Dum spiro spero [SEP] language of work or name
Dum spiro spero
Dum spiro spero means "While I breathe, I hope" in Latin and is a modern paraphrase of ideas that survive in two ancient writers, Theocritus and Cicero.
It is a motto of various places, families, and organizations.
Use.
- The notable origin of the motto is St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Its attribution to Saint Andrew and his bones being taken to this small fishing village on the North Sea, contributed to its direct linkage between the saying, the town
family now a National Trust property and gardens.
- on medallions marking the Barbary Coast Trail in San Francisco, California
- on a window of Beverly Unitarian Church
- on the sign of the Divers' Arms pub in Herne Bay.
- A song called "Dum spiro spero" is the theme for the video game "Clive Barker's Undying".
Dum spiro spero is the motto of Oliver Lodge Primary School in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.
Family and individual use.
"Dum spiro spero