List of Latin phrases (E)

|- |E pluribus unum||out of many, one||Literally, out of more (than one), one. The former national motto of the United States, which "In God We Trust" later replaced; therefore, it is still inscribed on many U.S. coins and on the U.S. Capitol. Also the motto of S.L. Benfica. Less commonly written as ex pluribus unum |- |ecce Agnus Dei||behold the lamb of God||John the Baptist exclaims this after seeing Jesus |- |ecce ancilla domini||behold the handmaiden of the Lord||From Luke 1:38 in the Vulgate Bible. Name of an 1850 oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and motto of Bishopslea Preparatory School. |- |ecce homo||behold the man||From the Gospel of John in the Vulgate (Douay-Rheims), where Pontius Pilate speaks these words as he presents Jesus, crowned with thorns, to the crowd. It is also the title of Nietzsche's autobiography and of the theme music by Howard Goodall for the ITV comedy Mr. Bean, in which the full sung lyric is Ecce homo qui est faba ("Behold the man who is a bean"). |- |ecce panis angelorum||behold the bread of angels||From the Catholic hymn Lauda Sion; occasionally inscribed near the altar of Catholic churches; it refers to the Eucharist, the Bread of Heaven; the Body of Christ. See also: Panis angelicus. |- |editio princeps||first edition||The first published edition of a work. |- |Ego sum||I am||Phrase from the Gospel of John as a title of Jesus (based on the Koine Greek term Ego eimi) |- |ego te absolvo||I absolve you||Part of the formula of Catholic sacramental absolution, i. e., spoken by a priest as part of the Sacrament of Penance . |- |ego te provoco||I challenge you|| Used as a challenge; "I dare you". Can also be written as te provoco. |- |eheu fugaces labuntur anni||Alas, the fleeting years slip by|| From Horace's Odes, 2, 14 |- |ejusdem generis||of the same kinds, class, or nature||From the canons of statutory interpretation in law. When more general descriptors follow a list of many specific descriptors, the otherwise wide meaning of the general descriptors is interpreted as restricted to the same class, if any, of the preceding specific descriptors. |- |eluceat omnibus lux||let the light shine out from all||The motto of Sidwell Friends School |- |emeritus||veteran|| Retired from office. Often used to denote an office held at the time of one's retirement, as an honorary title, e. g. professor emeritus and provost emeritus. Inclusion in one's title does not necessarily denote that the honorand is inactive in the pertinent office. |- |emollit moresemollit mores nec sinit esse feros||a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel||From Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto (II, 9, 48). Motto of University of South Carolina. |- |ens causa suiens causa sui||existing because of oneself||Or "being one's own cause". Traditionally, a being that owes its existence to no other being, hence God or a Supreme Being . |- |ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem||by the sword she seeks a serene repose under liberty||Motto of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, adopted in 1775. |- |entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatementia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem||entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity||Occam's razor or Law of Parsimony; arguments which do not introduce extraneous variables are to be preferred in logical argumentation. |- |entitas ipsa involvit aptitudinem ad extorquendum certum assensumentitas ipsa involvit aptitudinem ad extorquendum certum assensum||reality involves a power to compel certain assent||A phrase used in modern Western philosophy on the nature of truth. |- |eo ipsoeo ipso||by that very (act)||Technical term in philosophy and law. Similar to ipso facto. Example: "The fact that I am does not eo ipso mean that I think." From the Latin ablative form of id ipsum ("that thing itself"). |- |eo nomine||by that name|| |- |epicuri de grege porcum||A pig from the herd (or sty) of Epicurus||From Horace, Epistles |- |equo ne crediteequo ne credite||do not trust the horse||From Virgil, Aeneid, II. 48–49; a reference to the Trojan Horse. |- |erga omnes||in relation to everyone||Used in law, especially international law, to denote a kind of universal obligation. |- |ergoergo||therefore||Denotes a logical conclusion . |- |errantis voluntas nulla esterrantis voluntas nulla est||the will of a mistaken party is void||Roman legal principle formulated by Pomponius in the Digest of the Corpus Juris Civilis, stating