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- Humum mandere
- To bite the dust
- A posteriori
- From what comes after. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori
- Imprimis
- In first place
- Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi
- An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity
- In extenso
- At full length
- Hic jacet sepultus (HJS)
- Here lies buried
- Bona fide
- Acting in good faith
- Si tu id aeficas, ei venient. Ager somnia
- If you build it, they will come
- Ora pro nobis
- Pray for us
- Via media
- A middle way or course
- Qui me amat, amet et canem meum
- Who loves me, loves my dog too
- Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es
- Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)
- Sartor resartus
- The tailor patched
- Noli turbare circulos meos!
- Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes)
- Nil homini certum est
- Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid)
- Radix lecti
- Couch potato
- Uti possidetis
- As you possess
- Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis
- You do not know the power of the dark side
- Vale
- Farewell
- Fortuna caeca est
- Fortune is blind. (Cicero)
- Dulce est desipere in loco
- It is sweet to relax at the proper time
- Summum ius, summa iniuria
- The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)
- Spemque metumque inter dubiis
- Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil)
- Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit
- The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. (Horace)
- Tum podem extulit horridulum
- You are talking shit
- Anno hegirae (AH)
- In the year of the hegira
- Alter ego
- Other I or Other Self
- Deo favente
- With God's favour
- Mutatis mutandis
- The necessary changes having been made
- Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit
- Captive Greece conquered her savage victor. (Horace)
- Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
- To whom do I give my new elegant little book? (Catullus)
- Tempus edax rerum
- Time is the devourer of things (time flies)
- Nolle prosequi
- Do not pursue
- Nihil agere delectat
- It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero)
- In absentia
- In one's absence
- Nullum gratuitum prandium
- There is no free lunch!
- Fortes fortuna adiuvat
- Fortune favors the brave. (Terence)
- Mater
- Mother
- Qui bene cantat, bis orat
- He who sings well, prays twice
- Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt!
- Save the whales!
- Oderint dum metuant
- Let them hate provided that they fear. (Seneca)
- Stet
- Let it stand
- Ad multos annos
- To many years!, i.e. Many happy returns!
- In dubio pro reo
- In doubt in favor of the accused. If there is a doubt about guiltiness, the judgement has to be in favour of the accused
- Natale solum
- Native soil
- Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit
- He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared
- Pro et contra
- For and against
- Asinus asinum fricat
- The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)
- Sic volo, sic iubeo
- I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis)
- Hic et nunc
- Here and now
- In flagrante delicto
- In the very act of committing an offence
- Vulpem pilum mutat, non mores
- A fox may change its hair, not its tricks. (People change behaviour but not their aims)
- Ne cede malis
- Do not yield to misfortune
- Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum
- Only you are can prevent forest fires
- Non prosequitur
- He does not proceed
- Artium baccalaureus
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Tempore
- In the time of
- Cui bono?
- For whose benefit is it? (a maxim sometimes used in the detection of crime) (Cicero)
- Victoria Regina (VR)
- Queen Victoria
- Nvdvm pactvm
- A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable
- In nuce
- In a nutshell
- Magnum opus
- Great work, the major work of one's life
- Bis in die (B.i.d.)
- Twice a day
- Deus volent
- (as) God will
- Deo vindice
- God will prove us right. (motto of the Confederate States of America)
- Ad majorem dei gloriam
- To the greater glory of God
- Ubi amor, ibi oculus
- Where love is, there is insight
- Volens et potens
- Willing and able
- In puris naturalibus
- Completely naked
- Non Gradus Anus Rodentum!
- Not Worth A Rats Ass!
- Philosophum non facit barba!
- The beard does not define a philosopher. (Plutarch)
- Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit
- If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well)
- Versus
- Against
- Habeas corpus
- You must have the body", i.e. You must justify an imprisonment
- Mens regnum bona possidet
- An honest heart is a kingdom in itself. (Seneca)
- Vae victis!
- Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy)
- Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent
- Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. (Publilius Syrus)
- Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet
- No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong
- Sanctum sanctorum
- The holy of holies
- Excitabat fluctus in simpulo
- He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot) (Cicero)
- Corpus delicti
- The body of a crime. (The substance or fundamental facts of a crime)
- Nihil est
- Nulla regula sine exceptione
- There is no rule/law without exception
- Quod vide (Qv)
- See this thing
- Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit
- He who fears every ambush falls into none. (Pubilius Syrus)
- Ad vitam aeternam
- For all time
- Ab absurdo
- From the absurd (establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent's position)
- Margaritas ante porcos
- Pearls before swine. To give something valuable to someone not respecting it
- Ivs est ars boni et aeqvi
- Law is the art of the good and the just
- Instrumentum aeri temperando
- Airconditioner
- Ad maiorem dei gloriam (AMDG)
- For the greater glory of God
- Pactum serva
- Keep the faith
- Ex libris
- From the Library (of)
- Bis dat qui cito dat
- He gives twice who quickly gives. (Publius Syrus)
- Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit
- He found a city [Rome] of bricks and left a city of marble. (Augustus)
- Obscurum per obscurius
- The obscure by means of the more obscure
- Vixit
- He/she has lived
- Verba movent, exempla trahunt
- Words move people, examples draw/compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example
- Amat victoria curam
- Victory favors those who take pains
- Quid agis, medice?
