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Do you (really) know the meaning of these everyday Latin words?

2022-01-22T08:26:06.557Z


QUIZ - "Nec plus ultra", "sine die"... The editorial staff invites you to test your knowledge of these Latin expressions.


Latin is not dead.

We speak it every day.

Just look at how many words we borrow from it.

Without forgetting its formulas, which populate our daily conversations.

They have the undeniable quality of expressing a thought in a few words, giving the person who utters them a learned air.

Some have an obvious meaning:

a contrario

,

bis, a minima, a posteriori..

.

Others are sibylline.

Take the adage

festina lente

, which we hear in certain speeches.

This oxymoron means

“hurry slowly”

.

Or the formula

pacta sunt servanda

, used by Emmanuel Macron during a television interview, which had raised some questions.

It means:

“the conventions must be respected”

.

Ibid, sic, curriculum vitae...

The editorial staff invites you to test your knowledge of these everyday Latin words that dot the French language.

Will you get 10/10?

Source: lefigaro

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