Word combinations in Latin with translation. Winged expressions and proverbs
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself did to another.
Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.
Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!
Adversa fortune.
Evil rock.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to keep your presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Enjoy life, it's so fleeting.
Actum ne agas.
What's done, don't go back to it.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs.
Amantes sunt amentes.
Lovers are insane.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.
Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even gods are subject to love.
Amor omnia vincit.
Everything wins love.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.
Antiquus amor cancer est.
old love is not forgotten.
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk a little.
Audi, vide, size.
Listen, look and be silent.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I'll find a way, or I'll make it myself.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor.
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.
Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to a person.
Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Fix the past, manage the present, foresee the future.
Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
To whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
Every person is prone to err, but only a fool can persevere in error.
Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.
Damant, quod non intellectual.
They judge because they don't understand.
Descensus averno facilis est.
Easy way to hell.
Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself
Dum spiro, spero!
While I breathe I hope!
Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
(From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.)
Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!
Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.
Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.
Experientia est optima magistra.
Experience is the best teacher.
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.
factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumours.
Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.
Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought up the female disposition to humble, say goodbye to peace!
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.
Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling.
(Stubbornly achieve the goal, acting gently.)
Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.
Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds his own destiny.
Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.
Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, shut up.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.
Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have some fun.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste is not subject to laws.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop sharpens a stone.
Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery are remorse.
Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who reveres death for good!
Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People trust their eyes more than their ears.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.
Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I don't hate a person, but his vices.
Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
The more people have, the more they want to have.
Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is man's friend.
Homo homini lupus est.
Man to man is a wolf.
(Plavt, "Donkeys")
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.
Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.
Igne natura renovatur integra.
By fire all nature is renewed.
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Forgive others often, never yourself.
(Publius, Maxims)
Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.
In aeternum.
Forever, forever.
Daemon Deus!
In Demon God!
In dubio abstine.
Refrain when in doubt.
Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect terrible (literally: "unspeakable") pain
(that is, to talk about the sad past).
(Virgil, Aeneid)
In pace.
Peace, peace.
Incedo per ignes.
I walk through the fire.
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
Easy to offend, harder to endure.
In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.
In memory.
In memory.
Inter arma silent leges.
When weapons rattle, the laws are silent.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
Truth is in wine, health is in water.
In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
In love, pain and joy always compete.
Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of madness.
Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.
It is those who grieve the least who flaunt their grief the most.
Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.
It is very pleasant to be loved, but it is no less pleasant to love yourself.
Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.
Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.
meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.
Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.
Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature does not tolerate emptiness.
Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful.
(Ovid, Love Elegies)
Nolite dicere, sinescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.
Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Knowing misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers.
(Virgil)
Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.
Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.
Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere there are those who are everywhere.
Odi et amo.
I hate and love.
Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.
Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.
Omnia mors aequat.
Death equalizes everything.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare.
(Cicero)
Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I get everything I want.
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers everything, and we submit to love.
Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are dead.
Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.
Per fas et nefas.
By all truths and lies.
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool.
(Medieval proverb.)
Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.
Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.
Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts, teaches.
Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will be false.
Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
Whoever is silent is considered as having agreed.
(Compare Russian. Silence is a sign of consent.)
Argumentum ad absurdum.
"Proof of absurdity."
Contumeliam nec ingenuus fert, nec fortis facit.
“An honest person does not tolerate insult, but a courageous person does not inflict it.”
Repetitio est mater studiorum.
"Repetition is the mother of learning."
Damant, quod non intellectual.
"They judge because they don't understand."
"From the heart."
O sancta simplicitas.
"Oh, holy simplicity."
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
“I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.”
Ad impossibilia lex non cogit.
"The law does not require the impossible."
Latrante uno latrat stati met alter canis.
“When one dog barks, another immediately barks.”
Amicus plato, sed magis amica veritas.
"Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer."
Natura non nisi parendo vincitur.
"Nature is conquered only by obeying it."
Omne ignotum pro magnifico.
"Everything unknown seems grand."
Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror.
“Blessings rendered to the unworthy, I consider atrocities.”
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
“Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.”
"With good intentions."
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
"Each person is prone to error, but only a fool is prone to persist in error."
De gustibus non disputandum est.
"Tastes could not be discussed."
Condition sine qua non.
"Required condition."
Consuetudo est altera natura.
"Habit is second nature."
Carum quod rarum.
"Expensive is what is rare."
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias, non est tam accipere quam extorquere.
"The acceptance of remuneration for the administration of justice is not so much acceptance as extortion."
Aut vincere, aut mori.
"Either win or die."
Aequitas enim lucet per se.
"Justice shines on its own."
Citius, altius, fortius.
"Faster, higher, stronger."
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
“All of us, when healthy, easily give advice to the sick.”
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
"Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor."
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
"Listen a lot, talk a little."
Divide et impera.
"Divide and rule."
Veterrimus homini optimus amicus est.
"The oldest friend is the best."
Homo homini lupus est.
"Man is a wolf to man."
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
"About the dead or good, or nothing."
Bonis quod bene fit haud perit.
"What is done for good people is never done in vain."
Vestis virum reddit.
“Clothes make the man, clothes make the man.”
Deus ipse se fecit.
"God created himself."
Vivere est cogitare.
"To live is to think."
"Good luck!"
Fac fideli sis fidelis.
"Be loyal to the one who is loyal to you."
Antiquus amor cancer est.
"Old love is not forgotten."
Vox p?puli vox D?i.
"The voice of the people is the voice of God."
Consumor aliis inserviendo.
“Serving others, I waste myself; shining on others, I burn myself.
Calamitas virtutis occasio.
"Disaster is the touchstone of valor."
Dura lex, sed lex.
"The law is strong, but it's law."
Vir excelso animo.
"A man of exalted soul."
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides.
"Trust given to the treacherous allows him to harm."
Corruptio optimi pessima.
"The worst fall is the fall of the purest."
Dura lex, sed lex.
"The law is harsh, but it is the law."
Quotes in Latin with translation
“With agreement, small things grow; with discord, even great things fall into decay.”
