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En attendant, la devise de Paris, Fluctuat nec mergitur, locution latine signifiant « il est battu par les flots, mais ne sombre pas », n’a jamais été aussi actuelle.

From Time • Nov. 22, 2015

Here's Charlie Wilson: Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur If it's Thursday it must be Classic YouTube day.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2010

Among the numerous important works published by the brothers, the 200 volumes forming the Biblioth�que des auteurs grecs, Biblioth�que latine, and Biblioth�que fran�aise deserve special mention.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Some nombur is called digitus latine, a digit in englys.

From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert

In the present edition the Fabulae græce number 147, the Fabulae latine 100, the Fabulae selectae 62.

From Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Van Name, Addison