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|id="vacate et scire"|''vacate et scire''||be still and know.||Motto of the [[University of Sussex]]
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|id="vade ad formicam"|''vade ad formicam''||go to the ant||From the [[Vulgate]], ''[[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]]'' {{bibleref2-nb|Proverbs|6:6|VULGATE}}. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!"<ref>{{bibleverse|Proverbs|6:6|NIV}}</ref>
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|[[vademecum|''vade mecum'']]||go with me||A ''vade-mecum'' or ''vademecum'' is an item one carries around, especially a handbook.
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|[[Vade retro satana|''vade retro Satana'']]||go back, [[Satan]]||An exhortation to [[Satan]] to be gone, often a [[Roman Catholic]] response to [[temptation]]. From a popular Medieval Roman Catholic [[exorcism]] formula, derived from the rebuke of [[Jesus Christ]] to [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]], as quoted in the [[Vulgate]], ''[[Gospel of Mark|Mark]]'' {{bibleref2-nb|Mark|8:33|VULGATE}}: ''vade retro me Satana'' ("get behind Me, Satan").<ref>{{bibleverse|Mark|8:33|NKJV}}</ref> The phrase "''vade retro''" ("go back") is also in [[Terence]]'s ''Formio'', I, 4, 203.
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|id="vale"|''vale''||farewell||see also: [[ave atque vale]]
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|id="valenter volenter"|''valenter volenter''||strongly and willingly||Motto of {{ship|HMS|Valorous|L00}}
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|''vae, puto deus fio''||ah, I think I am becoming a god||Last words of [[Vespasian]] according to [[Suetonius]] in his ''[[The Twelve Caesars|Twelve Caesars]]''
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|''[[vae victis]]''||woe to the conquered||Attributed by [[Livy]] to [[Brennus (4th century BC)|Brennus]], the chief of the [[Gaul]]s, stated with his demand for more gold from the citizens of the sacked city of [[Rome]] in 390 BC.
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|[[Vanitas|''vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas'']]||vanity of vanities; everything [is] vanity||Or more simply: "vanity, vanity, everything vanity". From the [[Vulgate]], ''[[Ecclesiastes]]'' {{bibleref2-nb|Ecclesiastes|1:2;12:8|VULGATE}}.
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|''[[vaticinium ex eventu]]''||prophecy from the event||A purported prediction stated as if it was made before the event it describes, while in fact being made thereafter.
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|id="vel non"|''vel non''||or not||Summary of alternatives, e. g., "this action turns upon whether the claimant was the deceased's grandson ''vel non''."
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|id="velle est posse"|''velle est posse''||to be willing is to be able||Non-literally, "where there is a will, there is a way". It is the motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of [[Hillfield Strathallan College]].
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|id="velocius quam asparagi coquantur"|''velocius quam asparagi coquantur''||faster than [[asparagus]] can be cooked||Rendered by [[Robert Graves]] in ''[[I, Claudius]]'' as "as quick as boiled asparagus". Ascribed to [[Augustus]] by [[Suetonius]] in ''[[The Twelve Caesars]]'', Book 2 (Augustus), para. 87. It refers to anything done very quickly. A very common variant is ''celerius quam asparagi cocuntur'' ("faster than asparagus'' [is] ''cooked").
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|''vel similia''
|or similar (things), or the like
|Abbreviated to ''vel sim''. First attested in English usage in 1861.<ref>{{Citation |title=vel sim., phr. |date=2023-03-02 |work=Oxford English Dictionary |url=https://oed.com/dictionary/vel-sim_phr |edition=3 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/oed/4607529057|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
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|id="velut arbor aevo"|''velut arbor aevo''||as a tree with the passage of time||Motto of the [[University of Toronto]], Canada
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|''[[veni, vidi, vici]]''||I came, I saw, I conquered||The message supposedly sent by [[Julius Caesar]] to the [[Roman Senate]] to describe his battle against [[Pharnaces II of Pontus|King Pharnaces II of Pontus]] near [[Zile|Zela]] in 47 BC.
