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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 09-29-2005, 01:56 PM:
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latin phrases and English translation
A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi - A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place)
Ab imo pectore - From the bottom of the chest (from the heart)
Ab/Ex uno disce omnes - From one person, learn all people
Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit - He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared
Absit omen may the omen be absent - May this not be an omen
Abusus non tollit usum - Wrong use does not preclude proper use
Abyssus abyssum invocat - Hell calls hell; one mistep leads to another
Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
Acta est fabula, plaudite! - The play is over, applaud! (Said to have been emperor Augustus' last words.)
Ad hominem - Appealing to a person's physical and emotional urges, rather than her or his intellect
Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora - Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush)
Adeste Fideles - Be present, faithful ones
Adversus solem ne loquitor - Don't speak against the sun (don't waste your time arguing the obvious)
Aegrescit medendo - The disease worsens with the treatment (the remedy is worse than the disease)
Aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur - It is said that for a sick man, there is hope as long as there is life
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem - Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. (Horace)
Aeternum vale - Farewell forever
Age quod agis - Do what you do well, pay attention to what you are doing
Age. Fac ut gaudeam - Go ahead. Make my day!
Alea iacta est - The die has been cast. (Caesar)
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent - Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. (Publilius Syrus)
Alis volat propriis - He flies by his own wings
Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi - The deepest rivers flow with the least sound (still waters run deep)
Amantes sunt amentes - Lovers are lunatics
Amantium irae amoris integratio est - The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. (Terence)
Amat victoria curam - Victory favors those who take pains
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore - I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting. (Cicero)
Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui mentiar tibi? - Baby, sweetheart, would I lie to you?
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur - A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter
Amicus verus est rara avis - A true friend is a rare bird
Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur - We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving. (Syrus)
Amor caecus est - Love is blind
Amor est vitae essentia - Love is the essence of life. (Mackay)
Amor ordinem nescit - Love does not know order. (St. Jerome)
Amor platonicus - Platonic love
Amor tussisque non celantur - Love, and a cough, are not concealed. (Ovid)
Amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all. (Virgil)
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo - Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters. (Horace)
An nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia mundus regatur? - Don't you know then, my son, how little wisdom rules the world?
Animis opibusque parati - Prepared in minds and resources (ready for anything)
Apudne te vel me? - Your place or mine?
Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)
Arduum sane munus - A truly arduous task
Arguendo - For the sake of argument
Argumentum ad ignorantiam - Arguing from ignorance
Ars gratia artis - Art for the sake of art
Ars sine scienta nihil est - Art without science is nothing (I would also claim that the opposite is true.)
Ascendo tuum - Up yours
Aspice, officio fungeris sine spe honoris amplioris - Face it, you're stuck in a dead end job
Aspirat primo Fortuna labori - Fortune smiles upon our first effort. (Virgil)
Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit - Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdues both intelligence and skill. (Cicero)
Astra inclinant, non necessitant - The stars incline; they do not determine
Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris - The stars never lie, but the astrologs lie about the stars
Audentes fortuna juvat - Fortune favors the bold. (Virgil)
Audi et alteram partem - Hear the other side too
Auget largiendo - He increases by giving liberally
Auribus teneo lupum - I hold a wolf by the ears (I am in a dangerous situation and dare not let go.) (Terence)
Aurora Musis amica - Dawn is friend of the muses. (Early bird catches the worm.)
Aut disce aut discede - Either learn or leave
Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit - The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I'll either find a way or make one
Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro - A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain
Ave atque vale - Hail and farewell. (Catullus) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 09-29-2005, 01:59 PM:
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latin translation to English
Bene legere saecla vincere - To read well is to master the ages. (Professor Isaac Flagg)
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit - One who lives well, lives unnoticed. (Ovid)
Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere - To accept a favour is to sell freedom. (Publilius Syrus)
Bis dat qui cito dat - He gives twice, who gives promptly. (Publilius Syrus)
Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit - He is doubly destroyed who perishes by his own arms. (Syrus)
Bis repetita placent - The things that please are repeated again and again
Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria - He conquers twice who in the hour of conquest conquers himself. (Syrus)
Bis vivit qui bene vivit - He lives twice who lives well
Bona fide - In good faith
Braccae tuae aperiuntur - Your fly is open
Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior - Our life is short but is made longer by misfortunes. (Publilius Syrus)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 09-30-2005, 08:22 AM:
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latin language
Caelum videre iussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus - He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars. (Ovid)
Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet - A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. (Curtius Rufus)
Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! - A wig? I never would have guessed!
