Колекция от събрани и подредени по азбучен ред латински сентенции в оргинал, както и превод на английски.
Постинги в блога от Януари, 2007 г.
02.01.2007 18:01 -
Сентенции с начална буква "V"
| Vacca foeda - Stupid cow |
| Vacca, vacca, vacca - Cow, cow, cow |
| Vade in pace - Go in peace (Roman way of saying goodbye) |
| Vade mecum - Come with me. A constant companion |
| Vae victis! - Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy) |
| Vagans - Cruising |
| Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur - Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out |
| Vale - Farewell |
| vale(te)! - Farewell! |
| Valui ad satanam in computatrum meum invocandum - I succeeded in summoning satan into my computer |
| Vanitas vanitatvm, omnis vanitas - Vanity of vanities, all is vanity |
| Varia lecto (v.l.) - Variant reading |
| Variatio delectat - There's nothing like change! (Cicero) |
| Variorum - Of various people |
| Velle est posse - To be willing is to be able |
| Veneris - Friday |
| Veni vidi duci - I came, I saw, I calculated |
| veni vidi vici - I came, I saw, I conquered (Julius Caesar's report of victory in 47 B.C. over Pharnaces, king of Pontus) |
| Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire - I came, I saw, I want to go home |
| Venienti occurrite morbo - Meet the misfortune as it comes. (Persius) |
| Venire facias - You must make come |
| Ventis secundis, tene cursum - Go with the flow |
| Ventis secundis, tene/tenete cursum - The winds being favorable, hold the course |
| Verba de futuro - Words about the future |
| Verba movent, exempla trahunt - Words move people, examples draw/compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example |
| Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet - Words fly away, the written (letter) remains |
| Verbatim - Exactly as said |
| Verbatim et litteratim - Word for word and letter for letter |
| Verbum sapienti satis est (verb. sap.) - A word to the wise is sufficient. Enough said |
| verbum sat sapienti - A word is enough for a wise man. |
| Veritas Lux Mea - The truth enlightens me / The truth is my light |
| Veritas numquam perit - Truth never perishes. (Seneca) |
| Veritas odit moras - Truth hates delay. (Seneca) |
| Veritas vincit - Truth conquers |
| veritas vos liberabit - The truth shall make you free |
| Verso - Reverse |
| Versus - Against |
| Verum et factum convertuntur - The true and the made are interchangeable. One can know with certainty only what he have created himself |
| Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt - I have jerks like you for breakfast |
| Vesanum poetam qui sapiunt fugiunt - Anyone with a brain flees a versifying poet |
| Vescere bracis meis - Eat my shorts |
| Vestigia terrent - The footprints frighten me. (Horace) |
| Vestis virum reddit - The clothes make the man. (Quintilianus) |
| Veto - I forbid |
| Vi et armis - By force and arms |
| Via - By way of |
| Via Crucis - The Way of the Cross |
| Via Dolorosa - The Way of Sorrow |
| Via Lactea - The Milky Way |
| Via media - A middle way or course |
| Vice - In place of |
| Vice versa - In reverse order |
| vice versa - The terms being reversed |
| victis honor - Honour to the vanquished |
| Victoria Regina (VR) - Queen Victoria |
| Victoria Regina et Imperatrix (VRI) - Victoria, Queen and Empress |
| Victoria, non praeda - Victory, not loot |
| Victurus te saluto - He who is about to win salutes you |
| Vide - See |
| Vide et credere - See and believe |
| Vide ut supra - See the above |
| videlicet - That is to say namely |
| Videlicet (viz.) - That is to say; To wit; Namely |
| Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor - I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way |
| Videre est credere - Seeing is believing |
| Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit? - How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? (Cicero) |
| Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? - Seen any good movies lately? |
| Vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo, prospera omnia cedunt - By watching, by doing, by counsulting well, these things yield all things prosperous. (Sallust) |
| Vincere est totum - To win is everything |
| Vincit omnia amor - Love conquers all |
| Vincit omnia veritas - Truth conquers all |
| Vincit qui se vincit - He conquers who conquers himself |
| Vinculum unitatis - The bond of unity |
| Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret - It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth |
| Vinum et musica laetificant cor - Wine and music gladden the heart |
| Vir bonus, dicendi peritus - A good man, skilled in speaking. (definition of an orator) (Cato the Elder) |
| Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit - A wise man does not urinate against the wind |
| Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur - That man is wise who talks little (know when to hold your tongue) |
| Vires acquirit eundo - It gains strength by going / as it goes. (Virgil) |
| virginibus puerisque - For girls and boys |
| Virginibus puerisque - For maidens and youths |
| Virgo intacta - Intact virgin |
| Viri sunt viri - Men are slime |
| Virtus in medio stat - Virtue stands in the middle |
| Virtute et armis - By courage and by arms |
| Virtvs probata florescit - Manly excellence in trial flourished |
| Virtvtis fortvna comes - Good luck is the companion of courage |
| Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum - Tell me, O Muse, of the skillful man. (Livius Andronicus) |
| Virus - Poison or slime |
| Vis comica - Sense of humour |
| Vis consili expers mole ruit sua - Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight. (Discretion is the better part of valor) (Horace) |
| Vis inertiae - The power of inertia - why things never change |
| Vis maior - Higher force |
| Vis medicatrix naturae - The healing power of nature |
| Visa - Things seen |
| Visne saltare? - Do you want to dance? |
| Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio - Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway |
| Vita brevis, ars lunga - Life is short, art is long |
| Vita contin git. Vive com eo - Life happens. Live with it |
| Vita luna! - Crazy life! |
| Vita mutatur, non tollitur - Life is changed, not taken away |
| vita non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is more than merely staying alive |
| Vita sine libris mors est - Life without books is death |
| Vitam impendere vero - To risk one's life for the truth |
| Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia - Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives. (Cicero) |
| Vitanda est improba siren desidia - One must avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness. (Horace) |
| Vitanda est improba siren desidia - One must steer clear of the wicked temptress, Laziness. (Horace) |
| Vitiis nemo sine nascitur - No-one is born without faults. (Horace) |
| viva voce - By the living voice (orally). |
| Viva voce - With living voice |
| Vivat regina - Long live the queen |
| Vivat rex - Long live the king |
| Vivat, crescat, floreat! - May he/she/it live, grow, and flourish! |
| Vive hodie - Live today (not tomorrow) |
| Vive vt vivas - Live that you may live |
| Vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri - Everybody lives; not everybody deserves to |
| Vivere disce, cogita mori - Learn to live; Remember death. (sundial inscription) |
| Vivos voco, mortuos plango - I call the living, I mourn the dead. (church bell inscription) |
| Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior - Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. (Erasmus) |
| Vixere fortes ante agamemnona - Brave men lived before Agamemnon. (heroism exists even if it's not recorded) |
| Vixit - He/she has lived |
| Vltima ratio regvm - The final argument of kings. (motto of Louis XIV on his cannon) |
| Vltra vires - Beyond [one's] authority outside the jurisdiction |
| Volens et potens - Willing and able |
| Volente Deo - God willing |
| Volenti non fit iniuria - A person who consents does not suffer injustice |
| Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam! - I want my rubber ducky! |
| Volo, non valeo - I am willing but unable |
| Volvptates commendat rarior vsvs - Infrequent use commends pleasure. (moderation in all things) |
| Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores - You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me. (Petrarch) |
| Vox clamantis in deserto - Voice crying in the desert. (voice in the wilderness unheeded warning, an opinion not in the mainstream |
| vox et praeterea nihil - A voice and nothing more |
| Vox populi - The voice of the people |
| Vox populi, vox Dei - The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Public opinion is obligatory) |
| Vrbi et orbi - To the city and to the world. (preface of Papal documents) |
| Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat - Every (hour) wounds, the last kills. (sundial inscription) |
| Vulpem pilum mutat, non mores - A fox may change its hair, not its tricks. (People change behaviour but not their aims) |
| Vultus est index animi - The face is the index of the soul/mind |
02.01.2007 18:01 -
Сентенции с начална буква "U"
| Uberrimae fidei - Of the utmost good faith |
| Ubi amor, ibi oculus - Where love is, there is insight |
| Ubi bene, ibi patria - Where you feel good, there is your home |
| Ubi concordia, ibi victoria - Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus) |
| Ubi dubium ibi libertas - Where there is doubt, there is freedom |
| Ubi est mea anaticula cumminosa? - Where’s my rubber ducky? |
| Ubi fumus, ibi ignis - Where there's smoke, there's fire |
| Ubi maior, minor cessat - The weak (minor) capitulates before the strong (major) |
| Ubi mel ibi apes - Where honey, there bees, i.e., if you want support, you must offer something in return |
| Ubi revera (Ubi re vera) - When, in reality |
| Ubi spiritus est cantus est - Where there is spirit there is song |
| Ubi sunt? - Where are they (the good old days)? |
| Ubi supra - Where (cited) above |
| Ubicumque homo est, ibi benefici locus est - Wherever there is a man, there is a place of/for kindness/service |
| Ubique - Everywhere |
| Ultima ratio - Ultimate sanction |
| Ultima ratio regum - The final argument of kings. (Inscription on French canons in the times of Louis XIV.) |
| Ultima Thule - The most distant Thule |
| ultima thule - The utmost limit |
| Ultimo (ult.) - Of the previous month |
| Ultimus Romanorum - The last of the Romans |
| Ultra posse nemo obligatur - No one is obligated beyond what he is able to do |
| ultra vires - Beyond ones powers |
| Ultra vires - Beyond the powers or legal authority |
| Un idea perplexi na - The idea is strange to us |
| Una hirundo non facit ver - One Swallow does not make Summer. (Horace) |
| Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem - The one safety for the vanquished is to abandon hope of safety knowing there is no hope can give one the courage to fight and win |
| Una voce - With one voice, unanimously |
| Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! - May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! |
| Unitas mirabile vinculum - The wonderful bond of unity |
| Uno Ab Alto - One over all (US Air Force Motto) |
| Unum necessarium - The one necessary |
| Unus multorum - One of many. (Horace) |
| Urbanus et instructus - A gentleman and a scholar |
| Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit - He found a city [Rome] of bricks and left a city of marble. (Augustus) |
| Urbi et orbi - To the city [Rome] and to the globe - a blessing of the pope |
| Ut ameris, ama! - To be loved, love! |
| Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas - Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovid) |
| Ut dictum (ut dict.) - As directed |
| Ut humiliter opinor - In my humble opinion |
| Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - As loyal as she began, so she remains |
| Ut infra - As below |
| Ut sementem feceris, ita metes - As you sow, so shall you reap. (Cicero) |
| Ut si! - As if! |
| Ut sit magna, tamen certe lenta ira deorum est - The wrath of the gods may be great, but it certainly is slow |
| Ut supra (ut sup.) - As above |
| Uti foro - To play the market |
| Uti possidetis - As you possess |
| Uti, non abuti - To use, not abuse |
| Utile et dulce - Useful and pleasant |
| Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! - May barbarians invade your personal space! |
| Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant! - May conspirators assassinate you in the mall! |
| Utinam populus romanus unam cervicem haberet! - If only the Roman people had one neck! |
| Uva uvam videndo varia fit - A grape changes color in seeing another grape. A bad/good friend makes you a bad/good person |
02.01.2007 18:00 -
Сентенции с начална буква "T"
| Tabula rasa - A clean slate. Person that knows nothing |
| Tacet - Silence |
| Tam diu minime visu! - Long time, no see! |
| Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio - I am as dead as the nehru jacket |
| Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas - We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus) |