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.
"The one who lived imperceptibly lived well."
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
"Acts are stronger than words."
Veni, vidi, vici.
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Consensu omnium.
"By common consent."
Vir bonus semper tiro.
"A decent person is always a simpleton."
Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem.
"Knowledge of the laws is not to remember their words, but to understand their meaning."
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
"A good name is better than great wealth."
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
“I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.”
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
"There is no cure for love."
Vox emissa volat; litera scripta manet.
What is said disappears, what is written remains.
"Memento Mori."
Deffuncti injuria ne afficiantur.
"The offense of the dead is beyond the jurisdiction."
Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat.
"He who argues with the drunk, he fights with the absent."
Bis dat, qui cito dat
“The one who gives quickly gives twice.”
Quod non alphabet principium, non alphabet finem.
"What has no beginning has no end."
Errare humanum est.
"Humans tend to make mistakes."
Memoria est signatarum rerum in mente vestigium.
"Memory is the trace of things fixed in thought."
Facilis descensus averni.
"The ease of descending into the underworld."
Poeta nascitur non fit.
"Poets are born, not made."
Audi, vide, size.
"Listen, look, shut up."
Sivis pacem para bellum.
"If you want peace, prepare for war."
Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo.
"By concealment, vice is nourished and sustained."
Ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent.
“The outcome of big cases often depends on small things.”
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro.
"He who wants to learn without a book draws water with a sieve."
Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur.
“When there is agreement, small things grow; when there is disagreement, great things are destroyed.”
Descensus averno facilis est.
Phrases in Latin still attract young people and girls. There is something alluring in these words and letters, some kind of mysterious meaning. Each quote has its own story, its own author, its own time. Just think about the words: "Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes"; this phrase means - "I did everything I could, whoever can, let him do better" and refers to ancient Roman times, when the consuls chose their successors. Or: "Aliis inserviendo consumor", which means - "serving others I waste myself"; the meaning of this inscription was self-sacrifice, they wrote it under a candle. She also met in many old editions and collections of various symbols.
The most complete list!
Compilation beautiful phrases and popular aphorisms in Latin, sayings and quotes with translation for tattoos. Lingua latina is one of the most ancient languages, the appearance of which is attributed to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. e.
Wise Latin sayings are often used by contemporaries as inscriptions for tattoos or as independent tattoos in a beautiful font.
Phrases for a tattoo in Latin
Audaces fortuna juvat.
(translated from Latin)
Happiness favors the brave.
Contra spent spero.
I hope without hope.
Debellare superbos.
Crush the pride of the recalcitrant.
Errare humanum est.
Est quaedam flere voluptas.
There is something of pleasure in tears.
Ex veto.
By promise, by vow.
Faciam ut mei memineris.
Quote from the work of the ancient Roman author Plautus.
I'll make sure you remember me.
fatum.
Fate, rock.
Fecit.
Done, performed.
Finis coronat opus.
End crowns the work.
Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus!.
Let's rejoice while we're young.
Gutta cavat Lapidem.
A drop wears away a stone.
Literally: Gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur anulus usu - A drop hammers a stone, the ring wears out from use. (Ovid)
Hoc est in votis.
That's what I want.
Homo homini Lupus est.
Man is a wolf to man.
Homo Liber.
Free man.
In hac spe vivo.
I live by this hope.
The truth is in wine.
Magna res est amor.
Love is a great deal.
Malo mori quam foedari.
Better death than dishonor.
Ne cede malls.
Don't be discouraged by misfortune.
Noll me tangere.
Dont touch me.
Omnia mea mecum Porte.
I carry everything with me.
Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
Also used is the option Ad astra per aspera- to the stars through thorns.
A well-known saying, authorship is attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Latin phraseological unit, which determines that there is no equality among people and cannot be.
Suum cuique.
To each his own.
Ubi bene, ibi patria.
Where it is good, there is the homeland.
The original source, apparently, is in the comedy "Plutus" by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.
Vale et me ama.
Farewell and love me.
With this phrase, Cicero ended his letters.
I came, I saw, I conquered!
Caesar's laconic notice of his victory over Pharnaces, son of Mithridates, at Celus, 47 BC.
Vlvere military est.
Live means fight.
Vivere est cogitare
To live is to think.
The words of the Roman statesman, writer and orator Mark Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself did to another.
Abiens, abi!
Leaving go!
Adversa fortune.
Evil rock.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to keep your presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Enjoy life, it's so fleeting.
Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, I breathe grace and radiate art.
Actum ne agas.
What's done, don't go back to it.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs.
Aliis inserviendo consumer.
By serving others I waste myself.
The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.
Amantes sunt amentes.
Lovers are insane.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them.
Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even gods are subject to love.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
Love is not cured by herbs. (i.e. there is no cure for love. Ovid, Heroides)
Amor omnia vincit.
Everything wins love.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart.
Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk a little.
Audi, vide, size.
Listen, look and be silent.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I am ready to listen to stupidity, but I will not obey.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I'll find a way, or I'll make it myself.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.
Aut caesar, aut nihil.
Or Caesar, or nothing.
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but is itself valor.
Castigo te non quod odio habeam, sed quod amem.
I punish you not because I hate you, but because I love you.
Certum voto pete finem.
Set yourself only clear goals (i.e. achievable).
Cogitationes poenam nemo patitur.
Nobody is punished for thinking.
(One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta)
Cogito, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I am. (The position from which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of the mind. Rene Descartes, "Principles of Philosophy", I, 7, 9.)
Conscientia mille testes.
Conscience is a thousand witnesses. ( latin proverb)
Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy? (Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390)
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.
Destiny leads the one who wants to go, drags the unwilling one. (A saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Seneca.)
Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.
You have to eat to live, not live to eat. (A medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”)
Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui.
To be able to enjoy the life lived means to live twice. (Martial, "Epigrams")
Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor.
Pain makes even the innocent lie. (Publius, "Sentences")
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi.
Forgive others often, never yourself. (Publius, "Sentences")
Infandum renovare dolorem.
