“We play well in groups.” [English]
“Ludemus bene in compania.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the Barony of Marinus
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“I forgot to polish the clocks!” [English]
“Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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Why do people learn Latin? The answer to that question can be found further down this page, and as we make on our way there, let’s look at some varying degrees of humor, inspiration, and learning, in both English and Latin . . .
“Tempus fugit.” [original Latin]
“Time flies.” [translation to English]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.))
“That which is said in Latin sounds profound.” [translation to English]
“Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Per ardua ad astra.” [Latin]
“Through hardship to the stars.” [English]
-Author Unknown: motto of the British Royal Air Force
“Is it not nifty?” [English]
“Appareo decet nihil munditia?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“I’ll have a pizza with everything on it.” [English]
“Da mihi sis crustum etruscum cum omnibus in eo.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“He who does not advance, goes backwards.” [translation to English]
“Quinon proficit deficit.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” [English]
“Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
Latin phrases are often described as ‘multum in parvo,’ or ‘conveying much in few words.’
“Here We Are.” [English]
“Ad Sumus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the Brazilian Marine Corps
“That you may be loved, be lovable.” [English]
“Ut ameris, amebilis esto.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“To err is human.” [translation to English]
“Errare humanum est.” [original Latin]
-Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“Just the facts, ma’am.” [English]
“Dic mihi solum facta, domina.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: “Dragnet” broadcast series, line of character Sergeant Joe Friday portrayed by actor Jack Webb
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” [translation to English]
-Author Unknown
“Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe.” [original Latin]
“Draco dormiens nunquam titllandus.” [Latin]
“Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon.” [English]
-J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): motto of Harry Potter’s alma mater
“He was raising a tempest in a teapot.” [modern parlance]
“He was stirring up billows in a ladle.” [translation to English]
“Excitabat fluctus in simpulo.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes.” [Latin]
“If you can read this, you are overeducated.” [English]
-Author Unknown
“By endurance we conquer.” [English]
“Fortitudine vincimus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“My calculator does not work without batteries.” [English]
“Ducator meus nihil agit sine lagunculae leynidae accedunt.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Ludemus bene in compania.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the Barony of Marinus
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“I forgot to polish the clocks!” [English]
“Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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Why do people learn Latin? The answer to that question can be found further down this page, and as we make on our way there, let’s look at some varying degrees of humor, inspiration, and learning, in both English and Latin . . .
“Tempus fugit.” [original Latin]
“Time flies.” [translation to English]
-Publius Vergilius Maro (also known simply as Vergil or Virgil (70 B.C.E. - 19 B.C.E.))
“That which is said in Latin sounds profound.” [translation to English]
“Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Per ardua ad astra.” [Latin]
“Through hardship to the stars.” [English]
-Author Unknown: motto of the British Royal Air Force
“Is it not nifty?” [English]
“Appareo decet nihil munditia?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“I’ll have a pizza with everything on it.” [English]
“Da mihi sis crustum etruscum cum omnibus in eo.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“He who does not advance, goes backwards.” [translation to English]
“Quinon proficit deficit.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” [English]
“Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
Latin phrases are often described as ‘multum in parvo,’ or ‘conveying much in few words.’
“Here We Are.” [English]
“Ad Sumus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the Brazilian Marine Corps
“That you may be loved, be lovable.” [English]
“Ut ameris, amebilis esto.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“To err is human.” [translation to English]
“Errare humanum est.” [original Latin]
-Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“Just the facts, ma’am.” [English]
“Dic mihi solum facta, domina.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: “Dragnet” broadcast series, line of character Sergeant Joe Friday portrayed by actor Jack Webb
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” [translation to English]
-Author Unknown
“Destitutus ventis, remos adhibe.” [original Latin]
“Draco dormiens nunquam titllandus.” [Latin]
“Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon.” [English]
-J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): motto of Harry Potter’s alma mater
“He was raising a tempest in a teapot.” [modern parlance]
“He was stirring up billows in a ladle.” [translation to English]
“Excitabat fluctus in simpulo.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes.” [Latin]
“If you can read this, you are overeducated.” [English]
-Author Unknown
“By endurance we conquer.” [English]
“Fortitudine vincimus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“My calculator does not work without batteries.” [English]
“Ducator meus nihil agit sine lagunculae leynidae accedunt.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.” [translation to English]
“Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18))
“Isn’t that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!” [English]
“Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in partum lene recta volvit!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The burden is made light which is borne well.” [translation to English]
“Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18))
“Now Or Never.” [English]
“Nunc Aut Nunquam.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the Dutch elite special forces Korps Commandotroepen
“A mouse does not rely on just one hole.”
“Mus uni non fidit antro.” [original Latin]
-Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.))
