Common Latin Sayings and translations
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| show | From first to last (literally, “from the egg to the apples,” meaning from the first course until dessert)
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| Ab urbe condita | show 🗑
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| show | To the man
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| show | To the point of disgust
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| Ad vitam aut ad culpam | show 🗑
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| show | Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.
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| Alea iacta est | show 🗑
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| show | Nurturing mother
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| show | Love conquers all (Virgil)
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| Anno Domini, A.D. | show 🗑
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| Ante bellum | show 🗑
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| show | Love conquers all (Virgil)
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| show | In the year of our Lord
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| Ante bellum | show 🗑
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| show | Before the middle of the day (morning)
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| show | The water of life
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| show | I sing of arms and a man (Virgil)
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| show | Art for the sake of art (M.G.M.’s motto)
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| show | Art is long, life is short
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| Aut disce aut discede | show 🗑
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| Ave atque vale | show 🗑
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| show | Hail and farewell for all time
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| show | Hail, Caesar, we who are about to die, salute you!
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| Bis in die (b.i.d.) | show 🗑
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| show | With good faith
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| Caelum et terra | show 🗑
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| show | Seize the cookie
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| Carpe diem | show 🗑
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| show | Carthage must be destroyed! (Cato the Elder)
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| Caveat emptor | show 🗑
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| Cave canem | show 🗑
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| show | A hundred
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| Cogito ergo sum | show 🗑
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| Compara (cp.) | show 🗑
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| show | Compare
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| Corpus delicti | show 🗑
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| show | With a grain of salt
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| De facto | show 🗑
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| show | There is no disputing about tastes
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| show | By the grace of God
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| show | Do not speak ill of the dead (lit. of the dead, say nothing except what is good)
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| Deo gratias | show 🗑
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| show | The wrath (anger) of God
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| show | While I breathe, I hope
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| show | To err is human
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| show | And others
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| show | And others
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| show | And you, Brutus? (Gr: Kai su, pais?—and you, child?)
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| Exempli gratia (e.g.) | show 🗑
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| Famam extendimus factis | show 🗑
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| show | Make haste slowly
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| Gens togata | show 🗑
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| show | You may allow the prisoner (to be handed over for pre-trial determination)
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| show | Hannibal at the gates!
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| show | Here lies…
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| show | Today Christ is born
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| Ibidem (ibid.) | show 🗑
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| Id est (i.e.) | show 🗑
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| show | Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
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| show | In this sign, you will conquer (words and cross appeared to Constantine before the battle of Milan, A.D. 312)
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| In loco parentis | show 🗑
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| show | He himself said
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| Ipso facto | show 🗑
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| show | Work conquers all (Virgil)
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| show | Slip of the tongue
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| Lex non scripta | show 🗑
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| show | Master of arts
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| Magnum opus | show 🗑
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| show | The mother of Italy—Rome (Florus, historian)
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| show | My fault
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| Mens sana in corpore sano | show 🗑
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| show | I am a soldier of Christ
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| show | A thousand
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| show | Amazing to say
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| show | Amazing to see
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| Natura non facit saltum | show 🗑
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| show | Do not trust the horse (i.e., don’t look a gift horse in the mouth—said by Laocoon the priest)
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| Nil desperandum | show 🗑
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| Nolo contendere | show 🗑
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| Nota bene (n.b.) | show 🗑
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| Novus ordo seclorum | show 🗑
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| Nunc aut numquam | show 🗑
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| Ora et labora | show 🗑
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| O tempora, O mores! | show 🗑
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| Pax Romana | show 🗑
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| show | Peace be with you
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| show | Annually
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| Per diem | show 🗑
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| Per se | show 🗑
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| Persona non grata | show 🗑
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| show | Doctor of philosophy
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| Post meridiem (p.m.) | show 🗑
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| show | After death
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| Post scriptum (p.s.) | show 🗑
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| Prima luce | show 🗑
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| Pro bono | show 🗑
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| Quid est (q.e.) | show 🗑
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| show | One thing for another
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| Quod erat demonstrandum | show 🗑
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| show | In what manner
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| show | Where are you going?
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| show | Which see
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| Rara avis | show 🗑
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| Repetitio mater studiorum | show 🗑
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| Requiescat in pace (R.I.P.) | show 🗑
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| Retro Satana | show 🗑
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| Rident stolidi verba Latina. | show 🗑
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| Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth | show 🗑
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| show | Knowledge is power
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| show | Actually
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| Semper fidelis | show 🗑
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| show | Always prepared (motto of the coast guard)
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| Senatus Populusque Romanus | show 🗑
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| Sic semper tyrannis! | show 🗑
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| show | So passes the glory of the world
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| show | The sign of the cross
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| Sine die | show 🗑
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| show | If you are strong/well, I am strong/well (letter greeting)
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| Status quo | show 🗑
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| show | Wonder of the world
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| show | With highest praise
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| Summum bonum | show 🗑
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| show | To each his own
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| show | Time flies
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| show | Solid ground
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| Terra incognito | show 🗑
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| Tolle lege | show 🗑
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| Vade retro | show 🗑
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| show | I came, I saw, I conquered (Julius Caesar, Asia Minor)
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| Verbum satis sapienti est | show 🗑
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| show | The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Roman proverb.)
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| show | One out of many
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| Audemus Iura Nostra Defendere | show 🗑
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| Ditat Deus | show 🗑
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| Regnant Populi | show 🗑
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| show | Nothing without Providence
Colorado
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| show | He who transplated still sustains
Conneticut
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| Esto perpetua | show 🗑
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| Ad astra per aspera | show 🗑
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| Dirigo | show 🗑
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| show | By the sword she seeks peace but only under liberty
Massachusetts
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| Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice | show 🗑
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| Virtute et armis | show 🗑
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| Salus populi suprema lex esto | show 🗑
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| Crescit Eundo | show 🗑
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| show | Ever higher
New York
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| Esse quam vincit | show 🗑
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| show | Labor conquers all things
Oklahoma
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| Dum spiro spero | show 🗑
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| show | Prepare in mind and resources
South Carolina
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| show | Thus always to tyrants
Virginia
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| show | Mountaineers are always freemen
West Virginia
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