Sententiae Semester 1 Flashcards
and other things
et alia (et. al.)
a lot in a little
multum in parvo
light and truth
Lux et Veritas
I thank you.
Gratias tibi ago.
Kindly, willingly (i.e., you’re welcome)
Benigne.
Gladly (i.e., you’re welcome)
Libenter.
If it pleases you.
Si tibi (vobis) placet.
If you (sg.) will.
Si vis. (Sis.)
If you (pl.) will.
Si vultis. (Sultis.)
an auspicious (lucky) day
dies faustus
a praiser of time past
laudator temporis acti
The pot boils poorly.
Olla male fervet.
She seeks quiet peace under liberty by the sword.
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
for this (particular purpose)
ad hoc
the golden mean
aurea mediocritas
wondrous to behold
mirabile visu
to each his/her own
suum cuique
enough and more (than enough)
satis superque
things accomplished
res gestae
of its (her, his) own kind (i.e., one of a kind)
sui generis
by the very deed (act)
ipso facto
Pluck the day.
Carpe diem.
With a grain of salt
Cum grano salis.
from the acorn, the oak
ex glande quercus
May the earth be light on you.
Sit tibi terra levis. (S.T.T.L.)
I shall not wholly die.
Non omnis moriar.
While I breathe, I hope.
Dum spiro, spero.
He who strikes with the sword, dies by the sword.
Qui gladio ferit, gladio perit.
Hail and farewell.
Ave atque vale.
To the gods it seemed otherwise
Dis aliter visum.
nothing new under the sun
Nihil novi sub sole.
More quicky than asparagus are cooked.
Celerius quam asparagi concantur.
to pay on the Greek Kalends (i.e., never)
ad Kalendas Graecas solvere
The belly does not listen to orders
Venter praecepta non audit.
I do not live that I may eat, but I eat that I may live.
Non ut edam vivo, sed ut vivam edo.
an abundance and plenty of all things
omnium rerum abundantia et copia
I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts.
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.
He himself said it. (i.e., the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras)
Ipse dixit.
no more beyond
ne plus ultra
not sound of mind
non compos mentis
from the former
a priori
(See to it that you) do it which you are to do (i.e., One should stick to one’s purpose)
Quod agas, id agas.
northern dawn (lights)
aurora borealis
A water drop hollows a stone
Gutta cavat lapidem.
to be rather than to seem
esse quam videri
without day (i.e., no appointed date)
sine die
under penalty
sub poena
for the time being
pro tempore (pro tem.)
Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
Nimia familiaritas contemptum parit.
Vanity of vanities, and all things are vanity.
Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
O how great inanity there is in things!
O quantum est in rebus inane!
