To Be Rather Than To Seenthats north carolina's motto
North Carolina's official State motto is esse quam videriwhich is Latin and means To be, rather than to seem (to be).Car Licence plates in North Carolina carry the motto "First in Flight." commemorating the Wright Brothers first flight in a powered heavier than air machine on 3rd December 1903.
The motto of The Ellis School is 'To Be Rather Than To Seem'.
The motto of Salisbury School is 'Esse Quam Videri - To be, rather than to seem to be'.
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Esse quam videri(To be, rather than to seem to be)
The state motto is, "Esse Quam Videri", translated, "To Be Rather Than To Seem."
The phrase 'Esse Quam Videri' is the motto of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. It also is the motto of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Additionally, it has been the state motto for North Carolinasince 1893. In fact, the phrase appears on the state's Great Seal.The phrase means 'To be rather than to seem'. In the word by word translation, the infinitive 'esse' means 'to be'. The relative 'quam' means 'rather'. The infinitive 'videri' means 'to seem'.
Up until 1893, NC was the only one of the 13 original states not to have a motto. At the Assembly in 1893, the following was ratified: "[1893] CHAPTER 145 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE MOTTO WHEREAS. Contrary to the usage of nearly all the states of the American Union the coat-of-arms and the great seal of this state bear no motto; and whereas, a suitable motto, expressive of some noble sentiment and indicative of some leading trait of our people, will be instructive as well as ornamental, and the state should also keep in perpetual remembrance the immortal declaration of independence made at Charlotte; now therefore, The Geneeral Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That the words "esse quam videri" are hereby adopted as the motto of this state, and as such shall be engraved on the great seal of North Carolina and likewise at the foot of the coat-of-arms of the state as part thereof. Sec. 2. That on the coat-of-arms, in addition to the motto at the bottom, there shall be inscribed at the top the words "May the 20th, 1775." Sec. 3.That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 21st day of February, A.D. 1893."
Missouri Missouri joined the United States as the 24th state in 1821.
The motto of Brighton Grammar School is 'Meliora Sequamur'.
The English equivalent of the Latin phrase 'Esse Quam Videri' is the following: To Be Rather Than to Seem. The word-by-word translation is as follows: 'esse' means 'to be'; 'quam' means 'as, how, than'; and 'videri' means 'to seem'. Accoording to classical Latin, the pronunciation is the following: EH-say kwahm wee-DAY-ree. According to liturgical Latin, the pronunciation is as follows: EH-say kwahm vee-DAY-ree.