“Festina lente.” [original Latin]
“Make haste slowly.” [translation to English]
-Augustus Caesar (born Gaius Octavius; also known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus and by other names and titles (63 B.C.E. - C.E. 14)): as quoted in Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus: “Lives of the Caesars” (about C.E. 121)
“Gilligan’s Island” [English]
“Insula Gilliganis” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” [translation to English]
“Natura abhorret a vacua.” [original Latin]
-François Rabelais (1494 - 1553)
“Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe.” [English]
“Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“No one is without fault.” [translation to English]
“Nemo sine vitio est.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Elder or Seneca the Rhetorician (54 B.C.E. - C.E. 39))
“You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!” [English]
-Author Unknown
“Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos!” [Latin]
“You haven’t aged a bit!” [English]
“Minime senuisti!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“I will either find a way or make one.” [English]
“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Musica delenit bestiam feram.”
“Music soothes the savage beast.”
-Author Unknown
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“Never despair!” [translation to English]
“Nil desperandum!” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))
“I don’t care. If it doesn’t rhyme, it isn’t a poem.” [English]
“Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“No stranger to misfortune [myself], I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others].”
“Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco.”
-Author Unknown
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“How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” [English]
“Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians.” [translation to English]
“Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
“I’ll get you, you wascally wabbit!” [English]
“Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!” [Latin]
-Elmer Fudd
“Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18))
“Isn’t that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!” [English]
“Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in partum lene recta volvit!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The burden is made light which is borne well.” [translation to English]
“Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus.” [original Latin]
-Publius Ovidius Naso (also known simply as Ovid (43 B.C.E. - C.E. 17 or 18))
“Now Or Never.” [English]
“Nunc Aut Nunquam.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the Dutch elite special forces Korps Commandotroepen
“A mouse does not rely on just one hole.”
“Mus uni non fidit antro.” [original Latin]
-Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.))
“Festina lente.” [original Latin]
“Make haste slowly.” [translation to English]
-Augustus Caesar (born Gaius Octavius; also known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus and by other names and titles (63 B.C.E. - C.E. 14)): as quoted in Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus: “Lives of the Caesars” (about C.E. 121)
“Gilligan’s Island” [English]
“Insula Gilliganis” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” [translation to English]
“Natura abhorret a vacua.” [original Latin]
-François Rabelais (1494 - 1553)
“Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe.” [English]
“Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“No one is without fault.” [translation to English]
“Nemo sine vitio est.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Elder or Seneca the Rhetorician (54 B.C.E. - C.E. 39))
“You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!” [English]
-Author Unknown
“Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos!” [Latin]
“You haven’t aged a bit!” [English]
“Minime senuisti!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“I will either find a way or make one.” [English]
“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Musica delenit bestiam feram.”
“Music soothes the savage beast.”
-Author Unknown
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“Never despair!” [translation to English]
“Nil desperandum!” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))
“I don’t care. If it doesn’t rhyme, it isn’t a poem.” [English]
“Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“No stranger to misfortune [myself], I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others].”
“Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco.”
-Author Unknown
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“How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” [English]
“Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians.” [translation to English]
“Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi.” [original Latin]
-Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
“I’ll get you, you wascally wabbit!” [English]
“Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!” [Latin]
-Elmer Fudd
“Always faithful.” [English]
“Semper fidelis.” or “Semper fi.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the United States Marine Corps
“I do not live to eat, but eat to live.” [translation to English]
“Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo.” [original Latin]
-Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (about C.E. 35 - C.E. 100))
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“I count only the bright hours.” [translation to English]
“Horas non numero nisi serenas.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown: inscription on a sundial
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“You’re from New York, aren’t you?” [English]
“Nonne de novo eboraco venis?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“We learn by teaching.” [English]
“Docendo discimus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“A great man can come from a hut.” [translation to English]
“Potest ex casa magnus vir exire.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“I really don’t know all that much Latin.” [English]
“Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“O diem praeclarum!”
“Oh, what a beautiful day!”
-Author Unknown
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“The first thing is to do no harm.” [translation to English]
“Primum non nocere.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown: Hippocratic oath
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“What’s up, Doc?” [translation to English]
“Quid agis, medice?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Quomodo vales?” [Latin]
“How are you?” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“I know that I know nothing.” [translation to English]
“Scio me nihil scire.” [original Latin]
-Socrates (470 B.C.E. - 399 B.C.E.)
