Thursday, April 10, 2014

Latin Words: Parte II

1. malus pudor -- false modesty.
2. Mare Ignotum -- the Unknown Sea.
3. Mare Tenebrosum -- the Dark Sea.
4. mirabile dictu -- wonderful to relate.
5. mirabile visu -- wonderful to behold.
6. mirabilia -- wonders.
7. Mons Veneris -- Mountain of Venus.
8. mutanda -- things to be altered.
9. nescio -- I don't know.
10. nescius -- ignorant.
11. nocticolor -- night-colored.
12. nuda veritas -- the naked truth.
13. nuditas -- nakedness; nudity.
14. nuditas criminalis -- criminal nudity; the nakedness of the sinner.
15. nuditas naturalis -- natural nudity; the human condition of animal nakedness.
16. nuditas temporalis -- temporary nudity; metaphor for the leaving behind of all wordly goods and riches, either voluntary or involuntary.
17. nuditas virtualis -- virtuous nudity; the nudity of sinless innocence or innocence through confession.
18. Pax Americana -- American Peace.
19. Pax Britannica -- British Peace.
20. Pax Hispanica -- Spanish Peace.
21. Pax Minoa -- Minoan peace.
22. Pax Minoica -- Minoan peace.
23. Pax Mongolica -- Mongolian Peace.
24. Pax Romana -- Roman Peace.
25. Pax Sinica -- Chinese Peace.
26. pictor -- painter.
27. pictor ignotus -- painter unknown.
28. placet -- it pleases.
29. pomum Adami -- Adam's apple.
30. renata -- feminine form of "born again."
31. renatus -- born again.
32. soror -- a sister.
33. tacenda -- things not to be mentioned or made public; things better left unsaid.
34. Terra Incognita -- an unexplored land.
35. ursus fabulans -- talking bear.
36. Venus Observa -- the missionary position.
37. Venus Pudica -- Modest Venus.
38. Venus Renata -- Venus reborn.
39. viator -- traveler.
40. volo -- I want.

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