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|''{{visible anchor|venia aetatis}}''||pardon my age||the privilege of age sometimes granted a minor under Roman or civil law, entitling the minor to the rights and liabilities of a person of full age, and resembling [[emancipation of minors]] in modern law
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|''{{visible anchor|venturis ventis}}''||to the coming winds||Motto of [[Brasília]], the capital of [[Brazil]]
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|id="vera causa"|''vera causa''||true cause||
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|''{{visible anchor|vera natura}}''||true nature||Used in [[Metaphysics]] and specifically in [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]]'s [[Transcendental idealism|Transcendental Idealism]] to refer to a subject as it exists in its logically distinct form rather than as it is perceived by the human faculty.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Breve schizzo dei sistemi di filosofia moderna e del proprio sistema e Dialogo su la vera natura del conoscere|last=Rosmini Serbati|first=Antonio|date=2009|publisher=R. Carabba|others=Caviglione, Carlo|isbn=978-88-6344-038-6|edition=Rist. anast|language=it|location=Lanciano|oclc=849482905}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=From Kant to Croce : Modern Philosophy in Italy, 1800–1950|editor1-last=Copenhaver|editor1-first=Brian P.|editor1-link=Brian Copenhaver|date=2012|publisher=University of Toronto Press|editor2-link=Rebecca Copenhaver|editor2-last=Copenhaver|editor2-first=Rebecca|isbn=978-1-4426-9448-4|location=Toronto|oclc=794619866}}</ref>
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|id="verba docent exempla trahunt"|''verba docent exempla trahunt''||words instruct, illustrations lead||This refers to the relevance of illustrations, for example in preaching.
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|id="verba ex ore"|''verba ex ore''||words from mouth||Taking the words out of someone's mouth, speaking exactly what the other colloquist wanted to say.
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|id="verba ita sunt intelligenda ut res magis valeat quam pereat"|''verba ita sunt intelligenda ut res magis valeat quam pereat''||words are to be understood such that the subject matter may be more effective than wasted||I. e., when explaining a subject, it is important to clarify rather than confuse.
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|id="verba vana aut risui non loqui"|''verba vana aut risui non loqui''||not to speak words in vain or to start laughter||A [[Roman Catholic]] religious precept, being Rule 56 of the ''[[Rule of Saint Benedict]]''.
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|''[[verba volant, scripta manent]]''||words fly away, writings remain||
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|[[wikt:verbatim|''verbatim'']]||word for word||The phrase refers to perfect transcription or quotation.
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|id="verbatim et literatim"|{{anchor|verbatim et litteratim}}''verbatim et literatim''||word for word and letter by letter||
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|id="verbi divini minister"|''verbi divini minister''||servant of the Divine Word||A phrase denoting a [[priest]]. Cf. "''Verbum Dei''" ''infra''.
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|id="verbi gratia"|''verbi gratia<br />''<small>(''v. gr.'' or ''v. g.'')</small>||for example||Literally, "for the sake of a word".
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|id="Verbum Dei"|''Verbum Dei''||Word of God||See [[religious text]].
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|id="Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris"|''Verbum Domini lucerna pedibus nostris''||The word of the Lord [is] a light for our feet||Motto of the [[University of Groningen]]
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|id="verbum Domini manet in aeternum"|''verbum Domini manet in aeternum <small>(VDMA)</small>''||the word of the Lord endures forever||Motto of the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Reformation]]
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|id="Verbum sap"|{{vanchor|verb. sap.}}<br />verbum sap.||a word to the wise [is sufficient]||A phrase denoting that the listener can fill in the omitted remainder, or enough is said. It is the truncation of "''verbum sapienti sat[is] est''".
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|id="verbum volitans"|''verbum volitans''||flying word||A word that floats in the air, on which everyone is thinking and is just about to be imposed.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
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|''[[veritas]]''||truth||Motto of many educational institutions
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|id="veritas aequitas"|''veritas [[aequitas]]''||truth [and] justice||
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|id="veritas, bonitas, pulchritudo, sanctitas"|''veritas, bonitas, pulchritudo, sanctitas''||truth, goodness, beauty, [and] sanctity||Motto of [[Fu Jen Catholic University]], [[Taiwan]]
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|id="veritas Christo et ecclesiae"|''veritas Christo et ecclesiae''||truth for Christ and church||The ''de iure'' motto of [[Harvard University]], United States, which dates to its foundation; it is often shortened to ''[[veritas]]'' to remove its original religious meaning.