that legal actions undertaken by man under the influence of error are invalid. |- |errare humanum esterrare humanum est||to err is human||Sometimes attributed to Seneca the Younger, but not attested: Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum, et tertia non datur (To err is human; to persist [in committing such errors] is of the devil, and the third possibility is not given.) Several authors contemplated the idea before Seneca: Livy, Venia dignus error is humanus (Storie, VIII, 35) and Cicero: is Cuiusvis errare: insipientis nullius nisi, in errore perseverare (Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault) (Philippicae, XII, 2, 5). Cicero, being well-versed in ancient Greek, may well have been alluding to Euripides' play Hippolytus some four centuries earlier. 300 years later Saint Augustine of Hippo recycled the idea in his Sermones, 164, 14: Humanum fuit errare, diabolicum est per animositatem in errore manere. The phrase gained currency in the English language after Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism of 1711: "To err is human, to forgive divine" (line 325). |- |erratum||error||I. e., mistake. Lists of errors in a previous edition of a work are often marked with the plural errata ("errors"). |- |eruditio et religioeruditio et religio||scholarship and duty||Motto of Duke University |- |esse est percipiesse est percipi||to be is to be perceived||Motto of George Berkeley for his subjective idealist philosophical position that nothing exists independently of its perception by a mind except minds themselves. |- |esse quam videri||to be, rather than to seem||Truly being a thing, rather than merely seeming to be a thing. The motto of many institutions. From Cicero, De amicitia (On Friendship), Chapter 26. Prior to Cicero, Sallust used the phrase in Bellum Catilinae, 54, 6, writing that Cato esse quam videri bonus malebat ("preferred to be good, rather than to seem so"). Earlier still, Aeschylus used a similar phrase in Seven Against Thebes, line 592: ou gar dokein aristos, all' enai thelei ("he wishes not to seem the best, but to be the best"). Motto of the State of North Carolina. |- |est modus in rebusest modus in rebus||there is measure in things||there is a middle or mean in things, there is a middle way or position; from Horace, Satires 1.1.106; see also: Golden mean (philosophy). According to Potempski and Galmarini (Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 9471–9489, 2009) the sentence should be translated as: "There is an optimal condition in all things", which in the original text is followed by sunt certi denique fines quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum ("There are therefore precise boundaries beyond which one cannot find the right thing"). |- |esto perpetua||may it be perpetual||Said of Venice, Italy, by the Venetian historian Fra Paolo Sarpi shortly before his death. Motto of the U.S. state of Idaho, adopted in 1867; of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka; of Sigma Phi Society. |- |esto quod esesto quod es||be what you are||Motto of Wells Cathedral School |- |et adhuc sub iudice lis estet adhuc sub iudice lis est||it is still before the court||From Horace, Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry) 1.78. |- |et alibiet alibi (et al.)||and elsewhere||A less common variant on et cetera ("and the rest") used at the end of a list of locations to denote unenumerated/omitted ones. |- |et aliiet alii, et aliae, et alia (et al.)||and others||Used similarly to et cetera ("and the rest") to denote names that, usually for the sake of space, are unenumerated/omitted. Alii is masculine, and therefore it can be used to refer to men, or groups of men and women; the feminine et aliae is proper when the "others" are all female, but as with many loanwords, interlingual use, such as in reference lists, is often invariable. Et alia is neuter plural and thus in Latin text is properly used only for inanimate, genderless objects, but some use it as a gender-neutral alternative. APA style and MLA style uses et al. if the work cited was written by more than three authors; AMA style lists all authors if ≤6, and 3 + et al. if 6. AMA style forgoes the period (because it forgoes the period on abbreviations generally) and it forgoes the italic (as it does with other loanwords naturalized into scientific English); many journals that follow AMA style do likewise. |- |et cetera (etc., &c.)