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Remember the last one is yours!- Remember the last one is yours! Build a house, and build a house (remember). Build a hut, sing songs, and shepherd six boards (folk). Wed. Memento mori! (Greetings from the trapists.) Wed. I will appear to you every day, pale, upset... I will make you sad... ... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

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MEMENTO MORI- [lat. memento mori remember death] a reminder that death cannot be avoided: “Don’t forget that you will die anyway!” (in the Middle Ages it was used in some monastic castes (KASTA) as a greeting). Dictionary of foreign words. Komlev N.G.,... ... Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language

Death- I cessation of vital activity of the body; the natural and inevitable final stage of an individual’s existence. In warm-blooded animals and humans, it is primarily associated with cessation of breathing and blood circulation. Natural science aspects... ... Medical encyclopedia

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“Latin has gone out of fashion now,” wrote Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin in “Eugene Onegin.” And I was wrong - Latin expressions often appear in our speech to this day! “Money doesn’t smell”, “bread and circuses”, “a healthy mind in a healthy body”... We all use these aphorisms, some of which are twenty centuries old! We have selected the 10 most famous ones.

1. Ab ovo

According to Roman customs, lunch began with eggs and ended with fruit. It is from here that the expression “from the egg” is usually derived, or in Latin “ab ovo”, meaning “from the very beginning”. It is they, eggs and apples, that are mentioned in Horace’s satires. But the same Roman poet Quintus Horace Flaccus clouds the picture when he uses the expression “ab ovo” in “The Science of Poetry” in relation to a too long preface. And here the meaning is different: to start from time immemorial. And the eggs are different: Horace gives the example of the story of the Trojan War, which began with Leda’s eggs. From one egg, laid by this mythological heroine from a relationship with Zeus in the form of a Swan, Elena the Beautiful was born. And her abduction, as is known from mythology, became the reason for the Trojan War.

2. O tempora! Oh more!

On October 21, 63 BC, consul Cicero gave a fiery speech in the Senate, and it had a fateful significance for Ancient Rome. The day before, Cicero received information about the intentions of the leader of the plebs and youth Lucius Sergius Catilina to carry out a coup and assassinate Marcus Tullius Cicero himself. The plans became public, the plans of the conspirators were thwarted. Catiline was expelled from Rome and declared an enemy of the state. On the contrary, Cicero was given a triumph and awarded the title “Father of the Fatherland.” So, this confrontation between Cicero and Catiline enriched our language: it was in speeches against Catiline that Cicero first used the expression “O tempora! O mores!”, which in Russian means “Oh times! Oh morals!

3. Feci quod potui faciant meliora potentes

Feci quod potui faciant meliora potentes, that is, “I did everything I could, let those who can do better.” The elegant formulation does not obscure the essence: here are my achievements, judge, says someone, summing up his activities. However, why someone? At the source of the expression, very specific people are found - the Roman consuls. This was their verbal formula, with which they ended their reporting speech when they transferred powers to their successors. It was not just these words - the phrase acquired precision in a poetic retelling. And it is in this finished form that it is engraved on the tombstone of the famous Polish philosopher and writer Stanislaw Lem.

4. Panem et circenses

This people has been around for a long time, since we began to use our voices
We don’t sell, I forgot all my worries, and Rome, that once
He distributed everything: legions, and power, and a bunch of lictors,
Now he is restrained and restlessly dreams of only two things:
Meal'n'Real!

In the original of the 10th satire of the ancient Roman satirical poet Juvenal there is “panem et circenses”, that is, “bread and circus games”. Decimus Junius Juvenal, who lived in the 1st century AD, truthfully described the mores of contemporary Roman society. The mob demanded food and entertainment, politicians gladly corrupted the plebs with handouts and thus bought support. Manuscripts do not burn, and in Juvenal’s presentation, the cry of the Roman mob of the times of Octavian Augustus, Nero and Trajan has overcome the thickness of centuries and still means the simple needs of thoughtless people who are easy to buy for a populist politician.

5.Pecunianonolet

Everyone knows that money has no smell. Much less people knows who said this famous phrase, and where the topic of smells suddenly came from. Meanwhile, the aphorism is almost twenty centuries old: according to the Roman historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, “Pecunia non olet” is the answer of the Roman emperor Vespasian, who ruled in the 1st century AD, to the reproach of his son Titus. The son reproached Vespasian for introducing a tax on public latrines. Vespasian brought the money received as this tax to his son's nose and asked if it smelled. Titus answered in the negative. “And yet they are made of urine,” Vespasian stated. And thus provided an excuse for all lovers of unclean income.

6.Memento mori

When the Roman commander returned from the battlefield to the capital, he was greeted by a jubilant crowd. The triumph could have gone to his head, but the Romans prudently included a state slave in the script with a single line. He stood behind the commander, held a golden wreath above his head and repeated from time to time: “Memento mori.” That is: “Remember death.” “Remember that you are mortal,” the Romans implored the triumphant, “remember that you are a man, and you will have to die. Fame is temporary, but life is not eternal.” There is, however, a version that the real phrase sounded like this: “Respice post te! Hominem te memento! Memento mori”, translated: “Turn around! Remember that you are human! Memento Mori". In this form, the phrase was found in the “Apologetics” of the early Christian writer Quintus Septimius Florence Tertullian, who lived at the turn of the 2nd and 3rd centuries. “Instantly at sea,” they joked in the film “Prisoner of the Caucasus.”

