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|''{{visible anchor|cacatum non est pictum}}''||That's shat, not painted.||From [[Gottfried August Bürger]]'s ''[[:s:de:Prinzessin Europa|Prinzessin Europa]]'' (line 60); popularised by [[Heinrich Heine]]'s ''[[Germany. A Winter's Tale|Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen]]'' ([[:s:de:Deutschland. Ein Wintermährchen|XI, 44]]); also the title of [[Joseph Haydn]]'s [[canon (music)|canon]] for four voices, Hob. [[List of compositions by Joseph Haydn#Sacred and secular canons|XXVIIb:16]]; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] set the text by Bürger as a three-voice canon, [[List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven#Added works: WoO 206–228|WoO 224]]. Contemporary critics applied this epithet to both of Turner's ''Regulus'' ([[:File:Joseph Mallord William Turner 073.jpg|1828]] and 1837).<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/exhibitions/turner-inspired-in-the-light-of-claude-national-gallery-wc2-review-7573294.html "Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude, National Gallery, WC2 – review"] by [[Brian Sewell]], ''[[Evening Standard]]'', 15 March 2012</ref>
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|''{{visible anchor|cacoethes scribendi}}''||insatiable desire to write||''Cacoēthes''<ref>{{L&S|cacoethes|cacoēthes|ref}}</ref> "bad habit", or medically, "malignant disease" is a [[loanword|borrowing]] of Greek ''kakoēthes''.<ref>{{LSJ|kakoh/qhs|κακοήθης|ref}}</ref> The phrase is derived from a line in the ''[[Satires (Juvenal)|Satires]]'' of [[Juvenal]]: ''Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes'', or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many". See [[hypergraphia]].
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|''{{visible anchor|cadavera vero innumera}}''||truly countless bodies||Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the [[Battle of the Catalaunian Plains]].
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|''[[Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.]]''||Kill them all. For the Lord knows those who are his.||Supposed statement by Abbot [[Arnaud Amalric]] before the [[Massacre at Béziers]] during the [[Albigensian Crusade]], recorded 30 years later, according to [[Caesarius of Heisterbach]]. cf. "Kill them all and let God sort them out."
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|''{{visible anchor|Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt}}''||Those who hurry across the sea change the sky [upon them], not their souls or state of mind||[[Hexameter]] by [[Horace]] (''[[Epistularum liber primus|Epistula XI]]'').<ref name=epistula-xi>{{cite web | url=http://www.uah.edu/society/texts/latin/classical/horace/epistulae111.html | title=Epistula XI | publisher=The Society for Ancient Languages | work=Epistularum Q. Horatii Flacci Liber Primus | access-date=2013-05-29 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130626181713/http://www.uah.edu/society/texts/latin/classical/horace/epistulae111.html | archive-date=2013-06-26 }}</ref> [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]] shortens it to {{lang|la|Animum debes mutare, non caelum}} (You must change [your] disposition, not [your] sky) in his ''[[Epistulae morales ad Lucilium|Letter to Lucilius]]'' [[s:la:Epistulae morales ad Lucilium - Liber III#XXVIII. SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM|XXVIII, 1]].
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|''{{visible anchor|Caesar non supra grammaticos}}''||Caesar has no authority over the grammarians||Political power is limited; it does not include power over grammar.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4ddQNrt8e8C&q=%22caesar+non+supra+grammaticos%22&pg=PA55 | title=World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions | publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci | author=Adeleye, Gabriel | year=1999 | pages=55 | isbn=0865164231 | editor=Sienkewicz, Thomas J.}}</ref>
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|''{{visible anchor|caetera desunt}}''||the rest is missing||''Caetera'' is [[Medieval Latin]] spelling for ''cētera''.
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|''{{visible anchor|calix meus inebrians}}''||my cup making me drunk||
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|''{{visible anchor|calamus gladio fortior}}''||[[The pen is mightier than the sword]]||
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|''[[camera obscura]]''||dark chamber||An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modern [[photography]]. The source of the word ''[[camera]]''.
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|''Cane Nero magna bella Persica''||''Tell, oh Nero, of the great wars of Persia''||Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words, in today's dialect of Rome, mean ''"A black dog eats a beautiful peach"'', which has a ridiculously different meaning.
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|''[[canes pugnaces]]''||[[Dogs in warfare|war dog]]s or [[List of dog fighting breeds|fighting dogs]]||
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|''canescunt vani, vanescunt cani''<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Eberle|editor1-first=Joseph|editor-link=:de:Josef Eberle (Schriftsteller)|title=Viva Camena: Latina huius aetatis carmina|title-link=:la:Viva Camena|trans-title=Viva the [[Camenae|Muse]]: Contemporary Latin poems<!-- |url=https://archive.org/details/eberle-josephus-viva-camena/page/n1/mode/2up -->|author=Clemens Plassman|author-link=:de:Clemens Plassman|chapter=Vitae cursus|trans-chapter=The course of life|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/eberle-josephus-viva-camena/page/174/mode/2up|via=[[Internet Archive]]|page=174|publisher={{ill|Artemis Verlag|de}}|location=Zurich and Stuttgart|year=1961}}</ref>||The vain turn grey, the grey vanish||A play on words.