Caro putridas es! - You're dead meat
Carpe diem - Seize the day (opportunity) (Horace)
Cave canem, te necet lingendo - Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death
Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui - Beware what you say, when, and to whom
Caveat emptor - Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk.)
Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse - You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
Certum est, quia impossibile - It is certain, because it is impossible. (Tertullianus)
Ceteris paribus - All else being equal
Cogita ante salis - Think before you leap (or look before you leap.)
Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur - Nobody should be punished for his thoughts
Cogito, ergo sum - I think, therefore I exist. (René Descartes)
Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet - No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong
Commune periculum concordiam parit - Common danger brings forth harmony
Communi consilio - By common consent
Coniecturalem artem esse medicinam - Medicine is the art of guessing. (Aulus Cornelius Celsus)
Conlige suspectos semper habitos - Round up the usual suspects
Construimus, Batuimus - We Build, We Fight (US Navy SeaBees motto)
Consuetudinis magna vis est - The force of habit is great. (Cicero)
Contraria contrariis curantur - The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates)
Cotidiana vilescunt - Familiarity breeds contempt
Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet - The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned. (Syrus)
Cras amet qui nunquam amavit; Quique amavit, cras amet - May he love tomorrow who has never loved before
Credidi me felem vidisse! - I tought I taw a puddy tat!
Credite amori vera dicenti - Believe love speaking the truth. (St. Jerome)
Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse - I think we're on the same wavelength
Credo quia absurdum - I believe it because it is absurd (contrary to reason)
Credo ut intelligam - I believe in order that I may understand. (St. Augustine)
Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit - Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will be better. (Tibullus)
Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crevit - The love of wealth grows as the wealth itself grew. (Juvenalis)
Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem - It is more cruel to always fear death than to die. (Seneca)
Cui peccare licet peccat minus - One who is allowed to sin, sins less. (Ovid)
Culpam poena premit comes - Punishment closely follows crime as its companion. (Horace)
Cum grano salis - With a grain of salt. (Pliny the Elder?)
Cum homine de cane debeo congredi - Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog
Cum tacent, clamant - When they are silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words.) (Cicero)
Cura nihil aliud nisi ut valeas - Pay attention to nothing except that you do well. (Cicero)
Cura posterior - A later concern
Cura ut valeas - Take care
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-11-2005, 07:33 AM:
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latin to english
Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam - I'll have a light beer
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it
Damnant quod non intellegunt - They condemn what they do not understand
De bene esse - It shall be so, as long as it is well
De duobus malis minus est semper eligendum - One must always choose the lesser of two evils. (Thomas a Kempis)
De facto - Something that is automatically accepted
De gustibus non est disputandum - There's no accounting for taste
De nihilo nihil - Nothing comes from nothing. (Lucretius)
Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem! - The devil made me do it!
Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am
Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient
Die dulci freure - Have a nice day
Diem perdidi - I have lost a day (another day wasted) (Titus)
Dies felices - Happy Days
Dies irae - The Day of Wrath, or Judgment Day
Difficile est saturam non scribere - It is hard not to write satire. (Juvenalis)
Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas - It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. (Pliny the Younger)
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium - Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. (Seneca)
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet - Half is done when the beginning is done. (Horace)
Dira necessitas - The dire necessity. (Horace)
Divide et impera - Divide and conquer
Do ut des - I give so that you give back
Docendo discitur - It is learned by teaching. (Seneca)
Dominus tecum - May the Lord be with you (Singular)
Dominus vobiscum - May the Lord be with you (Plural)
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos - As long as you are fortunate, you will have many friends (when you are successful, everyone wants to be your friend)
Dulce bellum inexpertis - War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it. (Pindaros)
Dum excusare credis, accusas - When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself. (St. Jerome)
Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem - As long as we are among humans, let us be humane. (Seneca)
Dum spiro, spero - While I breathe, I hope. (Cicero)
Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum - While we have the time, let us do good
Dum vita est spes est - While life is, hope is. / While there is life there is hope
Dum vivimus, vivamus - While we live, let us live (Epicurean philosophy)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-11-2005, 07:36 AM:
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latin to english translation
Ego spem pretio non emo - I do not purchase hope for a price (I do not buy a pig in a poke.)
