Question | Answer |
Salve | hello to one person |
salvete | hello to more than one person |
Quid agis | How are you? |
Bene | well |
optime | great |
satis bene | OK |
male | bad |
Quaenam est tempestas hodie | How is the weather today? |
Sol lucet | It is sunny |
Ningit | It is snowing |
Pluit | It is raining |
Nimbi in caelo sunt | It is cloudy |
Calet | It is hot |
Friget | It is cold |
Vale | goodbye to one person |
Valete | goodbye to more than one person |
sum | I am |
sumus | we are |
es | you (singular) are |
estis | you (plural) are |
est | he/she/it is |
sunt | they are |
• E pluribus unum | Out of many, one |
• Annuit coeptis | He approves [our] undertakings |
• Novus ordo seclorum | New order of generations |
Derivative Bene | (well) benefit |
Derivative Optime | (great) optimist |
Derivative Sol | (sun) solar |
Derivative Annos | (year) annual |
E pluribus unum | Out of one, many |
Deo gratiam habeamus | Let us be grateful to God |
Dum spiro spero | While I live, I hope |
Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem |
Justitia omnibus | Justice for all |
Regnat populus | The people rule |
Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) | The Senate and people of Rome |
Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno | One for all, all for one |
Pro mundi beneficio | For the benefit of the world |
In varietate concordia | United in diversity |
Iustitia, pietas, fides | Justice, piety, loyalty |
Finis coronat opus | The end crowns the work |
amicus/a | friend |
magistra | female teacher |
magister | male teacher |
discipulus | boy student |
discipula | girl student |
mensa | desk |
sella | chair |
ianua | door |
fenestra | window |
murus | wall |
camera | room |
liber | book |
horologium | clock |
picture | picture |
tabula | board |
creta | chalk |
erasure | eraser |
penna | pen |
stilus | pencil |
charta | paper |
regula | ruler |
tablua geographica | map |
vexillum | flag |
• versus | vs. or v. |
• exit | he/she/it goes out |
• circa | around |
• anno Domini (A.D.) | in the year of the Lord |
• alter ego | another self |
• aut disce aut discede | either learn or leave! |
• docendo discitur | by teaching, it is learned |
• repetio est mater studiorum | repetition is the mother of studies |
• experientia docet | experience teaches |
• ipsa scientia potestas est | knowledge itself is power |
• tabula rasa | a blank slate (a student's mind, before study) |
• honestus vir | "the honest man" (vir and honestus are both masculine, singular and in the nominative case) |
• summa cum laude | "with highest praise" (summa and laude are both feminine, singular, and in the ablative case) |
• bellum longum | "the long war" (bellum and longum are both neuter, singular, and either in the nominative or the accusative case) |
angustus, a, um | narrow |
anxius, a, um | anxious |
bonus, a, um | good |
fatigatus, a, um | tired |
iratus, a, um | angry |
laetus, a, um | happy |
latus, a, um | wide |
longus, a, um | long |
magnus, a, um | big |
malus, a, um | bad |
mortuus, a, um | dead |
parvus, a, um | small |
territus, a, um | frightened |
verus, a, um | true |
vivus, a, um | alive |
ater, atra, atrum | black |
prasinus, a, um | green |
olivaceus, a, um | olive green |
caeruleus, a, um | blue |
purpureus, a, um | purple |
ruber, rubra, rubrum | red |
roseus, a, um | pink |
fuscus, a, um | brown |
flammeus, a, um | orange |
aureus, a, um | gold |
flavus, a, um | yellow |
albus, a, um | white |
argenteus, a, um | silver |
canus, a, um | gray |
• ars gratia artis | art for the sake of art |
• ars longa, vita brevis | art lasts long, life is short |
• ars est celare artem | true art is to conceal art |
• de gustibus non disputandum | about tastes there is no dispute |
• ex nihilo nihil fit | from nothing comes nothing |
Scisne? | "Do you know?" |
ad hoc | for this purpose |
ad nauseam | to the point of sickness |
alibi | elsewhere |
alma mater | nourishing mother (school from which one graduates) |
alumnus, alumna | foster child (graduate of a school) |
nolo contendere | I do not wish to contend (no contest plea by defendant in which the accused does not admit guilt but will accept punishment) |
non bis in idem | not twice in the same (legal principle not allowing person to be tried twice for one crime) |
nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare | no one is bound to accuse himself |
nemo est supra leges | no one is above the law |
accedas ad curiam | you may approach the court |
nihil dicit | he says nothing (the defendant declines to answer to charges) |
casa, casae | house |
cena, cenae | dinner |
femina, feminae | woman |
puella, puellae | girl |
aqua, aquae | water |
fabula, fabulae | story |
filia, filiae | daughter |
via, viae | street |
amica, amicae | friend |
familia, familiae | family |
lana, lanae | wool |
ara, arae | altar |
barba, barbae | beard |
cauda, caudae | tail |
cura, curae | care |
dea, deae | goddess |
insula, insulae | island |
littera, litterae | letter |
toga, togae | toga |
urna, urnae | urn, water pot |