dimanche 6 mars 2011

non sibi, sed patriae 为国不为己;谋国不谋身 * non sub homine sed sub lege 不从人而从法 * non sum qualis eram 我非昔日之我

常用拉丁语词条
* naam (= nam; namium) 扣押(别人的物品);动产扣押 
* narratio 叙述;陈述;原告陈述事实 
* natal solum 出生的地方 
* naturales liberi 非婚生子女 
* naturalia 要素;要件 
* naturalis obligatio [natural obligation] 自然债务 
* natura maris 海的本性;海洋本性 
* ne admittas 不许入场 
* ne bis in idem 一罪不二审;一事不再理 
[not twice for the same (offense)] 
* nec cupias nec metuas 不贪也不惧 
* ne cede malis 无为患难所屈 
* necessarii heredes 当然继承人 
* necessitas non habet legem 必须的情况下考虑不到法律;紧急的 
时候无暇顾及法律 
* necessitas publica major est quam privata 公共需要优于私人需要 
* necessitas vincit legem 需要之前无法律;迫不得已不算犯法 
[necessity overrules the law] 
* nec mora, nec requies 不缓也不停 
* nec pluribus impar 高于一切;不比别的差 

* nec plus ultra (= non plus ultra) 无以复加;到极点;无匹的;尽善尽 
[no more beyond; unsurpassed] 美;至高无上 
* nec veniam effuso sanguine casus habet 流血案件不可饶恕 
[where blood is spilled, the case is 
unpardonable] 
* ne exeat 不让他外出;不外借〔图书、文件等〕 
* ne exeat republica (or regno) 不准离开国境;禁止(债务人)出境 
[he shall not leave the country 令 
(or kingdom)]
* ne fronti credere 勿以貌取人;勿信外貌 
* negligentia 过失 
* negotia inter vivos 生时行为 
* negotia juris [legal actions; matters in law] 法律行为 
* negotia mortis causa 死后行为 
* negotiorum gestio 未经授权的代理;无因管理(指他人 
[a doing of business; interference in the 不在时,出于好意代为管理) 
affairs of another, in his absence, from 
benevolence or friendship, and without 
authority] 
* negotiorum gestor 未受委托的代理人 
* negotium nullum 无效的法律行为 
* ne impediatur legatio 使馆不受妨碍 
* ne judex ultra petita partum 法官不判给超过当事人本身的要求 
* nemine contradicente (nem. con.) 无人反对;全体一致;一致同意;无 
[no one contradicing; unanimously] 异议;全场一致;无异议的人 
* nemine dissentiente [no one dissenting] 无(人提出)异议;全场一致;无一 
抗议者 
* nemo auditur propriam culpam allegans 谁都不可以其过失作为自己辩护的理 
(or nemo auditur turpitudinem suam 由 
allegans) 
[no one is heard by the court when he 
makes a plea based on his own illegal 
act] 
* nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto 同一罪行不得惩罚两次;一罪不二罚 
[no one is to be punished twice for the 
same crime] 
* nemo contra factum suum venire potest 谁都不能出尔反尔 
[no one can contravene or contradict his 
own deed] 
* nemo dare potest quod non habet 任何人不得给予其所未有的 
* nemo dat qui non habet 不是自己的东西,不能给予别人 
[no one can give what he does not have] 
* nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto 同一罪行不受两次刑罚 
* nemo debet esse judex in propria causa 法官无权审理与其有利害关系的案件 
* nemo judex in re sua 任何人不得审判自己;当事者不得自 
己审判 
* nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit 人不常智;智者千虑必有一失 
* nemo patriam exuere potest 任何人均不得抛弃祖国 
* nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest 任何人不得转让超过自己原有的权利 
quam ipse haberet 
[one cannot transfer to another a larger 
