d3lta / latin phrases

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At one's pleasure

A capite ad calcem

From head to heel

In church [style]i.e. Vocal music only

From a contrary position

From the cross comes salvation

From God and the King

With yet stronger reason

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place)

A mari usque ad mare

From sea to sea (Motto of Canada)

A mensa et thoro

From board and bed (legal separation)

A pedibus usque ad caput

From feet to head

A posse ad esse

From possibility to actuality

From what comes after. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori

From what comes before

A verbis ad verbera

From words to blows

From the absurd (establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent's position)

From the beginning of time

Wool from an ass, blood from a stone impossible

From the bottom of the chest. (from the heart) (Julius Caesar)

From the cradle

From the beginning

Having made no will

From the origin

Ab ovo usque ad mala

From the egg right to the apples (From start to finish) (Horace)

Ab urbe condita

From the foundation of the city. (Rome)

Ab/Ex uno disce omnes

From one person, learn all people

Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit

He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared

In absence of the defendant

No offence intended

May the omen be absent. (may this not be an omen)

I'm outta here!

Abusus non tollit usum

Wrong use does not preclude proper use

Abutebaris modo subjunctivo denuo

You've been misusing the subjunctive again

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)

Action not words

Deeds of the saints

Wrongful actas opposed to mens reathe wrongful intention or guilty mind

To the point of absurdity

To archives. Not actual any more

Ad astra per aspera

To the stars through difficulty

Ad augusta per angusta

To high places by narrow roads

Ad captandum vulgus

To appeal to the crowd -- often used of politicians who make false or insincere promises appealing to popular interest

Ad eundem gradum

To the same level

Of admission to the same degree at a different university

Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit

To boldly go where no man has gone before

To the sources (motto of Renaissance Humanism)

To the bottom / To the end (said during a generic toast, like bottoms up!)

For a particular purpose. (improvised, made up in an instant)

Appealing to a person's physical and emotional urges, rather than her or his intellect

In honour. Honour not baring any material advantage

Of the same mind

To infinity without end

For the meantime

Ad libitum (Acronym "ad lib")

At one's pleasure

Ad limina apostolorum

To the thresholds of the Apostles

For a lawsuit or action

Towards the light (motto of the University of Lisbon)

Ad maiorem dei gloriam (AMDG)

For the greater glory of God

Ad multos annos

To many years!, i.e. Many happy returns!

To the point of making one sick

Ad perpetuam rei memoriam

For the perpetual remembrance of the thing

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)

Subject to reference

By the value, e.g. Ad valorem tax

Ad vitam aeternam

Ad vitam paramus

We are preparing for life

A thing to be added

Be present, faithful ones

Adversus incendia excubias nocturnas vigilesque commentus est

Against the dangers of fires, he (Augustus) conceived of the idea of night guards and watchmen

Adversus solem ne loquitor

Don't speak against the sun (don't waste your time arguing the obvious)

Advocatus diaboli

The devil's advocate

Aegrescit medendo

The disease worsens with the treatment. The remedy is worse than the disease

A sick man's dreams (Horace)

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)

Aeronavis abstractio a prestituto cursu

Farewell forever

A sworn written statement usable as evidence in court

Do what you do well, pay attention to what you are doing

Age. Fac ut gaudeam

Go ahead. Make my day!

Things to be done

The Lamb of God

Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est

Yes, that is a very large amount of corn

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 propiis

She flies with her own wings (state motto of Oregon)

Nourishing mother. (One's old school or university)

Other "I" or "Other Self"

Alter ipse amicus

A friend is another self

Alterum ictum faciam

I'm going to take a mulligan

Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. (still waters run deep)

Nursling (former pupil)

Amantes sunt amentes

Lovers are lunatics

Amantium irae amoris integratio est

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. (Terence)

Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur

Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time

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

Friend of the court

Amicus humani generis

A friend of the human race (philanthropist)

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

Amor est vitae essentia

Love is the essence of life. (Robert B. Mackay)

Amor ordinem nescit

Love does not know order. (St. Jerome)

Love of country

Amor platonicus

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?

Anguis in herba

A snake in the grass. A treacherous person. (Vergil)

Anicularum lucubrationes

Old wives' tales

Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?

(At a barbeque) Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face?

Animis opibusque parati

Prepared in minds and resources (ready for anything)

Animus facit nobilem

The spirit makes (human) noble

Anno domini (AD)

In the year of the Lord

Anno hegirae (AH)

In the year of the hegira

In the year of the world

In the year of reign

Anno urbis conditae (AUC)

From the year of founding of the city (Rome)

God has favored us

Annus horribilis

A horrible year

Annus mirabilis

Year of wonders

Before the letter

Ante meridiem (a.m.)

Ante prandium (A.p.)

Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem

In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags

Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!

Let's all wear mood rings!

Appareo Decet Nihil Munditia?

Is It Not Nifty?

Apudne te vel me?

Your place or mine?

Water of life (brandy)

Aquila non captat muscas

The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)

Arbiter elegantiae

Judge in matters of taste

Secrets of the empire

Arduum sane munus

A truly arduous task

For the sake of argument

Argumentum ad hominem

An argument against the man. Directing an argument against an opponent's character rather than the subject at hand

Argumentum ad ignorantiam

Arguing from ignorance

Armis Exposcere Pacem

They demanded peace by force of arms. (An inscription seen on medals)

Ars gratia artis

Art for art's sake. (motto of MGM)

Ars longa, vita brevis

Art (work) is long, but life is short

Ars sine scienta nihil est

Art without science is nothing. (I would also claim that the opposite is true)

Artium baccalaureus

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Artium magister

Master of Arts (MA)

Asinus asinum fricat

The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)

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

Audaces fortuna iuvat

Fortune favors the bold. (Virgil)

Audere est facere

To dare is to do. (Motto of Tottenham Hotspur)

Audi et alteram partem

Hear the other side too

Audiatur et altera pars!

Let us hear the opposite side!

Audio, video, disco

I hear, I see, I learn

Auget largiendo

He increases by giving liberally

The popular breeze. (Cicero)

Aurea mediocritas

The golden mean. (an ethical goal; truth and goodness are generally to be found in the middle.) (Horace)

Auribus tenere lupum

I hold a wolf by the ears. (I am in a dangerous situation and dare not let go.) (Terence)

Aurora australis

The Southern lights

Aurora borealis

The Northern lights

Aurora Musis amica

Dawn is friend of the muses. (Early bird catches the worm.)

Aut Caesar aut nihil

Caesar or nothing i.e., all or nothing

Aut disce aut discede

Either learn or leave

Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit

The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses. (Horace)

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

I will either find a way or make one

Aut vincere aut mori

Either conquer or die

Auxilio ab alto

By help from on high

Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro

A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain

Hail and farewell. (Catullus)

Ave caesar! Morituri te salutamus

Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you. (gladiators before the fight)

Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt!

Save the whales!

Beata Virgo (Maria)

The Blessed Virgin (Mary)

Beatae memoriae

Of blessed memory

Blessed are the peacemakers

Beati pauperes spiritu

Blessed are the poor in spirit

Beati possidentes

The happy who possess. (possession is nine points of the law) (Euripides)

The blessed one

Bella detesta matribus

Wars, the horror of mothers. (Horace)

Bella gerant alii

Let others wage war

Bellum omium contra omnes

Everyman's struggle against everyman. (Thomas Hobbes)

Belua multorum es capitum

The people are a many-headed beast

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)

Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare

Well, if you don't understand plain Latin, I'm not going to dirty my hands on you

Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere

To accept a favour is to sell freedom. (Publilius Syrus)

Bibere venenum in auro

Drink poison from a cup of gold

Bis dat qui cito dat

He gives twice who quickly gives. (Publius Syrus)

Bis in die (bid)

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 those that are asked for again and again. (Horace)

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

In good faith. i. e. well-intentioned, fairly

Bona fides (noun)

Honest intention

Good services's

Bonum commune communitatis

General welfare. Literally, common good of the community

Bonum commune hominis

Common good of man

Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis

Good wine gladdens a person's heart

Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur!

Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!

Braccae tuae aperiuntur

Your fly is open

Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita

Life is too short to dance with ugly women

Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita

Life is too short to dance with ugly men

Brevis esse latoro obscurus fio

When I try to be brief, I speak gobbledegook

Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior

Our life is short but is made longer by misfortunes. (Publilius Syrus)

Baffling puzzle or difficult point

Cacoethes scribendi

An insatiable urge to write. (Juvenal)

The question drops

Caeca invidia est

Envy is blind. (Livy)

Caeci caecos ducentes

Blind are led by the blind. Leaders are not more knowledgeable than the ones they lead

Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei

The heavens declare the glory of God

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt

They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace)

Caelum videre iussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus

He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars. (Ovid)

Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris

If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar

Hidden rooman early photographic or painting technique utilizing optical pinholes

Canis meus id comedit

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

Seize the beer!

