| latin phrase | english translation |
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| Cacoethes scribendi |
An insatiable urge to write. (Juvenal) |
| Cadit quaestio |
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 |
| Camera obscvra |
Hidden rooman early photographic or painting technique utilizing optical pinholes |
| Canis meus id comedit |
My dog ate it |
| Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet |
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. (Curtius Rufus) |
| Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! |
A wig? I never would have guessed! |
| Caro putridas es! |
You're dead meat |
| Carpe Cerevisi |
Seize the beer! |
| Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero |
Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace) |
| Carpe diem |
Seize the day. (opportunity) (Horace) |
| Casus belli |
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 |
| Casus belli |
Event (that is the justification for, or the cause) of war |
| Causarum justia et misericordia |
For the causes of justice and mercy |
| Causa mortis |
Death Cause |
| 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 |
| Cave canem |
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 |
| Cave |
Beware! |
| Caveat emptor |
Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk) |
| Caveat venditor |
Let the seller beware |
| Caveat |
Let him/her beware |
| Cedant arma togae |
Let arms yield to the toga. (Let violence give place to law) |
| Cedo maiori |
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) |
| Cetera desunt |
The rest is missing |
| Ceteris paribus |
All else being equal |
| Christus rex |
Christ the King |
| Cineri gloria sera venit |
Fame comes too late to the dead |
| Circa (c.) |
Approximately |
| 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 |
| Commune bonum |
The common good |
| Commune periculum concordiam parit |
Common danger brings forth harmony |
| Communi consilio |
By common consent |
| Compos mentis |
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 |
| Confer (cf.) |
Compare |
| Confiteor |
I confess |
| 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) |
| Consule planco |
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 |
| Contra mundum |
Against the world |
| Contraria contrariis curantur |
The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates) |
| Coram populo |
In the presence of the people. (Horace) |
| Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet |
A crow doesn't rip out the eyes of another crow |
| Cornucopia |
Horn of plenty |
| Corpus christi |
The body of Christ |
| Corpus delicti |
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 |
| Corpus vile |
Worthless body |
| Corrigenda |
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 |
Flying saucers |
| 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 |
| Crimen falsi |
Perjury |
| Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem |
It is more cruel to always fear death than to die. (Seneca) |
| Crux |
Puzzle |
| Cui bono? |
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) |
| Cui malo? |
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 |
| Culpa |
A sin |
| 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 laude |
With praise |
| Cum tacent, clamant |
When they remain silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words) (Cicero) |
| Cum |
With |
| 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) |
| Cura posterior |
A later concern |
| Cura ut valeas |
Take care |
| 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 |
| Custos morum |
Guardian of morals |