Tag: Latin

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...

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...

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...

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...

H Habeas corpus - You must have the body, i.e. You must justify an imprisonmentHabemus Papam - We have a pope. (used at the announcement of a new pope)Habetis bona deum - Have a nice dayHac lege - With this lawHaec olim meminisse ivvabit - Time heals all things, i.e. Wounds, offensesHaec trutina err...

M 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 inventionMagis...

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)...

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)...

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...

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 ...