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|''{{visible anchor|canis canem edit}}''||dog eats dog||Not from classical Latin; a situation where nobody is safe from anybody, each man for himself. Original name of the video game ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''.
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|''{{visible anchor|capax Dei}}''||capable of receiving God||From [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]], ''[[On the Trinity|De Trinitate]]'' XIV, 8.11: ''Mens eo ipso imago Dei est quo eius capax est'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.augustinus.it/latino/trinita/trinita_14_libro.htm |title=''Liber Quartusdecimus'' |publisher=Città Nuova |location=Rome |work=Opera Omnia of St. Augustine |access-date=2013-07-12 |author=Saint Augustine |author-link=Augustine of Hippo |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213133008/http://augustinus.it/latino/trinita/trinita_14_libro.htm |archive-date=2010-12-13 }}</ref> "[[s:Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume III/Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin/On the Holy Trinity/Book XIV/Chapter 8|The mind is the image of God, in that it is capable of Him and can be partaker of Him.]]"
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|''[[capax imperii nisi imperasset]]''||capable of imperial power if only he had not held it||In [[Tacitus]]'s '' [[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]'' to describe [[Galba]] as emperor.<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]'', 1.49</ref>
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|''{{anchor|capax infiniti}}capax infiniti''||holding the infinite||Capability of achieving goals by force of many instead of a single individual.
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|''{{anchor|caput inter nubila (condit)}}caput inter nubila (condit)''||(she plunges) [her] head in the clouds||So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach or understanding (from [[Virgil]]'s [[Aeneid]] and the shorter form appears in [[John Locke]]'s ''Two Treatises of Government'')
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|''[[caput mortuum]]''||dead head||Originally an alchemical reference to the ''dead head'' or ''worthless residue'' left over from a reaction. Also used to refer to a freeloader or worthless element.
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|''{{anchor|Caritas Christi}}Caritas Christi''||The love of Christ||It implies a command to love as Christ loved. Motto of St. Francis Xavier High School located in [[West Meadowlark Park, Edmonton]].
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|''{{anchor|Caritas Christi urget nos}}Caritas Christi urget nos''||The love of Christ impels us or The love of Christ drives us||The motto of the [[Sisters of Charity]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barr |first1=Charles |title=Caritas Christi Urget Nos: The Love of Christ Impels Us (the motto of the Daughters of Charity) |journal=International History of Nursing Journal |date=2001 |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=74 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/e309d42974c8dd964d891fa2cd8794ab/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=11678 |access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref>
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|''[[Caritas in veritate]]''||''Charity in truth''||[[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s third [[encyclical]]<ref>[https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html ''Caritas in Veritate''], in English</ref>
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|''[[carpe diem]]''||seize the day||An exhortation to live for today. From [[Horace]], ''Odes'' I, 11.8. ''Carpere'' refers to plucking of flowers or fruit. The phrase ''collige virgo rosas'' has a similar sense.
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|''{{anchor|carpe noctem}}carpe noctem''||seize the night||An exhortation to make good use of the night, often used when ''carpe diem'', q.v., would seem absurd, e.g., when observing a [[deep-sky object]] or conducting a [[Messier marathon]] or engaging in social activities after sunset.
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|''{{anchor|carpe vinum}}carpe vinum''||seize the wine||
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|''[[Carthago delenda est]]''||Carthage must be destroyed||The Roman senator [[Cato the Elder]] ended every speech after the [[Second Punic War]] with ''ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam'', literally "For the rest, I am of the opinion that Carthage is to be destroyed."
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|''[[castigat ridendo mores]]''||One corrects customs by laughing at them||Or, "[Comedy/Satire] criticises customs through humour", is a phrase coined by French [[Neo-Latin]] poet [[Jean-Baptiste de Santeul]] (1630–1697), but sometimes wrongly attributed to his contemporary [[Molière]] or to [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Lyric poetry|lyric poet]] [[Horace]].
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|''[[Casum sentit dominus]]''||accident is felt by the owner||Refers to the [[private law]] principle that the owner has to assume the risk of accidental harm to him or accidental loss to his property.
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|''[[casus belli]]''||event of war||Refers to an incident that is the justification or case for war.
