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A A bene placito A capite ad calcem A cappella A contrario A cruce salus A Deo et Rege A fortiori A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

A mari usque ad mare A mensa et thoro A pedibus usque ad caput A posse ad esse A posteriori A priori A verbis ad verbera Ab absurdo Ab aeterno Ab asino lanam Ab hinc Ab imo pectore Ab incunabulis Ab initio Ab intestato Ab origine Ab ovo usque ad mala Ab ovo Ab urbe condita Ab/Ex uno disce omnes Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit Absente reo Absit invidia Absit omen Absum! Abusus non tollit usum Abutebaris modo subjunctivo denuo Abyssus abyssum invocat Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam Acta est fabula, plaudite! Acta non verba Acta sanctorum Actus reus At one's pleasure 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 precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place) From sea to sea (Motto of Canada) From board and bed (legal separation) From feet to head From possibility to actuality From what comes after. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori From what comes before 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 here on From the bottom of the chest. (from the heart) (Julius Caesar) From the cradle From the beginning Having made no will From the origin From the egg right to the apples (From start to finish) (Horace) From the egg From the foundation of the city. (Rome) From one person, learn all people 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! Wrong use does not preclude proper use You've been misusing the subjunctive again Hell calls hell; one mistep leads to another It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice The play is over, applaud! (Said to have been emperor Augustus' last words) Action not words Deeds of the saints Wrongful act [as opposed to mens rea - the wrongful intention or guilty mind]

Ad absurdum Ad acta Ad alta Ad astra per aspera Ad astra Ad augusta per angusta Ad captandum vulgus Ad clerum Ad eundem gradum Ad eundem Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit Ad fontes Ad fundum Ad hoc Ad hominem Ad honorem Ad idem Ad infinitum Ad interim Ad libitum (Acronym 'ad lib') Ad Libitur Ad limina apostolorum Ad litem Ad locum Ad lucem Ad maiorem dei gloriam (AMDG) Ad multos annos Ad nauseum Ad perpetuam rei memoriam Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora Ad referendum Ad rem Ad valorem Ad vitam aeternam Ad vitam paramus Ad vitam Addendum Adeste Fideles Adsum Adversus incendia excubias nocturnas vigilesque commentus est Adversus solem ne loquitor

To the point of absurdity To archives. Not actual any more To the summit To the stars through difficulty To the stars To high places by narrow roads To appeal to the crowd - often used of politicians who make false or insincere promises appealing to popular interest To the clergy To the same level Of admission to the same degree at a different university 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 At one's pleasure As Desired To the thresholds of the Apostles For a lawsuit or action At the place Towards the light (motto of the University of Lisbon) For the greater glory of God To many years!, i.e. Many happy returns! To the point of making one sick For the perpetual remembrance of the thing Eggs today are better than chickens tomorrow (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) Subject to reference To the point By the value, e.g. Ad valorem tax For all time We are preparing for life For life A thing to be added Be present, faithful ones Here! present! Against the dangers of fires, he (Augustus) conceived of the idea of night guards and watchmen Don't speak against the sun (don't waste your time arguing the obvious)

Advocatus diaboli Aegrescit medendo Aegri somnia Aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem Aeronavis abstractio a prestituto cursu Aetatis (aet.) Aeternum vale Affidavit Age quod agis Age. Fac ut gaudeam Agenda Agnus Dei Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est Alea iacta est Alias Alibi Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent Alis volat propiis Alma Mater Alter ego Alter ipse amicus Alterum ictum faciam Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi Alumnus Amantes sunt amentes Amantium irae amoris integratio est Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur Amat victoria curam Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui mentiar tibi? Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur Amicus curiae Amicus humani generis Amicus verus est rara avis Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur Amor caecus est Amor est vitae essentia Amor ordinem nescit Amor patriae Amor platonicus Amor tussisque non celantur

The devil's advocate The disease worsens with the treatment. The remedy is worse than the disease A sick man's dreams (Horace) It is said that for a sick man, there is hope as long as there is life Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. (Horace) Hijacking Age Farewell forever A sworn written statement usable as evidence in court Do what you do well, pay attention to what you are doing Go ahead. Make my day! Things to be done The Lamb of God Yes, that is a very large amount of corn The die has been cast. (Caesar) Otherwise Elsewhere Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. (Publilius Syrus) She flies with her own wings (state motto of Oregon) Nourishing mother. (One's old school or university) Other 'I' or 'Other Self' A friend is another self I'm going to take a mulligan The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. (still waters run deep) Nursling (former pupil) Lovers are lunatics The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love. (Terence) Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time Victory favors those who take pains I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting. (Cicero) Baby, sweetheart, would I lie to you? A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter Friend of the court A friend of the human race (philanthropist) A true friend is a rare bird We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving. (Syrus) Love is blind Love is the essence of life. (Robert B. Mackay) Love does not know order. (St. Jerome) Love of country Platonic love Love, and a cough, are not concealed. (Ovid)

Amor vincit omnia Amoto quaeramus seria ludo An nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia mundus regatur? Anguis in herba Anicularum lucubrationes Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? Animis opibusque parati Animus facit nobilem Anno (an.) Anno domini (AD) Anno hegirae (AH) Anno mundi Anno regni Anno urbis conditae (AUC) Annuit coeptis Annus bisextus Annus horribilis Annus mirabilis Ante litteram Ante meridiem (a.m.) Ante mortem Ante prandium (A.p.) Ante Antebellum Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus! Apage Satanas Appareo Decet Nihil Munditia? Apudne te vel me? Aqua fortis Aqua pura Aqua vitae Aquila non captat muscas Arbiter elegantiae Arcana imperii Arduum sane munus Arguendo Argumentum ad hominem Argumentum ad ignorantiam Armis Exposcere Pacem Ars gratia artis Ars longa, vita brevis

Love conquers all. (Virgil) Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters. (Horace) Don't you know then, my son, how little wisdom rules the world? A snake in the grass. A treacherous person. (Vergil) Old wives' tales (At a barbeque) Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face? Prepared in minds and resources (ready for anything) The spirit makes (human) noble Year In the year of the Lord In the year of the hegira In the year of the world In the year of reign From the year of founding of the city (Rome) God has favored us Leap year A horrible year Year of wonders Before the letter Before midday Before death Before a meal Before Before the war In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags Let's all wear mood rings! Begone, Satan Is It Not Nifty? Your place or mine? Nitric acid Pure water Water of life (brandy) The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things) Judge in matters of taste Secrets of the empire A truly arduous task For the sake of argument An argument against the man. Directing an argument against an opponent's character rather than the subject at hand Arguing from ignorance They demanded peace by force of arms. (An inscription seen on medals) Art for art's sake. (motto of MGM) Art (work) is long, but life is short

Ars sine scienta nihil est Artium baccalaureus Artium magister Ascendo tuum Asinus asinum fricat Aspice, officio fungeris sine spe honoris amplioris Aspirat primo Fortuna labori Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit Astra inclinant, non necessitant Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris Aude sapere Audaces fortuna iuvat Audere est facere Audi et alteram partem Audiatur et altera pars! Audio, video, disco Auget largiendo Aura popularis Aurea mediocritas Auribus tenere lupum Aurora australis Aurora borealis Aurora Musis amica Aut Caesar aut nihil Aut disce aut discede Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit Aut viam inveniam aut faciam Aut vincere aut mori Auxilio ab alto Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro Ave atque vale Ave caesar! Morituri te salutamus Ave maria

Art without science is nothing. (I would also claim that the opposite is true) Bachelor of Arts (BA) Master of Arts (MA) Up yours The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess) Face it, you're stuck in a dead end job Fortune smiles upon our first effort. (Virgil) Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdues both intelligence and skill. (Cicero) The stars incline; they do not determine The stars never lie, but the astrologs lie about the stars Dare to know Fortune favors the bold. (Virgil) To dare is to do. (Motto of Tottenham Hotspur) Hear the other side too Let us hear the opposite side! I hear, I see, I learn He increases by giving liberally The popular breeze. (Cicero) The golden mean. (an ethical goal; truth and goodness are generally to be found in the middle.) (Horace) I hold a wolf by the ears. (I am in a dangerous situation and dare not let go.) (Terence) The Southern lights The Northern lights Dawn is friend of the muses. (Early bird catches the worm.) Caesar or nothing i.e., all or nothing Either learn or leave The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses. (Horace) I will either find a way or make one Either conquer or die By help from on high A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain Hail and farewell. (Catullus) Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you. (gladiators before the fight) Hail Mary

B Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt! Beata Virgo (Maria) Beatae memoriae Beati pacifici Beati pauperes spiritu Beati possidentes Beatus Bella detesta matribus Bella gerant alii Bellum omium contra omnes Belua multorum es capitum Bene legere saecla vincere Bene qui latuit, bene vixit Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare Bene Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere Bibere venenum in auro Bis dat qui cito dat Bis in die (bid) Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit Bis repetita placent Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria Bis vivit qui bene vivit Bona fide Bona fides (noun) Bona fortuna Bona officia Bonum commune communitatis Bonum commune hominis Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis Bovina Sancta! Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia quam elenganter concinnatur! Braccae tuae aperiuntur Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita Brevis esse latoro obscurus fio Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior Busillis Save the whales! The Blessed Virgin (Mary) Of blessed memory Blessed are the peacemakers Blessed are the poor in spirit The happy who possess. (possession is nine points of the law) (Euripides) The blessed one Wars, the horror of mothers. (Horace) Let others wage war Everyman's struggle against everyman. (Thomas Hobbes) The people are a many headed beast To read well is to master the ages. (Professor Isaac Flagg) One who lives well, lives unnoticed. (Ovid) Well, if you don't understand plain Latin, I'm not going to dirty my hands on you Good To accept a favour is to sell freedom. (Publilius Syrus) Drink poison from a cup of gold He gives twice who quickly gives. (Publius Syrus) Twice a day He is doubly destroyed who perishes by his own arms. (Syrus) The things that please are those that are asked for again and again. (Horace) He conquers twice who in the hour of conquest conquers himself. (Syrus) He lives twice who lives well In good faith. i. e. well intentioned, fairly Honest intention Good luck! Good services's General welfare. Literally, common good of the community Common good of man Good wine gladdens a person's heart Holy cow! Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket! Your fly is open Life is too short to dance with ugly women Life is too short to dance with ugly men When I try to be brief, I speak gobbledegook Our life is short but is made longer by misfortunes. (Publilius Syrus) Baffling puzzle or difficult point

