Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo
E160186
Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo is a Latin phrase meaning "Apollo does not always stretch his bow," traditionally interpreted as an encouragement to balance work with rest and leisure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392695 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo Context triple: [University of Virginia, motto, Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo]
-
A.
Et in Arcadia ego
Et in Arcadia ego is a famous 17th-century painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through an image of Arcadian shepherds contemplating a tomb.
-
B.
Quo Fata Ferunt
Quo Fata Ferunt is the Latin national motto of Bermuda, traditionally translated as "Whither the Fates Carry [Us]."
-
C.
Apollo Paean
Apollo Paean is a healing and protective aspect of the Greek god Apollo, invoked especially through hymns of thanksgiving and deliverance from plague or danger.
-
D.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
-
E.
For the Lovers
"For the Lovers" is a song featured on Whitney Houston's 2009 studio album "I Look to You."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo Target entity description: Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo is a Latin phrase meaning "Apollo does not always stretch his bow," traditionally interpreted as an encouragement to balance work with rest and leisure.
-
A.
Et in Arcadia ego
Et in Arcadia ego is a famous 17th-century painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through an image of Arcadian shepherds contemplating a tomb.
-
B.
Quo Fata Ferunt
Quo Fata Ferunt is the Latin national motto of Bermuda, traditionally translated as "Whither the Fates Carry [Us]."
-
C.
Apollo Paean
Apollo Paean is a healing and protective aspect of the Greek god Apollo, invoked especially through hymns of thanksgiving and deliverance from plague or danger.
-
D.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
-
E.
For the Lovers
"For the Lovers" is a song featured on Whitney Houston's 2009 studio album "I Look to You."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin phrase
ⓘ
proverb ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Apollo ⓘ |
| category | Latin proverbs about moderation ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman literature ⓘ |
| grammaticalPerson | third person singular ⓘ |
| impliedMeaning |
Even the diligent need relaxation
ⓘ
One should not work all the time ⓘ Work should be balanced with rest and leisure ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | Apollo does not always stretch his bow ⓘ |
| metaphor |
bow as symbol of work or effort
ⓘ
relaxation as not drawing the bow ⓘ |
| mood | indicative ⓘ |
| negationWord | neque ⓘ |
| objectOfVerb | arcum ⓘ |
| referencedIn | modern discussions of work–life balance ⓘ |
| subjectOfVerb | Apollo ⓘ |
| tense | present ⓘ |
| theme |
balance between work and leisure
ⓘ
moderation ⓘ |
| usedAs | motto encouraging rest ⓘ |
| usedIn |
collections of Latin quotations
ⓘ
humanist writings ⓘ |
| verb | tendit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo Description of subject: Neque semper arcum tendit Apollo is a Latin phrase meaning "Apollo does not always stretch his bow," traditionally interpreted as an encouragement to balance work with rest and leisure.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.