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- Fons et origo
- The source and origin
- Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt
- I have jerks like you for breakfast
- Tabula rasa
- A clean slate. Person that knows nothing
- Addendum
- A thing to be added
- Tuis pugis pignore!
- You bet your bippy!
- Vestigia terrent
- The footprints frighten me. (Horace)
- Scito te ipsum
- Know yourself
- Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur
- The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived!
- In rem
- Against the matter (property)
- Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur
- We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving. (Syrus)
- Pater patriae
- Father of the country
- Vide
- See
- Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum
- Garbage in, garbage out
- Mater dolorosa
- Sorrowful mother. (Virgin Mary)
- Quot homines, tot sententiae
- As many men, so as many opinions
- Infra dignitatem (dig.)
- Undignified; beneath one's dignity
- Excelsior
- Ever upward
- 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)
- Honoris causa (h.c.)
- As in doctorate, an honorary degree
- Vinculum unitatis
- The bond of unity
- Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent
- Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. (minor losses can be talked away, profound ones strike us dumb)
- Verso
- Reverse
- Ad eundem
- Of admission to the same degree at a different university
- Panem et circenses
- Bread and circuses. Food and games to keep people happy. (Juvenalis)
- Custos morum
- Guardian of morals
- Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco
- No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others
- Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus
- Mountains will be in labour, and an absurd mouse will be born. (all that work and nothing to show for it)
- A priori
- from what comes before
- In esse
- In existence
- Huc accedit zambonis!
- Here comes the Zamboni!
- Credo ut intelligam
- I believe in order that I may understand. (St. Augustine)
- Horribile dictu
- Horrible to tell
- Quam se ipse amans
- sine rivali!
- Ipsissima verba
- the exact words
- Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
- May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
- Ave atque vale
- Hail and farewell. (Catullus)
- Volente Deo
- God willing
- Bibere venenum in auro
- Drink poison from a cup of gold
- In loco parentis
- In the place of a parent
- Ave maria
- Hail Mary
- Eventus stultorum magister
- Events are the teacher of the stupid persons. Stupid people learn by experience, bright people calculate what to do
- Amor ordinem nescit
- Love does not know order. (St. Jerome)
- Morituri te salutant
- Those who are about to die salute you
- Qvi fvgiebat rvrsvs proeliabitvr
- He who has fled will do battle once more. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day
- Qvod cito acqviritvr cito perit
- [that] which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Eeasy come, easy go
- Graviora manent
- greater dangers await
- Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
- It's not the heat, it's the humidity
- A bene placito
- At one's pleasure
- Svi generis
- Of its own kind unique
- Hic habitat felicitas
- Here dwells happiness
- Propino fibi salutem!
- Cheers!
- Nvnc pro tvnc
- Now for then retroactive
- Deo volente
- God willing
- Carpe Cerevisi
- Seize the beer!
- Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum
- So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. (Lucretius)
- Circa (C.)
- Approximately
- Dum excusare credis, accusas
- When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself. (St. Jerome)
- Ascendo tuum
- Up yours
- Locus in quo
- The place in which something happens
- Motu proprio
- Of one's own initiative
- Qvid novi?
- What's new? 'What's up?'
- Per fas et nefas
- Through right or wrong
- Acta non verba
- Action not words
- Ex abundancia cordis, os loquitor
- From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
- Ex uno disce omnes
- From one person learn all persons. (From one we can judge the rest)
- Ante bellum
- Before the war
- Spiritus lenis
- Smooth breathing
- Poeta nascitur, non fit
- The poet is born, not made
- Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
- Darn! There goes my beeper!
- Primum mobile
- Prime mover
- Miserere
- Have mercy
- Sine loco (Sl)
- Without place
- Malum prohibitum
- A prohibited wrong. A crime that society decides is wrong for some reason, not inherently evil
- Confer (Cf.)
- Compare
- Roma locuta est. Causa finita est
- Rome has spoken. The cause is finished
- Gladiator in arena consilium capit
- The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca)
- De gustibus non est disputandum
- There's no accounting for taste
- Non est ad astra mollis e terris via
- There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. (Seneca)
- Pede poena claudo
- Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely. (Horace)
- Imperator
- Emperor
- Exeat
- Permission for a temporary absence
- Ab asino lanam
- Wool from an ass, blood from a stone impossible
- Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt
- They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace)
- Domus dulcis domus
- (home) Sweet home
- Praetio prudentia praestat
- Prudence supplies a reward
- Per se
- By or in itself
- Probatum est
- It has been proved
- Subucula tua apparet
- Your slip is showing
- Suos cuique mos
- Everyone has his customs. (Gellius)
- Non liquet
- It is not clear
- Stabat Mater
- The mother was standing
- Rara avis
- A rare bird, i.e. An extraodinary or unusual thing. (Juvenal)
- Ipsa scientia potestas est
- Knowledge itself is power. (Bacon)
- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
- Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis)
- Inter alios
- Amongst other people
- Te precor dulcissime supplex!
- Pretty please with a cherry on top!
- Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur?
- A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent)
- Nihil sub sole novum
- Nothing new under the sun
- Qui potest capere capiat
- Let him accept it who can. Freely: If the shoe fits, wear it
- Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est
- Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca)
- Et alii/aliae
- Other persons/things
- Spiritus asper
- Rough breathing
- Hodie mihi, cras tibi
- Today for me, tomorrow for you
- Ab/Ex uno disce omnes
- From one person, learn all people
- Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
- Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.'