C Cacoethes scribendi Cadit quaestio Caeca invidia est Caeci caecos ducentes Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt Caelum videre iussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris Camera obscvra Canis meus id comedit Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! Caro putridas es! Carpe Cerevisi Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero Carpe diem Casus belli Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam Casus belli Causarum justia et misericordia Causa mortis Cave ab homine unius libri Cave canem, te necet lingendo Cave canem Cave cibum, valde malus est Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui Cave Caveat emptor Caveat venditor Caveat Cedant arma togae Cedo maiori Certamen bikini suicidus disci mox coepit? Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse Certum est, quia impossibile Cetera desunt Ceteris paribus Christus rex Cineri gloria sera venit Circa (c.) An insatiable urge to write. (Juvenal) The question drops Envy is blind. (Livy) Blind are led by the blind. Leaders are not more knowledgeable than the ones they lead The heavens declare the glory of God They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace) He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars. (Ovid) If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar Hidden room - an early photographic or painting technique utilizing optical pinholes My dog ate it A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. (Curtius Rufus) A wig? I never would have guessed! You're dead meat Seize the beer! Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace) Seize the day. (opportunity) (Horace) An act used to justify war 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 For the causes of justice and mercy Death Cause Beware of anyone who has just one book. (Latin Epigram) Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death Beware of the dog Beware the food, it is very bad If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults Beware what you say, when, and to whom Beware! Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk) Let the seller beware Let him/her beware Let arms yield to the toga. (Let violence give place to law) I yield to a greater person Does the Bikini Suicide Frisbee match start soon? You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore It is certain, because it is impossible. (Tertullianus) The rest is missing All else being equal Christ the King Fame comes too late to the dead Approximately

Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis Clara pacta, boni amici Codex Juris Canonici Cogita ante salis Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur Cogito ergo doleo Cogito sumere potum alterum Cogito, ergo sum Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet Commune bonum Commune periculum concordiam parit Communi consilio Compos mentis Concordia discors Concordia res parvae crescent Conditio sine qua non Confer (cf.) Confiteor Congregatio de Propaganda Fide Coniecturalem artem esse medicinam Coniunctis viribus Conlige suspectos semper habitos Consensu omnium Consensus audacium Consuetudinis magna vis est Consule planco Consummatum est Contra felicem vix deus vires habet Contra mundum Contraria contrariis curantur Coram populo Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet Cornucopia Corpus christi Corpus delicti Corpus Juris Canonici Corpus Juris Civilis Corpus vile Corrigenda Corripe Cervisiam Corruptio optimi pessima Coruscantes disci per convexa caeli volantes Cotidiana vilescunt

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream Clear agreements, good friends Book of canon law Think before you leap, or look before you leap Nobody should be punished for his thoughts I think therefore I am depressed I think I'll have another drink I think, therefore I am. (Reni Descartes) No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong The common good Common danger brings forth harmony By common consent Of sound mind (and judgement) Discordant harmony Work together to accomplish more Condition without which not, or an essential condition or requirement Compare I confess Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith Medicine is the art of guessing. (Aulus Cornelius Celsus) With united powers Round up the usual suspects By the agreement of all An agreement of rash men. (a conspiracy) (Cicero) The force of habit is great. (Cicero) In the consulship of Plancus (In the good old days) (Horace) It is completed (Christ's last words, John 19:30) Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power Against the world The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates) In the presence of the people. (Horace) A crow doesn't rip out the eyes of another crow Horn of plenty The body of Christ The body of a crime. (The substance or fundamental facts of a crime) The body of canon law The body of civil law Worthless body A list of things to be corrected. (in a book) Seize the beer! Corruption of the best is worst Flying saucers Familiarity breeds contempt

Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet Crapulam terriblem habeo Cras amet qui nunquam amavit; Quique amavit, cras amet Credidi me felem vidisse! Credite amori vera dicenti Credo elvem etiam vivere Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse Credo quia absurdum Credo ut intelligam Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crevit Crescite et multiplicamini Crimen falsi Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem Crux Cui bono? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? Cui malo? Cui peccare licet peccat minus Cuius regio, eius religio Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare Cuivis dolori remedium est patientia Culpa Culpam poena premit comes Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt Cum grano salis Cum homine de cane debeo congredi Cum laude magnum Cum laude Cum tacent, clamant Cum Cur etiam hic es Cura nihil aliud nisi ut valeas Cura posterior Cura ut valeas Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent Curriculum vitae Cursum perficio Custos morum

The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned. (Syrus) I have a terrible hangover May he love tomorrow who has never loved before I tought I taw a puddy tat! Believe love speaking the truth. (St. Jerome) I believe Elvis lives I think we're on the same wavelength I believe it because it is absurd. (contrary to reason) (Tertullian) I believe in order that I may understand. (St. Augustine) Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will be better. (Tibullus) The love of wealth grows as the wealth itself grew. (Juvenalis) Increase and multiply Perjury It is more cruel to always fear death than to die. (Seneca) Puzzle For whose benefit is it? (a maxim sometimes used in the detection of crime) (Cicero) To whom do I give my new elegant little book? (Catullus) Who suffers a detriment? One who is allowed to sin, sins less. (Ovid) He who rules, his religion Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one Patience is the cure for all suffer A sin Punishment closely follows crime as its companion. (Horace) When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults With a grain of salt. (Pliny the Elder?) Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog With great success With praise When they remain silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words) (Cicero) With Why are you still here? Pay attention to nothing except that you do well. (Cicero) A later concern Take care Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. (minor losses can be talked away, profound ones strike us dumb) The course of one's life My journey is over, or I finish my journey Guardian of morals

D Da mihi basilia mille Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo! Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo Damnant quod non intellegunt Data et accepta De asini vmbra disceptare De bene esse De die in diem De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum De facto De gustibus non est disputandum De inimico non loquaris sed cogites De integro De iure De minimis non curat praetor De minimis De mortuis nil nisi bonum De nihilo nihil De novo De profundis De rervm natvra Decrevi Dei gratia Delenda est carthago Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit Deo adiuvante Deo favente Deo gratias Deo Optimo Maximo Deo vindice Deo volente Desunt cetera Deus absconditus Deus commodo muto consisto quem meus canis sententia existo Deus et natua non faciunt frusta Deus ex machina Kiss me with a thousand kisses Make me chaste and pure, but not yet! Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake I'll have a light beer I'll have a pizza with everything on it They condemn what they do not understand Expenditure and receipts 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 Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen (Thomas a Kempis) Something that is automatically accepted There's no accounting for taste Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it Repeat again from the start By law. According to law The authority or king, or law does not care about trivial things With respect to trifles Say nothing but good about the dead. (Chilon) Nothing comes from nothing. (Lucretius) Anew Up from the depths (of misery) On the nature of things. (title of Marcus Aurelius's magnum opus) I have decreed By the grace of God Carthage must be destroyed 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 To God, the Best, the Greatest God will prove us right. (motto of the Confederate States of America) God willing The rest is missing A god who is hidden from man Which, in a very ham fisted way, with generosity, comes close to being God and nature do not work together in vain A contrived or artificial solution. (literally, 'a god from a machine')

Deus Misereatur Deus vobiscum Deus volent Deus vult! Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem! Dic mihi solum facta, domina Dictum sapienti sat est Die dulci freure Diem perdidi Dies felices Dies Irae Dies natalis Dies non Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem Difficile est saturam non scribere Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas Diis aliter visum Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium Diligite justitiam, o judices terrae Dimidium facti qui coepit habet Dira necessitas Discere docendo Disiecti membra poetae Disjecta membra Divide et impera Dixi Do ut des Docendo discitur Doli capax Domine, dirige nos Domino optimo maximo Dominus illuminatio mea Dominus providebit Dominus tecum Dominus vobiscum Domus dulcis domus Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos Donna nobis pacem Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus Dramatis personae Duc, sequere, aut de via decede

May God Have Mercy God be with you (as) God will God wills it! (Slogan of the Crusades) God, look at the time! My wife will kill me! The devil made me do it! Just the facts, ma'am A word to a wise person is sufficient Have a nice day I have lost a day (another day wasted) (Titus) Happy Days Day of Wrath, or Judgment Day Birthday Business free day It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. (Catullus) It is hard not to write satire. (Juvenalis) It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. (Pliny the Younger) The Gods decided otherwise Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. (Seneca) Cherish justice, o judges of the earth Half is done when the beginning is done. (Horace) The dire necessity. (Horace) To learn through teaching Limbs of a dismembered poet. (Horace) The scattered remains 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 It is learned by teaching. (Seneca) Capable of crime Lord, direct us To the Lord, the best and greatest The Lord is my light The Lord will provide May the Lord be with you (Singular) May the Lord be with you (Plural) Home sweet home As long as you are fortunate, you will have many friends (when you are successful, everyone wants to be your friend) Grant us peace Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. (motto of Harry Potter's alma mater) Characters of the play Lead, follow, or get out of the way

Ducator meus nihil agit sine lagunculae leynidae accedunt Duco ergo sum Dulce bellum inexpertis Dulce est desipere in loco Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori Dulcius ex asperis Dum excusare credis, accusas Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem Dum spiramus tuebimur Dum spiro, spero Dum tempus habemus, operemur bonum Dum vita est spes est Dum vivimus, vivamus Dura lex, sed lex