Eheu fugaces labuntur anni - Alas, the fleeting years slip by. (Horace)
Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum - Unfortunately, I can't find those particular documents
Emitte lucem et veritatem - Send out light and truth
Epistula non erubescit - A letter doesn't blush. (Cicero)
Errare humanum est - To err is human. / It is human to err (Seneca)
Esse quam videri - To be rather than to seem
Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
Est modus in rebus - There is a medium in things. (Horace)
Est queadam fiere voluptas - There is a certain pleasure in weeping. (Ovid)
Esto Perpetua - Let it be forever
Et tu, Brute - You too, Brutus (Caesar's last words)
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram - Even one hair has a shadow. (Publilius Syrus)
Ex animo - From the heart (sincerely)
Ex cearulo - Out of the blue
Ex gratia - As a favour
Ex mea sententia - In my opinion
Ex nihilo nihil - Out of nothing, nothing comes / is made
Ex uno disce omnes - From one person learn all persons (From one we can judge the rest.)
Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis - An exception establishes the rule as to things not excepted
Excitabat fluctus in simpulo - He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot.) (Cicero)
Exitus acta probat - The outcome proves the deeds (the end justifies the means) (Ovid)
Experientia docet - Experience is the best teacher
Experientia docet stultos - Experience teaches fools
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-12-2005, 07:19 AM:
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latin to english translation
Ego spem pretio non emo - I do not purchase hope for a price (I do not buy a pig in a poke.)
Eheu fugaces labuntur anni - Alas, the fleeting years slip by. (Horace)
Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum - Unfortunately, I can't find those particular documents
Emitte lucem et veritatem - Send out light and truth
Epistula non erubescit - A letter doesn't blush. (Cicero)
Errare humanum est - To err is human. / It is human to err (Seneca)
Esse quam videri - To be rather than to seem
Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces
est videre quod credis - Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine)
Est modus in rebus - There is a medium in things. (Horace)
Est queadam fiere voluptas - There is a certain pleasure in weeping. (Ovid)
Esto Perpetua - Let it be forever
Et tu, Brute - You too, Brutus (Caesar's last words)
Etiam capillus unus habet umbram - Even one hair has a shadow. (Publilius Syrus)
Ex animo - From the heart (sincerely)
Ex cearulo - Out of the blue
Ex gratia - As a favour
Ex mea sententia - In my opinion
Ex nihilo nihil - Out of nothing, nothing comes / is made
Ex uno disce omnes - From one person learn all persons (From one we can judge the rest.)
Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis - An exception establishes the rule as to things not excepted
Excitabat fluctus in simpulo - He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot.) (Cicero)
Exitus acta probat - The outcome proves the deeds (the end justifies the means) (Ovid)
Experientia docet - Experience is the best teacher
Experientia docet stultos - Experience teaches fools
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-12-2005, 03:38 PM:
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latin quotes
Faber est suae quisque fortunae - Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. (Appius Claudius Caecus)
Fac ut gaudeam - Make my day
Fac ut nemo me vocet - Hold my calls
Fac ut vivas - Get a life
Facilius est multa facere quam diu - It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time. (Quintilianus)
Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur - We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca)
Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat
occupatum - Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome)
Facta, non verba - Deeds, not words (Actions speak louder than words)
Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest - Done is done, it cannot be made undone. (Plautus)
Fallaces sunt rerum species - The appearances of things are deceptive. (Seneca)
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus - Untrue in one thing, untrue in everything
Fama crescit eundo - The rumour grows as it goes. (Vergil)
Fama volat - The rumour has wings. (Vergil)
Farrago fatigans! - Thuffering thuccotash!
