List of Latin Phrases / U

Ubi

Ubi amor, ibi dolor.: "Where there is love, there is also pain."

Ubi bene, ibi patria.: "Where it is good (beautiful), there is fatherland (home)." - Short version of " Patria est, ubicumque est bene ".

Ubi cadaver, ibi aquilae.: “Where there is carrion, there are also vultures.” - Vulgar Latin from the Bible ( Job 39:30; Matt. 24:28; Luk. 17.37).

Ubi caritas et amor, ibi deus est.: "Where there is goodness and love, there is God."; Alternative version: Ubi caritas est vera, ibi deus est.; "Where is true love (or, Where love is true)., There is God" - Old Latin antiphon - the oldest evidence is a manuscript from the 8th century, since the Middle Ages to the liturgical reform of Vatican II. Accompanying singing the liturgy the washing of feet on Maundy Thursday , today for the preparation of gifts in the mass of the last supper on Maundy Thursday.

Ubi dolor, ibi digitus.: "Where the pain is, you put your finger on it."

Ubi dubium, ibi libertas.: "Where there is doubt, there is freedom."

Ubi enim sunt duo vel tres congregregati in nomine meo, ibi sum in medio eorum.: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am among them.” - Vulgate, Gospel of Matthew 18:20.

Ubi est, mors, victoria tua? Ubi est, mors, stimulus tuus?: "Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? ”- Quotation from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians .

Ubi fides, ibi libertas.: “Where there is loyalty, there is freedom.” - Ambrosius of Milan , Ep. LXXV, 5.

Ubi iudicat, qui accusat, vis, non lex valet.: “Where judges, who accuses, violence applies, not law.” - the maxim of Roman law, here in the formulation of Publilius Syrus (sentences U 30). Synonymous with "Nemo simul actor et iudex." ("Nobody [is] at the same time plaintiff and judge.")

Ubi lex, ibi poena.: (Only) "Where there is a law, there is (also) punishment." - One may only be punished if there is a corresponding law.; Modification of Nulla poena sine lege .

Ubi libertas, ibi patria.: "Where there is freedom, there is my home." - the motto of Carl Schurz , the US politician and publicist of German origin. Sometimes the saying is also attributed to US President Thomas Jefferson .

Ubi mel, ibi apes.: "Where there is honey, there are also bees."

Ubi non accusator, ibi non iudex.: "No plaintiff, no judge."

Ubi panis, ibi patria.: "Where there is bread, there is home."

Avignon Bridge and Papal Palace

Ubi papa, ibi Roma.: “Where the Pope is, there is Rome!” - Has its origins in the time of the expulsion of the Pope from Rome in the Middle Ages. At that time the popes sat for a while in Avignon , where a papal palace still stands today.

Ubi Primum.: "As soon as ..." - ... it pleases God to raise us up to an authority.

Ubi pus, ibi evacua.: "Where there is pus , there drain it." - A medical instruction attributed to Hippocrates , which is still valid today.

Ubi societas, ibi ius.: "Where there is a society, there is law."

Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.: “Where they create a wasteland, they call it peace.” - Gaius Cornelius Tacitus , Agricola 30. (Accusation against the Romans in the speech of the Briton Calgacus)

Ubi sunt ?: "Where are they (still)?" - The full topos reads: "Ubi sunt qui ante nos in mundo fuere" ( "Where are they () remained who were in the world before us") This is it a formulaic twist in sermons and the poetry of the Middle Ages, which served to call to mind the transience of everything earthly with examples of past power or beauty.; Furthermore, the complete topos is a verse in the Latin version of the student song Gaudeamus igitur !

Ululars

Ululare cum lupis: “Howl with the wolves” - From an inscription in Bonn

Ululas

Ululas Athenas (portare): “ Carrying owls to Athens ” - the phrase stands for a superfluous activity. It goes back to the poet Aristophanes , who coined the saying in his satirical comedy "The Birds". In Greek it is called " Γλαῦκ᾿ εἰς Ἀθήνας " (Glauk 'eis Athēnās) .

Ultima

Ultima (hora) latet.: "The last (hour) is hidden."

Ultima Ratio Regum on a cannon

Ultima ratio: "Last Argument" - The last resort. Louis XIV , King of France, had “Ultima Ratio Regum” (“The last resort of kings”) stamped on the cannons of his armies.

