Latin quotes starting with P
268 Latin quotes starting with P, from Pacem in terris to Purificatus non consumptus. Each with translation, meaning and the story behind it.
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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
Par condicio creditorum
Par in parem non habet imperium
Par pari refertur
Parare Domino plebem perfectam
To make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Parati vero parati
Ready, aye, ready.
Parcere subiectis et debellare superbos
Parens patriae
Parent of the nation.
Pares cum paribus facillime congregantur
Equals most easily flock together with equals.
Pari passu
With equal step.
Pars beneficii est quod petitur, si cito neges
Pars magna bonitatis est velle fieri bonum
A large part of goodness is the will to become good.
Pars sanitatis velle sanari fuit
Wanting to be healed is part of healing.
Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus
The mountains will be in labour, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.
Parva leves capiunt animas
Small things capture light minds.
Parva sub ingenti
The small under the protection of the great.
Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi
Parvis imbutus tentabis grandia tutus
Trained in small things, you can safely attempt great ones.
Pater familias
Father of the family.
Pater is est quem nuptiae demonstrant
Pater noster, qui es in caelis
Pater omnipotens
Almighty Father.
Pater patriae
Father of the fatherland.
Pater, peccavi
Father, I have sinned.
Patere aut abstine
Patere legem quam ipse fecisti
Patet omnibus veritas; nondum est occupata
Truth lies open to all; it has not yet been taken over.
Pati necesse est multa mortales mala
Mortals must endure many evils.
Patria est ubicumque est bene
Home is wherever it is good.
Patria, scientia et virtus
Patriae decori civibus educandis
Patrimonium pauperum
Pauca sed bona
Pauca sed matura
Few, but ripe.
Pauci prudentia honesta ab deterioribus, utilia ab noxiis discernunt
Few can tell by their own judgement the honourable from the base, the useful from the harmful.
Paulatim ergo certe
Slowly, therefore surely.
Paulatim sed firmiter
Slowly but surely.
Pauper ubique iacet
The poor man lies low everywhere.
Pauperis est numerare pecus
Only the poor count their cattle.
Paupertas omnes artes perdocet
Poverty teaches all the arts.
Pax Americana
American peace.
Pax Britannica
British peace.
Pax Christi
The peace of Christ.
Pax Dei
The peace of God.
Pax deorum
The peace of the gods.
Pax et bonum
Peace and good.
Pax et justitia
Peace and justice.
Pax et lux
Peace and light.
Pax Hispanica
Spanish peace.
Pax in terra
Pax intrantibus, salus exeuntibus
Peace to those who enter, health to those who leave.
Pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum
Pax Mongolica
Mongol peace.
Pax optima rerum
Peace is the best of things.
Pax Romana
Roman peace.
Pax Sinica
Chinese peace.
Pax tibi, Marce, evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum
Peace to you, Mark, my evangelist. Here your body will rest.
Pax vobiscum
Peace be with you.
Peccavi
Pectora roborant cultus recti
Pecunia una regimen est rerum omnium
Pecunia, si uti scis, ancilla est; si nescis, domina
Money is a servant if you know how to use it, a mistress if you don't.
Pede poena claudo
Punishment comes on limping foot.
Pedes in terra, ad sidera visus
Peior est bello timor ipse belli
Worse than war is the very fear of war.
Pendent opera interrupta
The works hang unfinished.
Per angusta ad augusta
Through difficulties to greatness.
Per annum
By the year.
Per ardua
Through difficulties.
Per ardua ad alta
Through difficulties to the heights.
Per ardua ad astra
Through adversity to the stars.
Per ardua surgo
Per aspera ad astra
Through hardship to the stars.
Per capita
By heads.
Per contra
On the contrary.
Per crucem crescens
Per crucem vincemus
Through the cross we shall conquer.
Per curiam
By the court.
Per definitionem
By definition.
Per diem
By the day.
Per fas et nefas
Through right and wrong.
Per fidem intrepidus
Per inania regna
Per incuriam
Through lack of care.