||and the rest||In modern usage, used to mean "and so on" or "and more". |- |et cum spiritu tuoet cum spiritu tuo ||and with your spirit||The usual response to the phrase Dominus vobiscum used in Roman Catholic liturgy, for instance at several points during the Catholic Mass. Also used as a general form of greeting among and towards members of Catholic organisations. |- |et facere et pati fortia Romanum est||Acting and suffering bravely is the attribute of a Roman||The words of Gaius Mucius Scaevola when Lars Porsena captured him |- |et facta est lux||And light came to be or was made||From Genesis, 1:3: "and there was light". Motto of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. |- |et hoc genus omne||and all that sort of thing||Abbreviated as e.h.g.o. or ehgo |- |et in Arcadia ego||and in Arcadia [am] I / I [am/exist] even in Arcadia||Phrased from the perspective of the personification of death to indicate death's reality under even the most blissful of circumstances, associated in classical times with the then-pastoral Arcadia region of the Peloponnese in Greece; see also memento mori; also the name of paintings and TV episodes – see Et in Arcadia ego (disambiguation). |- |et lux in tenebris lucet||and light shines in the darkness||From the Gospel of John 1.5, Vulgate. Motto of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. See also Lux in Tenebris, 1919 play by Bertolt Brecht. |- |et nunc reges intelligite erudimini qui judicatis terram||"And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth."||From the Book of Psalms, II.x. (Vulgate) , 2.10 (Douay-Rheims). |- |et passim (et pass.)||and throughout||Used in citations after a page number to indicate that there is further information in other locations in the cited resource. |- |et sequentes (et seq.)||and the following (masculine/feminine plural)||Also et sequentia ("and the following things": neut.), abbreviations: et seqq., et seq., or sqq. Commonly used in legal citations to refer to statutes that comprise several sequential sections of a code of statutes (e. g. National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 159 et seq.; New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:25-17 et seq.). |- |et suppositio nil ponit in esse||and a supposition puts nothing in being||More usually translated as "Sayin' it don't make it so". |- |Et tu, Brute?||And you, Brutus?||Or "Even you, Brutus?" or "You too, Brutus?" Indicates betrayal by an intimate associate. From William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, based on the traditional dying words of Julius Caesar. However, these were almost certainly not Caesar's true last words: Plutarch quotes Caesar as saying in Greek, the language of the Roman elite at the time, καὶ σὺ τέκνον (Kaì sù téknon?), translated as "You too, (my) child?", quoting from Menander. |- |et uxoret uxor (et ux.)||and wife||A legal term. |- |et viret vir||and husband||A legal term. |- |Etiam si omnes, ego non||Even if all others, I will never||Saint Peter to Jesus, from the Vulgate, Gospel of Matthew ; New King James Version: ). |- |etsi deus non daretur||even if God were not a given||This sentence synthesizes a famous concept of Hugo Grotius (1625). |- |evoles ut ira breve nefas sit; regnaevoles ut ira breve nefas sit; regna||arise, that your anger may [only] be a brief evil; control [it]||A bilingual palindrome, yielding its English paraphrase, "Anger, 'tis safe never. Bar it! Use love!" |- |ex abundanti cautelaex abundanti cautela||out of an abundance of caution||In law, describes someone taking precautions against a very remote contingency. "One might wear a belt in addition to braces ex abundanti cautela". In banking, a loan in which the collateral is more than the loan itself. Also the basis for the term "an abundance of caution" employed by United States President Barack Obama to explain why the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court John Roberts had to re-administer the presidential oath of office, and again in reference to terrorist threats. |- |ex abundantia enim cordis os loquiturex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur||for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.