Latin quotes starting with C
231 Latin quotes starting with C, from Cacatum non est pictum to Custos vulnerabilis. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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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
Calamo currente
Calamus gladio fortior
Camera obscura
Dark chamber.
Cane, Nero, magna bella Persica
Sing, Nero, of the great Persian wars.
Canet enim tuba, et mortui resurgent incorrupti, et nos immutabimur
Canis sine dentibus vehementius latrat
Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator
Cantilenam eandem canis
Cantores amant humores
Canus honoretur, puer ad documenta citetur
Capax imperii nisi imperasset
Capable of ruling, had he never ruled.
Captatio benevolentiae
Winning the goodwill (of the audience).
Caput inter nubila
Caput mortuum
Dead head.
Caritas et scientia
Caritas et veritas
Caritas in veritate
Charity in truth.
Caritas, veritas, scientia
Carmen sibi intus canit
He sings a song to himself inside.
Carpe diem
Seize the day.
Carpe vinum
Seize the wine.
Carpent tua poma nepotes
Your grandchildren will pick your fruit.
Carthago delenda est
Carthage must be destroyed.
Castigat ridendo mores
It corrects customs by laughing at them.
Casum sentit dominus
The owner bears the accident.
Casus belli
An occasion for war.
Casus et natura in nobis dominantur
Chance and nature rule over us.
Casus fortuitus
Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus
Chance is powerful everywhere; always keep your hook hanging.
Causa inferior dicendo fieri superior potest
The weaker case can be made the stronger by speaking.
Causa latet, vis est notissima
The cause is hidden, but the effect is well known.
Causa mortis
Causa petendi
Causarum enim cognitio cognitionem eventorum facit
Knowing the causes produces knowledge of what will happen.
Cautio damni infecti
Cautio de restituendo
Cautio rei uxoriae
Cave ab homine unius libri
Beware the man of one book.
Cave canem
Beware of the dog.
Cave quicquam dicas, nisi quod scieris optime
Take care to say nothing except what you know very well.
Cave quid dicis, quando et cui
Be careful what you say, when and to whom.
Caveat emptor
Let the buyer beware.
Caveat venditor
Let the seller beware.
Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea laudi
Let arms yield to the toga, the laurel to praise.
Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis
Give way to resistance; by yielding you will come out the winner.
Cedere nescio
I know not how to yield.
Celer, Silens, Mortalis
Celerius quam asparagi coquuntur
Faster than asparagus gets cooked.
Cepi corpus
I have taken the body.
Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant otia corpus
You see how idleness spoils a lazy body.
Certa bonum certamen
Certiorari
Certum est quod certum reddi potest
That is certain which can be made certain.
Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex
When the reason for a law ceases, the law itself ceases.
Cessio in anticipando
Cessio in securitatem debiti
Cetera desunt
The rest is missing.
Ceteris paribus
Other things being equal.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam
Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.
Christianos ad leones
Christo et Doctrinae
For Christ and learning.
Christo et regno eius
Christus mansionem benedicat
Christus nos liberavit
Christ has set us free.
Christus Rex
Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat
Cibi condimentum est fames
Circulus in probando
A circle in proving.
Circulus vitiosus
A vicious circle.
Citius venit malum quam revertitur
Citius, altius, fortius
Faster, higher, stronger.
Cito maturum, cito putridum
Cito, longe, tarde
Citra petita
Civis Romanus sum
I am a Roman citizen.
Civium in moribus rei publicae salus
Claude os, aperi oculos
Clavis ad futura
Clericus clericum non decimat
Codex Iuris Canonici
Coelestem adspicit lucem
Cogi qui potest nescit mori
Whoever can be forced does not know how to die.
Cogitationes posteriores sunt saniores
Second thoughts are sounder.
Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur
Cogito, ergo sum
I think, therefore I am.
Coincidentia oppositorum
Colere cupio hominem et agrum
Collatio bonorum
Collige, virgo, rosas
Gather the roses, girl.
Combinatio nova
New combination.
Cominus et eminus
Commixtio
Commodatum
Commune vinculum omnibus artibus
Communicatio idiomatum
Communio bonorum
Communio pro diviso
Communio pro indiviso
Communis opinio
Compelle intrare
Compensatio
Compensatio morae
Compesce mentem
Restrain your mind.
Compos sui
Master of oneself.
