vires

/ ˈvaɪriːz /

noun

Ad rempublicam firmandam, et ad stabiliendas vires, et sanandum populum, omnis ejus pergebat institutio.

I didn't say I represented the state, which is a different matter, and beset with ultra vires pitfalls.

The moment it passes beyond these boundaries, its actions become ultra vires and tyrannical.

Hac tempestate pr valetudine Romanorum, vires fundits attenuat Britanni.

It was then that he obtained from the King a device having for its emblem a porcupine, with the words “Vires agminis unus habet.”

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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