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|''veritas cum libertate''||truth with liberty||Motto of [[Winthrop University]]
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|id="veritas curat"|''veritas curat''||truth cures||Motto of [[Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research]]
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|id="veritas Dei vincit"|''veritas Dei vincit''||the truth of God conquers||Motto of the [[Hussite]]s
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|''veritas Domini manet in aeternum''||the truth of the Lord remains for eternity||
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|id="veritas et fortitudo"|''veritas et fortitudo''||truth and fortitude||One of the mottos of the [[Lyceum of the Philippines University]]
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|id="veritas et virtus"|''veritas et virtus''||truth and virtue||Motto of the [[University of Pittsburgh]], [[Methodist University]], and [[Mississippi College]]
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|id="veritas, fides, sapientia"|''veritas, fides, sapientia''||truth, faith, [and] wisdom||Motto of [[Dowling Catholic High School]]
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|id="veritas in caritate"|''veritas in caritate''||truth in charity||Motto of [[Bishop Wordsworth's School]], [[St Munchin's College]], and the [[University of Santo Tomas]]
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|id="veritas iustitia libertas"|''veritas, iustitia, libertas''||truth, justice, [and] liberty||Motto of the [[Free University of Berlin]]
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|id="veritas liberabit vos"|''veritas liberabit vos''||truth shall liberate you||Motto of [[Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan]]
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|id="veritas lux mea"|''veritas lux mea''||truth [is] my light||A common, non-literal translation is "truth enlightens me"; motto of [[Seoul National University]], South Korea
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|id="veritas numquam perit"|''veritas numquam perit''||truth never expires||by [[Seneca the Younger]]
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|id="veritas odit moras"|''veritas odit moras''||truth hates delay||by [[Seneca the Younger]]
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|id="veritas odium parit"|''veritas odium parit''||truth breeds hatred
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|id="veritas omnia vincit"|''[[veritas omnia vincit]]''||truth conquers all||A quotation from a letter of [[Jan Hus]]; frequently used as a motto
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|''{{visible anchor|veritas, probitas, iustitia}}''||truth, honesty, justice||Motto of the [[University of Indonesia]]
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|id="veritas, unitas, caritas"|''veritas, unitas, caritas''||truth, unity, [and] love||Motto of [[Villanova University]], United States
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|id="veritas vincit"|''[[veritas vincit]]''||truth conquers||Cf. "''[[veritas omnia vincit]]''" ''supra''. Motto on the [[Heraldic standard|standard]] of the presidents of [[Czechoslovakia]] and the [[Czech Republic]], and of the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Clan Keith]]
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|id="Veritas. Virtus. Libertas."|''Veritas. Virtus. Libertas.''||Truth. Virtue. Liberty.||Motto of the [[University of Szeged]], Hungary
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|id="veritas vitæ magistra"|''veritas vitæ magistra''||truth is the teacher of life||Another plausible translation is "truth is the mistress of life". It is the unofficial motto of the [[University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras]] and is inscribed in its tower.
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|''[[veritas vos liberabit]]''||truth will liberate you [all]||Motto of [[Johns Hopkins University]], United States
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|id="veritate duce progredi"|''veritate duce progredi''||advancing with truth leading||Motto of the [[University of Arkansas]], United States
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|id="veritate et caritate"|''[in] veritate et caritate''||in truth and charity||Motto of [[Catholic Junior College]], Singapore; [[St. Xavier's, Hazaribagh|St. Xavier's School]], and [[Hazaribagh]], India
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|id="veritate et virtute"|''veritate et virtute''||with truth and virtue||Motto of [[Sydney Boys High School]]. It is alternatively rendered "''virtute et veritate''" ("with virtue and truth"), which is the motto of [[Walford Anglican School for Girls]] and [[Pocklington School]].