Concessum est rhetoribus ementiri in historiis, ut aliquid dicere possint argutius
Concilio et labore
Concordia civium murus urbium
Concordia parvae res crescunt
Concordia salus
Confessio est regina probationum
Confoederatio Helvetica
Confragosa in fastigium dignitatis via est
Confusio
Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Coniunctis viribus
With united powers.
Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit
A mind conscious of its own innocence laughs at the lies of rumour.
Consensus ad idem
Consilio, quod respuitur, nullum subest auxilium
Constitutum possessorium
Consuetudinis magna vis est
The power of habit is great.
Consuetudo altera natura est
Habit is a second nature.
Consuetudo est ius quoddam moribus institutum, quod pro lege usurpatur ubi deficit lex
Consummatum est
Contemplata aliis tradere
Contemptus mundi
Contra bonos mores
Contra factum non datur argumentum
Contra impudentem stulta est nimia ingenuitas
Too much frankness is foolish against a shameless person.
Contra ius
Contra legem
Contra principia negantem non est disputandum
There is no arguing with someone who denies the first principles.
Contra proferentem
Against the one who puts it forward.
Contra spem in spem credidit
Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis
Contradictio in terminis
Contraria contrariis curantur
Contritionem praecedit superbia
Pride goes before destruction.
Conturbatus animus non est aptus ad exsequendum munus suum
Cooperatores veritatis
Copia ciborum subtilitas animi impeditur
Too much food dulls the mind.
Cor ad cor loquitur
Cor boni consilii statue tecum, non est enim tibi aliud pluris illo
Cor meum tibi offero, Domine, prompte et sincere
Cor nobile, cor immobile
A noble heart is an unshakeable heart.
Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam
Cor sapientis quaerit doctrinam
Cor unum et anima una
Coram Deo
Coram nobis, coram vobis
In our presence, in your presence.
Coram non judice
Not before a judge.
Coram populo
Coram publico
Cornu bos capitur, voce ligatur homo
Corpore insepulto
Corpus Christi
The Body of Christ.
Corpus delicti
Corpus Iuris Canonici
Corpus Juris Civilis
Body of Civil Law.
Corpus vile
A worthless body.
Corpus, mens, spiritus
Corruptio optimi pessima
The corruption of the best is the worst.
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
Corvus oculum corvi non eruit
A crow does not peck out another crow's eye.
Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit cras amet
Creatio ex nihilo
Creation out of nothing.
Credat Iudaeus Apella
Crede mihi, miseros prudentia prima relinquit
Believe me, prudence is the first to leave the unhappy.
Crede quod habes, et habes
Believe that you have it, and you have it.
Credo in unum Deum
Credo quia absurdum
I believe because it is absurd.
Credo quidquid dixit Dei Filius
Credula est spes improba
Crescam et lucebo
Crescat scientia; vita excolatur
Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam maiorumque fames
As money grows, worry follows it, and the hunger for more.
Crescere aude
Crescit cum commercio civitas
Crescite et multiplicamini
Increase and multiply.
Cretenses semper mendaces
Crimen laesae maiestatis
Crocodili lacrimae
Crucifige eum
Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem
It is crueller to fear death always than to die.
Cucullus non facit monachum
Cui bono?
Who benefits?
Cui caput dolet, omnia membra languent
When the head aches, all the limbs grow weak.
Cui prodest scelus, is fecit
The one who profits from the crime is the one who committed it.
Cuilibet fatuo placet sua calva
Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum
Cuius regio, eius religio
Whose realm, his religion.
Cuiusvis hominis est errare
Culpa lata
Culpa lata dolo aequiparatur
Culpa levis
Culpa levissima
Cum beneficio inventarii
Cum deo pro patria et libertate
With God, for country and freedom.
Cum grano salis
With a grain of salt.
Cum hoc ergo propter hoc
With this, therefore because of this.
Cum laude
Cum onere
Cum recte vivas, ne cures verba malorum
Cum tacent, clamant
When they are silent, they cry out.
Cum tempore
With time.
Cuncta timemus amantes
We lovers fear everything.
Cupio dissolvi
Cur non
Cura personalis
Care for the whole person.
Cura te ipsum
Heal yourself.
Cura ut valeas
Curae canitiem inducunt
Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent
Light cares speak, great ones are struck dumb.
Curator ad litem
Curator bonis
Curator personae
Curiositas nostram viam illuminat
Curriculum vitae
The course of life.
Custode et cura natura potentior omni
Nature is stronger than any guardian or care.
Custodi civitatem, Domine
Custos legis
Custos morum
Custos vulnerabilis