Valeat quantum valere potest (val´e-at kwant´um val-ēr´e pot´est).—Let it pass for what it is worth.
Valete, ac plaudite (val-ē´te ak plaud´it-e).—Farewell, and clap. (The concluding words of a Latin comedy.)
Vanitas vanitatum (van´it-ass van-it-ā´tum).—Vanity of vanities.
Variæ lectiones (var´i-ē lek-shi-ō´nēs).—Various readings.
Variorum notæ (var-i-or´um nō´tē).—The notes of various authors.
Varium et mutabile semper femina—Virgil (var´i-um et mū-tā´bil-e sem´per fē´min-a).—A woman is ever changeable and capricious.
Velis remisque (vē´līs rē-mīs´kwe).—With sails and oars—i. e., with tooth and nail, with might and main.
Veni, vidi, vici (vē´nī, vī´dī, vī´sī).—I came, I saw, I conquered. By these three words—so easy was the victory—Julius Cæsar informed the Senate of his having defeated Pharnaces near Zela, 47 B.C.
Ventis secundis (ven´tīs se-kun´dīs).—With favorable winds.
Verbatim et literatim (ver-bā´tim et lit-er-ā´tim).—Word for word and letter for letter.