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|id="veritatem dilexi"|''veritatem dilexi''||I esteemed truth||Alternatively, "I loved truth"; motto of [[Bryn Mawr College]]
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|id="veritatem fratribus testari"|''veritatem fratribus testari''||to bear witness to truth in fraternity||Motto of [[Xaverian Brothers High School]]
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|id="veritatem cognoscere"|''veritatem cognoscere''||to know truth||Motto of the Clandestine Service of the United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
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|id="vero nihil verius"|''vero nihil verius''||nothing [is] truer than truth||Motto of [[Mentone Girls' Grammar School]]
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|id="vero possumus"|''vero possumus''||yes, we can||A variation of the campaign slogan of then-Senator [[Barack Obama]], which was superimposed on a variation of the [[Great Seal of the United States]] during the [[2008 United States presidential election|US presidential campaign of 2008]].<ref>[http://www.arts.yorku.ca/dlll/amlewis/courses/latin1000/images/VeroPossumus.jpg Image] at [[York University]], Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203060233/http://www.arts.yorku.ca/dlll/amlewis/courses/latin1000/images/VeroPossumus.jpg |date=February 3, 2014 }}</ref>
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|''[[wikt:versus|versus]]'' <small>(''vs'')</small> or <small>(''v.'')</small>||towards||Literally, "in the direction [of]". It is erroneously used in English for "against", probably as the truncation of "''adversus''", especially in reference to two opponents, e. g., the parties to [[litigation]] or a sports match.
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|id="vestigia nulla retrorsum"|''vestigia nulla retrorsum''||Never a backward step ||Motto of [[Wanganui Collegiate School]]
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|id="vestis virum facit"|''vestis virum facit''||Clothes make the man||Statement made by [[Erasmus]] to augment ancient commentary on the role of appearance in affirming authority
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|''[[veto]]''||I forbid||The word denotes the right to unilaterally forbid or void a specific proposal, especially [[legislation]]. It is derived from ancient [[Roman Senate|Roman]] voting procedures.
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|id="vexata quaestio"|''vexata quaestio''||vexed question||Latin legal phrase denoting a question that is often debated or considered, but is not generally settled, such that contrary answers may be held by different persons.
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|id="vexilla regis prodeunt inferni"|''vexilla regis prodeunt inferni''||forth go the banners of the king of Hell||Authored by [[Dante Alighieri]] in [[s:The Divine Comedy/Inferno/Canto XXXIV|Canto XXXIV]] of the ''[[Inferno (Dante)|Inferno]]'', the phrase is an allusion to and play upon the Latin [[Easter]] hymn ''[[Vexilla Regis]]''. The phrase is repeatedly referenced in the works of [[Walter M. Miller, Jr.]]
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|''[[vi coactus]]''||under constraint||A legal phrase regarding contracts that indicates agreement made under duress.
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|id="vi et animo"|''vi et animo''||with heart and soul||Alternatively, "strength and courage"; motto of the [[Ascham School]]
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|''[[vi veri universum vivus vici]]''||by the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe||[[Magick]]al motto of [[Aleister Crowley]].
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|id="via"|''via''||by the road/way||The word denotes "by way of" or "by means of", e. g., "I will contact you via email".
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|id="via media"|''via media''||middle road/way||This phrase describes a compromise between two extremes or the [[Radical center (politics)|radical center]] political position.
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|id="via, veritas, vita"|''via, veritas, vita''||the Way, the Truth, [and] the Life||Words of [[Jesus Christ]] in ''[[Gospel of John|John]]'' [[S:Bible (King James)/John#14:6|14:6]]; motto of many institutions
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|id="viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi"|''viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi''||I will show you the way of wisdom||Motto of [[DePaul University]]
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|id="vice"|''vice''||in place of||The word refers to one who acts in the place of another. It is used as a separate word or as a hyphenated prefix, e. g., "Vice President" and "Vice-Chancellor".