To resurrect the terrible, unspeakable pain again, to talk about the sad past. (Virgil, Aeneid)
Homo homini lupus est.
Man to man is a wolf. (Plavt, "Donkeys")
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to man.
Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Fix the past, manage the present, foresee the future.
Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
To whom Fortune smiles, Themis does not notice.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
Every person is prone to err, but only a fool can persevere in error.
Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.
Damant, quod non intellectual.
They judge because they don't understand.
De gustibus non disputandum est.
Tastes could not be discussed. (The Russian analogue is the proverb “There is no comrade for the taste and color”)
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
About the dead or good, or nothing. (A probable source is the saying of Chilo “Do not slander the dead”)
Descensus averno facilis est.
Easy way to hell.
Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself.
Divide et impera.
Divide and rule. (Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.)
Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is harsh, but it is the law. Meaning of the Latin phrase: whatever harsh law, it should be observed.
While I breathe I hope!
Dum spiro, amo atque credo.
As long as I breathe, I love and believe.
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.
Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!
Esse quam videri.
Be, not seem to be.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex malis eligere minima.
Choose the least of the evils.
Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws.
Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.
Experientia est optima magistra.
Experience is the best teacher.
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Acts are stronger than words.
factum est factam.
What's done is done (fact is fact).
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumours.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did my best, who can, let him do better.
(A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their accounting speech, transferring authority to the successor.)
Felix, qui quod amat, defendere fortiter audet.
Happy is he who boldly takes under his protection what he loves.
Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium.
Having thought up the female disposition to humble, say goodbye to peace!
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.
flagrant delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.
Fors omnia versas.
Blind chance changes everything (the will of blind chance).
Fortes fortuna adjuvat.
Fate helps the brave.
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling.
(Stubbornly achieve the goal, acting gently.)
Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to keep.
Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds his own destiny.
Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.
Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, shut up.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.
Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have some fun.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste is not subject to laws.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop sharpens a stone.
Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery are remorse.
Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who reveres death for good!
Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People trust their eyes more than their ears.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Hominis est errare.
Humans tend to make mistakes.
Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
I don't hate a person, but his vices.
Homines quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora.
The more people have, the more they want to have.
Homo hominis amicus est.
Man is man's friend.
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.
Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, and the people are strong.
Igne natura renovatur integra.
By fire all nature is renewed.
Imago animi vultus est.
The face is the mirror of the soul.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est.
To command oneself is the greatest power.
Forever, forever.
Daemon Deus!
In Demon God!
In dubio abstine.
Refrain when in doubt.
Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem.
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past.
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
In pace.
Peace, peace.
Incedo per ignes.
I walk through the fire.
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
Easy to offend, harder to endure.
In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.
In memory.
In mind.
In pace leones, in proelio cervi.
In times of peace, lions; in battle, deer. (Tertullian, "On the wreath")
Inter arma silent leges.
When weapons rattle, the laws are silent.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.
The truth is in wine. (Compare Pliny the Elder: "It is generally accepted to attribute guilt to truthfulness.") A very common phrase in tattoos!
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.
Truth is in wine, health is in water.
In vitium ducit culpae fuga.
The desire to avoid a mistake involves another. (Horace, "The Science of Poetry")
In venere semper certat dolor et gaudium.
In love, pain and joy always compete.
Ira initium insaniae est.
Anger is the beginning of madness.
Jactantius maerent, quae minus dolent.
It is those who grieve the least who flaunt their grief the most.
Jucundissimus est amari, sed non minus amare.
It is very pleasant to be loved, but it is no less pleasant to love yourself.
Leve fit, quod bene fertur onus.
The load becomes light when you carry it with humility. (Ovid, Love Elegies)
Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet.
The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter what it comes from. (Juvenal, "Satires")
Lupus non mordet lupum.
The wolf will not bite the wolf.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.
Manus manum lavat.
The hand washes the hand.
(A proverb that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.)
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all gossip.
Mea vita et anima es.
You are my life and soul.
Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae.
A good name is better than great wealth.
meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
In a healthy body healthy mind.
memento mori.
Memento Mori.
(The form of greeting that the monks of the Trappist order exchanged when they met. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense, of imminent danger.)
Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.
Mores cuique sui fingit fortunam.
Our destiny depends on our morals.
Mors nescit legem, tollit cum paupere regem.
Death does not know the law, takes both the king and the poor.
Mors omnia solvit.
Death solves all problems.
Mortem effugere nemo potest.
Nobody can escape death.
Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature does not tolerate emptiness.
Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
Nothing is safe in every way
(i.e. there is no complete well-being Horace, "Odes").
Nihil habeo, nihil curo.
I don't have anything - I don't care about anything.
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful. (Ovid, Love Elegies)
Nolite dicere, sinescitis.
Don't speak if you don't know.
Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Knowing misfortune, I learned to help the sufferers. (Virgil)
Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.
Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.
Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Nowhere there are those who are everywhere.
Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid. (The words of Atreus from the tragedy Action named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.)
Odi et amo.
I hate and love.
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
Everything unknown is majestic. (Tacitus, Agricola)
Omnes homines agunt histrionem.
All people are actors on the stage of life.
Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat.
Every hour hurts, the last one kills.
Omnia mea mecum porto.
I carry everything with me.
(When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants tried to take as many of their things as they fled, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “I do this, because I carry everything with me,” he replied, meaning their spiritual wealth.
Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.
Omnia mors aequat.
Death equalizes everything.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare. (Cicero)
Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I get everything I want.
Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers everything, and we submit to love.
Optimi consiliarii mortui.
The best advisors are dead.
Optimum medicamentum quies est.
The best medicine is peace.
(Medical aphorism, authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.)
Pecunia non olet.
Money doesn't smell.
Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars. (Through difficulties to a high goal.)
Per fas et nefas.
By all truths and lies.
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool. (Medieval set expression.)
Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.
Persona grata.
Desirable person or trustworthy person.
Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
First among equals. (A formula characterizing the position of a monarch in a feudal state.)
Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.
Quae nocent - docent.