7. Mens sana in corpore sano

When we want to say that only a physically healthy person is energetic and can accomplish a lot, we often use the formula: “a healthy mind in a healthy body.” But its author had something completely different in mind! In his tenth satire, the Roman poet Decimus Junius Juvenal wrote:

We must pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.
Ask for a cheerful spirit that knows no fear of death,
Who considers the limit of his life to be a gift of nature,
That he is able to endure any difficulties...

Thus, the Roman satirist did not in any way connect the health of the mind and spirit with the health of the body. Rather, he was sure that a mountain of muscles did not contribute to good spirits and mental alertness. Who edited the text created in the 2nd century AD? The English philosopher John Locke repeated Juvenal's phrase in his work “Thoughts on Education,” giving it the appearance of an aphorism and completely distorting the meaning. This aphorism was made popular by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: he inserted it into the book “Emile, or On Education.”

8. Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto

In the 2nd century BC, the Roman comedian Publius Terence Afr presented to the public a remake of the comedy of the Greek writer Menander, who lived in the 4th century BC. In a comedy called “The Self-Tormentor,” old man Medenem reproaches old man Khremet for interfering in other people’s affairs and retelling gossip.

Don't you have enough to do, Khremet?
You're getting into someone else's business! Yes it is for you
Doesn't matter at all.
Khremet justifies himself:
I am human!
Nothing human is alien to me.

Khremet's argument has been heard and repeated for more than two thousand years. The phrase “Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto,” that is, “I am a man, and nothing human is alien to me,” has become part of our speech. And it usually means that anyone, even a highly intelligent person, carries within himself all the weaknesses of human nature.

9. Veni, vidi, vici

On August 2, according to the current calendar, 47 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar won a victory near the Pontic city of Zela over the king of the Bosporan state Pharnaces. Pharnaces got into trouble himself: after the recent victory over the Romans, he was self-confident and desperately brave. But fortune changed the Black Sea people: Pharnaces’ army was defeated, the fortified camp was stormed, and Pharnaces himself barely managed to escape. Having caught his breath after a short battle, Caesar wrote a letter to his friend Matius in Rome, in which he announced his victory in literally three words: “I came, I saw, I conquered.” "Veni, vidi, vici" in Latin.

10. In vino veritas

And these are Latin rehashes of Greek philosophical thought! The phrase “Wine is a sweet child, but it is also the truth” is attributed to Alcaeus, who worked at the turn of the 7th - 6th centuries BC. It was repeated after Alcaeus in the XIV book of “Natural History” by Pliny the Elder: “According to the proverb, the truth is in the wine.” The ancient Roman encyclopedist writer wanted to emphasize that wine loosens tongues and the secret comes out. The judgment of Pliny the Elder is confirmed, by the way, by Russian folk wisdom: “What’s on the sober mind is on the drunk’s tongue.” But in pursuit of a catchy word, Gaius Pliny Secundus cut off the proverb, which in Latin is longer and means something completely different. “In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas,” that is, loosely translated from Latin, “Truth may be in wine, but health is in water.”

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Memento Mori.

The form of greeting that was exchanged at a meeting by the monks of the Trappist order, founded in 1664. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, the transience of life, and in a figurative sense - of a threatening danger or of something sorrowful or sad.

Time is a tyrant, it leaves a shadow on the past, and barely lifts the veil on the future. Centuries will pass, and the new year will bring to someone the same thoughts, the same dreams. Where will I be then? Will we still be together, Nathalie? New Year there is periodic memento mori. (A. I. Herzen, Excerpts from the diary of 1839.)

For several days she walked meekly sad, pretending with all her appearance that she renounced earthly blessings. Everything about her said: memento mori. WITH. (V. Kovalevskaya, My sister. Memories and letters.)

When we forget ourselves and begin to imagine ourselves immortal, how refreshing this simple expression has on us: memento mori! (M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, History of a city.)

After the deaths of her son and husband, which followed each other so quickly, she [the Countess] felt like a being accidentally forgotten in this world, without any purpose or meaning. She ate, drank, slept, was awake, but she did not live... This state of the old woman was understood by everyone at home, although no one ever talked about it and everyone used every possible effort to satisfy these needs of hers. Only in a rare glance and a sad half-smile addressed to each other between Nikolai, Pierre, Natasha and Countess Marya, was this mutual understanding of her situation expressed. But these glances, in addition, said something else; they talked about the fact that she has already done her job in life, that she is not all about what is now visible in her, that we will all be the same and that it is joyful to submit to her, to restrain ourselves for this once dear, once as full of life as we are, and now a pitiful creature. Memento mori, these glances said. (L.N. Tolstoy, War and Peace.)