||From the Gospel of Matthew, XII.xxxiv (Vulgate), 12.34 (Douay-Rheims) and the Gospel of Luke, VI.xlv (Vulgate), 6.45 (Douay-Rheims). Sometimes rendered without enim ("for"). |- |ex aequoex aequo||from the equal||Denoting "on equal footing", i. e., in a tie. Used for those two (seldom more) participants of a competition who demonstrated identical performance. |- |ex Africa semper aliquid noviex Africa semper aliquid novi||"(There is) always something new (coming) out of Africa"||Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8, 42 (unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi Africam adferre), a translation of the Greek «Ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν». |- |ex amicitia paxex amicitia pax ||peace from friendship||Often used on internal diplomatic event invitations. A motto sometimes inscribed on flags and mission plaques of diplomatic corps. |- |ex animoex animo||from the soul||Sincerely. |- |ex ante||from before||Denoting "beforehand", "before the event", or "based on prior assumptions"; denoting a prediction. |- |Ex Astris Scientia||From the Stars, Knowledge||The motto of the fictional Starfleet Academy of Star Trek. Adapted from ex luna scientia, which in turn derived from ex scientia tridens. |- |ex cathedra||from the chair||A phrase applied to the declarations or promulgations of the Catholic Supreme Pontiff (Pope) when, preserved from the possibility of error by the Holy Spirit , he solemnly declares or promulgates ("from the chair" that was the ancient symbol of the teacher and governor, in this case of the Church) a dogmatic doctrine on faith or morals as being contained in divine revelation, or at least being intimately connected to divine revelation. Used, by extension, of anyone who is perceived as speaking as though with supreme authority. |- |ex cultu roburex cultu robur||from culture [comes] strength||The motto of Cranleigh School, Surrey. |- |ex debito Justitiaex debito Justitia||justice, which cannot be denied||on King's writ, to be granted to the subject |- |ex Deoex Deo||from God|| |- |ex dolo maloex dolo malo||from fraud||"From harmful deceit"; dolus malus is the Latin legal term denoting "fraud". The full legal phrase is ex dolo malo non oritur actio ("an action does not arise from fraud"). When an action has its origin in fraud or deceit, it cannot be supported; thus, a court of law will not assist a man who bases his course of action on an immoral or illegal act. |- |ex duris gloriaex duris gloria||From suffering [comes] glory || Motto of Rapha Cycling club |- |ex facie||from the face||Idiomatically rendered "on the face of it". A legal term typically used to state that a document's explicit terms are defective absent further investigation. Also, "contempt ex facie" means contempt of court committed outside of the court, as contrasted with contempt in facie. |- |ex factis jus oritur |the law arises from the facts | |- |ex fide fiduciaex fide fiducia||from faith [comes] confidence||Motto of St George's College, Harare and Hartmann House Preparatory School |- |ex fide fortisex fide fortis||from faith [comes] strength||Motto of Loyola School in New York City, New York, United States. |- |ex glande quercusex glande quercus||from the acorn the oak||Motto of the Municipal Borough of Southgate, London, England, United Kingdom. |- |ex gratia||from kindness||More literally "from grace". Refers to someone voluntarily performing an act purely from kindness, as opposed to for personal gain or from being compelled to do it. In law, an ex gratia payment is one made without recognizing any liability or obligation. |- |ex hypothesiex hypothesi||from the hypothesis||Denoting "by hypothesis" |- |ex ignorantia ad sapientiam; ex luce ad tenebrasex ignorantia ad sapientiam; ex luce ad tenebras (e.i.)||from ignorance into wisdom; from light into darkness||Motto of the fictional Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts, from the Cthulhu Mythos |- |ex infraex infra (e.i.)||"from below"||Recent academic notation denoting "from below in this writing". |- |ex juvantibus||from that which helps||The medical pitfall in which response to a therapeutic regimen substitutes proper diagnosis. |- |ex lege||from the law|| |- |ex libris||from the books||Precedes a person's name, denoting "from the library of" the nominate; also a synonym for "bookplate". |- |ex luna scientia||from the moon, knowledge||The motto of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, derived from ex scientia tridens, the motto of Jim Lovell's alma mater, the United States Naval Academy |- |ex malo bonum||good out of evil||From Saint Augustine of Hippo, "Sermon LXI", in which he contradicts the dictum of Seneca the Younger in Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, 87:22: bonum ex malo non fit ("good does not come from evil"). Also the alias of the song "Miserabile Visu" by Anberlin in the album New Surrender. |- |ex mea sententia||in my opinion|| |- |*ex merito Justitiae *||from merit, justice / justice from merit