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Bob Maar
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posted 11-14-2005 12:09 PM

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Latin to English

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.)

Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan capedictum tuum desit - I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken

Sapere aude! - Dare to be wise! (Horace)

Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat - A wise man states as true nothing he does not prove (don't swear to anything you don't know firsthand)

Sat sapienti - Enough for a wise man. (Plautus)

Satius est impunitum relinqui facinus nocentis, quam innocentem damnari - It is better that a crime is left unpunished than that an innocent man is punished. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)

Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor! - I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals!

Scito te ipsum - Know yourself

Scribere est agere - To write is to act

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal)

Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - He who feared he would not succeed sat still. (For fear of failure, he did nothing.)
(Horace)

Semper fidelis - Always faithful (US Marines Motto)

Semper Gumby - Always flexible (United States Air Forces,
Europe, Contracting squadron motto)

Semper idem - Always the same thing. (Cicero)

Semper Letteris Mandate - Always get it in writing!

Semper paratus - Always ready (US Coast Guard Motto)

Semper Primus - Always first (US Army Pathfinder motto)

Semper ubi sub ubi ubique - Always wear underwear everywhere

Sequens mirabitur aetas - The following age will be amazed

Serva me, servabo te - Save me and I will save you. (Petronius Arbiter)

Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris - If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities

Si fecisti nega! - If you did it, deny it (stonewall!)

Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit - If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere - If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.'

Si post fata venit gloria non propero - If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry (if one must die to be recognised, I can wait)

Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses - If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher. (Boethius)

Si vis amari, ama - If you wish to be loved, love. (Seneca)

Sic ad nauseam - And so on to the point of causing nausea

Sic faciunt omnes - Everyone is doing it

Sic itur ad astra - Such is the path to the stars (i.e. gain reputation) (Vergil)

Sic volo, sic iubeo - I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis)

Silent enim leges inter arma - Laws are silent in times of war.
(Cicero)

Sine die - Without a day (being set)

Sine ira et studio - Without anger or bias. (Tacitus)

Sine nobilitatis - Without nobility (SNOB)

Sit vis nobiscum - May the Force be with you

Sobria inebrietas - Sober intoxication

Sol omnibus lucet - The sun shines upon us all. (Petronius)

Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt - They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus)

Sona si latine loqueris - Honk if you speak Latin

Spectaculorum procedere debet - The show must go on

Spemque metumque inter dubiis - Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil)

Spero nos familiares mansuros - I hope we'll still be friends

Splendor sine occasu - Splendour without end

Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes - It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus)

Sub secreto - In secret

Sub silentio - In silence

Sub sole nihil novi est - There's nothing new under the sun

Subucula tua apparet - Your slip is showing

Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi - An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity

Sui generis - Of one's own kind

Summa cum laude - With highest honor

Summam scrutemur - Let's look at the bottom line

Summum ius, summa iniuria - The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)

Sumptus censum ne superet - Let not your spending exceed your income (live within your means)

Suo jure - In one's rightful place

Suos cuique mos - Everyone has his customs. (Gellius)

Sursum corda - (lift) up (your) hearts

Suum cuique pulchrum est - To each his own is beautiful. (Cicero) [Big Grin]

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Bob Maar
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posted 11-16-2005 01:14 PM

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Latin to English

Tam diu minime visu! - Long time, no see!

Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas - We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)

Te capiam, cunicule sceleste! - I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!

Te precor dulcissime supplex! - Pretty please with a cherry on top!

Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis - The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen)

Tempus edax rerum - Time is the devourer of things (time flies)

Tempus neminem manet - Time waits for no one

Tetigisti acu - You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus)

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas - Thank you for not smoking

Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear. (Seneca)

Timor mortis conturbat me - The fear of death confounds me

Tintinnuntius meus sonat! - There goes my beeper!

Tolerabiles ineptiae - Bearable absurdities

Totum dependeat - Let it all hang out

Trahimur omnes laudis studio - We are all led on by our
eagerness for praise. (Cicero)

Transit umbra, lux permanet - Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial)

Tu, rattus turpis! - You dirty rat!