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|''{{anchor|causa latet vis est notissima}}causa latet, vis est notissima''||The cause is hidden, but the result is well known.||[[Ovid]]: ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [[s:la:Metamorphoses (Ovidius)/Liber IV|IV, 287]]; motto of [[Alpha Sigma Phi]].
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|''{{anchor|causa mortis}}causa mortis''||cause of death||
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|''{{anchor|cave}}cave''||beware!||especially used by [[Doctor of Medicine|Doctors of Medicine]], when they want to warn each other (e.g.: "cave [[nephrolithiases]]" in order to warn about side effects of an [[uricosuric]]). Spoken aloud in some British public (paid) schools by pupils to warn each other of impending authority.
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|''{{anchor|cave canem}}cave canem''||[[Beware of the dog]]||Earliest written example is in the [[Satyricon]] of Petronius, circa 1st century C.E.
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|''[[caveat emptor]]''||let the buyer beware||The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need. Phrases modeled on this one replace ''emptor'' with ''[[caveat lector|lector]]'', ''subscriptor'', ''venditor'', ''utilitor'': "reader", "signer", "seller", "user".
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|''[[caveat venditor]]''||let the seller beware||It is a counter to ''caveat emptor'' and suggests that sellers can also be deceived in a market transaction. This forces the seller to take responsibility for the product and discourages sellers from selling products of unreasonable quality.
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|''{{anchor|cedant arma togae}}cedant arma togae''||let arms yield to the gown||"Let military power yield to civilian power", [[Cicero]], ''[[De Officiis]]'' [[s:la:De officiis/Liber I#77|I:77]]. Former motto of the Territory of Wyoming. See also [[Toga#Roman military]].
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|''cedere nescio''|| I know not how to yield || Motto of [[HMAS Norman (G49)|HMAS ''Norman'']]
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|''{{anchor|Celer – Silens – Mortalis}}Celer – Silens – Mortalis''||Swift – Silent – Deadly||The motto of the [[United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance|force reconnaissance]] companies of the [[United States Marine Corps]], also known as force recon.
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|''{{anchor|celerius quam asparagi cocuntur}}celerius quam asparagi cocuntur''||more swiftly than [[asparagus]] [stem]s are cooked||Or simply "faster than cooking asparagus". A variant of the Roman phrase ''velocius quam asparagi coquantur'', using a different adverb and an alternative [[grammatical mood|mood]] and spelling of ''[[wikt:coquere|coquere]]''.
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|''{{anchor|cepi corpus}}cepi corpus''||I have taken the body||In law, it is a return made by the sheriff, upon a ''capias'', or other process to the like purpose; signifying, that he has taken the body of the party. See also [[habeas corpus]].
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|''certiorari'' ||to be made certain||From ''certiorari volumus,'' "we wish to be made certain." A [[prerogative writ]], by which a superior court orders an inferior one to turn over its record for review. Now used, depending on the jurisdiction, for an order granting leave to appeal a decision (e.g. to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]) or judicial review of a lower court's order.
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|''{{anchor|certum est quod certum reddi potest}}certum est quod certum reddi potest''||it is certain, whatever can be rendered certain||Or "... if it can be rendered certain." Often used in law when something is not known, but can be ascertained (e.g. the purchase price on a sale which is to be determined by a third-party valuer)
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|''{{anchor|cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex}}cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex''||when the reason for the law ceases, the law itself ceases||A rule of law becomes ineffective when the reason for its application has ceased to exist or does not correspond to the reality anymore. By [[Gratian (jurist)|Gratian]].
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|''{{anchor|cetera desunt}}cetera desunt''||the rest are missing||Also spelled "caetera desunt".
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|''[[ceteris paribus]]''||all other things being equal||That is, disregarding or eliminating extraneous factors in a situation.
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|''{{anchor|charta pardonationis}}{{anchor|charta pardonationis se defendendo}}charta pardonationis se defendendo''||a paper of pardon to defend oneself||The form of a pardon for killing another man in self-defence (see [[manslaughter]]).
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|''{{anchor|charta pardonationis utlagariae}}charta pardonationis utlagariae''||a paper of pardon to the outlaw||The form of a pardon of a man who is [[outlaw]]ed. Also called ''perdonatio utlagariae''.
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|''{{anchor|Christianos ad leones}}Christianos ad leones''||[Throw the] Christians to the lions!||
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|''{{anchor|Christo et Doctrinae}}Christo et Doctrinae''||For [[Christ]] and Learning||The motto of [[Furman University]].
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|''Christus nos liberavit''||Christ has freed us||title of volume I, book 5, chapter XI of [[Les Misérables]] by [[Victor Hugo]].
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|''[[Christus Rex]]''||[[Christ the King]]||A Christian title for [[Jesus]].
