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)...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...