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fas est et ab hoste doceri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fas est et ab hoste -do-ceri
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should be open to lessons from other people, even from one's enemies.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri (literally “it is right to be taught even by [one's] enemy”).

Questions

What does fas est et ab hoste doceri mean?
One should be open to lessons from other people, even from one's enemies.
Where does fas est et ab hoste doceri come from?
Borrowed from Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri (literally “it is right to be taught even by [one's] enemy”).

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