Breves VIII

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Disiecti membra poetae: Limbs of a dismembered poet. (Horace)
Credo quia absurdum: I believe it because it is absurd. (contrary to reason) (Tertullian)
Imperium et libertas: Empire and liberty. (Cicero)
Iubilate Deo: Rejoice in God
Vis maior: Higher force
Non omne quod nitet aurum est: Not all that glitters is gold
Hoc est verum et nihili nisi verum: This is the truth and nothing but the truth
Iure humano: By human law
Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur: Anything said in Latin sounds profound
Victoria, non praeda: Victory, not loot
Ars sine scienta nihil est: Art without science is nothing. (I would also claim that the opposite is true)
Fides punica: Treachery. (Livy)
Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia: He is forever victor who employs clemency. (Syrus)
Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus: One is innocent until proven guilty
Imitatores, servum pecus!: Imitators, you slavish crowd! (Horace)
Plvres crapvla qvam gladivs: Drunkeness [kills] more than the sword. As true today on the road as it ever was
Vires acquirit eundo: It gains strength by going / as it goes. (Virgil)
Potius sero quam numquam: It's better late than never. (Livy)
Index librorum prohibitorum: Official list of forbidden books not to be read by Catholics
Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!: I forgot to polish the clocks!
Siste, viator: Wait, traveler
Aurea mediocritas: The golden mean. (an ethical goal; truth and goodness are generally to be found in the middle.) (Horace)
Cornucopia: Horn of plenty
Agnus dei: The Lamb of God
Respice post te, mortalem te esse memento: Look around you, remember that you are mortal. (Tertullianus)
In actu: In practice
Rumores volant. / Rumor volat: Rumors fly. / Rumor flies
Scientia est potentia: Knowledge is power
Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum: Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do
E pluribus unum: From many, one (Motto of the USA)
Ubi mel ibi apes: Where honey, there bees, i.e., if you want support, you must offer something in return
In silvam ne ligna feras: Don't carry logs into the forest. (Horace)
Qui tacet, consentit: Silence gives consent
Non bis in idem: Not twice for the same thing
Culpam poena premit comes: Punishment closely follows crime as its companion. (Horace)
Armis Exposcere Pacem: They demanded peace by force of arms. (An inscription seen on medals)
Annuit coeptis: God has favored us
Res in cardine est: The matter is on a door hinge things are balanced on a knife's edge
Cedant arma togae: Let arms yield to the toga. (Let violence give place to law)
Vide et credere: See and believe
Lapsus alumni: Error made
Ubi bene, ibi patria: Where you feel good, there is your home
Sic erat in fatis: So it was fated
Bella gerant alii: Let others wage war
Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam: Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid)
Sotto voce: In soft voice
Meum pactum dictum: My word is my bond
Abyssus abyssum invocat: Hell calls hell; one mistep leads to another
Qvalis pater talis filivs: Like father like son. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree
Cogito ergo doleo: I think therefore I am depressed
Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent: The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)
Amor caecus est: Love is blind
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!: Don't you dare erase my hard disk!
Esse quam videri: To be rather than to seem
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo: I'll have a pizza with everything on it
Lex scripta: The written law
Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem: Science has no enemies but the ignorants
Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!: i'll get you, you wascally wabbit!
Non semper erit aestas: It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)
Idem quod (i.q.): The same as
Extra ecclesiam nulla salus: Outside the Church [there is] No Salvation. (A phrase of much disputed significance in Roman Catholic theology)
Aeronavis abstractio a prestituto cursu: Hijacking
In gremio legis: In the protection of the law
Quod erat faciendum (QEF): Which was to be done
Mirabile visu: Wonderful to behold
Te nosce: Know thyself
Spero melior: I hope for better things
Quid pro quo: Something for something. i.e. A favor for a favor
Ut ameris, ama!: To be loved, love!
Fortitudine vincimus: By endurance we conquer
Res gestae: Things done
Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi: Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. (Bacon)
Ratio decidendi: The reason for the decision
Culpa: A sin
Hunc tu caveto: Beware of this man
Forsan miseros meliora sequentur: For those in misery perhaps better things will follow. (Virgil)
In magnis et voluisse sat est: To once have wanted is enough in great deeds. (Propertius)
Lux et veritas: Light and Truth
Pro patria: For one's country
Inter vivos: Between living (people)
Commune periculum concordiam parit: Common danger brings forth harmony
Fames est optimus coquus: Hunger is the best cook
Quod erat demonstrandum (QED): Which was to be demonstrated
Ut infra: As below
Proximus sum egomet mihi: I am closest to myself. (Charity begins at home.) (Terence)
Licet: It is allowed
Gloria in excelsis deo: Glory to God in the highest
Fidus Achates: faithful Achates (friend)
Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior: Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. (Erasmus)
Respice, adspice, prospice: Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future (look to the past, the present, the future)
Gloria virtutis umbra: Glory (is) the shadow of virtue
In distans: At a distance
Viri sunt viri: Men are slime
De bene esse: It shall be so, as long as it is well
Latet anguis in herba: A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil)
Lavdem virtvtis necessitati damvs: We give to necessity the praise of virtue finding the benefit in what's needful
Ante mortem: Before death
Ad hominem: Appealing to a person's physical and emotional urges, rather than her or his intellect
In nomine patris et filii et spiritus santi: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Fluctuat nec mergitur: It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink
Varia lecto (v.l.): Variant reading
Peccavi: I have sinned
Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita: Life is too short to dance with ugly women
Per diem: Per day; daily allowance
Pro bono (pro bono publico): For the good of the public
Cogita ante salis: Think before you leap, or look before you leap
In praesenti: At the present time
Cuivis dolori remedium est patientia: Patience is the cure for all suffer
Dominus illuminatio mea: The Lord is my light
Qualis pater talis filius: As is the father, so is the son; like father, like son
Fabricati diem: Make my day
Magna cum laude: With great honour or academic distinction
Possunt quia posse videntur: They can because they think they can
Ubi sunt?: Where are they (the good old days)?