| Tamquam alter idem - As if a second self. (Cicero) |
| Tanta stultitia mortalium est - What fools these mortals be |
| Tantum eruditi sunt liberi - Only the educated are free. (Epictetus) |
| Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. (Lucretius) |
| Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est - Delay and procrastination is hateful. (Cicero) |
| Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure - I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear |
| Te capiam, cunicule sceleste! - I'll get you, you wascally wabbit! |
| Te Deum - Thee, God [we praise] |
| Te igitur - Thee, therefore |
| Te nosce - Know thyself |
| Te precor dulcissime supplex! - Pretty please with a cherry on top! |
| Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis - The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen) |
| Tempore - In the time of |
| Tempus edax rerum - Time is the devourer of things (time flies) |
| tempus fugit - Time flies |
| Tempus fugit, non autem memoria - Time flies, but not memory |
| Tempus incognitum - Time unknown |
| Tempus neminem manet - Time waits for no one |
| Tempus omnia sed memorias privat - Time deprives all but memories |
| Ter in die (t.i.d.) - Three times a day |
| tera incognita - An unknown land |
| Terminus a quo - The end from which |
| Terminus ad quem - The end to which |
| Terra firma - Solid ground |
| Terra incognita - Unknown land |
| Terra nullius - Uninhabited land |
| tertium quid - A third something |
| Tetigisti acu - You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus) |
| Theatrum mundi - The theatre of the world |
| Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas - Thank you for not smoking |
| Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear. (Seneca) |
| Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes - I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. (Virgil) |
| Timor mortis conturbat me - The fear of death confounds me |
| Tintinnuntius meus sonat! - There goes my beeper! |
| Tolerabiles ineptiae - Bearable absurdities |
| Totidem verbis - In so many words |
| Totum dependeat - Let it all hang out |
| Trahimur omnes laudis studio - We are all led on by our eagerness for praise. (Cicero) |
| Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri - To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe |
| Transit umbra, lux permanet - Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial) |
| Tu autem - You, also |
| Tu fui, ego eris - What you are, I was. What I am, you will be. (This is found on graves and burial sites) |
| tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito - Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them |
| Tu quoque - You likewise |
| tu quoque - You too |
| Tu quoque Brute, file mi! - You too Bruto, my son! (Caesar's last words) |
| Tu stupidus es - You are dumb |
| Tu, rattus turpis! - You dirty rat! |
| Tua mater tam antiquior ut linguam latine loquatur - Your mother is so old she speaks Latin |
| Tua toga suspina est - Your toga is backwards |
| Tuis pugis pignore! - You bet your bippy! |
| Tum podem extulit horridulum - You are talking shit |
02.01.2007 17:59 -
Сентенции с начална буква "S"
| Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas - Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid) |
| Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be. (Cicero) |
| Saepe stilum vertas - May you often turn the stylus (You should make frequent corrections.) |
| Salus populi suprema lex - The safety of the people is the supreme law. (Cicero) |
| Salva veritate - With truth preserved |
| Salve - Hello |
| Salve (plural salvete) - Hail; welcome |
| Salve sis - May you be well |
| Salve veritate - Saving the truth |
| Salve(te) - Greetings! |
| salve(te)! - Hello! |
| Sanctum sanctorum - The holy of holies |
| Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan capedictum tuum desit - I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken |
| sanun es?- Are you in your senses? |
| Sapere aude! - Dare to be wise! (Horace) |
| Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat - A wise man states as true nothing he does not prove (don't swear to anything you don't know firsthand) |
| Sartor resartus - The tailor patched |
| Sat sapienti - Enough for a wise man. (Plautus) |
| Satis - Enough |
| satis verborum - Enough of words |
| Satius est impunitum relinqui facinus nocentis, quam innocentem damnari - It is better that a crime is left unpunished than that an innocent man is punished. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) |
| Saturni - Saturday |
| Scala Caeli - The ladder of heaven |
| Scala naturae - The ladder of nature |
| Scandalum magnatum - Scandal of magnates |
| Schola cantorum - School of singers |
| Scientia est potentia - Knowledge is power |
| Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem - Science has no enemies but the ignorants |
| Scilicet (sc.) - That is to say |
| Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor! - I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals! |
| Scio me nihil scire - I know that I know nothing. Certain knowledge cannot be obtained. (Socrates) |
| Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter - Your knowledge is nothing when no one else knows that you know it |
| Sciri facias - Cause (him) to know |
| scisne latine? - Do you know Latin? |
| Scito te ipsum - Know yourself |
| Scribere est agere - To write is to act |
| Sculpsit - He/she engraved it |
| Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal) |
| Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - He who feared he would not succeed sat still. (For fear of failure, he did nothing.) (Horace) |
| semper fidelis - Always faithful (Motto of the United States Marine Corps) |
| Semper fidelis - Always faithful (US Marines Motto) |
| Semper Gumby - Always flexible (United States Air Forces, Europe, Contracting squadron motto) |
| Semper idem - Always the same thing. (Cicero) |
| Semper inops quicumque cupit - Whoever desires is always poor. (Claudian) |
| Semper Letteris Mandate - Always get it in writing! |
| Semper paratus - Always prepared |
| semper paratus - Always ready (Motto of the United States Coast Guard) |
| Semper paratus - Always ready (US Coast Guard Motto) |
| Semper Primus - Always first (US Army Pathfinder motto) |
| Semper superne nitens - Always striving upwards |
| Semper ubi sub ubi ubique - Always wear underwear everywhere |
| Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) - The Senate and the Roman people |
| Sensu lato - Broadly speaking |
| Sensu stricto - Strictly speaking |
| Sensu stricto, nullo metro compositum est - Strictly speaking, it doesn't rhyme |
| Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare - I think some people in togas are plotting against me |
| Sequens (seq.) - The following (one) |
| Sequens mirabitur aetas - The following age will be amazed |
| Sequentia (seqq.) - The following (ones) |
| Seriatim - One after another in order |
| Serva me, servabo te - Save me and I will save you. (Petronius Arbiter) |
| Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos - If God is with us who is against us |
| Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris - If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities |
| Si fecisti nega! - If you did it, deny it (stonewall!) |
| Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit - If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well) |
| Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere - If it ain't broke, don't fix it |
| Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.' |
| Si hoc non legere potes tu asinus es - If you can't read this, you're an ass |
| Si minor plus est ergo nihil sunt omnia - If less is more, then nothing is everything |
| Si monumentum requiris circumspice - If you seek a monument, look around |
| Si post fata venit gloria non propero - If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry (if one must die to be recognised, I can wait) |
| Si sapis, sis apis - If you are wise, be a bee |
| Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses - If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher. (Boethius) |
| Si tu id aeficas, ei venient. Ager somnia - If you build it, they will come |
| si vales, bene est, ego valeo - If you are sound, that is well; I'm sound (OR: if you are well, that is well, I am well) |
| Si vis amari, ama - If you wish to be loved, love. (Seneca) |
| Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for the war. (Vegetius) |
| Sic - Thus, just so |
| sic - Yes. |
| Sic ad nauseam - And so on to the point of causing nausea |
| Sic erat in fatis - So it was fated |
| Sic faciunt omnes - Everyone is doing it |
| Sic friatur crustum dulce - That's the way the cookie crumbles |
| Sic itur ad astra - Such is the path to the stars (i.e. gain reputation) (Vergil) |
| Sic passim - Thus everywhere |
| Sic semper tyrannis - Thus always to tyrants - a statement often accompanying a regicide |
| sic transit gloria mundi - So passes away earthly glory, So passes the glory of the world |
| sic vis pacem para bellum - If you want peace prepare war |
| Sic volo, sic iubeo - I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis) |
| Silent enim leges inter arma - Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero) |
| Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis! - How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey. (Cicero) |
| Simplex munditiis - Unaffected by manners. (Horace) |
| Simpliciter - Naturally; without qualification |
| Sine cura - Without a care |
| sine die - Without a day being appointed |
| Sine ira et studio - Without anger or bias. (Tacitus) |
| Sine loco (sl) - Without place |
| Sine nobilitatis - Without nobility (SNOB) |
| Sine prole (sp) - Without issue |
| Sine qua non - Something/someone indispensable |
| sine qua non - Without which not an indispensable condition |
| Sine sole sileo - Without the sun I'm silent. (sundial inscription) |
| Siste, viator - Wait, traveler - inscription on Roman tombstones |
| Sit tibi terra levis - May the earth be light upon you - tombstone inscription |
| Sobria inebrietas - Sober intoxication |
| Sol omnibus lucet - The sun shines upon us all. (Petronius) |
| Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua - The only good language is a dead language |
| Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt - They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus) |
| Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum - Only you are can prevent forest fires |
| Sona si latine loqueris - Honk if you speak Latin |
| Sotto voce - In soft voice |
| Spectaculorum procedere debet - The show must go on |
| Spectatvm venivnt, venivnt spectentvr vt ipsae - They come to see, they come that they themselves be seen 'to see and be seen |
| Spemque metumque inter dubiis - Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil) |
| Spero melior - I hope for better things |
| Spero nos familiares mansuros - I hope we'll still be friends |
| Spiritus asper - Rough breathing |
| Spiritus lenis - Smooth breathing |
| Splendide mendax - Splendidly false. (Horace) |
| Splendor sine occasu - Splendour without end |
| Stabat Mater - The mother was standing |
| Stare decisis - To stand by things decided |
| Status quo - The current state of being |
| status quo - The state in which things as they are now |
| Stercus accidit - Shit happens |
| stet - Let it stand (Do not delete) |
| Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat - When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears. (Dionysius Cato) |
| Studium discendi voluntate quae cogi non potest constat - Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion |
| Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes! - Idiot of idiots, to trust what is written! |
| stultorum calami carbones moenia chartae - Chalk is the pen of fools, walls (their) paper (No Graffiti please. Apparently, graffiti is nothing new). |
| Stultorum infinitus est numerus - Infinite is the number of fools. (Bible) |
| Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes - It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus) |
| Stultus est sicut stultus facit - Stupid is as stupid does |
| Sua cuique voluptas - Everyone has his own pleasures |
| Sub dio - Under the open sky |
| Sub iudice - Under a judge, Before a court |
| sub judice - Under consideration |
| Sub lite - In dispute |
| Sub poena - Under penalty of law |
| sub rosa - Under the rose (privately). Secretly or in confidence |
| Sub secreto - In secret |
| Sub silentio - In silence |
| Sub sole nihil novi est - There's nothing new under the sun |
| sub specie - Under the appearance of |
| Sub voce (sv) - Under the voice |
| Subucula tua apparet - Your slip is showing |
| suggestio falsi - A suggestion of something false |
| Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi - An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity |
| Sui generis - Of his/her/its kind |
| Sui iuris - Of one's own right |
| sul generis - Of its own kind peculiar |
| Sum, ergo edo - I am, therefore I eat |
| Summa cum laude - With highest honor |