My calculator does not work without batteries I calculate therefore I am War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it. (Pindaros) It is sweet to relax at the proper time It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country. (Horace) Through difficulty, sweetness When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself. (St. Jerome) As long as we are among humans, let us be humane. (Seneca) While we breathe, we shall defend While I breathe, I hope. (Cicero) While we have the time, let us do good While life is, hope is. / While there is life there is hope While we live, let us live (Epicurean philosophy) The law is harsh, but it is the law

E E contrario E pluribus unum E re nata E vestigio Ecce homo Ecce signum Editio princeps Ego et rex meus Ego me bene habeo Ego nolo caesar esse Ego spem pretio non emo Ego Eheu fugaces labuntur anni Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum Eiusdem generis Elizabeth Regina/Eduardus Rex (E.R.) Emeritus Emitte lucem et veritatem Ense et aratro Eo ipso Eo nomine Epistula non erubescit Eram quod es, eris quod sum Ergo bibamus Ergo Errare humanum est Errata Erratum (errata) Escariorium lavator Esse est percipi Esse quam videri Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis Est deus in nobis Est modus in rebus Est queadam fiere voluptas Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima? Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? Esto perpetua Esto perpetue Et alii/aliae Et cetera/etcetera (etc.) Et in arcadia ego From a contrary position From many, one (motto of the USA) As circumstances dictate From where one stands Behold the man Behold the proof First printed edition I and my King With me all is well. (last words) (Burrus) I don't want to be Caesar. (Florus) I do not purchase hope for a price. (I do not buy a pig in a poke.) Consciousness of one's own identity Alas, the fleeting years slip by. (Horace) Unfortunately, I can't find those particular documents Of the same kind Queen Elizabeth/King Edward Honorary; by merit 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 A letter doesn't blush. (Cicero) I was what you are, you will be what I am. (grave inscription) Therefore, let us drink Therefore To err is human. / It is human to err. (Seneca) A list of errors (in a book) Error (errors) Dishwashing machine Being is perception. (It is a standard metaphysical) (Mauser) To be, rather than to seem (state motto of North Carolina) Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. (St. Augustine) The is a god inside us There is a middle ground in things. (Horace) There is a certain pleasure in weeping. (Ovid) Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat? 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 And the rest I, also, am in Arcadia

Et sequens (et seq.) Et sequentes (et seq. Or seqq.) Et sic de ceteris Et tu, Brute Et uxor (abbreviated et ux.) Etiam capillus unus habet umbram Eventus stultorum magister Ex abrupto Ex abundancia cordis, os loquitor Ex animo Ex ante Ex cathedra Ex cearulo Ex curia Ex dolo Ex gratia Ex hypothesi Ex libris Ex luna, scientia Ex mea sententia Ex more Ex nilhilo nihil fit Ex officio Ex opere operato Ex parte Ex post facto Ex proprio motu Ex silentio Ex tempore Ex uno disce omnes Ex vi termini Ex voto Ex Excelsior Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis Exceptis excipiendis Excitabat fluctus in simpulo Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta Exeat Exegi monumentum aere perennius Exempli gratia (e.g) Exeunt omnes Exeunt

And the following And those that follow And so to of the rest And you, Brutus And wife Even one hair has a shadow. (Publilius Syrus) Events are the teacher of the stupid persons. Stupid people learn by experience, bright people calculate what to do Without preparation 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 Out of court Intentionally Purely as a favour From the hypothesis. (i.e. The one under consideration) From the Library (of) From the moon, knowledge. (motto of Apollo 13) In my opinion According to custom Nothing comes from nothing By virtue of his office By the work having been worked By only one party to a dispute in the absence of the other After the fact, or Retrospectively Voluntarily From silence. (from lack of contrary evidence) Off the cuff, without preparation From one person learn all persons. (From one we can judge the rest) By definition According to one's vow Out of Ever upward. (state motto of New York) An exception establishes the rule as to things not excepted Excepting what is to be excepted He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot) (Cicero) He who excuses himself, accuses himself (qui s'excuse, s'accuse) Permission for a temporary absence I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace) For the sake of example All go out. (A common stage direction in plays) They go out

Exit Exitus acta probat Experientia docet stultos Experientia docet Experimentum crucis Expressio unius est exclusio alterius Extempore Exterioris pagina puella Extinctus amabitur idem Extra ecclesiam nulla salus Extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paretur

He/she goes out The outcome proves the deeds. (the end justifies the means) (Ovid) Experience teaches fools Experience is the best teacher Critical experiment The mention of one thing may exclude others Without premeditation Cover Girl The same [hated] man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget. (Horace) Outside the Church [there is] No Salvation. (A phrase of much disputed significance in Roman Catholic theology) The judgment (or the authority) of one who is exceeding his territorial jurisdiction is disobeyed with impunity

F Fabas indulcet fames Faber est suae quisque fortunae Faber quisque fortunae suae Fabricati diem Fac me cocleario vomere! Fac ut nemo me vocet Fac ut vivas Facile princeps Facilis descensvs averno Facilius est multa facere quam diu Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum Facta, non verba Factum est Fallaces sunt rerum species Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus Fama crescit eundo Fama nihil est celerius Fama semper vivat Fama volat Fames est optimus coquus Farrago fatigans! Fas est et ab hoste doceri Favete linguis Fax mentis incedium gloriae Fecit (fec.) Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui Feles mala! Felis qvi nihil debet Felix culpa Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas Felo de se Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt Festina lente Fiat justitia (et ruat caelum) Fiat lux Fiat volvntas tua Fiat Fide, non armis Fidei defensor Fides punica Hunger sweetens the beans, or hunger makes everything taste good! Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. (Appius Claudius Caecus) Each man (is) the maker of his own fortune Make my day Gag me with a spoon! Hold my calls Get a life Acknowledged leader The descent to Avernus (Hell) it's easy to fall, hard to rise It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time. (Quintilianus) We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca) Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome) Deeds, not words. (Actions speak louder than words) It is done The appearances of things are deceptive. (Seneca) False in one thing, false in all The rumour grows as it goes. (Vergil) Nothing is swifter than rumor May his/her fame last forever The rumour has wings. (Vergil) Hunger is the best cook Thuffering thuccotash! It's proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid) To keep a (religious) silence. (Horace) The passion of glory is the torch of the mind Made by Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it Bad kitty! Happy [is] he who owes nothing Happy fault Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. (Vergil) Suicide Men readily believe what they want to believe. (Caesar) Make haste slowly Let justice be done. (though the heavens fall)" Let there be light Let Thy will [be done] (Biblical) Let it be done By faith, not arms Defender of the faith Treachery. (Livy)

Fides quaerens intellectum Fidus Achates Filioque Filius nullius Finem respice Finis coronat opus Finis Flagrante delicto Flamma fumo est proxima Floreat regina regina Floruit Fluctuat nec mergitur Fons et origo Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit Forsan miseros meliora sequentur Fortes et liber Fortes fortuna adiuvat Fortes fortuna iuvat Fortiter fideliter forsan feliciter Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo Fortitudine vincimus Fortius quo fidelius Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat Fortuna vitrea est; tum cum splendet frangitur Fortuna caeca est Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! Frangar non flectar Frater, ave atque vale Fronti nulla fides Frustra laborant quotquot se calculationibus fatigant pro inventione quadraturae circuli Fugit hora Fugit inreparabile tempus Functus officio Furnulum pani nolo

Faith seeking understanding Faithful Achates (friend) And from the son A bastard Look to the end [before setting forth] The ending crowns the work. (Ovid) The end Literally while the crime is blazing. Caught red handed, in the very act of a crime Flame follows smoke. (there is no smoke without fire) (Plautus) May it flourish. (motto of the City of Regina, Saskatchewan Canada) Flourished It is tossed by the waves but it does not sink The source and origin Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy For those in misery perhaps better things will follow. (Virgil) Strong and free. (Alberta) Fortune favors the brave. (Terence) Fortune favours the brave Bravely, faithfully, perhaps successfully Resolutely in action, gently in manner. (To do unhesitatingly what must be done but accomplishing it as inoffensively as possible) By endurance we conquer Strength through loyalty The fortune is preparing friends, the abundance is testing them Fortune is glass; just when it gleams brightest it shatters Fortune is blind. (Cicero) Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway! I am broken, I am not deflected Brother, hello and good bye. (Catullus) No reliance can be placed on appearance. (don't judge a book by its cover) Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle. (Michael Stifel, 1544) The hour flies Irretrievable time flies. (Virgil) Having discharged his duty and thus ceased to have any authority over a matter I don't want a toaster

G Gaudeamus igitur (iuvenes dum sumus) Genius loci Gens togata Genus irritabile vatum Gladiator in arena consilium capit Gloria filiorum patres Gloria in excelsis deo Gloria Patri Gloria virtutis umbra Gloria Gloriosum est iniurias oblivisci Gnothe seauton (Greek) Graeca sunt, non leguntur Gramen artificiosum odi Gratia placenti Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit Graviora manent Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo Therefore, let us rejoice. (while we are young) The guardian spirit of the place The toga clad race; the romans The irritable race of poets. (Horace) The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena (i.e., too late) (Seneca) The glory of sons is their fathers Glory to God in the highest Glory to the Father Glory (is) the shadow of virtue Glory It is glorious to forget the injustice Know thyself It is Greek, you don't read that I hate Astroturf For the sake of pleasing Captive Greece conquered her savage victor. (Horace) Greater dangers await The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often. (Ovid)