Ense et aratro: With sword and plow. (citizen
Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam: It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
Omne tvlit pvnctvm qvi miscvit vtile dvlci: [he] has gained every point who has combined [the] useful [with the] agreeable
Quasi: As if
Post factum: After the fact
Principiis obsta: Resist the beginnings
Locum tenens: One occupying the place (used as an English noun meaning 'deputy')
Vivat, crescat, floreat!: May he/she/it live, grow, and flourish!
Obiter dictum: Something said in passing
Est deus in nobis: The is a god inside us
Vis comica: Sense of humour
Ratio legis est anima legis: The reason of the law is the soul of the law
Ubi maior, minor cessat: The weak (minor) capitulates before the strong (major)
Vixere fortes ante agamemnona: Brave men lived before Agamemnon. (heroism exists even if it's not recorded)
Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus: The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid)
Salve sis: May you be well
Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet: No man is more deaf than he who will not hear
Me fallit: I do not know
Melius frangi quam flecti: It is better to break than to bend
Ne humanus crede: Trust no human
Qui nimium probat, nihil probat: One who proves too much, proves nothing
Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te: I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial)
Ad vitam: For life
Affidavit: A sworn written statement usable as evidence in court
In pontificalibus: In the proper vestments of a pope or cardinal
Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur: That man is wise who talks little (know when to hold your tongue)
Una hirundo non facit ver: One Swallow does not make Summer. (Horace)
Multis post annis: Many years later
Ex more: According to custom
In personam: Against the person
Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas: We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)
Sub judice: Before a court
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)
Verbatim et litteratim: Word for word and letter for letter
Functus officio: Having discharged his duty and thus ceased to have any authority over a matter
Monstra mihi pecuniam!: Show me the money!
Illius me paenitet, dux: Sorry about that, chief
Non omne quod licet honestum est: Not everything that is permitted is honest. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)
Ne plus ultra: No further. Impassable obstacle
Literati: Men of letters
Sine nobilitatis: Without nobility (SNOB)
Maecenas atavis edite regibus: Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors. (Horace)
Ab initio: From the beginning
A mensa et thoro: From board and bed (legal separation)
Vltra vires: Beyond [one's] authority outside the jurisdiction
Desunt cetera: The rest is missing
Fecit (fec.): Made by
Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria: He conquers twice who in the hour of conquest conquers himself. (Syrus)
Corpus juris canonici: The body of canon law
Vivere disce, cogita mori: Learn to live; Remember death. (sundial inscription)
Prima facie: At first sight; on the face of it. (in law, an obvious case that requires no further proof)
Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris: If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities
Lex domicilii: The law of a person's home country
Nullo metro compositum est: It doesn't rhyme
Ab urbe condita: From the foundation of the city. (Rome)
Homines libenter quod volunt credunt: Men believe what they want to. (Terentius)
Penetalia mentis: The innermost recesses of the mind. Heart of hearts
Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes: Flatterers are the worst type of enemies
Fax mentis incedium gloriae: The passion of glory is the torch of the mind
Non scholae sed vitae discimus: We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca)
Potest ex casa magnus vir exire: A great man can come from a hut. (Seneca)
Post scriptum (P.S): After what has been written
Ut supra (Ut sup.): As above
Dies felices: Happy Days
Ad augusta per angusta: To high places by narrow roads
Res publica: The public thing
Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem!: Whatever you do, do cautiously, and look to the end
Dei gratia: By the grace of God
Victoria Imperatrix Regina (VIR): Victoria, Empress and Queen
Sic passim: Thus everywhere
Neutiquam erro: I am not lost
Consuetudinis magna vis est: The force of habit is great. (Cicero)
Aquila non captat muscas: The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)
Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est: Life is more than merely staying alive
A fortiori: With yet stronger reason
Nemo gratis mendax: No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth
Camera obscvra: Hidden room
Potes currere sed te occulere non potes: You can run, but you can't hide
Pecunia in arbotis non crescit: Money does not grow on trees
Locus enim est principum generationis rerum: For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon)
Ecce signum: behold the proof
Non nobis, Domine: Not unto us, O Lord
Radicitus, comes!: Really rad, dude!
Et in arcadia ego: I, also, am in Arcadia
Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior: Our life is short but is made longer by misfortunes. (Publilius Syrus)

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