This post summarizes those Latin words I come across during paper reading and English word study, which can be taken as the epitome of evolutional and perpetual vestige of human culture.

  • N.B. (nota bene): note well
  • mea culpa: through my fault
  • ad infinitum: to infinity
  • reductio ad absurdum: 归谬法
  • a priori: 由因及果，先验
  • a posteriori: 由果及因，后验
  • i.e. (id est): that is to say
  • viz. (videlicet): that is to say
  • e.g. (exempli gratia): for example
  • etc. (et cetera): and so on
  • et al. (et alii): and others
  • A.D. (Anno Domini): 公元
  • semper: always
  • carpe diem: An aphorism quoted from Horace (Odes i. xi) affirming the need to make the most of the present time. 把握当下
  • veritas: truth
  • principium pl. principia: origin, principle
  • ad hominem (to man): 针对个人的
  • de facto: in fact, in reality
  • de jure: of right, by right, according to law
  • CV (curriculum vitae): resume
  • bona fide: genuine, real or legal
  • non sequitur: a statement that does not seem to follow what has just been said in any natural or logical way
  • vox populi or vox pop: the voice of the people
  • Vox populi, vox Dei: The voice of the people is the voice of God.