Per libertatem ad veritatem
Per mare, per terram
By sea, by land.
Per me quod eritque fuitque estque patet
Through me is revealed what will be, what was and what is.
Per me reges regnant
Per mensem
By the month.
Per multum cras, cras, crebro dilabitur aetas
Per quod
By reason of which.
Per scientiam ad salutem aegroti
Per se
Through itself.
Per stirpes
Through the roots.
Per unitatem vis
Through unity, strength.
Per veritatem vis
Through truth, strength.
Peragit tranquilla potestas quod violenta nequit
Perditio tua ex te, Israel
Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim
Be patient and endure; this pain will one day be useful to you.
Perfugium videtur omnium laborum et sollicitudinum esse somnus
Sleep seems to be the refuge from all toil and worry.
Perge, sequar
Go on, I will follow.
Pericula ludus
Dangers are a game.
Periculum est emptoris
Periculum in mora
There is danger in delay.
Perinde ac cadaver
Perissem ni perstitissem
Perita manus, mens exculta
A skilled hand, a cultivated mind.
Permitte divis cetera
Leave the rest to the gods.
Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam
Perpetuum mobile
A thing in perpetual motion.
Perseverantia et fide in Deo
Through perseverance and faith in God.
Perseverantia vincit
Persona est naturae rationalis individua substantia
Persona non grata
An unwelcome person.
Perstare et praestare
Pes meus stetit in directo
My foot has stood on level ground.
Pessimum inimicorum genus, laudantes
The worst kind of enemies: those who praise you.
Petimus credimus
Petitio principii
Assuming the starting point.
Philippis me videbis
You will see me at Philippi.
Philosophia ancilla theologiae
Philosophia non in verbis sed in rebus est
Philosophy lies not in words but in deeds.
Pia desideria
Pious longings.
Pia fraus
A pious fraud.
Pia mater
Tender mother.
Pietate et doctrina tuta libertas
Freedom is made safe through piety and learning.
Piscem natare doces
Piscem vorat maior minorem
Pisces natare oportet
Fish must swim.
Piscis primum a capite foetet
Plaudite, cives!
Applaud, citizens!
Plene scriptum
Fully written.
Plenus venter facile de ieiuniis disputat
A full belly readily discusses fasting.
Plenus venter non studet libenter
A full belly does not like to study.
Plura sunt, Lucili, quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus
Plurale tantum
Plural only.
Pluralis majestatis
The plural of majesty.
Pluralis modestiae
The plural of modesty.
Plures crapula quam gladius perdidit
Plurima qui aggreditur, nil apte perficit
Plus exemplo quam peccato nocent
Plus minusve
More or less.
Plus ratio quam vis
Plus ultra
Further beyond.
Poena est malum passionis propter malum actionis
Poeta nascitur, orator fit
A poet is born, an orator is made.
Pollice verso
With a turned thumb.
Polonia restituta
Poland restored.
Pons asinorum
The bridge of asses.
Pontifex maximus
Greatest high priest.
Posse comitatus
The force of the county.
Posside sapientiam, quia auro melior est
Get wisdom, for it is better than gold.
Possum, sed nolo
I can, but I don't want to.
Possunt, quia posse videntur
They can because they think they can.
Post aut propter
After it or because of it.
Post cenam stabis aut passus mille meabis
After dinner stand, or walk a thousand paces.
Post eventum
After the event.
Post factum
After the fact.
Post festum
After the feast.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
After this, therefore because of this.
Post mortem nihil est, ipsaque mors nihil
Post nubes lux
After the clouds, light.
Post nubila Phoebus
After the clouds, the sun.
Post prandium stabis, post cenam ambulabis
Post scriptum
Written after.
Post tenebras lux
After darkness, light.
Post vinum verba, post imbrem nascitur herba
After wine come words; after rain the grass grows.
Postea noli rogare quod impetrare nolueris
Do not ask for what you will later wish you had not obtained.
