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Semper may refer to:

  • Semper (food brand), a Swedish brand of infant food
  • Semper fidelis, a motto used by, among others, the United States Marine Corps, Latin for "Always Faithful" or "Always Loyal"
  • Semper fortis, an unofficial motto of the United States Navy, Latin for "Always Strong"
  • Semper paratus, the United States Coast Guard motto, Latin for "Always Ready"
  • Semper primus, a motto used by some units of the United States Army and the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps, Latin for "Always First"
  • Semper vigilans, the motto of the Civil Air Patrol, Latin for "Always Vigilant" or "Always Watchful"
  • Sic semper tyrannis, thus always to tyrants - motto of Virginia
  • Semperoper, an opera house in Dresden, Germany
People
  • Carl Semper (1832–1893), German ethnologist and animal ecologist
  • Georg Semper (1837–1909), German entomologist
  • Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture
  • Johannes Semper (1892–1970), Estonian writer and translator
  • Natalya Yevgenevna Semper (1911-1995), Soviet memoirist and Egyptologist
  • John Semper, American screenwriter, producer and story editor
  • Trevor Semper (born 1970), Montserratian cricketer

Usage examples of "semper".

Tantum apud homines barbaros valuit esse aliquos repertos principes inferendi belli tantamque omnibus voluntatum commutationem attulit, ut praeter Aeduos et Remos, quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit, alteros pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide, alteros pro recentibus Gallici belli officiis, nulla fere civitas fuerit non suspecta nobis.

Caesar, etsi a bello atque hoste discedere detrimentosum esse existimabat, tamen non ignorans quanta ex dissensionibus incommoda oriri consuessent, ne tanta et tam coniuncta populo Romano civitas, quam ipse semper aluisset omnibusque rebus ornasset, ad vim atque arma descenderet, atque ea pars quae minus sibi confideret auxilia a Vercingetorige arcesseret, huic rei praevertendum existimavit et, quod legibus Aeduorum eis, qui summum magistra tum obtinerent, excedere ex finibus non liceret, ne quid de iure aut de legibus eorum deminuisse videretur, ipse in Aeduos proficisci statuit senatumque omnem et quos inter controversia esset ad se Decetiam evocavit.

Francisco quasi semper fuerunt et cuncta certitudinaliter sciverint et probata ibi sint posita diligenter.

Troiae semper miserate labores, Dardana qui Paridis derexti tela manusque corpus in Aeacidae, magnas obeuntia terras tot maria intravi duce te penitusque repostas Massylum gentis praetentaque Syrtibus arva: iam tandem Italiae fugientis prendimus oras, hac Troiana tenus merit fortuna secuta.

Caret profecto omnibus his, qui vitam suam vult semper habere cum famulis.

To echo the words of Horace, Pictoribus atque poetis quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas, in this daring invention the artist comes among us not as the bearer of idées reçues embracing art as decoration or of the comfort of churchly beliefs enshrined in greeting card sentiments but rather in the aesthetic equivalent of one who comes on earth 'not to send peace, but a sword.

In Paris you looked at the ladies and followed the ratio studiorum of the Epicureans instead of reflecting on the great miracles of this our Universum, may the Sanctissimum Nomen of our Creator fiat semper praised!

Shaftoe says, and lunges heroically for the Semper Fi handkerchief Julieta digs her fingernails into one of the sensitive spots that she has located during her exhaustive cartographic survey of his body.

In other words, I make you aware of this amor stuff not as confession of personal misdeeds but to make full disclosure of situation that could influence my judgment vis-a-vis Semper Marine and conceivably negatively impact shareholder value, or, much more plausibly, that could be SEEN as doing so by minority-shareholder lawyers who infest our industry like guinea worms, and used as pretext for legal action).

Shaftoe says, and lunges heroically for the Semper Fi handkerchief.

Remember your motto, Semper paratus, always prepared, Coast Guard to the rescue and all that.

Her company, Semper Marine Services, is a contractor at the very lowest level of Avi's virtual corporation--only one of a dozen boats-and-divers outfits that they could have hired--so this is a bit like being interrogated by one's janitor or taxi driver.