I will appear to you every day, pale and upset. I will make you sad. If you give up your home, I’ll start wandering under the windows, meeting you in the theater, on the street, everywhere, like a ghost, like a memento mori. (I. A. Goncharov, Ordinary history.)

Franz, sick with a hangover, lazily dragged his sore legs along the deck, shaking his bell furiously. Memento mori - said the commander when we came to this call in the wardroom to the dining table... (I. A. Bunin, Spear of the Lord.)

Tchaikovsky always glorifies life through some kind of sad flair. Tchaikovsky's music is an extremely elegant world of human feelings with a constant memento mori. (A.V. Lunacharsky, What A.P. Chekhov can be for us.)

□ Aggressors can be brought to their senses in only one way: they must have no doubt that if they decide to start a new war, then everywhere - both at the front and in the rear - will rise up against them formidable force, which will not allow them to escape fair retribution. This force must constantly remind the enemies of peace; memento mori! - Memento Mori! If you start a war, you will be hanged, just as Hitler’s leaders were hanged in Nuremberg! Crimes against humanity do not go unpunished. (O. Kuusinen, Report on ceremonial meeting in Moscow, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin.)

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Below are 170 Latin catchphrases and proverbs with transliteration (transcription) and accents.

Sign ў denotes a non-syllable sound [y].

Sign g x denotes a fricative sound [γ] , which corresponds to G V Belarusian language, as well as the corresponding sound in Russian words God, yeah and so on.