Ultima Thule: "The outermost (is) Thule" - Thule was the term for the end of the world.

Ultimus

Ultimus finis bonorum: "The final destination of all goods"

Ultra

Ultra posse nemo obligatory.: "Nobody is obliged beyond his or her ability."

Ultra vires nemo obligatory.: “Nobody is obliged beyond his strength.” - These Roman legal maxims do not refer to private, but to statutory obligations. (See also: Ultra vires act )

umbra

"Umbra Sumus" on an English sundial from 1748

Umbra et imaginibus utimur.: “We use shadows and images.” - Cicero , de officiis 3.69.; What is meant emerges from the context: “We do not have a reliable and precise idea of true law and true justice, but use outline (umbra) and images (imaginibus). If only we would follow them! "

Umbram suam metuere: "Fear your own shadow"

Umber sumus.: “We are shadows.” - Abbreviation from the odes by the poet Horace : “ Pulvis et umbra sumus. "(We are dust and shadow.)

Una

Una domus non alit duos canes.: "One house does not feed two dogs."

Una hirundo non facit ver.: “A swallow doesn't make spring.” - This proverbial phrase comes from an Aesop's fable . There a lavish young man is selling his coat when he saw the first swallow return home in spring. But when it got so cold again that the swallow froze to death, he cursed the swallow. In the Greek original it says:; " Μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ. "( Mia chelidōn ear ou poiei. ); " A swallow does not make spring (and not even a day)"; this text comes from Aristotle [Nicomachean Ethics: Book I 1098a 7.]

Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem.: “Salvation is left to the vanquished alone, no more hope to hope for salvation!” - Quote from the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil (II, 354).

Una tua.: “One is yours.” - This saying, which can often be found on sundials , should mean: “Una nostrum ultima tua” (“One of our hours will be your last”) .

Una voce: “With one voice” - quote from the works of the Roman politician, writer and philosopher Cicero .; End of some prefaces in the Catholic Holy Mass : [angeli et archangeli] una voce dicentes "[angels and archangels] who call out as if from one mouth".; The Una Voce Movement is a movement in the Roman Catholic Church that campaigns for the withdrawal of the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council and the general reintroduction of the Mass in the Tridentine rite .

Undique

Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.: "From everywhere it is equidistant to the underworld." - Response of the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras to the question whether he after death into his own country Klazomenai would be converted

Unita

Unita durant.: “A united endures.” - The coat of arms of the people of the city of Salzkotten .

Unus

Unus multorum: "One of many" - a random person ( Horace )

Unus papa Romae, unus portus Anconae, una turris Cremonae, una ceres Raconae.: "A Pope in Rome , a port in Ancona , a tower in Kremun , a beer in Rakonitz." - motto of the brewery in Rakovník (formerly Rakonitz )

Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno: “One for all, all for one” - Switzerland's motto .

Urbem

Urbem Romam a principio reges habuere. Libertatem et consulatum L. Brutus instituit.: “The city of Rome had kings from the beginning. L. Brutus established freedom and consulate. ”- Beginning of the annals of Tacitus .; The fact that the first movement is a hexameter is perhaps intended to indicate that the early tradition of founding and the time of the king is essentially mythical and poetic in character.

Urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit.: “A city for sale that is ripe to perish when it finds a buyer.” - Jugurtha's comment on the city of Rome

Urbi

Léon Benouville : Pope Pius IX. gives the blessing to Urbi et Orbi (ca.1835)

Urbi et orbi: "For the city ( Rome ) and the world" - standard introduction to Roman proclamations. The ritual of the papal blessing Urbi et Orbi developed in the 13th century and probably goes back to the investiture of the new Pope with the following words: "Investio te de Papatu Romano, ut praesis urbi et orbi" ("I dress you with the Roman Pope dignity so that you may preside over the city and the world ”) .

Urbs

Urbs aeterna: “The Eternal City” - The city of Rome according to Tibullus , compare Roma aeterna .

Urbs venalis

Usque

Usque ad aras: "As far as the altars" - except for matters of faith.

Usque ad finem: "Until the end" - until the very end. To the bitter end.

Usus

Usus magister est optimus.: "Habit is the best teacher." - Experience is the best teacher ( Cicero ).

