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Modern Latin Phrases
Latin words and phrases used in modern english
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |