Latin quotes starting with E
183 Latin quotes starting with E, from E pluribus unum to Extremis malis extrema remedia. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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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.
Educare, sanare, coniunctim
Educatio Christiana animae perfectio
Effectus sequitur causam
The effect follows the cause.
Efficit hoc philosophia: medetur animis, inanes sollicitudines detrahit, cupiditatibus liberat, pellit timores
Effugere non potes necessitates, potes vincere
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
Ego sum principium mundi et finis
I am the beginning and the end of the world.
Ego sum qui sum
I am who I am.
Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticam
Ego te absolvo
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur anni
Alas, Postumus, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by.
Eiusdem farinae
Eiusdem generis
Elegantiae arbiter
Eligo in Summum Pontificem
I elect as Supreme Pontiff.
Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est
Buy not what you want, but what you need.
Embryo formatus
Embryo informatus
Emere melius est cui imperes
It is better to buy what you can control.
Emptio non tollit locatum
Ens causa sui
A being that is its own cause.
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
Eo animo quidque debetur quo datur, nec quantum sit sed a quali profectum voluntate perpenditur
Eo ipso
By that very fact.
Eo nomine
By that name.
Eodem cubito, eadem trutina, pari libra
Epicuri de grege porcum
A pig from the herd of Epicurus.
Episcopus puerorum
Epistula non erubescit
A letter does not blush.
Equidem ad pacem hortari non desino; quae vel iniusta utilior est quam iustissimum bellum cum civibus
Equitare, arcum tendere, veritatem dicere
Equo ne credite
Do not trust the horse.
Eram quod es, eris quod sum
I was what you are, you will be what I am.
Erga omnes
Ergo tua rura manebunt
Eripe mihi hunc dolorem aut minue saltem
Eripuit caelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis
Eritis sicut dii
Errant consilia nostra, quia non habent quo derigantur; ignoranti quem portum petat nullus suus ventus est
Errantis voluntas nulla est
The will of a person who is mistaken is void.
Errare humanum est
To err is human.
Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum
To err is human, to persist in error is diabolical.
Error communis facit ius
Error in corpore
Error in iudicando
Error in negotio
Error in persona
Error in procedendo
Eruditio et religio
Knowledge and religion.
Esse est percipi
To be is to be perceived.
Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas
You must eat to live, not live to eat.
Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem.
Essentialia negotii
Est modus in rebus
There is a measure in things.
Est quidem sapiens beatus
The wise man is indeed happy.
Esto laborator et erit Deus auxiliator
Esto perpetua
May it be everlasting.
Esto quod es
Be what you are.
Et adhuc sub iudice lis est
And the case is still before the judge.
Et alii
Et campos ubi Troia fuit
Et cetera
Et cum spiritu tuo
And with your spirit.
Et dimitte nobis debita nostra
Et docere et rerum exquirere causas
Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est
To act and to suffer bravely is the Roman way.
Et facta est lux
Et in Arcadia ego
Even in Arcadia, I am there.
Et ipsa scientia potestas est
Knowledge itself is power.
Et lux in tenebris lucet
And the light shines in the darkness.
Et nomen pacis dulce est et ipsa res salutaris
Et nunc et semper
Now and always.
Et nunc, reges, intellegite; erudimini, qui iudicatis terram
Et potis es nigrum vitio praefigere theta
Et quae desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit
And what he despairs of making shine by his handling, he leaves out.
Et si omnes scandalizati fuerint in te, ego numquam scandalizabor
Et tamen stellae
Et tu, Brute?
You too, Brutus?
Etenim, cum complector animo, quattuor reperio causas cur senectus misera videatur
Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor
Etiam periere ruinae
Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet
Even when the wound has healed, the scar remains.
Etiam si omnes, ego non
Even if all others do, I will not.
Etsi deus non daretur
Even if God were not a given.
Eventus stultorum magister
Ex abrupto
Suddenly, without warning.
Ex abundanti cautela
Out of an abundance of caution.
Ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur
For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Ex aequo
On equal terms.
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi
There is always something new out of Africa.
Ex amicitia pax
Ex animo
From the heart; sincerely.
Ex ante
From before.
Ex antiquis et novissimis optima
Ex cathedra
From the chair.
Ex contractu
Ex cultu robur
From culture comes strength.
Ex debito justitiae
As a debt of justice.
Ex delicto
Ex dolo malo
From fraud.
Ex dono
Ex duris gloria
Ex facie
On the face of it.
Ex factis jus oritur
The law arises from the facts.
Ex falso sequitur quodlibet
Ex fide fiducia
From faith comes confidence.
Ex fide fortis
Ex fructu arbor agnoscitur
Ex glande quercus
From the acorn, the oak.
Ex granis fit acervus
A heap is made from grains.
Ex gratia
Out of kindness.
Ex hoc momento pendet aeternitas
On this moment hangs eternity.
Ex hypothesi
From the hypothesis.
Ex inimico cogita fieri posse amicum
Remember that an enemy can become a friend.
Ex injuria jus non oritur
Law does not arise from injustice.
Ex juvantibus
From the things that help.
Ex lege
Ex libris
Ex malis moribus bonae leges natae sunt
Good laws are born from bad customs.
Ex malo bonum
Ex nihilo nihil fit
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex novo
Ex nudo pacto non oritur actio
Ex nunc
Ex officio
Ex opere operantis
From the work of the one who works.
Ex opere operato
From the work performed.
Ex oriente lux
From the east, light.
Ex parte
From one side.
Ex pede Herculem
From his foot, Hercules.
Ex post
Ex post facto
From a thing done afterwards.
Ex propriis sensibus
Ex scientia tridens
Ex silentio
Ex situ
Ex solo ad solem
Ex technica progressio
Ex tempore
Ex tenebris lux
Ex tunc
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
No action arises from a dishonourable cause.
Ex umbra in solem
From the shadow into the sun.
Ex undis
From the waves.
Ex ungue leonem
Ex unitate vires
From unity, strength.
Ex vi termini
From the force of the term.
Ex vita discedo tamquam ex hospitio, non tamquam ex domo
Ex vivo
From the living.
Ex voto
From a vow.
Excelsior
Exceptio doli
Exceptio est strictissimae interpretationis
Exceptio metus
Exceptio non adimpleti contractus
Exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis
The exception confirms the rule in cases not excepted.
Exceptio veritatis
Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta
Exegi monumentum aere perennius
I have built a monument more lasting than bronze.
Exempli gratia
Exequatur
Exercitia spiritualia
Exigo a me non ut optimis par sim, sed ut malis melior
I demand of myself not to equal the best, but to be better than the bad.
Exigua pars est vitae qua vivimus
Small is the part of life that we really live.
Exitus acta probat
The outcome justifies the deeds.
Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor
Experientia docet
Experience teaches.
Experimentum crucis
Experiment of the cross.
Experto crede
Believe one who has experience.
Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
The expression of one thing is the exclusion of another.
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus
Outside the Church there is no salvation.
Extra Hungariam non est vita
Extra omnes
Extremis malis extrema remedia
Extreme remedies for extreme ills.