Sentences with phrase «vidi vici»
VENI VIDI VICI.
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The old Romans used the letter v for the sound we denote by a w: so that Caesar's boast, Veni, vidi, vici, might still at that time have been pronounced wainy, weedy, weeky, which does not actually impress the ear with power; and that may explain why he had to cross the Rubicon.
The Jolly Blue Giants 22 It has been veni, vidi, vici for Vida in the surprising ascent of San Francisco in the National League West by Larry Keith
The present study was supported by an additional grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development («Geestkracht» program grant 10.000.1003), and by additional grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (grant no. 400-04-182; grant no. 452-04-306 (VIDI; VICI) to MJBK; grant no 017.106.370 (NWO ZonMW VIDI) to HT, and NWO SPINOZA prize to MHvIJ).
Understandably, that tale doesn't leave some folks misty - eyed, seeing as how the Accord (and Toyota Camry) did its veni, vidi, vici thing largely at the expense of Detroit automakers.