Sententiae Semester 1

Question 1

and other things

Answer 1

et alia (et. al.)

Question 2

a lot in a little

Answer 2

multum in parvo

Question 3

light and truth

Answer 3

Lux et Veritas

Question 4

I thank you.

Answer 4

Gratias tibi ago.

Question 5

Kindly, willingly (i.e., you’re welcome)

Answer 5

Benigne.

Question 6

Gladly (i.e., you’re welcome)

Answer 6

Libenter.

Question 7

If it pleases you.

Answer 7

Si tibi (vobis) placet.

Question 8

If you (sg.) will.

Answer 8

Si vis. (Sis.)

Question 9

If you (pl.) will.

Answer 9

Si vultis. (Sultis.)

Question 10

an auspicious (lucky) day

Answer 10

dies faustus

Question 11

a praiser of time past

Answer 11

laudator temporis acti

Question 12

The pot boils poorly.

Answer 12

Olla male fervet.

Question 13

She seeks quiet peace under liberty by the sword.

Answer 13

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.

Question 14

for this (particular purpose)

Answer 14

ad hoc

Question 15

the golden mean

Answer 15

aurea mediocritas

Question 16

wondrous to behold

Answer 16

mirabile visu

Question 17

to each his/her own

Answer 17

suum cuique

Question 18

enough and more (than enough)

Answer 18

satis superque

Question 19

things accomplished

Answer 19

res gestae

Question 20

of its (her, his) own kind (i.e., one of a kind)

Answer 20

sui generis

Question 21

by the very deed (act)

Answer 21

ipso facto

Question 22

Pluck the day.

Answer 22

Carpe diem.

Question 23

With a grain of salt

Answer 23

Cum grano salis.

Question 24

from the acorn, the oak

Answer 24

ex glande quercus

Question 25

May the earth be light on you.

Answer 25

Sit tibi terra levis. (S.T.T.L.)

Question 26

I shall not wholly die.

Answer 26

Non omnis moriar.

Question 27

While I breathe, I hope.

Answer 27

Dum spiro, spero.

Question 28

He who strikes with the sword, dies by the sword.

Answer 28

Qui gladio ferit, gladio perit.

Question 29

Hail and farewell.

Answer 29

Ave atque vale.

Question 30

To the gods it seemed otherwise

Answer 30

Dis aliter visum.

Question 31

nothing new under the sun

Answer 31

Nihil novi sub sole.

Question 32

More quicky than asparagus are cooked.

Answer 32

Celerius quam asparagi concantur.

Question 33

to pay on the Greek Kalends (i.e., never)

Answer 33

ad Kalendas Graecas solvere

Question 34

The belly does not listen to orders

Answer 34

Venter praecepta non audit.

Question 35

I do not live that I may eat, but I eat that I may live.

Answer 35

Non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo.

Question 36

an abundance and plenty of all things

Answer 36

omnium rerum abundantia et copia

Question 37

I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts.

Answer 37

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.

Question 38

He himself said it. (i.e., the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras)

Answer 38

Ipse dixit.

Question 39

no more beyond

Answer 39

ne plus ultra

Question 40

not sound of mind

Answer 40

non compos mentis

Question 41

from the former

Answer 41

a priori

Question 42

(See to it that you) do it which you are to do (i.e., One should stick to one’s purpose)

Answer 42

Quod agas, id agas.

Question 43

northern dawn (lights)

Answer 43

aurora borealis

Question 44

A water drop hollows a stone

Answer 44

Gutta cavat lapidem.

Question 45

to be rather than to seem

Answer 45

esse quam videri

Question 46

without day (i.e., no appointed date)

Answer 46

sine die

Question 47

under penalty

Answer 47

sub poena

Question 48

for the time being

Answer 48

pro tempore (pro tem.)

Question 49

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

Answer 49

Nimia familiaritas contemptum parit.

Question 50

Vanity of vanities, and all things are vanity.

Answer 50

Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.

Question 51

O how great inanity there is in things!

Answer 51

O quantum est in rebus inane!