Fas est et ab hoste doceri - It's proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid)
Fax mentis incedium gloriae - The passion of glory is the torch of the mind
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. (Vergil)
Feliz ano novo - Happy new year
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar)
Festina lente - Make haste slowly
Fiat lux - Let there be light
Fide, non armis - By faith, not arms
Fides quaerens intellectum - Faith seeking understanding
Finis coronat opus - The ending crowns the work. (Ovid)
Flamma fumo est proxima - Flame follows smoke. (Plautus)
Fluctuat nec mergitur - It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy
Forsan miseros meliora sequentur - For those in misery perhaps better things will follow. (Virgil)
Fortes et Liber - Strong and free. (Alberta)
Fortes fortuna adiuvat - Fortune helps the brave men. (Terence)
Fortiter Fideliter Forsan Feliciter - Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully
Fortuna caeca est - Fortune is blind. (Cicero)
Frangar non flectar - I am broken, I am not deflected
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-15-2005, 11:13 AM:
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Latin Sayings Translated
Gaudeamus igitur (iuvenes dum sumus) - Therefore, let us rejoice (while we are young)
Gladiator in arena consilium capit - The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca)
Gloria virtutis umbra - Glory (is) the shadow of virtue
Gnothe seauton (Greek) - Know thyself
Graeca sunt, non leguntur - It is Greek, you don't read that
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo - The drop
excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often. (Ovid)
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Latin Translation
Helluo librorum - A glutton for books (bookworm)
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! - Darn! There goes my beeper!
Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt! - Hey, we're all in line here!
Hinc illae lacrimae - Hence these tears. (Terence)
Hoc est in votis - This is in my prayers
Hoc est verum et nihili nisi verum - This is the truth and nothing but the truth
Hoc tempore obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit - In these days friends are won through flattery, the truth gives birth to hate. (Terence)
Homines libenter quod volunt credunt - Men believe what they want to. (Terentius)
Homines, dum docent, discunt - Men learn while they teach. (Seneca)
Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est - Man has been lent to life, not given. (Pubilius Syrus)
Honores mutant mores - The honours change the customs. (Power corrupts)
Horas non numero nisi serenas - I count only the bright hours. (Inscription on ancient sundials.)
Humum mandere - To bite the dust
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-15-2005, 04:14 PM:
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latin phrases
Id certum est quod certum reddi potest - That is certain that can be made certain
Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit - It ain't over until it's over
Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam! - It looks great on you!
Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet - He mourns honestly who mourns without witnesses. (Martialis)
Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down
Illiud Latine dici non potest - You can't say that in Latin
Illius me paenitet, dux - Sorry about that, chief
Imitatores, servum pecus! - Imitators, you slavish crowd! (Horace)
Imperium et libertas - Empire and liberty. (Cicero)
Impossibilium nulla obligatio est - Nobody has any obligation to the impossible. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)
In absentia - In one's absence
In aere aedificare - Build (castles) in the air. (St. Augustine)
In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides - You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself. (Petronius)
In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth
In dubiis non est agendum - In dubious cases, you should not act
In his ordo est ordinem non servare - In this case the only rule is not obeying any rules
In hoc signo vinces - In this sign, you will be victorious. (Eusebios)
In libris libertas - In books (there is) freedom
In magnis et voluisse sat est - To once have wanted is enough in great deeds. (Propertius)
In medio tutissimus ibis - In the middle of things you will go most safe. (Ovid)
In omnia paratus - Prepared for all things
In pari materia - Of like kind
In posterum - Till the next day
In quaestione versare - To be under investigation
In silvam ne ligna feras - Don't carry logs into the forest. (Horace)
In spiritu et veritate - In spirit and truth. (Versio Vulgata)
In vinculis etiam audax - In chains yet still bold (free)
In virtute sunt multi ascensus - In excellence there are many degrees. (Cicero)
Indulgentiam quaeso - I ask your indulgence
infra dignitatem - Undignified (beneath (our) dignity)
Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est. - Inhumanity is harmful in every age. (Cicero)
Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent - Stern masters do not reign long. (Seneca Philosophus)
Iniuria non excusat iniuriam - One wrong does not justify another