right than he himself has] 
* nemo plus juris transferre potest quam ipse 任何人不得转让超过自己原有的权利 
habet 
* nemo potest capere commodum ex injuria 任何人不得从其自己的侵害行为取得 
sua propria 利益 
* nemo potest esse simul actor et judex 法官不能同时为原告 
* nemo potest exuere patriam 谁都不能擅自抛弃国籍 
[no one can renounce his own country] 
* nemo potest facere per alium, quod per se 任何人不得通过他人做自己所不可以 
non potest 做的事 
* nemo potest plus juris ad alium transferre 任何人不得向他人转让超出自己所拥 
quam ipse habet 有的范围的权利 
* nemo prohibetur pluribus defensionibus uti 不得禁止任何人利用几种辩护理由 
[no one is prohibited from making use of 
several defences] 
* nemo repente fuit turpissimus 没有人会突然变成一个坏人 
* nemo tenetur ad impossibilia 谁都没有责任做不可能做的事 
[no one is bound to an impossibility] 
* nemo tenetur seipsum accusare 谁都不须控告自己 
[no one is bound to accuse himself] 
* nemo turpitudinem suam invocare potest 谁都不能以自己过失作为申辩的理由 
[no one can make a plea on the ground of 
his own fault] 
* ne nimium 不要偏激 
* ne plus ultra 尽善尽美;最好不过的;不能超越 
* ne quid nimis [nothing in excess] 凡事不可过分;不要超过限度;不要 
过分;过犹不及;不要过多 
* ne quis invitus civitate mutetur, neve in civitate不得强迫任何人放弃国籍,也不得强 
manere invitus 迫其保留国籍 
* nervos belli pecuniam 金钱是战争是命脉;战争非金钱不行 
* ne sutor supra (or ultra) crepidam 鞋匠不离鞋模;人各守其职 
* ne varietur [not to be altered] 不得更改;不可改变 
* nient comprise 无所依据;未列入 
* nient dedire 无答辩(的判决)〔因未加否认或未 
提出答辩而受到不利的判决〕 
* nihil 无;无物 
* nihil ad rem 不切实际的;牛头不对马嘴的;不适 
用 
* nihil dicit (or dixit) 被告没有答辩;无答辩;他不回答 
[he (the defendant) says nothing; he has no 
defence] 
* nihil obstat 无障碍;毫无阻碍 
* nihil quod est contra rationem est licitum 不合理的事即是不合法 
[nothing that is against reason is lawful] 
* nihil semper manet suo statu 无论什么事物都不会永远保持其原状 
* nil 无;无物 
* nil admirari [to be astonished at nothing] 对任何事都不惊奇的态度;泰然自若; 
冷漠;对任何事不要惊慌失措; 
不要大惊小怪 
* nil conscire sibi 自觉无过 
* nil consuetudine majus 习惯势力大无比 
* nil desperandum 从不绝望 
* nil dicit (= nihil dicit) 被告没有答辩;无答辩;他不回答 
* nil magnum nisi bonum 只有好的才伟大 
* nil medium est 没有中间的办法;无妥协办法 
* nil novi sub sol 太阳下面没有新东西;月下无新闻 
* nimium ne crede colori 不可因貌取人 
* nisi 除非 .... 否则 
* nisi prius 有陪审团和一位法官的民事审判;初 
[the trial of issues of fact before a jury 审;法庭之令 
and one presiding judge] 
* nitor in adversum 我与困难作斗争 
* nobilitatis virtus non stemma character 尊贵者应视其德行不应视其出身;英 
名在德不在位 
* nocturna versate manu, versate diurna 你日夜诵读之 
* nolens volens 不论愿意与否;不管愿不愿意;强迫 
[willing or unwilling; willy-nilly; perforce] 
* noli me tangere [do not touch me] 不要触犯我;不要碰我;别搅乱我; 
别动我的 
* nolle prosequi [to be unwilling to prosecute] 不起诉;撤回起诉 
* nollo prosequi (nol. pros.) 原告中止诉讼;原告(或检察官)给 
[he (the plaintiff) will not prosecute] 法庭部分(或全部)撤回起诉的 
通知 
* nolo contendere 不予争辩;刑事诉讼中被告表示不愿 
[I will not contest it; in criminal cases, 进行辩护但不承认有罪的申诉 
a plea by the defendant equivalent to that 