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|''Cicero dicit fac hoc''||[[Cicero]] says do it||Said by some to be the origin of the game command and title [[Simon says]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kool1017.com/simon-who-the-story-behind-a-playground-favorite-simon-says/|title=Simon Who? The Story Behind a Playground Favorite Simon Says|date=23 January 2017 }}</ref>
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|''{{anchor|Cicero pro domo sua}}{{ill|Cicero pro domo sua|it}}''||Cicero's speech in 57 BC to regain his confiscated house||Said of someone who pleads cases for their own benefit; see {{section link|List of Latin phrases (P)|pro domo}}
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|{{anchor|circa|Circa}}''[[Wiktionary:circa|circa]] <small>(c.)</small>'' or ''<small>(ca.)</small>''||around||In the sense of "approximately" or "about". Usually used of a date.
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|''{{anchor|circulus in probando}}circulus in probando''||circle made in testing [a premise]||Circular reasoning. Similar term to ''circulus vitiosus''.
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|''{{anchor|circulus vitiosus}}circulus vitiosus''||vicious circle||In logic, [[begging the question]], a [[fallacy]] involving the presupposition of a proposition in one of the premises (see ''petitio principii''). In science, a [[positive feedback]] loop. In economics, a counterpart to the [[virtuous circle and vicious circle|virtuous circle]].
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|''{{anchor|citius altius fortius}}citius altius fortius''||faster, higher, stronger||Motto of the modern [[Olympic Games|Olympics]].
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|''[[civis romanus sum]]''||I am (a) Roman citizen||Is a phrase used in [[Cicero|Cicero's]] ''[[In Verrem]]'' as a plea for the legal rights of [[Roman citizenship|a Roman citizen]]
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|''{{visible anchor|clamea admittenda in itinere per atturnatum}}''||a claim to be admitted to the [[Eyre (legal term)|eyre]] by an attorney||A writ whereby the king of England could command the justice of an eyre (a medieval form of [[circuit court]]) to permit an attorney to represent a person who is employed in the king's service and therefore cannot come in person.
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|''{{visible anchor|clarere audere gaudere}}''||[be] bright, daring, joyful||Motto of the Geal family
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|''{{visible anchor|clausum fregit}}''||he broke the enclosure||A legal action for trespass to land; so called because the writ demands the person summoned to answer ''wherefore he broke the close'' ''(quare clausum fregit)'', i.e., why he entered the plaintiff's land.
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|''{{visible anchor|claves Sancti Petri}}''||the keys of [[Saint Peter]]||A symbol of the [[Pope|Papacy]].
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|''{{visible anchor|clavis aurea}}''||golden key||The means of discovering hidden or mysterious meanings in texts, particularly applied in [[theology]] and [[alchemy]].
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|''{{visible anchor|clerico admittendo}}''||for being made a clerk||In law, a writ directed to the bishop, for the admitting a clerk to a benefice upon a ''ne admittas'', tried, and found for the party who procures the writ.
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|''{{visible anchor|clerico capto per statutum mercatorum}}''||&nbsp;||In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who is imprisoned upon the breach of statute merchant.
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|''{{visible anchor|clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando}}''||&nbsp;||In law, a writ for the delivery of a clerk to his ordinary, that was formerly convicted of felony; by reason that his ordinary did not challenge him according to the privilege of clerks.
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|''{{visible anchor|clerico intra sacros ordines constituto non eligendo in officium}}''||&nbsp;||In law, a writ directed to the bailiffs, etc., that have thrust a [[bailiwick]] or [[beadle]]ship upon one in holy orders; charging them to release him.
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|''{{visible anchor|Codex Iuris Canonici}}''||Book of [[canon law|Canon Law]]||The official code of canon law in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] (cf. ''[[#Corpus Iuris Canonici|Corpus Iuris Canonici]]'').
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|''[[Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur]]''||No one suffers punishment for mere intent.||No one can be punished for their thoughts.
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|''[[cogito, ergo sum]]''||I think, therefore I am.||A [[rationalism|rationalistic]] argument used by French philosopher [[René Descartes]] to attempt to prove his own existence.
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|''[[coitus interruptus]]''||interrupted congress||Aborting [[sexual intercourse]] prior to [[ejaculation]]—the only permitted form of [[birth control]] in some religions.
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|''[[coitus more ferarum]]''||congress in the way of beasts||A medical euphemism for the [[doggy style|doggy-style]] sexual position.
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|''{{anchor|collige virgo rosas}}collige virgo rosas''||pick, girl, the roses||
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|style="border:0;"|Exhortation to enjoy fully the youth, similar to ''Carpe diem'', from "De rosis nascentibus" (also titled "Idyllium de rosis"), attributed to [[Ausonius]] or [[Virgil]].<ref name=de-rosis>[http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~Harsch/Chronologia/Lsante01/Vergilius/ver_apro.html "De rosis nascentibus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811020011/http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lsante01/Vergilius/ver_apro.html |date=2007-08-11 }}, Bibliotheca Augustina</ref>
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|style="border:0;"|"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may", 1909, by [[John William Waterhouse]]
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|''[[combinatio nova]]''||new combination||It is frequently abbreviated ''comb. nov.''. It is used in the [[life sciences]] literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. ''[[Klebsiella granulomatis]] comb. nov.''.
