Tag: Latin

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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)...

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 - 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, ...

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...