Tuis pugis pignore! - You bet your bippy! [Big Grin]

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Bob Maar
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From: New York City & Newport, RI
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posted 11-18-2005 10:30 AM

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Latin to English

Ubi amor, ibi oculus - Where love is, there is insight

Ubi dubium ibi libertas - Where there is doubt, there is freedom

Ubi fumus, ibi ignis - Where there's smoke, there's fire

Ubi spiritus est cantus est - Where there is spirit there is song

Ubicumque homo est, ibi benefici locus est - Wherever there is a man, there is a place of/for kindness/service

Ultima ratio regum - The final argument of kings. (Inscription on French canons in the times of Louis XIV.)

Ultra posse nemo obligatur - No one is obligated beyond what he is able to do

Un idea perplexi na - The idea is strange to us

Una voce - With one voice, unanimously

Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant - May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy

Unitas mirabile vinculum - The wonderful bond of unity

Uno Ab Alto - One over all (US Air Force Motto)

Unum necessarium - The one necessary

Unus multorum - One of many. (Horace)

Urbanus et instructus - A gentleman and a scholar

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas - Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovid)

Ut humiliter opinor - In my humble opinion

Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - As loyal as she began, so she remains

Ut sementem feceris, ita metes - As you sow, so shall you reap. (Cicero)

Uti, non abuti - To use, not abuse

Utile et dulce - Useful and pleasant

V

Latin to English

Vacca foeda - Stupid cow

Vade in pace - Go in peace (Roman way of saying goodbye)

Vae victis! - Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy)

Vagans - Cruising

Vale, lacerte! - See you later, alligator!

Variatio delectat - There's nothing like change! (Cicero)

Velle est posse - To be willing is to be able

Veni vidi vici - I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)

Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire - I came, I saw, I want to go home

Venienti occurrite morbo - Meet the misfortune as it comes. (Persius)

Ventis secundis, tene cursum - Go with the flow

Ventis secundis, tene/tenete cursum - The winds being favorable, hold the course

Verba de futuro - Words about the future

Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet - Words fly away, the written (letter) remains

Verbum sapienti sat est - A word to the wise is sufficient

Veritas vincit - Truth conquers

Veritas vos liberabit - The truth shall make you free

Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt - I have jerks like you for breakfast

Vescere bracis meis - Eat my shorts

Vestigia terrent - The footprints frighten me. (Horace)

Vestis virum reddit - The clothes make the man. (Quintilianus)
Veto - I forbid

Via media - A middle way or course

Vice versa - In reverse

Victis honor - Honour to the vanquished

Victoria, non praeda - Victory, not loot

Victurus te saluto - He who is about to win salutes you

Vide et credere - See and believe

Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor - I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way

Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? - Seen any good movies lately?

Vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo, prospera omnia cedunt - By watching, by doing, by counsulting well, these things yield all things prosperous. (Sallust)

Vincit omnia amor - Love conquers all

Vincit omnia veritas - Truth conquers all

Vincit qui se vincit - He conquers who conquers himself

Vinculum unitatis - The bond of unity

Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret - It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth

Vinum et musica laetificant cor - Wine and music gladden the heart

Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit - A wise man does not urinate against the wind

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur - That man is wise who talks little (know when to hold your tongue)

Vires acquirit eundo - It gains strength by going / as it goes. (Virgil)

Virtus in medio stat - Virtue stands in the middle

Virtute et armis - By courage and by arms

Virus - Poison or slime

Vis comica - Sense of humour

Vis medicatrix naturae - The healing power of nature

Visa - Things seen

Vita brevis, ars lunga - Life is short, art is long

Vita luna! - Crazy life!

Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is more than merely staying alive

Vita sine libris mors est - Life without books is death

Vitam impendere vero - To risk one's life for the truth

Vitanda est improba siren desidia - One must steer clear of the wicked temptress, Laziness. (Horace)

Vitiis nemo sine nascitur - No-one is born without faults. (Horace)

Vivos voco, mortuos plango - I call the living, I mourn the dead (on a church bell)

Volo, non valeo - I am willing but unable

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores - You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me. (Petrarch)

Vultus est index animi - The face is the index of the soul/mind.

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