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3369 Latin quotes with translation, meaning and the story behind them. Checked sources, no fake Latin. Pick a letter to see all quotes that start with it.
A377 quotes
A bove ante, ab asino retro, a stulto undique caveto
A bove maiore discit arare minor
A caelo usque ad centrum
A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper
A capite ad calcem
A contrario
A Deo rex, a rege lex
A divinis
A falsis principiis proficisci
B56 quotes
Barba crescit, caput nescit
The beard grows, the head does not know.
Barba non facit philosophum
A beard does not make a philosopher.
Barba tenus sapientes
Wise as far as the beard.
Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intellegor illis
Here I am the barbarian, because they do not understand me.
Beata Virgo Maria
Beatae memoriae
Beate enim vivendi cupiditate incensi omnes sumus
We are all inflamed with the desire to live happily.
Beati Hispani, quibus vivere bibere est
Beati pauperes spiritu
Blessed are the poor in spirit.
C231 quotes
Cacatum non est pictum
Crap is not a painting.
Cacoethes scribendi
Cacumen radicis loco ponis
You put the top in place of the root.
Cadit quaestio
Caeca invidia est
Envy is blind.
Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius
Caelum, non animum, mutant qui trans mare currunt
Those who rush across the sea change their sky, not their mind.
Caesar non supra grammaticos
Caesar is not above the grammarians.
Calamitas virtutis occasio est
D197 quotes
Da mihi factum, dabo tibi ius
Da requiem; requietus ager bene credita reddit
Give rest; a rested field repays well what was sown.
Dabo tibi coronam vitae
Damnant quod non intellegunt
They condemn what they do not understand.
Damnatio ad bestias
Condemnation to the beasts.
Damnatio memoriae
Condemnation of memory.
Damnum absque iniuria
Damnum emergens
Damnum et interesse
E183 quotes
E pluribus unum
Out of many, one.
Eadem mutata resurgo
Ecce Agnus Dei, qui tollit peccatum mundi
Ecce ancilla Domini
Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Ecce homo
Behold the man.
Ecce panis angelorum
Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum habitare fratres in unum
Ecclesia abhorret a sanguine
Editio princeps
First edition.
F107 quotes
Faber est suae quisque fortunae
Everyone is the maker of their own fortune.
Fabricando fit faber
Fac simile
Fac ut vivas
Make sure you live.
Facientes veritatem
Facilis descensus Averno
The descent to Avernus is easy.
Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque
Faciunt favos et vespae
Wasps also make honeycombs.
Facta loquuntur
Deeds speak.
G39 quotes
Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres
Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.
Gallus in suo sterquilinio plurimum potest
Gaudeamus igitur
Let us therefore rejoice.
Gaudete in Domino
Rejoice in the Lord.
Gaudia certaminis
The joys of battle.
Gaudium de veritate
Gaudium in veritate
Generalia specialibus non derogant
General provisions do not derogate from special ones.
Generatim discite cultus
Learn the ways of cultivation, each according to its kind.
H87 quotes
Habeas corpus
Habeas data
Habebunt lumen vitae
Habemus papam
We have a pope.
Habent sua fata libelli
Books have their own fates.
Habes, haberis
You have, so you are esteemed.
Habet enim plurimum voluptatis electio
Choosing brings the greatest pleasure.
Habet suum venenum blanda oratio
Flattering speech has its own poison.
Hac luce
I292 quotes
Ibi fas ubi proxima merces
Right is where the reward is nearest.
Id est
Id quod plerumque accidit
That which generally happens.
Idus Martiae
The Ides of March.
Iesus Hominum Salvator
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Therefore, whoever desires peace, let him prepare for war.
Ignavum fortuna repugnat
Igne natura renovatur integra
Through fire, nature is renewed whole.
L106 quotes
Labor et scientia
Labor laetitia nostra
Labor omnia vincit
Work conquers all.
Laborare est orare
Laborare pugnare parati sumus
Labore creata, labori et scientiae servio
Laboremus
Labores Herculis
Lacrima nihil citius arescit
M155 quotes
Macte animo, generose puer, sic itur ad astra
Take courage, noble youth: this is the way to the stars.
Magis illa iuvant quae pluris emuntur
Things please us more when they cost more.
Magister dixit
Magister mundi sum
I am master of the world.
Magna Carta
Great Charter.
Magna cum laude
With great praise.
Magna est veritas et praevalebit
Magna pars hominum est quae non peccatis irascitur, sed peccantibus
Magna pars libertatis est bene moratus venter et contumeliae patiens
N271 quotes
Nam cur quae laedunt oculum festinas demere, si quid est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum?
Nam et qui bene imperat, paruerit aliquando necesse est, et qui modeste paret, videtur qui aliquando imperet dignus esse
Nam et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque leviores
Nam illa tumultu gaudens non est industria, sed exagitatae mentis concursatio
Nam neque divitibus contingunt gaudia solis, nec vixit male qui natus moriensque fefellit
Nam oportet et haereses esse, ut et qui probati sunt manifesti fiant in vobis
Nam qui peccare se nescit, corrigi non vult
For whoever does not know that he is doing wrong does not want to be corrected.
Nam sapiens quidem pol ipsus fingit fortunam sibi
The wise man shapes his own fortune.
Nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet
For it is your concern when your neighbour's wall is on fire.
O106 quotes
O altitudo
O crux ave, spes unica
O Deus, ego amo te
O God, I love you.
O dulce nomen libertatis
O sweet name of freedom!
O et praesidium et dulce decus meum
O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, agricolas
O homines ad servitutem paratos
O matre pulchra filia pulchrior
O daughter more beautiful than your beautiful mother!
O sancta simplicitas
P268 quotes
Pacem in terris
Peace on earth.
Pacta sunt servanda
Agreements must be kept.
Pactum displicentiae
Pactum reservati dominii
Pallida Mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres
Palma non sine pulvere
Palmam qui meruit ferat
Panem et circenses
Bread and circuses.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie
Q164 quotes
Qua definitione
By virtue of definition.
Qua fugiunt hostes, via munienda est
Build a road for the enemy to flee by.
Qua patet orbis
As far as the world extends.
Quae communiter possidentur, communiter negleguntur
Quae fuit durum pati, meminisse dulce est
What was hard to endure is sweet to remember.
Quae non posuisti, ne tollas
Do not take up what you did not put down.
Quae non prosunt singula, multa iuvant
Things that do not help one by one help when there are many.
Quae sit libertas, quaeris? Nulli rei servire, nulli necessitati, nullis casibus, fortunam in aequum deducere
Quae volumus, et credimus libenter
What we want, we also gladly believe.
R68 quotes
Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas
Rapiamus, amici, occasionem de die
Let us seize, friends, the opportunity the day gives us.
Rara avis
A rare bird.
Ratio decidendi
The reason for the decision.
Rationale enim animal est homo
For man is a rational animal.
Ratum et consummatum
Ratified and consummated.
Ratum tantum
Ratified only.
Rebus sic stantibus
Recta linea brevissima, recta via tutissima
S289 quotes
Saepe aliud volumus, aliud optamus, et verum ne dis quidem dicimus
Saepe malum petitur, saepe bonum fugitur
Often evil is sought and good is avoided.
Saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit
Often it is not even useful to know what will happen.
Saepe stilum vertas
Turn your stylus often.
Saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent
The greatest talents are often hidden.
Saltus in demonstrando
Salus aegroti suprema lex
The welfare of the patient is the highest law.
Salus populi suprema lex esto
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.
Salva veritate
With truth preserved.
T82 quotes
Tabula rasa
A blank slate.
Tacere multis discitur vitae malis
Silence is learned through life's many troubles.
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est
Talenta pro patria et humanitate
Talis qualis
Talium est enim regnum Dei
Tamdiu discendum est, quemadmodum vivas, quamdiu vivas
Tanto brevius omne quanto felicius tempus
The happier the time, the shorter it seems.
Tantum devolutum quantum appellatum
U79 quotes
Uberrima fides
Ubi amor, ibi dolor
Ubi bene, ibi patria
Where I am well, there is my homeland.
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est
Ubi concordia, ibi victoria
Where there is unity, there is victory.
Ubi dubium, ibi libertas
Ubi fumus, ibi ignis
Ubi ius, ibi remedium
Ubi labor, ibi virtus