A mari usque ad mare.
[A mari uskve ad mare].
From sea to sea.
Motto on the coat of arms of Canada.
Ab ovo usque ad mala.
[Ab ovo uskve ad malya].
From eggs to apples, that is, from beginning to end.
The Romans' lunch began with eggs and ended with apples.
Abiens abi!
[Abiens abi!]
Leaving go!
Acta est fabŭla.
[Acta est fabula].
The show is over.
Suetonius, in The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, writes that Emperor Augustus, on his last day, asked his friends as they entered whether they thought he had “played the comedy of life well.”
Alea jacta est.
[Alea yakta est].
Die is cast.
Used in cases where they talk about an irrevocably made decision. The words spoken by Julius Caesar as his troops crossed the Rubicon River, which separated Umbria from the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul, i.e. Northern Italy, in 49 BC. e. Julius Caesar, breaking the law according to which he, as a proconsul, could command an army only outside of Italy, led it, finding himself on Italian territory, and thereby started a civil war.
Amīcus est anĭmus unus in duōbus corporĭbus.
[Amicus est animus unus in duobus corporibus].
A friend is one soul in two bodies.
Amīcus Plato, sed magis amīca verĭtas.
[Amicus Plato, sed magis amika veritas].
Plato is my friend, but truth is dearer (Aristotle).
Used when they want to emphasize that truth is above all.
Amor tussisque non celantur.
[Amor tussiskve non tselyantur].
You can't hide love and a cough.
Aquila non captat muscas.
[Aquila non captat muscas].
The eagle doesn't catch flies.
Audacia pro muro habētur.
[Aўdatsia about muro g x abetur].
Courage replaces walls (literally: there is courage instead of walls).
Audiātur et altĕra pars!
[Audiatur et altera pars!]
Let the other side be heard too!
On impartial consideration of disputes.
Aurea mediocritas.
[Aўrea mediocritas].
The Golden Mean (Horace).
About people who avoid extremes in their judgments and actions.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
[Aut vintsere, aut mori].
Either win or die.
Ave, Caesar, moritūri te salūtant!
[Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!]
Hello, Caesar, those going to death salute you!
Greeting of the Roman gladiators,
Bibāmus!
[Beebamus!]
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Caesărem decet stantem mori.
[Tesarem detset stantem mori].
It is fitting for Caesar to die standing.
Canis vivus melior est leōne mortuo.
[Canis vivus melior est leone mortuo].
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Wed. from Russian proverb “Better a bird in the hand than a pie in the sky.”
Carum est, quod rarum est.
[Karum est, kvod rarum est].
What is valuable is what is rare.
Causa causārum.
[Caўza kaўzarum].
Cause of causes (main reason).
Cave canem!
[Kawe kanem!]
Be afraid of the dog!
Inscription on the entrance of a Roman house; used as a general warning: be careful, attentive.
Cedant arma togae!
[Tsedant arma toge!]
Let the weapon give way to the toga! (Let peace replace war.)
Clavus clavo pellĭtur.
[Klyavus klyavo pallitur].
The wedge is knocked out by the wedge.
Cognosce te ipsum.
[Kognosce te ipsum].
Know yourself.
Latin translation of a Greek saying inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
Cras melius fore.
[Kras melius forê].
<Известно,>that tomorrow will be better.
Cujus regio, ejus lingua.
[Kuyus regio, eius lingua].
Whose country is, whose language is.
Curriculum vitae.
[Curriculum vitae].
Description of life, autobiography.
Damnant, quod non intellĕgunt.
[Damnant, quod non intellegunt].
They judge because they don't understand.
De gustĭbus non est disputandum.
[De gustibus non est disputandum].
There should be no arguing about tastes.
Destruam et aedificābo.
[Destruam et edifikabo].
I will destroy and build.
Deus ex machina.
[Deus ex makhina].
God from the machine, i.e. an unexpected ending.
In ancient drama, the denouement was the appearance of God in front of the audience from a special machine, who helped resolve a difficult situation.
Dictum est factum.
[Diktum est factum].
No sooner said than done.
Dies diem docet.
[Dies diem dotset].
One day teaches another.
Wed. from Russian proverb “The morning is wiser than the evening.”
Divĭde et impĕra!
[Divide et impera!]
Divide and rule!
The principle of Roman aggressive policy, adopted by subsequent conquerors.
Dixi et anĭmam levāvi.
[Dixie et animam levavi].
He said it and relieved his soul.
Biblical expression.
Do, ut des; facio, ut facias.
[Do, ut des; facio, ut facias].
I give that you give; I want you to do it.
A Roman law formula establishing the legal relationship between two persons. Wed. from Russian with the expression “You give me - I give you.”
Docendo discĭmus.
[Dotsendo discimus].
By teaching, we learn ourselves.
The expression comes from a statement by the Roman philosopher and writer Seneca.
Domus propria - domus optima.
[Domus propria - domus optima].
Your own home is the best.
Dónec erís felíx, multós numerábis amícos.
[Donek eris felix, multos numerabis amikos].
As long as you are happy, you will have many friends (Ovid).
Dum spiro, spero.
[Dum spiro, spero].
While I breathe I hope.
Duōbus litigantĭbus, tertius gaudet.
[Duobus litigantibus, tertius gaўdet].
When two people quarrel, the third one rejoices.
Hence another expression - tertius gaudens ‘third rejoicing’, i.e. a person who benefits from the strife of the two sides.
Edĭmus, ut vivāmus, non vivĭmus, ut edāmus.
[Edimus, ut vivamus, non vivimus, ut edamus].
We eat to live, not live to eat (Socrates).
Elephanti corio circumtentus est.
[Elephanti corio circumtentus est].
Endowed with elephant skin.
The expression is used when talking about an insensitive person.
Errāre humānum est.
[Errare g x umanum est].
To err is human (Seneca).
Est deus in nobis.
[Est de "us in no" bis].
There is God in us (Ovid).
Est modus in rebus.
[Est modus in rebus].
There is a measure in things, that is, there is a measure for everything.
Etiám sanáto vúlnĕre, cícatríx manét.
[Etiam sanato vulnere, cikatrix manet].
And even when the wound has healed, the scar remains (Publius Syrus).
Ex libris.
[Ex libris].
“From Books”, bookplate, sign of the owner of the book.
Éxēgí monument(um)…
[Exegi monument (mind)…]
I erected a monument (Horace).
The beginning of Horace's famous ode on the theme of the immortality of the poet's works. The ode caused a large number of imitations and translations in Russian poetry.