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|id="vice versa"|{{Anchor|versa vice}}''vice versa<br />versa vice''||with position turned||{{other uses|Vice Versa (disambiguation)}}Thus, "the other way around", "conversely", ''et cetera''. Historically, in [[British English]], ''vice'' is pronounced as two syllables, but in [[American English|American]] and [[Canadian English]] the singular-syllable pronunciation is almost universal. [[Latin spelling and pronunciation|Classical Latin pronunciation]] dictates that the letter "c" is only a hard sound, like "k". Moreover, the letter "v", when consonantal, represents /w/; hence {{respell|WEE|keh|_|WEHR|sah}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf|title=Latin Pronunciation Demystified|first=Michael A.|last=Covington|work=Program in Linguistics|publisher= [[University of Georgia]]|date=December 31, 2005}}</ref>
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|id="victoria amat curam"|''victoria amat curam''||victory demands dedication||Motto of [[North Melbourne Football Club]]
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|id="victoria aut mors"|''victoria aut mors''||[[Victory or death]]||Similar to ''[[List of Latin phrases (A)#aut vincere aut mori|aut vincere aut mori]]''.
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|id="victoria concordia crescit"|''victoria concordia crescit''||victory comes from harmony||Motto of [[Arsenal F.C.]]
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|id="victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni"|''victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni''||the victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased [[Cato the Younger|Cato]]||Authored by [[Lucan]] in ''[[Pharsalia]]'', 1, 128. The dedicatory inscription on the south face of the Confederate Memorial in [[Arlington National Cemetery]], Virginia, United States.
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|id="vide"|''vide''||"see" or "refer to"||The word is used in scholarly citations.
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|id="vide infra"|''vide infra'' <small>(''v. i.'')</small>||see below||The word is used in scholarly works.
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|id="vide supra"|''vide supra'' <small>(''v. s.'')</small>||see above||The word is used in scholarly works to refer to previous text in the same document. It is sometimes truncated to "''supra''".
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|''[[viz.|videlicet]]'' <small>(''viz.'')</small>||"namely", "that is to say", or "as follows"||A contraction of "''videre licet''" ("it is permitted to see"), ''vide infra''.
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|id="video et taceo"|''video et taceo''||I see and keep silent||Motto of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] of England
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|id="video meliora proboque deteriora sequor"|''video meliora proboque deteriora sequor''||I see and approve of the better, but I follow the worse||From the ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [[s:la:Metamorphoses (Ovidius)/Liber VII|Book 7, 20-1]] of [[Ovid]], being a summary of the experience of [[akrasia]].
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|id="video sed non credo"|''video sed non credo''||I see it, but I do not believe it||The statement of {{Interlanguage link multi|Caspar Hofmann|de}} after being shown proof of the [[circulatory system]] by [[William Harvey]].
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|[[viz.|''videre licet'']]||"it is permitted to see" or "one may see"||used in scholarship
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|id="vim promovet insitam"|''vim promovet insitam''||promotes one's innate power||derived from [[Horace]], ''Ode'' 4, 4; motto of the [[University of Bristol]]
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|''[[vince malum bono]]''||overcome evil with good||A partial quotation of ''Romans'' 12:21; motto of [[Old Swinford Hospital]] and [[Bishop Cotton School (Shimla)|Bishop Cotton School]] in Shimla
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|id="vincere est vivere"|''vincere est vivere''||to conquer is to live||Motto of Captain [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]]
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|id="vincere scis Hannibal victoria uti nescis"|''vincere scis Hannibal victoria uti nescis''||you know [how] to win, [[Hannibal]]; you do not know [how] to use victory||According to [[Livy]], a colonel in the cavalry stated this to [[Hannibal]] after victory in the [[Battle of Cannae]] in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal should have marched on [[Rome]] immediately.
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|id="vincit omnia veritas"|''vincit omnia veritas''||truth conquers all|| motto of [[University of Mindanao]], Philippines
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|id="vincit qui patitur"|''vincit qui patitur''||he conquers who endures||First attributed to the Roman scholar and satirist [[Persius]]; frequently used as a motto.