| Summam scrutemur - Let's look at the bottom line |
| summum bonum - The chief good |
| Summum bonum - The highest good |
| Summum ius, summa iniuria - The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero) |
| sumptus censum ne superet - Let not your spending exceed your income - (Live within your means) |
| Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt - These are the tears of things, and our mortality cuts to the heart. (Vergil) |
| Sunt pueri pueri, puerilia tractant - Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things |
| Suntne vacci laeti - Are your cows happy? |
| Suo jure - In one's rightful place |
| Suos cuique mos - Everyone has his customs. (Gellius) |
| Supra - Above or on an earlier page |
| sursum corda - Lift up your hearts |
| Suum cuique pulchrum est - To each his own is beautiful. (Cicero) |
| Svi generis - Of its own kind unique |
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| Radicitus, comes! - Really rad, dude! |
| Radix lecti - Couch potato |
| Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas - The love of money is the root of all evil. Avarice is the problem, money itself is not evil |
| Raptus regaliter - Royally screwed |
| Rara avis - A rare bird, i.e. An extraodinary or unusual thing. (Juvenal) |
| Ratio decidendi - The reason for the decision |
| Ratio et consilium propriae ducis artes - Reason and deliberation are the proper skills of a general |
| Ratio legis est anima legis - The reason of the law is the soul of the law |
| Re - Concerning |
| Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert - Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn |
| Re vera, potas bene - Say, you sure are drinking a lot |
| Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! - Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business! |
| Recto - On the right |
| Redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris - Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's |
| Redivivus - Come back to life |
| Redolet lvcernam - [it] smells of the lamp - critical remark that one worked too hard on something |
| Reductio ad absurdum - Reduction to the absurd. (proving the truth of a proposition by proving the falsity of all its alternatives) |
| reductio ad absurdum - The reducing of a position to a logical absurdity |
| Referendum - Something to be referred |
| Regina - Queen |
| Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit - He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes. (Syrus) |
| Regnat populus - Let the People rule |
| Relata refero - I tell what I have been told. (Herodotos) |
| Religious loci - The (religious) spirit of the place |
| Rem tene, verba sequentur - Keep to the subject and the words will follow. (Cato Senior) |
| Repetitio est mater memoriae/ studiorum/ - Repetition is the mother of memory/studies |
| repetitio est mater studiorum. - Repetition is the mother of studies. |
| Requiescat in pace - Let him/her rest in peace. (May he/she rest in peace) |
| requiescat in pace - May he/she rest in peace |
| Requiescat in pace (RIP) - May he/she rest in peace |
| Rerum concordia discors - The concord of things through discord. (Horace) |
| Res firma mitescere nescit - A firm resolve does not know how to weaken |
| Res gestae - Things done |
| Res in cardine est - The matter is on a door hinge things are balanced on a knife's edge |
| Res inter alios - A matter between others it's not our busines |
| Res ipsa loquitur - The thing speaks for itself |
| Res judicata - Thing already judged upon |
| Res melius evinissent cum coca - Things go better with Coke |
| Res publica - The public thing |
| Res severa est verum gaudium - True joy is a serious thing. (Seneca) |
| Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest - A thing is worth only what someone else will pay for it |
| Respice finem - Look to the end |
| Respice post te, mortalem te esse memento - Look around you, remember that you are mortal. (Tertullianus) |
| respice, adspice, prospice - Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future (look to the past, the present, the future) |
| respondeat superior - Let the superior answer (a supervisor must take responsibility for the quality of a subordinate's work) |
| Resurgam - I shall rise again |
| Revelare pecunia! - Show me the money! |
| Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi - I don’t really know all that much Latin |
| Rex - King |
| Rex non potest peccare - The king cannot sin |
| Rex regnant sed non gubernat - The king reigns but does not govern |
| Rident stolidi verba Latina - Fools laugh at the Latin language. (Ovid) |
| Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? - What prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile? (Horace) |
| Rigor mortis - The rigidity of death |
| Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est - There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. (Catullus) |
| Risus abundat in ore stultorum - Abundant laughs in the mouth of the foolish - too much hilarity means foolishness |
| Roma locuta est. Causa finita est - Rome has spoken. The cause is finished |
| Romani ite domus - Yankee go home! (Monty Phyton's The Life of Brian) |
| Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt - You know, the Romans invented the art of love |
| Rosa rubicundior, lilio candidior, omnibus formosior, semper in te glorior - Redder than the rose, whiter than the lilies, fairer than everything, I will always glory in thee |
| ruat coelum - Let the heaven fall |
| Rumores volant. / Rumor volat - Rumors fly. / Rumor flies |
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| Qua - In so far as |
| Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet - What they don't know won't kill them |
| Quae nocent, saepe docent - What hurts, often instructs. One learns by bitter/adverse experience |
| Quae vide (qqv) - See these things |
| Quaere - (You might) ask. Used to introduce questions, usually rhetorical or tangential questions |
| Quaere verum - Seek the truth |
| Qualem blennum! - What a doofus! |
| Qualem muleirculam! - What a bimbo! |
| Qualis pater talis filius - As is the father, so is the son; like father, like son |
| Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu - The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca) |
| Quam se ipse amans-sine rivale! - Himself loving himself so much-without a rival! (Cicero) |
| Quam terribilis est haec hora - How fearful is this hour |
| Quandam - Formally |
| Quando omni flunkus moritatus - When all else fails play dead |
| Quandoquidem inter nos sanctissima divitiarum maiestas, esti funesta pecunia templo nondum habitas - Among us, the god most revered is Wealth, but so far it has no temple of its own |
| Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? |
| Quantum meruit - As much as he/she deserved |
| Quantum sufficit (qs) - As much as suffices |
| Quaque mane (qm) - Every morning |
| Quaque nocte (qn) - Every night |
| Quasi - As if |
| Quater in die (Q.I.D) - Take four times a day |
| quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur - Whom the gods love die young (only the good die young) |
| Quemadmodum possums scire utrum vere simus an solum sentiamus nos esse? - How are we to know whether we actually exist or only think we exist? |
| Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est - A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca) |
| qui audet adipiscitur - S/he who dares wins (or: s/he who wins dares) |
| Qui bene cantat, bis orat - He who sings well, prays twice |
| Qui bono? - Who benfits? |
| Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit - Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it. (Seneca) |
| Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum - Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war. (Vegetius) |
| Qui docet discit - He who teaches learns |
| Qui dormit, non peccat - One who sleeps doesn't sin |
| Qui habet aures audiendi audiat - He who has ears, let him understand how to listen |
| Qui ignorabat, ignorabitur - One who is ignorant will remain unnoticed |
| Qui me amat, amet et canem meum - Love me, love my dog |
| Qui multum habet, plus cupit - He who has much desires more. (Seneca) |
| Qui nimium probat, nihil probat - One who proves too much, proves nothing |
| Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit - He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. (Ovid) |
| Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit - He who fears every ambush falls into none. (Pubilius Syrus) |
| Qui potest capere capiat - Let him accept it who can. Freely: If the shoe fits, wear it |
| Qui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens - He who speaks for the innocent is eloquent enough. (Publius Syrus) |
| qui scribit bis legit - He who writes reads twice |
| qui tacet consentire - Who is silent gives consent. |
| Qui tacet consentire videtur - He that is silent is thought to consent |
| Qui tacet, consentit - Silence gives consent |
| Qui vir odiosus! - What a bore! |
| Qui vivat atque floreat ad plurimos annos - May he live and flourish for many years |
| Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare - He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much |
| Quia natura mutari non potest idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt - Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal. (Horace) |
| Quid agis, medice? - What's up, Doc? |
| Quid est illa in auqua? - What's that in the water? |
| quid ni? - why not? |
| Quid Novi - What's New? |
| Quid nunc - What now?! (a nosy busybody) |
| Quid pro quo - Something for something. i.e. A favor for a favor |
| Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Anything said in Latin sounds profound |
| Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur - Why do you laugh? Just change the name and the tale is told of you. (Horace) |
| Quidnunc? Or Quid nunc? - What now? As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip |
| Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem! - Whatever you do, do cautiously, and look to the end |
| Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes - Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. (Vergil) |
| Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Anything said in Latin sounds profound |
| Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum - Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble |
| Quieta non movere - Not to move (things lying) quiet |
| Quinon proficit deficit - He who does not advance, go backwards |
| Quique amavit, cras amet - May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; |
| Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis) |
| quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchers themselves? |
| Quis separabit? - Who shall separate us? |
| Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? - Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when? |
| Quisque comoedum est - Everybody is a comedian |
| Quo ad hoc - As much as this (to this extent) |
| Quo animo? - With what spirit? (or intent?) |
| Quo fas et gloria docunt - Where right and glory lead |
| Quo iure? - By what law? |
| Quo signo nata es? - What's your sign? |
| Quo usque tandem abutere, catilina, patientia nostra? - How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline? (Cicero) |
| Quo vadis? - Where are you going? / Whither goest thou? |
| Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit! - May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero) |
| Quod differtur, non aufertur - That which is postponed is not dropped. Inevitable is yet to happen. (Sir Thomas More) |
| quod erat demonstrandum - Which was to be proved |
| Quod erat demonstrandum (QED) - Which was to be demonstrated |
| Quod erat faciendum (QEF) - Which was to be done |
| Quod erat in veniendum - Which was to be found |
| Quod est (qe) - Which is |
| Quod foetet? - What's that bad smell? |
| Quod incepimus conficiemus - What we have begun we shall finish |
| Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi - What Jupiter (supreme God) is allowed to do, cattle (people) are not |
| quod me nutrit me destruit. - What nurishes me also destroys me. |
| Quod minimum specimen in te ingenii? - What microscopic evidence of wit can be found in you? |
| Quod natura non sunt turpia - What is natural cannot be bad |
| Quod vide (qv) - See this thing |
| Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? - How do you get your hair to do that? |
| Quomodo vales - How are you? |
| Quorum - Of whom |
| Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit - True love will hold on to those whom it has held. (Seneca) |
| quot homines tot sententiac - So many men so many options |
| Quot homines, tot sententiae - As many men, so many opinions. / There are as many opinions as there are men/people |
| Qvae nocent docent - Things that hurt, teach. School of Hard Knocks |
| Qvaerenda pecvnia primvm est, virtvs post nvmmos - Money is the first thing to be sought [then] virtue after wealth |
| Qvalis artifex pereo - Such an artist dies in me - Emperor Nero's famous last words |
