Handy Latin Phrases

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<FONT face="Bookman Old Style"><font size="+1"><b>Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur</b> - Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound</font>

<P>Here are some important Latin phrases for you to impress your friends<font face="" color="Red">*</font>. If anyone has any fun/rude/useful Latin of their own, forum it in, and I'll add it to the repository.</P>

<P><font face="Modern" color="Lime">Thanks to Si for curing my code!</font></P>

<P>Thanks for contributions by:</P>
<p><A href="/U25578">Si</A></p>
<BR/><A href="/U93105">Biedermann</A>
<BR/><A href="/U48113">say-tan</A>

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<TR><TD><B>Cogito, ergo sum.</B></TD><TD>I think, therefore I am.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Cogito, ergo doleo.</B></TD><TD>I think, therefore I am depressed.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Die dulci freure.</B></TD><TD>Have a nice day.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Raptus regaliter.</B></TD><TD>Royally screwed.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Sona si Latine loqueris.</B></TD><TD>Honk if you speak Latin.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum
immane mittam.</B></TD><TD>I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an
enormous rock at your head.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.</B></TD><TD>I think some people in togas are plotting against me.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Noli me vocate, ego te vocabo.</B></TD><TD>Don't call me, I'll call you.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules.</B></TD><TD>If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Canis meus id comedit.</B></TD><TD>My dog ate it.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.</B></TD><TD>I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Re vera, potas bene.</B></TD><TD>Say, you sure are drinking alot.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Utinam barbari spatioum proprium tuum invadant!</B></TD><TD>May barbarians invade your personal space!</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!</B></TD><TD>May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!</B></TD><TD>May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Radix lecti</B></TD><TD>Couch potato</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Non sum pisces.</B></TD><TD>I am not a fish.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Quo signo nata es?</B></TD><TD>What's your sign?</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt.</B></TD><TD>You know, the Romans invented the art of love.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Magister Mundi sum!</B></TD><TD>I am the Master of the Universe</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Fac me cocleario vomere!</B></TD><TD>Gag me with a spoon!</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.</B></TD><TD>I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit
materiari?</B></TD><TD>How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Nihili est -- in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.</B></TD><TD>That's nothing; in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est.</B></TD><TD>Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Vescere bracis meis.</B></TD><TD>Eat my shorts.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!</B></TD><TD>Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business!</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Fac ut vivas.</B></TD><TD>Get a life.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Insula Gilliganis</B></TD><TD>Gilligan's Island</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Ut si!</B></TD><TD>As if!</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.</B></TD><TD>Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Non illigitamus carborundum.</B></TD><TD>Don't let the B******s grind you down</TD></TR>

<TR><TD><B>Stecorem pro cerebro habes</B></TD><TD>You have s**t for brains</TD></TR>
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<HEADER><font face="" size="+2" color="Silver">More Latin for Life</font></HEADER>
<p><a id="lies"><font size="+1">BALD-FACED LIES ARE LESS BALD-FACED IN LATIN</font></p><p>

<font size="-1">The check is in the mail.<BR/>
<li>Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est.<p>

I have nothing to declare.<BR/>
<li>Nihil declaro.<p>

I don't know what you're talking about.
<li>Nescio quid dicas.<p>

It was that way when I got here.<BR/>
<li>Ita erat quando hic adveni.<p>

There's no one here by that name.<BR/>
<li>Nemo hic adest illius nominis.<p>

Don't call me, I'll call you.<BR/>
<li>Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.<p></font>

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<font size="+1">FLATTERY SOUNDS MORE SINCERE IN LATIN</font><p>

<font size="-1">Have you lost weight?<BR/>
<li>Nonne macescis?<p>

You haven't aged a bit!<BR/>
<li>Minime senuisti!<p>

It looks great on you!<BR/>
<li>Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam!<p>

A wig? I never would have guessed!<BR/>
<li>Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!<p>
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<font size="+1">INTIMATE SUBJECTS ARE EASIER TO BROACH IN LATIN</font><p>

<font size="-1">Your fly is open.<BR/>
<li>Braccae tuae aperiuntur.<p>

Your slip is showing.<BR/>
<li>Subucula tua apparet.<p>

You have a big piece of spinach on your front teeth.<BR/>
<li>In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes.<p>

You've been misusing the subjunctive.<BR/>
<li>Abutebaris modo subjunctivo.<p></font>

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<font size="+1">SELF-ASSERTIVENESS IS SIMPLER IN LATI</font>N<p>

<font size="-1">Hey, we're all in line here!<BR/>
<li>Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!<p>

No cutting in!<BR/>
<li>Noli inferre se in agmen!<p>

No, excuse me, I believe <i>I'm</i> next.<BR/>
<li>Non, mihi ignosce, credo <i>me</i> insequentem esse.<p>

You're from New York, aren't you?<BR/>
<li>Nonne de Novo Eboraco venis?<p>
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<p>

<font size="+1">LATIN BUMPER STICKERS FOR YOUR CHARIOT</font><P>

<font size="-1">FRENA PRO FERIS TENEO<BR/>
<LI>I BRAKE FOR ANIMALS<P>

BALAENAE NOBIS CONSERVANDAE SUNT<BR/>
<LI>SAVE THE WHALES<P>

SONA SI LATINE LOQUERIS<BR/>
<LI>HONK IF YOU SPEAK LATIN<P>

CUM CATAPULTAE PROSCRIPTAE ERUNT TUM SOLI PROSCRIPTI CATAPULTAS HABEBUNT<BR/>
<LI>WHEN CATAPULTS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE CATAPULTS<P>

SIC HOC ADFIXUM IN OBICE LEGERE POTES, ET LIBERALITER EDUCATUS ET NIMIS PROPINQUUS ADES<BR/>
<LI>IF YOU CAN READ THIS BUMPER STICKER, YOU ARE BOTH VERY WELL EDUCATED AND MUCH TOO CLOSE<P></font>

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<P>

<font size="+1">VANITAS PLATES</font><P>

<font size="-1">INCITATUS<BR/>
<LI>SPEED DEMON<P>

VAGANS<BR/>
<LI>CRUISING<P>

LITORALIS<BR/>
<LI>BEACH BUM<P>

MANNUS<BR/>
<LI>MUSTANG<P>

FRACTUM<BR/>
<LI>JALOPY<P>

NITIDUS<BR/>
<LI>SNAZZY<P>

URSUS<BR/>
<LI>BEAR<P>

TURBO<BR/>
<LI>TURBO<P></font>

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<p>

<font size="+1">CARTOONS ARE, WELL, CARTOONIER IN LATIN</font><p>

<font size="-1">What's up, Doc?<BR/>
<li>Quid agis, Medice?<p>

I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!<BR/>
<li>Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!<p>

I tought I taw a puddy tat!<BR/>
<li>Credidi me felem vidisse!<p>

Thuffering Thuccotash!<BR/>
<li>Farrago fatigans!<p>

Beep-beep!<BR/>
<li>Cornu sono!<p>

Ah-bee, ah-bee, ah-bee, that's all, folks!<BR/>
<li>Abeo, abeo, abeo, actum est, comites!<p></font>

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<p>

<font size="+1">THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE GOLDEN IN LATIN</font><p>

<font size="-1">Just the facts, ma'am.<BR/>
<li>Dic mihi solum facta, domina.<p>

Sorry about that, chief.<BR/>
<li>Illius me paenitet, dux.<p>

You bet your bippy!<BR/>
<li>Tuis pugis pignore!<p>

The devil made me do it!<BR/>
<li>Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem!<p>

Kiss my grits!<BR/>
<li>Osculare pultem meam!<p>

Beam me up, Scotty!<BR/>
<li>Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!<p>

If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities.<BR/>
<li>Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris.<p></font>

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<p>

<font size="+1">TIMELESS LINES FROM THE MOVIES</font><p>

<font size="-1">Make my day.<BR/>
<li>Fac ut gaudeam.<p>

Round up the usual suspects.<BR/>
<li>Conlige suspectos semper habitos.<p>

You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.<BR/>
<li>Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse.<p>

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.<BR/>
<li>Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.<p></font>

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<p>

<font size="+1">ALL MUSIC IS CLASSICAL MUSIC IN LATIN</font><p>

My favorite group is...<BR/>
<li>Caterva carissima mea est...<p>

<table>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Beatles</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Temptations</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Cimictus</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Inlecebrae</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Rolling Stones</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Who</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Lapides Provolventes</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Ille Quis</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Grateful Dead</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Monkees</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Mortui Grati</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Simitatores</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Beach Boys</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>Country Joe and the Fish</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Pueri Litoris</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Iosephus Agrestis Piscesque</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<p>

<font size="+1">ALL TV IS EDUCATIONAL TV IN LATIN</font><p>

My favorite show is...<BR/>
<li>Spectaculum carissimum est...<p>

<table>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>Gilligan's Island</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>Jeopardy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Insula Gilliganis</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Periculum</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>Hollywood Squares</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>Wheel of Fortune</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Quadrata Iliceti</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Rota Fortunae</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Love Boat</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>Diff'rent Strokes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Navis Amoris</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Ictus Diff'rentes</td>
</tr>

<tr><td></td>
</tr>

<tr><td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>Leave It to Beaver</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>Happy Days</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Id Castori Concedite</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Dies Felices</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

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<td valign=center halign=left>Mission: Impossible</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Young and the Restless</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Opus: Quod Fieri Non Potest</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Iuvenes Inquietesque</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>Hawaii Five-O</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>Divorce Court</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Hawaii Quinque-Nil</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Curia Divortiorum</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Gong Show</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Flintstones</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Spectaculum Tintinnabuli</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Illi Silices</td>
</tr>

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</tr>

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</tr>

<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Price Is Right</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left>The Twilight Zone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Pretium Iustum Est</td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left> </td>
<td valign=center halign=left><li>Zona Crepusculi</td>
</tr>

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<font face="" size="-1" color="Red">Some of these and many more Latin phrases can be found in "Latin for Everyday Occasions: Lingua Latina Omnibus" by Henry Beard</font>


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