Sunday, October 24, 2004
More Latin Blog Names
The Maverick Philosopher started a list of Latin blog names. Here are a few more. Many are blogs by lawyers or by Catholics of a traditionalist bent.
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- Arma Virumque ("arms and the man," from the opening line of Vergil's Aeneid)
- Cor ad Cor Loquitur ("heart speaks unto heart")
- Crescat Sententia ("may opinion increase," a takeoff on the motto "crescat scientia" = "may knowledge increase")
- Damnum absque Injuria ("loss without injury")
- Deo Omnis Gloria ("to God be all glory")
- Fidei Defensor ("defender of the faith")
- Fructus Ventris ("fruit of thy womb," a phrase from the prayer "Hail Mary")
- Imago Veritatis ("image of truth")
- Ipse Dixit ("he himself said it," a phrase used in the legal world to refer to something that is asserted but unproved; originally used by the disciples of Pythagoras when quoting the master)
- Lex Communis ("common law")
- Res Ipsa Loquitur ("the thing speaks for itself")
- Rex Olandi Rex Cledendi (a humorous adaptation of the maxim "lex orandi lex credendi" = "the rule of prayer is the rule of belief")
- Sed Contra ("but on the other hand")
- Sua Sponte ("of one's own accord")
- Ut Unum Sint ("that they might be one," from John 17:11)