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)

Seize the day. (opportunity) (Horace)

An act used to justify war

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam

I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head

Event (that is the justification for, or the cause) of war

Causarum justia et misericordia

For the causes of justice and mercy

Cave ab homine unius libri

Beware of anyone who has just one book. (Latin Epigram)

Cave canem, te necet lingendo

Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death

Beware of the dog

Cave cibum, valde malus est

Beware the food, it is very bad

Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules

If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults

Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui

Beware what you say, when, and to whom

Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk)

Caveat venditor

Let the seller beware

Let him/her beware

Cedant arma togae

Let arms yield to the toga. (Let violence give place to law)

I yield to a greater person

Certamen bikini-suicidus-disci mox coepit?

Does the Bikini-Suicide-Frisbee match start soon?

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)

The rest is missing

Ceteris paribus

All else being equal

Christ the King

Cineri gloria sera venit

Fame comes too late to the dead

Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

Clara pacta, boni amici

Clear agreements, good friends

Codex Juris Canonici

Book of canon law

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 doleo

I think therefore I am depressed

Cogito sumere potum alterum

I think I'll have another drink

Cogito, ergo sum

I think, therefore I am. (Reni Descartes)

Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet

No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong

The common good

Commune periculum concordiam parit

Common danger brings forth harmony

Communi consilio

By common consent

Of sound mind (and judgement)

Concordia discors

Discordant harmony

Concordia res parvae crescent

Work together to accomplish more

Conditio sine qua non

Condition without which not, or an essential condition or requirement

Congregatio de Propaganda Fide

Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

Coniecturalem artem esse medicinam

Medicine is the art of guessing. (Aulus Cornelius Celsus)

Coniunctis viribus

With united powers

Conlige suspectos semper habitos

Round up the usual suspects

Consensu omnium

By the agreement of all

Consensus audacium

An agreement of rash men. (a conspiracy) (Cicero)

Consuetudinis magna vis est

The force of habit is great. (Cicero)

In the consulship of Plancus (In the good old days) (Horace)

Consummatum est

It is completed (Christ's last words, John 19:30)

Contra felicem vix deus vires habet

Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power

Against the world

Contraria contrariis curantur

The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates)

In the presence of the people. (Horace)

Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet

A crow doesn't rip out the eyes of another crow

The body of Christ

The body of a crime. (The substance or fundamental facts of a crime)

Corpus Juris Canonici

The body of canon law

Corpus Juris Civilis

The body of civil law

A list of things to be corrected. (in a book)

Corripe Cervisiam

Seize the beer!

Corruptio optimi pessima

Corruption of the best is worst

Coruscantes disci per convexa caeli volantes

Cotidiana vilescunt

Familiarity breeds contempt

Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet

The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned. (Syrus)

Crapulam terriblem habeo

I have a terrible hangover

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 elvem etiam vivere

I believe Elvis lives

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) (Tertullian)

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)

Crescite et multiplicamini

Increase and multiply

Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem

It is more cruel to always fear death than to die. (Seneca)

For whose benefit is it? (a maxim sometimes used in the detection of crime) (Cicero)

Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?

To whom do I give my new elegant little book? (Catullus)

Who suffers a detriment?

Cui peccare licet peccat minus

One who is allowed to sin, sins less. (Ovid)

Cuius regio, eius religio

He who rules, his religion

Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare

Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one

Cuivis dolori remedium est patientia

Patience is the cure for all suffer

Culpam poena premit comes

Punishment closely follows crime as its companion. (Horace)

Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt

When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults

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 laude magnum

With great success

Cum tacent, clamant

When they remain silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words) (Cicero)

Cur etiam hic es

Why are you still here?

Cura nihil aliud nisi ut valeas

Pay attention to nothing except that you do well. (Cicero)

A later concern

Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. (minor losses can be talked away, profound ones strike us dumb)

Curriculum vitae

The course of one's life

Cursum perficio

My journey is over, or I finish my journey

Guardian of morals

Da mihi basilia mille

Kiss me with a thousand kisses

Da 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, and a thick shake

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

Data et accepta

Expenditure and receipts

De asini vmbra disceptare

To argue about the shadow of an ass. (petty things for petty mind)

It shall be so, as long as it is well

From day to day

De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen (Thomas a Kempis)

Something that is automatically accepted

De gustibus non est disputandum

There's no accounting for taste

De inimico non loquaris sed cogites

Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it

Repeat again from the start

By law. According to law

De minimis non curat praetor

The authority or king, or law does not care about trivial things

With respect to trifles

De mortuis nil nisi bonum

Say nothing but good about the dead. (Chilon)

De nihilo nihil

Nothing comes from nothing. (Lucretius)

Up from the depths (of misery)

De rervm natvra

On the nature of things. (title of Marcus Aurelius's magnum opus)

By the grace of God

Delenda est carthago

Carthage must be destroyed

Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit

The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. (Horace)

With God's help

With God's favour

[We give] thanks to God

Deo Optimo Maximo

To God, the Best, the Greatest

God will prove us right. (motto of the Confederate States of America)

The rest is missing

Deus absconditus

A god who is hidden from man

Deus commodo muto consisto quem meus canis sententia existo

Which, in a very ham-fisted way, with generosity, comes close to being

Deus et natua non faciunt frusta

God and nature do not work together in vain

Deus ex machina

A contrived or artificial solution. (literally, "a god from a machine")

Deus Misereatur

May God Have Mercy

God be with you

God wills it! (Slogan of the Crusades)

Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!

God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!

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

I have lost a day (another day wasted) (Titus)

Day of Wrath, or Judgment Day

Business free day

Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. (Catullus)

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)

Diis aliter visum

The Gods decided otherwise

Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium

Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. (Seneca)

Diligite justitiam, o judices terrae

Cherish justice, o judges of the earth

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet

Half is done when the beginning is done. (Horace)

Dira necessitas

The dire necessity. (Horace)

Discere docendo

To learn through teaching

Disiecti membra poetae

Limbs of a dismembered poet. (Horace)

Disjecta membra

The scattered remains

Divide et impera

Divide and conquer

I have spoken. (I will say no more on the matter, and no one else may speak further)

I give so that you give back

Docendo discitur

It is learned by teaching. (Seneca)

Capable of crime

Domine, dirige nos

Lord, direct us

Domino optimo maximo

To the Lord, the best and greatest

Dominus illuminatio mea

The Lord is my light

Dominus providebit

The Lord will provide

May the Lord be with you (Singular)

Dominus vobiscum

May the Lord be with you (Plural)

Domus dulcis domus

Home sweet home

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)

Donna nobis pacem

Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. (motto of Harry Potter's alma mater)

Dramatis personae

Characters of the play

Duc, sequere, aut de via decede

Lead, follow, or get out of the way

Ducator meus nihil agit sine lagunculae leynidae accedunt

My calculator does not work without batteries

I calculate therefore I am

Dulce bellum inexpertis

War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it. (Pindaros)

Dulce est desipere in loco

It is sweet to relax at the proper time

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country. (Horace)

Dulcius ex asperis

Through difficulty, sweetness

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 spiramus tuebimur

While we breathe, we shall defend

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)

Dura lex, sed lex

The law is harsh, but it is the law

From a contrary position

E pluribus unum

From many, one (motto of the USA)

As circumstances dictate

From where one stands

Behold the proof

Editio princeps

First printed edition

Ego et rex meus

Ego me bene habeo

With me all is well. (last words) (Burrus)

Ego nolo caesar esse

I don't want to be Caesar. (Florus)

Ego spem pretio non emo

I do not purchase hope for a price. (I do not buy a pig in a poke.)

Consciousness of one's own identity

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

Eiusdem generis

Of the same kind

Elizabeth Regina/Eduardus Rex (E.R.)

Queen Elizabeth/King Edward

Honorary; by merit

Emitte lucem et veritatem

Send out light and truth

With sword and plow. (citizen-soldier, one who serves in war and peace)

By that very act

Under that name

Epistula non erubescit

A letter doesn't blush. (Cicero)

Eram quod es, eris quod sum

I was what you are, you will be what I am. (grave inscription)

Therefore, let us drink

Errare humanum est

To err is human. / It is human to err. (Seneca)

A list of errors (in a book)

Erratum (errata)

Escariorium lavator

Dishwashing machine

Esse est percipi

Being is perception. (It is a standard metaphysical) (Mauser)

Esse quam videri

To be, rather than to seem (state motto of North Carolina)

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 deus in nobis

The is a god inside us

Est modus in rebus

There is a middle ground in things. (Horace)

Est queadam fiere voluptas

There is a certain pleasure in weeping. (Ovid)

Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima?

Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

Let it be forever

May you last for ever

Other persons/things

Et cetera/etcetera (etc.)

Et in arcadia ego

I, also, am in Arcadia

Et sequens (et seq.)

And the following

Et sequentes (et seq. Or seqq.)

And those that follow

Et sic de ceteris

And so to of the rest

And you, Brutus

Et uxor (abbreviated et ux.)

Etiam capillus unus habet umbram

Even one hair has a shadow. (Publilius Syrus)

Eventus stultorum magister

Events are the teacher of the stupid persons. Stupid people learn by experience, bright people calculate what to do

Without preparation

Ex abundancia cordis, os loquitor

From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

From the heart (sincerely)

Before the event, beforehand. (economics: based on prior assumptions)

From the chair. With authority (without argumentation)

Out of the blue

Purely as a favour

From the hypothesis. (i.e. The one under consideration)

From the Library (of)

Ex luna, scientia

From the moon, knowledge. (motto of Apollo 13)

Ex mea sententia

According to custom

Ex nilhilo nihil fit

Nothing comes from nothing

By virtue of his office

Ex opere operato

By the work having been worked

By only one party to a dispute in the absence of the other

After the fact, or Retrospectively

Ex proprio motu

From silence. (from lack of contrary evidence)

Off the cuff, without preparation

Ex uno disce omnes

From one person learn all persons. (From one we can judge the rest)

According to one's vow

Ever upward. (state motto of New York)

Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis

An exception establishes the rule as to things not excepted

Exceptis excipiendis

Excepting what is to be excepted

Excitabat fluctus in simpulo

He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot) (Cicero)

Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta

He who excuses himself, accuses himself (qui s'excuse, s'accuse)

Permission for a temporary absence

Exegi monumentum aere perennius

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace)

Exempli gratia (e.g)

For the sake of example

All go out. (A common stage direction in plays)

He/she goes out

Exitus acta probat

The outcome proves the deeds. (the end justifies the means) (Ovid)

Experientia docet stultos

Experience teaches fools

Experientia docet

Experience is the best teacher

Experimentum crucis

Critical experiment

Expressio unius est exclusio alterius

The mention of one thing may exclude others

Without premeditation

Exterioris pagina puella

Extinctus amabitur idem

The same [hated] man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget. (Horace)

Extra ecclesiam nulla salus

Outside the Church [there is] No Salvation. (A phrase of much disputed significance in Roman Catholic theology)

Extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paretur

The judgment (or the authority) of one who is exceeding his territorial jurisdiction is disobeyed with impunity

Fabas indulcet fames

Hunger sweetens the beans, or hunger makes everything taste good!

Faber est suae quisque fortunae

Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. (Appius Claudius Caecus)

Faber quisque fortunae suae

Each man (is) the maker of his own fortune

Fac me cocleario vomere!

Gag me with a spoon!

Fac ut nemo me vocet

Facile princeps

Acknowledged leader

Facilis descensvs averno

The descent to Avernus (Hell) it's easy to fall, hard to rise

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)

Fallaces sunt rerum species

The appearances of things are deceptive. (Seneca)

Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus

False in one thing, false in all

Fama crescit eundo

The rumour grows as it goes. (Vergil)

Fama nihil est celerius

Nothing is swifter than rumor

Fama semper vivat

May his/her fame last forever

The rumour has wings. (Vergil)

Fames est optimus coquus

Hunger is the best cook

Farrago fatigans!

Thuffering thuccotash!

Fas est et ab hoste doceri

It's proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid)

To keep a (religious) silence. (Horace)

Fax mentis incedium gloriae

The passion of glory is the torch of the mind

Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui

Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it

Felis qvi nihil debet

Happy [is] he who owes nothing

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. (Vergil)

Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt

Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar)

Make haste slowly

Fiat justitia (et ruat caelum)

Let justice be done. (though the heavens fall)

Let there be light

Fiat volvntas tua

Let Thy will [be done] (Biblical)

Fide, non armis

By faith, not arms

Defender of the faith

Treachery. (Livy)

Fides quaerens intellectum

Faith seeking understanding

Faithful Achates (friend)

And from the son

Look to the end [before setting forth]

Finis coronat opus

The ending crowns the work. (Ovid)

Flagrante delicto

Literally while the crime is blazing. Caught red-handed, in the very act of a crime

Flamma fumo est proxima

Flame follows smoke. (there is no smoke without fire) (Plautus)

Floreat regina regina

May it flourish. (motto of the City of Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

Fluctuat nec mergitur

It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink

The source and origin

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 favors the brave. (Terence)

Fortes fortuna iuvat

Fortune favours the brave

Fortiter fideliter forsan feliciter

Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully

Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo

Resolutely in action, gently in manner. (To do unhesitatingly what must be done but accomplishing it as inoffensively as possible)

Fortitudine vincimus

By endurance we conquer

Fortius quo fidelius

Strength through loyalty

Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat

The fortune is preparing friends, the abundance is testing them

Fortuna vitrea est; tum cum splendet frangitur

Fortune is glass; just when it gleams brightest it shatters

Fortuna caeca est

Fortune is blind. (Cicero)

Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit!

Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!

Frangar non flectar

I am broken, I am not deflected

Frater, ave atque vale

Brother, hello and good-bye. (Catullus)

Fronti nulla fides

No reliance can be placed on appearance. (don't judge a book by its cover)

Frustra laborant quotquot se calculationibus fatigant pro inventione quadraturae circuli

Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle. (Michael Stifel, 1544)

Fugit inreparabile tempus

Irretrievable time flies. (Virgil)

Functus officio

Having discharged his duty and thus ceased to have any authority over a matter

Furnulum pani nolo

I don't want a toaster

Gaudeamus igitur (iuvenes dum sumus)

Therefore, let us rejoice. (while we are young)

The guardian spirit of the place

The toga-clad race; the romans

Genus irritabile vatum

The irritable race of poets. (Horace)

Gladiator in arena consilium capit

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca)

Gloria filiorum patres

The glory of sons is their fathers

Gloria in excelsis deo

Glory to God in the highest

Glory to the Father

Gloria virtutis umbra

Glory (is) the shadow of virtue

Gloriosum est iniurias oblivisci

It is glorious to forget the injustice

Gnothe seauton (Greek)

Graeca sunt, non leguntur

It is Greek, you don't read that

Gramen artificiosum odi

I hate Astroturf

Gratia placenti

For the sake of pleasing

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit

Captive Greece conquered her savage victor. (Horace)

Graviora manent

Greater dangers await

Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo

The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often. (Ovid)

You must have the body, i.e. You must justify an imprisonment

We have a pope. (used at the announcement of a new pope)

Habetis bona deum

Have a nice day

Haec olim meminisse ivvabit

Time heals all things, i.e. Wounds, offenses

Haec trutina errat

There is something wrong with this scale

Hannibal ante portas!

Hannibal is at the doors! The enemy/danger is at the doors!

Haud ignota loquor

I say things that are known

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!

Hic habitat felicitas

Here dwells happiness

Here lies. (written on gravestones or tombs)

Hic jacet sepultus (HJS)

Here lies buried

Hic puer est stultissimus omnium!

This boy is the stupidest of all!

Hinc illae lacrimae

Hence these tears. (Terence)

Historia est vitae magistra

The history is the tutor of life

Hoc erat in votis

This was among my prayers

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 est vivere bis vita posse priore frvi

To live twice is to make useful profit from one's past. Experience is the best teacher, so learn from it

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

Hoc tempore obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit

In these days friends are won through flattery, the truth gives birth to hate. (Terence)

Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero?

Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it?

Hodie mihi, cras tibi

Today for me, tomorrow for you

Homines libenter quod volunt credunt

Men believe what they want to. (Terentius)

Homines, dum docent, discunt

Men learn while they teach. (Seneca)

Homo doctvs is se semper divitias habet

A learned man always has wealth within himself

Homo homini lupus

Man is a wolf to man

Homo nudus cum nuda iacebat

Naked they lay together, man and woman

Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus

One is innocent until proven guilty

Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit

Man proposes, but God disposes

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto

I am human, therefore nothing human is strange to me

Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est

Man has been lent to life, not given. (Pubilius Syrus)

Honor virutis preamium

Honour is the reward of virtue

Honores mutant mores

The honours change the customs. (Power corrupts)

Honoris causa (h.c.)