H Habeas corpus Habemus Papam Habetis bona deum Hac lege Haec olim meminisse ivvabit Haec trutina errat Hannibal ante portas! Haud ignota loquor Helluo librorum Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt! Hic et nunc Hic habitat felicitas Hic jacet (HJ) Hic jacet sepultus (HJS) Hic puer est stultissimus omnium! Hinc illae lacrimae Historia est vitae magistra Hoc erat in votis Hoc est in votis Hoc est verum et nihili nisi verum Hoc est vivere bis vita posse priore frvi Hoc natura est insitum, ut quem timueris, hunc semper oderis Hoc tempore obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? Hodie mihi, cras tibi Homines libenter quod volunt credunt Homines, dum docent, discunt Homo doctvs is se semper divitias habet Homo homini lupus Homo nudus cum nuda iacebat Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto Homo sum Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est Honor virutis preamium Honores mutant mores Honoris causa (h.c.) Horas non numero nisi serenas Horribile dictu You must have the body, i.e. You must justify an imprisonment We have a pope. (used at the announcement of a new pope) Have a nice day With this law Time heals all things, i.e. Wounds, offenses There is something wrong with this scale Hannibal is at the doors! The enemy/danger is at the doors! I say things that are known A glutton for books. (bookworm) Darn! There goes my beeper! Hey, we're all in line here! Here and now Here dwells happiness Here lies. (written on gravestones or tombs) Here lies buried This boy is the stupidest of all! Hence these tears. (Terence) The history is the tutor of life This was among my prayers This is in my prayers This is the truth and nothing but the truth To live twice is to make useful profit from one's past. Experience is the best teacher, so learn from it It's an innate thing to always hate the one we've learnt to fear In these days friends are won through flattery, the truth gives birth to hate. (Terence) Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it? Today for me, tomorrow for you Men believe what they want to. (Terentius) Men learn while they teach. (Seneca) A learned man always has wealth within himself Man is a wolf to man Naked they lay together, man and woman One is innocent until proven guilty Man proposes, but God disposes I am human, therefore nothing human is strange to me I am a man Man has been lent to life, not given. (Pubilius Syrus) Honour is the reward of virtue The honours change the customs. (Power corrupts) As in doctorate, an honorary degree I count only the bright hours. (Inscription on ancient sundials) Horrible to tell

Horror vacui Hostis hvmani generis Huc accedit zambonis! Humum mandere Hunc tu caveto

Fear of empty places Enemy of the human race Here comes the Zamboni! To bite the dust Beware of this man

M Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! Maecenas atavis edite regibus Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter Magister Artium (MA) Magister mundi sum! Magna charta Magna cum laude Magna res est vocis et silentii temperamentum Magnas inter oper inops Magnificat Magnum bonum Magnum opus Magnus frater spectat te Maior risus, acrior ensis: quadragesima octava regula quaesitus Mala fide Male parta male dilabuntur Malum consilium quod mutari non potest Malum prohibitum Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono Manus in mano Manus manum lavat Mare clausum Mare liberum Mare nostrum Margaritas ante porcos Mater artium necessitas Mater dolorosa Mater memento mori Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus Mater Materfamilias Materia medica Materiam superabat opus Maxima debetur puero reverentia Maximus in minimis Me fallit Me iudice Me oportet propter praeceptum te nocere Me transmitte sursum, caledoni! Mea culpa You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back! Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors. (Horace) Necessity is the mother of all invention Master of arts I am the master of the universe! Great paper With great honour or academic distinction The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet A pauper in the midst of wealth. (Horace) It magnifies A great good Great work, the major work of one's life Big Brother is watching you The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife: the 48th rule of acquisition In bad faith (something which is done fraudulently) What has been wrongly gained is wrongly lost. (Ill gotten gains seldom prosper.) (Cicero) It's a bad plan that can't be changed. (Publilius Syrus) A prohibited wrong. A crime that society decides is wrong for some reason, not inherently evil There is, to be sure, no evil without something good. (Pliny the Elder) Hand in hand One hand washes the other. The favor for the favor. (Petronius) A closed sea An open sea Our sea. (Mediterranean) Pearls before swine. To give something valuable to someone not respecting it Necessity is the mother of invention Sorrowful mother. (Virgin Mary) Remember your mortality Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries Mother Mother of family Medical matter The workmanship was better than the subject matter. (Ovid) We owe the greatest respect to a child Great in little things I do not know I being judge; in my judgement I'm going to have to hurt you on principle Beam me up, Scotty! Through my fault

Mea maxima culpa Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo Medice, cura te ipsum! Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant Medicus curat, natura sanat Medio tutissimus ibis Mei capilli sunt flagrantes Meliora cogito Melitae amor Melius est praevenire quam praeveniri Melius frangi quam flecti Melius tarde, quam nunquam Mellita, domi adsum Memento mori Memento vivere Memorabilia Memorandum Memoria in aeterna Memoriter Mendacem memorem esse oportet Mens agitat molem Mens rea Mens regnum bona possidet Mens sana in corpore sano Mens sibi conscia recti Meum cerebrum nocet Meum pactum dictum Mihi cura futuri Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi Millennium (millennia) Minime senuisti! Minus habens Mirabile dictu Mirabile visu Miserere Missa solemnis Mittimus Modus agendi Modus operandi (m.o.) Modus vivendi Monstra mihi pecuniam! Moratorium Morituri te salutant

Through my very great fault My conscience means more to me than all speech. (Cicero) Physician, heal thyself! (Versio Vulgata) Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. (Curtius Rufus) The physician treats, nature cures You will go safest in the middle. (Moderation in all things) (Ovid) My hair is on fire I strive for the best Love of Malta Better to forestall than to be forestalled It is better to break than to bend Better late than never 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 In everlasting remembrance From memory A liar needs a good memory. (Quintilianus) The mind moves the matter. (Vergil) Guilty mind An honest heart is a kingdom in itself. (Seneca) A sound mind in a sound body. (Juvenalis) A mind conscious of its rectitude My brain hurts My word is my bond My concern is the future Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog A thousand year period You haven't aged a bit! Absentminded Wonderful to say/relate. (Vergil) Wonderful to behold Have mercy Solemn Mass. (high Mass) We send (to prison) Manner of operation Way of operating Way of living Show me the money! A delay Those who are about to die salute you

Mors ultima linea rerum est Mors ultima ratio Mortvi non mordant Motu proprio Mulier taceat in ecclesia Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur Multis post annis Multum in parvo Multun, non multa Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur Mundus vult decipi Munit haec et altera vincit Mus uni non fidit antro Musica delenit bestiam feram Mutatis mutandis Mutato nomine Mvlti svnt vocati, pavci vero electi Mvndvs vvlt decipi Mvtatis mvtandis

Death is everything's final limit. (Horace) Death is the final accounting Dead me don't bite; Dead men tell no tale Of one's own initiative Let the woman be silent in church. (Paul) Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. (Pliny) Many years later Much in little. (small but significant) Much, not many (quality not quantity) The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived! The world wants to be deceived One defends and the other conquers A mouse does not rely on just one hole. (Plautus) Music soothes the savage beast The necessary changes having been made The name being changed Many are called [but] few are chosen The world wishes to be deceived there's a sucker born every minute The things that ought to have changed having been changed with the necessary substitutions having been made

N Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es Nascentes morimur Natale solum Natura abhorret a vacua Natura in minima maxima Natura nihil fit in frustra Natura, artis magistra Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret Navigare necesse est Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! Ne cede malis Ne feceris ut rideam Ne humanus crede Ne nimium Ne plus ultra Ne quid nimis Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas: tanti non est, ut placeam, perire Nec mortem effugere quisquam nec amorem potest Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent Necessitas non habet legem Negotium populo romano melius quam otium committi Nemine contradicente (nem. con.) Nemine dissentiente (nem. diss.) Nemo ante mortem beatus Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi Nemo dat quod non habet Nemo gratis mendax Nemo hic adest illius nominis Nemo liber est qui corpori servit Nemo malus felix Nemo me impune lacessit Nemo nisi mors Nemo propheta in patria sua Nemo repente fuit turpissimus Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit Nemo saltat sobrius nisi forte insanit Nemo saltat sobrius Nemo sine iudex Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon) From the moment we are born, we begin to die Native soil Nature abhors a vacuum Nature is the greatest in the smallest things Nature does nothing in vain Nature, the mistress of art You can drive nature out with a pitchfork but she always comes back To sail is necessary Don't you dare erase my hard disk! Yield not to evils Don't make me laugh Trust no human Not too much No further. Impassable obstacle Nothing in excess. (Terence) If only dead poets are praised, I'd rather go unsung No one is able to flee from death or love I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial) As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. (Horace) He must fear many, whom many fear. (Laberius) Necessity knows no law The Roman people understand work better than leisure With no one speaking in opposition. Unanimously With no one disagreeing Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us! Moreover, there is no one who can rule unless he can be ruled. (Seneca) No one gives what he does not have No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth There is no one here by that name No one is free who is a slave to his body No bad man is lucky. (Juvenal) 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) No one is considered a prophet in his hometown/homeland No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. (Juvenal) Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself. (Seneca) Nobody dances sober unless he's insane No man dances sober No one is a judge of himself

Nemo sine vitio est Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum Nervos belli, pecuniam. (Nervus rerum.) Nescio quid dicas Neutiquam erro Nihil ad rem Nihil agere delectat Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione Nihil declaro Nihil est ab omni parte beatum Nihil est incertius volgo Nihil est miserum nisi cum putes Nihil est - In vita priore ego imperator romanus fui Nihil obstat Nihil sub sole novum Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit Nihil Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum Nil admirari Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit Nil desperandum! Nil homini certum est Nil sine numine Nill illigitimi carborundum Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis Nisi prius Nisi Nolens volens Noli equi dentes inspicere donati Noli me tangere! Noli me voca, ego te vocabo Noli nothis permittere te terere Noli simul flare sobereque Noli turbare circulos meos! Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem Nolle prosequi Nolo contendere Nomen est omen Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent