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|''{{visible anchor|comedamus et bibamus, cras enim moriemur}}''||let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die||Latin translation of no. 72 of [[John Chrysostom]]'s 88 Greek [[homily|homilies]] on the [[Gospel of John]],<ref>''John Chrysostom's 88 Homilies on the Gospel of John'', [https://clioproject.net/homilies/comparison.php?page=72.4.19 "Homily 72, 4.19"], Chrysostomus Latinus in Iohannem Online (CLIO)</ref> citing {{Bibleverse|Isaiah|22:13}}
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|''{{visible anchor|communibus annis}}''||in common years||One year with another; on an average. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation"
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|''{{visible anchor|communibus locis}}''||in common places||A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; one place with another; on a medium. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation"
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|''{{visible anchor|communis opinio}}''||common opinion||prevailing doctrine, generally accepted view (in an academic field), [[scientific consensus]]; originally {{lang|la|communis opinio doctorum}}, "common opinion of the doctors"
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|''{{visible anchor|compos mentis}}''||in control of the mind||Describes someone of sound mind. Sometimes used ironically. Also a legal principle, ''[[non compos mentis]]'' (not in control of one's faculties), used to describe an insane person.
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|''{{visible anchor|concilio et labore}}''||by wisdom and effort||Motto of the city of [[Manchester]]
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|''{{visible anchor|concordia cum veritate}}''||in harmony with truth||Motto of the [[University of Waterloo]]
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|''{{visible anchor|concordia salus}}''||well-being through harmony||Motto of [[Montreal]]; [[Bank of Montreal]] coat of arms and motto
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|''{{visible anchor|concordia parvae res crescunt}}''||small things grow in harmony||Motto of the [[Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors]] and the corresponding schools [[Merchant Taylors' Girls' School|for girsl]] and [[Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby|for boys]], Crosby, and [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|in Northwood]].
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|''{{visible anchor|condemnant quod non intellegunt}}''||They condemn what they do not understand or<br />They condemn because they do not understand ||The [[wikt:quod#Latin|''quod'']] here is ambiguous: it may be the [[relative pronoun]] or a [[Conjunction (grammar)|conjunction]].
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|''{{visible anchor|condicio sine qua non}}''||condition without which not||A required, indispensable condition. Commonly mistakenly rendered with {{lang|la|conditio}} ("seasoning" or "preserving") in place of {{lang|la|condicio}} ("arrangement" or "condition").
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|''{{visible anchor|conditur in petra}}''||it is founded on the rock||Motto of [[Peterhouse Boys' School]] and [[Peterhouse Girls' School]]
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|''confer'' <small>(''[[cf.]]'')</small>||compare||The abbreviation ''cf.'' is used in text to suggest a comparison with something else (cf. [[citation signal]]).
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|''[[Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris]]<small> C.Ss.R</small>''||Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer||Redemptorists
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|''{{anchor|coniunctis viribus}}coniunctis viribus''||with connected strength||Or "with united powers". Sometimes rendered ''conjunctis viribus''. Motto of [[Queen Mary, University of London]].
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|[[consensu (law)|''consensu'']]||with consent
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|''{{visible anchor|consuetudo pro lege servatur}}''||Custom serves for law.||Where there are no specific laws, the matter should be decided by custom;<ref>Jon R. Stone, ''More Latin for the Illiterati,'' Routledge, 1999, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AsX61NoE9vUC&q=%22consuetudo+pro+lege+servatur%22&pg=PA53 p. 53].</ref> established customs have the force of laws.<ref>Giles Jacob, ''A Law Grammar,'' W. Clarke & Sons, 1817, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gY4DAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22consuetudo+pro+lege+servatur%22&pg=PA3 p. 3].</ref> Also ''consuetudo est altera lex'' (custom is another law) and ''consuetudo vincit communem legem'' (custom overrules the common law); see also: [[Customary law|Consuetudinary]].
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|''{{anchor|consummatum est}}consummatum est''||It is completed.||The last words of [[Jesus]] on the [[crucifixion|cross]] in the [[Vulgate|Latin translation]] of [[Gospel of John|John]] 19:30.
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|''[[contemptus mundi]]/saeculi''||scorn for the world/times||Despising the [[secularism|secular]] world. The [[Monasticism|monk]] or [[Philosophy|philosopher]]'s rejection of a mundane life and worldly values.
