Good god, I’ve made it to #10? I think I’m shocked.
Today’s Latin phrase is from the medieval Prophecy of the Bull, which dates to around 1327 — right around the beginning of Edward III’s reign as King of England.
Ad bona non tardus, audax veluti leopardus
ad – to, toward, until, almost
bona – good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant, right, useful, valid/correct, healthy
non – no, not, [negative]
tardus – adj.; slow, limping, deliberate, late
audax – adj.; bold, daring, courageous, reckless, rash, audacious, presumptuous, desperate
veluti – adv.; just as, as if
leopardus – noun; leopard
[He] is never slow to [do] good, just as the courageous leopard
Yay for medieval Latin prophecies containing animal imagery! And poetry. Yikes.