Latin quotes starting with D
197 Latin quotes starting with D, from Da mihi factum, dabo tibi ius to Dux bellorum. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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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
Damnum fatale
Damage through fate.
Dat Deus incrementum
God gives the increase.
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas
Data certa
Data venia
Datio in solutum
Davus sum, non Oedipus
De commodo et incommodo
De cujus
De dicto
De facto
De gustibus non est disputandum
About tastes there is no disputing.
De hoc multi multa, omnes aliquid, nemo satis
Many have said much about this, everyone something, no one enough.
De integro
De internis non iudicat praetor
De jure
De lana caprina rixari
De lege ferenda
De lege lata
De minimis non curat lex
The law does not concern itself with trifles.
De mortuis nil nisi bonum
Of the dead, say nothing but good.
De non vigilantibus non curat praetor
De novo
Anew.
De omni re scibili et quibusdam aliis
De omnibus dubitandum
Everything must be doubted.
De oppresso liber
De praescientia Dei
From the foreknowledge of God.
De profundis
From the depths.
De visu
De vita et moribus
Decessit sine prole
Died without issue.
Decessit vita patris
Died in the lifetime of the father.
Decet imperatorem stantem mori
Decipimur specie recti
We are deceived by the appearance of what is right.
Declaratio sermonum tuorum illuminat
Decus et tutamen
An ornament and a safeguard.
Defendit numerus
Numbers protect.
Defensor fortis
Deficiente pecunia, deficit omne
When money is lacking, everything is lacking.
Dei gratia
By the grace of God.
Dei sub numine viget
Under God's power she flourishes.
Delatio hereditatis
Deleatur
Delectatio morosa
Lingering delight.
Delegata potestas non potest delegari
Delegated power cannot be delegated further.
Deliberando saepe perit occasio
Delicta iuventutis meae
Delicta maiorum immeritus lues
Delirium tremens
Delphinum natare doces
Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit
Deo ac veritati
For God and for truth.
Deo confidimus
In God we trust.
Deo dante dedi
God having given, I gave.
Deo domuique
For God and for home.
Deo et patriae
For God and country.
Deo favente
Deo fisus labora
Deo gratias
Thanks be to God.
Deo iuvante
Deo Optimo Maximo
Deo volente
God willing.
Deorum iniuriae dis curae
Desiderantes meliorem patriam
Desideratum
Something desired; a thing needed.
Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne
Deus caritas est
God is love.
Deus ex machina
A god from the machine.
Deus lux mea est
Deus nobis fiducia
Deus otiosus
God at leisure.
Deus sive Natura
Deus vult
God wills it.
Deus, libertas, cultura
Di meliora piis
Dic, hospes, Spartae nos te hic vidisse iacentes, dum sanctis patriae legibus obsequimur
Dico igitur providentia deorum mundum et omnes mundi partes et initio constitutas esse et omni tempore administrari
Dico vobis, quia si hi tacuerint, lapides clamabunt
Dictum factum
No sooner said than done.
Dictum sapienti sat est
Die dulci fruere
Enjoy the sweet day.
Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus
Time takes away grief from people.
Diem perdidi
I have lost a day.
Diem vesper commendat
Dies a quo non computatur in termino
Dies diem docet
One day teaches another.
Dies irae
Day of wrath.
Dies non juridicus
A day without judicial business.
Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
It is difficult to suddenly lay aside a long love.
Difficile est proprie communia dicere
It is difficult to treat common things in an original way.
Difficile est saturam non scribere
It is hard not to write satire.
Difficilia quae pulchra
Beautiful things are difficult.
Difficilius est sarcire concordiam quam rumpere
It is harder to mend harmony than to break it.
Diffugiunt cadis cum faece siccatis amici
When the jars are drained to the dregs, friends scatter.
Dignus est intrare
Dii facientes adiuvant
The gods help those who act.
Dilige et quod vis fac
Diligentia cresco
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude, incipe
He who has begun has half done: dare to be wise, begin.