Facile dictu, difficile factu.
[Facile diktu, difficile factu].
Easy to say, hard to do.
Fames artium magister.
[Fames artium master]
Hunger is a teacher of the arts.
Wed. from Russian proverb “The need for invention is cunning.”
Felicĭtas humāna nunquam in eōdem statu permănet.
[Felitsitas g x umana nunkvam in eodem statu permanet].
Human happiness is never permanent.
Felicĭtas multos habet amīcos.
[Felicitas multos g x abet amikos].
Happiness has many friends.
Felicitātem ingentem anĭmus ingens decet.
[Felicitatem ingentem animus ingens detset].
A great spirit deserves great happiness.
Felix criminĭbus nullus erit diu.
[Felix crimibus nullus erith diu].
No one will be happy with crime for long.
Felix, qui nihil debet.
[Felix, qui nig x il debet].
Happy is the one who owes nothing.
Festina lente!
[Festina tape!]
Hurry slowly (do everything slowly).
One of the common sayings of Emperor Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD).
Fiat lux!
[Fiat luxury!]
Let there be light! (Biblical expression).
In more in a broad sense used if we're talking about about grandiose achievements. The inventor of printing, Guttenberg, was depicted holding an unfolded sheet of paper with the inscription “Fiat lux!”
Finis corōnat opus.
[Finis coronat opus].
End crowns the work.
Wed. from Russian proverb “The end is the crown of the matter.”
Gaúdia príncipiúm nostrí sunt saépe dolóris.
[Gaўdia principium nostri sunt sepe doleris].
Joys are often the beginning of our sorrows (Ovid).
Habent sua fata libelli.
[G x abent sua fata libelli].
Books have their own destiny.
Hic mortui vivunt, hic muti loquuntur.
[G x ik mortui vivunt, g x ik muti lekvuntur].
Here the dead are alive, here the dumb speak.
The inscription above the entrance to the library.
Hodie mihi, cras tibi.
[G x odie mig x i, kras tibi].
Today for me, tomorrow for you.
Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet.
[G x omo doktus in se semper divitsias g x abet].
learned man always has wealth in itself.
Homo homini lupus est.
[G x omo g x omini lupus est].
Man is a wolf to man (Plautus).
Homo propōnit, sed Deus dispōnit.
[G h omo proponit, sed Deus disponit].
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Homo quisque fortūnae faber.
[G x omo quiskve fortune faber].
Every person is the creator of his own destiny.
Homo sum: humāni nihil a me aliēnum (esse) puto.
[G x omo sum: g x umani nig x il a me alienum (esse) puto].
I am a man: nothing human, as I think, is alien to me.
Honōres mutant mores.
[G x onores mutant mores].
Honors change morals (Plutarch).
Hostis humāni genĕris.
[G x ostis g x umani generis].
The enemy of the human race.
Id agas, ut sis felix, non ut videāris.
[Id agas, ut sis felix, non ut videaris].
Act in such a way as to be happy, and not to appear (Seneca).
From "Letters to Lucilius".
In aquā scribĕre.
[In aqua skribere].
Writing on water (Catullus).
In hoc signo vinces.
[In g x ok signo vinces].
Under this banner you will win.
The motto of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, placed on his banner (IV century). Currently used as a trademark.
In optĭmā formā.
[In optimal form].
In top shape.
In tempŏre opportūno.
[In tempore opportuno].
At a convenient time.
In vino veritas.
[In wine veritas].
The truth is in the wine.
Corresponds to the expression “What is on the sober mind is on the tongue of the drunk.”
Invēnit et perfēcit.
[Invenit et perfecit].
Invented and improved.
Motto of the French Academy of Sciences.
Ipse dixit.
[Ipse dixit].
He said it himself.
An expression characterizing the position of thoughtless admiration for someone's authority. Cicero, in his essay “On the Nature of the Gods,” quoting this saying of the students of the philosopher Pythagoras, says that he does not approve of the manners of the Pythagoreans: instead of proving their opinion in defense of their opinion, they referred to their teacher with words ipse dixit.
Ipso facto.
[Ipso facto].
By the very fact.
Is fecit, cui prodest.
[Is fecit, kui prodest].
It was done by someone who benefits (Lucius Cassius).
Cassius, the ideal of a fair and intelligent judge in the eyes of the Roman people (hence Yes another expression judex Cassiānus ‘fair judge’), in criminal trials always raised the question: “Who benefits? Who benefits from this? The nature of people is such that no one wants to become a villain without calculation and benefit for themselves.
Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis.
[Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis].
When one barks, the other dog immediately barks.
Legem brevem esse oportet.
[Legham bravem essay opportet].
The law should be brief.
Littĕra scripta manet.
[Littera scripta manet].
The written letter remains.
Wed. from Russian proverb “What is written with a pen cannot be cut out with an axe.”
Melior est certa pax, quam sperāta victoria.
[Melior est certa pax, kvam sperata victoria].
Better is certain peace than hope of victory (Titus Livius).
Memento mori!
[Memento mori!]
Memento Mori.
The greeting that was exchanged at a meeting by the monks of the Trappist order, founded in 1664. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, the transience of life, and in a figurative sense - of a threatening danger or of something sorrowful or sad.
Mens sana in corpŏre sano.
[Mens sana in korpore sano].
A healthy mind in a healthy body (Juvenal).
Usually this saying expresses the idea of harmonious human development.
Mutāto nomĭne, de te fabŭla narrātur.
[Mutato nomine, de te fabula narrative].
The tale is told about you, only the name (Horace) is changed.
Nec sibi, nec altĕri.
[Nek sibi, nek alteri].
Neither yourself nor anyone else.
Nec sibi, nec altĕri.
[Nek sibi, nek alteri].
Neither yourself nor anyone else.
Nigrius pice.
[Nigrius pice].
Blacker than tar.
Nil adsuetudĭne majus.
[Nil adsvetudine maius].
There is nothing stronger than habit.
From a cigarette brand.
Noli me tanĕre!
[Noli me tangere!]
Dont touch me!
Expression from the Gospel.
Nomen est omen.
[Nomen est omen].
“A name is a sign, a name foreshadows something,” that is, a name speaks about its bearer, characterizes him.
Nomĭna sunt odiōsa.
[Nomina sunt odioza].
Names are hateful, that is, naming names is undesirable.
Non progrĕdi est regrĕdi.
[Non progradi est regradi].
Not going forward means going backwards.
Non sum, qualis eram.
[Non sum, kvalis eram].
I am not the same as I was before (Horace).
Nota bene! (NB)