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|id="vincit qui se vincit"|''vincit qui se vincit''||he (she) conquers who conquers himself (herself)||Motto of many educational institutions, including the [[Philadelphia High School for Girls]] and [[North Sydney Boys High School]]. It is alternatively rendered as ''bis vincit qui se vincit'' ("he (she) who prevails over himself (herself) is twice victorious"). It is also the motto of the [[Beast (Disney character)|Beast]] in [[Disney]]'s film ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', as seen inscribed in the castle's [[stained glass]] window near the beginning of the film.
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|id="vinculum juris"|''vinculum juris''||the chain of the law||The phrase denotes that a thing is legally binding. "A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, ''vinculum juris''." (''[[Bouvier's Law Dictionary]]'' (1856), "Obligation")
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|id="vinum et musica laetificant cor"|''vinum et musica laetificant cor'' ||wine and music gladden the heart|| [[Asterix and Caesar's Gift]]; it is a variation of "''vinum bonum laetificat cor hominis''".
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|id="vinum regum, rex vinorum"|''vinum regum, rex vinorum''||the wine of kings, the king of wines||The phrase describes [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Tokaji]] wine, and is attributed to [[Louis XIV|King Louis XIV]] of [[France]].
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|id="viperam sub ala nutricare"|''viperam sub ala nutricare'' ||a viper nursed at the bosom||A ''caveat'' regarding trusting someone against his inherent nature; the moral of [[Aesop]]'s fable ''[[The Farmer and the Viper]]''.
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|''{{visible anchor|vir quisque vir}}'' ||every man a man||Motto of the US collegiate fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha.
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|''{{visible anchor|vires acquirit eundo}}'' ||she gathers strength as she goes||A quotation from Vergil's ''[[Aeneid]]'', Book 4, 175, which in the original context refers to [[Pheme]]. Motto on the [[Coat of arms of Melbourne]]
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|''virgo intacta''||a female whose [[hymen]] is unbroken, had never sexual intercourse, a maiden, a virgin
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|''{{visible anchor|viribus unitis}}''||with united forces||Motto of the house of [[Habsburg-Lorraine]]
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|id="virile agitur"|''virile agitur''||the manly thing is being done||Motto of [[Knox Grammar School]]
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|''[[viriliter age]]''||"act manfully" or "act courageously"||Motto of [[Marist College Ashgrove]] and other institutions
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|id="viriliter agite"|''viriliter agite''||act in a manly way||Motto of [[St Muredach's College]] and PAREF Southridge School for Boys. From [[Psalm 27]]
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|id="viriliter agite estote fortes"|''viriliter agite estote fortes''||act manfully, be strong||Motto of [[Culford School]]
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|id="virtus et labor"|''virtus et labor''||virtue and [hard] work||
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|id="virtus et scientia"|''virtus et scientia''||virtue and knowledge||Common motto
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|id="virtus in media stat"|''virtus in media stat''||virtue stands in the middle||A principle derived from the ethical theory of [[Aristotle]]. Idiomatically, "good practice lies in the middle path" between two extremes. It is disputed whether ''media'' or ''medio'' is correct.
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|id="virtus junxit mors non separabit"|''virtus junxit mors non separabit''||that which virtue unites, let not death separate||
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|''{{visible anchor|virtus laudata crescit}}''||greatness increases with praise||Motto of the [[Berkhamsted School]]
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|''[[virtus non stemma]]''||valor, not garland||Motto of the [[Duke of Westminster]], inscribed at his residence in [[Eaton Hall (Cheshire)|Eaton]], and the motto of [[Grosvenor Rowing Club]] and [[Harrow County School for Boys]]
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|id="virtus sola nobilitas"|''virtus sola nobilitas''||virtue alone [is] noble||Motto of [[Christian Brothers College, St Kilda]]; similar to [[List of Latin phrases (S)#sola nobilitat virtus|''sola nobilitat virtus'']]
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|id="virtus tentamine gaudet"|''virtus tentamine gaudet''||strength rejoices in the challenge||Motto of [[Hillsdale College]], Michigan, United States
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|id="virtus unita fortior"|''virtus unita fortior''||virtue united [is] stronger||[[List of national mottos|State motto]] of [[Andorra]]
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|id="virtute duce"|''virtute duce''||led by virtue||
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|id="virtute duce comite fortuna"|''virtute duce comite fortuna''||led by virtue, accompanied by [good] fortune||
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|''[[virtute et armis]]''||by virtue and arms||Alternatively, "by manliness and weapons". The [[List of U.S. state and territory mottos|State motto]] of [[Mississippi]], United States. The phrase was possibly derived from the motto of Lord Gray de Wilton, ''virtute non armis fido'' ("I trust in virtue, not in arms").