As in doctorate, an honorary degree

Horas non numero nisi serenas

I count only the bright hours. (Inscription on ancient sundials)

Horribile dictu

Horrible to tell

Fear of empty places

Hostis hvmani generis

Enemy of the human race

Huc accedit zambonis!

Here comes the Zamboni!

To bite the dust

Beware of this man

In the same place. (in a book)

Id certum est quod certum reddi potest

That is certain that can be made certain

Id est mihi, id non est tibi!

It is mine, not yours!

Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit

It ain't over until it's over

Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam!

It looks great on you!

Idem quod (i.q.)

Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (INRI)

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros

Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men

Foolish fire (will-o-the-wisp)

Ignorantia juris neminem excusat

Ignorance of the law excuses no one

Ignoratio elenchi

An ignorance of proof

Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet

He mourns honestly who mourns without witnesses. (Martialis)

Ille mi par esse deo videtur

He seems to me to be equal to a god. (Catullus)

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)

Imperator/Imperatrix (Imp.)

Emperor/Empress

Imperium et libertas

Empire and liberty. (Cicero)

Imperium in imperio

An empire within an empire, i.e. A fifth column, a group of people within an nation's territory who owe allegiance to some other leader

Impossibilium nulla obligatio est

Nobody has any obligation to the impossible. (Corpus Iuris Civilis)

Let it be printed

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 articulo mortis

At the moment of death

In private chamber

In cavda venenvm

In the tail [is the] poison. Watch out for what you don't see

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 dubio pro reo

In doubt in favor of the accused. If there is a doubt about guiltiness, the judgement has to be in favour of the accused

In flagrante delicto

In the very act of committing an offence

In forma pauperis

In the form of a poor person; in a humble or abject manner

In gremio legis

In the protection of the law

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)

To infinity; without end

In libris libertas

In books (there is) freedom

On the threshold, at the very outset

In loco parentis

In the place of a parent

In the place of

In magnis et voluisse sat est

To once have wanted is enough in great deeds. (Propertius)

In or into the middle of a sequence of events. (Horace)

Into the midst of things

In medio stat virtus

Virtue stands in the middle. Virtue is in the moderate, not the extreme position. (Horace)

In medio tutissimus ibis

In the middle of things you will go most safe. (Ovid)

To the memory of

In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas

In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity

In nomine Domini

In the name of the Lord

In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Santi

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

In omnia paratus

Prepared for all things

In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello

In peace, like a wise man, he appropriately prepares for war

In pari materia

In partibus infidelium

In parts inhabited by unbelievers

Against the person

In pontificalibus

In the proper vestments of a pope or cardinal

Till the next day

At the present time

In the beginning

In propria persona

In puris naturalibus

Completely naked

In quaestione versare

To be under investigation

Against the matter (property)

In rerum natura

In the nature of things

In saecvla saecvlorvm

For ages of ages forever

By means of a computer simulation

In silvam ne ligna feras

Don't carry logs into the forest. (Horace)

In kind; (a) in its own form and not in an equivalent (b) in coins and not in paper money

In spiritu et veritate

In spirit and truth. (Versio Vulgata)

In the same state

As a warning; in order to terrify others

In totidem verbis

In so many words

As a whole, absolutely, Completely

In passing, on the way

In a vacuum or empty space

In vinculis etiam audax

In chains yet still bold (free)

In vino veritas

The truth is in wine. (A drunk person tells the truth)

In virtute sunt multi ascensus

There are many degrees in excellence. (Cicero)

In a test tube (literally glass)

In the living (thing)

Incredibile dictu

Incredible to say

Index librorum prohibitorum

Official list of forbidden books not to be read by Catholics

Indulgentiam quaeso

I ask your indulgence

Infinitus est numerus stultorum

Infinite is the number of fools

Infra dignitatem (dig.)

Undignified; beneath one's dignity

Below, underneath

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

Insanabile cacoethes scribendi

An incurable passion to write. (Juvenal)

He/she engraved it

Instrumentum aeri temperando

Insula gilliganis

Gilligan's Island

Integer vitae scelerisque purus

Blameless of life and free from crime

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)

Among other things

Amongst other people

Inter arma silent leges

In time of war, laws are silent

Inter caecos regnat strabo

Among blinds the squinting rules. (Erasmus)

Inter caesa et porrecta

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Inter canum et lupum

Between a dog and a wolf

Between ourselves

Made between two parties

Between themselves

Inter spem et metum

Between hope and fear

Between living (people)

Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum

Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe

Interfice errorem, diligere errantem

Kill the sin, love the sinner. (St. Augustine)

Period between rules anarchy, lawlessnes

Within the walls

Within the power

Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes

Let us improve life through science and art. (Vergil)

Ipsa qvidem pretivm virtvs sibi

Virtue is its own reward

Ipsa scientia potestas est

Knowledge itself is power. (Bacon)

He himself said it. (Cicero)

Ipsissima verba

The exact words

By that very fact

By operation of the law

Ira furor brevis est

Anger is a brief insanity. (Horace)

Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit

To boldly go where no man has gone before. (Star Trek)

Isto pensitaris?

You get paid for this crap?

Ita erat quando hic adveni

It was that way when I got here

Go, the Mass is finished

Iunctis viribus

By united efforts

The law of nations

Ius primae noctis

The right of the first night

Ivs est ars boni et aeqvi

Law is the art of the good and the just

Right of tribes law of nations

Justitia omnibus

Justice for all

Labor omnia vincit

Work conquers all things. (Virgil)

Lachryma Christi

A slip of the pen

A slip of the tongue

Lapsus memoriae

A slip of the memory

Lares et penates

Latet anguis in herba

A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil)

Spoken in Latin

Latine loqui coactus sum

I have this compulsion to speak Latin

Woof woof! Grrrr!

Laudant illa, sed ista legunt

Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis)

Laudatores temporis acti

Praisers of time past

Praise be to God

Lavdem virtvtis necessitati damvs

We give to necessity the praise of virtue finding the benefit in what's needful

Lectori Salutem (L.S.)

Greetings to the reader

Lectio brevior lectio potior

The shortest reading is the more probable reading

Lector benevole

Legatus a latere

Advisor from the side

Lege atque lacrima

Read 'em and weep

Lege et lacrima

Read it and weep

Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus

We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free. (Cicero)

Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus

The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid)

Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est

The designated hitter rule has got to go

The law of a person's home country

The law of the forum (country)

The law of the place

Lex malla, lex nulla

A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

Lex non scripta

The unwritten (common) law

The written law

The law of revenge

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

Libra solidus denarius (L.S.D.)

Pounds, shillings, pence

Licentia liquendi

Liberty of speaking

Licentia poetica

Poetic licence. (Seneca)

French tonguethe common or universal language

Litterae humaniores

Loco citato (lc)

In the passage just quoted

One occupying the place (used as an English noun meaning "deputy")

Locus classicus

The most authoritative source, Classical passage

The scene of the crime

Locus desperatus

A hopeless passage

Locus enim est principum generationis rerum

For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon)

The place in which something happens

Locus poenitentiae

A place for repentance

Locus sigilli (l.s.)

The place of the seal

Place of standing

Longo intervallo

After a long gap

Loquitur (loq.)

Luctor et emergo

I struggle but I'll survive

Luke sum ipse patrem te

Luke, I am your father. (Star Wars)

Lupus est homo homini

Man is wolf to man

Lupus in fabula

The wolf in the tale (i.e. Speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence)

A freak of nature

Light and Truth

The light of the world

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 invention

Magister Artium (MA)

Magister mundi sum!

I am the master of the universe!

Magna cum laude

With great honour or academic distinction

Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet

Magnas inter oper inops

A pauper in the midst of wealth. (Horace)

Great work, the major work of one's life

Magnus frater spectat te

Big Brother is watching you

Maior risus, acrior ensis: quadragesima octava regula quaesitus

The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife: the 48th rule of acquisition

In bad faith (something which is done fraudulently)

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)

Malum prohibitum

A prohibited wrong. A crime that society decides is wrong for some reason, not inherently evil

Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono

There is, to be sure, no evil without something good. (Pliny the Elder)

Manus manum lavat

One hand washes the other. The favor for the favor. (Petronius)

Our sea. (Mediterranean)

Margaritas ante porcos

Pearls before swine. To give something valuable to someone not respecting it

Mater artium necessitas

Necessity is the mother of invention

Sorrowful mother. (Virgin Mary)

Mater memento mori

Remember your mortality

Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries

Mother of family

Materiam superabat opus

The workmanship was better than the subject matter. (Ovid)

Maxima debetur puero reverentia

We owe the greatest respect to a child

Maximus in minimis

Great in little things

I being judge; in my judgement

Me oportet propter praeceptum te nocere

I'm going to have to hurt you on principle

Me transmitte sursum, caledoni!