of 'guilty' without admitting guilt] 
* nomen generalissimum 最普通的名称;最普通用语 
* nomen juris 法律用语 
[a name of the law; a technical legal term] 
* nomen nescio (N.N.) 不知其名;某人;某某 
* nomina sunt odiosa 不提他的名字;不必指出名字;姑隐 
其名 
non acceptavit 不接受 
non adimplete contractus 不履行契约 
non assumpsit 被告并未违约〔原告要求赔偿违约的 
[he did not undertake; a general denial in 损失时,被告提出的答辩〕; 
an action of assumpsit] 提出未作承诺或否认有契约上的 
义务的答辩 
non bis in idem 一事不再理;一罪不二审;同一罪行 
[not twice (tried) for the same (offence)] 不得审判两次;一事不重罚;一 
次罪过不作两次处罚 
non cepit [he did not take] 无扣留动产答辩〔指收回非法扣留诉 
讼中被告人作没有扣留如原告人 
所说的东西的答辩〕 
non compos 脑力失健;精神不健全;精神错乱 
non compos mentis 精神不健全;神经错乱;精神失常 
[not sound of mind; insane] 
non constat 尚未向法院提出证据;不明显;非顺 
[it does not appear; the evidence is not 理成章 
before the court] 
non culpabilis (non cul) 无罪 
non decet 不相称;不合适 
non detinet [he does not detain] 未拘留;无扣留* 
non ens [the non-existent; nonentity] 不存在的事物;乌有之物;虚构 
non esse [non-existence] 不存在 
non est 他尚未被寻到;本人住址不明 
non est certaindum de regulis juris 法律规则不容争辩 
[there is no disputing about rules of law] 
non est factum 否认订立契约(或合同)的答辩 
[it is not done; it is not his deed; a plea 
denying execution of instrument sued on] 
non est inventus (被告)地址不明;下落不明 
[he (the defendant) has not been found] 
non generant aquilae columbas 猛鹰不生怯鸠;有其父必有其子 
〔褒意〕 
non haec in foedera veni 我未曾同意过这些条件;未成为同盟 
[I did not agree to these terms] 
non judex in sua propria causa 不得在自己的诉讼中充当法官 
non libet 这不能使我快乐 
non licet (n.l.) 不准许的;不合法的 
non liquet (n.l.) 案情不明〔(诉讼有疑问时陪审员所 
[it (i.e., the case) is not clear; not proven] 作的)延期审判的裁决〕;不明 
显;不清楚 
non longe (n.l.) 不远 
non multa, sed multum 字少含义多;求精不求博;言简意赅 
non nova, sed nove 旧酒新瓶;非新事情,乃新方法 
[not new, but in a new manner] 
non obstante (non obst.) 纵使;纵然;虽然(有法律的规定); 
[notwithstanding (any statute to the 特别许可;虽然如此 
contrary)] 
non obstante veredicto 尽管作出裁决 
[notwithstanding the verdict] 
non omne quod licet honestum est 法律所容许者未必尽合乎道德 
[it is not everything which is permitted that 
is honourable] 
non omnia possumus omnes 人非万能;一人不能做万事;人的能 
[we cannot all do everything] 力有大小 
non omnis moriar 人死功绩在 
non placet 不赞成;投反对票 
[it does not please; a negative vote] 
non placuit gentibus 未经国家许可 
non plus ultra (= nec plus ultra) 无以复加;极点;绝顶;极致 
[not more beyond; the uttermostpoint 
attained or attainable; acme; culmination] 
non possessori incumbit necessitas probandi 所有者无须证明自己为物主 
possessiones ad se portinere 
non possumus 声明不能;拒绝行动;不行(坚决拒 
[we cannot; an expression indicating 绝的表示);不能;声明不可能 
inability to act or move in a matter] 
non prosequitur (non pros.) 原告未出庭,宣告败诉;因缺席败诉 
[he does not prosecute; a judgement where 
the plaintiff does not appear] 
non quieta movere 定案不得再审 
[not to disturb what is settled] 
non quis, sed quid 只问品行不问人;对事不对人 
