nemo me impune lacessit

[ ne-moh me im-poo-ne lah-kes-sit; English nee-moh mee im-pyoo-nee luh-ses-it ]

Latin.

1. no one attacks me with impunity: motto of Scotland.

Example Sentences

On the band in small print was a Latin phrase: “Nemo me impune lacessit.”

From New York Times

The coins have already altered in their brief life to include a Scottish version with Nemo Me Impune Lacessit round the edge, instead of the motto Decus et Tutamen, used in 1983.

From The Guardian

Is not the motto of their gay society "Nemo me impune lacessit"?

From Project Gutenberg

In the House of Commons an attempt to pull Sir John's leg was made by another, more humorous, Scot, Austin Hopkinson, M. P. "Will not the Right Honorable Gentleman," he suggested, "take it upon himself to order that all third class eggs shall be rubber stamped with the Scottish national motto: Nemo me impune lacessit?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Thistle.—"Nemo me impune lacessit."—"Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

From Project Gutenberg