What is the translation of " VIRTUS " in English?

• virtue
• power
• strength

Examples of using Virtus in Latin and their translations into English

Sed spes est virtus.
But, they are vices.

Virtus est que te sola beare potest.
LEVINSON: It may just be Bevin alone.

OR Deus incommutabilis virtus.
God has to judge evil.

Ergo virtus consistit in modo, specie et ordine.
Therefore, virtue consists in mode species, and order.

Sed modestia videtur esse una virtus.
But modesty also appears to be a virtue.

Unde prudentia est virtus necessaria ad bene vivendum.
Hence prudence is a virtue necessary for living well.

Ergo non potest esse una tantum virtus moralis.
But not a single moral virtue is.

Ergo virtus moralis non debet distingui ab intellectuali.
Therefore moral virtue does not differ from intellectual.

Forma autem accidentalis est ipsa sua virtus.
The accompanying woodcut represents his device.

Quid ei sufficit, cui virtus felicitasque non sufficit?
What can suffice the man whom virtue and felicity do not suffice?

Sed eubulia, quae est bene consiliativa, est virtus.
But{euboulia}, or good counsel, is a virtue.

Ergo virtus reducitur ad genus potentiae, et non ad genus habitus.
Therefore virtue is reducible to the genus of power, and not to the genus of habit.

Ergo non potest esse una tantum virtus moralis.
Therefore there cannot be only one moral virtue.

Et haec virtus vocatur modestia, et adiungitur temperantiae sicut principali.
This virtue is called modesty, and is annexed to temperance as its principal.

Le cariche spettano a chi possiede la vera virtus!
Wars are fought over who owns the rights to holiness!

Respondeo dicendum quod virtus moralis potest accipi vel perfecta vel imperfecta.
I answer that, Moral virtue may be considered either as perfect or as imperfect.

Et si quidem perficit ad bene operandum humano modo, dicitur virtus.
If it enables him to act well in a human mode, it is called a virtue.

Videtur quod virtus humana non sufficienter dividatur per virtutem moralem et intellectualem.
It would seem that virtue is not adequately divided into moral and intellectual.

Et omnis turba quaerebant eum tangere quia virtus de illo exiebat et sanabat omnes.
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

Cum autem virtus humana sit finita, secundum aliquam mensuram operatio est sibi proportionata.
Now, since human power is finite, operation is proportionate thereto according to a certain measure.

Cui auscultabant omnes a minimo usque ad maximum dicentes hic est virtus Dei quae vocatur Magna.
To whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying,"This man is that great power of God.

Sed sicut se habet virtus naturalis in rebus naturalibus, ita se habet virtus humana in rationalibus.
Now as natural virtue is in natural things, so is human virtue in rational beings.

Quae opinio comparari vel coniungi potest cum ethica virtutis, in qua virtus bonum morale esse putatur.
There is debate among various adherents of virtue ethics concerning what specific virtues are morally praiseworthy.

Ergo sicut aliqua virtus moralis est in irascibili et concupiscibili, ita aliqua est in voluntate.
Therefore, just as there is moral virtue in the irascible and concupiscible, so too is there in the will.

Et propter hoc philosophus dicit in III Politic., quod alia est virtus quae facit hominem bonum, et alia quae facit civem bonum.
For this reason the Philosopher says in Politics 3 that the virtue that makes a man good is other than that which makes the good citizen.

Cum autem virtus eius et gloria sint infinita, non solum a malis eruere potest, sed etiam facere gloriosum.
But since His power and glory are infinite, He can not only deliver from evil, but also make glorious.

Post haec audivi quasi vocem magnam turbarum multarum in caelo dicentium alleluia salus et gloria et virtus Deo nostro est.
After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,"Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God.

Sine prudentia quidem esse non potest moralis virtus, quia moralis virtus est habitus electivus, idest faciens bonam electionem.
Moral virtue cannot be without prudence, because moral virtue is an elective habit, making a good election.

Post haec audivi quasi vocem magnam turbarum multarum in caelo dicentium alleluia salus et gloria et virtus Deo nostro est.
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God.

Sine prudentia quidem esse non potest moralis virtus, quia moralis virtus est habitus electivus, idest faciens bonam electionem.
Moral virtue cannot exist without prudence, since moral virtue is an elective habit, i.e., a habit that makes one choose well.