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Pro bono publico, L. for the public good. Pro et. con, L. for and against.
Pro patria, L. for my country.
Pro tempore, L. for the time.
Pro re nata, L. as occasion requires; for a special emergency Pugnis et calcibus, L. with fists and feet, with all the might. Quantum, L. how much.
Quantum sufficit, L. a sufficient quantity.
Qui transtulit sustinet, L. he who has born them sustains them. Quid nunc, L. a newsmonger.
Re infecta, L. the thing not done.
Sanctum Sanctorum, L. the Holy of Holies.
Sang froid, F. in cold blood, indifference.
Sans souci, F. free and easy; without care.
Secundum artem, L. according to art.
Sic transit Gloria mundi, L. thus passed away the glory of the world. Sine die, L. without a delay specified.
Sine qua non, L. that without which a thing cannot be done. Soi disant, F. self-styled.
Suaviter in modo, L. agreeable in manner.
Sub judice, L. under consideration.
Sub rosa, L. under the rose, or privately.
Summum bonum, L. the chief good.
Toties quoties, L. as often as.
Toto coelo, L. wholly, as far as possible.
Utile dulci, L. the useful with the agreeable.
Vade mecum, L (lit. go with me); a convenient companion; a handbook. Veni, vidi, vici, L. I came, I saw, I conqured.
Versus, L. against.
Via, L. by the way of.
Vice versa, L. the terms being exchanged. Vica voce, L. with the voice.
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