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