No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder) No man is more deaf than he who will not hear No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus) The nerve of war, money. (The nerve of things.) (Cicero) I don't know what you're talking about I am not lost Nothing to do with the point It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero) Necesssity knows nothing else but victory. (Syrus) I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult I have nothing to declare Nothing is good in every part. (Horace) Nothing is more uncertain than the (favour of the) crowd. (Cicero) Nothing is unfortunate if you don't consider it unfortunate. (Boethius) That's nothing -in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor Nothing stands in the way Nothing new under the sun No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero) Nothing Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done. (Lucan) To admire nothing. (Horace) Not much worth is an example that solves one quarrel with another. (Horace) Never despair! (Horace) Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid) Nothing without the Divine Will Do not let the bastards get you down Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. (St. Augustine) Unles previously Unless Whether one likes it or not; willing or unwilling Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. (St. Jerome) Don't touch me! (Versio Vulgata) Don't call me. I'll call you Dont let the bastards get you down Don't whistle and drink at the same time Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes) Don't force it, get a bigger hammer Do not pursue I do not wish to contend The name is the sign The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces

are often seen in public places.) Nominatim Non bis in idem Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat Non compos mentis Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema Non erravi perniciose! Non est ad astra mollis e terris via Non est ei similis Non est mea culpa Non est vivere sed valere vita est Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco Non illigitamus carborundum Non licet Non liquet Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis Non multa, sed multum Non nobis, Domine Non omne quod licet honestum est Non omne quod nitet aurum est Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi Non omnia moriar Non omnia possumus omnes Non omnis moriar Non placet Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite Non plus ultra! (Nec plus ultra!) Non prosequitur Non quis, sed quid Non rape me si placet Non scholae sed vitae discimus Non semper erit aestas Non sequitur Non serviam Non sibi sed suis Non sibi, sed patriae Non sum pisces Non sum qualis eram Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum Non timetis messor Non uno die roma aedificata est By name Not twice for the same thing It's not the heat, it's the humidity Not in possession of one's senses I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem I did not commit a fatal error! There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. (Seneca) There is no one like him It's not my fault Life is not being alive but being well (life is more than just being alive) Not Worth A Rats Ass! No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others Don't let the bastards grind you down It is not allowed It is not clear Not for you, not for me, but for us - the foundation of a good relationship We do not fear death, but the thought of death. (Seneca) Not many, but much. (Meaning, not quantity but quality) (Plinius) Not unto us, O Lord Not everything that is permitted is honest. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) Not all that glitters is gold Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. (Bacon) Not all of me will die. (Horace) Not all of us are able to do all things (We can't all do everything.) (Virgil) Not all of me will die. (his works would live forever) (Horace) It does not please Don't applaud. Just throw money Nothing above that! He does not proceed Not who, but what Please don't rob me We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca) It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times) It does not follow I will not serve Not for one's self but for one's people Not for you, but for the fatherland I am not a fish I am not what / of what sort I was (I'm not what I used to be.) Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold Don't Fear the Reaper Rome was not built in one day (either)

Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo Non vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur? Nonne de novo eboraco venis? Nonne macescis? Nosce te ipsum Nota bene (nb.) Novus homo Novus ordo saeculorum Novus ordo seclorum Nulla avarita sine poena est Nulla dies sine linea Nulla regula sine exceptione Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est Nulla vit melior quam bona Nulli expugnabilis hosti Nulli secundus Nullius in verba Nullo metro compositum est Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius Nullum gratuitum prandium Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est Nullus est instar domus Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit Numen Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit Numerus clausus Nummus americanus Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit Numquam non paratus Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset Nunc dimittis Nunc est bibendum Nvdvm pactvm Nvllvm qvod tetiget non ornavit Nvnc avt nvnqvam

I do not live to eat, but eat to live. (Quintilianus) I don't think anyone knows I love the girl; I haven't done anything really silly yet No, excuse me, I believe I'm next A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent) You're from New York, aren't you? Have you lost weight? Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.) Note well. Observe carefully A new Man; a man who was the first in his family to be elected to an office A new order of ages A new order for the ages. (appears on the U.S. one dollar bill) There is no avarice without penalty. (Seneca) Not a day without a line. Do something every day! (Apeles, Greek painter) There is no rule/law without exception Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca) There's no life better than a good life Conquered By No Enemy. (motto of Gibraltar) Second to none (Rely) on the words on no one. (Horace) It doesn't rhyme No crime and no punishment without a (pre existing) law Nothing is said that hasn't been said before. (Terence) There is no free lunch! There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness No generation is closed to great talents. (Seneca) There is no place like home There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. (Pliny the Younger) Divine power God created everything by number, weight and measure. (Isaac Newton) A restricted number Greenback. ($US) Never does nature say one thing and wisdom say another Never unprepared You are never so little alone as when you are alone. (Cicero) Now let depart Now we must drink. (Horace) A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable He touched none he did not adorn not simply 'the Midas touch', or 'he left things better than he found them', but a tribute to a Renaissance man Now or never

Nvnc dimittis Nvnc pro tvnc

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

O O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! O di immortales! O diem praeclarum! O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! O quam cito transit gloria mundi! O sancta simplicitas! O tempora, O mores! O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! Obesa cantavit Obiit (ob.) Obiter (ob.) Obiter dictum Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras! Obscurum per obscurius Obsta principiis Occasio aegre offertur, facile amittitur Occasio facit furem Oderint dum metuant Odi et amo Odium theologicum Olevm addere camino Olevm perdisti Olim habeas eorum pecuniam, numquam eam reddis: prima regula quaesitus Olim Omne ignotum pro magnifico est Omne initium est difficile Omne trium perfectum Omne tvlit pvnctvm qvi miscvit vtile dvlci Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant Omnes deteriores svmvs licentia Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt Omnes una manet nox Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam Omnia mea mecum porto Omnia mihi lingua graeca sunt Omnia mors aequat Omnia munda mundis Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world! (Lucilius) Good heavens! (uttered by Cicero on the Senate floor) Oh, what a beautiful day! An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero) O how quickly passes the glory of the world! Oh, holy simplicity! (Jan Hus) Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! (Cicero) Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm! The fat lady has sung He/she died In passing Something said in passing parenthetical remark I forgot to polish the clocks! The obscure by means of the more obscure Resist the beginnings Nip it in the bud Opportunity is offered with difficulty, lost with ease. (Publius Syrus) Opportunity makes a thief Let them hate provided that they fear. (Seneca) I hate (her), and I love (her) (Catullus) Theological hatred. (a special name for the hatred generated in theological disputes) 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 Once you have their money, you never give it back: the 1st rule of acquisiton Formerly We have great notions of everything unknown. (Tacitus) Every beginning is difficult Everything that comes in threes is perfect [he] has gained every point who has combined [the] useful [with the] agreeable All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule. (Syrus) Too much freedom debases us All frozen pizzas taste lousy The same night awaits us all. (Horace) All (hours) wound, the last kills. (inscription on solar clocks) Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid) All that is mine, I carry with me. (My wisdom is my greatest wealth) (Cicero) It's all Greek to me Death equals all things Everything is pure to pure ones All things change, and we change with them

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis Omnia vincit amor Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori Omnium gatherum Omnium rerum principia parva sunt Onus probandi Opere citato (op. cit.) Optimis parentibus Optimus magister, bonus liber Opus Dei Ora et labora Ora pro nobis Oratvr fit, poeta nascitvr Orbes volantes exstare Orbiter dictum/dicta Orcae ita Ore rotundo Osculare pultem meam!

Everything changes, nothing perishes. (Ovid) All things are changing, and we are changing with them Love conquers all Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil) Assortment Everything has a small beginning. (Cicero) The burden of proof In the work just quoted To my excellent parents. A common dedication in a book The best teacher is a good book The work of God Pray and work. (St. Benedict) Pray for us An orator is made [but] a poet is born Flying saucers are real Said by the way (miscellaneous remarks) Pretty straightforward With full voice Kiss my grits!

P Pace tua Pace Pacta sunt servanda Pactum serva Pallida mors Palmam qui meruit ferat Panem et circenses Par pare refero Parens patriae Pares cvm paribvs Pari passu Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet Particeps criminis Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus Parva leves capiunt animas Parva scintilla saepe magnam flamam excitat Passim Pater familias Pater historiae Pater Noster Pater patriae Patria est communis omnium parens Patris est filius Paucis verbis, quid est deconstructionismus? Paucis verbis Pavesco, pavesco Pavpertas omnivm artivm repertrix Pax et bonum! Pax tecum Pax vobiscum Pax Peccatum tacituritatis Peccavi Peculium Pecunia in arbotis non crescit Pecunia non olet Pecvniate obedivnt omnia Pede poena claudo Pendente lite Penetalia mentis Per accidens Per angusta in augusta With your consent By leave of Agreements are to be kept. (Cicero) Keep the faith Pale Death. (Horace) Let him who has earned it bear the reward Bread and circuses. Food and games to keep people happy. (Juvenalis) I return like for like tit for tat retaliation Parent of the country Like persons with like persons. Birds of a feather flock together With equal pace moving together You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis) Partner in crime Mountains will be in labour, and an absurd mouse will be born. (all that work and nothing to show for it) Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds) The small sparkle often initiates a large flame All through Father of the family The father of history Our Father (The first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) Father of the country Our native land is the common parent of us all. (Cicero) He is his father's son What, in a nutshell, is deconstructionism? In a few words I'm shaking, I'm shaking 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) Peace Sin of silence I have sinned Property Money does not grow on trees Money has no smell. Money doesn't stink. (don't look a gift horse in the mouth) (Vespasianus) All things obey money. Money makes the world go round Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely. (Horace) While a suit is pending The innermost recesses of the mind. Heart of hearts By Accident Through difficulties to great things

Per annum (p.a.) Per ardua ad astra Per aspera ad astra Per capita Per cent (per centum) Per contra Per diem Per fas et nefas Per impossibile Per mensem Per procurationem (per pro) Per se Per varios usus artem experientia fecit Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim Periculum in mora Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia Perpetuum mobile Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est Persona (non) grata Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes Pessimus inimicorum genus, laudantes Petitio principii Philosophum non facit barba! Pictor ignotus Pinxit Pistrix! Pistrix! Placebo Placet Pleno iure Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate Plusque minusque Plvres crapvla qvam gladivs Poeta nascitur, non fit Poli, poli, di umbuendo Pone ubi sol non lucet! Posse (posse comitatus) Possunt quia posse videntur Post bellum Post coitem Post factum Post hoc ergo propter hoc Post hoc Post meridiem (p.m.)

