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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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