Intellectum valde amat - Love the intellect strongly. (St. Augustine)
Intelligenti pauca - Few words suffice for he who understands
Intelligo me intelligere - I understand that I understand. (St. Augustine)
Inter nos - Between us
Inter vivos - Living
Interfice errorem, diligere errantem - Kill the sin, love the sinner. (St. Augustine)
Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes - Let us improve life through science and art. (Vergil)
Ipsa scientia potestas est - Knowledge itself is power. (Bacon)
Ipse dixit - He himself said it. (Cicero)
Ira furor brevis est - Anger is a brief insanity. (Horace)
Isso fede - This stinks
Ita erat quando hic adveni - It was that way when I got here
Iustita omnibus - Justice for all
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-19-2005, 03:21 PM:
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latin quotes to English
Labor omnia vincit - Work conquers all things. (Virgil)
Labra lege - Read my lips
Latet anguis in herba - A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil)
Latine loqui coactus sum - I have this compulsion to speak Latin
Laudant illa, sed ista legunt - Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis)
Laudatores temporis acti - Praisers of time past
Lectio brevior lectio potior - The shortest reading is the more probable reading
Lege et lacrima - Read it and weep
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus - The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid)
Lex malla, lex nulla - A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men gladly believe that which they wish for. (Caesar)
Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes - Our thoughts are free. (Cicero)
Liberate Te Ex Inferis - Save yourself from hell
Libertas inaestimabilis res est - Liberty is a thing beyond all price. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)
Liberum arbitrium - Free will
Licentia liquendi - Liberty of speaking
Licentia poetica - Poetic licence. (Seneca)
Litoralis - Beach bum
Locus classicus - The most authoritative source
Locus enim est principum generationis rerum - For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon)
Lupus in fabula - The wolf in the tale (i.e. speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence)
Lux et veritas - Light and Truth
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Magister mundi sum! - I am the master of the universe!
Magna cum laude - With high honor
Magnas inter oper inops - A pauper in the midst of wealth. (Horace)
Male parta male dilabuntur - What has been wrongly gained is wrongly lost. (Ill-gotten gains seldom prosper.) (Cicero)
Malum consilium quod mutari non potest - It's a bad plan that can't be changed. (Publilius Syrus)
Mater artium necessitas - Necessity is the mother of invention
Materiam superabat opus - The workmanship was better than the subject matter. (Ovid)
Me fallit - I do not know
Me iudice - (I being judge) in my judgement
Me transmitte sursum, caledoni! - Beam me up, Scotty!
Mea culpa - My fault
Mea culpa - My mistake
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo - My conscience means more to me than all speech. (Cicero)
Medice, cura te ipsum! - Physician, heal thyself! (Versio Vulgata)
Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant - Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. (Curtius Rufus)
Medicus curat, natura sanat - The physician treats, nature cures
Medio tutissimus ibis - You will go safest in the middle (Moderation in all things.)(Ovid)
Melius est praevenire quam praeveniri - Better to forestall than to be forestalled
Melius frangi quam flecti - It is better to break than to bend
Melius tarde, quam nunquam - Better late than never
Mellita, domi adsum - Honey, I'm home
Mendacem memorem esse oportet - A liar needs a good memory. (Quintilianus)
Mens agitat molem - The mind moves the matter. (Vergil)
Mens regnum bona possidet - An honest heart is a kingdom in itself. (Seneca)
Mens sana in corpore sano - A sound mind in a sound body. (Juvenalis)
Meum pactum dictum - My word is my bond
Mihi cura futuri - My concern is the future
Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi - Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog
Minime senuisti! - You haven't aged a bit!
Minus habens - Absentminded
Mirabile dictu - Wonderful to say/relate. (Vergil)
Modus Operandi - Way of operating
Mors ultima linea rerum est - Death is everything's final limit. (Horace)
Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur - Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. (Pliny)
Multis post annis - Many years later
Multum in parvo - Much in little
Multun, non multa - Much, not many (quality not quantity)
Munit haec et altera vincit - One defends and the other conquers
Mus uni non fidit antro - A mouse does not rely on just one hole. (Plautus)
Musica delenit bestiam feram - Music soothes the savage beast
Mutatis mutandis - What was to be changed having been changed
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-24-2005, 12:18 PM:
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N
Latin to English
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es - Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)
Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! - Don't you dare erase my hard disk!
