Latin Phrases and Abbreviations

Question 1

Ad infinitum

Answer 1

Without end

Question 2

Ad nauseam

Answer 2

To the point of disgust

Question 3

Alma mater

Answer 3

College(Nourishing mother)

Question 4

Ante bellum

Answer 4

Before the war

Question 5

Ars artis gratia

Answer 5

Art for art’s sake

Question 6

Ars longa, vita brevis

Answer 6

Art is long, life is short

Question 7

Bona fide

Answer 7

In good faith

Question 8

Carpe diem

Answer 8

Seize the day(opportunity)

Question 9

Cave canem

Answer 9

Beware of dog

Question 10

Corpus delicti

Answer 10

The facts(body) of a crime

Question 11

Cum grano salis

Answer 11

With a grain of salt

Question 12

De facto

Answer 12

In fact or actually

Question 13

De jure

Answer 13

By right or legally

Question 14

De mortuis nil nisi bonum

Answer 14

Speak only good of the dead

Question 15

Errare humanum est

Answer 15

To err is human

Question 16

Et tu, Brute

Answer 16

Even you, Brutus

Question 17

Exit or exeunt

Answer 17

He goes out or they go out

Question 18

Ex libris

Answer 18

From the books (of)

Question 19

Ex officio

Answer 19

By virtue of office

Question 20

Ex post facto

Answer 20

Enacted after the fact or retroactive

Question 21

Ex tempore

Answer 21

On the spur of the moment

Question 22

Festina lente

Answer 22

Make haste slowly

Question 23

In absentia

Answer 23

In absence

Question 24

In hoc signo vinces

Answer 24

By this sign you will conquer

Question 25

In loco parentis

Answer 25

In the place of a parent

Question 26

In media res

Answer 26

Into the midst of things

Question 27

In memoriam

Answer 27

In memory (of)

Question 28

In re

Answer 28

In the matter of or concerning

Question 29

In toto

Answer 29

Entirely

Question 30

Ipso facto

Answer 30

By the very fact itself

Question 31

Lapsus linguae

Answer 31

A slip of the tongue

Question 32

Mens sana in corpore sano

Answer 32

A sound mind in a sound body

Question 33

Multum in parvo

Answer 33

Much in something small

Question 34

Pater patriae

Answer 34

Father of his country

Question 35

Pax vobiscum

Answer 35

Peace be with you

Question 36

Per annum

Answer 36

By the year

Question 37

Per capita

Answer 37

By heads

Question 38

Per diem

Answer 38

By the day

Question 39

Per se

Answer 39

By itself or essentially

Question 40

Persona non grata

Answer 40

An unwelcome person

Question 41

Post mortem

Answer 41

After death

Question 42

Prima facie

Answer 42

“On first sight or appearance”

Question 43

Pro and con(tra)

Answer 43

For and against

Question 44

Pro bono publico

Answer 44

For the public welfare

Question 45

Pro tempore

Answer 45

For the time being

Question 46

Quid pro quo

Answer 46

Something for something

Question 47

Semper fidelis

Answer 47

Always faithful

Question 48

Semper paratus

Answer 48

Always prepared

Question 49

Sic transit gloria mundi

Answer 49

Thus passes the glory of the world

Question 50

Sine die

Answer 50

Indefinitely or without setting a day

Question 51

Sine qua non

Answer 51

Indispensable or a necessity

Question 52

Status quo

Answer 52

The existing state of affairs

Question 53

Te Deum laudamus

Answer 53

We praise thee, O Lord

Question 54

Tempus fugit

Answer 54

Time flies

Question 55

Terra firma

Answer 55

Solid ground

Question 56

Vade mecum

Answer 56

A constant companion (go with me)

Question 57

Veni, vidi, vici

Answer 57

I came, I saw, I conquered

Question 58

Verbatim

Answer 58

Word for word

Question 59

Via

Answer 59

By way of

Question 60

Vice versa

Answer 60

The other way around

Question 61

Viva voce

Answer 61

By spoken word

Question 62

Vox populi, vox Dei

Answer 62

The voice of the people is the voice of God

Question 63

A.D.

Answer 63

Anno Domini - In the year of our Lord

Question 64

ad lib.

Answer 64

Ad libitum - at pleasure

Question 65

A.M.

Answer 65

Ante meridiem - before noon

Question 66

cf.

Answer 66

Confer - compare

Question 67

e.g.

Answer 67

Exempli gratia - for example

Question 68

et al.

Answer 68

Et alii (aliae, alia) - and others

Question 69

etc.

Answer 69

Et cetera- and the rest or so forth

Question 70

ibid.

Answer 70

Ibidem- in the same place

Question 71

i.e.

Answer 71

Id est / that is

Question 72

M.D.

Answer 72

Medicinae Doctor - Doctor of Medicine

Question 73

N.B.

Answer 73

Nota bene - note well

Question 74

op. cit.

Answer 74

Opere citato- in the work mentioned

Question 75

per cent

Answer 75

Per centum- by the hundred

Question 76

P.M.

Answer 76

Post meridiem - after noon

Question 77

P.S.

Answer 77

post scriptum- post script or written afterwards

Question 78

q.v.

Answer 78

Quod vide - which see

Question 79

Rx

Answer 79

Recipe - take ( as directed)

Question 80

viz.

Answer 80

Vidicet (videre licet) - one may see or namely

Question 81

vs.

Answer 81

Versus - against

Question 82

Pro tem

Answer 82

Pro tempore - for the time being