Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- One from many; one (composed) of many: the motto of the United States of America, as being one nation formed of many independent States.
Wiktionary
- "From many, one", or "out of many, one"
Etymologies
- From Latin, e meaning "out of" or "from" + ablative plural of the word plus (=pluribus) meaning "more" + ūnum, neuter of ūnus ("one"). (Wiktionary)
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The Latin Doctor is Greek to me
Biology Students, Gladiators, Devil Dogs & Harry Potter
et tu, semper fidelis, carpe diem, cui bono, pons asinorum, limbus, e pluribus unum, sine qua non, quidnunc, lacus oblivionis, quincunx, experimentum crucis and 128 more...
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Words I Know
List of most of the words I've learned
garner, abase, abate, abdicate, abduct, aberration, abet, abhor, abide, abject, abjure, abnegation and 1046 more...
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Mythic America
I'm using "myth" NOT in the sense of "fiction" but of larger-than-life. This is not a list of important people or events in American history, or it would be much longer. It's a list of people, even...
george washington, lewis and clark, sacagawea, sacajawea, molly pitcher, bunker hill, gunfighter, outlaw, citizen soldier, valley forge, melting pot, betsy ross and 107 more...
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Words that describe Myself
scorn, codemonkey, hippopotomonstros..., geek, freak, infinity, poppycock, wiki, 23, twenty three, twitter, randominity and 43 more...
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latin is fun
ab ovo, ignis fatuus, cum laude, ad astra, anno domini, veni, vidi, vici, deus ex machina, cui bono, carpe diem, ad referendum, amicus humani gen..., aqua et igni inte... and 40 more...
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Atinlay Asesphray
Latin is, for all intents and purposes, a dead language. Yet its ghost continues to haunt those of us who speak English.
caveat emptor, ad hoc, de facto, carpe diem, et cetera, habeas corpus, non sequitur, ad nauseam, persona non grata, amicus curiae, per se, a priori and 30 more...
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Latinate words and phrases.
Vide nomen.
dulce et decorum ..., e pluribus unum, pax americana, pax romana, mendacem oportet ..., nullum magnum ing..., Nullum magnum ing...
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Prolagus I still consider very amusing that the original context this motto comes from is probably Virgil's (*) Moretum, a poem about how to make a cheese spread.
(*) Most likely apocryphal, but still... Jan 30, 2009
john Latin for "one out of many". Oct 17, 2007