Tag: Latin

R Radicitus, comes! - Really rad, dude!Radix lecti - Couch potatoRadix omnium malorum est cupiditas - The love of money is the root of all evil. Avarice is the problem, money itself is not evilRaptus regaliter - Royally screwedRara avis - A rare bird, i.e. An extraodinary or unusual thing. (Juvenal)...

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...

Justitia omnibus - Justice for all...

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....

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 ...

C Cacoethes scribendi - An insatiable urge to write. (Juvenal)Cadit quaestio - The question dropsCaeca invidia est - Envy is blind. (Livy)Caeci caecos ducentes - Blind are led by the blind. Leaders are not more knowledgeable than the ones they leadCaeli enarrant gloriam Dei - The heavens declare the...

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...

O 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...

T Tabula rasa - A clean slate. Person that knows nothingTacet - SilenceTam diu minime visu! - Long time, no see!Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio - I am as dead as the nehru jacketTamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas - We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)...

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V The Bible is a text that has been translated into many languages throughout history, including Latin. Latin was the language of the Roman Empire and was widely spoken and understood throughout the Mediterranean world, ...

E E contrario - From a contrary positionE pluribus unum - From many, one (motto of the USA)E re nata - As circumstances dictateE vestigio - From where one standsEcce homo - Behold the manEcce signum - Behold the proofEditio princeps - First printed editionEgo et rex meus - I and my KingEgo me bene h...