| latin phrase | english translation |
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| Tabula rasa |
A clean slate. Person that knows nothing |
| Tacet |
Silence |
| 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! |
| Te Deum |
Thee, God [we praise] |
| Te igitur |
Thee, therefore |
| Te nosce |
Know thyself |
| 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) |
| Tempore |
In the time of |
| Tempus edax rerum |
Time is the devourer of things (time flies) |
| Tempus fugit, non autem memoria |
Time flies, but not memory |
| Tempus fugit |
Time flees |
| Tempus incognitum |
Time unknown |
| 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 |
| Terminus a quo |
The end from which |
| Terminus ad quem |
The end to which |
| Terra firma |
Solid ground |
| Terra incognita |
Unknown land |
| Terra nullius |
Uninhabited land |
| Tertium quid |
A third something |
| Tetigisti acu |
You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus) |
| Theatrum mundi |
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 |
| Totidem verbis |
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 autem |
You, also |
| 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 quoque |
You likewise |
| Tu stupidus es |
You are dumb |
| Tu, rattus turpis! |
You dirty rat! |
| 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 |