| Qvalis pater talis filivs - Like father like son. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree |
| Qvandoqve bonvs dormitat homervs - Sometimes [even the] good Homer sleeps. You win some, you lose some |
| Qvi bene amat bene castigat - Who loves well castigates well. Spare the rod and spoil the child |
| Qvi desiderat pacem praeparat bellvm - Who desires peace [should] prepare [for] war |
| Qvi docent discit - He who teaches, learns. (George Bernard Shaw) |
| Qvi fvgiebat rvrsvs proeliabitvr - He who has fled will do battle once more. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day |
| Qvi me amat, amat et canem meam - Who loves me loves my dog as well. Love me love my dog |
| Qvi nescit dissimlare nescit regnare - He who doesn't know how to lie doesn't know how to rule |
| Qvid novi? - What's new? 'What's up?' |
| Qvod cibvs est aliis, aliis est wenenum - What is food to some is poison to others. One man's meat is another poison |
| Qvod cito acqviritvr cito perit - [that] which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Eeasy come, easy go |
| Qvod erat demonstrandvm - [that] which has been demonstrated - a statement of logical proof, especially in mathematics and law, abbreviated Q.E.D |
| Qvod vive (q.v) - Which see - a scholarly cross-reference |
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| Pace - Be at peace |
| pace - By leave of |
| Pace tua - With your consent |
| Pacta sunt servanda - Agreements are to be kept. (Cicero) |
| Pactum serva - Keep the faith |
| Pallida mors - Pale Death. (Horace) |
| Palmam qui meruit ferat - Let him who has earned it bear the reward |
| Panem et circenses - Bread and circuses. Food and games to keep people happy. (Juvenalis) |
| panem et circenses - Give us bread and circenses (games at the Circus) (request of the roman people) |
| Par pare refero - I return like for like tit for tat retaliation |
| Parens patriae - Parent of the country |
| Pares cvm paribvs - Like persons with like persons. Birds of a feather flock together |
| Pari passu - With equal pace - moving together |
| pari passu - With equal pace together |
| Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet - You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis) |
| Particeps criminis - Partner in crime |
| parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus - Mountains will be in labour, and an absurd mouse will be born (all that work and nothing to show for it) |
| parva leves capiunt animas - Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds) |
| Parva scintilla saepe magnam flamam excitat - The small sparkle often initiates a large flame |
| Passim - All through |
| Pater familias - Father of the family |
| Pater historiae - The father of history |
| Pater Noster - Our Father (The first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) |
| Pater patriae - Father of the country |
| Patria est communis omnium parens - Our native land is the common parent of us all. (Cicero) |
| Patris est filius - He is his father's son |
| Paucis verbis - In a few words |
| Paucis verbis, quid est deconstructionismus? - What, in a nutshell, is deconstructionism? |
| Pavesco, pavesco - I'm shaking, I'm shaking |
| Pavpertas omnivm artivm repertrix - Poverty [is the] inventor of all the arts necessity is the mother of invention |
| Pax - Peace |
| Pax et bonum! - Peace and salvation! |
| Pax tecum - May peace be with you (Singular) |
| Pax vobiscum - May peace be with you (Plural) |
| Peccatum tacituritatis - Sin of silence |
| peccavi - I have sinned |
| Peculium - Property |
| Pecunia in arbotis non crescit - Money does not grow on trees |
| Pecunia non olet - Money has no smell. Money doesn't stink. (don't look a gift horse in the mouth) (Vespasianus) |
| Pecvniate obedivnt omnia - All things obey money. Money makes the world go round |
| Pede poena claudo - Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely. (Horace) |
| Pendente lite - While a suit is pending |
| Penetalia mentis - The innermost recesses of the mind. Heart of hearts |
| Per accidens - By Accident |
| Per angusta in augusta - Through difficulties to great things |
| Per annum (p.a.) - Yearly |
| per aspera ad astra! - Through difficulties to the stars! |
| Per capita - Per head |
| Per cent (per centum) - Per hundred |
| Per contra - On the contrary |
| Per diem - Per day; daily allowance |
| Per fas et nefas - Through right or wrong |
| Per impossibile - As is impossible a way to qualify a proposition that cannot ever be true |
| Per mensem - Monthly |
| Per procurationem (per pro) - By delegation to |
| Per se - By or in itself |
| Per varios usus artem experientia fecit - Through different exercises practice has brought skill. (Manilius) |
| Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid) |
| Periculum in mora - There is danger in delay. (Livy) |
| perio - I'm lost. |
| Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia - He is forever victor who employs clemency. (Syrus) |
| Perpetuum mobile - Perpetual motion |
| Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est - The check is in the mail |
| Persona (non) grata - (un)welcome person |
| Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes - Flatterers are the worst type of enemies |
| Pessimus inimicorum genus, laudantes - The worst kind of enemies, those who can praise. (Tacitus) |
| Petitio principii - An assumption at the start |
| Philosophum non facit barba! - The beard does not define a philosopher. (Plutarch) |
| Pictor ignotus - Painter unknown |
| pinxit - He painted this |
| Pinxit - He/she painted it |
| Pistrix! Pistrix! - Shark! Shark! |
| Placebo - I will please. Medical expression for remedies with no medical effect, which improve one's medical condition only because one believes they do |
| Placet - It pleases |
| Pleno iure - With full authority |
| Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate - Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily |
| Plusque minusque - More or less |
| Plvres crapvla qvam gladivs - Drunkeness [kills] more than the sword. As true today on the road as it ever was |
| Poeta fit, non nascitur - A poet is made, he is not born |
| Poeta nascitur, non fit - The poet is born, not made |
| Poli, poli, di umbuendo - Slowly, Slowly we will get there |
| Pone ubi sol non lucet! - Put it where the sun don't shine! |
| Posse (posse comitatus) - The power of the country |
| possunt quia posse videntur - They can because they seem to be able to (they can do it because they think they can do it - the power of positive thinking) |
| Possunt quia posse videntur - They can because they think they can |
| Post bellum - After the war |
| Post coitem - After sexual intercourse |
| Post factum - After the fact |
| Post hoc - After this |
| post hoc propter hoc - After this, therefore because of this (false reasoning) |
| Post meridiem (p.m.) - After midday |
| Post mortem - After death. (nowadays, the autopsy performed by a coroner) |
| Post obitum - After death |
| Post partum - After childbirth |
| Post proelia praemia - After the battles come the rewards |
| Post scriptum (ps) - After what has been written |
| Post tenebras lux - After the darkness, light |
| Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis - You do not know the power of the dark side |
| Potes currere sed te occulere non potes - You can run, but you can't hide |
| Potest ex casa magnus vir exire - A great man can come from a hut. (Seneca) |
| Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis - You don't know the power of the dark side. (Star Wars) |
| Potius Mori Quam Foedar - Death Before Dishonor (Massachusetts Maritime Academy Honor Guard Motto) |
| potius mori quam foedari - Rather to die than to be dishonoured (death before dishonour) |
| Potius sero quam numquam - It's better late than never. (Livy) |
| praemonitus pramunitus - Forewarned, forearmed |
| Praetio prudentia praestat - Prudence supplies a reward |
| Prehende uxorem meam, sis! - Take my wife, please! |
| Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est - The check is in the mail |
| Pret toujours pret - Ready, Always Ready (304TH Signal Battalion Motto) |
| Pretium iustum est - The Price is Right |
| Prima facie - At first sight; on the face of it. (in law, an obvious case that requires no further proof) |
| prima facie - On the first view |
| Primum mobile - Prime mover |
| primum non nocere - Above all do no harm/ First do not harm |
| Primum non nocere - The first thing is to do no harm (Hippocratic oath) |
| Primum viveri deinde philosophari - Live before you philosophize, or Leap before you look |
| primus inter pares - First among equals |
| Principiis obsta - Resist the beginnings |
| Pro bono publico - For the public good |
| Pro di immortales! - Good Heavens! |
| Pro et contra - For and against |
| Pro forma - As a matter of formality |
| Pro hac vice - For this occaision |
| Pro memoria - For a memorial |
| Pro nunc - For now |
| Pro opportunitate - As circumstances allow |
| Pro patria - For one's country |
| Pro rata - In proportion to the value. (per hour for example) |
| Pro re nata (prn) - For an occasion as it arises |
| Pro se - On one's own behalf |
| Pro tanto - So far |
| Pro tempore (pro tem.) - For the time being |
| Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent - A good seed, planted even in poor soil, will bear rich fruit by its own nature. (Accius) |
| Probatum est - It has been proved |
| Probitas laudatur et alget - Honesty is praised and left in the cold. (Juvenal) |
| Promotor fidei - Promoter of the faith |
| Promoveatur ut amoveatur - Let him be promoted to get him out of the way |
| Propino fibi salutem! - Cheers! |
| proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris - It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured |
| proxime accessit - He came next |
| Proxime accessit - He/she came close |
| Proximo (prox.) - Of the next month |
| Proximus sum egomet mihi - I am closest to myself. (Charity begins at home.) (Terence) |
| Pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant - Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things |
| Pulvis et umbra sumus - We are dust and shadow. (Horace) |
| Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum - Garbage in, garbage out |
| Puri sermonis amator - A lover of pure speech. (Terence) |
| Puris omnia pura - To the pure all things are pure |
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| O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! - Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world! (Lucilius) |
| O di immortales! - Good heavens! (uttered by Cicero on the Senate floor) |
| O diem praeclarum! - Oh, what a beautiful day! |
| O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! - An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero) |
| O quam cito transit gloria mundi! - O how quickly passes the glory of the world! |
| O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity! (Jan Hus) |
| o si sic omnia - Oh would that all had been done or said thus |
| O tempora, O mores! - O the times, O the customs! (Cicero) |
| O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! - Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm! |
| Obesa cantavit - The fat lady has sung |
| obiit - He or she died |
| Obiit (ob.) - He/she died |
| Obiter (ob.) - In passing |
| obiter dictum - A thing said by the way |
| Obiter dictum - Something said in passing - parenthetical remark |
| Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras! - I forgot to polish the clocks! |
| Obscurum per obscurius - The obscure by means of the more obscure |
| Obsta principiis - Resist the beginnings - Nip it in the bud |
| Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur - Opportunity is offered with difficulty, lost with ease. (Publius Syrus) |
| Occasio facit furem - Opportunity makes a thief |
| Oderint dum metuant - Let them hate provided that they fear. (Seneca) |
| Odi et amo - I hate (her), and I love (her) (Catullus) |
| Odium theologicum - Theological hatred. (a special name for the hatred generated in theological disputes) |
| Olevm addere camino - To pour fuel on the stove adding gasoline to a fire |
| Olevm perdisti - You have lost oil you've wasted your time on this criticism for a misallocation of resources |
| Olim - Formerly |
| Olim habeas eorum pecuniam, numquam eam reddis: prima regula quaesitus - Once you have their money, you never give it back: the 1st rule of acquisiton |
| Omne ignotum pro magnifico est - We have great notions of everything unknown. (Tacitus) |
| Omne initium est difficile - Every beginning is difficult |
| Omne trium perfectum - Everything that comes in threes is perfect |
| Omne tvlit pvnctvm qvi miscvit vtile dvlci - [he] has gained every point who has combined [the] useful [with the] agreeable |
| Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant - All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule. (Syrus) |
| Omnes deteriores svmvs licentia - Too much freedom debases us |
| Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy |
| Omnes una manet nox - The same night awaits us all. (Horace) |
| Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat - All (hours) wound, the last kills. (inscription on solar clocks) |