“That’s the way the cookie crumbles.” [English]
“Sic friatur crustum dulce.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Honk if you speak Latin.” [English]
“Sona si Latine loqueris.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Si minor plus est ergo nihil sunt omnia.” [Latin]
“If less is more, then nothing is everything.” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Have you lost weight?” [English]
“Nonne macescis?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“For fear of failure, he did nothing.” [modern parlance]
“He who feared he would not succeed sat still.” [translation to English]
“Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): Book I, epistle xvii, line 37
“Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?” [Latin]
“How do you get your hair to do that?” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“As you sow, so shall you reap.” [translation to English]
“Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“Seen any good movies lately?” [English]
“Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Visne saltare?” [Latin]
“Do you want to dance?” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket.” [English]
“Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur. ” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.” [English]
“Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
Although sometimes called a dead language because it is no longer commonly spoken, Latin was once considered a ‘Universal Language’ by the elite in Western Europe and some other places in the world. Children were taught Latin in schools to ensure their positions in the upper classes of society, and any written work was expected to be in Latin if it was to be accepted as a serious scholarly, scientific, theological, mathematical, philosophical, legal, or literary piece. The advantage of a Universal Language is that people would need to learn only their native tongue plus the single Universal Language, which they could then use in communicating with others who used any of many different languages. So, if a French speaker, an English speaker, an Italian speaker, a German speaker, and a Spanish speaker got together, they could all speak, read, and write the Universal Language rather than needing to communicate in five different languages. Latin has fallen into disfavor, and English is presently closest to holding the Universal Language title, although it will likely lose that position as computers become capable of real-time language translations. However, knowing a smattering of Latin can still be useful because many phrases, words, and parts of words (such as prefixes, root words, and suffixes) have Latin origins.
“I can’t hear you. I have a banana in my ear.” [English]
“Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“I think some people in togas are plotting against me.” [English]
“Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Are your cows happy?” [English]
“Suntne vacci laeti?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” [English]
“Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“The heavens declare the glory of God.” [translation to English]
“Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Mind increases by using.” [translation to English]
“Mens crescit agendo.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake.” [English]
“Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Let the buyer beware.” [translation to English]
“Caveat emptor.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Save the whales!” [English]
“Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“At the same time both said and done.” [translation to English]
“Simul et dictum et factum.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“You know, Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” [original English]
“Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse.” [translation to Latin]
-L. Frank Baum (Lyman Frank Baum (1856 - 1919)): “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), line of character Dorothy
“In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes.” [Latin]
“You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth.” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Do not irritate lions.” [English]
“Noli irritare leones.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Blessed be the name of the Lord.” [translation to English]
“Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“A safe journey to you.” [English]
“Bene ambula et redambula.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way.” [English]
“Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Arms maintain peace.” [translation to English]
“Arma tuentur pacem.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated and much too close.” [English]
“Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“‘A precipe in front, wolves behind.” [translation to English]
“Between a rock and a hard place.” [similar idea]
“A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Old MacDonald had a farm. And on his farm he had some cows. E-I-E-I-O. With a moo moo here, and a moo moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo. Old MacDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.” [English]
“Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O. Et in hot fundo nonnullas boves domesticas habuit. E-I-E-I-O. Cum moo moo hic, et cum moo moo ibi. Hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo. Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“There is safety in numbers.” [translation to English]
“Defendit numerous.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The clothes make the man.” [translation to English]
“Vestis virum reddit.” [original Latin]
-Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (about C.E. 35 - C.E. 100.))
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“Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!” [Latin]
“If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!” [English]
-Author Unknown
“Always prepared.” [translation to English]
“Semper paratus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the United States Coast Guard
“If you are wise, be a bee.” [English]
“Si sapis, sis apis.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“A picture is a silent poem.” [English]
“Muta est pictura poema.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“How much is that doggie in the window?” [English]
“Quanti canicule ille in finestere?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare.” [Latin]
“He who wishes to give little should not ask for much.” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Cow, cow! ” [English]
“Vacca, vacca!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The tree can be recognized by its fruits.” [English]
“E fructu arbor cognoscitur.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
‘Derident Vitae!’ is Latin for ‘Make Fun Of Life!’ . . . but it’s not the only Latin worth knowing . . .
“Semper fidelis.” or “Semper fi.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the United States Marine Corps
“I do not live to eat, but eat to live.” [translation to English]
“Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo.” [original Latin]
-Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (about C.E. 35 - C.E. 100))
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“I count only the bright hours.” [translation to English]
“Horas non numero nisi serenas.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown: inscription on a sundial
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“You’re from New York, aren’t you?” [English]
“Nonne de novo eboraco venis?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“We learn by teaching.” [English]
“Docendo discimus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“A great man can come from a hut.” [translation to English]
“Potest ex casa magnus vir exire.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))
“I really don’t know all that much Latin.” [English]
“Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“O diem praeclarum!”
“Oh, what a beautiful day!”
