Latin Phrases and Abbreviations Flashcards
Ad infinitum
Without end
Ad nauseam
To the point of disgust
Alma mater
College(Nourishing mother)
Ante bellum
Before the war
Ars artis gratia
Art for art’s sake
Ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short
Bona fide
In good faith
Carpe diem
Seize the day(opportunity)
Cave canem
Beware of dog
Corpus delicti
The facts(body) of a crime
Cum grano salis
With a grain of salt
De facto
In fact or actually
De jure
By right or legally
De mortuis nil nisi bonum
Speak only good of the dead
Errare humanum est
To err is human
Et tu, Brute
Even you, Brutus
Exit or exeunt
He goes out or they go out
Ex libris
From the books (of)
Ex officio
By virtue of office
Ex post facto
Enacted after the fact or retroactive
Ex tempore
On the spur of the moment
Festina lente
Make haste slowly
In absentia
In absence
In hoc signo vinces
By this sign you will conquer
In loco parentis
In the place of a parent
In media res
Into the midst of things
In memoriam
In memory (of)
In re
In the matter of or concerning
In toto
Entirely
Ipso facto
By the very fact itself
Lapsus linguae
A slip of the tongue
Mens sana in corpore sano
A sound mind in a sound body
Multum in parvo
Much in something small
Pater patriae
Father of his country
Pax vobiscum
Peace be with you
Per annum
By the year
Per capita
By heads
Per diem
By the day
Per se
By itself or essentially
Persona non grata
An unwelcome person
Post mortem
After death
Prima facie
“On first sight or appearance”
Pro and con(tra)
For and against
Pro bono publico
For the public welfare
Pro tempore
For the time being
Quid pro quo
Something for something
Semper fidelis
Always faithful
Semper paratus
Always prepared
Sic transit gloria mundi
Thus passes the glory of the world
Sine die
Indefinitely or without setting a day
Sine qua non
Indispensable or a necessity
Status quo
The existing state of affairs
Te Deum laudamus
We praise thee, O Lord
Tempus fugit
Time flies
Terra firma
Solid ground
Vade mecum
A constant companion (go with me)
Veni, vidi, vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
Verbatim
Word for word
Via
By way of
Vice versa
The other way around
Viva voce
By spoken word
Vox populi, vox Dei
The voice of the people is the voice of God
A.D.
Anno Domini - In the year of our Lord
ad lib.
Ad libitum - at pleasure
A.M.
Ante meridiem - before noon
cf.
Confer - compare
e.g.
Exempli gratia - for example
et al.
Et alii (aliae, alia) - and others
etc.
Et cetera- and the rest or so forth
ibid.
Ibidem- in the same place
i.e.
Id est / that is
M.D.
Medicinae Doctor - Doctor of Medicine
N.B.
Nota bene - note well
op. cit.
Opere citato- in the work mentioned
per cent
Per centum- by the hundred
P.M.
Post meridiem - after noon
P.S.
post scriptum- post script or written afterwards
q.v.
Quod vide - which see
Rx
Recipe - take ( as directed)
viz.
Vidicet (videre licet) - one may see or namely
vs.
Versus - against
Pro tem
Pro tempore - for the time being
