It is frequently abbreviated comb. nov.. It is used in the life sciences literature when a new name is introduced, e.g. Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov..
One year with another; on an average. “Common” here does not mean “ordinary”, but “common to every situation”
communibus locis
in common places
A term frequently used among philosophical and other writers, implying some medium, or mean relation between several places; one place with another; on a medium. “Common” here does not mean “ordinary”, but “common to every situation”
communis opinio
common opinion
prevailing doctrine, generally accepted view (in an academic field), scientific consensus; originally communis opinio doctorum, “common opinion of the doctors”
compos mentis
in control of the mind
Describes someone of sound mind. Sometimes used ironically. Also a legal principle, non compos mentis (not in control of one’s faculties), used to describe an insane person.
A required, indispensable condition. Commonly mistakenly rendered with conditio (“seasoning” or “preserving”) in place of condicio (“arrangement” or “condition”).
Where there are no specific laws, the matter should be decided by custom;[14] established customs have the force of laws.[15] Also consuetudo est altera lex (custom is another law) and consuetudo vincit communem legem (custom overrules the common law); see also: Consuetudinary.
Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher‘s rejection of a mundane life and worldly values.
contra bonos mores
against good morals
Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice.
contra legem
against law
Especially in civil law jurisdictions, said of an understanding of a statute that directly contradicts its wording and thus is valid neither by interpretation nor by analogy.
In contract law, the doctrine of contractual interpretation which provides that an ambiguous term will be construed against the party that imposed its inclusion in the contract – or, more accurately, against the interests of the party who imposed it.
contra spem spero
I hope against hope
Title of a poem by Lesya Ukrainka; it derives from an expression found in Paul’s Letter to the Romans 4:18 (Greek: παρ’ ἐλπίδα ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι, Latin: contra spem in spe[m]) with reference to Abraham the Patriarch who maintained faith in becoming the father of many nations despite being childless and well-advanced in years.
No herb (or sage) grows in the gardens against the power of death
there is no medicine against death; from various medieval medicinal texts
contradictio in terminis
contradiction in terms
Something that would embody a contradiction with the very definition of one of its terms; for example, payment for a gift, or a circle with corners. The fallacy of proposing such a thing.
there can be no debate with those who deny the foundations
Debate is fruitless when you don’t agree on common rules, facts, presuppositions.
cor ad cor loquitur
heart speaks to heart
From Augustine‘s Confessions, referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a “heart to heart” with God. Commonly used in reference to a later quote by Cardinal John Henry Newman. A motto of Newman Clubs.
cor aut mors
Heart or Death
(Your choice is between) The Heart (Moral Values, Duty, Loyalty) or Death (to no longer matter, no longer to be respected as person of integrity.)
cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere
my heart I offer to you Lord promptly and sincerely
A popular school motto and often used as a name for religious and other organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.
coram Deo
in the presence of God
A phrase from Christian theology which summarizes the idea of Christians living in the presence of, under the authority of, and to the honor and glory of God; see also coram Deo.
coram episcopo
in the presence of the bishop
Refers to the celebration of Mass in the Roman Catholic Church where the bishop is present but does not preside over the service.[16]
Two kinds of writs of error, calling for the decision to be reviewed by the same court that made it. Coram nobis is short for quae coram nobis resident (let them, i.e. the matters on the court record, remain before us), and was the form historically used for the Court of King’s Bench; the “us” means the King, who was theoretically the head of that court. Coram vobis is the analogous version (“let the matters remain before you”) for the Court of Common Pleas, where the King did not sit, even notionally.
The fact that a crime has been committed, a necessary factor in convicting someone of having committed that crime; if there was no crime, there can not have been a criminal.
cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet
May he who has never loved before, love tomorrow; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well
The refrain from the ‘Pervigilium Veneris’, a poem which describes a three-day holiday in the cult of Venus, located somewhere in Sicily, involving the whole town in religious festivities joined with a deep sense of nature and Venus as the “procreatrix”, the life-giving force behind the natural world.
A concept about creation, often used in a theological or philosophical context. Also known as the ‘First Cause’ argument in philosophy of religion. Contrasted with creatio ex materia.
A very common misquote of Tertullian‘s et mortuus est Dei Filius prorsus credibile quia ineptum est (and the Son of God is dead: in short, it is credible because it is unfitting), meaning that it is so absurd to say that God’s son has died that it would have to be a matter of belief, rather than reason. The misquoted phrase, however, is commonly used to mock the dogmatic beliefs of the religious (see fideism). This phrase is commonly shortened to credo quia absurdum, and is also sometimes rendered credo quia impossibile est (I believe it because it is impossible) or, as Darwin used it in his autobiography, credo quia incredibile.
credo ut intelligam
I believe so that I may understand
A motto of St Anselm, used as the motto of St. Anselm Hall, Manchester
Motto of the University of Chicago. Often rendered in English as “Let knowledge grow from more to more, And so be human life enriched,” so as to achieve an iambic meter.
From Lucretius‘ De rerum natura book VI, where it refers in context to the motion of a thunderbolt across the sky, which acquires power and momentum as it goes. This metaphor was adapted as the state motto of New Mexico (adopted in 1887 as the territory’s motto, and kept in 1912 when New Mexico received statehood) and is seen on the seal. Also the motto of Rocky Mount, Virginia and Omega Delta Phi.
cruci dum spiro fido
while I live, I trust in the cross, Whilst I trust in the Cross I have life
“Who benefits?” An adage in criminal investigation which suggests that considering who would benefit from an unwelcome event is likely to reveal who is responsible for that event (cf. cui prodest). Also the motto of the Crime Syndicate of America, a fictional supervillain group. The opposite is cui malo (Bad for whom?).
cui prodest
for whom it advances
Short for cui prodest scelus is fecit (for whom the crime advances, he has done it) in Seneca‘s Medea. Thus, the murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf. cui bono).
Whose the land is, all the way to the sky and to the underworld is his.
First coined by Accursius of Bologna in the 13th century. A Roman legal principle of property law that is no longer observed in most situations today. Less literally, “For whosoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths.”
The privilege of a ruler to choose the religion of his subjects. A regional prince’s ability to choose his people’s religion was established at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.
cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his fault
Copyright notice used in 16th-century England, used for comic effect in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare[18] where Lucentio is urged by his servant Biondello to “seize your privilege to declare her [Bianca] yours alone”.
From the Bible, locution indicating a will to death (“I want to die”).
cur Deus Homo
Why the God-Man
The question attributed to Anselm in his work of by this name, wherein he reflects on why the Christ of Christianity must be both fully Divine and fully Human. Often translated “why did God become Man?”
^“Epistula XI”. Epistularum Q. Horatii Flacci Liber Primus. The Society for Ancient Languages. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-05-29.