Dis aliter visum
The gods decided otherwise.
Dis Manibus sacrum
Sacred to the spirits of the dead.
Disce aut discede
Learn or leave.
Disce pati
Learn to endure.
Disce quasi semper victurus, vive quasi cras moriturus
Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow.
Disce ut doceas
Discere aude
Discere faciendo
Discere mutari est
Discere ne cessa; cura sapientia crescat
Never stop learning; care makes wisdom grow.
Discimus ut serviamus
Disciplina in civitatem
Disciplina praesidium civitatis
Disiecta membra
Scattered limbs.
Ditat Deus
God enriches.
Dives aut iniquus est, aut iniqui heres
A rich man is either unjust or the heir of an unjust man.
Dives est qui sibi nihil deesse putat
Dives qui sapiens est
The wise man is rich.
Divide et impera
Divide and rule.
Divitiae bonum non sunt
Riches are not a good.
Divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo
Divortium aquarum
Dixi
I have spoken.
Do ut des
I give so that you may give.
Docendo discimus
By teaching, we learn.
Docendo disco, scribendo cogito
I learn by teaching, I think by writing.
Docet omnes ubique
Docti male pingunt
The learned write badly.
Doctrina multiplex, veritas una
Doctus cum libro similis asino
Doli incapax
Dolo agit, qui petit, quod statim redditurus est
Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Dolus specialis
Domi leones, foras vulpes
Domicilium citandi et executandi
Domine, dirige nos
Domine, salvum fac regem
Dominium maris Baltici
Dominion over the Baltic Sea.
Dominium plurium in solidum
Dominium pro parte pro indiviso
Dominus dedit, Dominus abstulit
Dominus fortitudo nostra
Dominus illuminatio mea
The Lord is my light.
Dominus litis
Dominus vobiscum
The Lord be with you.
Domitae naturae
Dona nobis pacem
Give us peace.
Donatio mortis causa
A gift made in anticipation of death.
Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos
As long as you are lucky, you will count many friends.
Dormientibus non succurrit ius
Dosis sola venenum facit
The dose alone makes the poison.
Dramatis personae
The characters of the play.
Duabus ancoris fultus
Duc in altum
Duceris ut nervis alienis mobile lignum
Ducit amor patriae
Love of country leads me.
Ductus exemplo
Leadership by example.
Dulce bellum inexpertis
War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.
Dulce est desipere in loco
It is sweet to play the fool at the right moment.
Dulce est sapere
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.
Dulce et utile
Pleasant and useful.
Dulce etiam fugias, fieri quod amarum potest
Avoid even sweet things that can turn bitter.
Dulce periculum
Sweet danger.
Dulce pomum cum abest custos
Dulcior illa sapit caro, quae magis ossibus haeret
Dulcius ex asperis
Sweeter after difficulties.
Dum cresco spero
While I grow, I hope.
Dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem
While we are among people, let us cherish humanity.
Dum licet, in rebus iucundis vive beatus; vive memor, quam sis aevi brevis
Dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
Dum lusus bonus est, ipsum dimittere fas est
While the game is good, it is right to quit it.
Dum Roma deliberat, Saguntum perit
While Rome deliberates, Saguntum perishes.
Dum satur est venter, gaudet caput inde libenter
When the belly is full, the head is glad.
Dum spiro, spero
While I breathe, I hope.
Dum vita est, spes est
Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt
Dum vivimus servimus
While we live, we serve.
Dum vivimus, vivamus
While we live, let us live.
Dum vixi tacui, mortua dulce cano
Duo cum faciunt idem, non est idem
When two do the same, it is not the same.
Duobus certantibus tertius gaudet
When two quarrel, the third rejoices.
Duplex legum incertitudo; altera ubi lex nulla praescribitur, altera ubi ambigua et obscura
Dura lex, sed lex
The law is harsh, but it is the law.
Dura mater
Tough mother.
Durante bene placito
During good pleasure.
Durante munere
While in office.
Dux bellorum
Leader of battles.