cedant arma togae

[ key-dahnt ahr-mah toh-gahy; English see-dant ahr-muh-toh-jee ]

/ ˈkeɪ dɑnt ˈɑr mɑ ˈtoʊ gaɪ; English ˈsi dænt ˈɑr mə ˈtoʊ dʒi /

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Latin.

let military power be subject to civil authority: motto of Wyoming.

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Origin of cedant arma togae

Literally, “let arms yield to the toga”

Hitler believed that the possession of the Arma Christi would grant their owner supernatural powers.
Hitler’s Hunt for the Holy Grail and the Ghent Altarpiece|Noah Charney|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Arma igitur expediunt, passis velis, instructa acie, directo cursu in nostrum portum inuehuntur.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
War is lawless, as Cicero observed: "Silent leges inter arma."
Reminiscences of a Rebel|Wayland Fuller Dunaway
The maxim, inter arma silent leges, is suspended by the edicts of diplomacy!
Continental Monthly, Vol. I. February, 1862, No. II.|Various

Sed arma sumere non ante cuiquam moris, qum civitas suffecturum probaverit.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
Aperitur ilico telorum occlusa congeries, et sua sibi quisque tacitus arma connectit.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers