Latin Phrases Flashcards

1
Q

Acta non berba

A

Deeds, not words

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Amor vincit omnia

A

Love conquers all

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Audere est faucere.

A

To dare is to do.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Veni, vidi, vici

A

I came, I saw, I conqured.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Non ducor, duco

A

I am not led, I lead

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Bona fide

A

In good faith

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Dies irae.

A

Day of wrath

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Cras es noster

A

Tomorrow, be ours.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Dictum factum

A

What is said is done.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Carpe diem

A

Seize the day

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Carpe vinum

A

Seize the wine.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Dum vita est, spes est.

A

While there is life, there is hope

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Familia supra omnia

A

Family over everything

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Fons vitae caritas

A

Love is the foundation of life.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Sapientia potentia est

A

Wisdom is power

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Memento vivere

A

Remember to live

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Morior invictus

A

Death before defeat

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Palma non sine pulvere

A

Dare to try

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Pax vobiscum

A

Peace [be] with you

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Fortiter et fideliter

A

Bravely and faithfully

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Sequere pecuniam

A

Follow the money

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Omne initium difficile est.

A

Every beginning is difficult.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Sic vita est.

A

Such is life.

24
Q

Hodie mihi, cras tibi.

A

Today it’s me, tomorrow it will be you.

25
Humilitas occidit superbiam.
Humility conquers pride.
26
Sic infit.
So it begins.
27
Igne natura renovatur integra.
Through fire, nature is reborn whole
28
Oderint dum metuant
Let them hate so long as they fear
29
Ordo ab chao.
Out of chaos, comes order.
30
Libertas perfundet omnia luce.
Freedom will flood all things with light.
31
Una hirundo non facit ver.
One swallow does not make summer
32
Verba volant, scripta manent
Words fly away, writings remain.
33
Grandescunt aucta labore.
With hard work, all things increase and grow.
34
Acuts me invito factus non est meus actus.
The act done by me against my will is not my act.
35
Ad meliora
Towards better things.
36
Adversus solem ne loquitor.
Do not speak against the Sun.
37
Calamus gladio fortior.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
38
Vacate et scire.
Be still and know.
39
In absentia lucis, tenebrae vincunt.
In the absence of light, darkness prevails.
40
Ego te provoco
I challenge you.
41
Quam bene non quantum.
How well, not how much.
42
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
The times are changing, and we change in them.
43
Tendit in ardua virtus.
Virtue strives for what is difficult.
44
Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.
Need makes even the timid brave.
45
Faber est suae quisque fortunae
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.
46
Magna est vis consuetudinis.
Great is the power of habit.
47
Nil volentibus arduum.
Nothing [is] arduous for the willing.
48
Non loqui sed facere
No talk but action.
49
Bono malum superate.
Overcome evil with good.
50
Suum cuique.
To each his own.
51
Memores acti prudentes future.
Mindful of what has been done, aware of what will be.
52
Pro bono
For the good.
53
Vincit qui patitur
He conquers who endures.
54
Qui totum vult totum perdit
He who wants everything loses everything
55
Praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes.
Lead in order to serve, not in order to rule.
56
Incepto ne desistam
May I not shrink from my purpose.
57
In medias res
In the middle of things The action film began in medias res, with an exciting car chase.