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Modern Latin Phrases
Latin words and phrases used in modern english
Term | Definition |
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Alter ego | The Other |
Fiat Lux | Let There Be Light |
Numquam Vado Quiete | Never Go Quietly |
Campus | Field |
Vice Versa | To Change , Turn Around |
Bona Fide | Of Good Faith |
Magnum Opus | Master Piece |
Et Cetera | And the others, everything else |
Tabula Rasa | Clean Slate |
Carpe Diem | Seize the day |
Et Tu, Brute | even you, Brutus |
Cogito ergo sum | i think, therefore i am |
Per diem | By the Day |
ab extra | from outside |
Ante Bellum | before the war |
Ipso facto | by the fact itself |
deus ex machina | God out of the machine |
ad hoc | for the purpose |
status quo | the state in which |
moriturum mox | die soon |
morituri te salutamus | we (or those) who are about to die salute thee |
Medicus | doctor |
ab intio | from the beginning |
alibi | elsewhere |
de facto | in fact |
corpus | body |
remedium | cure |
id est | that is |
in camera | in private |
indicia | marks |
in esse | in essence |
dementia a potu | insanity by drinking |
censor morum | censor against morals |
actus reus | criminal act |
alatus | winged |
carneus | fleshed coloured |
sic | error |
contra | against |
credo in unum deum | I believe in one god. |
deformis | deformed |
Bincentenial | 200 years |
ex libris | from the library of |
in toto | in total |
mea culpa | my fault |
quid pro quo | this for that |
Rex | king |
pars | part |
miles | soldier |
primo | first |
octo | eight |