Tag: Latin

Q Qua - In so far asQuad nesciunt eos non interficiet - What they don't know won't kill themQuandoquidem 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 ownQuae nocent, saepe docent -...

L Labera lege - Read my lipsLabor omnia vincit - Work conquers all things. (Virgil)Labra lege - Read my lipsLachryma Christi - Christ's tearsLapsus alumni - Error madeLapsus calami - A slip of the penLapsus linguae - A slip of the tongueLapsus memoriae - A slip of the memoryLapsus nivium! - Avalanch...

V Vacca foeda - Stupid cowVacca, vacca, vacca - Cow, cow, cowVade in pace - Go in peace. (Roman way of saying goodbye)Vade mecum - Come with me. A constant companionVae victis! - Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy)Vagans - CruisingVah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitu...

U Uberrimae fidei - Of the utmost good faithUbi amor, ibi oculus - Where love is, there is insightUbi bene, ibi patria - Where you feel good, there is your homeUbi concordia, ibi victoria - Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus)Ubi dubium ibi libertas - Where there is doubt, there...

B Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt! - Save the whales!Beata Virgo (Maria) - The Blessed Virgin (Mary)Beatae memoriae - Of blessed memoryBeati pacifici - Blessed are the peacemakersBeati pauperes spiritu - Blessed are the poor in spiritBeati possidentes - The happy who possess. (possession is nine po...

I Ibidem (Ib.) - In the same place. (in a book)Id certum est quod certum reddi potest - That is certain that can be made certainId est (i.e.) - That is to sayId est mihi, id non est tibi! - It is mine, not yours!Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit - It ain't over until it's overId tibi praebet s...

N Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es - Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)Nascentes morimur - From the moment we are born, we begin to dieNatale solum - Native soilNatura abhorret a vacua - Nature abhors a vacuumNatura in minima maxima - Nature is the greatest in the smallest thingsNatura nihil fi...

F Fabas indulcet fames - Hunger sweetens the beans, or hunger makes everything taste good!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 fortuneFabricati diem - Make my dayFac me ...

A A bene placito - At one's pleasureA capite ad calcem - From head to heelA cappella - In church [style] - i.e. Vocal music onlyA contrario - From a contrary positionA cruce salus - From the cross comes salvationA Deo et Rege - From God and the KingA fortiori - With yet stronger reasonA fronte praec...

D Da mihi basilia mille - Kiss me with a thousand kissesDa mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo! - Make me chaste and pure, but not yet!Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum - Give me a hamburger, french fries, an...

Justitia omnibus - Justice for all...

G Gaudeamus igitur (iuvenes dum sumus) - Therefore, let us rejoice. (while we are young)Genius loci - The guardian spirit of the placeGens togata - The toga-clad race; the romansGenus irritabile vatum - The irritable race of poets. (Horace)Gladiator in arena consilium capit - The gladiator is formul...