Citius, Altius, Fortius

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Latin phrase Olympic motto

Citius, Altius, Fortius is the traditional Olympic motto, a Latin phrase meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger" that encapsulates the aspirational spirit of the Games.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter 6
Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together 3
Citius, Altius, Fortius (associated with Olympic Games) 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin phrase ⓘ
Olympic motto ⓘ
associatedWith International Olympic Committee ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ
component Altius ⓘ
Citius ⓘ
Fortius ⓘ
describes aspirational spirit of the Olympic Games ⓘ
field Olympic Charter ⓘ
surface form: Olympism

sports ⓘ
hasForm three-part comparative adjectives in Latin ⓘ
hasVariant Citius, Altius, Fortius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
language Latin ⓘ
meaning Citius, Altius, Fortius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Faster, Higher, Stronger
meaningLanguage English ⓘ
mottoFor International Olympic movement ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Movement
symbolizes pursuit of better performance ⓘ
pursuit of greater strength ⓘ
pursuit of higher goals ⓘ
theme continuous improvement ⓘ
excellence in athletic performance ⓘ
human achievement ⓘ
physical strength ⓘ
translationOfComponent Altius → Higher ⓘ
Citius → Faster ⓘ
Fortius → Stronger ⓘ
usedAs official motto of the Olympic Games ⓘ
usedInContext Olympic branding ⓘ
Olympic Games opening ceremony television production ⓘ
surface form: Olympic ceremonies

Olympic education materials ⓘ
variantMeaning Citius, Altius, Fortius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

modern Olympic Games → extendedMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
CIO → hasMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
Games of the X Olympiad → hasMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
International Olympic movement → hasMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
Olympic Games → hasMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
Olympic Games → hasMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
Olympic rings → hasMotto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius (associated with Olympic Games)
International Olympic movement → hasMottoMeaning → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together
Citius, Altius, Fortius → hasVariant → Citius, Altius, Fortius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
Citius, Altius, Fortius → meaning → Citius, Altius, Fortius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faster, Higher, Stronger
1920 Summer Olympics → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
1924 Winter Olympics → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
1932 Summer Olympics → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
1956 Summer Olympics → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Citius, Altius, Fortius”
Games of the I Olympiad → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
International Olympic Committee → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
modern Olympic Games → motto → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
modern Olympic Games → mottoEnglishTranslation → Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together
Citius, Altius, Fortius → variantMeaning → Citius, Altius, Fortius self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together