[Nota bene!]
Pay attention (lit.: notice well).
A mark used to draw attention to important information.
Nulla dies sine lineā.
[Nulla diez sine linea].
Not a day without a touch; not a day without a line.
Pliny the Elder reports that the famous ancient Greek painter Apelles (IV century BC) “had the habit, no matter how busy he was, not to miss a single day without practicing his art, drawing at least one line; this gave rise to the saying.”
Nullum est jam dictum, quod non sit dictum prius.
[Nullum est yam diktum, quod non sit diktum prius].
They don’t say anything anymore that hasn’t been said before.
Nullum pericŭlum sine pericŭlo vincĭtur.
[Nullum periculum sine perikulyo vincitur].
No danger can be overcome without risk.
O tempŏra, o mores!
[O tempora, oh mores!]
Oh times, oh morals! (Cicero)
Omnes homĭnes aequāles sunt.
[Omnes g x omines equales sunt].
All people are the same.
Omnia mea mecum porto.
[Omnia mea mekum porto].
I carry everything I have with me (Biant).
The phrase belongs to one of the “seven wise men” Biant. When hometown Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants, in flight, tried to take with them more of their things, someone advised him to do the same. “That’s what I do, because I carry everything that’s mine with me,” he answered, meaning that only spiritual wealth can be considered an inalienable property.
Otium post negotium.
[Ocium post negocium].
Rest after work.
Wed: If you’ve done the job, go for a walk with confidence.
Pacta sunt servanda.
[Pakta sunt sirvanda].
Contracts must be respected.
Panem et circenses!
[Panaem et circenses!]
Meal'n'Real!
An exclamation that expressed the basic demands of the Roman crowd in the era of the Empire. The Roman plebs put up with the loss of political rights, being satisfied with the free distribution of bread, cash distributions and the organization of free circus shows.
Par pari refertur.
[Par pari refertur].
Equal is given to equal.
Paupĕri bis dat, qui cito dat.
[Paўperi bis dat, kwi tsito dat].
The poor are doubly benefited by those who give quickly (Publius Sirus).
Pax huic domui.
[Pax g x uik domui].
Peace to this house (Gospel of Luke).
Greeting formula.
Pecunia est ancilla, si scis uti, si nescis, domĭna.
[Pekunia est ancilla, si scis uti, si nescis, domina].
Money, if you know how to use it, is a servant; if you don’t know how to use it, then it is a mistress.
Per aspĕra ad astra.
[Per asper ad astra].
Through thorns to the stars, that is, through difficulties to success.
Pinxit.
[Pinksit].
Wrote.
The artist's autograph on the painting.
Poētae nascuntur, oratōres fiunt.
[Poete naskuntur, oratores fiunt].
People are born poets, they become speakers.
Potius mori, quam foedāri.
[Potius mori, kvam fedari].
It's better to die than to be disgraced.
The expression is attributed to Cardinal James of Portugal.
Prima lex historiae, ne quid falsi dicat.
[Prima lex g x history, ne quid falsi dikat].
The first principle of history is to prevent lies.
Primus inter pares.
[Primus inter pares].
First among equals.
A formula characterizing the position of the monarch in the state.
Principium - dimidium totus.
[Principium - dimidium totius].
The beginning is half of everything (anything).
Probātum est.
[Probatum est].
Approved; accepted.
Promitto me laboratūrum esse non sordĭdi lucri causā.
[Promitto me laboraturum esse non sordidi lukri ka "ўza].
I promise that I will not work for the sake of despicable gain.
From the oath taken when receiving a doctorate in Poland.
Putantur homĭnes plus in aliēno negotio vidēre, quam in suo.
[Putantur g x omines plus in alieno negocio videre, kvam in suo].
It is believed that people see more in someone else’s business than in their own, that is, they always know better from the outside.
Qui tacet, consentīre vidētur.
[Kwi tatset, konsentire videtur].
It seems that the one who is silent agrees.
Wed. from Russian proverb “Silence is a sign of consent.”
Quia nomĭnor leo.
[Quia nominor leo].
For I am called a lion.
Words from the fable of the Roman fabulist Phaedrus (end of the 1st century BC - first half of the 1st century AD). After the hunt, the lion and the donkey shared the spoils. The lion took one share for himself as the king of beasts, the second as a participant in the hunt, and the third, he explained, “because I am a lion.”
Quod erat demonstrandum (q. e. d.).
[Kvod erat demonstrandum]
Q.E.D.
The traditional formula that completes the proof.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
[Kvod litset Yovi, non litset bovi].
What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
According to ancient myth, Jupiter in the form of a bull kidnapped the daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor Europa.
Quod tibi fiĕri non vis, altĕri non fecĕris.
[Kvod tibi fieri non vis, alteri non fetseris].
Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself.
The expression is found in the Old and New Testaments.
Quos Juppĭter perdĕre vult, dementat.
[Kvos Yuppiter perdere vult, dementat].
Whomever Jupiter wants to destroy, he deprives of reason.
The expression goes back to a fragment of the tragedy of an unknown Greek author: “When a deity prepares misfortune for a person, he first of all takes away his mind with which he reasons.” The above briefer formulation of this thought was apparently first given in the edition of Euripides, published in 1694 in Cambridge by the English philologist W. Barnes.
Quot capĭta, tot sensūs.
[Kvot kapita, tot sensus].
So many people, so many opinions.
Rarior corvo albo est.
[Rarior corvo albo est].
More rare than the white crow.
Repetitio est mater studiōrum.
[Repetizio est mater studiorum].
Repetition is the mother of learning.
Requiescat in pace! (R.I.P.).
[Requieskat in patse!]
May he rest in peace!
Latin gravestone inscription.
Sapienti sat.
[Sapienti sat].
Enough for those who understand.
Scientia est potentia.
[Sciencia est potentia].
Knowledge is power.
An aphorism based on a statement by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) - an English philosopher, the founder of English materialism.
Scio me nihil scire.
[Scio me nig h il scire].
I know that I know nothing (Socrates).
Sero venientĭbus ossa.
[Sero venientibus ossa].
Those who come late (are left) with bones.
Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem.
[Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem].
If two people do the same thing, it is not the same thing (Terence).