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|''{{anchor|contra bonos mores}}contra bonos mores''||against good morals||Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice.
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|''{{anchor|contra legem}}contra legem''||against law||Especially in [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law jurisdictions]], said of an understanding of a [[statute]] that directly contradicts its wording and thus is valid neither by interpretation nor by [[analogy]].
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|''[[contra proferentem]]''||against the proferror||In [[contract law]], the doctrine of contractual interpretation which provides that an ambiguous term will be construed against the party that imposed its inclusion in the contract – or, more accurately, against the interests of the party who imposed it.
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|''{{anchor|contra spem spero}}contra spem spero''||I hope against hope||Title of a poem by [[Lesya Ukrainka]]; it derives from an expression found in Paul's Letter to the Romans 4:18 (Greek: παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, Latin: contra spem in spe[m]) with reference to [[Abraham]] the Patriarch who maintained faith in becoming the father of many nations despite being childless and well-advanced in years. 
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|[[Contra vim mortis non crescit herba in hortis|''contra vim mortis non crescit herba'' (or ''salvia'') ''in hortis'']]||No herb <small>(or [[Salvia|sage]])</small> grows in the gardens against the power of death||there is no medicine against death; from various medieval medicinal texts
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|''{{visible anchor|contradictio in terminis}}''||contradiction in terms||Something that would embody a [[contradiction]] with the very definition of one of its terms; for example, payment for a gift, or a circle with corners. The [[fallacy]] of proposing such a thing.
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|''[[contra principia negantem non est disputandum]]''||there can be no debate with those who deny the foundations||Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on common rules, facts, presuppositions.
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|''{{visible anchor|cor ad cor loquitur}}''||heart speaks to heart||From [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]]'s ''[[Confessions (St. Augustine)|Confessions]]'', referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a "heart to heart" with God. Commonly used in reference to a later quote by Cardinal [[John Henry Newman]]. A motto of Newman Clubs.
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|''{{visible anchor|cor aut mors}}''||Heart or Death||(Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, no longer to be respected as person of integrity.)
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|''{{visible anchor|cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere}}''||my heart I offer to you Lord promptly and sincerely||[[John Calvin]]'s personal motto, also adopted by [[Calvin College]]
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|''{{visible anchor|cor unum}}''||one heart||A popular school motto and often used as a name for religious and other organisations such as the [[Pontifical Council Cor Unum]].
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|''{{visible anchor|coram}}''||in the presence of||Used before a list of the names of the judges on a panel hearing a particular case. 
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|''{{visible anchor|coram Deo}}''||in the presence of God||A phrase from [[Christian theology]] which summarizes the idea of [[Christians]] living in the presence of, under the authority of, and to the honor and glory of [[God]]; see also [[coram Deo (disambiguation)|coram Deo]].
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|''{{visible anchor|coram episcopo}}''||in the presence of the bishop||Refers to the celebration of Mass in the Roman Catholic Church where the bishop is present but does not preside over the service.<ref>New Liturgical Movement, [https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2018/07/first-mass-celebrated-coram-episcopo-in.html First Mass Celebrated ''Coram Episcopo'' in Wisconsin], published 6 July 2018, accessed 25 November 2022</ref>
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|''[[coram nobis]], coram vobis''||in our presence, in your presence||Two kinds of [[writ of error|writs of error]], calling for the decision to be reviewed by the same court that made it. ''Coram nobis'' is short for ''quae coram nobis resident'' (let them, i.e. the matters on the court record, remain before us), and was the form historically used for the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|Court of King's Bench]]; the "[[royal we|us]]" means the King, who was theoretically the head of that court. ''Coram vobis'' is the analogous version ("let the matters remain before you") for the [[Court of Common Pleas]], where the King did not sit, even notionally.
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|''[[coram non judice]]''||not before a judge||legal proceeding that is outside the presence of a judge, thus a violation of the law and a [[Legal nullity|nullity]]
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|''{{visible anchor|coram populo}}''||in the presence of the people||
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|''{{visible anchor|coram publico}}''||in view of the public||
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|[[Blessed Sacrament|''Corpus Christi'']]||Body of Christ||The name of a [[Corpus Christi (feast)|feast]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] commemorating the [[Eucharist]]. It is also the name of a city in Texas, [[Corpus Christi, Texas]], the name of Colleges at [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Cambridge]] universities, and [[Corpus Christi (play)|a controversial play]].
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|''[[corpus delicti]]''||body of the offence||The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in convicting someone of having committed that crime; if there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal.
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|''{{visible anchor|Corpus Iuris Canonici}}''||Body of [[canon law|Canon Law]]||The official compilation of canon law in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] (cf. ''[[#Codex Iuris Canonici|Codex Iuris Canonici]]'').