- Poli, poli, di umbuendo
- Slowly, Slowly we will get there
- Modus agendi
- Manner of operation
- Latine dictum
- Spoken in Latin
- Ad rem
- To the point
- A posse ad esse
- From possibility to actuality
- Locus classicus
- The most authoritative source, Classical passage
- Caveat venditor
- Let the seller beware
- Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
- Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. (Vergil)
- Memento mori
- Remember that you will die
- Ad eundem gradum
- To the same level
- Etiam capillus unus habet umbram
- Even one hair has a shadow. (Publilius Syrus)
- Noli me tangere!
- Don't touch me! (Versio Vulgata)
- Post coitem
- After sexual intercourse
- Bona fides (noun)
- Honest intention
- Tamquam alter idem
- As if a second self. (Cicero)
- Contra felicem vix deus vires habet
- Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power
- Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris
- If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar
- Ius primae noctis
- The right for the first night
- Non omnia moriar
- Not all of me will die. (Horace)
- Apudne te vel me?
- Your place or mine?
- Alias
- Otherwise
- Crimen falsi
- Perjury
- Quae nocent, saepe docent
- What hurts, often instructs. One learns by bitter/adverse experience
- Iesus nazarenus rex iudaeorum (INRI)
- Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews
- Vis inertiae
- The power of inertia
- Vincere est totum
- To win is everything
- Res inter alios
- A matter between others it's not our busines
- Omnium gatherum
- Assortment
- Male parta male dilabuntur
- What has been wrongly gained is wrongly lost. (Ill
- Nemo nisi mors
- Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica)
- Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant
- Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. (Curtius Rufus)
- Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis
- Not for you, not for me, but for us
- Hoc natura est insitum, ut quem timueris, hunc semper oderis
- It's an innate thing to always hate the one we've learnt to fear
- Si fecisti nega!
- If you did it, deny it (stonewall!)
- Errata
- A list of errors (in a book)
- Vincit omnia veritas
- Truth conquers all
- Timeo danaos et dona ferentes
- I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. (Virgil)
- Recto
- On the right
- Per accidens
- By Accident
- Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum
- Unfortunately, I can't find those particular documents
- Cogito, ergo sum
- I think, therefore I am. (René Descartes)
- E contrario
- From a contrary position
- Donna nobis pacem
- Grant us peace
- Salve
- Hello
- Spectatvm venivnt, venivnt spectentvr vt ipsae
- They come to see, they come that they themselves be seen 'to see and be seen
- Quid est illa in auqua?
- What's that in the water?
- Inter caesa et porrecta
- There's many a slip twixt cup and lip
- Vox populi, vox Dei
- The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Public oppinion is obligatory)
- Ultra vires
- Beyond the powers or legal authority
- Vice versa
- In reverse order
- Isto pensitaris?
- You get paid for this crap?
- Docendo discitur
- It is learned by teaching. (Seneca)
- Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
- It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. (Catullus)
- Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita
- Life is too short to dance with ugly men
- Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros
- Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men
- Mvlti svnt vocati, pavci vero electi
- Many are called [but] few are chosen
- Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est
- Yes, that is a very large amount of corn
- Deus absconditus
- A god who is hidden from man
- Quam terribilis est haec hora
- How fearful is this hour
- O quam cito transit gloria mundi!
- O how quickly passes the glory of the world!
- Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?
- Seen any good movies lately?
- Animis opibusque parati
- Prepared in minds and resources (ready for anything)
- In toto
- As a whole, absolutely, Completely
- Ab intestato
- Having made no will
- Promoveatur ut amoveatur
- Let him be promoted to get him out of the way
- Memorandum
- A note of; a thing to be remembered
- Gloriosum est iniurias oblivisci
- It is glorious to forget the injustice
- A verbis ad verbera
- from words to blows
- Imprimatur
- Let it be printed
- Ad astra per aspera
- To the stars through difficulty
- Insculpsit
- He/she engraved it
- Medio tutissimus ibis
- You will go safest in the middle. (Moderation in all things) (Ovid)
- Nolo contendere
- I do not wish to contend
- Materfamilias
- Mother of family
- Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret
- It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth
- Pater historiae
- The father of history
- Quod erat in veniendum
- Which was to be found
- Mihi cura futuri
- My concern is the future
- Id certum est quod certum reddi potest
- That is certain that can be made certain
- Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit
- The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses. (Horace)
- Splendor sine occasu
- Splendour without end
- Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
- Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business!
- Parva leves capiunt animas
- Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds)
- Bene legere saecla vincere
- To read well is to master the ages. (Professor Isaac Flagg)
- Ad astra
- To the stars
- Dic mihi solum facta, domina
- Just the facts, ma'am
- In dubio
- In doubt
- Semper letteris mandate
- Always get it in writing!
- Alumnus
- Nursling (former pupil)
- Visne saltare?
- Do you want to dance?
- Sursum corda
- (lift) up (your) hearts
- Qui vivat atque floreat ad plurimos annos
- May he live and flourish for many years
- Non est ei similis
- There is no one like him
- Si monumentum requiris circumspice
- If you seek a monument, look around