Si gravis brevis, si longus levis.
[Si gravis brevis, si lengus lewis].
If the pain is excruciating, it is not long-lasting; if it is long-lasting, it is not painful.
Citing this position of Epicurus, Cicero in his treatise “On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil” proves its inconsistency.
Si tacuisses, philosŏphus mansisses.
[Si takuisses, philosophus mansisses].
If you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher.
Boethius (c. 480–524) in his book “On the Consolation of Philosophy” tells how someone who boasted of the title of philosopher listened for a long time in silence to the abuse of a man who exposed him as a deceiver, and finally asked with mockery: “Now you understand that I am really a philosopher ?”, to which he received the answer: “Intellexissem, si tacuisses” 'I would have understood this if you had remained silent.'
Si tu esses Helĕna, ego vellem esse Paris.
[Si tu ess G x elena, ego vellem esse Paris].
If you were Helen, I would like to be Paris.
From a medieval love poem.
Si vis amāri, ama!
[Si vis amari, ama!]
If you want to be loved, love!
Sí vivís Romaé, Romā́no vivito more.
[Si vivis Rome, Romano vivito more].
If you live in Rome, live according to Roman customs.
New Latin poetic saying. Wed. from Russian proverb “Don’t meddle in someone else’s monastery with your own rules.”
Sic transit gloria mundi.
[Sic transit glöria mundi].
This is how worldly glory passes.
These words are addressed to the future pope during the installation ceremony, burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly power.
Silent legs inter arma.
[Silent leges inter arma].
Laws are silent among weapons (Livy).
Similis simili gaudet.
[Similis simili gaudet].
The like rejoices in the like.
Corresponds to Russian. proverb “A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar.”
Sol omnĭbus lucet.
[Salt omnibus lucet].
The sun is shining for everyone.
Sua cuīque patria jucundissĭma est.
[Sua kuikve patria yukundissima est].
Everyone has their own best homeland.
Sub rosā.
[Sub rose].
“Under the rose,” that is, in secret, secretly.
For the ancient Romans, the rose was an emblem of mystery. If a rose was hung from the ceiling above the dining table, then everything that was said and done “under the rose” was not to be disclosed.
Terra incognita.
[Terra incognita].
Unknown land (in a figurative sense - an unfamiliar area, something incomprehensible).
On the ancients geographical maps these words denoted unexplored territories.
Tertia vigilia.
[Terzia vigilia].
"Third Watch"
Night time, i.e. the period from sunset to sunrise, was divided among the ancient Romans into four parts, the so-called vigilia, equal to the duration of the changing of the guards in military service. The third vigil is the period from midnight to the beginning of dawn.
Tertium non datur.
[Tertium non datur].
There is no third.
One of the provisions of formal logic.
Theātrum mundi.
[Theatrum mundi].
World stage.
Timeó Danaós et dona feréntes.
[Timeo Danaos et dona faires].
I am afraid of the Danaans, even those who bring gifts.
Words of the priest Laocoon, referring to a huge wooden horse, built by the Greeks (Danaans) supposedly as a gift to Minerva.
Totus mundus agit histriōnem.
[Totus mundus agit g x istrionem].
The whole world is playing a play (the whole world is actors).
Inscription on Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Tres faciunt collegium.
[Tres faciunt collegium].
Three make up the council.
One of the provisions of Roman law.
Una hirundo non facit ver.
[Una g x irundo non facit ver].
One swallow does not make spring.
Used in the sense of ‘one should not judge too hastily, based on one action’.
Unā voce.
[Una votse].
Unanimously.
Urbi et orbi.
[Urbi et orbi].
“To the city and the world,” that is, to Rome and the whole world, for general information.
The ceremony for electing a new pope required that one of the cardinals clothe the chosen one with the robe, uttering the following phrase: “I invest you with Roman papal dignity, so that you may stand before the city and the world.” Currently, the Pope begins his annual address to the believers with this phrase.
Usus est optĭmus magister.
[Uzus est optimus magister].
Experience is the best teacher.
Ut amēris, amabĭlis esto.
[Ut ameris, amabilis esto].
To be loved, be worthy of love (Ovid).
From the poem “The Art of Love.”
Ut salūtas, ita salutabĕris.
[Ut salutas, ita salutaberis].
As you greet, so you will be greeted.
Ut vivas, igĭtur vigĭla.
[Ut vivas, igitur vigilya].
To live, be on your guard (Horace).
Vade mecum (Vademecum).
[Vade mekum (Vademekum)].
Come with me.
This was the name of a pocket reference book, index, guide. The first to give this name to his work of this nature was the New Latin poet Lotikh in 1627.
Vae soli!
[Ve so"li!]
Woe to the lonely! (Bible).
Vēni. Vidi. Vici.
[Venya. See. Vitsi].
Came. Saw. Victorious (Caesar).
According to Plutarch, with this phrase Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amyntius about the victory over the Pontic king Pharnaces in August 47 BC. e. Suetonius reports that this phrase was inscribed on a tablet carried before Caesar during the Pontic triumph.
Verba movent, exempla trahunt.
[Verba movent, sample trag x unt].
The words excite, the examples captivate.
Verba volant, scripta manent.
[Verba volant, scripta manent].
Words fly away, but what is written remains.
Verĭtas tempŏris filia est.
[Veritas temporis filia est].
Truth is the daughter of time.
Vim vi repellĕre licet.
[Vim vi rapellere litset].
Violence can be repelled by force.
One of the provisions of Roman civil law.
Vita brevis est, ars longa.
[Vita brevis est, ars lenga].
Life is short, art is eternal (Hippocrates).
Vivat Academy! Vivant professōres!
[Vivat Akademiya! Vivant professores!]
Long live the university, long live the professors!
A line from the student anthem "Gaudeāmus".
Vivĕre est cogitāre.
[Vivere est cogitare].
Living means thinking.
The words of Cicero, which Voltaire took as a motto.
Vivĕre est militāre.
[Vivere est militar].
To live is to fight (Seneca).
Víx(i) et quém dedĕrát cursúm fortúna perégi.
[Vix(i) et kvem dederat kursum fortuna peregi].
I have lived my life and walked the path assigned to me by fate (Virgil).
The dying words of Dido, who committed suicide after Aeneas abandoned her and sailed from Carthage.
Volens nolens.
[Volens nolens].
Willy-nilly; whether you want it or not.