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|''[[Corpus Juris Civilis]]''||Body of Civil Law||The body of [[Roman law|Roman]] or [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]].
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|''{{anchor|corpus vile}}corpus vile''||worthless body||A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.'
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|''{{anchor|corrigenda}}corrigenda''||things to be corrected||
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|''{{anchor|corruptio optimi pessima}}corruptio optimi pessima''||the corruption of the best is the worst||
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|''{{anchor|corruptissima re publica plurimae leges}}corruptissima re publica plurimae leges''||When the republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous||[[Tacitus]]
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|''{{anchor|corvus oculum corvi non eruit}}corvus oculum corvi non eruit''||a raven does not pick out an eye of another raven||
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|''{{anchor|corruptus in extremis}}corruptus in extremis''||corrupt to the extreme||Motto of the fictional [[Mayor Quimby|Mayor]]'s office in [[The Simpsons]]
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|''{{anchor|cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet}}cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet''||May he who has never loved before, love tomorrow; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well||The refrain from the 'Pervigilium Veneris', a poem which describes a three-day holiday in the cult of Venus, located somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in religious festivities joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as the "procreatrix", the life-giving force behind the natural world.
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|''{{anchor|cras es noster}}cras es noster''||Tomorrow, be ours||As "The Future is Ours", motto of [[San Jacinto College]], Texas
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|''{{anchor|creatio ex nihilo}}creatio [[ex nihilo]]''||creation out of nothing||A concept about creation, often used in a theological or philosophical context. Also known as the 'First Cause' argument in [[philosophy of religion]]. Contrasted with ''creatio ex materia.''
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|''{{visible anchor|Credo in Unum Deum}}''||I Believe in One God||The first words of the [[Nicene Creed]] and the [[Apostles' Creed]].
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|''{{visible anchor|credo quia absurdum est}}''||I believe it because it is absurd||A very common misquote of [[Tertullian]]'s {{lang|la|et mortuus est Dei Filius prorsus credibile quia ineptum est}} (and the Son of God is dead: in short, it is credible because it is unfitting), meaning that it is so absurd to say that God's son has died that it would have to be a matter of belief, rather than reason. The misquoted phrase, however, is commonly used to mock the [[dogmatism|dogmatic]] beliefs of the religious (see [[fideism]]). This phrase is commonly shortened to {{lang|la|credo quia absurdum}}, and is also sometimes rendered {{lang|la|credo quia impossibile est}} (I believe it because it is impossible) or, as [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]] used it in [[The Autobiography of Charles Darwin|his autobiography]], {{lang|la|credo quia incredibile}}.
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|''{{visible anchor|credo ut intelligam}}''||I believe so that I may understand||A motto of St Anselm, used as the motto of [[St. Anselm Hall]], Manchester
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|''{{visible anchor|crescamus in Illo per omnia}}''||May we grow in Him through all things||Motto of [[Cheverus High School]]
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|''{{visible anchor|crescat scientia vita excolatur}}''||let knowledge grow, let life be enriched||Motto of the [[University of Chicago]]; often rendered in English as an [[iambic tetrameter]], "Let knowledge grow from more to more, and so be human life enriched".
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|''{{visible anchor|crescente luce}}''||Light ever increasing||Motto of [[James Cook University]]
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|''[[Crescite et multiplicamini]]''||Increase and multiply||Motto of [[Maryland]] until 1874
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|''{{anchor|crescit cum commercio civitas}}crescit cum commercio civitas''||Civilization prospers with commerce||Motto of [[Claremont McKenna College]].
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|''{{anchor|crescit eundo}}crescit eundo''||it grows as it goes||From [[Lucretius]]' ''[[De rerum natura]]'' book VI, where it refers in context to the motion of a [[lightning|thunderbolt]] across the sky, which acquires power and momentum as it goes. This metaphor was adapted as the [[List of U.S. state and territory mottos|state motto]] of [[New Mexico]] (adopted in 1887 as the territory's motto, and kept in 1912 when New Mexico received statehood) and is seen on [[Seal of New Mexico|the seal]]. Also the motto of [[Rocky Mount, Virginia]] and [[Omega Delta Phi]].
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|''{{anchor|cruci dum spiro fido}}cruci dum spiro fido''||while I live, I trust in the cross, Whilst I trust in the Cross I have life||Motto of the [[Sisters of Loreto]] (IBVM) and its associated schools.
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|''{{anchor|cucullus non facit monachum}}cucullus non facit monachum''||The hood does not make the monk||[[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', act 1, scene 5, 53–54<ref>{{Folger inline|Twelfth Night|1|5|53–54}}</ref>
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|''[[cui bono]]''||Good for whom?||"Who benefits?" An [[adage]] in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an unwelcome event is likely to reveal who is responsible for that event (cf. ''cui prodest''). Also the motto of the [[Crime Syndicate of America]], a fictional supervillain group. The opposite is ''cui malo'' (Bad for whom?).