| omnia causa fiunt - Everything happens for a reason |
| Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid) |
| Omnia mea mecum porto - All that is mine, I carry with me. (Cicero) |
| Omnia mihi lingua graeca sunt - It's all Greek to me |
| Omnia mors aequat - Death equals all things |
| Omnia munda mundis - Everything is pure to pure ones |
| omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis - All things change, and we change with them |
| Omnia mutantur, nihil interit - Everything changes, nothing perishes. (Ovid) |
| Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis - All things are changing, and we are changing with them |
| Omnia vincit amor - Love conquers all |
| Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori - Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil) |
| Omnium gatherum - Assortment |
| Omnium rerum principia parva sunt - Everything has a small beginning. (Cicero) |
| Onus probandi - The burden of proof |
| Opere citato (op. cit.) - In the work just quoted |
| Optimis parentibus - To my excellent parents. A common dedication in a book |
| Optimus magister, bonus liber - The best teacher is a good book |
| Opus Dei - The work of God |
| Ora et labora - Pray and labor. (St. Benedict) |
| Ora pro nobis - Pray for us |
| Oratvr fit, poeta nascitvr - An orator is made [but] a poet is born |
| Orbes volantes exstare - Flying saucers are real |
| Orbiter dictum/dicta - Said by the way (miscellaneous remarks) |
| Orcae ita - Pretty straightforward |
| Ore rotundo - With full voice |
| Osculare pultem meam! - Kiss my grits! |
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| Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es - Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon) |
| Nascentes morimur - From the moment we are born, we begin to die |
| Natale solum - Native soil |
| Natura abhorret a vacua - Nature abhors a vacuum |
| Natura in minima maxima - Nature is the greatest in the smallest things |
| Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain |
| Natura, artis magistra - Nature, the mistress of art |
| Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret - You can drive nature out with a pitchfork but she always comes back |
| Navigare necesse est - To sail is necessary |
| Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! - Don't you dare erase my hard disk! |
| Ne cede malis - Yield not to evils |
| Ne feceris ut rideam - Don't make me laugh |
| Ne humanus crede - Trust no human |
| Ne nimium - Not too much |
| Ne plus ultra - No further. Impassable obstacle |
| ne plus ultra - Nothing further perfection |
| Ne quid nimis - Nothing in excess. (Terence) |
| Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas: tanti non est, ut placeam, perire - If only dead poets are praised, I'd rather go unsung |
| Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest - No one is able to flee from death or love |
| Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te - I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial) |
| Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres - As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. (Horace) |
| Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent - He must fear many, whom many fear. (Laberius) |
| Necessitatis non habet legem - Necessity knows no law |
| Negotium populo romano melius quam otium committi - The Roman people understand work better than leisure |
| Nemine contradicente (nem. con.) - With no one speaking in opposition. Unanimously |
| Nemine dissentiente (nem. diss.) - With no one disagreeing |
| Nemo ante mortem beatus - Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us! |
| Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi - Moreover, there is no one who can rule unless he can be ruled. (Seneca) |
| nemo dat quod non habet - No one gives what he does not have. |
| Nemo gratis mendax - No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth |
| Nemo hic adest illius nominis - There is no one here by that name |
| Nemo liber est qui corpori servit - No one is free who is a slave to his body |
| Nemo malus felix - No bad man is lucky. (Juvenal) |
| Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity. (motto of the Kings of Scotland) |
| Nemo nisi mors - Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica.) |
| Nemo propheta in patria sua - No one is considered a prophet in his hometown/homeland |
| Nemo repente fuit turpissimus - No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. (Juvenal) |
| Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit - Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself. (Seneca) |
| Nemo saltat sobrius - No man dances sober |
| Nemo saltat sobrius nisi forte insanit - Nobody dances sober unless he's insane |
| Nemo sine vitio est - No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder) |
| Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet - No man is more deaf than he who will not hear |
| Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum - No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus) |
| Nervos belli, pecuniam. (Nervus rerum.) - The nerve of war, money. (The nerve of things.) (Cicero) |
| Nescio quid dicas - I don't know what you're talking about |
| Neutiquam erro - I am not lost |
| Nihil - Nothing |
| Nihil ad rem - Nothing to do with the point |
| Nihil agere delectat - It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero) |
| Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere - Necesssity knows nothing else but victory. (Syrus) |
| Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione - I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult |
| Nihil declaro - I have nothing to declare |
| Nihil est ab omni parte beatum - Nothing is good in every part. (Horace) |
| Nihil est incertius volgo - Nothing is more uncertain than the (favour of the) crowd. (Cicero) |
| Nihil est miserum nisi cum putes - Nothing is unfortunate if you don't consider it unfortunate. (Boethius) |
| Nihil est--In vita priore ego imperator romanus fui - That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor |
| Nihil obstat - Nothing stands in the way |
| Nihil sub sole novum - Nothing new under the sun |
| Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit - No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero) |
| Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum - Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done. (Lucan) |
| nil admirari - To admire nothing (to be superior and self satisfied) |
| Nil admirari - To admire nothing. (Horace) |
| Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit - Not much worth is an example that solves one quarrel with another. (Horace) |
| nil desperandum - Never despair |
| Nil desperandum! - Never despair! (Horace) |
| Nil homini certum est - Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid) |
| Nil Sine Numine - Nothing without providence |
| Nill illigitimi carborundum - Do not let the bastards get you down |
| Nisi - Unless |
| Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis - Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. (St. Augustine) |
| Nisi prius - Unles previously |
| nolens volens - Whether he will or not |
| Nolens volens - Whether one likes it or not; willing or unwilling |
| Noli equi dentes inspicere donati - Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. (St. Jerome) |
| noli intrare - Do not enter /keep out. |
| Noli me tangere! - Don't touch me! (Versio Vulgata) |
| Noli me vocate. Ego te vocabo - Don't call me. I'll call you |
| Noli nothis permittere te terere - Don’t let the bastards get you down |
| noli perturbare - Do not disturb |
| Noli simul flare sobereque - Don't whistle and drink at the same time |
| Noli turbare circulos meos! - Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes) |
| Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem - Don't force it, get a bigger hammer |
| Nolle prosequi - Do not pursue |
| nolle prosequi - To be unwilling to prosecute |
| Nolo contendere - I do not wish to contend |
| Nomen est omen - The name is the sign |
| Nomen] salutem plurimam dicit - [Name] sends many greetings (an official hello) |
| Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent - The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.) |
| Nominatim - By name |
| Non bis in idem - Not twice for the same thing |
| Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat - It's not the heat, it's the humidity |
| Non compos mentis - Not in possession of one's senses |
| non compus mentis - Not of sound mind |
| Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema - I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem |
| Non erravi perniciose! - I did not commit a fatal error! |
| Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. (Seneca) |
| Non est ei similis - There is no one like him |
| Non est mea culpa - It's not my fault |
| Non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is not being alive but being well (life is more than just being alive) |
| Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! - Not Worth A Rats Ass! |
| Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco - No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others |
| Non illigitamus carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down |
| Non licet - It is not allowed |
| Non liquet - It is not clear |
| Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis - Not for you, not for me, but for us |
| Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis - We do not fear death, but the thought of death. (Seneca) |
| Non multa, sed multum - Not many, but much. (Meaning, not quantity but quality.) (Plinius) |
| Non nobis, Domine - Not unto us, O Lord |
| Non omne quod licet honestum est - Not everything that is permitted is honest. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) |
| Non omne quod nitet aurum est - Not all that glitters is gold |
| Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi - Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. (Bacon) |
| Non omnia possumus omnes - Not all of us are able to do all things (We can't all do everything.) (Virgil) |
| Non omnis moriar - Not all of me will die. (Horace) |
| Non placet - It does not please |
| Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite - Don't applaud. Just throw money |
| Non plus ultra! (Nec plus ultra!) - Nothing above that! |
| Non prosequitur - He does not proceed |
| Non quis, sed quid - Not who, but what |
| Non rape me si placet - Please don't rob me |
| Non scholae sed vitae discimus - We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca) |
| Non semper erit aestas - It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times) |
| Non sequitur - It does not follow |
| Non serviam - I will not serve |
| Non sibi sed patriae! - Not for self, but country (US Navy Motto) |
| Non sibi sed suis - Not for one's self but for one's people |
| Non sibi, sed patriae - Not for you, but for the fatherland |
| Non sum pisces - I am not a fish |
| Non sum qualis eram - I am not what / of what sort I was (I'm not what I used to be.) |
| Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum - Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold |
| Non timetis messor - Don't Fear the Reaper |
| Non uno die roma aedificata est - Rome was not built in one day (either) |
| Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo - I do not live to eat, but eat to live. (Quintilianus) |
| Non vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci - I don't think anyone knows I love the girl; I haven't done anything really silly yet |
| Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse - No, excuse me, I believe I'm next |
| Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur? - A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent) |
| Nonne de novo eboraco venis? - You're from New York, aren't you? |
| Nonne macescis? - Have you lost weight? |
| nosce te ipsum - Know thyself |
| Nosce te ipsum - Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.) |
| nota bene - Note well |
| Nota bene (nb.) - Note well. Observe carefully |
| Novus homo - A new Man; a man who was the first in his family to be elected to an office |
| Novus ordo seclorum - A new order for the ages. (appears on the U.S. one-dollar bill) |
| Nulla avarita sine poena est - There is no avarice without penalty. (Seneca) |
| Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line. Do something every day! (Apeles, Greek painter) |
| Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule/law without exception |
| Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est - Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca) |
| Nulla vit melior quam bona - There's no life better than a good life |
| Nulli expugnabilis hosti - Conquered By No Enemy. (motto of Gibraltar) |
| Nulli secundus - Second to none |
| nulli secundus /nulli secunda - Second to none |
| Nullius in verba - (Rely) on the words on no one (Horace) |
| Nullo metro compositum est - It doesn't rhyme |
| nullo modo - No way. |
| Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege - No crime and no punishment without a (pre-existing) law |
| Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius - Nothing is said that hasn't been said before. (Terence) |
| Nullum Gratuitum Prandium - There is no free lunch! |
| Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae - There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness |
| Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est - No generation is closed to great talents. (Seneca) |
| Nullus est instar domus - There is no place like home |
| Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. (Pliny the Younger) |
| Numen - Divine power |
| Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit - God created everything by number, weight and measure. (Isaac Newton) |
| Numerus clausus - A restricted number |
| Nummus americanus - Greenback. ($US) |
| Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit - Never does nature say one thing and wisdom say another |
| Numquam non paratus - Never unprepared |
| Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset - You are never so little alone as when you are alone. (Cicero) |
| Nunc dimittis - Now let depart |
| Nunc est bibendum - Now we must drink. (Horace) |
| Nvdvm pactvm - A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable |
| Nvllvm qvod tetiget non ornavit - He touched none he did not adorn - not simply 'the Midas touch', or 'he left things better than he found them', but a tribute to a Renaissance man |
| Nvnc avt nvnqvam - Now or never |
| Nvnc dimittis - Now let [thy servant] depart - generally any permission to go, specifically to express one's readiness to depart or die |
| Nvnc pro tvnc - Now for then retroactive |
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| Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! - You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back! |
| Maecenas atavis edite regibus - Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors. (Horace) |
| Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter - Necessity is the mother of all invention |
| Magister Artium (MA) - Master of arts |
| Magister mundi sum! - I am the master of the universe! |
| Magna charta - Great paper |
| Magna cum laude - With high honor |
| Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum - The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet |
| Magnas inter oper inops - A pauper in the midst of wealth. (Horace) |
| Magnificat - It magnifies |
| Magnum bonum - A great good |
| magnum opus - A great work |
| Magnum opus - Great work, the major work of one's life |
| Magnus frater spectat te - Big Brother is watching you |
| Maior risus, acrior ensis: quadragesima octava regula quaesitus - The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife: the 48th rule of acquisition |
| Mala fide - In bad faith (something which is done fraudulently) |
| male fide - With bad faith treacherously |
| Male parta male dilabuntur - What has been wrongly gained is wrongly lost. (Ill-gotten gains seldom prosper.) (Cicero) |
| male sanus (male sana) - Mad/inspired |
| Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - It's a bad plan that can't be changed. (Publilius Syrus) |
| Malum prohibitum - A prohibited wrong. A crime that society decides is wrong for some reason, not inherently evil |
| Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono - There is, to be sure, no evil without something good. (Pliny the Elder) |
| Manus in mano - Hand in hand |
| Manus manum lavat - One hand washes the other. The favor for the favor. (Petronius) |
| Mare clausum - A closed sea |
| Mare liberum - An open sea |
| Mare nostrum - Our sea. (Mediterranean) |
| Margaritas ante porcos - Pearls before swine. To give something valuable to someone not respecting it |
| Martis - Tuesday |
| Mater - Mother |
| Mater artium necessitas - Necessity is the mother of invention |
| Mater dolorosa - Sorrowful mother. (Virgin Mary) |
| Mater memento mori - Remember your mortality |
| Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus - Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries |
| Materfamilias - Mother of family |
| Materia medica - Medical matter |
| Materiam superabat opus - The workmanship was better than the subject matter. (Ovid) |
| Maxima debetur puero reverentia - We owe the greatest respect to a child |
| Maximus in minimis - Great in little things |
| Me fallit - I do not know |
| Me iudice - I being judge; in my judgement |
| Me oportet propter praeceptum te nocere - I'm going to have to hurt you on principle |
| Me transmitte sursum, caledoni! - Beam me up, Scotty! |
| Mea culpa - My mistake |
| Mea maxima culpa - Through my very great fault |
| Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo - My conscience means more to me than all speech. (Cicero) |
| Medice, cura te ipsum! - Physician, heal thyself! (Versio Vulgata) |
| Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant - Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. (Curtius Rufus) |
| Medicus curat, natura sanat - The physician treats, nature cures |
| Medio tutissimus ibis - You will go safest in the middle. (Moderation in all things) (Ovid) |
| Mei capilli sunt flagrantes - My hair is on fire |
| Meliora cogito - I strive for the best |
| Melitae amor - Love of Malta |
| Melius est praevenire quam praeveniri - Better to forestall than to be forestalled |
| Melius frangi quam flecti - It is better to break than to bend |
| Melius tarde, quam nunquam - Better late than never |
| Mellita, domi adsum - Honey, I'm home |
| memento mori - Remember that you will die |
| Memento vivere - A reminder of life (literally remember that you have to live) |
| Memorabilia - Memorable things |
| Memorandum - A note of; a thing to be remembered |
| Memoria in aeterna - In everlasting remembrance |
| Memoriter - From memory |
| Mendacem memorem esse oportet - A liar needs a good memory. (Quintilianus) |
| mendacem memorem esse oportet - It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory (liars should have good memories) |
| Mens agitat molem - The mind moves the matter. (Vergil) |
| Mens rea - Guilty mind |
| Mens regnum bona possidet - An honest heart is a kingdom in itself. (Seneca) |
| Mens sana in corpore sano - A sound mind in a sound body. (Juvenalis) |
| Mens sibi conscia recti - A mind conscious of its rectitude |
| meo periculo - At my own risk |
| Mercurii - Wednesday |
| Meum cerebrum nocet - My brain hurts |
| meum et tuum - Mine and thine |
| Meum pactum dictum - My word is my bond |
| Mihi cura futuri - My concern is the future |
| Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi - Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog |
| Millennium (millennia) - A thousand year period |
| minima maxima sunt - The smallest things are most important. |
| Minime senuisti! - You haven't aged a bit! |
| Minus habens - Absentminded |
| mirabile dictu - Wonderful to relate |
| Mirabile dictu - Wonderful to say/relate. (Vergil) |
| Mirabile visu - Wonderful to behold |
| mirabile visu - Wonderful to see |
| Miserere - Have mercy |
| Missa solemnis - Solemn Mass. (high Mass) |
| Mittimus - We send (to prison) |
| Modus agendi - Manner of operation |
| modus operandi - Plan of working |
| Modus Operandi - Way of operating |
| Modus operandi (m.o.) - Way of operating |
| modus vivendi - A way of living |
| Modus vivendi - Way of living |
| Monstra mihi pecuniam! - Show me the money! |
| Moratorium - A delay |
| morituri te salutamus - We who are about to die salute you. |
| Morituri te salutant - Those who are about to die salute you |
| Mors ultima linea rerum est - Death is everything's final limit. (Horace) |
| Mors ultima ratio - Death is the final accounting |
| Mortvi non mordant - Dead me don't bite; Dead men tell no tale |
| Motu proprio - Of one's own initiative |
| Mulier taceat in ecclesia - Let the woman be silent in church. (Paul) |
| Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur - Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. (Pliny) |
| Multis post annis - Many years later |
| multum in parvo - Much in little (present standard for the pug dog breed includes this phrase) |
| Multum in parvo - Much in little. (small but significant) |
| Multun, non multa - Much, not many (quality not quantity) |
| Mundus vult decipi - The world wants to be deceived |
| Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur - The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived! |
| Munit haec et altera vincit - One defends and the other conquers |
| Mus uni non fidit antro - A mouse does not rely on just one hole. (Plautus) |
| Musica delenit bestiam feram - Music soothes the savage beast |
| mutantur omnia nos et mutamur in illis - All things change, and we change with them. |
| Mutatis mutandis - The necessary changes having been made |
| Mutatis mutandis - What was to be changed having been changed |
| mutatis mutandis - With necessary changes |
| Mutato nomine - The name being changed |
| Mvlti svnt vocati, pavci vero electi - Many are called [but] few are chosen |
| Mvndvs vvlt decipi - The world wishes to be deceived there's a sucker born every minute |
| Mvtatis mvtandis - The things that ought to have changed having been changed with the necessary substitutions having been made |
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| Labera lege - Read my lips |
| Labor omnia vincit - Work conquers all things. (Virgil) |
| laborare est orare - Work is prayer |
| Labra lege - Read my lips |
| Lachryma Christi - Christ's tears |
| Lapsus alumni - Error made |
| Lapsus calami - A slip of the pen |
| Lapsus linguae - A slip of the tongue |
| Lapsus memoriae - A slip of the memory |
| Lapsus nivium! - Avalanche!! |
| Lares et penates - Household gods |
| Latet anguis in herba - A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil) |
| Latine dictum - Spoken in Latin |
| Latine loqui coactus sum - I have this compulsion to speak Latin |
| Latro! fremo! - Woof woof! Grrrr! |
| Laudant illa, sed ista legunt - Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis) |
| laudator temporis acti - One who praises past times |
| Laudatores temporis acti - Praisers of time past |
| Laus Deo - Praise be to God |
| laus deo - Praise to god |
| Lavdem virtvtis necessitati damvs - We give to necessity the praise of virtue finding the benefit in what's needful |
| Lectio brevior lectio potior - The shortest reading is the more probable reading |
| Lector benevole - Kind reader |
| Lectori Salutem (L.S.) - Greetings to the reader |
| Legatus a latere - Advisor from the side |
| Lege et lacrima - Read it and weep |
| Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus - We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free. (Cicero) |
| Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus - The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid) |
| Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est - The designated hitter rule has got to go |
| Lex domicilii - The law of a person's home country |
| Lex fori - The law of the forum (country) |
| Lex loci - The law of the place |
| Lex malla, lex nulla - A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas) |
| lex non distinguitur nos non distinguere debemus - The law does not distinguish and so we ought not distinguish. |
| Lex non scripta - The unwritten (common) law |
| Lex scripta - The written law |
| lex talionis - The law of retaliation |
| Lex talionis - The law of revenge |
| Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men gladly believe that which they wish for. (Caesar) |
| Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes - Our thoughts are free. (Cicero) |
| Liberate Te Ex Inferis - Save yourself from hell |
| Libertas inaestimabilis res est - Liberty is a thing beyond all price. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) |
| Liberum arbitrium - Free will |
| Libra solidus denarius (L.S.D.) - Pounds, shillings, pence |
| Licentia liquendi - Liberty of speaking |
| Licentia poetica - Poetic licence. (Seneca) |
| Licet - It is allowed |
| Lingua franca - French tongue - the common or universal language |
| Literati - Men of letters |
| Litoralis - Beach bum |
| Litterae humaniores - The humanities |
| Loco citato (lc) - In the passage just quoted |
| locum tenens - A deputy |
| Locum tenens - One occupying the place (used as an English noun meaning 'deputy') |
| Locus classicus - The most authoritative source, Classical passage |
| Locus delicti - The scene of the crime |
| Locus desperatus - A hopeless passage |
| Locus enim est principum generationis rerum - For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon) |
| Locus in quo - The place in which something happens |
| Locus poenitentiae - A place for repentance |
| Locus sigilli (l.s.) - The place of the seal |
| Locus standi - Place of standing |
| Longo intervallo - After a long gap |
| Loquitur (loq.) - He/she speaks |
| Luctor et emergo - I struggle but I'll survive |
| Luke sum ipse patrem te - Luke, I am your father. (Star Wars) |
| Lumen naturale - Natural light |
| Lunae - Monday |
| Lupus est homo homini - Man is wolf to man |
| Lupus in fabula - The wolf in the tale (i.e. speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence) |