Yearly Through difficulties to the stars Through the thorns to the stars Per head Per hundred On the contrary Per day; daily allowance Through right or wrong As is impossible a way to qualify a proposition that cannot ever be true Monthly By delegation to By or in itself Through different exercises practice has brought skill. (Manilius) Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid) There is danger in delay. (Livy) He is forever victor who employs clemency. (Syrus) Perpetual motion The check is in the mail (un)welcome person Flatterers are the worst type of enemies The worst kind of enemies, those who can praise. (Tacitus) An assumption at the start The beard does not define a philosopher. (Plutarch) Painter unknown He/she painted it Shark! Shark! I will please. Medical expression for remedies with no medical effect, which improve one's medical condition only because one believes they do It pleases With full authority Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily More or less Drunkeness [kills] more than the sword. As true today on the road as it ever was The poet is born, not made Slowly, Slowly we will get there Put it where the sun don't shine! The power of the country They can because they think they can After the war After sexual intercourse After the fact After this, therefore because of this After this After midday

Post mortem Post obitum Post partum Post proelia praemia Post scriptum (ps) Post tenebras lux Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis Potes currere sed te occulere non potes Potest ex casa magnus vir exire Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis Potius mori quam foedari Potius sero quam numquam Praemonitus, pramunitus Praetio prudentia praestat Prehende uxorem meam, sis! Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est Pretium iustum est Prima facie Primum mobile Primum non nocere Primum viveri deinde philosophari Primus inter pares Principiis obsta Pro bono (pro bono publico) Pro di immortales! Pro et contra Pro forma Pro hac vice Pro memoria Pro nunc Pro opportunitate Pro patria Pro rata Pro re nata (prn) Pro se Pro tanto Pro tempore (pro tem.) Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent Probatum est Probitas laudatur et alget Promotor fidei Promoveatur ut amoveatur Propino fibi salutem!

After death. (nowadays, the autopsy performed by a coroner) After death After childbirth After the battles come the rewards After what has been written After the darkness, light You do not know the power of the dark side You can run, but you can't hide A great man can come from a hut. (Seneca) You don't know the power of the dark side. (Star Wars) Rather to die than to be dishonoured (death before dishonour) It's better late than never. (Livy) Forewarned, forearmed Prudence supplies a reward Take my wife, please! The check is in the mail The Price is Right At first sight; on the face of it. (in law, an obvious case that requires no further proof) Prime mover The first thing is to do no harm. (Hippocratic oath) Live before you philosophize, or Leap before you look First among equals Resist the beginnings For the good of the public Good Heavens! For and against As a matter of formality For this occaision For a memorial For now As circumstances allow For one's country In proportion to the value. (per hour for example) For an occasion as it arises On one's own behalf So far For the time being A good seed, planted even in poor soil, will bear rich fruit by its own nature. (Accius) It has been proved Honesty is praised and left in the cold. (Juvenal) Promoter of the faith Let him be promoted to get him out of the way Cheers!

Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris Proxime accessit Proximo (prox.) Proximus sum egomet mihi Pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant Pulvis et umbra sumus Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum Puris omnia pura Puri sermonis amator

It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured He/she came close Of the next month I am closest to myself. (Charity begins at home.) (Terence) Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things We are dust and shadow. (Horace) Garbage in, garbage out To the pure all things are pure A lover of pure speech. (Terence)

Q Qua Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet Quandoquidem inter nos sanctissima divitiarum maiestas, esti funesta pecunia templo nondum habitas Quae nocent, saepe docent Quae vide (qqv) Quaere verum Quaere Qualem blennum! Qualem muleirculam! Qualis pater talis filius Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu Quam se ipse amans sine rivali! Quam terribilis est haec hora Quandam Quando omni flunkus moritatus Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Quantum meruit Quantum sufficit (qs) Quaque mane (qm) Quaque nocte (qn) Quasi Quater in die (Q.I.D) Quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur Quemadmodum possums scire utrum vere simus an solum sentiamus nos esse? Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est Qui bene cantat, bis orat Qui bono? Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum Qui docet discit Qui dormit, non peccat Qui habet aures audiendi audiat Qui ignorabat, ignorabitur Qui me amat, amet et canem meum Qui multum habet, plus cupit Qui nimium probat, nihil probat Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit Qui potest capere capiat In so far as What they don't know won't kill them Among us, the god most revered is Wealth, but so far it has no temple of its own What hurts, often instructs. One learns by bitter/adverse experience See these things Seek the truth (You might) ask. Used to introduce questions, usually rhetorical or tangential questions What a doofus! What a bimbo! As is the father, so is the son; like father, like son The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca) Himself loving himself so much without a rival! (Cicero) How fearful is this hour Formally When all else fails play dead How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? As much as he/she deserved As much as suffices Every morning Every night As if Take four times a day Whom the gods love die young. (only the good die young) How are we to know whether we actually exist or only think we exist? A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca) He who sings well, prays twice Who benfits? Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it. (Seneca) Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war. (Vegetius) He who teaches learns One who sleeps doesn't sin He who has ears, let him understand how to listen One who is ignorant will remain unnoticed Love me, love my dog He who has much desires more. (Seneca) One who proves too much, proves nothing He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. (Ovid) He who fears every ambush falls into none. (Pubilius Syrus) Let him accept it who can. Freely: If the shoe fits, wear it

Qui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens Qui scribit bis legit Qui tacet consentire videtur Qui tacet consentit Qui vir odiosus! Qui vivat atque floreat ad plurimos annos Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare Quia natura mutari non potest idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt Quid agis, medice? Quid est illa in auqua? Quid Novi Quid nunc Quid pro quo Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur Quidnunc? Or Quid nunc? Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum Quieta non movere Quinon proficit deficit Quique amavit, cras amet Quis custodiet ipsos custodes Quis separabit? Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? Quisque comoedum est Quo ad hoc Quo animo? Quo fas et gloria docunt Quo iure? Quo signo nata es? Quo usque tandem abutere, catilina, patientia nostra? Quo vadis? Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit! Quod differtur, non aufertur Quod erat demonstrandum (QED) Quod erat faciendum (QEF) Quod erat in veniendum Quod est (qe) Quod foetet? Quod incepimus conficiemus

He who speaks for the innocent is eloquent enough. (Publius Syrus) He who writes reads twice He that is silent is thought to consent Silence gives consent What a bore! May he live and flourish for many years He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal. (Horace) What's up, Doc? What's that in the water? What's New? What now?! (a nosy busybody) Something for something. i.e. A favor for a favor Anything said in Latin sounds profound What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke's on you. (Horace) What now? As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip Whatever you do, do cautiously, and look to the end Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. (Vergil) Anything said in Latin sounds profound Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble Don't move settled things, or Don't rock the boat He who does not advance, go backwards May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; Who shall keep watch over the guardians? (Luvenalis) Don't assign a fox to guard the henhouse Who shall separate us? Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when? Everybody is a comedian As much as this (to this extent) With what spirit? (or intent?) Where right and glory lead By what law? What's your sign? How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline? (Cicero) Where are you going? / Whither goest thou? May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero) That which is postponed is not dropped. Inevitable is yet to happen. (Sir Thomas More) Which was to be demonstrated Which was to be done Which was to be found Which is What's that bad smell? What we have begun we shall finish

Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi Quod minimum specimen in te ingenii? Quod natura non sunt turpia Quod vide (qv) Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? Quomodo vales Quorum Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit Quot homines, tot sententiae Qvae nocent docent Qvaerenda pecvnia primvm est, virtvs post nvmmos Qvalis artifex pereo Qvalis pater talis filivs Qvandoqve bonvs dormitat homervs Qvi bene amat bene castigat Qvi desiderat pacem praeparat bellvm Qvi docent discit Qvi fvgiebat rvrsvs proeliabitvr Qvi me amat, amat et canem meam Qvi nescit dissimlare nescit regnare Qvid novi? Qvod cibvs est aliis, aliis est wenenum Qvod cito acqviritvr cito perit Qvod erat demonstrandvm Qvod vive (q.v)

What Jupiter (supreme God) is allowed to do, cattle (people) are not What microscopic evidence of wit can be found in you? What is natural cannot be bad See this thing How do you get your hair to do that? How are you? Of whom True love will hold on to those whom it has held. (Seneca) As many men, so as many opinions Things that hurt, teach. School of Hard Knocks Money is the first thing to be sought [then] virtue after wealth Such an artist dies in me - Emperor Nero's famous last words Like father like son. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree Sometimes [even the] good Homer sleeps. You win some, you lose some Who loves well castigates well. Spare the rod and spoil the child Who desires peace [should] prepare [for] war He who teaches, learns. (George Bernard Shaw) He who has fled will do battle once more. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day Who loves me loves my dog as well. Love me love my dog He who doesn't know how to lie doesn't know how to rule What's new? 'What's up?' What is food to some is poison to others. One man's meat is another poison [that] which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Eeasy come, easy go [that] which has been demonstrated -a statement of logical proof, especially in mathematics and law, abbreviated Q.E.D Which see - a scholarly cross reference