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|''{{anchor|cui multum sit datum, multum ab eo postulabitur}}cui multum sit datum, multum ab eo postulabitur''||to whom much is given, much is expected||Motto of The [[Brooklyn Latin School]].
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|''{{anchor|cui prodest}}cui prodest''||for whom it advances||Short for ''cui prodest scelus is fecit'' (for whom the crime advances, he has done it) in [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]'s ''Medea''. Thus, the murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf. ''cui bono'').
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|[[Suum cuique|''cuique suum'']]||to each his own||
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|''[[cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos]]''||Whose the land is, all the way to the sky and to the [[underworld]] is his.||First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th century. A [[Roman law|Roman legal]] principle of [[property law]] that is no longer observed in most situations today. Less literally, "For whosoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths."
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|''[[cuius regio, eius religio]]''||whose region, his religion||The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects. A regional prince's ability to choose his people's religion was established at the [[Peace of Augsburg]] in 1555.
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|''{{anchor|cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.}}cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.''||Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault||[[Cicero]], [[Philippicae|Philippica]] [[s:la:In M. Antonium Oratio - Philippica XII#&#91;5&#93;|XII, 5]].
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|''{{anchor|culpa}}culpa''||fault||Also "blame" or "[[guilt (emotion)|guilt]]". In law, an act of neglect. In general, guilt, sin, or a fault. See also ''[[mea culpa]]''.
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|''{{anchor|cum gladiis et fustibus}}cum gladiis et fustibus''||with swords and clubs||From the Bible. Occurs in {{bibleref|Matthew|26:47}} and {{bibleref|Luke|22:52}}.
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|''{{anchor|cum gladio et sale}}cum gladio et sale''||with sword and salt||Motto of a well-paid soldier. See [[salary]].
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|''{{anchor|cum grano salis}}cum grano salis''||with a [[grain of salt]]||Not to be taken too seriously or as the literal truth.
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|''[[cum hoc ergo propter hoc]]''||with this, therefore on account of this||Fallacy of assuming that [[Correlation does not imply causation|correlation implies causation]].
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|''{{anchor|cum laude}}cum laude''||with praise||The standard formula for academic [[Latin honors]] in the United States. Greater honors include ''magna cum laude'' and ''summa cum laude''.
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|''{{visible anchor|cum mortuis in lingua mortua}}''||with the dead in a dead language||Movement from ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' by [[Modest Mussorgsky]]
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|''{{visible anchor|cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum}}''||with the exclusive right to print||[[Copyright notice]] used in 16th-century England, used for comic effect in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by William Shakespeare<ref>{{Folger inline|The Taming of the Shrew|4|4|94}}</ref> where Lucentio is urged by his servant Biondello to "seize your privilege to declare her {{bracket|[[Bianca Minola|Bianca]]}} yours alone".
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|''{{visible anchor|cuncti adsint meritaeque expectent praemia palmae}}''||let all come who by merit deserve the most reward||Motto of [[University College London]].
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|''[[cupio dissolvi]]''||desire to be dissolved||From the Bible, locution indicating a will to death ("I want to die").
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|''{{anchor|cur Deus Homo}}cur Deus Homo''||Why the God-Man||The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of Christianity must be both fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated "why did God become Man?"
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|''[[cura personalis]]''||care for the whole person|| Motto of [[Georgetown University School of Medicine]] and [[University of Scranton]]
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|''[[cura te ipsum]]''||take care of your own self||Exhortation to [[physician]]s, or experts in general, to deal with their own problems before addressing those of others
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|''[[curriculum vitae]]''||course of life||An overview of a person's life and qualifications, similar to a [[résumé]]
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|''{{visible anchor|custodi civitatem, Domine}}''||guard the city, O Lord||Motto of the [[City of Westminster]]
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|''{{visible anchor|custos morum}}''||keeper of morals||A [[censorship|censor]]
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|''{{visible anchor|cygnis insignis}}''||distinguished by its swans||[[List of national mottos|Motto]] of [[Western Australia]]
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|''{{visible anchor|cygnus inter anates}}''||swan among ducks||
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== References ==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |isbn = 0865164223 |last = Adeleye |first = Gabriel G. |title = World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions |editor1 = Thomas J. Sienkewicz |editor2 = James T. McDonough Jr. |location = Wauconda, Illinois |publisher = Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers|year = 1999 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/worlddictionaryo00adel|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |isbn=0415917751 |last=Stone |first=Jon R. |title=Latin for the Illiterati |location=London & New York |publisher=Routledge |year=1996 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/latinforillitera0000ston|ref=none}}

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