non quo, sed quomodo 不问谁做的,但问做得怎样;对事不 
对人 
non remota causa sed proxima spectatur 考虑的是近因,而不是远因 
non sanae mentis [of unsound mind] 精神不健全 
non sequitur (non seq.) 不合理的推论;结论不合逻辑;前后 
[it does not follow; an illogical inference] 不符;不符合逻辑 
non sibi, sed patriae 为国不为己;谋国不谋身 
non sub homine sed sub lege 不从人而从法 
non sum qualis eram 我非昔日之我 
non tenure 否认占有 
non ultra petita 不超出诉讼请求 
non valentia agere [inability to sue] 无诉讼能力 
non veritate 不真实 
non videntur qui errant consentire 错误行为者不应视作同意 
[they are not considered to consent who 
commit a mistake] 
* nosce te ipsum [know thyself] 自知之明;人贵有自知之明 
* noscitur a sociis 物以类聚;(法律)字义不明,从上 
[a man known from his associates; the 下文推定 
meaning of a word is or may be known 
from the accompanying words] 
* noscitur ex socio, qui non cognoscitus ex ce 对某人不能了解,可以凭其关系人物 
[he who cannot be known from himself 推定 
may be known from his associate] 
* nota bene (N.B. or n.b.) [note well] 注意;请注意 
* nova constitutio futuris formam imponere 法律不溯既往 
debet, non praeteritis 
[a new state of the law ought to affect the 
future, not the past] 
* novatio 债务的变更;更改 
* novissima verba [parting words] 临别的话;临终遗言;临终的话 
* novus actus interveniens 新行为的介入 
[a new act intervenes] 
* novus homo 自力更生的人 
* nuda pactio obligationem non parit 无偿协定不产生义务 
[a naked agreement does not beget an 
obligation] 
* nuda veritas 一目了然;真相大白 
* nudis verbia 用简明的话;直言 
* nudum pactum 无偿契约;无约因合同;无报酬合约; 
[a nude pact; a naked contract without 非正式协定;临时协定 
consideration or a cause 
* nugae canorae 谐音;叮当的声音;开玩笑的话 
* nulla dies sine linea 没有一天不画线;不虚度年华 
* nulla regula sine exceptione 没有无例外的规则 
* nulla poena sine lege 未经法律明文规定的事,不得惩罚; 
[no punishment without (a previous) law] 法无明文者不罚 
* nulli desperandum quamdiu spirat 有生命即有希望 
* nulli secundus [second to none] 不落人后;最好的;第一的;名列前 
茅 
* nullius filius 私生子 
[nobody's son; an illegitimate child] 
* nullius juris [of no legal force] 无法律效力;无法律约束力 
* nullum crimen sine lege 未经法律明文规定,不算犯罪;法无 
[no crime without (a previous) law] 明文不为罪 
* nullum crimen sine lege praevia 行为时无法律不为罪 
* nullum crimen sine poena 无罪名不罚 
* nullum simile est idem 类似者未必即为相同者 
* nullum tempus occurrit regi 对国王无时效 
* nullus jus alienum forisfacere potest 任何人不得剥夺别人的权利 
[no man can forfeit another's right] 
* nunc aut nunquam [now or never] 时不可失;时不再来;机不可失 
* nunc dimittis [permission to leave] 允许离开 
* nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine 永别;去世〔原意:上帝,请允许你 
的仆人离开〕 
* nunc pro tunc 追溯既往;现在代替过去;事后补正 
[now for then; a term applied to acts 
allowed to be done after the time when 
they should be done, with a retroactive 
effect] 
* nunquam aliud natura aliud sapientia dicit 自然界的安排没有不合理的 
* nunquam non paratus 无时不在准备中 
* nuptias non concubitus sed consensus facit 婚姻须双方同意始构成,不仅同居而已

