“semper”

The following 10 entries include the term semper.

semper fi

interjection

used as a shortened form of the Latin phrase semper fidelis, "always faithful," motto of the U.S. Marine Corps

ex Africa semper aliquid novi

Latin quotation from Pliny the Elder

: out of Africa, always something new

montani semper liberi

Latin phrase

: mountaineers are always free motto of West Virginia

quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus

Latin quotation from St. Vincent de Lérins

: what (is) always, what (is) everywhere, what (is) by everybody (believed)

semper eadem

Latin phrase

: always the same (feminine) a motto of Queen Elizabeth I

semper fidelis

Latin phrase

: always faithful motto of the U.S. Marine Corps

semper idem

Latin phrase

: always the same (masculine)

semper paratus

Latin phrase

: always prepared motto of the U.S. Coast Guard

sic semper tyrannis

Latin phrase

: thus always to tyrants motto of Virginia

varium et mutabile semper femina

Latin quotation from Virgil

: woman is ever a fickle and changeable thing


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