Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Latin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A clean slate | Tabula rasa |
| A dear mother | Alma mater |
| After death | Post mortem |
| Among other things | Inter alia |
| An indispensable condition | Sine qua non |
| An unacceptable person | persona non grata |
| Between equals | Inter pares |
| Between ourselves | Inter nos |
| Between themselves | Inter se |
| Beyond one's legal authority | Ultra vires |
| By individual, by head | per capita |
| By virtue of one's office | ex officio |
| Burden | Onus |
| By virtue of the fact itself | ipso facto |
| Concerning | re |
| Entirely | in toto |
| From the beginning | ab initio |
| First among equals | primus inter pares |
| Forever | in perpetuum |
| From law, legal | de iure |
| From the act | de facto |
| From what is know | a priori |
| Great work | magnum opus |
| He/she painted it | pinxit |
| In itself | per se |
| In memory of | in memoriam |
| in place | in situ |
| in proportion | pro rata |
| In series | seriatim |
| It does not follow | non sequitur |
| Let it stand | stet |
| Never despair | nil desperandum |
| Of its own kind (one of a kind) | sui generis |
| One from many | e puribus unum |
| One thing for another | quid pro quo |
| Other I | Alter ego |
| Other things being equal | ceteris paribus |
| Permission for absence | exeat |
| Red-handed | in flagrante delicto |
| Said and done | dictum factum |
| Secretly, in confidence | sub rosa |
| Solid earth | terra firma |
| Thus | sic |
| to the point of causing nausea | ad nauseam |
| Without a day (a specified date) | Sine die |
| Without delay | sine mora |
| Without limit | ad infinitum |
| With reference to | re |
| With the highest distinction | summa cum laude |
| Yearly | per annum |
| a few (words) | pauca |
| and | et |
| after | post |
| afternoon, midday | meridies |
| alas | eheu |
| alive, living | vivus |
| always | semper |
| all | omnis |
| among, between | inter |
| approach | adeo |
| arched roof | camera |
| art | ars |
| as, just as | sicut |
| aspect, appearance | facies |
| at, at the house of | apud |
| auspicious, favourable | faustus |
| bad | malus |
| I am absent | absum |
| before | ante |
| beginning | initium |
| beginning, origin | principium |
| believe! | crede |
| best | optimus |
| beware | cave |
| be aware | caveat |
| beyond | ultra |
| bird | avis |
| blazing | flagrans |
| blind | caecus |
| body | corpus |
| board, writing table | tabul |
| brave | fortis |
| bravely | fortiter |
| buyer | emptor |
| by, from | ab |
| but | sed |
| cautious | cautus |
| I carry | fero |
| city | urbs |
| contempt, scorn | contemptum |
| Continuous, perpetual | perpetuus |
| I create, produce | pario |
| i cut, strike | caedo |
| day | dies |
| deed, exploit | factus |
| kindly | almus |
| death | mors |
| delay | mora |
| devourer | edax |
| dice | alea |
| dog | canis |
| ear | auris |
| end, limit | finis |
| endless | infinitus |
| enough | satis |
| entire | totus |
| equal, like | par |
| everywhere, from all sides | undique |
| example | exemplum |
| faith, trust | fides |
| fate | fatum |
| face, countenance | vultus |
| familiarity | familiaritas |
| fatherland, country | patria |
| field | ager |
| first | primus |
| for | nam |
| for a long time | diu |
| former, previous | prior |
| fortune, luck, chance | fortuna |
| for the sake of, for the purpose of | gratia |
| friend | amicus |
| gift, donation | donatio |
| god | deus |
| godess | dea |
| gold | aurum |
| grain | granum |
| great, large | magnus |
| hand | manus |
| happy | felix |
| happy, blessed | beatus |
| hard, though | durus |
| haste | festinatio |
| head (of person) | caput |
| here | hic |
| he comes | venit |
| he conquers | vincit |
| he envies | invidet |
| he escapes/runs away | fugit |
| he fears | metuit |
| he gives | dat |
| I have | habeo |
| he is abe | potest |
| he is born | nascitur |
| he is made | fit |
| he is wise | sapit |
| he teaches | docet |
| he watches | vigilat |
| he writes | scribit |
| highest | summus |
| hour | hora |
| house | domus |
| how many | quot |
| how? | quomodo |
| human | humanus |
| man | homo |
| I | ego |
| i am | sum |
| i am here | adsum |
| i call | voco |
| i came | veni |
| i care | curo |
| i conquered | vici |
| I choose | eligo |
| I despair | despero |
| I don't have | careo |
| I drive, lead | ago |
| I fear | timeo |
| I found, build | condo |
| I go out/am away | exeo |
| I have | habeo |
| I release | libero |
| I saw | vidi |
| I think | cogito |
| I write | scribo |
| I trust | confido |
| in control of | compos |
| incidentally, on the way | obiter |
| indeed, certainly | enim |
| intention | propositum |
| it arises | surgit |
| it lies | latet |
| it is | est |
| it is cast | iacta est |
| it is sufficient for | sufficit |
| jealousy | invidia |