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es - Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)

Nascentes morimur - From the moment we are born, we begin to die

Natale solum - Native soil

Natura abhorret a vacua - Nature abhors a vacuum

Natura in minima maxima - Nature is the greatest in the smallest things

Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain

Natura, artis magistra - Nature, the mistress of art

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret - You can drive nature out with a pitchfork but she always comes back

Navigare necesse est - To sail is necessary

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! - Don't you dare erase my hard disk!

Ne cede malis - Yield not to evils

Ne feceris ut rideam - Don't make me laugh

Ne humanus crede - Trust no human

Ne nimium - Not too much

Ne plus ultra - No further. Impassable obstacle

Ne quid nimis - Nothing in excess. (Terence)

Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas: tanti non est, ut placeam, perire - If only dead poets are praised, I'd rather go unsung

Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest - No one is able to flee from death or love

Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te - I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial)

Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres - As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. (Horace)

Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent - He must fear many, whom many fear. (Laberius)

Necessitas non habet legem - Necessity knows no law

Negotium populo romano melius quam otium committi - The Roman people understand work better than leisure

Nemine contradicente (nem. con.) - With no one speaking in opposition. Unanimously

Nemine dissentiente (nem. diss.) - With no one disagreeing

Nemo ante mortem beatus - Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us!

Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi - Moreover, there is no one who can rule unless he can be ruled. (Seneca)

Nemo dat quod non habet - No one gives what he does not have

Nemo gratis mendax - No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth

Nemo hic adest illius nominis - There is no one here by that name

Nemo liber est qui corpori servit - No one is free who is a slave to his body

Nemo malus felix - No bad man is lucky. (Juvenal)

Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity. (motto of the Kings ofScotland)

Nemo nisi mors - Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica)

Nemo propheta in patria sua - No one is considered a prophet in his hometown/homeland

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus - No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. (Juvenal)

Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit - Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself. (Seneca)

Nemo saltat sobrius nisi forte insanit - Nobody dances sober unless he's insane

Nemo saltat sobrius - No man dances sober

Nemo sine vitio est - No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder)

Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet - No man is more deaf than he who will not hear

Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum - No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus)

Nervos belli, pecuniam. (Nervus rerum.) - The nerve of war, money. (The nerve of things.) (Cicero)

Nescio quid dicas - I don't know what you're talking about

Neutiquam erro - I am not lost

Nihil ad rem - Nothing to do with the point

Nihil agere delectat - It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero)

Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere - Necesssity knows nothing else but victory. (Syrus)

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione - I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult

Nihil declaro - I have nothing to declare

Nihil est ab omni parte beatum - Nothing is good in every part. (Horace)

Nihil est incertius volgo - Nothing is more uncertain than the (favour of the) crowd. (Cicero)

Nihil est miserum nisi cum putes - Nothing is unfortunate if you don't consider it unfortunate. (Boethius)

Nihil est--In vita priore ego imperator romanus fui - That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor

Nihil obstat - Nothing stands in the way

Nihil sub sole novum - Nothing new under the sun

Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit - No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero)

Nihil - Nothing

Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum - Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do

Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum - Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done. (Lucan)

Nil admirari - To admire nothing. (Horace)

Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit - Not much worth is an example that solves one quarrel with another. (Horace)

Nil desperandum! - Never despair! (Horace)

Nil homini certum est - Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid)

Nil sine numine - Nothing without the Divine Will

Nill illigitimi carborundum - Do not let the bastards get you down

Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis - Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. (St. Augustine)

Nisi prius - Unles previously

Nisi - Unless

Nolens volens - Whether one likes it or not; willing or unwilling

Noli equi dentes inspicere donati - Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. (St. Jerome)

Noli me tangere! - Don't touch me! (Versio Vulgata)

Noli me voca, ego te vocabo - Don't call me. I'll call you

Noli nothis permittere te terere - Don't let the bastards get you down

Noli simul flare sobereque - Don't whistle and drink at the same time

Noli turbare circulos meos! - Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes)

Nolite id cogere, cetype w:st="on">cape malleum majorem - Don't force it, get a bigger hammer

Nolle prosequi - Do not pursue

Nolo contendere - I do not wish to contend

Nomen est omen - The name is the sign

Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent - The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)

Nominatim - By name

Non bis in idem - Not twice for the same thing

Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat - It's not the heat, it's the humidity

Non compos mentis - Not in possession of one's senses

Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema - I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem

Non erravi perniciose! - I did not commit a fatal error!

Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. (Seneca)

Non est ei similis - There is no one like him

Non est mea culpa - It's not my fault

Non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is not being alive but being well (life is more than just being alive)

Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! - Not Worth A Rats Ass!

Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco - No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others

Non illigitamus carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down

Non licet - It is not allowed

Non liquet - It is not clear

Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis - Not for you, not for me, but for us - the foundation of a good relationship

Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis - We do not fear death, but the thought of death. (Seneca)

Non multa, sed multum - Not many, but much. (Meaning, not quantity but quality) (Plinius)

Non nobis, Domine - Not unto us, O Lord

Non omne quod licet honestum est - Not everything that is permitted is honest. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)

Non omne quod nitet aurum est - Not all that glitters is gold

Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi - Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. (Bacon)

Non omnia moriar - Not all of me will die. (Horace)

Non omnia possumus omnes - Not all of us are able to do all things (We can't all do everything.) (Virgil)

Non omnis moriar - Not all of me will die. (his works would live forever) (Horace)

Non placet - It does not please

Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite - Don't applaud. Just throw money

Non plus ultra! (Nec plus ultra!) - Nothing above that!

Non prosequitur - He does not proceed

Non quis, sed quid - Not who, but what

Non rape me si placet - Please don't rob me

Non scholae sed vitae discimus - We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca)

Non semper erit aestas - It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)

Non sequitur - It does not follow

Non serviam - I will not serve

Non sibi sed suis - Not for one's self but for one's people

Non sibi, sed patriae - Not for you, but for the fatherland

Non sum pisces - I am not a fish

Non sum qualis eram - I am not what / of what sort I was (I'm not what I used to be.)

Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum - Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold

Non timetis messor - Don't Fear the Reaper

Non uno die roma aedificata est - Rome was not built in one day (either)

Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo - I do not live to eat, but eat to live. (Quintilianus)

Non vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci - I don't think anyone knows I love the girl; I haven't done anything really silly yet

Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse - No, excuse me, I believe I'm next

Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur? - A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent)

Nonne de novo eboraco venis? - You're from New York, aren't you?

Nonne macescis? - Have you lost weight?

Nosce te ipsum - Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.)

Nota bene (nb.) - Note well. Observe carefully

Novus homo - A new Man; a man who was the first in his family to be elected to an office

Novus ordo saeculorum - A new order of ages

Novus ordo seclorum - A new order for the ages. (appears on the U.S. one-dollar bill)

Nulla avarita sine poena est - There is no avarice without penalty. (Seneca)

Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line. Do something every day! (Apeles, Greek painter)

Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule/law without exception

Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est - Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca)

Nulla vit melior quam bona - There's no life better than a good life

Nulli expugnabilis hosti - Conquered By No Enemy. (motto of Gibraltar)

Nulli secundus - Second to none

Nullius in verba - (Rely) on the words on no one. (Horace)

Nullo metro compositum est - It doesn't rhyme

Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege - No crime and no punishment without a (pre-existing) law

Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius - Nothing is said that hasn't been said before. (Terence)

Nullum gratuitum prandium - There is no free lunch!

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae - There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness

Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est - No generation is closed to great talents. (Seneca)

Nullus est instar domus - There is no place like home

Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. (Pliny the Younger)

Numen - Divine power

Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit - God created everything by number, weight and measure. (Isaac Newton)

Numerus clausus - A restricted number

Nummus americanus - Greenback. ($US)

Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit - Never does nature say one thing and wisdom say another

Numquam non paratus - Never unprepared

Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset - You are never so little alone as when you are alone. (Cicero)

Nunc dimittis - Now let depart

Nunc est bibendum - Now we must drink. (Horace)

Nvdvm pactvm - A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable

Nvllvm qvod tetiget non ornavit - He touched none he did not adorn - not simply 'the Midas touch', or 'he left things better than he found them', but a tribute to a Renaissance man

Nvnc avt nvnqvam - Now or never

Nvnc dimittis - Now let [thy servant] depart - generally any permission to go, specifically to express one's readiness to depart or die

Nvnc pro tvnc - Now for then retroactive




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