What hurts, teaches.
Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will be false.
Qui tacet - consentire videtur.
Whoever is silent is considered as having agreed. (Russian analogy: Silence is a sign of consent.)
Quid quisque vitet, nunquam homini satis cautum est in horas.
No one can know when to watch out for which danger.
Quo quisque sapientior est, eo solet esse modestior.
The smarter a person is, the more modest he is usually.
Quod cito fit, cito perit.
What is soon done, soon falls apart.
Quomodo fabula, sic vita; non quam diu, sed quam bene acta sit refert.
Life is like a play in a theatre; what matters is not how long it lasts, but how well it is played.
Respue quod non es.
Drop what is not you.
Scio me nihil scire.
I know that I know nothing.
(Latin translation loosely interpreted words of Socrates. Wed Russian Learn forever, you'll die a fool.)
Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
One day we all go crazy.
Semper mors subest.
Death is always near.
Sequere Deum.
Follow the will of God.
Si etiam omnes, ego non.
Even if everything, then not me. (i.e. Even if everyone will, I won't)
Si vis amari, ama.
If you want to be loved, love.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
(Source - Vegetius. Also compare Cicero: "If we want to use the world, we have to fight" and Cornelius Nepos: "The world is created by war.")
Sibi imperare maximum imperium est.
The highest power is power over yourself.
Similis simili gaudet.
Like rejoices in like.
Sic itur ad astra.
This is how they go to the stars.
Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines on everyone.
Sola mater amanda est et pater honestandus est.
Only a mother deserves love, a father deserves respect.
Sua cuique fortuna in manu est.
Everyone has their own destiny in their hands.
Suum cuique.
To each his own
(i.e., to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his merits, Regulation of Roman law).
Tanta vis probitatis est, ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus.
The power of honesty is such that we appreciate it even in the enemy.
Tanto brevius omne tempus, quanto felicius est.
The faster time flies, the happier it is.
Tantum possumus, quantum scimus.
We can do as much as we know.
Tarde venientibus ossa.
Who comes late - the bones. (Latin proverb)
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
Times change and we change with them.
Tempus fugit.
Time is running out.
Terra incognita.
unknown land
(trans. something completely unknown or inaccessible area on ancient geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were designated as such).
Tertium non datur.
There is no third; there is no third.
(IN formal logic this is how one of the four laws of thought is formulated - the law of the excluded middle. According to this law, if two diametrically opposed positions are given, one of which affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then there can be no third, middle judgment between them.)
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito!
Do not submit to trouble, but boldly go towards it!
Ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis.
Where you are not capable of anything, you should not want anything.
Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
To be loved, be worthy of love.
Utatur motu animi qui uti ratione non potest.
Whoever cannot follow the dictates of the mind, let him follow the movements of the soul.
Varietas dellectat.
Variety is fun.
Verae amititiae sempiternae sunt.
True friendship is eternal.
A well-known and very popular phrase for a tattoo:
I came, I saw, I conquered.
(According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC over the Pontic king Pharnaces.)
Veni, vidi, fugi.
I came, I saw, I ran.
Phrase for a tattoo with humor :)
Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes.
The real victory is only when the enemies themselves recognize themselves as defeated. (Claudian, "On the sixth consulship of Honorius")
Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.
Viva vox alit plenius.
Living speech nourishes more abundantly
(i.e., oral presentation is more successfully absorbed than written).
Vivamus atque amemus.
Let's live and love.
Vi veri vniversum vivus vici.
I conquered the universe by the power of truth during my lifetime.
Vivere est agere.
To live means to act.
Vivere est vincere.
To live means to win.
carpe diem!
The winged Latin expression is translated as “live in the present”, “seize the moment”.
The whole sentence is: " Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. - Time: seize the moment, believe the future as little as possible.
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A contrario
On the contrary
In logic, a method of proof that consists in proving the impossibility of a proposition that contradicts what is being proved.
Ab ovo usque ad mala
"From eggs to apples", that is, from beginning to end
The dinner of the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.
Abyssus abyssum invocat
The abyss calls to the abyss
Like entails like, or one calamity entails another calamity.
ad note
"Note"
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides ("In Latin")
The trust placed in the perfidious makes it possible for him to harm
Seneca, "Oedipus"
Advocatus diaboli ("In Latin")
Devil's Advocate
In an extended sense, the devil's advocate is the advocate of a lost cause that the defender himself does not believe in.
Alea jacta est ("About Latin")
"The die is cast", there is no way back, all bridges are burned
In 44 BC. e. Julius Caesar decided to seize sole power and crossed the Rubicon River with his troops, thereby breaking the law and starting a war with the Roman Senate.
Aliis inserviendo consumer
Serving others is wasting myself
The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.
Amicus Socrates, sed magis amica veritas
Socrates is my friend, but the truth is dearer
The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis
Love is not treated with herbs, i.e. there is no cure for love
Ovid, Heroes
Annie currentis
Current year
Anno Domini
From the birth of Christ, in the year of the Lord
Form of designation of the date in the Christian chronology.
Ante annum
Last year
Aquila non captat muscas
The eagle does not catch flies Latin proverb
Asinus Buridani inter duo prata
Buridan's donkey
A person who hesitates between two equal possibilities. It is believed that the philosopher Buridan, proving the failure of determinism, gave the following example: a hungry donkey, on both sides of which there are two identical and equidistant armfuls of hay, will not be able to prefer any of them and will eventually die of hunger. This image was not found in the writings of Buridan.
Aurea mediocritas
Golden mean
The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of the worldly philosophy of Horace, which found expression in his lyrics; It is also used to characterize mediocre people. Horace
Auribus tento lupum
I hold the wolf by the ears
I am in a hopeless situation. , Latin proverb
Aut Caesar, aut nihil
Or Caesar or nothing
Wed Russian Either hit or miss. The source of the motto was the words of the Roman emperor Caligula, who explained his immoderate extravagance by the fact that “one must live either in self-denial, or in Caesar's way”.
