LATIN BLOG #11: Includes the terms Ecce Homo; Mea Culpa; Terra Firma

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Ecce Homo

Ecce= Behold
Homo= Man

“Behold the man!” The words with which Pontius Pilate presented Christ, crowned with thorns, to his accusers (John 19:5).

Mea Culpa

Mea= My
Culpa= Fault

In English we get culpable and culpability

Noun
A statement in which a person admits that it’s his/her fault.
A formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error.

Examples (various uses)

  1. Mea culpa, it’s my fault!
  2. Go to confession and say “mea culpa”!
  3. Whose fault was that?  “Mea culpa”,
    John admitted.
  4. The mayor’s public mea culpa failed
    to appease his critics.

Terra Firma

The solid part of the earth’s surface.
= dry land, earth, solid ground

Example

After a nightmarish storm the sailors were overjoyed and relieved to reach terra firma

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Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., Research Professor, University of New Mexico

 

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Author: andrewyiannakis

Andrew Yiannakis, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor at the University of New Mexico (USA). He is also Professor Emeritus from the University of Connecticut where he taught the Sociology of Leisure, Tourism & Sport, as well as Research Methods and Computer Applications. He also holds the rank of 8th Dan in Traditional Jujutsu and a 6th Dan in Traditional Kodokan Judo. He is the Director of the Institute of Traditional Martial Arts at the University of New Mexico. He is also the Chair of the Traditional Jujutsu Committee of the USJJF. As an amateur historian, he has led several expeditions to Greece to conduct research at Thermopylae, and locate the path the Persians used in 480 BC to encircle, and defeat King Leonidas and the Greek allies. Prof. Yiannakis has published extensively in a number of areas.

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