Ne feceris ut rideam - Don't make me laugh
Ne quid nimis - Nothing in excess. (Terence)
Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te - I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial)
Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres - As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. (Horace)
Necessitatis non habet legem - Necessity knows no law
Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi - Moreover, there is no one who can rule unless he can be ruled. (Seneca)
Nemo dat quod non habet - No one gives what he does not have
Nemo hic adest illius nominis - There is no one here by that name
Nemo liber est qui corpori servit - No one is free who is a slave to his body
Nemo nisi mors - Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica.)
Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit - Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself. (Seneca)
Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet - No man is more deaf than he who will not hear
Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum - No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus)
Nervos belli, pecuniam. (Nervus rerum.) - The nerve of war, money. (The nerve of things.) (Cicero)
Nescio quid dicas - I don't know what you're talking about
Neutiquam erro - I am not lost
Nihil agere delectat - It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero)
Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere - Necesssity knows nothing else but victory. (Syrus)
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione - I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult
Nihil declaro - I have nothing to declare
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum - Nothing is good in every part. (Horace)
Nihil est incertius volgo - Nothing is more uncertain than the (favour of the) crowd. (Cicero)
Nihil est miserum nisi cum putes - Nothing is unfortunate if you don't consider it unfortunate. (Boethius)
Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit - No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero)
Nihil est--In vita priore ego imperator romanus fui - That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor
Nil admirari - To admire nothing. (Horace)
Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit - Not much worth is an example that solves one quarrel with another. (Horace)
Nil desperandum! - Never despair! (Horace)
Nil homini certum est - Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid)
Nil Sine Numine - Nothing without providence
Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis - Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. (St. Augustine)
Noli equi dentes inspicere donati - Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. (St. Jerome)
Noli me tangere! - Don't touch me! (Versio Vulgata)
Noli me vocate. Ego te vocabo - Don't call me. I'll call you
Noli turbare circulos meos! - Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes)
Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem - Don't force it, get a bigger hammer
Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent - The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat - It's not the heat, it's the humidity
Non compos mentis - Not in possession of one's senses
Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema - I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem
Non erravi perniciose! - I did not commit a fatal error!
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. (Seneca)
Non est ei similis - There is no one like him
Non est vivere sed valere vita est - Life is not being alive
but being well (life is more than just being alive)
Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! - Not Worth A Rats Ass!
Non illigitamus carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down
Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis - Not for you, not for me, but for us
Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis - We do not fear death, but the thought of death. (Seneca)
Non multa, sed multum - Not many, but much. (Meaning, not quantity but quality.) (Plinius)
Non omne quod licet honestum est - Not everything that is permitted is honest. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)
Non omne quod nitet aurum est - Not all that glitters is gold
Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi - Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. (Bacon)
Non omnia possumus omnes - Not all of us are able to do all things (We can't all do everything.) (Virgil)
Non omnis moriar - Not all of me will die. (Horace)
Non scholae sed vitae discimus - We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca)
Non semper erit aestas - It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)
Non sequitur - It does not follow
Non sibi sed patriae! - Not for self, but country (US Navy Motto)
Non sibi sed suis - Not for one's self but for one's people
Non sum qualis eram - I am not what / of what sort I was (I'm not what I used to be.)
Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo - I do not live to eat, but eat to live. (Quintilianus)
Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse - No, excuse me, I believe I'm next
Nonne de novo eboraco venis? - You're from New York, aren't you?
Nonne macescis? - Have you lost weight?
Nosce te ipsum - Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.)
Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule/law without exception
Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est - Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca)
Nulli secundus - Second to none
Nullius in verba - (Rely) on the words on no one (Horace)
Nullo metro compositum est - It doesn't rhyme
Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius - Nothing is said that hasn't been said before. (Terence)
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium - There is no free lunch!
Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est - No generation is closed to great talents. (Seneca)
Nullus est instar domus - There is no place like home
Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. (Pliny the Younger)
Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit - Never does nature say one thing and wisdom say another
Numquam non paratus - Never unprepared
Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset - You are never so little alone as when you are alone. (Cicero)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-24-2005, 12:21 PM:
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O
Latin to English
O diem praeclarum! - Oh, what a beautiful day!