-Author Unknown
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“The first thing is to do no harm.” [translation to English]
“Primum non nocere.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown: Hippocratic oath
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“What’s up, Doc?” [translation to English]
“Quid agis, medice?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Quomodo vales?” [Latin]
“How are you?” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“I know that I know nothing.” [translation to English]
“Scio me nihil scire.” [original Latin]
-Socrates (470 B.C.E. - 399 B.C.E.)
“That’s the way the cookie crumbles.” [English]
“Sic friatur crustum dulce.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Honk if you speak Latin.” [English]
“Sona si Latine loqueris.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Si minor plus est ergo nihil sunt omnia.” [Latin]
“If less is more, then nothing is everything.” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Have you lost weight?” [English]
“Nonne macescis?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“For fear of failure, he did nothing.” [modern parlance]
“He who feared he would not succeed sat still.” [translation to English]
“Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): Book I, epistle xvii, line 37
“Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?” [Latin]
“How do you get your hair to do that?” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“As you sow, so shall you reap.” [translation to English]
“Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“Seen any good movies lately?” [English]
“Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Visne saltare?” [Latin]
“Do you want to dance?” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket.” [English]
“Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur. ” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.” [English]
“Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
Although sometimes called a dead language because it is no longer commonly spoken, Latin was once considered a ‘Universal Language’ by the elite in Western Europe and some other places in the world. Children were taught Latin in schools to ensure their positions in the upper classes of society, and any written work was expected to be in Latin if it was to be accepted as a serious scholarly, scientific, theological, mathematical, philosophical, legal, or literary piece. The advantage of a Universal Language is that people would need to learn only their native tongue plus the single Universal Language, which they could then use in communicating with others who used any of many different languages. So, if a French speaker, an English speaker, an Italian speaker, a German speaker, and a Spanish speaker got together, they could all speak, read, and write the Universal Language rather than needing to communicate in five different languages. Latin has fallen into disfavor, and English is presently closest to holding the Universal Language title, although it will likely lose that position as computers become capable of real-time language translations. However, knowing a smattering of Latin can still be useful because many phrases, words, and parts of words (such as prefixes, root words, and suffixes) have Latin origins.
“I can’t hear you. I have a banana in my ear.” [English]
“Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“I think some people in togas are plotting against me.” [English]
“Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Are your cows happy?” [English]
“Suntne vacci laeti?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” [English]
“Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“The heavens declare the glory of God.” [translation to English]
“Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Mind increases by using.” [translation to English]
“Mens crescit agendo.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake.” [English]
“Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Let the buyer beware.” [translation to English]
“Caveat emptor.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Save the whales!” [English]
“Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“At the same time both said and done.” [translation to English]
“Simul et dictum et factum.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“You know, Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” [original English]
“Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse.” [translation to Latin]
-L. Frank Baum (Lyman Frank Baum (1856 - 1919)): “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), line of character Dorothy
“In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes.” [Latin]
“You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth.” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Do not irritate lions.” [English]
“Noli irritare leones.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Blessed be the name of the Lord.” [translation to English]
“Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“A safe journey to you.” [English]
“Bene ambula et redambula.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“I see the better way and approve it, but I follow the worse way.” [English]
“Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Arms maintain peace.” [translation to English]
“Arma tuentur pacem.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated and much too close.” [English]
“Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“‘A precipe in front, wolves behind.” [translation to English]
“Between a rock and a hard place.” [similar idea]
“A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
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“Old MacDonald had a farm. And on his farm he had some cows. E-I-E-I-O. With a moo moo here, and a moo moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo. Old MacDonald had a farm. E-I-E-I-O.” [English]
“Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O. Et in hot fundo nonnullas boves domesticas habuit. E-I-E-I-O. Cum moo moo hic, et cum moo moo ibi. Hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo. Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“There is safety in numbers.” [translation to English]
“Defendit numerous.” [original Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The clothes make the man.” [translation to English]
“Vestis virum reddit.” [original Latin]
-Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (about C.E. 35 - C.E. 100.))
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“Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!” [Latin]
“If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!” [English]
-Author Unknown
“Always prepared.” [translation to English]
“Semper paratus.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown: motto of the United States Coast Guard
“If you are wise, be a bee.” [English]
“Si sapis, sis apis.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“A picture is a silent poem.” [English]
“Muta est pictura poema.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“How much is that doggie in the window?” [English]
“Quanti canicule ille in finestere?” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare.” [Latin]
“He who wishes to give little should not ask for much.” [English]
-Author Unknown
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“Cow, cow! ” [English]
“Vacca, vacca!” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
“The tree can be recognized by its fruits.” [English]
“E fructu arbor cognoscitur.” [Latin]
-Author Unknown
‘Derident Vitae!’ is Latin for ‘Make Fun Of Life!’ . . . but it’s not the only Latin worth knowing . . .