Latin catchphrases taken from the textbook.

0 Today, in the bustle of everyday life, we have completely forgotten that every person has a soul, feelings, emotions, hopes and aspirations. Although modern man with his " consumerism"most resembles a piece of meat, devouring everything in its path. In earlier times, this was not so noticeable, but even then, for some, it was obvious. Therefore, the ancient philosophers tried to discuss this topic in their works, trying to convey their message to ordinary people point of view. Today we will talk about an old catchphrase that everyone living under this Sun should know, or rather correctly interpret. As you guessed, we will now talk about wise saying, This Memento Mori, you can find out the translation a little below.
However, before I continue, I would like to point you to a couple of other educational publications of ours on the subject of floorboards and phraseological units. For example, what does it mean “Let’s dot the I’s”; how to understand If the stars light up, it means someone needs it; the meaning of the expression What we have we do not keep, but when we lose it we cry; translation of SeLyaVi, etc.
So let's continue What does Memento Mori mean? in Russian? This phrase was borrowed from Latin language "mementō morī", which can be translated as " Remember that you have to die"; "remember that you are mortal"; "remember death".

Memento Mori- This Latin expression, does not allow people to forget that they are mortal, and that each of us will have to leave this mortal world.

“Yes, man is mortal, but that would not be so bad. The bad thing is that sometimes he is suddenly mortal, that’s the trick!”

Bulgakov M. A. "The Master and Margarita".

Typically this phraseological unit is used in allegorically, when they want to warn and remind people that in life there is more than just parties, registrations, drinking and other entertainment. In addition, you shouldn’t worry about trifles, because in the end, we will all come to a common denominator, and we will find ourselves two meters below ground level.

IN Ancient Rome, this phrase began to be uttered for generals and military leaders who were returning home with victory. These high-ranking people were placed behind their backs by a slave, who periodically reminded them that despite the fact that the people idolize him and all the women are crazy about him, he still remains a mere mortal. It is believed that the full phrase sounded like "Respice post te! Hominem te memento!", which can be translated as "Look behind you! Don't forget that you are only human!"

Memento Mori- this phrase was used when greeting members of the Trappist Order, practically unknown in our time (not to be confused with the Templars)

Briefly about the Trappists - they are a Catholic offshoot of the Cistercian Order, which in turn separated from the Order of St. Benedict. The Benedictines had their own charter, it had many points, and in addition to the commandments " do not betray", "do not kill", "love God", there was also a reminder to always remember death ( Memento Mori), which was located in section 44.

In addition, this greeting was used in their everyday communication by the so-called Brothers of Death, French hermit monks from the Order of St. Paul (1620 - 1633).

It is worth remembering that in the Middle Ages there was a real fashion for paraphernalia associated with death. Perhaps this is due to the fact that at that time in Europe " fell down" great amount misfortunes and troubles. For example, the plague from Asia; Small Glacial period when even the Black Sea froze, and the associated poor harvests; sexually transmitted diseases from America, etc. Therefore, when a person had a huge choice of what to die from, life was perceived more vividly and vividly. In this regard, a variety of keychains and other accessories, in the form of coffins, skulls, and skeletons, were in good demand among traders. They were not so much a tribute to fashion as they served as a reminder of the frailty of existence and the inevitable end of all things. Later, from this strange fashion, the practice of mourning jewelry was formed, which was worn, thus expressing grief for a close relative or friend.

After reading this informative article, you learned meaning of Memento Mori translation, and now you can tell in more detail what this sad statement means.