| judge | iudex |
| kingdom | regnum |
| knowledge, understanding | scientia |
| lamb | agnus |
| earth | terra |
| law | lex |
| law, justice | ius |
| life | vita |
| light | lux |
| light, lamp, torch | lumen |
| lizard | lacerta |
| man | vir |
| marvellous | mirabilis |
| master, lord | dominus |
| memory | memoria |
| method | modus |
| moon | luna |
| omens | omina |
| name | nomen |
| never | numquam |
| nothing | nihil |
| now | nunc |
| no one | nemo |
| offence, wrong | delictum |
| official duty | officium |
| of himself | sui |
| of the tongue | linguae |
| of sin | peccati |
| of things | rerum |
| of words | verborum |
| one, only | unus |
| or | aut |
| other of two | alter |
| from | ex |
| part | pars |
| peace | pax |
| person | persona |
| pit | fovea |
| place | locus |
| poet | poeta |
| poison | venenum |
| positioned | situs |
| public | publicus |
| punishment, penalty | poena |
| quickly | cito |
| rare, few | rarus |
| ready, prepared | paratus |
| reason | causa |
| reward | praemium |
| rose | rosa |
| salt | sal |
| sea-sickness | nausea |
| senate-house | curia |
| sky, heavens | caelum |
| seize | carpe |
| silver, money | argentum |
| silent | tacitus |
| short | brevis |
| snake | anguis |
| slide, error | lapsus |
| sometimes | aliquando |
| something | aliquid |
| something written | scriptum |
| someone | aliquis |
| some, other | alius |
| soul, breast | pectus |
| stop! | siste |
| story | fabula |
| strong | firmus |
| still | adhuc |
| sun | sol |
| tax | stipendium |
| tears | lacrimae |
| therefore | ergo |
| they laugh | rident |
| they make | faciunt |
| time | tempus |
| then | tum |
| then, next | deinde |
| thing | res |
| through, for the sake of | per |
| thus, so | ita |
| to agree | consentire |
| to escape | effugere |
| to, towards | ad |
| to drink | bibere |
| to err | errare |
| to hold | tenere |
| to play, to tease | ludere |
| too much | nimius |
| tomorrow | cras |
| true, genuine | verus |
| traveller | viator |
| truth | veritas |
| twice | bis |
| under | sub |
| virtue | virtus |
| warm, hot | calidus |
| watchful | vigilans |
| water | aqua |
| we | nos |
| we salute | salutamus |
| well | bene |
| wife | uxor |
| what | quid |
| when | quando |
| where | ubi |
| why | cur |
| wine | vinum |
| with | cum |
| without | sine |
| words | verba |
| work | opus |
| years | anni |
| year | annus |
| you will be | ibis |
| Monday | dies lunae |
| Tuesday | dies martis |
| Wednesday | dies mercurii |
| Thursday | dies iovis |
| Friday | Dies veneris |
| Saturday | dies saturni |
| Sunday | Dies solis |
| one | unus |
| 2 | duo |
| three | tres |
| 4 | quattuor |
| 5 | quinque |
| 6 | sex |
| 7 | septem |
| 8 | octo |
| 9 | novem |
| 10 | decem |
| 11 | undecim |
| 12 | duodecim |
| 13 | tredecim |
| 14 | quattuordecim |
| 15 | quindecim |
| 16 | sedecim |
| 17 | septendecim |
| 18 | duodeviginti |
| 19 | undeviginti |
| 20 | viginti |
| A body without soul | corpus sin pectore |
| After the fact | ex post facto |
| a friend of the human race | amicus humani generis |
| Always ready | semper paratus |
| Always vigilant | semper vigilans |
| An extraordinary year | annus mirabilis |
| An auspicious day | dies faustus |
| And you Brutus | et tu Brute |
| Alas, the years flee swiftly away | eheu, fugaces labuntur anni |
| A slip of the tongue | lapsus linguae |
| A snake in the grass | anguis in herba |
| Bad faith | mala fides |
| Beware of the dog | cave canem |
| Crocodile tears | lacrimae simulates |
| Death is everywhere | undique mors est |
| Don't speak ill of the dead | de mortuis nil nisi bonum |
| Enough said | satis verborum |
| Fools laugh at the Latin language | rident stolidi verba Latina |
| For God and country | Deo et patria |
| From the founding of the city | ab urbe condita |
| Goodbye | vale |
| Hail and farewell | ave atque vale |
| Here lies | hic iacet |
| Here and now | hic et nunc |
| He is wise and watches | sapiens qui vigilat |
| How many? | quot? |
| I fear the Greeks bearing gifts | timeo Danaos et dona ferentes |
| I ama a man | homo sum |
| I don't have, I don't want, I don't acare | nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo |
| I think therefore I am | cogito ergo sum |
| I came, I saw, I conquered | veni, vidi, vici |
| In generalities lie error | in generalibus latet error |
| Knowledge is power | nam et ipsa scientia potestas est |
| Love and peace | amor et pax |
| My intention is to die in a tavern | meum est propositum in tarberna mori |
| No one can escape death | mortem effugere nemo potest |
| Now or never | nunc aut numquam |
| Something bitter arises | surgit amari aliquid |
| See and believe | vede et crede |
| Speak of the devil | lupus in fabula |
| Stop, traveller | siste viator |
| The die is cast | alea iacta est |
| The wages of sin is death | stipendium peccati mors est |