O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! - An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero)
O quam cito transit gloria mundi! - O how quickly passes the glory of the world!
O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity! (Jan Hus)
O tempora, O mores! - O the times, O the customs! (Cicero)
O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! - Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!
Obesa cantavit - The fat lady has sung
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est - We have great notions of everything unknown. (Tacitus)
Omne initium est difficile - Every beginning is difficult
Omne trium perfectum - Everything that comes in threes is perfect
Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant - All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule. (Syrus)
Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy
Omnes una manet nox - The same night awaits us all. (Horace)
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat - All (hours) wound, the last kills. (inscription on solar clocks)
Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid)
Omnia mea mecum porto - All that is mine, I carry with me. (Cicero)
Omnia mors aequat - Death equals all things
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit - Everything changes, nothing perishes. (Ovid)
Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis - All things change, and we change with them
Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori - Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil)
Omnium rerum principia parva sunt - Everything has a small beginning. (Cicero)
Optimus magister, bonus liber - The best teacher is a good book
Ora et labora - Pray and labor. (St. Benedict)
Osculare pultem meam! - Kiss my grits!
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-25-2005, 03:43 PM:
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P
Latin to English
Pace - Be at peace
Pacta sunt servanda - Agreements are to be kept. (Cicero)
Pactum serva - Keep the faith
Palmam qui meruit ferat - Let him who has earned it bear the reward
Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet - You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis)
Parva leves capiunt animas - Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds)
Patria est communis omnium parens - Our native land is the common parent of us all. (Cicero)
Pavesco, pavesco - I'm shaking, I'm shaking
Pax et bonum! - Peace and salvation!
Pax tecum - May peace be with you (Singular)
Pax vobiscum - May peace be with you (Plural)
Peccatum tacituritatis - Sin of silence
Pecunia in arbotis non crescit - Money does not grow on trees
Per angusta in augusta - Through difficulties to great things
Per aspera ad astra - Through the thorns to the stars
Per varios usus artem experientia fecit - Through different exercises practice has brought skill. (Manilius)
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid)
Periculum in mora - There is danger in delay. (Livy)
Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia - He is forever victor who employs clemency. (Syrus)
Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est - The check is in the mail
Pessimus inimicorum genus, laudantes - The worst kind of enemies, those who can praise. (Tacitus)
Philosophum non facit barba! - The beard does not define a philosopher
Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate - Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily
Plusque minusque - More or less
Poeta fit, non nascitur - A poet is made, he is not born
Poeta nascitur, non fit - The poet is born, not made
Poli, poli, di umbuendo - Slowly, Slowly we will get there
Pone ubi sol non lucet! - Put it where the sun don't shine!
Possunt quia posse videntur - They can because they think they can
Post tenebras lux - After the darkness, light
Potes currere sed te occulere non potes - You can run, but you can't hide
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire - A great man can come from a hut. (Seneca)
Potius Mori Quam Foedar - Death Before Dishonor (Massachusetts Maritime Academy Honor Guard Motto)
Potius sero quam numquam - It's better late than never. (Livy)
Praemonitus pramunitus - Forewarned, forearmed
Praetio prudentia praestat - Prudence supplies a reward
Prehende uxorem meam, sis! - Take my wife, please!
Pret toujours pret - Ready, Always Ready (304TH Signal Battalion Motto)
Primum non nocere - The first thing is to do no harm (Hippocratic oath)
Primum viveri deinde philosophari - Live before you philosophize, or Leap before you look
Primus inter pares - First among his equals
Pro bono publico - For the public good
Pro di immortales! - Good Heavens!
Pro opportunitate - As circumstances allow
Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent - A good seed, planted even in poor soil, will bear rich fruit by its own nature. (Accius)
Promoveatur ut amoveatur - Let him be promoted to get him out of the way
Propino fibi salutem! - Cheers!
Proximus sum egomet mihi - I am closest to myself. (Charity begins at home.) (Terence)
Pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant - Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum - Garbage in, garbage out
Puris omnia pura - To the pure all things are pure.