Posteris lumen moriturus edat
Potius mori quam foedari
Potius sero quam numquam
Rather late than never.
Praeceptor Germaniae
Praemonitus, praemunitus
Praesente medico nihil nocet
Praesentem mulge, quid fugientem insequeris?
Milk the one at hand; why chase the one that runs away?
Praesidium libertatis
Praesis ut prosis, ne ut imperes
Lead in order to serve, not to rule.
Praestat cautela quam medela
Caution is better than cure.
Praesumptio iuris tantum
Praesumptio sumitur de eo quod plerumque fit
Praeter speciem stultus est
He is a fool beyond his looks.
Praevalent illicita
Forbidden things prevail.
Praevenire melius est quam praeveniri
Premimur, non opprimimur
Prima facie
At first sight.
Prima luce
At first light.
Primas sum: primatum nil a me alienum puto
I am a primate; nothing about primates is foreign to me.
Primum mobile
The first moving thing.
Primum movens
The prime mover.
Primum non nocere
First, do no harm.
Primum vivere, deinde philosophari
Primus inter pares
First among equals.
Principia probant, non probantur
Principiis obsta
Resist the beginnings.
Principium individuationis
The principle of individuation.
Prior tempore potior iure
Earlier in time, stronger in law.
Privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur
Pro aris et focis
For altars and hearths.
Pro arte utili
Pro arte, pro communitate, pro professione
Pro bono
For the good.
Pro Brasilia fiant eximia
Let exceptional things be done for Brazil.
Pro Deo et humanitate
Pro Deo et patria
For God and country.
Pro Deo et veritate
Pro Deo, domo, patria
For God, home and country.
Pro domo
For one's own house.
Pro Ecclesia, pro Texana
For Church, for Texas.
Pro eo ut dicatis: Si Dominus voluerit et si vixerimus, faciemus hoc aut illud
Pro fide et patria
For faith and fatherland.
Pro forma
For the sake of form.
Pro gentibus sapientia
Pro gloria et patria
Pro hac vice
For this occasion.
Pro humanitate
Pro lucro tibi pone diem quicumque sequetur
Count every day that follows as a gain.
Pro multis
For many.
Pro parte
In part.
Pro patria
For one's country.
Pro patria vigilans
Watchful for the country.
Pro rata
In proportion.
Pro re nata
As the situation arises.
Pro rege et lege
For the king and the law.
Pro rege, lege et grege
For the king, the law and the people.
Pro salute omnium
For the welfare of all.
Pro scientia atque sapientia
For knowledge and wisdom.
Pro scientia et patria
For science and country.
Pro scientia et religione
Pro se
For oneself.
Pro studio et labore
Pro tanto
For so much.
Pro tanto quid retribuamus
Pro tempore
For the time being.
Pro urbe et universitate
Probatio pennae
A testing of the pen.
Probis pateo
Prodesse quam conspici
To be useful rather than conspicuous.
Proditionem amo, sed proditores non laudo
Promoveatur ut amoveatur
Propter vitam vivendi perdere causas
To lose, for the sake of life, the reasons for living.
Prosit
Prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur
Prospicere in pace oportet quod bellum iuvet
Protectio trahit subjectionem, et subjectio protectionem
Protection draws allegiance, and allegiance draws protection.
Provehito in altum
Launch forth into the deep.
Provida futuri
Proxime accessit
He came nearest.
Proximo mense
In the following month.
Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio
Proximus sum egomet mihi
I am nearest to myself.
Prudentia est rerum expetendarum fugiendarumque scientia
Prudence is the knowledge of what to seek and what to avoid.
Prudentia potentia est
Prudence is power.
Publica fama non semper vana
Pulchrum est paucorum hominum
Beauty belongs to the few.
Pulsate et aperietur vobis
Pulverulenta novis bene verritur area scopis
Pulvis et umbra sumus
We are dust and shadow.
Punctum saliens
The leaping point.
Punitur quia peccatum est
Purificatus non consumptus