Ave Caesar, imperator, morituri te salutant
Hail, Caesar, emperor, those who are about to die greet you
Greetings from Roman gladiators addressed to the emperor.
Beati pauperes spiritu, quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 5:3
Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror
Benefits rendered to the unworthy, I consider atrocities
Cicero
Cadmea victoria
"Kadm's victory", a victory won at an excessively high price and tantamount to defeat, or a victory disastrous for both sides
The expression arose on the basis of a legend about a duel in the struggle for Thebes, founded by Cadmus, the sons of Oedipus - Eteocles and Polynices. This duel ended in the death of both warring brothers.
Caesarem Decet Stanem Mori
Caesar befits to die standing, Report of Suetonius on the last words of the emperor Vespasian
Calamitas virtutis occasio
Calamity is the touchstone of valor
Seneca
Cantus cycneus
a swan song
“He says that just as the swans, having sensed the gift of prophecy from Apollo, to whom they are dedicated, foresee what a gift death will be for them, and die singing and with joy, so should all the good and wise.”
Cicero, Tusculan Discourses, I, 30, 73
Castigat ridento mores
"Laughter castigates morals"
The motto of the comedy theater (Opera Comique) in Paris. Originally - the motto of the Italian troupe of the comic actor Dominic (Dominico Brancolelli) in Paris, composed for her by the New Latin poet Santel (XVII century).
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse
And besides, I maintain that Carthage must be destroyed
A persistent reminder, a relentless call to something. The Roman senator Marcus Porcius Cato, no matter what he had to express his opinion in the Senate, added: "Besides, I believe that Carthage should not exist."
Charta (epistula) non erubescit
Paper (letter) does not blush
Citius, altius, fortius!
Faster, higher, stronger!
The motto of the Olympic Games, adopted in 1913 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Clipeum post vulnera sumere
Take up a shield after being wounded
Wed Russian They don't wave their fists after a fight.
Cloaca maxima
Great sewer, great cesspool
In ancient Rome - a large channel for the removal of urban sewage.
Cogitations poenam nemo patitur
No one is punished for thoughts, One of the provisions of Roman law (Digesta)
Cogito, ergo sum
I think, therefore I am
The position on the basis of which the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes tried to build a system of philosophy, free from elements of faith and based entirely on the activity of the mind.
Rene Descartes, Elements of Philosophy, I, 7, 9
Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur
With agreement (and) small states (or affairs) grow, with discord (and) great ones are destroyed
Sallust, "Jugurtin's War"
Conscientia mille testes
Conscience is a thousand witnesses, Latin proverb
Consuetudo est altera natura
Habit is second nature
Habit creates a kind of second nature
Cicero, "On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil", V, 25, 74 (in the presentation of the views of the philosophers of the Epicurean school)
Cornucopiae
Cornucopia
The origin of the expression is associated with the Greek myth of the goddess Amalthea, who nursed the baby Zeus with goat's milk. The goat broke her horn on a tree, and Amalthea, filling it with fruits, offered it to Zeus. Subsequently, Zeus, having overthrown his father, Kronos, turned the goat that fed him into a constellation and its horn into a wonderful "horn of plenty".
Ovid, Fasti
Corruptio optimi pessima
The fall of the good is the most evil fall
Credat Judaeus Apella
“Let the Jew Apella believe this,” that is, let anyone believe, but not me
Horace, "Satires"
Credo, quia verum
I believe because it's ridiculous
A formula that clearly reflects the fundamental opposition between religious faith and scientific knowledge of the world and is used to characterize a blind faith that does not reason.
De gustibus non disputandum est
Tastes could not be discussed
Wed Russian There is no comrade for the taste and color.
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil
About dead or good or nothing
A probable source is the saying of Chilo “about the dead do not slander”.
Decies repetita placebit
And ten times repeated will please
Horace, "The Science of Poetry"
Decipimur specie recti
We are deceived by the appearance of the right
Horace, "The Science of Poetry"
Deest remedii locus, ubi, quae vitia fuerunt, mores fiunt
There is no place for drugs where what was considered a vice becomes a custom
Seneca, "Letters"
Delirium tremens
"Trembling delirium", delirium tremens
Acute mental illness resulting from prolonged alcohol abuse.
Desipère in loco
Crazy where appropriate
Horace, "Odes"
Deus ex machina
god from the machine
The reception of an ancient tragedy, when a tangled intrigue received an unexpected denouement through the intervention of a god who appeared through a mechanical device.
In modern literature, the expression is used to indicate an unexpected resolution of a difficult situation.
Dies diem docet
The day teaches the day
A brief formulation of the thought expressed in the verse Publication Sira: "The next day is the student of the previous day."
Dies irae, dies illa
That day, the day of wrath
The beginning of the medieval church hymn is the second part of the funeral mass, the requiem. The hymn is based on the biblical prophecy of the Day of Judgment, "The Prophecy of Zephaniah", 1, 15.
Diluvi testes
Witnesses of the Flood (i.e., ancient times)
About people with outdated, archaic views.
Divide and impera
Divide and rule
Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose already in modern times.
Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy?
Virgil, "Aeneid", II, 390
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt
Fate leads the one who wants to go, the unwilling one drags
The saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Seneca.
Dura lex, sed lex
The law is harsh, but it is the law
No matter how harsh the law, it must be observed.
Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi suo deus
Here is the spectacle worthy so that God looks back at him, contemplating his creation
Seneca, "On Providence"
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas!
Eat, drink, there is no pleasure after death!
From an old student song. A common motif of ancient inscriptions on tombstones and tableware.
Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticos
I am a Roman emperor and I am above grammarians
The words said, according to legend, at the Council of Constance by Emperor Sigismund in response to an indication made to him that by using the word schisma in the feminine gender, he violated Latin grammar.
Ergo bibamus
So let's have a drink
Title and salutation of Goethe's drinking song.
Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas
You have to eat to live, not live to eat
A medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”
Et tu quoque, Brute!
And you Brute!
Words, as if uttered before his death by Caesar, stabbed with twenty-three swords of conspirators.
Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor
Pain makes even the innocent lie
Publius, "Sentences"
Ex ipso fonte bibere
Drink from the source itself, i.e. refer to the original source
Cicero, "On Duties"
Ex malis eligere minima
Choose the least of evils
ex nihilo nihil fit
Nothing comes from nothing; nothing comes out of nothing
Paraphrase of the main position of Epicurean philosophy in Lucretius
Fac-simile(from fac+simile "do like this")
Exact copy
Peren. display of one phenomenon in another.
Facilis descensus Avernis
The path through Avernus is easy, that is, the path to the underworld
Lake Avernus near the city of Kuma in Campania was considered the threshold of the underworld.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes
I did my best, who can, let him do better
A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring authority to the successor.
fiat lux
Let there be light
And God said: let there be light. And there was light. , Bible, Genesis, I, 3
Hoc est vivere bis, vita posse priore frui
To be able to enjoy the life lived means to live twice
Martial, "Epigrams"
Homo homini lupus est
Man to man is a wolf
Plautus, "Donkeys"
Homo proponit, sed deus disponit
Man proposes, God disposes
It goes back to Thomas the Kempis, the source for which was the Bible, Proverbs of Solomon "The heart of a man directs his way, but it depends on the Lord to direct his steps."
Igni et ferro
Fire and iron
The original source of the expression goes back to the first aphorism of Hippocrates: "What medicines do not cure, iron heals; what iron does not cure, fire heals." Cicero, Livy used the expression "to destroy with fire and sword." Bismarck proclaimed the policy of German unification with iron and blood. The expression gained wide popularity after the publication of the novel "With Fire and Sword" by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi
Forgive others often, never yourself
Publius, Maxims
Imperitia pro culpa habetur
Ignorance is imputed, Formula of Roman law
In pace leones, in proelio cervi
In time of peace - lions, in battle - deer
Tertullian, "On the wreath"
In sensu strictiori
In a narrower sense
In silvam non ligna feras insanius
Less madness would be to carry firewood into the forest
Horace, "Satires"
In vino veritas
Truth in wine
Wed Pliny the Elder: "It is generally accepted to attribute truthfulness to guilt."
In vitium ducit culpae fuga
The desire to avoid a mistake involves another
Horace, "The Science of Poetry"
Infelicissimum genus infortunii est fuisse felicem
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past
Boethius
Intelligent pauca
For those who understand, a little is enough
Ira furor brevis est
Anger is a momentary insanity
Horace, "Messages"
Is fecit cui prodest
Made by the one who benefits
Jus primae noctis
Right of the first night
The custom according to which the feudal lord or landowner could conduct the first wedding night with the bride of his beloved vassal or serf.
Leve fit, quod bene fertus onus
A load becomes light when you carry it with humility.
Ovid, Love Elegies
Lucri bonus est odor ex re qualibet
The smell of profit is pleasant, no matter where it comes from
Juvenal, "Satires"
Manus manum lavat
hand washes hand
A proverb that goes back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.
Margaritas ante porcos
Cast pearls before swine
“Do not give the shrine to dogs; and do not cast pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn, they will not tear you apart. , Gospel of Matthew, 7, 6
memento mori
memento Mori
A form of greeting exchanged upon meeting by the monks of the Trappist Order, founded in 1664. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, and in a figurative sense - of imminent danger.
Nigra in candida vertere
turn black into white
Juvenal, "Satires"
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum
“There is nothing prosperous in all respects,” that is, there is no complete well-being
Horace, "Odes"
Nihil habeo, nihil curo
I don't have anything - I don't care about anything
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the unlawful
Ovid, Love Elegies
Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum
“Not every person manages to get to Corinth”, which is not dear to everyone The Corinthian hetaera * Laida, famous for her beauty, was available only to the rich who came to her from all over Greece, which is why a common saying among the Greeks arose: “not everyone can swim in Corinth brought." Once Demosthenes secretly came to Laida, but when she asked him to give ten thousand drachmas **, he turned away with the words: "I do not pay ten thousand drachmas for repentance."
* - in Dr. Greece, an educated unmarried woman leading a free, independent lifestyle.
** - approximately the price of four kilograms of gold.
Nunc est bibendum
Now I gotta drink
Horace, "Odes"
O imitatores, servum pecus!
O imitators, slave herd!
Horace, "Messages"
O sancta simplicitas!
Oh holy simplicity
The phrase attributed to the Czech reformer, the hero of the national liberation movement Jan Hus. According to legend, Gus, who was being burned at the stake, uttered these words when some old woman, out of pious motives, threw an armful of brushwood into the fire.
O tempora! About mores!
O times! Oh manners!
“Speech against Catiline”, “O times! Oh manners! The Senate understands this, the consul sees it, and he [Catiline] lives.”
Cicero
Oderint dum metuant
Let them hate, if only they were afraid
The words of Atreus from the tragedy Aktion named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the emperor Caligula.
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est
Everything unknown appears majestic
Tacitus, "Agricola"
Omnia mea mecum porto
I carry everything with me
When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants on the run tried to capture more of their belongings, someone advised the sage Biantu to do the same. “That's what I do, because I carry everything of mine with me,” he replied, referring to his spiritual wealth.
Optimum medicamentum quies est
The best medicine is peace
A medical aphorism, authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.
Panem and circles
Meal'n'Real
An exclamation expressing the basic demands of the Roman crowd in the era of the Empire.
Per aspera ad astra
"Through hardship to the stars"; through difficulties to a high goal
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum
By frequent laughter you should recognize a fool, Medieval proverb
Periculum in mora
"Danger in procrastination", i.e., procrastination is dangerous
Titus Livy, "History", "When there was already more danger in delay than in violation of military order, everyone randomly fled."
persona grata
Desired person or trusted person
Post scriptum (postscriptum) (abbr. P.S.)
After what was written
Postscript at the end of the letter.
Primus inter pares
First among equals
A formula characterizing the position of the monarch in a feudal state.
