.

sub nomine (sub "in the name of", "under the title of"; used in legal citations to indicate the
under the name
nom.) name under which the litigation continued.

sub silentio under silence implied but not expressly stated.

sub specie under the sight of

Thus, "from eternity's point of view". From Spinoza, Ethics.
aeternitatis eternity

under the sight of

sub specie Dei "from God's point of view or perspective".
God

sub tuum Beneath thy Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary).
praesidium compassion Also "under your protection". A popular school motto.

Under the shade I

Sub umbra floreo National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany tree.
flourish

Under the word or heading; abbreviated s.v. Used to cite a work, such as a
sub verbo; sub
dictionary, with alphabetically arranged entries, e.g. "Oxford English
voce
Dictionary, s.v. 'horse.'""

Raised from the

sublimis ab unda Motto of King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Lytham
waves

subsiste stop speaking

sermonem statim immediately
 Cut down, we grow
Succisa virescit Motto of Delbarton School
back stronger

One doesn't sing

Sudetia non
on the Sudeten Saying from Hanakia
cantat
Mountains

In a class of its own; of a unique kind. E.g. "The City of London is a sui
sui generis Of its own kind generis entity, with ancient rights that differ from all other jurisdictions in
the United Kingdom."

Capable of responsibility. Has both legal and ecclesiastical use. Commonly

sui iuris Of one's own right
rendered sui juris.

A gravestone inscription to remind the reader of the inevitability of death

I am what you will
sum quod eris (cf. memento mori). Also rendered fui quod sis ("I have been what you
be
are") and tu fui ego eris ("I have been you, you will be I").

sum quod sum I am what I am from Augustine's Sermon No. 76.[16]

summa cum
with highest praise
laude

sum or totality of It refers to the final authority of power in government. For example, power
summa potestas
power of the Sovereign.

summa Literally "sum of sums". When a short conclusion is rounded up at the end
all in all
summarum of some elaboration.

summum bonum the supreme good Literally "highest good". Also summum malum ("the supreme evil").

From Cicero (De officiis, I, 10, 33). An acritical application of law, without
understanding and respect of laws's purposes and without considering the
summum ius, supreme law, overall circumstances, is often a means of supreme injustice. A similar
summa iniuria supreme injustice sentence appears in Terence (Heautontimorumenos, IV, 5): Ius summum
saepe summa est malitia ("supreme justice is often out of supreme malice
(or wickedness)").

sumptibus published [cost of Found in self-published academic books of the 17th to 19th century. Often
auctoris printing paid] by
author
 preceded by Latin name of city in which the work is published.

From Virgil, Aeneid. Followed by et mentem mortalia tangunt ("and mortal

sunt lacrimae there are tears for
things touch my mind"). Aeneas cries as he sees Carthaginian temple
rerum things
murals depicting the deaths of the Trojan War. See also hinc illae lacrimae.

sunt omnes
they are all one
unum

Children are
sunt pueri pueri,
children, and
pueri puerilia anonymous proverb
children do childish
tractant
things

sunt superis sua the gods have their From Ovid's Metamorphoses, book IX, line 500; also used by David
iura own laws Hume in The Natural History of Religion, chapter XIII

Used in the context of titles of nobility, for instance where a wife may hold a
suo jure in one's own right
title in her own right rather than through her marriage.

Also rendered suo moto. Usually used when a court of law, upon its own
upon one's own initiative, (i.e., no petition has been filed) proceeds against a person or
suo motu
initiative authority that it deems has committed an illegal act. It is used chiefly
in South Asia.[citation needed]

suos cultores Knowledge crowns

The motto of Syracuse University, New York.
scientia coronat those who seek her

super firmum On the firm

The motto of Ursinus College, Pennsylvania.
fundamentum dei foundation of God

Where Thomas More accused the reformer, Martin Luther, of going to

super fornicam on the lavatory
celebrate Mass.

superbia in
pride in battle Motto of Manchester City F.C.
proelia

superbus via proud of the way of Motto of the Alien Research Labs of the fictional Black Mesa Research
inscientiae ignorance Facility in the video game Half-Life (1998)
 I surpass
supero omnia A declaration that one succeeds above all others.
everything

to belch before the

surdo oppedere From Erasmus' collection of annotated Adagia (1508): a useless action.
deaf

surgam I shall rise Motto of Columbia University's Philolexian Society.

Motto of Haileybury College, Hertfordshire. The opening dialogue to the

preface of the Eucharistic Prayer or Anaphora in the liturgies of the
sursum corda Lift up your hearts
Christian Church. Hymnal for the German diocese of Paderborn from 1874
to 1975.

Thus, don't offer your opinion on things that are outside your competence.
It is said that the Greek painter Apelles once asked the advice of a cobbler
sutor, ne ultra Cobbler, no further on how to render the sandals of a soldier he was painting. When the
crepidam than the sandal! cobbler started offering advice on other parts of the painting, Apelles
rebuked him with this phrase in Greek, and it subsequently became a
popular Latin expression.

suum cuique to render to every One of Justinian I's three basic precepts of law. Also shortened to suum
tribuere man his due cuique ("to each his own").

s.v. Abbreviation for sub verbo or sub voce (see above).

Notes and references

Notes

a. Also as a transcription error latius est

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