| Lusus naturae - A freak of nature |
| Lux et veritas - Light and Truth |
| Lux mundi - The light of the world |
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| Ibidem (Ib.) - In the same place. (in a book) |
| Id certum est quod certum reddi potest - That is certain that can be made certain |
| Id est (i.e.) - That is to say |
| Id est mihi, id non est tibi! - It is mine, not yours! |
| Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit - It ain't over until it's over |
| Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam! - It looks great on you! |
| Idem - The same |
| idem - The same. |
| Idem quod (i.q.) - The same as |
| Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (INRI) - Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews |
| Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros - Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men |
| Ignis fatuus - Foolish fire (will-o-the-wisp) |
| ignis internum - The fire within |
| Ignorantia juris neminem excusat - Ignorance of the law excuses no one |
| Ignoratio elenchi - An ignorance of proof |
| Ignotus (ign.) - Unknown |
| Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet - He mourns honestly who mourns without witnesses. (Martialis) |
| Ille mi par esse deo videtur - He seems to me to be equal to a god. (Catullus) |
| Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down |
| Illiud latine dici non potest - You can't say that in Latin |
| Illius me paenitet, dux - Sorry about that, chief |
| Imitatores, servum pecus! - Imitators, you slavish crowd! (Horace) |
| Imperator - Emperor |
| Imperator/Imperatrix (Imp.) - Emperor/Empress |
| Imperium - Absolute power |
| Imperium et libertas - Empire and liberty. (Cicero) |
| Imperium in imperio - An empire within an empire, i.e. A fifth column, a group of people within an nation's territory who owe allegiance to some other leader |
| Impossibilium nulla obligatio est - Nobody has any obligation to the impossible. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) |
| Imprimatur - Let it be printed |
| Imprimis - In first place |
| In absentia - In one's absence |
| In actu - In practice |
| In aere aedificare - Build (castles) in the air. (St. Augustine) |
| In aeternum - For eternity |
| In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides - You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself. (Petronius) |
| In articulo mortis - At the moment of death |
| In banco - On the bench |
| in camera - In secret in a judges private room |
| In capite - In chief |
| In cavda venenvm - In the tail [is the] poison. Watch out for what you don't see |
| In curia - In court |
| In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth |
| In dubiis non est agendum - In dubious cases, you should not act |
| In dubio - In doubt |
| In dubio pro reo - In doubt in favor of the accused. If there is a doubt about guiltiness, the judgement has to be in favour of the accused |
| In esse - In existence |
| In excelsis - In the highest |
| In extenso - At full length |
| in extremis - At the point of death |
| In extremis - In extremity |
| In fine - At the end |
| In flagrante delicto - In the very act of committing an offence |
| In forma pauperis - In the form of a poor person; in a humble or abject manner |
| In futuro - In the future |
| In gremio legis - In the protection of the law |
| In his ordo est ordinem non servare - In this case the only rule is not obeying any rules |
| In hoc signo vinces - In this sign, you will be victorious. (Eusebios) |
| In infinitum - To infinity; without end |
| In libris libertas - In books (there is) freedom |
| In limine - On the threshold, at the very outset |
| In loco - In the place of |
| In loco parentis - In the place of a parent |
| In magnis et voluisse sat est - To once have wanted is enough in great deeds. (Propertius) |
| In media res - In or into the middle of a sequence of events. (Horace) |
| In medio stat virtus - Virtue stands in the middle. Virtue is in the moderate, not the extreme position. (Horace) |
| In medio tutissimus ibis - In the middle of things you will go most safe. (Ovid) |
| in memoriam - In memory to the memory |
| In memoriam - To the memory of |
| In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas - In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity |
| In nomine Domini - In the name of the Lord |
| In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Santi - In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit |
| In nubibus - In the clouds |
| In nuce - In a nutshell |
| In omnia paratus - Prepared for all things |
| In ovo - In the egg |
| In pace - In peace |
| In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello - In peace, like a wise man, he appropriately prepares for war |
| In pari materia - Of like kind |
| In partibus infidelium - In parts inhabited by unbelievers |
| In parvo - In miniature |
| In perpetuum - For ever |
| In personam - Against the person |
| In pleno - In full |
| In pontificalibus - In the proper vestments of a pope or cardinal |
| in posse - In possibility |
| In posterum - Till the next day |
| In praesenti - At the present time |
| In principio - In the beginning |
| In propria persona - In person |
| In puris naturalibus - Completely naked |
| In quaestione versare - To be under investigation |
| in re - In the matter of |
| In re - Refering to |
| In rem - Against the matter (property) |
| In rerum natura - In the nature of things |
| In saecvla saecvlorvm - For ages of ages forever |
| In se - In itself |
| In silico - By means of a computer simulation |
| In silvam ne ligna feras - Don't carry logs into the forest. (Horace) |
| in situ - In its original position |
| In situ - In position |
| In specie - In kind; (a) in its own form and not in an equivalent (b) in coins and not in paper money |
| In spiritu et veritate - In spirit and truth. (Versio Vulgata) |
| in statu pupillari - In the state of being a ward |
| In statu quo - In the same state |
| In terrorem - As a warning; in order to terrify others |
| In totidem verbis - In so many words |
| In toto - As a whole, absolutely, Completely |
| in toto - Entirely |
| In transitu - In passing, on the way |
| In usu - In use |
| In utero - In the womb |
| In vacuo - In a vacuum or empty space |
| In vinculis etiam audax - In chains yet still bold (free) |
| In vino veritas - The truth is in wine. (A drunk person tells the truth) |
| in vino veritas - There is truth in wine (truth is told by him who has drunk wine) |
| In virtute sunt multi ascensus - In excellence there are many degrees. (Cicero) |
| In virtute sunt multi ascensus - There are many degrees in excellence. (Cicero) |
| In vitro - In a test tube (literally glass) |
| In vivo - In the living (thing) |
| Incipit - Begin here |
| Incredibile dictu - Incredible to say |
| index expurgatorius - A list of forbidden |
| Index librorum prohibitorum - Official list of forbidden books not to be read by Catholics |
| Indulgentiam quaeso - I ask your indulgence |
| Infinitus est numerus stultorum - Infinite is the number of fools |
| Infra - Below, underneath |
| infra dignitatem - Below ones dignity |
| infra dignitatem - Undignified (beneath (our) dignity) |
| Infra dignitatem (dig.) - Undignified; beneath one's dignity |
| Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est - Inhumanity is harmful in every age. (Cicero) |
| Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent - Stern masters do not reign long. (Seneca Philosophus) |
| Iniuria non excusat iniuriam - One wrong does not justify another |
| Insanabile cacoethes scribendi - An incurable passion to write. (Juvenal) |
| Insculpsit - He/she engraved it |
| Instrumentum aeri temperando - Airconditioner |
| Insula gilliganis - Gilligan's Island |
| integer vitae - Blameless of life |
| Integer vitae scelerisque purus - Blameless of life and free from crime |
| Intellectum valde amat - Love the intellect strongly. (St. Augustine) |
| Intelligenti pauca - Few words suffice for he who understands |
| Intelligo me intelligere - I understand that I understand. (St. Augustine) |
| Inter arma silent leges - In time of war, laws are silent |
| Inter caecos regnat strabo - Among blinds the squinting rules. (Erasmus) |
| Inter caesa et porrecta - There's many a slip twixt cup and lip |
| Inter canum et lupum - Between a dog and a wolf |
| Inter nos - Between ourselves |
| Inter partes - Made between two parties |
| Inter se - Between themselves |
| Inter spem et metum - Between hope and fear |
| Inter vivos - Between living (people) |
| Inter vivos - Living |
| Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum - Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe |
| Interfice errorem, diligere errantem - Kill the sin, love the sinner. (St. Augustine) |
| Interregnvm - Period between rules anarchy, lawlessnes |
| Intra muros - Within the walls |
| Intra vires - Within the power |
| Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes - Let us improve life through science and art. (Vergil) |
| Iovis - Thursday |
| Ipsa qvidem pretivm virtvs sibi - Virtue is its own reward |
| Ipsa scientia potestas est - Knowledge itself is power. (Bacon) |
| Ipsi dixit - He himself said it. (Cicero) |
| Ipsissima verba - The exact words |
| ipsissima verba - The very words |
| Ipso facto - By that very fact |
| ipso facto - In the fact itself |
| Ipso iure - By operation of the law |
| Ira furor brevis est - Anger is a brief insanity. (Horace) |
| Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no man has gone before. (Star Trek) |
| Isso fede - This stinks |
| Isto pensitaris? - You get paid for this crap? |
| Ita erat quando hic adveni - It was that way when I got here |
| Ita est - Yes./It is so |
| Ite, misse est - Go, the Mass is finished |
| Iubilate Deo - Rejoice in God |
| Iunctis viribus - By united efforts |
| Iure divino - By divine law |
| Iure humano - By human law |
| Ius civile - Civil law |
| Ius gentium - The law of nations |
| Ius primae noctis - The right of the first night |
| Iustita omnibus - Justice for all |
| Ivs est ars boni et aeqvi - Law is the art of the good and the just |
| Ivs gentivm - Right of tribes law of nations |
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| Habeas corpus - You must have the body, i.e. You must justify an imprisonment |
| Habemus Papam - We have a pope. (used at the announcement of a new pope) |
| Habetis bona deum - Have a nice day |
| Hac lege - With this law |
| Haec olim meminisse ivvabit - Time heals all things, i.e. Wounds, offenses |
| Haec trutina errat - There is something wrong with this scale |
| Hannibal ante portas! - Hannibal is at the doors! The enemy/danger is at the doors! |
| Haud ignota loquor - I say things that are known |
| Helluo librorum - A glutton for books (bookworm) |
| Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! - Darn! There goes my beeper! |
| Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt! - Hey, we're all in line here! |
| Hic et nunc - Here and now |
| hic et ubique - Here and everywhere |
| Hic habitat felicitas - Here dwells happiness |
| Hic jacet (HJ) - Here lies. (written on gravestones or tombs) |
| Hic jacet sepultus (HJS) - Here lies buried |
| Hic puer est stultissimus omnium! - This boy is the stupidest of all! |
| hinc illae lacrimae - Hence come those tears (Terence) |
| Historia est vitae magistra - The history is the tutor of life |
| Hoc erat in votis - This was among my prayers |
| Hoc est in votis - This is in my prayers |
| Hoc est verum et nihili nisi verum - This is the truth and nothing but the truth |
| Hoc est vivere bis vita posse priore frvi - To live twice is to make useful profit from one's past. Experience is the best teacher, so learn from it |
| hoc genus omne - And all that sort of people |
| Hoc natura est insitum, ut quem timueris, hunc semper oderis - It's an innate thing to always hate the one we've learnt to fear |
| Hoc tempore obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit - In these days friends are won through flattery, the truth gives birth to hate. (Terence) |
| Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? - Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it? |
| Hodie mihi, cras tibi - Today for me, tomorrow for you |
| Homines libenter quod volunt credunt - Men believe what they want to. (Terentius) |
| Homines, dum docent, discunt - Men learn while they teach. (Seneca) |
| Homo doctvs is se semper divitias habet - A learned man always has wealth within himself |
| Homo homini lupus - Man is a wolf to man |
| Homo nudus cum nuda iacebat - Naked they lay together, man and woman |
| Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus - One is innocent until proven guilty |
| Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit - Man proposes, but God disposes |
| Homo sum - I am a man |
| Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto - I am human, therefore nothing human is strange to me |
| Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est - Man has been lent to life, not given. (Pubilius Syrus) |
| Honor virutis preamium - Honour is the reward of virtue |
