Latin Phrases Flashcards

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Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi

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The law of prayer [is] the law of belief [is] the law of living

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Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum.

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To err is human, to persevere [in error], however, is diabolical

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Tolerate

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To bear

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hic est liber generationis Adam in die qua creavit Deus hominem ad similitudinem Dei fecit illum

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2 masculum et feminam creavit eos et benedixit illis et vocavit nomen eorum Adam in die qua creati sunt

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This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God

He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex

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When the reason for the law ceases, the law itself ceases

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Candor dat viribus alas

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Sincerity gives wings to strength

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Omnes ignotum pro magnifico est

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Everything new is magnificent. —Tacitus

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De re amissa irreparabili ne doleas.

—Anonymous

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Of things irreplaceably lost you ought not to grieve.

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Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et femina creavit eos.

—Genesis 1.27

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And God created man in his own image; He created them in the image of God, male and female He created them.

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Timendi causa est nescire

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The cause of fear is ignorance.—Seneca

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Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest.

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Done is [done], it is not able to be undone. —Plautus

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Tangit montes, et fumant

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He touches the mountains, and they smoke. —Psalm 103:32

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Populus stultus viris indignis honores saepe dat.

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The foolish populus often give honors to unworthy men. —Horace

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Boni prompter amorem virtutis peccare oderunt

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Good men because of their love of virtue hate to sin. —Horace

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Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

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To the greater glory of God

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Ferris ferro exacuitur

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Iron is sharpened by iron

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Esse quam videri.

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To be [rather] than to seem to be.—the motto of Sir Oliver Franks

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Arbiter elegantium

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Judge of tastes

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Silentium est aureum

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Silence is golden

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vir prudens non contra ventum mingit.

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A wise man does not urinate [up] against the wind.

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Domus Dei et Porta Coeli

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22
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Castigat ridendo mores

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One corrects customs by laughing [at them]

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Non sibi, sed patriae

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Not for self, but for country

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Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia

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An inference from abuse to a use is not valid.

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Militia est vita hominis super terram; et sicut dies mercenarii, dies ejus.

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The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling. —Job 7.1

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Amantes de forma judicare non possunt.

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Lovers, I’m not able to judge about beauty. —Robert Burton

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Meliora et utiliora

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Better and more useful

(Official phraseology)

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Magister equitum

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The magister equitum, in English Master of the Horse or Master of the Cavalry, was a Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator. His nominal function was to serve as commander of the Roman cavalry in time of war, but just as a dictator could be nominated to respond to other crises, so the magister equitum could operate independently of the cavalry; like the dictator, the appointment of a magister equitum served both military and political purposes

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Clarorum virorum facta moresque

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The theme of history:

The deeds and character of illustrious men—Tacitus, Annals, 1.1

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Domina omnium et regnum ratio

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Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. – Cicero.

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Experientia docent

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Experience teaches

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Amicus animae dimidium

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A friend is half [of one’s soul]—Augustine

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Ut cognoscant te

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So that they may know you

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Ave crux, spes unica

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Hail the Cross, our only hope .

— Congregation de Sainte Croix

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Toga candidata

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The white toga of a Roman politician worn during his campaign

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Corona civica

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Moriendum esse

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It is necessary to die

38
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Praefectus urbi

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Prefect of the city

39
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Praefectus

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Prefect

40
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Feriae Latinae

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Latin festival

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Leges et iura populo Romano reinstituit

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He [Caesar] restored the laws and rights of the Roman people

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Auctoritas non veritas facit legem.

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Power not truth makes law.

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Non sub homine sed sub Deo et lege

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Not under man but under God and law

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Domine non sum dignus

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Lord I am not worthy

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Lettera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia.

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The letter teaches deeds, the allegorical about faith, the moral about how to act, the anagogical about our destiny