Usus tyrannus.: “Custom is a tyrant.” Power of habit, according to Horace .

Ut

Ut aliquid fiat: "So that something happens" - medical language: a therapy that is only used because you are at the end of your Latin.

Ut aliquid fieri videatur: “To make it look like something is being done” - medical language: a therapy that is only used because you are at the end of your Latin.

Ut ameris, amabilis esto.: “So that you may be loved, you should be kind.” - Quotation from Ars amatoria 2,107 by the poet Ovid .

Ut biberent, quando esse nollent Ut biberent, quoniam esse nollent: “So that they drink because they didn't want to eat” - from a story reported by Suetonius ( Vita Tiberi , 2.2; variant with quando ) and Cicero ( De Natura Deorum , 2.3; variant with quoniam ). The Roman admiral Publius Claudius Pulcher said this shortly before the Battle of Drepana , when he threw overboard the sacred chickens that refused to eat the food offered - an unwelcome bad omen. The sentence is therefore quoted in the sense: "If you don't do what is expected of you, you have to bear the consequences."

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.: “Even if the strength is lacking, the will is still to be praised.” - Quote from the Epistulae ex Ponto (III, 4, 79.) by the poet Ovid.

Ut fragilis glacies interit ira mora.: “Anger disappears like brittle ice with delay.” - Quote from the works of the poet Ovid.

Ut omnes unum sint: Coin of the Collège de France , 1845

Ut impleatur domus mea: “May my house be full” - quote from the New Testament.

Ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus: “May God be glorified in everything” - the Benedictine motto; Abbreviation: UIOGD

Ut infra: "As below" - for documents and books.

Ut omnes unum sint: “That all are one” - the motto of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; probably based on John 17:11 (“ut sint unum”).

Ut pictura poesis: "As painting so is poetry".

Utque antehac flagitiis ita tunc legibus laboratory laboratory.: "In the past we suffered from crimes, today we suffer from laws." - Quotation from the annals of Tacitus , (Annals 3, 25)

Guidonic hand with the syllables Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La

Ut queant laxis: "Auf that mit ..." - With the help of the Johannes hymn , Guido von Arezzo taught his singing students how to memorize notes. The first letters of the lines became the solmization syllables Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La.

Ut quimus, aiunt, quando ut volumus non licet.: “If it doesn't work as you wish, then you live as you can.” - Terenz , Andria, 805

Ut retro: "As overleaf" or "as on the back"

Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.: “As you sow, so you will reap.” - Quote from the works of Cicero .

Ut sit finis litium.: "So that the dispute is over."

Ut spectent, veniunt, spectentur ut ipsae.

Ut supra: "As above"

Ut unum Deum in Trinitate veneremur at a church in Gorzone ( Darfo Boario Terme )

Ut unum Deum in Trinitate veneremur.: “That we worship one God in the Trinity.” - Athanasian creed : “ Fides autem catholica haec est: ut unum Deum in Trinitate, et Trinitatem in unitate veneremur. "(" But this is the Catholic faith: We worship the one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity. ")

Ut unum sint: "That they may be one" - Encyclical Letter of Pope John Paul II. , With which he ecumenism affirmed and desire for the unity of all Christians.

Utendum

Utendum est aetate, cito pede labitur aetas.: “You have to seize the time, it rushes quickly.” - Ovid , Ars amatoria 3,65

Uti

Uti possidetis: “As you have it” - doctrine in international law , according to which territories won or lost in a war remain in the possession of their conqueror even after the end of the fighting, unless a peace treaty expressly agreed otherwise.

Individual evidence

↑ Sallust : The Jugurthinian War, 35:10
↑ Livius : Since the founding of the city, Per. 64 (there: "... cito perituram ...")
↑ C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Tiberius, chapter 2 , ( Perseus Digital Library )
↑ M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum, LIBER SECUNDUS, section 7 , ( Perseus Digital Library )

[1] Sallust : The Jugurthinian War, 35:10

[2] Livius : Since the founding of the city, Per. 64 (there: "... cito perituram ...")

[3] C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Tiberius, chapter 2 , ( Perseus Digital Library )

[4] M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum, LIBER SECUNDUS, section 7 , ( Perseus Digital Library )