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|''{{visible anchor|virtute et constantia}}''||by virtue and consistency||National motto of [[Malta]]. Also motto of the [[Estonian Internal Security Service]].
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|''{{visible anchor|virtute et industria}}''||by virtue and industry||Motto of [[Bristol]], United Kingdom
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|''{{visible anchor|virtute et valor}}''||by virtue and valour||Motto of St George’s Grammar School, Cape Town,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/6151433|title=Latin Mottoes in South African Universities|last1=Evans|first1=Richard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sggs.co.za/ |title=Home |website=sggs.co.za}}</ref> and of a High School
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|''{{visible anchor|virtute et veritate}}''||by virtue and truth||Motto of [[Pocklington School]]
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|id="vis legis"|''vis legis''||the power of the law||
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|''[[vis major]]''||''{{Lang|fr|force majeure}}'', superior force||
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|id="visio dei"|''visio dei''||vision of a god||
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|id="vita ante acta"|''vita ante acta''||a life done before||The phrase denotes a previous life, generally believed to be the result of [[reincarnation]].
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|id="vita, dulcedo, spes"|''vita, dulcedo, spes''||[[Mary, mother of Jesus|Mary]], [our] life, sweetness, [and] hope||Motto of the [[University of Notre Dame]], Indiana, United States, which is derived from the [[Roman Catholic]] hymn to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]] titled ''Salve Regina''.
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|id="vita incerta, mors certissima"|''vita incerta, mors certissima''||life is uncertain, death is most certain||More simply, "the most certain thing in life is death".
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|id="vita mutatur, non tollitur"|''vita mutatur, non tollitur''||life is changed, not taken away||The phrase is a quotation from the preface of the first [[Roman Catholic]] rite of the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] for the Dead.
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|id="vita patris"|''vita patris''||during the life of the father||Hence the term "''decessit vita patris''" (d. v. p) or "died v. p.", which is seen in genealogical works such as ''[[Burke's Peerage]]''.
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|id="vita summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam"|''vita summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam''||the shortness of life prevents us from entertaining far-off hopes||This is a wistful refrain that is sometimes used ironically. It is derived from the first line of [[Horace]]'s ''[[Odes (Horace)|Ode 1]]''. It was later used as the title of a short poem of [[Ernest Dowson]].
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|id="vitae corona fides"|''vitae corona fides''||faith is the crown of life||Motto of [[Colchester Royal Grammar School]].
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|id="vitai lampada tradunt"|''vitai lampada tradunt''||they hand on the torch of life||A quotation from the poem of [[Lucretius]], ''[[De rerum natura]]'', [[:s:la:De rerum natura (Titus Lucretius Carus)/Liber II|Book 2, 77-9]]. The ordinary spelling "''vitae''" in two syllables had to be changed to "''vitaï''" in three syllables to satisfy the requirements of the poem's [[dactylic hexameter]]s. Motto of the [[Sydney Church of England Grammar School]] and others.
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|id="vitam amplificare hominibus hominesque societati"|''vitam amplificare hominibus hominesque societati''||mankind [who] extends the life of the community||Motto of [[East Los Angeles College]], California, United States
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|''[[Viva voce (disambiguation)|viva voce]]''||living voice||"by [[word of mouth]]"; oral exam; spoken, in-person, [[Evidence (law)|evidence]] in law
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|id="vivat crescat floreat"|''vivat crescat floreat''||may it live, grow, [and] flourish||
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|id="vivat rex"|''vivat rex''||may the king live||The acclamation is ordinary translated as "long live the king!". In the case of a queen, "''vivat regina''" ("long live the queen").
