plus ultra

Literally, “further beyond”, a reversal of nōn plūs ultra (“nothing further beyond”), adopted as personal motto of Charles V following the discovery of the New World.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫuːs ˈʊɫ.traː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplus ˈul̪.t̪ra]

plūs ultra

1. (Go) further beyond; (by extension) take risks.

• plus ultra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Latin plūs ultra.

• IPA^(key): /ˌplus ˈultɾa/ [ˌplus ˈul̪.t̪ɾa]
• Syllabification: plus ul‧tra

plus ultra m (uncountable)

1. great beyond

plus ultra

1. further beyond

• “plus ultra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “plus ultra”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN