Latin quotes starting with A
377 Latin quotes starting with A, from A bove ante, ab asino retro, a stulto undique caveto to Avis matutina vermem capit. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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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
A fluctibus opes
A fortiori
A latere
A maiore ad minus
A mari usque ad mare
A medico indocto, a cibo bis cocto, ab amicitia reconciliata, a mala muliere libera nos, Domine
A mensa et thoro
A minore ad maius
A mundo condito
A posse ad esse non valet consequentia
A posteriori
A priori
A solis ortu usque ad occasum
From the rising of the sun to its setting.
A verbis ad verbera
A.E.I.O.U.
Ab aeterno
Ab alio amentatas hastas torquere
To hurl spears that someone else has fitted with throwing straps.
Ab alio expectes alteri quod feceris
Expect from others what you have done to others.
Ab amicis honesta petamus
Ab antiquo
Ab epistulis
Ab esse ad posse valet consequentia
Ab extra
Ab hoc et ab hac
Ab igne ignem capere
Ab imo pectore
From the bottom of the heart.
Ab inconvenienti
Ab incunabulis
Ab initio
Ab intestato
Ab intra
From within.
Ab Iove principium
Ab irato
Ab origine
Ab origine fidelis
Ab ovo usque ad mala
From the egg to the apples.
Ab uno disce omnes
Ab urbe condita
Abbati, medico, patrono intima pande
Reveal your secrets to your abbot, your doctor and your lawyer.
Abducet praedam, qui occurrit prior
Whoever arrives first will carry off the prize.
Aberratio ictus
Abi in malam crucem
Go hang yourself!
Abnormis sapiens crassaque Minerva
A sage of no school, with homespun wit.
Abolitio criminis
Abrogata lege abrogante non reviviscit lex abrogata
Absens haeres non erit
Absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat
Whoever argues with a drunk is hurting someone who is not there.
Absit iniuria verbis
Absit invidia
Let there be no envy (no offence intended).
Absit omen
Absit reverentia vero
Absque argento omnia vana
Abstulit qui dedit
Abundans cautela non nocet
Abundant dulcibus vitiis
They are full of sweet faults.
Abusus non tollit usum
Abyssus abyssum invocat
Deep calls to deep.
Accensa domo proximi, tua quoque periclitatur
When your neighbour's house is on fire, yours is in danger too.
Acceptissima semper munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit
The most welcome gifts are those made precious by the giver.
Accessorium sequitur principale
Accidentalia negotii
Accidit in puncto quod non speratur in anno
What is not expected in a year happens in a moment.
Accipe quam primum, brevis est occasio lucri
Accipe quod tuum, alterique da suum
Take what is yours, and give the other what is theirs.
Accipere quam facere praestat iniuriam
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.
Accusare nemo se debet nisi coram Deo
Acquirit qui tuetur
Acta deos numquam mortalia fallunt
The deeds of mortals never escape the gods.
Acta est fabula, plaudite
The play is over – applaud!
Acta non verba
Deeds, not words.
Acta Sanctorum
Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis
Actio communi dividundo
Actio finium regundorum
Actio libera in causa
Actio negatoria
Actio nondum nata non praescribitur
Actio personalis moritur cum persona
A personal action dies with the person.
Actio Publiciana
Actio recta non erit, nisi recta fuerit voluntas
An action will not be right unless the intention is right.
Actore non probante, reus absolvitur
Actori incumbit onus probandi
Actori incumbit probatio
Actum agere
To do what has already been done.
Actum est de republica
Actus dicatur bonus qui est conformis legi et rationi
Actus legis nemini facit iniuriam
Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea
The act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is guilty.
Actus reus
Ad aeternum
Ad arbitrium
Ad astra
To the stars.
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties.
Ad colligenda bona
Ad destinatum persequor
Ad finem
To the end.
Ad fontes
Back to the sources.
Ad gloriam
Ad hoc
Ad honorem
For honour.
Ad idem
Ad impossibilia nemo tenetur
Ad infinitum
To infinity; endlessly.
Ad interim
Ad Kalendas Graecas
Ad libitum
Ad litem
Ad litteram
Ad lucem
Ad maiora natus sum
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
Ad multos annos
Ad nauseam
Ad nutum
Ad oculos
Ad orbem per technicam
Ad patres
Ad perpetuam rei memoriam
Ad personam
Ad probationem
Ad referendum
Ad rem
Ad sanctos
Ad scientiarum haustum et seminarium doctrinarum
Ad sensum
Ad summum
Ad tempus concessa, post tempus censetur denegata
What is granted for a time is deemed refused after that time.
Ad turpia virum bonum nulla spes invitat
No hope of gain tempts a good man to shameful deeds.
Ad unguem
Ad usum Delphini
Ad valorem
Ad victoriam
Ad vitam aeternam
Adaequatio intellectus et rei
Adclinis falsis animus meliora recusat
The mind that leans towards false things rejects the better.
Adde parvum parvo, magnus acervus erit
Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est
So much does habit matter in tender years.
Adhuc tua messis in herba est
Your harvest is still in the blade.
Aditio hereditatis
Admiror, paries, te non cecidisse ruinis, qui tot scriptorum taedia sustineas
Admoneri bonus gaudet; pessimus quisque rectorem asperrime patitur
The good man is glad to be advised; the worst bear correction most harshly.
Adoptio naturam imitatur
Adsit regula, peccatis quae poenas irroget aequas, ne scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello
Adveniat regnum tuum
Adversus periculum naturalis ratio permittit se defendere
Adversus solem ne loquitor
Advocatus diaboli
Aegre reprehendas quod sinas consuescere
You will hardly be able to blame what you let become a habit.
Aegrescit medendo
It grows worse with the healing.
Aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur
As long as a sick person has breath, there is said to be hope.
Aequa lege Necessitas sortitur insignes et imos; omne capax movet urna nomen
Aequalem uxorem ducere
Marry a wife who is your equal.
Aequalitas ante legem
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem
Remember to keep a calm mind in difficult times.
Aequat omnes cinis; impares nascimur, pares morimur
Ashes make all equal; we are born unequal, we die equal.
Aeque pars ligni curvi ac recti valet igni
A piece of crooked wood is as good for the fire as a straight one.
Aequum inter omnes cives ius sit
Let there be equal law among all citizens.
Aes triplex
Aetatis suae
Aeternum vale
Aevo rarissima nostro simplicitas
Affidavit
Affirmanti incumbit probatio
Afflictis lentae, celeres gaudentibus horae
Age quod agis
Agere sequitur esse
Action follows being.
Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae
Agnus Dei
Aha, Bellerophontem tuus me fecit filius: egomet tabellas tetuli, ut vincirer
Albo lapillo diem notare
Alea iacta est
The die is cast.
Alenda lux ubi orta libertas
Alere flammam veritatis
Alibi
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra sunt
We keep others' faults before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
Alienum aes homini ingenuo acerba est servitus
For a free-born man, debt is bitter slavery.
Alii simul delinquunt, censores sumus
As soon as others go wrong, we are the censors.
Aliis inserviendo consumor
Aliis si licet, tibi non licet
Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus
Sometimes even good Homer nods.
Aliquid stat pro aliquo
Aliquis in omnibus, nullus in singulis
Alis grave nil
Alis volat propriis
She flies with her own wings.
Aliud est celare, aliud tacere
Alius et idem
Allegatio partis non facit ius
Allocatur
Alma mater
Alma mater studiorum
Alma terra mater
Alpha et Omega
Alta alatis patent
Alter alterius auxilio eget
Each needs the help of the other.
Alter ego
Alteri stipulari nemo potest
Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest
Alterum non laedere
Altius praecepta descendunt quae teneris imprimuntur aetatibus
Lessons go deeper when they are impressed at a tender age.
Ama et fac quod vis
Ama nesciri
Amant alterna Camenae
Amantes amentes
Lovers are lunatics.
Amantium irae amoris integratio est
Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love.
Amare et honorare
To love and to honour.
Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
Amat victoria curam
Victory loves care.
Ambages narras
You are talking in riddles.
Ambitiosa recidet ornamenta
Ames parentem, si aequus est; si aliter, feras
Love your parent if he is fair; if not, bear with him.
Amica veritas
Amici probantur rebus adversis
Friends are proven in hard times.
Amicitia quae desinere potest vera numquam fuit
A friendship that can end was never true.
Amicitia semper prodest, amor aliquando etiam nocet
Friendship always helps; love sometimes even harms.
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore
I hope the memory of our friendship will last forever.
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur
A sure friend is seen in an unsure situation.
Amicus curiae
Amicus est alter ego
A friend is a second self.
Amicus optima vitae possessio
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas
Amor
Love.
Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur
We choose to fall in love, but we cannot choose to stop.
Amor et melle et felle est fecundissimus
Love is very rich in both honey and gall.
Amor fati
Amor magister est optimus
Amor nummi
Love of money.
Amor omnia vincit
Love conquers all.
Amor omnibus idem
Amor patitur moras
Amor patriae
Love of one's country.
Amor patriae nostra lex
Amor tussisque non celatur
Amore ac studio
Amore, more, ore, re iunguntur amicitiae
Friendships are joined by love, character, speech and deeds.
Amori finem tempus, non animus facit
Time, not the will, puts an end to love.
An dives sit omnes quaerunt, nemo an bonus
Everyone asks whether he is rich, no one whether he is good.
An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?
Ancipiti plus ferit ense gula
Anima, mens et vigor
Animal bipes implume, latis unguibus
Animis opibusque parati
Prepared in mind and resources.
Animo deliberato
Animo donandi
Animo iocandi
Animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis
Animus contrahendi
Animus furandi
Animus imperat corpori
Animus impleri debet, non arca
The mind should be filled, not the money chest.
Animus manendi
Animus meminisse horret
Animus risu novatur
The mind is renewed by laughter.
Anno aetatis suae
Anno Domini
Annorum vinum, socius vetus et vetus aurum
Wine of many years, an old companion and old gold.
Annuit coeptis
Annus horribilis
Annus mirabilis
Ante cibum
Ante litteram
Ante meridiem
Ante mortem
Ante senectutem curavi ut bene viverem, in senectute ut bene moriar; bene autem mori est libenter mori
Aperit et nemo claudit
Aperto libro
Apparatus criticus
Apparet id etiam caeco
Even a blind man can see it.
Appetitus rationi pareat
Let desire obey reason.
Aqua et igni interdictus
Aqua fortis
Aqua regia
Aqua vitae
Aquam foras, vinum intro
Water out, wine in.
Aquila non capit muscas
The eagle does not catch flies.
Arbiter elegantiarum
Arcades ambo
Arcanum arcanorum
The secret of secrets.
Arcem ex cloaca facere
Arcem facere e cloaca
To make a citadel out of a sewer.
Argentum virtus robur et studium
Arguendo
Argumentum a silentio
Argumentum ad antiquitatem
Argumentum ad captandum vulgus
Argumentum ad consequentiam
Argumentum ad crumenam
Argumentum ad hominem
Argumentum ad ignorantiam
Argumentum ad judicium
Argumentum ad lazarum
Argumentum ad logicam
Argumentum ad metum
Argumentum ad misericordiam
Argumentum ad naturam
Argumentum ad nauseam
Argumentum ad novitatem
Argumentum ad numerum
Argumentum ad odium
Argumentum ad personam
Argumentum ad populum
Argumentum ad temperantiam
Argumentum ad verecundiam
Argumentum baculinum
Argumentum e contrario
Arma Christi
The weapons of Christ.
Arma in armatos sumere iura sinunt
The laws allow us to take up arms against the armed.
Arma non servant modum; nec temperari facile nec reprimi potest stricti ensis ira; bella delectat cruor
Ars amandi
The art of loving.
Ars est celare artem
Ars gratia artis
Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short.
Ars prima regni est posse invidiam pati
The first art of ruling is to be able to endure hatred.
Arte et industria
Artem quaevis alit terra
Artes, scientia, veritas
Asinus ad lyram
Asinus asinum fricat
Astra inclinant, sed non obligant
The stars incline us, they do not bind us.
At nunc barbaria est grandis habere nihil
But now it is the height of barbarism to have nothing.
At spes non fracta
At tu, dum primi floret tibi temporis aetas
But you, while the flower of your youth still blooms...
Atqui e lotio est
And yet it comes from urine.
Atqui soles duabus sellis sedere
Attempto
Auctoritas, non veritas, facit legem
Authority, not truth, makes law.
Audax at fidelis
Bold but faithful.
Audax Iapeti genus
Audendo virtus crescit, tardando timor
Courage grows by daring, fear by delay.
Audentes fortuna iuvat
Fortune favors the bold.
Audere est facere
To dare is to do.
Audi alteram partem
Audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere in pace
Listen, look and keep quiet if you want to live in peace.
Audias fabulas veteres sermonesque maiorum
Listen to the old stories and the talk of your elders.
Audiatur et altera pars
Let the other side be heard as well.
Audio, video, disco
I hear, I see, I learn.
Aula magna
Aura popularis
Aurea mediocritas
Auri sacra fames
Accursed hunger for gold.
Auribus teneo lupum
I hold the wolf by the ears.
Auro loquente nihil pollet quaevis oratio
Aurora musis amica
Austriae est imperare orbi universo
Aut agere aut mori
Aut amat aut odit mulier, nil est tertium
Aut bibat aut abeat
Let him drink or leave.
Aut Caesar aut nihil
Aut cum scuto aut in scuto
Either with your shield or on it.
Aut dedere aut iudicare
Aut dedere aut punire
Aut necare aut necari
Kill or be killed.
Aut omnia aut nihil
Aut pati aut mori
Aut potentior te aut imbecillior laesit: si imbecillior, parce illi; si potentior, tibi
Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetae
Poets wish either to be useful or to delight.
Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportere
One must be born either a king or a fool.
Aut tace aut loquere meliora silentio
Either be silent or say something better than silence.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
I will either find a way or make one.
Aut vincere aut mori
Either to conquer or to die.
Auxilium nostrum in nomine Domini
Avaro omnia desunt, inopi pauca, sapienti nihil
Avarus nisi cum moritur, nil recte facit
Ave atque vale
Hail and farewell.
Ave Maria
Ave verum corpus
Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant
Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.
Avida est periculi virtus
Courage is greedy for danger.
Avis matutina vermem capit
The early bird catches the worm.