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|id="vivat rex curat lex"|''vivat rex, curat lex''||long live the king, guardian of the law||A curious translation of the pun on "''vivat rex''", found in [[Westerham]] parish church in [[Kent]], England.
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|id="vive memor leti"|''vive memor leti''||live remembering death||Authored by [[Persius]]. Cf. "''[[memento mori]]''".
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|id="vive ut vivas"|''vive ut vivas''||live so that you may live||The phrase suggests that one should live life to the fullest and without fear of the possible consequences.
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|id="vivere est cogitare"|''vivere est cogitare''||to live is to think||Authored by [[Cicero]]. Cf. "''[[cogito ergo sum]]''".
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|id="vivere militare est"|''vivere militare est''||to live is to fight||Authored by [[Seneca the Younger]] in Epistle 96, 5. Cf. the allegory of [[Miles Christianus]] based on "''militia est vita hominis''" from the [[Vulgate]], [[Book of Job]] {{Bibleref2-nb|Job|7:1|VULGATE}}.
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|id="vocare ad regnum"|''vocare ad regnum''||call to fight||Alternatively, "call to Kingdom". Motto of professional wrestler [[Triple H]], and seen in his entrance video.
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|id="vocatus atque non vocatus Deus aderit"|''vocatus atque non vocatus Deus aderit''||called and not called, God will be present||Alternatively, "called and even not called, God approaches". Attributed to the [[Pythia|Oracle at Delphi]]. Motto of [[Carl Jung]], and inscribed in his home and grave.
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|''[[volenti non fit injuria]]''||to one willing, no harm is done||Alternatively, "to him who consents, no harm is done". The principle is used in the law of [[tort]]s and denotes that one can not be held liable for injuries inflicted on another who consented to the act that injured him.
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|id="volo non fugia"|''volo non fugia''||I fly but do not flee||Motto of {{ship|HMS|Venetia|D53|6}}<ref name="navalhistory">[http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-Venetia.htm Naval History: HMS ''Venetia'' (D 53) – V & W-class Destroyer]</ref>
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|id="vos estis sal terrae"|''vos estis sal terrae''||you are the salt of the earth||A famous biblical sentence proclaimed by [[Jesus Christ]].
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|id="votum separatum"|''votum separatum''||separate vow||The phrase denotes an independent, minority voice.
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|id="vox clamantis in deserto"|''vox clamantis in deserto''||the voice of one clamoring in the desert||Or traditionally, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness". A quotation of the [[Vulgate]], ''[[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]]'' {{bibleref2-nb|Isaiah|40:3|VULGATE}}, and quoted by [[John the Baptist|St. John the Baptist]] in ''[[Gospel of Mark|Mark]]'' {{bibleref2-nb|Mark|1:3|VULGATE}} and ''[[Gospel of John|John]]'' {{bibleref2-nb|John|1:23|VULGATE}}). Motto of [[Dartmouth College]], Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.
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|id="vox nihili"|''vox nihili''||voice of nothing||The phrase denotes a useless or ambiguous statement.
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|''[[vox populi]]''||voice of the people||The phrase denotes a brief interview of a common person that is not previously arranged, e. g., an interview on a street. It is sometimes truncated to "vox pop."
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|''[[vox populi, vox Dei]]''||the voice of the people [is] the voice of God||
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|''vulpes pilum mutat, non mores''||the fox changes his fur, not his habits||By extension, and in common morality, humanity can change their attitudes, but they will hardly change their objectives or what they have set themselves to achieve. Ascribed to [[Titus]] by [[Suetonius]] in the eighth book (chapter 16) of [[The Twelve Caesars]].
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== References ==
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'''Additional references'''
* {{cite book|last=Adeleye|first=Gabriel G.|title=World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions|editor1=Thomas J. Sienkewicz|editor2=James T. McDonough Jr.|isbn=0865164223|location=Wauconda, Illinois|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers|year=1999|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/worlddictionaryo00adel|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|last=Stone|first=Jon R.|title=Latin for the Illiterati|location=London & New York|publisher=Routledge|year=1996|isbn=0415917751|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/latinforillitera0000ston|ref=none}}

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