- What's up, Doc?
- Mittimus
- We send (to prison)
- Post hoc
- After this
- In futuro
- In the future
- In principio
- In the beginning
- Illegitimis nil carborundum
- Don't let the bastards grind you down
- Salve(te)
- Greetings!
- Filius nullius
- a bastard
- Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
- Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal)
- Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori
- Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil)
- Ex hypothesi
- From the hypothesis. (i.e. The one under consideration)
- Fas est et ab hoste doceri
- It's proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid)
- Silent enim leges inter arma
- Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero)
- Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro
- A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain
- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
- Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy
- In camera
- In private chamber
- Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate
- Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily
- Exeunt
- They go out
- Quo iure?
- By what law?
- A cappella
- In church [style]
- Nosce te ipsum
- Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.)
- Et uxor (abbreviated et ux.)
- And wife
- De mortuis nihil nisi bonum
- Say nothing but good about the dead. (Chilon)
- Gens togata
- The toga
- Si sapis, sis apis
- If you are wise, be a bee
- Ubi revera (Ubi re vera)
- When, in reality
- Ultima ratio
- Last reason. The last resort
- Aegrescit medendo
- The disease worsens with the treatment. The remedy is worse than the disease
- Ora et labora
- Pray and work. (St. Benedict)
- Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est
- A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca)
- Olim
- Formerly
- Ad captandum vulgus
- To appeal to the crowd
- Lupus est homo homini
- Man is wolf to man
- Laudant illa, sed ista legunt
- Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis)
- Hannibal ante portas!
- Hannibal is at the doors! The enemy/danger is at the doors!
- Infinitus est numerus stultorum
- Infinite is the number of fools
- Noli me voca, ego te vocabo
- Don't call me. I'll call you
- Modus operandi (m.o.)
- Way of operating
- Virtvtis fortvna comes
- Good luck is the companion of courage
- Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet
- You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis)
- Non erravi perniciose!
- I did not commit a fatal error!
- Cui peccare licet peccat minus
- One who is allowed to sin, sins less. (Ovid)
- Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crevit
- The love of wealth grows as the wealth itself grew. (Juvenalis)
- Musica delenit bestiam feram
- Music soothes the savage beast
- Nemo sine vitio est
- No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder)
- Vive hodie
- Live today (not tomorrow)
- Concordia discors
- Discordant harmony
- Sensu lato
- Broadly speaking
- Pro di immortales!
- Good Heavens!
- An nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia mundus regatur?
- Don't you know then, my son, how little wisdom rules the world?
- Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum
- Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake
- Alter ipse amicus
- A friend is another self
- De die in diem
- From day to day
- Me transmitte sursum, caledoni!
- Beam me up, Scotty!
- Fugit hora
- The hour flies
- Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit
- He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes. (Syrus)
- Dimidium facti qui coepit habet
- Half is done when the beginning is done. (Horace)
- Non est mea culpa
- It's not my fault
- Particeps criminis
- Partner in crime
- Munit haec et altera vincit
- One defends and the other conquers
- Omne ignotum pro magnifico est
- We have great notions of everything unknown. (Tacitus)
- Ne feceris ut rideam
- Don't make me laugh
- Caro putridas es!
- You're dead meat
- Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum
- Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome)
- Salva veritate
- With truth preserved
- Agenda
- Things to be done
- Velle est posse
- To be willing is to be able
- Difficile est saturam non scribere
- It is hard not to write satire. (Juvenalis)
- Magna charta
- Great paper
- Via
- By way of
- Scilicet (Sc.)
- That is to say
- Locus desperatus
- A hopeless passage
- Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet
- What they don't know won't kill them
- Simpliciter
- Naturally; without qualification
- Ipse dixit
- He himself said it. (Cicero)
- Videlicet (viz.)
- That is to say; To wit; Namely
- Eram quod es, eris quod sum
- I was what you are, you will be what I am. (grave inscription)
- Integer vitae scelerisque purus
- Blameless of life and free from crime
- Melius est praevenire quam praeveniri
- Better to forestall than to be forestalled
- Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem
- In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags
- Caveat emptor
- Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk)
- In partibus infidelium
- In parts inhabited by unbelievers
- Aura popularis
- The popular breeze. (Cicero)
- Aut disce aut discede
- Either learn or leave
- Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui
- Beware what you say, when, and to whom
- Post bellum
- After the war
- Si vis pacem, para bellum
- If you want peace, prepare for the war. (Vegetius)
- Lapsus nivium!
- Avalanche!!
- Variatio delectat
- There's nothing like change! (Cicero)
- Sine prole (Sp)
- Without issue
- Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum
- No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus)
- Suo jure
- In one's rightful place
- Nescio quid dicas
- I don't know what you're talking about
- Totidem verbis
- In so many words
- Risus abundat in ore stultorum
- Abundant laughs in the mouth of the foolish
- Mens sana in corpore sano
- A sound mind in a sound body. (Juvenalis)
- Pro tanto
- So far
- Hic puer est stultissimus omnium!
- This boy is the stupidest of all!
- Ex abrupto
- Without preparation
- Vitiis nemo sine nascitur
- No