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-27-2005, 12:00 PM:
Rated G
Q
Latin To English
Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet - What they don't know won't kill them
Qualis pater talis filius - As is the father, so is the son; like father, like son
Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu - The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca)
Quam se ipse amans-sine rivale! - Himself loving himself so much-without a rival! (Cicero)
Quam terribilis est haec hora - How fearful is this hour
Quemadmodum possums scire utrum vere simus an solum sentiamus nos esse? - How are we to know whether we actually exist or only think we exist?
Qui bene cantat, bis orat - He who sings well, prays twice
Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit - Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it. (Seneca)
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum - Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war. (Vegetius)
Qui docet discit - He who teaches learns
Qui dormit, non peccat - One who sleeps doesn't sin
Qui habet aures audiendi audiat - He who has ears, let him understand how to listen
Qui ignorabat, ignorabitur - One who is ignorant will remain unnoticed
Qui nimium probat, nihil probat - One who proves too much, proves nothing
Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit - He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. (Ovid)
Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit - He who fears every ambush falls into none. (Pubilius Syrus)
Qui scribit bis legit - He who writes reads twice
Qui tacet consentire videtur - He that is silent is thought to consent
Qui tacet, consentit - Silence gives consent
Qui vir odiosus! - What a bore!
Qui vivat atque floreat ad plurimos annos - May he live and flourish for many years
Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare - He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much
Quia natura mutari non potest idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt - Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal. (Horace)
Quid agis, medice? - What's up, Doc?
Quid Novi - What's New?
Quid nunc - What now?! (a nosy busybody)
Quid pro quo - Something for something (tit for tat)
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Anything said in Latin sounds profound
Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur - Why do you laugh? Just change the name and the tale is told of you. (Horace)
Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum - Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
Quieta non movere - Not to move (things lying) quiet
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis)
Quis separabit? - Who shall separate us?
Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? - Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when?
Quo ad hoc - As much as this (to this extent)
Quo animo? - With what spirit? (or intent?)
Quo fas et gloria docunt - Where right and glory lead
Quo signo nata es? - What's your sign?
Quo vadis? - Where are you going? / Whither goest thou?
Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit! - May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero)
Quod erat demonstrandum (QED) - Which was to be shown or demonstrated
Quod erat faciendum - Which was to be done
Quod incepimus conficiemus - What we have begun we shall finish
Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? - How do you get your hair to do that?
Quomodo vales - How are you?
Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit - True love will hold on to those whom it has held. (Seneca)
Quot homines, tot sententiae - As many men, so many opinions. There are as many opinions as there are men/people.
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 10-31-2005, 08:27 AM:
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R
Latin to English
Radicitus, comes! - Really rad, dude!
Radix lecti - Couch potato
Raptus regaliter - Royally screwed
Rara avis - A rare bird
Ratio et consilium propriae ducis artes - Reason and deliberation are the proper skills of a general
Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert - Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn
Redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris - Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's
Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit - He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes. (Syrus)
Relata refero - I tell what I have been told. (Herodotos)
Rem tene, verba sequentur - Keep to the subject and the words will follow. (Cato Senior)
Repetitio est mater memoriae/ studiorum/ - Repetition is the mother of memory/
Requiescat in pace - Let him/her rest in peace. (May he/she rest in peace)
Rerum concordia discors - The concord of things through discord. (Horace)
Res firma mitescere nescit - A firm resolve does not know how to weaken
Res severa est verum gaudium - True joy is a serious thing. (Seneca)
Respice post te, mortalem te esse memento - Look around you, remember that you are mortal. (Tertullianus)
Respice, adspice, prospice - Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future (look to the past, the present, the future)
Revelare pecunia! - Show me the money!
Rex regnant sed non gubernat - The king reigns but does not govern
Rident stolidi verba Latina - Fools laugh at the Latin language. (Ovid)
Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? - What prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile? (Horace)
Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est - There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. (Catullus)
Romani ite domus - Yankee go home! (Monty Phyton's The Life of Brian)
Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt - You know, the Romans invented the art of love
Rumores volant. / Rumor volat - Rumors fly. / Rumor flies
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 11-14-2005, 12:09 PM:
Rated G
S
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)
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 11-16-2005, 01:14 PM:
Rated G
T
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!
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 11-18-2005, 10:30 AM:
U
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
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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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