| Honores mutant mores - The honours change the customs. (Power corrupts) |
| honoris causa - For the sake of honour |
| Honoris causa (h.c.) - As in doctorate, an honorary degree |
| Horas non numero nisi serenas - I count only the bright hours. (Inscription on ancient sundials) |
| Horribile dictu - Horrible to tell |
| Horror vacui - Fear of empty places |
| Hostis hvmani generis - Enemy of the human race |
| Huc accedit zambonis! - Here comes the Zamboni! |
| Humum mandere - To bite the dust |
| Hunc tu caveto - Beware of this man |
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| gaudeamus igitur - So let us rejoice |
| Gaudeamus igitur (iuvenes dum sumus) - Therefore, let us rejoice. (while we are young) |
| Genius loci - The guardian spirit of the place |
| Gens togata - The toga-clad race; the romans |
| Genus irritabile vatum - The irritable race of poets. (Horace) |
| Gladiator in arena consilium capit - The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca) |
| Gloria - Glory |
| Gloria filiorum patres - The glory of sons is their fathers |
| Gloria in excelsis deo - Glory to God in the highest |
| Gloria Patri - Glory to the Father |
| Gloria virtutis umbra - Glory (is) the shadow of virtue |
| Gloriosum est iniurias oblivisci - It is glorious to forget the injustice |
| Gnothe seauton (Greek) - Know thyself |
| Graeca sunt, non leguntur - It is Greek, you don't read that |
| Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit - Captive Greece conquered her savage victor. (Horace) |
| Gramen artificiosum odi - I hate Astroturf |
| Gratia placenti - For the sake of pleasing |
| Graviora manent - Greater dangers await |
| Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo - The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often. (Ovid) |
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| fabas indulcet fames - hunger sweetens beans |
| Fabas indulcet fames - Hunger sweetens the beans, or hunger makes everything taste good! |
| faber est quisque fortunae suae - every man is architect of his own fortune |
| Faber est suae quisque fortunae - Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. (Appius Claudius Caecus) |
| Faber quisque fortunae suae - Each man (is) the maker of his own fortune |
| Fabricati diem - Make my day |
| fabula - a comedy or farce |
| fabula Atellana - Atellan farce |
| fabula crepidata - Roman tragedy based upon Creek models |
| fabulae amatoriae - love stories, often with tragic plots |
| fabulae palliatae - cloak comedy, as of Plautus and Terence |
| Fac me cocleario vomere! - Gag me with a spoon! |
| Fac ut nemo me vocet - Hold my calls |
| fac ut sciam - make me know; make me aware |
| Fac ut vivas - Get a life |
| facere sacramentum - to take an oath |
| facere totum - to do everything |
| facies non omnibus una nec diversa tamen - the features are not the same in all respects, nor are they different (Ovid) |
| facile est inventis addere - it is easy to add to things already invented |
| facile largire de alieno - it is easy to be generous with things of another person |
| facile omnes quom valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus - when we are healthy, we all have advice for those who are sick |
| Facile princeps - Acknowledged leader |
| facile princeps - easily first; number one in the field |
| facilis descensus Averno - the descent to hell is easy (Virgil) |
| Facilis descensvs averno - The descent to Avernus (Hell) it's easy to fall, hard to rise |
| Facilius est multa facere quam diu - It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time. (Quintilianus) |
| Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur - We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca) |
| facinus quos inquinant aequat - guilt equates all who share in guilt |
| facio ut des - I do so that you may give |
| facio ut facias - I do so that you may do |
| facit indignatio versum - indignation produces verse (Juvenal) |
| Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum - Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome) |
| fact non verba - deeds not words; action not speeches |
| facta armorum - facts of arms |
| facta sunt potentiora verbis - facts are more powerful than words |
| Facta, non verba - Deeds, not words (Actions speak louder than words) |
| factotum - one who does everything; handyman |
| Factum est - It is done |
| factum est - it is done, it is complete |
| Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest - Done is done, it cannot be made undone. (Plautus) |
| factum infectum fieri nequit - a thing done cannot be undone |
| factum probandum - the fact of a case to be proved |
| factum probans - facts tending to prove other facts |
| faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge - he has hay on his horn, keep your distance (reference to a charging bull) (Horace) |
| faex populi - the dregs of the people; the rabble (Cicero) |
| Fallaces sunt rerum species - The appearances of things are deceptive. (Seneca) |
| fallacia consequentis - fallacy of the consequence |
| fallentis semitia vitae - the narrow path of a private life (Horace) |
| falsa demonstratio - false designation; erroneous description |
| falsa lectio - false reading; erroneous interpretation |
| falsi crimem - the crime of falsification |
| Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus - False in one thing, false in all |
| falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus - false in one thing, false in everything |
| Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus - Untrue in one thing, untrue in everything |
| fama clamosa - noisy rumor; public scandal |
| Fama crescit eundo - The rumour grows as it goes. (Vergil) |
| fama mala quo non aliud velocius ullum - there is nothing swifter than an evil rumor (Virgil) |
| Fama nihil est celerius - Nothing is swifter than rumor |
| fama semper vivat - may his or her good name live forever |
| Fama semper vivat - May his/her fame last forever |
| fama volat - rumor flies (i.e., travels fast) (adapted from Virgil) |
| Fama volat - The rumour has wings. (Vergil) |
| famam extendere factis - to make known his fame by deeds (Virgil) |
| Fames est optimus coquus - Hunger is the best cook |
| fames optimum condimentum - hunger is the best seasoning |
| familiares regis - persons of the king's household |
| famosus libellus - a slanderous or libelous letter |
| fari quae sentiat - to say what one feels (Horace) |
| Farrago fatigans! - Thuffering thuccotash! |
| fas est et ab hoste doceri - it is right to learn even from an enemy |
| Fas est et ab hoste doceri - It's proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid) |
| fasti - calendar of events |
| Fata obstant - the Fates willed otherwise |
| Fata viam invenient - the Fates will find a way |
| Fata volentem docunt, nolentem trahunt - the Fates lead the willing and drag those who are unwilling |
| fatua mulier - a foolish woman; a prostitute |
| favete linguis - favor with your tongue; say nothing bad lest you displease the gods (Horace) |
| Favete linguis - To keep a (religious) silence. (Horace) |
| Fax mentis incedium gloriae - The passion of glory is the torch of the mind |
| fecit - he or she made it |
| Fecit (fec.) - Made by |
| Feles mala! - Bad kitty! |
| Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui - Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it |
| felicitas habet multos amicos - prosperity has many friends |
| feliciter - happily; fortunately |
| Felis qvi nihil debet - Happy [is] he who owes nothing |
| felix culpa - fortunate fault |
| Felix culpa - Happy fault |
| felix qui nihil debet - happy is he who owes nothing |
| felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - fortunate is he who understands the causes of things (Virgil) |
| Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. (Vergil) |
| Feliz ano novo - Happy new year |
| felo de se - one who kills himself doing an illegal act |
| Felo de se - Suicide |
| ferae naturae - wild beasts; undomesticated animals |
| Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar) |
| ferrea non venerem sed praedam saecula laudant - the iron age celebrates not love but the acquisition of material possessions |
| fervens - boiling |
| fervens difficili bile tumet iecur - my liver (seat of passion) swells with burning wrath (Horace) |
| fervet opus - the work boils (Virgil) |
| fessus viator - tired traveler |
| Festina lente - Make haste slowly |
| festina lente - make haste slowly (Emperor Augustus) |
| Fiat - Let it be done |
| fiat Dei voluntas - may God's will be done |
| fiat experimentum in corpore - let one experiment on a body |
| fiat haustus - let a draught be made let |
| fiat justitia - let justice be done |
| Fiat justitia (et ruat caelum) - Let justice be done. (though the heavens fall)" |
| fiat justitia, ruat caelum - let justice be done, even though the heavens fall |
| Fiat lux - Let there be light |
| fiat lux - let there be light (Genesis) |
| fiat mixtura - let a mixture be made |
| fiat potio - let a portion be made |
| fiat voluntas tua - Thy will be done (Gospel of Matthew) |
| Fiat volvntas tua - Let Thy will [be done] (Biblical) |
| ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris - fictions should approximate the truth in order to please |
| fictilia - pottery |
| fictilis - made of pottery |
| fictio cedit veritati - fiction yields to the truth |
| fide et amore - by faith and love |
| fide et fortitudine - by fidelity and fortitude |
| fide, non armis - by faith, not by arms |
| Fidei defensor - Defender of the faith |
| Fidei Defensor (F.D.) - defender of faith (motto of the sovereigns of England since I lenry VIII |
| fidei est coticula crux - the Cross is the touchstone of faith |
| fideli certa merces - to the faithful, reward is certain |
| fidelis ad urnam - faithful to the urn; faithful until death |
| fideliter - faithfully |
| fides ante intellectum - faith before understanding |
| fides et justitia - faith and justice |
| fides et veritas - faith and truth |
| fides facit fidem - faith creates faith |
| fides non timet - faith does not fear |
| fides probata coronat - approved faith confers a crown |
| fides Punica - Punic faith; treacherous (Livy) |
| Fides quaerens intellectum - Faith seeking understanding |
| fides servanda est - faith must be kept |
| fides, sed cui vide - trust, but watch out to whom |
| Fidus Achates - Faithful Achates (friend) |
| fidus Achates - faithful companion (Virgil) |
| fidus et audax - faithful and courageous |
| fieri facias - writ authorizing execution of a judgment |
| figura causae - stylistic pattern of a speech - |
| Filioque - And from the son |
| filius - a son |
| filius est pars patris - a son is part of the father |
| Filius nullius - A bastard |
| filius nullius - son of nobody; bastard |
| filius populi - son of the people |
| filius terrae - son of the earth; a serf |
| Finem respice - Look to the end [before setting forth] |
| finem respice - look to the end; consider the end |
| Finis - The end |
| Finis coronat opus - The ending crowns the work. (Ovid) |
| finis coronat opus fit via vi flagrante bello flagrante delicto - the end crowns the work a way is made by force in the midst of the war in the heat of the crime |
| Flagrante delicto - Literally while the crime is blazing. Caught red-handed, in the very act of a crime |
| flagrante delicto - The very act |
| flamma fumo est proxima - fire is very close to smoke |
| Flamma fumo est proxima - Flame follows smoke. (Plautus) |
| flat justitia ruat coelum - Let justice be done through the heavens fall |
| flat lux - Let there be light |
| floreat - Let it flourish |
| Floreat regina regina - May it flourish. (motto of the City of Regina, Saskatchewan Canada) |
| Floruit - Flourished |
| Fluctuat nec mergitur - It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink |
| Fons et origo - The source and origin |
| Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy |
| Forsan miseros meliora sequentur - For those in misery perhaps better things will follow. (Virgil) |
| fortasse - Maybe |
| Fortes et liber - Strong and free. (Alberta) |
| Fortes fortuna adiuvat - Fortune favors the brave. (Terence) |
| fortes fortuna iuvat - Fortune favours the brave |
| Fortes fortuna iuvat - Fortune favours the brave |
| Fortiter fideliter forsan feliciter - Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully |
| fortiter in re, suaviter in modo - Resolute/unhesitant in action, gentle in manner. |
| Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo - Resolutely in action, gently in manner. (To do unhesitatingly what must be done but accomplishing it as inoffensively as possible) |
| Fortitudine vincimus - By endurance we conquer |
| Fortius quo fidelius - Strength through loyalty |
| Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat - The fortune is preparing friends, the abundance is testing them |
| Fortuna caeca est - Fortune is blind. (Cicero) |
| Fortuna vitrea est; tum cum splendet frangitur - Fortune is glass; just when it gleams brightest it shatters |
| Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! - Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway! |