| Time, the devourer of things | tempus edax rerum |
| To drink poison from a golden cup | bibere venenum in auro |
| To err is human | errare humanum est |
| To hold a wolf by the ears | tenere lupum auribus |
| To the end | ad finem |
| Water of life | aqua vitae |
| We who are about to die salute you | morituri te salutamus |
| What now? | quid nunc? |
| What is to be done? | Quid faciendum? |
| With a graind of salt | Cum grano salis |
| A delegate is not able to delegate | delegatus non potest delegare |
| A poet is born, not made | poeta nascitur, non fit |
| A true friend is a rare bird | amicus verus rara avis |
| Actions speak louder than words | facta non verba |
| All haste is of the devil | omnis festinatio ex parte diaboli est |
| A friend is another self | alter ego est amicus |
| A single light is sufficient in darkness | sufficit unum lumen in tenebris |
| An old man is twice a boy | senex bis puer |
| Art is long, life is short | ars longa, vita brevis |
| Either death or victory | aut mors aut victoria |
| Envy is blind | caeca invidia est |
| Familiarity breeds contempt | nimia familiaritas parit contemptum |
| Fortune is blind | fortuna caeca est |
| He lives twice who lives well | bis vivit qui bene vivit |
| He give twice who gives quickly | bis dat qui cito dat |
| He who conquers himself conquers twice | bis vincit qui se vincit |
| He who envies is lesser | qui invidet minor est |
| He who is silent agrees | qui tacet consentir vedetur |
| He who teachers, learns | qui docet discit |
| He who writes reads twice | qui scribit bis legit |
| In wine lies truth | in vino veritas |
| It is not good to trifle with gods | non est bonum ludere cum dies |
| Many hands make light work | multae manus onus evious faciunt |
| Resolutely in action, gently in manner | fortiter in re, suaviter in modo |
| Sieze the day | carpe diem |
| the cautious wolf fears the trap | cautus metuit foveam lupus |
| The face is the index of the soul | vultus est index animi |
| There is something in omens | omina sunt aliquid |
| Time flies | tempus fugit |
| Time, reveals all thins | tempus monia revelat |
| The hour flies | hora fugit |
| Wise is he who says little | vir sapit qui pauca loquitur |
| Virtue is the highest reards | virtus praemium est optimum |
| A gift anticipating death | donatio mortis causa |
| At first glance | prima facie |
| A friend of the court | amicus curiae |
| And wife | et uxor |
| Before the courts | sub iudice |
| Between the living | inter vivos |
| burden of proof | onus probandi |
| Buyer beware | caveat emptor |
| For the public good | pro bono publico |
| In the interests of | ex parte |
| Guilty act | actus reus |
| Guilty mind | mens rea |
| Having made the changes needed | mutatis mutandis |
| In open court | in curia |
| In private | in camera |
| in place of a parent | in loco parentis |
| it is allowed | licet |
| Manner of working | modus operandi |
| Not of sound mind | non compos mentis |
| Of sound mind | compos mentis |
| Something said in passing | obiter dictum |
| the law is hard, but it is the law | dura lex, sed lex |
| The thing speaks for itself | res ipsa loquitur |
| Under penalty | sub poena |
| You can't give away what you don't have | nemo dat quod non habet |
| You hay have the body | habeas corpus |
| According to (sec.) | secundum |
| Afternoon (PM) | post meridiem |
| Before Christ (BC) | ante Christum |
| Career (c.v.) | curriculum vitae |
| For instance (e.g.) | exempli gratia |
| Morning (AM) | ante meridiem |
| Namely (viz.) | videlicet |
| that is (i.e.) | id est |
| In the year of our Lord (AD) | anno Domini |
| on behalf of (pp) | per pro |
| Rest in peace (RIP) | requiescat in pace |
| Which is (q.e) | quod est |
| Which was to be demonstrated (QED) | quod erat demonstrandum |
| Written after (p.s.) | post scriptum |
| And God said: Let there be light and there was light | Dixitque Deus, fiat lux. Et facta est lux |
| Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord | benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini |
| Blessed are the meek, for you the kingdom of God is yours | beati pauperes, quia vestrum est regnum Dei |
| Deliver us from evil | libera nos a malo |
| Do not leas us into temptation | ne nos inducas in tentationem |
| Dust you are, dust you will be | terra es, terra ibis |
| In the beginning God made earth and sky | in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram |
| In God I trust | in Domino confido |
| Lamb of god | agnus Dei |
| Let there be light | fiat lux |
| Many are called, but few chosen | multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi |
| So passes the glory of the world | sic transit gloria mundi |
| Vanity of vanities and all is vanity | vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas |
Created by:
kaylee72sommers
Popular Latin sets