Undertaking (NOUN): a formal pledge or promise to do something. Proverbs 16:30 NIV Coeptis (n) – enterprise, accomplishment, undertaking Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity whoever purses their lips is bent on evil. COEPTIS means undertakings, endeavors, beginnings.ANNUIT means to nod assent, to favor, to smile upon.
I am not saying by any means that Google Translate is any better or worse than other translations out there, but it is a popular tool available to the general public. Then I used Google Translate to see what that search engine would come up with. The phrases I used came from examples found on the Glosbe Latin-English dictionary. Depending on the context, these words can have different meanings. Let’s dig a little deeper into the meaning of these two words. The Latin motto suggested in 1782 by Charles Thomson, the Founding Father chosen by Continental Congress to come up with the final design for the Great Seal of the United States says Annuit Coeptis, Novus Ordo Seclorum.įrom Wikipedia: Annuit cœptis : Taken from the Latin words annuo (third-person singular present or perfect annuit), “to nod” or “to approve”, and coeptum (plural coepta), “commencement, undertaking”, it is translated, “Providence favors our undertakings” or “Providence has favored our undertakings” ( annuit could be in either the present or perfect tense). The Great Seal of the United States was designed at the Continental Congress. Let’s look at the Latin phrases on the United States currency.
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Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars! Isaiah 57:4 NLT The US $1 bill is full of imagery, but is it apparent or hidden?
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