(h)ē Ή τάν ή επι τάς 'He tan e epi tas "Either with the shield on you, or you on your shield" - meaning "either you will win the battle, or you will die and then be carried back home on your shield". It was said by Spartan mothers to their sons before they went to a battle to prevent them from bailing. ...

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t Τί δύσκολον; Τό ἐαυτόν γνῶναι. Ti duskolon? To eautōn gnōnai. "What is hard? To know thyself." Thales Τί εὔκολον; Τό ἄλλῳ ὑποτίθεσθαι. Ti eukolon? To allo hupotithestai. " ...

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In 1992 Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas message, December 25, 1992, when she described the closing year as her "annus horribilis." making a direct reference to the 1666 reference : "1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an Annus Horribilis." Her most immediate reference was to a fire in Windsor Castle just four days before, but this occurred after the publicity of several negati ...

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In politics, a de facto leader of a country or region is one who has assumed authority, regardless of whether by lawful, constitutional, or legitimate means; very frequently the term is reserved for those whose power is thought by some faction to be held by unlawful, unconstitutional, or otherwise illegitimate means, often by deposing a previous leader or undermining the rule of a current one. De facto leaders need not hold a constitutional office, and may exercise power in an informal manner. Their authority cannot be d ...

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In politics, a de facto leader of a country or region is one who has assumed authority, regardless of whether by lawful, constitutional, or legitimate means; very frequently the term is reserved for those whose power is thought by some faction to be held by unlawful, unconstitutional, or otherwise illegitimate means, often by deposing a previous leader or undermining the rule of a current one. De facto leaders need not hold a constitutional office, and may exercise power in an informal manner. Their authority cannot be d ...

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According to Velleius Paterculus (VIII, 5) The foundation of Rome took place 437 years after the capture of Troy (1182 BC), It took place shortly before an eclipse of the Sun that was observed at Rome on June 25, 745 BC and had a magnitude of 50.3%. Its beginning occurred at 16:38, its middle at 17:28, and its end at 18:16. However, according to Lucius Tarrutius of Firmum Romulus and Remus were conceived in the womb on the 23rd day of the Egyptian month Choiac, at the time of a total eclipse of the Sun. (This eclipse occurred on June ...

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Zarzuela – Spanish lyrical opera ...

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German terms frequently appear in several academic disciplines in English, notably in history, psychology, philosophy, music and the physical sciences. Non-specialists in a given field may or may not be familiar with a given German term. List of German expressions in English - Academia. Ansatz, basic approach Festschrift, book prepared by colleagues to honor a scholar Leitfaden, illustration of the interdepe ...

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Deus ex machina - Literature and comics. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the kidnapping of Hamlet, alone, by pirates in order to escape his orchestrated death in England is in large part an example of deus ex machina, only toward the climax of the play. Shakespeare's As You Like It also has an example of deux ex machina when Hymen comes to the mass wedding to sort out the problems of Rosalind's stay and disguise in the Forest of Arden. A Series of Unfortunate Events, ...

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A de facto standard is a technical or other standard that is so dominant that everybody seems to follow it like an authorized standard. The de jure standard may be different: one example is the act of speeding found on highways. Although the de jure standard is to drive at the speed limit or slower, in many places the de facto standard is to drive at the speed limit or slightly faster. Another example: there is no law preventing a 27th letter such as Þ (thorn) from being added to the alphabet; indee ...

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Deus ex machina - Literature and comics. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the kidnapping of Hamlet, alone, by pirates in order to escape his orchestrated death in England is in large part an example of deus ex machina, only toward the climax of the play. A Series of Unfortunate Events, particularly The Vile Village, references a deus ex machina, particularly when referring to the Self Sustaining Hot Air Mobile Home. In the Edgar Allan Poe story The Pit and the Pendu ...

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De facto racial segregation often occurs because users of a given facility, such as a library or school, tend to be residents of that neighborhood and so reflect its ethnic makeup. The facility tends to become racially or ethnically segregated without any law calling for de jure segregation, if the same applies to the neighborhood. A de facto monopoly is a system where many suppliers of a product are allowed, but the market is so completely dominated by one that the others might as well ...

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Ispo facto can be used in a religious context to denote an individual guilty of specified actions considered unlawful by a committee resulting in removal of from membership from said religious body. Dismissal ipso facto is automatic in these type of cases. Within the Catholic Faith; apostasy can result in such an ipso facto discharge. Dismissal ipso facto is a legitimate means utilized by a religious body t ...

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A de facto standard is a technical or other standard that is so dominant that everybody seems to follow it like an authorized standard. The de jure standard may be different: one example is the act of speeding found on highways. Although the de jure standard is to drive at the speed limit or slower, in many places the de facto standard is to drive at the speed limit or slightly faster. Another example: there is no law preventing a 27th letter such as Þ (thorn) from being added to the alphabet; indee ...

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De facto racial segregation often occurs because users of a given facility, such as a library or school, tend to be residents of that neighborhood and so reflect its ethnic makeup. The facility tends to become racially or ethnically segregated without any law calling for de jure segregation, if the same applies to the neighborhood. A de facto monopoly is a system where many suppliers of a product are allowed, but the market is so completely dominated by one that the others might as well ...

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List of tongue-twisters - Rhymes and poems. Sarah, Sarah, sits in her Chevrolet. When she shifts she sips her Schlitz, and when she sips her Schlitz she shifts. Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter! If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter!" So she bought a bit of butter better than her bitter butter, And she put it in her batter, and her batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Bett ...

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The expression "in silico" has been used in White Papers written to support the creation of bacterial genome programs by the Commission of the European Community. The sentence where "in silico" appeared first in a public article is the following: "Experimentation in silico Using the data available in libraries [...] two sets of experiments were performed on computers (experiments in silico) using the consistency of the data extracted. [...]"See also:

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For terms used in music, see above. List of German expressions in English - Meanings of German band names. Böhse Onkelz = (correct German spelling: böse Onkels, although it should be noted that "Onkels" is itself an incorrect plural form of "Onkel", the correct plural being "Onkel" without the s) "evil uncles," a term used in German as a euphemism for child molesters. The wrong spelling is done to "harden" its appearance (h in this context amplifies the ö; z is pronounced ts i ...

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Words in this category will be recognized by most English speakers and are commonly used in English. A few, such as delicatessen and hinterland, are often used without awareness that they are originally German. It should be noted that some words in this list (hamburger, kindergarten) are more common than others (ersatz, wanderlust). List of German expressions in English - Food and drink. Beergarden (German spelling: Biergarten) Bratwurst ...

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Spanish is a member of the Romance branch of Indo-European, descended largely from Latin and having much in common with its European geographical neighbors. Spanish is related to several languages in terms of phonology, grammar and orthography. Of these, Portuguese is perhaps one of the most similar in terms of major languages. However, Spanish is also closely related to Catalan, Asturian, Galician and several other Romance languages. Spanish has fewer simila ...

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The Spanish language developed from vulgar Latin, with influence from Celtiberian, Basque and Arabic, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula (see Iberian Romance languages). Typical features of Spanish diachronical phonology include lenition (Latin vita, Spanish vida), palatalization (Latin annum, Spanish año) and diphthongation (stem-changing) of short e and o from Vulgar Latin (Latin terra, Spanish tierra; Latin novus, Spanish nuevo). Similar phenomena can be found in mo ...

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The Spanish language developed from vulgar Latin, with influence from Celtiberian, Basque and Arabic, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula (see Iberian Romance languages). Typical features of Spanish diachronical phonology include lenition (Latin vita, Spanish vida), palatalization (Latin annum, Spanish año) and diphthongation (stem-changing) of short e and o from Vulgar Latin (Latin terra, Spanish tierraSee also:

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