Pro et contra
Pros and cons
Quae sunt Caesaris Caesari
Caesar's to Caesar
"Render back Caesar's to Caesar and God's God” - Jesus' answer to the Pharisees, who asked whether Caesar (i.e., the Roman emperor) should be paid the fee he demanded. , Gospel of Luke, 20, 25
Qui alphabet aures audiendi, audiat
He who has ears to hear, let him hear, Matthew 11:15
Qui tacet – consentire videtur
Who is silent is considered as having agreed
Wed Russian Silent means consent.
Quid brevi fortes jaculamur aevo multa?
Why should we strive for so much in a fleeting life?
Horace, "Odes"
Quot capita, tot sensus
How many heads, so many minds
Wed Terence, Formion: So many people, so many opinions.
Rideamus!
Let's laugh!
Risus sardonicus
sardonic laughter
According to the explanation of the ancients - laughter, reminiscent of a convulsive grimace caused by poisoning of poisonous grass growing on the island of Sardinia.
Salus reipublicae - suprema lex
The welfare of the state is the supreme law
Paraphrase from "Let the good of the people be the highest law."
Salve, maris stella
Hello star of the sea
A variant of the initial words of the Catholic church hymn “Ave, maris stella” (IX century) - Mary was considered a guide for sailors due to the erroneous convergence of her name (ancient Hebrew Mirjam) with the Latin word mare “sea”.
Scio me nihil scire
I know that I know nothing
Latin translation of loosely interpreted words of Socrates.
Wed Russian Learn forever, you'll die a fool.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, prepare for war
Source - Vegetius. Also cf. Cicero: "If we want to enjoy the world, we have to fight" and Cornelius Nepos: "The world is created by war."
Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant
They create a desert and call it peace
From the speech of the British leader Kalgak, urging his fellow tribesmen to resolutely oppose the Romans who invaded their country.
Tacitus, "Agricola"
Summa summarum
"Sum of sums", i.e. the final total or in the grand total
In ancient times, the phrase was used in the meaning of "a set of things" or "universe".
Suum cuique
To each his own, that is, to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his merits, Regulation of Roman law
Tarde venientibus ossa
Who comes late - the bones, Latin proverb
Tempus edax rerum
Devouring Time
Ovid, "Metamorphoses"
Terra incognita
Unknown land; trans. something completely unknown or inaccessible area
On ancient geographical maps, unexplored parts of the earth's surface were designated in this way.
Tertium non datur
There is no third; there is no third
In formal logic, this is how one of the four laws of thinking is formulated - the law of the excluded middle. According to this law, if two diametrically opposed propositions are given, of which one affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies, then there cannot be a third, middle judgment between them.
Tibi et igni
“To you and the fire”, i.e. read and burn
Timeo Danaos and dona ferentes
Be afraid of the Danes, even those who bring gifts
The words of the priest Laocoön, referring to a huge wooden horse built by the Greeks (Danaans) allegedly as a gift to Minerva.
Tranquillas etiam naufragus horret aquas
The shipwrecked and still water fears
Wed Russian Burnt child dreads the fire.
Ovid, "Messages from Pontus"
Urbi et orbi
"City and the world"; to the whole world, to everyone and everyone
Usus tyrannus
Custom is a tyrant
Varietas delectat
Variety is fun
Phaedrus, "Fables"
Veni, vidi vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
According to Plutarch, with this phrase, Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC. e. over the Pontic king Farnak.
Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes
The real victory is only when the enemies themselves recognize themselves as defeated.
Claudian, "On the Sixth Consulate of Honorius"
Viva vox alit plenius
“Live speech nourishes more abundantly”, that is, what is orally stated is more successfully absorbed than what is written
Winged Latin expressions
Latin proverbs - aphorisms in Latin; their authorship is usually attributed to prominent ancient Roman citizens. Latin proverbs are pronounced precisely in Latin; it is believed that a sufficiently educated person should understand them. Many Latin proverbs were actually translated from ancient Greek.
Abecendarium- Alphabet, dictionary.
Abiens, abi- Leaving go.
Abususnontollitusum- Abuse does not cancel the use.
Ab initio from the beginning, from the beginning
Ab origine- from the very beginning, from the very beginning
Abovousqueadmala- From the beginning to the end.
Advocatus Dei- Advocate of God.
Advocatus diaboli- Devil's Advocate.
Adexemplum- according to the sample; for example
Adusum- To use, to use.
Adusumexternum- For outdoor use.
Adusuminternum- For internal use.
Alea jacta est- The die is cast; an irrevocable decision is made (Caesar).
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus and tergo nostra sunt- Other people's vices are in front of our eyes, ours are behind our backs; in someone else's eye you see a straw, in your own you do not notice even a log.
A linea- A new line.
Alibi- in the other place
Alma mater- Nursing mother.
Altera pars- Other side.
alter ego- My double, the other me - it is said about a friend (Pythagoras).
Agnus Dei- Lamb of God.
Amat victoria curam. - Victory loves effort.
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. - Plato is dear to me, but the truth is even dearer.
Amicus cognoscitur amore, more, ore, re- A friend is known by love, disposition, word, deed.
Amor caecus- Love is blind
Amor vincit omnia- love conquers all
Anni currentis (A. With.). - This year.
Anni futuri (a. f.). - Next year.
A posteriori. - Based on experience, based on experience.
A priori. - In advance.
Arbor vitae- the tree of Life
Arslongavitabrevisest- the field of science is limitless, and life is short; art is long, life is short (Hippocrates)
Audaces fortuna juvat- Fate helps the brave (Virgil)
Aurea mediocritas. - The golden mean.
Audacia pro muro habetur. - Cheek brings success.
Aut Caesar, aut nihil. - All, or nothing, or Caesar, or nothing.
Avis rara. - A rare bird, a rarity.
Aquila non captat muscas. - The eagle doesn't catch flies.
Audi, vide, sile. - Listen, look, be quiet.
Aqua et papis, vita canis…- Bread and water - a dog's life ...
