Nec temere, nec timide
Nec temere, nec timide is a Latin phrase thatcan be translatedas "Neither careless nor fearful" . Their exact origin is unknown.
The phrase was used as a motto by various people or noble families:
- Baron Barnard
- Earl of Craven
- Earl of Darlington
- Lambertus Deodatus De Gall , see Degodehaus (Düsseldorf)
Nowadays it is used as a motto of different institutions and cities, e.g. B .:
- The University of Edinburgh
- 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade
- former Panzer Grenadier Battalion 192 Ahlen / Westphalia
Danzig
Gdansk has had the motto “Nec temere, nec timide” since the Middle Ages . He is also shown on the Danzig coat of arms. The coins of the Danzig Gulden of the Free City of Danzig also show the motto on the lapel .
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Charles Sandoe Gilbert: An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall: To All which is added, A Complete Heraldry of the Same; with Numerous Engravings, Volume 2, Part 1, 1820, p. 443, digitized
- ^ William Berry: Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, 1828, entry Earl of Craven, digitized
- ^ William Berry: Encyclopædia Heraldica: Or, Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, 1828, p. 234