Sententiae, Semester 2 Flashcards
fortuna fatuis favet
Fortune favors the foolish
horas non numero nisi serenas
I do not count hours except bright ones
alia aliis placent
Some things please some people; other things, other people
deus ex machina
A god from the machine (divine intervention)
vulgus vult decipi
The crowd wishes to be deceived
modus vivendi
A way of living
experto credite
Believe the one who lived it
si parva licet componere magnis
If it is permitted to compare small things to great ones
ovem lupo commisisti
You have entrusted the sheep to the wolf
nemo in amore videt
No one in love sees (things as they really are)
amor tussisque non celatur
Love and a cough are not concealed
da mi basia mille, deinde centum
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred
occasio furem facit
Opportunity makes a thief
summum ius, summa iniuria
Extreme justice [is] extreme injustice
habeas corpus
You must have the body
in loco parentis
In place of the parent
ad unguem
To a nicety, exactly [lit. to the fingernail]
verbatim
Word for word
videlicet (viz.)
Namely, to wit
quod vide (q. v.)
Which see (i.e., refer to this)
ibidem (ibid.)
In the same place (used in references)
opere citato (op. cit.)
In the work cited
confer (cf.)
Compare
scilicet (sc.)
To wit, that is to say, namely
magister bibendi
Toastmaster
arbiter elegantiae
The determiner of taste
dum vivimus, vivamus
While we live, let us live
post nubila iubila
after sadness, gladness
bis dat qui cito dat
He gives twice who gives quickly
deceptio visus
An optical illusion
esto perpetua
Let it be forever
diem perdidi
I have lost a day
emeritus
Honorably retired
ex cathedra
From the chair (officially)
ex mero motu
Out of pure impulse, spontaneously
lingua franca
A language used in common