Beam me up, Scotty!

Through my fault

Mea maxima culpa

Through my very great fault

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)

Mei capilli sunt flagrantes

My hair is on fire

I strive for the best

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

Remember that you must die

A reminder of life (literally remember that you have to live)

Memorable things

A note of; a thing to be remembered

Memoria in aeterna

In everlasting remembrance

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)

Mens sibi conscia recti

A mind conscious of its rectitude

Meum cerebrum nocet

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

Millennium (millennia)

A thousand year period

Minime senuisti!

You haven't aged a bit!

Wonderful to say/relate. (Vergil)

Wonderful to behold

Solemn Mass. (high Mass)

We send (to prison)

Manner of operation

Modus operandi (m.o.)

Way of operating

Monstra mihi pecuniam!

Show me the money!

Morituri te salutant

Those who are about to die salute you

Mors ultima linea rerum est

Death is everything's final limit. (Horace)

Mors ultima ratio

Death is the final accounting

Mortvi non mordant

Dead me don't bite; Dead men tell no tale

Of one's own initiative

Mulier taceat in ecclesia

Let the woman be silent in church. (Paul)

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. (small but significant)

Multun, non multa

Much, not many (quality not quantity)

Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived!

Mundus vult decipi

The world wants to be deceived

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

The necessary changes having been made

The name being changed

Mvlti svnt vocati, pavci vero electi

Many are called [but] few are chosen

Mvndvs vvlt decipi

The world wishes to be deceived there's a sucker born every minute

Mvtatis mvtandis

The things that ought to have changed having been changed with the necessary substitutions having been made

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es

Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)

Nascentes morimur

From the moment we are born, we begin to die

Natura abhorret a vacua

Nature abhors a vacuum

Natura in minima maxima

Nature is the greatest in the smallest things

Natura nihil fit in frustra

Nature does nothing in vain

Natura, artis magistra

Nature, the mistress of art

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret

You can drive nature out with a pitchfork but she always comes back

Navigare necesse est

To sail is necessary

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!

Don't you dare erase my hard disk!

Yield not to evils

Ne feceris ut rideam

Don't make me laugh

Ne humanus crede

No further. Impassable obstacle

Nothing in excess. (Terence)

Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas: tanti non est, ut placeam, perire

If only dead poets are praised, I'd rather go unsung

Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest

No one is able to flee from death or love

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)

Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent

He must fear many, whom many fear. (Laberius)

Necessitas non habet legem

Necessity knows no law

Negotium populo romano melius quam otium committi

The Roman people understand work better than leisure

Nemine contradicente (nem. con.)

With no one speaking in opposition. Unanimously

Nemine dissentiente (nem. diss.)

With no one disagreeing

Nemo ante mortem beatus

Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us!

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 gratis mendax

No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth

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 malus felix

No bad man is lucky. (Juvenal)

Nemo me impune lacessit

No one provokes me with impunity. (motto of the Kings of Scotland)

Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica)

Nemo propheta in patria sua

No one is considered a prophet in his hometown/homeland

Nemo repente fuit turpissimus

No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. (Juvenal)

Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit

Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself. (Seneca)

Nemo saltat sobrius nisi forte insanit

Nobody dances sober unless he's insane

Nemo saltat sobrius

No man dances sober

Nemo sine iudex

No one is a judge of himself

Nemo sine vitio est

No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder)

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

Nothing to do with the point

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

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 est--In vita priore ego imperator romanus fui

That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor

Nothing stands in the way

Nihil sub sole novum

Nothing new under the sun

Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit

No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero)

Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum

Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do

Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum

Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done. (Lucan)

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 the Divine Will

Nill illigitimi carborundum

Do not let the bastards get you down

Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis

Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. (St. Augustine)

Unles previously

Whether one likes it or not; willing or unwilling

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 voca, ego te vocabo

Don't call me. I'll call you

Noli nothis permittere te terere

Don't let the bastards get you down

Noli simul flare sobereque

Don't whistle and drink at the same time

Noli turbare circulos meos!

Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes)

Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem

Don't force it, get a bigger hammer

Nolo contendere

I do not wish to contend

The name is the sign

Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent

The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.)

Non bis in idem

Not twice for the same thing

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 mea culpa

It's not my fault

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 ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco

No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others

Non illigitamus carborundum

Don't let the bastards grind you down

It is not allowed

It is not clear

Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis

Not for you, not for me, but for usthe foundation of a good relationship

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 nobis, Domine

Not unto us, O Lord

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 moriar

Not all of me will die. (Horace)

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. (his works would live forever) (Horace)

It does not please

Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite

Don't applaud. Just throw money

Non plus ultra! (Nec plus ultra!)

Nothing above that!

Non prosequitur

He does not proceed

Non quis, sed quid

Not who, but what

Non rape me si placet

Please don't rob me

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)

It does not follow

I will not serve

Non sibi sed suis

Not for one's self but for one's people

Non sibi, sed patriae

Not for you, but for the fatherland

I am not a fish

Non sum qualis eram

I am not what / of what sort I was (I'm not what I used to be.)

Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum

Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold

Non timetis messor

Don't Fear the Reaper

Non uno die roma aedificata est

Rome was not built in one day (either)

Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo

I do not live to eat, but eat to live. (Quintilianus)

Non vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci

I don't think anyone knows I love the girl; I haven't done anything really silly yet

Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse

No, excuse me, I believe I'm next

Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur?

A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent)

Nonne de novo eboraco venis?

You're from New York, aren't you?

Nonne macescis?

Have you lost weight?

Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.)

Nota bene (nb.)

Note well. Observe carefully

A new Man; a man who was the first in his family to be elected to an office

Novus ordo saeculorum

A new order of ages

Novus ordo seclorum

A new order for the ages. (appears on the U.S. one-dollar bill)

Nulla avarita sine poena est

There is no avarice without penalty. (Seneca)

Nulla dies sine linea

Not a day without a line. Do something every day! (Apeles, Greek painter)

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)

Nulla vit melior quam bona

There's no life better than a good life

Nulli expugnabilis hosti

Conquered By No Enemy. (motto of Gibraltar)

Nullius in verba

(Rely) on the words on no one. (Horace)

Nullo metro compositum est

It doesn't rhyme

Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege

No crime and no punishment without a (pre-existing) law

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 magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae

There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness

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)

Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit

God created everything by number, weight and measure. (Isaac Newton)

Numerus clausus

A restricted number

Nummus americanus

Greenback. ($US)

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)

Nunc est bibendum

Now we must drink. (Horace)

A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable

Nvllvm qvod tetiget non ornavit

He touched none he did not adornnot simply "the Midas touch", or "he left things better than he found them", but a tribute to a Renaissance man

Nvnc avt nvnqvam

Now let [thy servant] departgenerally any permission to go, specifically to express one's readiness to depart or die

Now for then retroactive

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, 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!

Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! (Cicero)

O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem!

Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!

The fat lady has sung

Something said in passingparenthetical remark

Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!

I forgot to polish the clocks!

Obscurum per obscurius

The obscure by means of the more obscure

Obsta principiis

Resist the beginningsNip it in the bud

Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur

Opportunity is offered with difficulty, lost with ease. (Publius Syrus)

Occasio facit furem

Opportunity makes a thief

Oderint dum metuant

Let them hate provided that they fear. (Seneca)

I hate (her), and I love (her) (Catullus)

Odium theologicum

Theological hatred. (a special name for the hatred generated in theological disputes)

Olevm addere camino

To pour fuel on the stove adding gasoline to a fire

You have lost oil you've wasted your time on this criticism for a misallocation of resources

Olim habeas eorum pecuniam, numquam eam reddis: prima regula quaesitus

Once you have their money, you never give it back: the 1st rule of acquisiton

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

Omne tvlit pvnctvm qvi miscvit vtile dvlci

[he] has gained every point who has combined [the] useful [with the] agreeable

Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant

All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule. (Syrus)

Omnes deteriores svmvs licentia

Too much freedom debases us

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. (My wisdom is my greatest wealth) (Cicero)

Omnia mihi lingua graeca sunt

It's all Greek to me

Omnia mors aequat

Death equals all things

Omnia munda mundis

Everything is pure to pure ones

Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis

All things change, and we change with them

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit

Everything changes, nothing perishes. (Ovid)

Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis

All things are changing, and we are changing with them

Omnia vincit amor

Love conquers all

Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil)

Omnium gatherum

Omnium rerum principia parva sunt

Everything has a small beginning. (Cicero)

The burden of proof

Opere citato (op. cit.)

In the work just quoted

Optimis parentibus

To my excellent parents. A common dedication in a book

Optimus magister, bonus liber

The best teacher is a good book

The work of God

Pray and work. (St. Benedict)

Oratvr fit, poeta nascitvr

An orator is made [but] a poet is born

Orbes volantes exstare

Flying saucers are real

Orbiter dictum/dicta

Said by the way (miscellaneous remarks)

Pretty straightforward

With full voice

Osculare pultem meam!

With your consent

Pacta sunt servanda

Agreements are to be kept. (Cicero)

Pale Death. (Horace)

Palmam qui meruit ferat

Let him who has earned it bear the reward

Panem et circenses

Bread and circuses. Food and games to keep people happy. (Juvenalis)

Par pare refero

I return like for like tit for tat retaliation

Parent of the country

Pares cvm paribvs

Like persons with like persons. Birds of a feather flock together

With equal pacemoving together

Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet

You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis)

Particeps criminis

Partner in crime

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)

Parva leves capiunt animas

Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds)

Parva scintilla saepe magnam flamam excitat

The small sparkle often initiates a large flame

Father of the family

Pater historiae

The father of history

Our Father (The first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin)

Father of the country

Patria est communis omnium parens

Our native land is the common parent of us all. (Cicero)

Patris est filius

He is his father's son

Paucis verbis, quid est deconstructionismus?

What, in a nutshell, is deconstructionism?

Pavesco, pavesco

I'm shaking, I'm shaking

Pavpertas omnivm artivm repertrix

Poverty [is the] inventor of all the arts necessity is the mother of invention

Peace and salvation!

May peace be with you (Singular)

May peace be with you (Plural)

Peccatum tacituritatis

Pecunia in arbotis non crescit

Money does not grow on trees

Pecunia non olet

Money has no smell. Money doesn't stink. (don't look a gift horse in the mouth) (Vespasianus)

Pecvniate obedivnt omnia

All things obey money. Money makes the world go round

Pede poena claudo

Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely. (Horace)

While a suit is pending

Penetalia mentis

The innermost recesses of the mind. Heart of hearts

Per angusta in augusta

Through difficulties to great things

Per annum (p.a.)

Per ardua ad astra

Through difficulties to the stars

Per aspera ad astra

Through the thorns to the stars

Per cent (per centum)

On the contrary

Per day; daily allowance

Per fas et nefas

Through right or wrong

Per impossibile

As is impossible a way to qualify a proposition that cannot ever be true

Per procurationem (per pro)

By delegation to

By or in itself

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)

Perpetuum mobile

Perpetual motion

Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est

The check is in the mail

Persona (non) grata

(un)welcome person

Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes

Flatterers are the worst type of enemies

Pessimus inimicorum genus, laudantes

The worst kind of enemies, those who can praise. (Tacitus)

Petitio principii

An assumption at the start

Philosophum non facit barba!

The beard does not define a philosopher. (Plutarch)

Painter unknown

He/she painted it

Pistrix! Pistrix!

I will please. Medical expression for remedies with no medical effect, which improve one's medical condition only because one believes they do

With full authority

Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate

Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily

Plusque minusque

Plvres crapvla qvam gladivs

Drunkeness [kills] more than the sword. As true today on the road as it ever was

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!

Posse (posse comitatus)

The power of the country

Possunt quia posse videntur

They can because they think they can

After sexual intercourse

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

After this, therefore because of this

Post meridiem (p.m.)

After death. (nowadays, the autopsy performed by a coroner)

After childbirth

Post proelia praemia

After the battles come the rewards

Post scriptum (ps)

After what has been written

Post tenebras lux

After the darkness, light

Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis

You do not know the power of the dark side

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)

Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis

You don't know the power of the dark side. (Star Wars)

Potius mori quam foedari

Rather to die than to be dishonoured (death before dishonour)

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!

Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est

The check is in the mail

Pretium iustum est

The Price is Right

At first sight; on the face of it. (in law, an obvious case that requires no further proof)

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 equals

Principiis obsta

Resist the beginnings

Pro bono (pro bono publico)

For the good of the public

Pro di immortales!

For and against

As a matter of formality

For this occaision

Pro opportunitate

As circumstances allow

For one's country

In proportion to the value. (per hour for example)

Pro re nata (prn)

For an occasion as it arises

On one's own behalf

Pro tempore (pro tem.)

For the time being

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)

It has been proved

Probitas laudatur et alget

Honesty is praised and left in the cold. (Juvenal)

Promoter of the faith

Promoveatur ut amoveatur

Let him be promoted to get him out of the way

Propino fibi salutem!

Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris

It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured

Proxime accessit

He/she came close

Proximo (prox.)

Of the next month

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

Pulvis et umbra sumus

We are dust and shadow. (Horace)

Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum

Garbage in, garbage out

Puris omnia pura

To the pure all things are pure

Puri sermonis amator

A lover of pure speech. (Terence)

Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet

What they don't know won't kill them

Quandoquidem inter nos sanctissima divitiarum maiestas, esti funesta pecunia templo nondum habitas

Among us, the god most revered is Wealth, but so far it has no temple of its own

Quae nocent, saepe docent

What hurts, often instructs. One learns by bitter/adverse experience

Quae vide (qqv)

See these things

(You might) ask. Used to introduce questions, usually rhetorical or tangential questions

Qualem blennum!

Qualem muleirculam!

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 rivali!

Himself loving himself so much-without a rival! (Cicero)

Quam terribilis est haec hora

How fearful is this hour

Quando omni flunkus moritatus

When all else fails play dead

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

As much as he/she deserved

Quantum sufficit (qs)

As much as suffices

Quaque mane (qm)

Quaque nocte (qn)

Quater in die (Q.I.D)

Take four times a day

Quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur

Whom the gods love die young. (only the good die young)

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?

Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est

A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca)

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 me amat, amet et canem meum

Love me, love my dog

Qui multum habet, plus cupit

He who has much desires more. (Seneca)

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 potest capere capiat

Let him accept it who can. Freely: If the shoe fits, wear it

Qui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens

He who speaks for the innocent is eloquent enough. (Publius 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!

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 est illa in auqua?

What's that in the water?

What now?! (a nosy busybody)

Something for something. i.e. A favor for a favor

Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

Anything said in Latin sounds profound

Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur

What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke's on you. (Horace)

Quidnunc? Or Quid nunc?

What now? As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip

Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem!

Whatever you do, do cautiously, and look to the end

Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. (Vergil)

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

Anything said in Latin sounds profound

Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum

Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble

Quieta non movere

Don't move settled things, or Don't rock the boat

Quinon proficit deficit

He who does not advance, go backwards

Quique amavit, cras amet

May he love tomorrow who has never loved before;

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis) Don't assign a fox to guard the henhouse

Quis separabit?

Who shall separate us?

Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando?

Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when?

Quisque comoedum est

Everybody is a comedian

As much as this (to this extent)

With what spirit? (or intent?)

Quo fas et gloria docunt

Where right and glory lead

Quo signo nata es?

What's your sign?

Quo usque tandem abutere, catilina, patientia nostra?

How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline? (Cicero)

Where are you going? / Whither goest thou?

Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit!

May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero)

Quod differtur, non aufertur

That which is postponed is not dropped. Inevitable is yet to happen. (Sir Thomas More)

Quod erat demonstrandum (QED)

Which was to be demonstrated

Quod erat faciendum (QEF)

Which was to be done

Quod erat in veniendum

Which was to be found

What's that bad smell?

Quod incepimus conficiemus

What we have begun we shall finish

Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi

What Jupiter (supreme God) is allowed to do, cattle (people) are not

Quod minimum specimen in te ingenii?

What microscopic evidence of wit can be found in you?

Quod natura non sunt turpia

What is natural cannot be bad

Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?

How do you get your hair to do that?

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 as many opinions

Qvae nocent docent

Things that hurt, teach. School of Hard Knocks

Qvaerenda pecvnia primvm est, virtvs post nvmmos

Money is the first thing to be sought [then] virtue after wealth

Qvalis artifex pereo

Such an artist dies in me.Emperor Nero's famous last words

Qvalis pater talis filivs

Like father like son. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree

Qvandoqve bonvs dormitat homervs

Sometimes [even the] good Homer sleeps. You win some, you lose some

Qvi bene amat bene castigat

Who loves well castigates well. Spare the rod and spoil the child

Qvi desiderat pacem praeparat bellvm

Who desires peace [should] prepare [for] war

Qvi docent discit

He who teaches, learns. (George Bernard Shaw)

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

Qvi me amat, amat et canem meam

Who loves me loves my dog as well. Love me love my dog

Qvi nescit dissimlare nescit regnare

He who doesn't know how to lie doesn't know how to rule

What's new? What's up?