R Radicitus, comes! Radix lecti Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas Raptus regaliter Rara avis Ratio decidendi Ratio et consilium propriae ducis artes Ratio legis est anima legis Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert Re vera, potas bene Re Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! Recto Redde Caesari quae sunt Caesaris Redivivus Redolet lvcernam Reductio ad absurdum Referendum Regina Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit Regnat populus Relata refero Religious loci Rem tene, verba sequentur Repetitio est mater memoriae/ studiorum/ Requiescat in pace (RIP) Rerum concordia discors Res firma mitescere nescit Res gestae Res in cardine est Res inter alios Res ipsa loquitur Res judicata Res melius evinissent cum coca Res publica Res severa est verum gaudium Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest Respice finem Respice post te, mortalem te esse memento Respice, adspice, prospice Respondeat superior Really rad, dude! Couch potato The love of money is the root of all evil. Avarice is the problem, money itself is not evil Royally screwed A rare bird, i.e. An extraodinary or unusual thing. (Juvenal) The reason for the decision Reason and deliberation are the proper skills of a general The reason of the law is the soul of the law Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn Say, you sure are drinking a lot Concerning Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business! On the right Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's Come back to life [it] smells of the lamp critical remark that one worked too hard on something Reduction to the absurd. (proving the truth of a proposition by proving the falsity of all its alternatives) Something to be referred Queen 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 Keep to the subject and the words will follow. (Cato Senior) Repetition is the mother of memory/studies May he/she rest in peace The concord of things through discord. (Horace) A firm resolve does not know how to weaken Things done The matter is on a door hinge things are balanced on a knife's edge A matter between others it's not our business The thing speaks for itself Thing already judged upon Things go better with Coke The public thing True joy is a serious thing. (Seneca) A thing is worth only what someone else will pay for it Look to the end Look around you, remember that you are mortal. (Tertullianus) Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future (look to the past, the present, the future) Let the superior answer (a supervisor must take responsibility for the

quality of a subordinate's work) Resurgam Revelare pecunia! Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi Rex non potest peccare Rex regnant sed non gubernat Rex Rident stolidi verba latina Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? Rigor mortis Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est Risus abundat in ore stultorum Roma locuta est. Causa finita est Romani ite domum Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt Rosa rubicundior, lilio candidior, omnibus formosior, semper in te glorior Rumores volant. / Rumor volat I shall rise again Show me the money! I dont really know all that much Latin The king cannot sin The king reigns but does not govern King Fools laugh at the Latin language. (Ovid) What forbids a laughing man from telling the truth? (Horace) The rigidity of death There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. (Catullus) Abundant laughs in the mouth of the foolish - too much hilarity means foolishness Rome has spoken. The cause is finished Romans go home! You know, the Romans invented the art of love Redder than the rose, whiter than the lilies, fairer than everything, I will always glory in thee Rumors fly. / Rumor flies

S Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit Saepe stilum vertas Salus populi suprema lex Salva veritate Salve (plural salvete) Salve sis Salve veritate Salve(te) Salve Sanctum sanctorum Sane ego te vocavi. forsitan capedictum tuum desit Sapere aude! Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat Sartor resartus Sat sapienti Satis Satius est impunitum relinqui facinus nocentis, quam innocentem damnari Scala Caeli Scala naturae Scandalum magnatum Schola cantorum Scientia est potentia Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem Scilicet (sc.) Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor! Scio me nihil scire Scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter Sciri facias Scito te ipsum Scribere est agere Scripsit Sculpsit Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet Semper fidelis Semper idem Semper inops quicumque cupit Semper letteris mandate Semper paratus Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid) Often it is not even advantageous to know what will be. (Cicero) May you often turn the stylus (You should make frequent corrections.) The safety of the people is the supreme law. (Cicero) With truth preserved Hail; welcome May you be well Saving the truth Greetings! Hello The holy of holies I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken Dare to be wise! (Horace) A wise man states as true nothing he does not prove (don't swear to anything you don't know firsthand) The tailor patched Enough for a wise man. (Plautus) Enough 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 Scandal of magnates School of singers Knowledge is power Science has no enemies but the ignorants That is to say I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals! I know that I know nothing. Certain knowledge cannot be obtained. (Socrates) Your knowledge is nothing when no one else knows that you know it Cause (him) to know Know yourself To write is to act He/she wrote it He/she engraved it Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal) He who feared he would not succeed sat still. (For fear of failure, he did nothing.) (Horace) Always faithful Always the same thing. (Cicero) Whoever desires is always poor. (Claudian) Always get it in writing! Always prepared

Semper superne nitens Semper ubi sub ubi ubique Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) Sensu lato Sensu stricto Sensu stricto, nullo metro compositum est Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare Sequens (seq.) Sequens mirabitur aetas Sequentia (seqq.) Seriatim Serva me, servabo te Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris Si fecisti nega! Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes Si hoc non legere potes tu asinus es Si minor plus est ergo nihil sunt omnia Si monumentum requiris circumspice Si post fata venit gloria non propero Si sapis, sis apis Si tacuisses, philosophus manisses Si tu id aeficas, ei venient. Ager somnia Si vis amari, ama Si vis pacem, para bellum Sic ad nauseam Sic erat in fatis Sic faciunt omnes Sic friatur crustum dulce Sic itur ad astra Sic passim Sic semper tyrannis Sic transit gloria mundi Sic volo, sic iubeo Sic Silent enim leges inter arma Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis! Simplex munditiis Simpliciter Sine cura Sine die

Always striving upwards Always wear underwear everywhere The Senate and the Roman people Broadly speaking Strictly speaking Strictly speaking, it doesn't rhyme I think some people in togas are plotting against me The following (one) The following age will be amazed The following (ones) One after another in order Save me and I will save you. (Petronius Arbiter) If God is with us who is against us If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities If you did it, deny it (stonewall!) If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well) If it ain't broke, don't fix it Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.' If you can't read this, you're an ass If less is more, then nothing is everything If you seek a monument, look around If glory comes after death, I'm not in a hurry (if one must die to be recognised, I can wait) If you are wise, be a bee If you had kept quiet, you would have remained a philosopher. (Boethius) If you build it, they will come If you wish to be loved, love. (Seneca) If you want peace, prepare for the war. (Vegetius) And so on to the point of causing nausea So it was fated Everyone is doing it That's the way the cookie crumbles Such is the path to the stars (i.e. Gain reputation) (Vergil) Thus everywhere Thus always to tyrants - a statement often accompanying a regicide So passes the glory of the world I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis) Thus, just so Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero) How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey. (Cicero) Unaffected by manners. (Horace) Naturally; without qualification Without a care Without a day (indefinitely)

Sine ira et studio Sine loco (sl) Sine nobilitatis Sine prole (sp) Sine qua non Sine sole sileo Siste, viator Sit tibi terra levis Sit vis vobiscum Sobria inebrietas Sol omnibus lucet Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua Solitudinem fecerunt, pacem appelunt Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum Sona si latine loqueris Sotto voce Spectaculorum procedere debet Spectatvm venivnt, venivnt spectentvr vt ipsae Spemque metumque inter dubiis Spero melior Spero nos familiares mansuros Spiritus asper Spiritus lenis Splendide mendax Splendor sine occasu Stabat Mater Stare decisis Status quo Stercus accidit Stet Struit insidias lacrimis cum femina plorat Studium discendi voluntate quae cogi non potest constat Stultior stulto fuisti, qui tabellis crederes! Stultorum calami carbones moenia chartae Stultorum infinitus est numerus Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes Stultus est sicut stultus facit Sua cuique voluptas Sub dio Sub iudice Sub judice Sub lite

Without anger or bias. (Tacitus) Without place Without nobility (SNOB) Without issue Something/someone indispensable Without the sun I'm silent. (sundial inscription) Wait, traveler -inscription on Roman tombstones May the earth be light upon you - tombstone inscription May the Force be with you. (Star Wars) Sober intoxication The sun shines upon us all. (Petronius) The only good language is a dead language They made a desert and called it peace. (Tacitus) Only you are can prevent forest fires Honk if you speak Latin In soft voice The show must go on They come to see, they come that they themselves be seen 'to see and be seen Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil) I hope for better things I hope we'll still be friends Rough breathing Smooth breathing Splendidly false. (Horace) Splendour without end The mother was standing To stand by things decided The current state of being Shit happens Let it stand When a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears. (Dionysius Cato) Study depends on the good will of the student, a quality which cannot be secured by compulsion Idiot of idiots, to trust what is written! Chalk is the pen of fools, walls (their) paper No Graffiti please. Showing that graffiti is nothing new Infinite is the number of fools. (Bible) It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. (Publilius Syrus) Stupid is as stupid does Everyone has his own pleasures Under the open sky Under a judge Before a court In dispute

Sub poena Sub rosa Sub secreto Sub silentio Sub sole nihil novi est Sub voce (sv) Subucula tua apparet Suggestio falsi Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi Sui generis Sui iuris Sum, ergo edo Summa cum laude Summam scrutemur Summum bonum Summum ius, summa iniuria Sumptus censum ne superet Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt Sunt pueri pueri, puerilia tractant Suntne vacci laeti Suo iure Suo jure Suos cuique mos Supra Sursum corda Suum cuique pulchrum est Svi generis

Under penalty of law Under the rose. Secretly or in confidence In secret In silence There's nothing new under the sun Under the voice Your slip is showing Suggestion of something false An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity Of his/her/its kind Of one's own right I am, therefore I eat With highest honor Let's look at the bottom line The highest good The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero) Let not your spending exceed your income (live within your means) These are the tears of things, and our mortality cuts to the heart. (Vergil) Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things Are your cows happy? In one's own right In one's rightful place Everyone has his customs. (Gellius) Above or on an earlier page Lift up your hearts (to God) To each his own is beautiful. (Cicero) Of its own kind unique

T Tabula rasa Tacet Tam diu minime visu! Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas Tamquam alter idem Tanta stultitia mortalium est Tantum eruditi sunt liberi Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure Te capiam, cunicule sceleste! Te Deum Te igitur Te nosce Te precor dulcissime supplex! Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis Tempore Tempus edax rerum Tempus fugit, non autem memoria Tempus fugit Tempus incognitum Tempus neminem manet Tempus omnia sed memorias privat Ter in die (t.i.d.) Terminus a quo Terminus ad quem Terra firma Terra incognita Terra nullius Tertium quid Tetigisti acu Theatrum mundi Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas Timendi causa est nescire Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes Timor mortis conturbat me Tintinnuntius meus sonat! Tolerabiles ineptiae Totidem verbis Totum dependeat! Trahimur omnes laudis studio A clean slate. Person that knows nothing Silence Long time, no see! I am as dead as the nehru jacket We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus) As if a second self. (Cicero) What fools these mortals be Only the educated are free. (Epictetus) So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. (Lucretius) Delay and procrastination is hateful. (Cicero) I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear I'll get you, you wascally wabbit! Thee, God [we praise] Thee, therefore Know thyself Pretty please with a cherry on top! The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen) In the time of Time is the devourer of things (time flies) Time flies, but not memory Time flees Time unknown Time waits for no one Time deprives all but memories Three times a day The end from which The end to which Solid ground Unknown land Uninhabited land A third something You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus) The theatre of the world Thank you for not smoking Ignorance is the cause of fear. (Seneca) I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. (Virgil) The fear of death confounds me There goes my beeper! Bearable absurdities In so many words Let it all hang out! We are all led on by our eagerness for praise. (Cicero)

Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri Transit umbra, lux permanet Tu autem Tu fui, ego eris Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito Tu quoque Brute, file mi! Tu quoque Tu stupidus es Tu, rattus turpis! Tua mater tam antiquior ut linguam latine loquatur Tua toga suspina est Tuis pugis pignore! Tum podem extulit horridulum

To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial) You, also What you are, I was. What I am, you will be. (This is found on graves and burial sites) Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them You too Bruto, my son! (Caesar's last words) You likewise You are dumb You dirty rat! Your mother is so old she speaks Latin Your toga is backwards You bet your bippy! You are talking shit

U Uberrimae fidei Ubi amor, ibi oculus Ubi bene, ibi patria Ubi concordia, ibi victoria Ubi dubium ibi libertas Ubi est mea anaticula cumminosa? Ubi fumus, ibi ignis Ubi maior, minor cessat Ubi mel ibi apes Ubi revera (Ubi re vera) Ubi spiritus est cantus est Ubi sunt? Ubi supra Ubicumque homo est, ibi benefici locus est Ubique Ultima ratio regum Ultima ratio Ultima Thule Ultimo (ult.) Ultimus Romanorum Ultra posse nemo obligatur Ultra vires Un idea perplexi na Una hirundo non facit ver Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem Una voce Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! Unitas mirabile vinculum Unum necessarium Unus multorum Urbanus et instructus Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit Urbi et orbi Ut ameris, ama! Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas Ut dictum (ut dict.) Ut humiliter opinor Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet Ut infra Ut sementem feceris, ita metes Of the utmost good faith Where love is, there is insight Where you feel good, there is your home Where is the unity, there is the victory. (Publius Syrus) Where there is doubt, there is freedom Wheres my rubber ducky? Where there's smoke, there's fire The weak (minor) capitulates before the strong (major) Where honey, there bees, i.e., if you want support, you must offer something in return When, in reality Where there is spirit there is song Where are they (the good old days)? Where (cited) above Wherever there is a man, there is a place of/for kindness/service Everywhere The final argument of kings Ultimate sanction The most distant Thule Of the previous month The last of the Romans No one is obligated beyond what he is able to do Beyond the powers or legal authority The idea is strange to us One Swallow does not make Summer. (Horace) 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 May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! The wonderful bond of unity The one necessary One of many. (Horace) A gentleman and a scholar He found a city [Rome] of bricks and left a city of marble. (Augustus) To the city [Rome] and to the globe - a blessing of the pope To be loved, love! Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable. (Ovid) As directed In my humble opinion As loyal as she began, so she remains As below As you sow, so shall you reap. (Cicero)

Ut si! Ut sit magna, tamen certe lenta ira deorum est Ut supra (ut sup.) Uti foro Uti possidetis Uti, non abuti Utile et dulce Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant! Utinam populus romanus unam cervicem haberet! Uva uvam videndo varia fit

As if! The wrath of the gods may be great, but it certainly is slow As above To play the market As you possess To use, not abuse Useful and pleasant May barbarians invade your personal space! May conspirators assassinate you in the mall! If only the Roman people had one neck! A grape changes color in seeing another grape. A bad/good friend makes you a bad/good person

V Vacca foeda Vacca, vacca, vacca Vade in pace Vade mecum Vae victis! Vagans Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur Vale, lacerte! Vale Valui ad satanam in computatrum meum invocandum Vanitas vanitatvm, omnis vanitas Varia lecto (v.l.) Variatio delectat Variorum Velle est posse Veni vidi duci Veni, vidi, vici Veni, Vidi, Visa Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire Venienti occurrite morbo Venire facias Ventis secundis, tene cursum Ventis secundis, tene/tenete cursum Verba de futuro Verba movent, exempla trahunt Verba volant, (littera) scripta manet Verbatim et litteratim Verbatim Verbum sapienti satis est (verb. sap.) Veritas Lux Mea Veritas numquam perit Veritas odit moras Veritas vincit Veritas vos liberabit Verso Versus Verum et factum convertuntur Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt Vesanum poetam qui sapiunt fugiunt Vescere bracis meis Stupid cow Cow, cow, cow Go in peace. (Roman way of saying goodbye) Come with me. A constant companion Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy) Cruising Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out See you later, alligator! Farewell I succeeded in summoning satan into my computer Vanity of vanities, all is vanity Variant reading There's nothing like change! (Cicero) Of various people To be willing is to be able I came, I saw, I calculated I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar) I Came, I Saw, I Shopped I came, I saw, I want to go home Meet the misfortune as it comes. (Persius) You must make come Go with the flow The winds being favorable, hold the course Words about the future Words move people, examples draw/compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example Words fly away, the written (letter) remains Word for word and letter for letter Exactly as said A word to the wise is sufficient. Enough said The truth enlightens me / The truth is my light Truth never perishes. (Seneca) Truth hates delay. (Seneca) Truth conquers The truth will set you free Reverse Against The true and the made are interchangeable. One can know with certainty only what he have created himself I have jerks like you for breakfast Anyone with a brain flees a versifying poet Eat my shorts

Vestigia terrent Vestis virum reddit Veto Vi et armis Via Crucis Via Dolorosa Via Lactea Via media Via Vice versa Vice Victis honor Victoria Imperatrix Regina (VIR) Victoria Regina (VR) Victoria Regina et Imperatrix (VRI) Victoria, non praeda Victurus te saluto Vide et credere Vide ut supra Vide Videlicet (viz.) Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor Videre est credere Videtis quantum scelus contra rem publicam vobis nuntiatum sit? Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? Vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo, prospera omnia cedunt Vincere est totum Vincit omnia amor Vincit omnia veritas Vincit qui se vincit Vinculum unitatis Vinum bellum iucunumque est, sed animo corporeque caret Vinum et musica laetificant cor Vir bonus, dicendi peritus Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit Vir sapit qui pauca loquitor Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur Vires acquirit eundo Virginibus puerisque Virgo intacta Viri sunt viri Virtus in medio stat Virtute et armis

The footprints frighten me. (Horace) The clothes make the man. (Quintilianus) I forbid By force and arms The Way of the Cross The Way of Sorrow The Milky Way A middle way or course By way of In reverse order In place of Honour to the vanquished Victoria, Empress and Queen Queen Victoria Victoria, Queen and Empress Victory, not loot He who is about to win salutes you See and believe See the above See That is to say; To wit; Namely I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way Seeing is believing How great an evil do you see that may have been announced by you against the Republic? (Cicero) Seen any good movies lately? By watching, by doing, by counsulting well, these things yield all things prosperous. (Sallust) To win is everything Love conquers all Truth conquers all He conquers who conquers himself The bond of unity It's a nice little wine, but it lacks character and depth Wine and music gladden the heart A good man, skilled in speaking. (definition of an orator) (Cato the Elder) A wise man does not urinate against the wind It is a wise man who speaks little That man is wise who talks little (know when to hold your tongue) It gains strength by going / as it goes. (Virgil) For maidens and youths Intact virgin Men are slime Virtue stands in the middle By courage and by arms

Virtvs probata florescit Virtvtis fortvna comes Virum mihi, Camena, insece versutum Virus Vis comica Vis consili expers mole ruit sua Vis inertiae Vis maior Vis medicatrix naturae Visa Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio Visne saltare? Vita brevis, ars lunga Vita contin git. Vive com eo Vita luna! Vita mutatur, non tollitur Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est Vita sine libris mors est Vitam impendere vero Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia Vitanda est improba siren desidia Vitiis nemo sine nascitur Viva voce Vivat regina Vivat rex Vivat, crescat, floreat! Vive hodie Vive vt vivas Vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri Vivere disce, cogita mori Vivos voco, mortuos plango Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior Vixere fortes ante agamemnona Vixit Vltima ratio regvm Vltra vires Volens et potens Volente Deo Volenti non fit iniuria Volo anaticulam cumminosam meam! Volo, non valeo Volvptates commendat rarior vsvs Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores

Manly excellence in trial flourished Good luck is the companion of courage Tell me, O Muse, of the skillful man. (Livius Andronicus) Poison or slime Sense of humour Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight. (Discretion is the better part of valor) (Horace) The power of inertia - why things never change Higher force The healing power of nature Things seen Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway Do you want to dance? Life is short, art is long Life happens. Live with it Crazy life! Life is changed, not taken away Life is more than merely staying alive Life without books is death To risk one's life for the truth Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives. (Cicero) One must avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness. (Horace) No one is born without faults. (Horace) With living voice Long live the queen Long live the king May he/she/it live, grow, and flourish! Live today (not tomorrow) Live that you may live Everybody lives; not everybody deserves to Learn to live; Remember death. (sundial inscription) I call the living, I mourn the dead. (church bell inscription) Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. (Erasmus) Brave men lived before Agamemnon. (heroism exists even if it's not recorded) He/she has lived The final argument of kings. (motto of Louis XIV on his cannon) Beyond [one's] authority outside the jurisdiction Willing and able God willing A person who consents does not suffer injustice I want my rubber ducky! I am willing but unable Infrequent use commends pleasure. (moderation in all things) You cling to your own ways and leave mine to me. (Petrarch)

Vox clamantis in deserto Vox populi, vox Dei Vox populi Vrbi et orbi Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat Vulpem pilum mutat, non mores Vultus est index animi

Voice crying in the desert. (voice in the wilderness unheeded warning, an opinion not in the mainstream 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) Every (hour) wounds, the last kills. (sundial inscription) A fox may change its hair, not its tricks. (People change behaviour but not their aims) The face is the index of the soul/mind

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