Qvod cibvs est aliis, aliis est wenenum

What is food to some is poison to others. One man's meat is another poison

Qvod cito acqviritvr cito perit

[that] which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Eeasy come, easy go

Qvod erat demonstrandvm

[that] which has been demonstrateda statement of logical proof, especially in mathematics and law, abbreviated Q.E.D

Qvod vive (q.v)

Which seea scholarly cross-reference

Radicitus, comes!

Really rad, dude!

Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas

The love of money is the root of all evil. Avarice is the problem, money itself is not evil

Raptus regaliter

Royally screwed

A rare bird, i.e. An extraodinary or unusual thing. (Juvenal)

Ratio decidendi

The reason for the decision

Ratio et consilium propriae ducis artes

Reason and deliberation are the proper skills of a general

Ratio legis est anima legis

The reason of the law is the soul of the law

Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn

Re vera, potas bene

Say, you sure are drinking a lot

Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!

Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business!

Redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's

Come back to life

Redolet lvcernam

[it] smells of the lampcritical remark that one worked too hard on something

Reductio ad absurdum

Reduction to the absurd. (proving the truth of a proposition by proving the falsity of all its alternatives)

Something to be referred

Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit

He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes. (Syrus)

Let the People rule

I tell what I have been told. (Herodotos)

The (religious) spirit of the place

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/studies

Requiescat in pace (RIP)

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 in cardine est

The matter is on a door hinge things are balanced on a knife's edge

Res inter alios

A matter between others it's not our busines

Res ipsa loquitur

The thing speaks for itself

Thing already judged upon

Res melius evinissent cum coca

Things go better with Coke

The public thing

Res severa est verum gaudium

True joy is a serious thing. (Seneca)

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest

A thing is worth only what someone else will pay for it

Look to the end

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)

Respondeat superior

Let the superior answer (a supervisor must take responsibility for the quality of a subordinate's work)

I shall rise again

Revelare pecunia!

Show me the money!

Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi

I don't really know all that much Latin

Rex non potest peccare

The king cannot sin

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 forbids a laughing man from telling the truth? (Horace)

The rigidity of death

Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est

There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. (Catullus)

Risus abundat in ore stultorum

Abundant laughs in the mouth of the foolishtoo much hilarity means foolishness

Roma locuta est. Causa finita est

Rome has spoken. The cause is finished

Romani ite domum

Romans go home!

Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt

You know, the Romans invented the art of love

Rosa rubicundior, lilio candidior, omnibus formosior, semper in te glorior

Redder than the rose, whiter than the lilies, fairer than everything, I will always glory in thee

Rumores volant. / Rumor volat

Rumors fly. / Rumor flies

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.)

Salus populi suprema lex

The safety of the people is the supreme law. (Cicero)

With truth preserved

Salve (plural salvete)

May you be well

Saving the truth

Sanctum sanctorum

The holy of holies

Sane ego te vocavi. forsitan capedictum tuum desit

I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken

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)

Sartor resartus

The tailor patched

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)

The ladder of heaven

The ladder of nature

Scandalum magnatum

Scandal of magnates

Schola cantorum

School of singers

Scientia est potentia

Knowledge is power

Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem

Science has no enemies but the ignorants

Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor!

I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals!

Scio me nihil scire

I know that I know nothing. Certain knowledge cannot be obtained. (Socrates)

Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter

Your knowledge is nothing when no one else knows that you know it

Cause (him) to know

Scribere est agere

To write is to act

He/she wrote it

He/she engraved it

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)

Always faithful

Always the same thing. (Cicero)

Semper inops quicumque cupit

Whoever desires is always poor. (Claudian)

Semper letteris mandate

Always get it in writing!

Always prepared

Semper superne nitens

Always striving upwards

Semper ubi sub ubi ubique

Always wear underwear everywhere

Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR)

The Senate and the Roman people

Broadly speaking

Strictly speaking

Sensu stricto, nullo metro compositum est

Strictly speaking, it doesn't rhyme

Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare

I think some people in togas are plotting against me

The following (one)

Sequens mirabitur aetas

The following age will be amazed

Sequentia (seqq.)

The following (ones)

One after another in order

Serva me, servabo te

Save me and I will save you. (Petronius Arbiter)

Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos

If God is with us who is against us

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 hoc non legere potes tu asinus es

If you can't read this, you're an ass

Si minor plus est ergo nihil sunt omnia

If less is more, then nothing is everything

Si monumentum requiris circumspice

If you seek a monument, look around

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 sapis, sis apis

If you are wise, be a bee

Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses

If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher. (Boethius)

Si tu id aeficas, ei venient. Ager somnia

If you build it, they will come

Si vis amari, ama

If you wish to be loved, love. (Seneca)

Si vis pacem, para bellum

If you want peace, prepare for the war. (Vegetius)

And so on to the point of causing nausea

Sic erat in fatis

So it was fated

Sic faciunt omnes

Everyone is doing it

Sic friatur crustum dulce

That's the way the cookie crumbles

Sic itur ad astra

Such is the path to the stars (i.e. Gain reputation) (Vergil)

Thus everywhere

Sic semper tyrannis

Thus always to tyrantsa statement often accompanying a regicide

Sic transit gloria mundi

So passes the glory of the world

Sic volo, sic iubeo

I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis)

Silent enim leges inter arma

Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero)

Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis!

How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey. (Cicero)

Simplex munditiis

Unaffected by manners. (Horace)

Naturally; without qualification

Without a day (indefinitely)

Sine ira et studio

Without anger or bias. (Tacitus)

Sine nobilitatis

Without nobility (SNOB)

Sine prole (sp)

Something/someone indispensable

Sine sole sileo

Without the sun I'm silent. (sundial inscription)

Wait, travelerinscription on Roman tombstones

Sit tibi terra levis

May the earth be light upon youtombstone inscription

Sit vis vobiscum

May the Force be with you. (Star Wars)

Sobria inebrietas

Sober intoxication

Sol omnibus lucet

The sun shines upon us all. (Petronius)

Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua

The only good language is a dead language

Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt

They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus)

Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum

Only you are can prevent forest fires

Sona si latine loqueris

Honk if you speak Latin

Spectaculorum procedere debet

The show must go on

Spectatvm venivnt, venivnt spectentvr vt ipsae

They come to see, they come that they themselves be seen to see and be seen

Spemque metumque inter dubiis

Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil)

I hope for better things

Spero nos familiares mansuros

I hope we'll still be friends

Rough breathing

Smooth breathing

Splendide mendax

Splendidly false. (Horace)

Splendor sine occasu

Splendour without end

The mother was standing

To stand by things decided

The current state of being

Stercus accidit

Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat

When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears. (Dionysius Cato)

Studium discendi voluntate quae cogi non potest constat

Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion

Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes!

Idiot of idiots, to trust what is written!

Stultorum calami carbones moenia chartae

Chalk is the pen of fools, walls (their) paper No Graffiti please. Showing that graffiti is nothing new

Stultorum infinitus est numerus

Infinite is the number of fools. (Bible)

Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus)

Stultus est sicut stultus facit

Stupid is as stupid does

Sua cuique voluptas

Everyone has his own pleasures

Under the open sky

Under penalty of law

Under the rose. Secretly or in confidence

Sub sole nihil novi est

There's nothing new under the sun

Under the voice

Subucula tua apparet

Your slip is showing

Suggestio falsi

Suggestion of something false

Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi

An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity

Of his/her/its kind

Of one's own right

I am, therefore I eat

Summa cum laude

With highest honor

Summam scrutemur

Let's look at the bottom line

The highest good

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)

Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt

These are the tears of things, and our mortality cuts to the heart. (Vergil)

Sunt pueri pueri, puerilia tractant

Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things

Suntne vacci laeti

Are your cows happy?

In one's own right

In one's rightful place

Suos cuique mos

Everyone has his customs. (Gellius)

Above or on an earlier page

Lift up your hearts (to God)

Suum cuique pulchrum est

To each his own is beautiful. (Cicero)

Of its own kind unique

A clean slate. Person that knows nothing

Tam diu minime visu!

Long time, no see!

Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio

I am as dead as the nehru jacket

Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas

We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus)

Tamquam alter idem

As if a second self. (Cicero)

Tanta stultitia mortalium est

What fools these mortals be

Tantum eruditi sunt liberi

Only the educated are free. (Epictetus)

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. (Lucretius)

Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est

Delay and procrastination is hateful. (Cicero)

Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure

I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear

Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!

I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!

Thee, God [we praise]

Thee, therefore

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 fugit, non autem memoria

Time flies, but not memory

Tempus incognitum

Tempus neminem manet

Time waits for no one

Tempus omnia sed memorias privat

Time deprives all but memories

Ter in die (t.i.d.)

Three times a day

The end from which

Terminus ad quem

The end to which

Terra incognita

Uninhabited land

A third something

You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus)

The theatre of the world

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas

Thank you for not smoking

Timendi causa est nescire

Ignorance is the cause of fear. (Seneca)

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. (Virgil)

Timor mortis conturbat me

The fear of death confounds me

Tintinnuntius meus sonat!

There goes my beeper!

Tolerabiles ineptiae

Bearable absurdities

In so many words

Totum dependeat!

Let it all hang out!

Trahimur omnes laudis studio

We are all led on by our eagerness for praise. (Cicero)

Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri

To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe

Transit umbra, lux permanet

Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial)

Tu fui, ego eris

What you are, I was. What I am, you will be. (This is found on graves and burial sites)

Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito

Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them

Tu quoque Brute, file mi!

You too Bruto, my son! (Caesar's last words)

Tu, rattus turpis!

Tua mater tam antiquior ut linguam latine loquatur

Your mother is so old she speaks Latin

Tua toga suspina est

Your toga is backwards

Tuis pugis pignore!

You bet your bippy!

Tum podem extulit horridulum

You are talking shit

Uberrimae fidei

Of the utmost good faith

Ubi amor, ibi oculus

Where love is, there is insight

Ubi bene, ibi patria

Where you feel good, there is your home

Ubi concordia, ibi victoria

Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus)

Ubi dubium ibi libertas

Where there is doubt, there is freedom

Ubi est mea anaticula cumminosa?

Where's my rubber ducky?

Ubi fumus, ibi ignis

Where there's smoke, there's fire

Ubi maior, minor cessat

The weak (minor) capitulates before the strong (major)

Ubi mel ibi apes

Where honey, there bees, i.e., if you want support, you must offer something in return

Ubi revera (Ubi re vera)

When, in reality

Ubi spiritus est cantus est

Where there is spirit there is song

Where are they (the good old days)?

Where (cited) above

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

Ultimate sanction

The most distant Thule

Of the previous month

Ultimus Romanorum

The last of the Romans

Ultra posse nemo obligatur

No one is obligated beyond what he is able to do

Beyond the powers or legal authority

Un idea perplexi na

The idea is strange to us

Una hirundo non facit ver

One Swallow does not make Summer. (Horace)

Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem

The one safety for the vanquished is to abandon hope of safety knowing there is no hope can give one the courage to fight and win

With one's voice

Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!

May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!

Unitas mirabile vinculum

The wonderful bond of unity

Unum necessarium

The one necessary

One of many. (Horace)

Urbanus et instructus

A gentleman and a scholar

Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit

He found a city [Rome] of bricks and left a city of marble. (Augustus)

To the city [Rome] and to the globea blessing of the pope

Ut ameris, ama!

To be loved, love!

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas

Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovid)

Ut dictum (ut dict.)

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)

Ut sit magna, tamen certe lenta ira deorum est

The wrath of the gods may be great, but it certainly is slow

Ut supra (ut sup.)

To play the market

To use, not abuse

Useful and pleasant

Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!

May barbarians invade your personal space!

Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!

May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!

Utinam populus romanus unam cervicem haberet!

If only the Roman people had one neck!

Uva uvam videndo varia fit

A grape changes color in seeing another grape. A bad/good friend makes you a bad/good person

Vacca, vacca, vacca

Go in peace. (Roman way of saying goodbye)

Come with me. A constant companion

Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy)

Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur

Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out

See you later, alligator!

Valui ad satanam in computatrum meum invocandum

I succeeded in summoning satan into my computer

Vanitas vanitatvm, omnis vanitas

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity

Varia lecto (v.l.)

Variant reading

Variatio delectat

There's nothing like change! (Cicero)

Of various people

Velle est posse

To be willing is to be able

I came, I saw, I calculated

Veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)

Veni, Vidi, Visa

I Came, I Saw, I Shopped

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)

You must make come

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 movent, exempla trahunt

Words move people, examples draw/compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example

Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet

Words fly away, the written (letter) remains

Verbatim et litteratim

Word for word and letter for letter

Exactly as said

Verbum sapienti satis est (verb. sap.)

A word to the wise is sufficient. Enough said

Veritas Lux Mea

The truth enlightens me / The truth is my light

Veritas numquam perit

Truth never perishes. (Seneca)

Veritas odit moras

Truth hates delay. (Seneca)

Veritas vos liberabit

The truth will set you free

Verum et factum convertuntur

The true and the made are interchangeable. One can know with certainty only what he have created himself

Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt

I have jerks like you for breakfast

Vesanum poetam qui sapiunt fugiunt

Anyone with a brain flees a versifying poet

Vescere bracis meis

Vestigia terrent

The footprints frighten me. (Horace)

Vestis virum reddit

The clothes make the man. (Quintilianus)

By force and arms

The Way of the Cross

The Way of Sorrow

A middle way or course

In reverse order

Honour to the vanquished

Victoria Imperatrix Regina (VIR)

Victoria, Empress and Queen

Victoria Regina (VR)

Victoria Regina et Imperatrix (VRI)

Victoria, Queen and Empress

Victoria, non praeda

Victory, not loot

Victurus te saluto

He who is about to win salutes you

Vide et credere

See and believe

Videlicet (viz.)

That is to say; To wit; Namely

Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor

I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way

Videre est credere

Seeing is believing

Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit?

How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? (Cicero)

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)

Vincere est totum

To win is everything

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 bonus, dicendi peritus

A good man, skilled in speaking. (definition of an orator) (Cato the Elder)

Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit

A wise man does not urinate against the wind

Vir sapit qui pauca loquitor

It is a wise man who speaks little

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)

Virginibus puerisque

For maidens and youths

Virtus in medio stat

Virtue stands in the middle

Virtute et armis

By courage and by arms

Virtvs probata florescit

Manly excellence in trial flourished

Virtvtis fortvna comes

Good luck is the companion of courage

Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum

Tell me, O Muse, of the skillful man. (Livius Andronicus)

Poison or slime

Sense of humour

Vis consili expers mole ruit sua

Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight. (Discretion is the better part of valor) (Horace)

The power of inertiawhy things never change

Vis medicatrix naturae

The healing power of nature

Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio

Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway

Do you want to dance?

Vita brevis, ars lunga

Life is short, art is long

Vita contin git. Vive com eo

Life happens. Live with it

Vita mutatur, non tollitur

Life is changed, not taken away

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

Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia

Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives. (Cicero)

Vitanda est improba siren desidia

One must avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness. (Horace)

Vitiis nemo sine nascitur

No-one is born without faults. (Horace)

With living voice

Long live the queen

Long live the king

Vivat, crescat, floreat!

May he/she/it live, grow, and flourish!

Live today (not tomorrow)

Live that you may live

Vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri

Everybody lives; not everybody deserves to

Vivere disce, cogita mori

Learn to live; Remember death. (sundial inscription)

Vivos voco, mortuos plango

I call the living, I mourn the dead. (church bell inscription)

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)

Vixere fortes ante agamemnona

Brave men lived before Agamemnon. (heroism exists even if it's not recorded)

He/she has lived

Vltima ratio regvm

The final argument of kings. (motto of Louis XIV on his cannon)

Beyond [one's] authority outside the jurisdiction

Volens et potens

Willing and able

Volenti non fit iniuria

A person who consents does not suffer injustice

Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam!

I want my rubber ducky!

Volo, non valeo

I am willing but unable

Volvptates commendat rarior vsvs

Infrequent use commends pleasure. (moderation in all things)

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores

You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me. (Petrarch)

Vox clamantis in deserto

Voice crying in the desert. (voice in the wilderness unheeded warning, an opinion not in the mainstream

Vox populi, vox Dei

The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Public opinion is obligatory)

The voice of the people

To the city and to the world. (preface of Papal documents)

Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat

Every (hour) wounds, the last kills. (sundial inscription)

Vulpem pilum mutat, non mores

A fox may change its hair, not its tricks. (People change behaviour but not their aims)

Vultus est index animi

The face is the index of the soul/mind