Ad futuram memoriam. - For the long memory.
Barbacrescit, caputnescit. - The beard has grown, but there is no mind.
Bis dat, qui cito dat- who gives quickly, he will give twice; doubly gives the one who gives quickly (Publius Syr)
Bellum frigidum. - Cold War.
Bis. - Twice.
Brevi manual- without delay, without formalities (literally: with a short hand)
Caesar ad Rubiconem- Caesar before the Rubicon - about a man who has to make an important decision.
Caesarum citra Rubiconem- Caesar on the other side of the Rubicon - about a man who successfully accomplished the most important thing.
Caecus non judicat de colore- Let the blind man not judge the colors.
caput mundi- the head of the world, the center of the universe; we are talking about Ancient Rome as the capital of the world empire.
carissimo amico- dearest friend.
Carpe diem- Seize the day; enjoy every day; do not put off until tomorrow what you must do today (Horace)
Casus- case.
Casus belli- a reason for war, for conflict.
Cave!- be careful!
Citius, altius, fortius!- faster, higher, stronger! (motto of the Olympic Games).
Cogito, ergo sum I think, therefore I am (Descartes)
Cognosce te ipsum - Know yourself.
Concordia victoriam gignit- agreement breeds victory.
Consuetudo est altera natura - habit is second nature.
Credo- I believe; confession; symbol of faith; belief.
Chirurgus curat manu armata- The surgeon treats with an armed hand.
Curriculum vitae- biography, brief information about life, biography (literally: the run of life)
Cum tacent, clamant- Their silence is a loud cry (Cicero).
Dum spiro, spero- While I breathe I hope.
Exnihilo nihil- Nothing comes from nothing.
De die in diem- from day to day
De (ex) nihilo nihil- from nothing - nothing; nothing comes from nothing (Lucretius)
De facto- In fact, in fact.
De jure- Legally, legally.
De lingua slulta incommoda multa- Because of empty words there are big troubles.
De mortuis aut bene aut nihil- Do not slander the dead.
Deus ex machina- unexpected intervention (lit.; god from the machine) (Socrates)
Dictum - factum- No sooner said than done.
Dies diem docet- Day teaches day.
Divide and impera- Divide and rule.
Dixi- He said, everything is said, there is nothing to add.
Do manus- I give you my hands, I vouch.
Dum docent, discunt- Learn, learn.
Dum spiro, spero. - While I breathe I hope.
Duralex, sedlex- The law is strong, but it's law; law is law.
Elephantum ex musca facis- make an elephant out of a fly
Epistula non erubescit- paper does not blush, paper endures everything (Cicero)
Errare humanum est- humans tend to make mistakes
est modus in rebus- everything has a limit; everything has its measure (Horace)
Ettu, Brutě! – And you Brute! (Caesar)
Exegi monumentum- I erected a monument to myself (Horace)
Exempli gratia (f. g.)- For example
extra muros- publicly
Fabulafactaest-It is done.
Fama clamosa- Loud glory.
Fata volat!- Rumor flies.
Festina lente!- Hurry up slowly!
Fiat lux!- Let there be light!
Folio verso (f.v.)- On the next page
Gutta cavat lapidem- a drop sharpens a stone (Ovid)
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro- He who wants to study without a book draws water with a sieve.
Haud semper errat fama. - Rumor is not always wrong.
Historia magistra vitae- history is a teacher of life
Nose est (h. e.)- that is, it means
Hoc erat in fatis- It was meant to be.
Homo homini lupus est- man wolf to man
Homo ornat locum, non locus hominem- it is not the place that makes the man, but the man the place
Homo sapiens- intelligent person
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto I am human and nothing human is alien to me
In vino veritas- The truth is in the wine.
Ibi victoria, ubi concordia- there is victory, where there is consent
Ignorantia non est argumentum- ignorance is not an argument.
Ignis, Mare, milier – triamala- Fire, sea, woman - these are 3 misfortunes.
Incognito - secretly hiding his real name
Index- pointer, list
Index librum - book list
In folio - in a whole sheet(meaning the largest book format)
Inter caecos, lustus rex - Among the blind is the one-eyed king.
Inter arma tacent musae- Muses are silent among weapons.
Invia est in medicina via sine lingua latina- the path in medicine is impassable without the Latin language
In vitro- in a vessel, in a test tube
in vivo- on a living organism
Ipse dixit- "he said" (about immutable authority)
Juris Consultus- legal adviser.
Jus civile- Civil law.
Jus commune- Common law.
Jus criminale- Criminal law.
Labor corpus firmat- Labor strengthens the body.
Lapsus- Mistake, miss.
Littera scripta manet- Written remains.
Lupus in fabula- Light in sight (lit.: like a wolf in a fable).
Lupusnonmordetlupum- The wolf does not bite the wolf.
Magistra vitae- Teacher of life.
Magister Dixit- That's what the teacher said.
Magistra vitae- Teacher of life.
Mala herba cito crescit- Bad grass grows fast.
Manu propri- By hand.
Manuscriptum- Written by hand, manuscript.
Manus manum lavat- The hand washes the hand.
Margaritas ante porcas- Throw beads in front of pigs.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. My fault, my greatest fault.
Media and remedia. - Ways and means.
Medice, cura te ipsum. - Doctor, heal yourself.
memento mori. - Memento Mori.
Mensis currentis. - current month.
Mente et malleo. - Mind and hammer (the motto of geologists).
Meo voto. - In my opinion.
Minimum. - The smallest
modus agendi. - Mode of action.
modus vivendi. - Lifestyle.
Multum vinum bibere, non diu vivere. - Drink a lot of wine, live a short time.
Mutato nomine. - Under a different name.
Natura sanat, medicus curat nature heals, the doctor heals
Nemojudexincausesua no one is a judge in their own case
Nemoomniapotestscire“No one can know everything.
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. - Not for school, but for life we study.
Noli me tangere- Don't touch me.
Nonrexestlex, sedlexestrex. - The ruler is not the law, but the law is the ruler.
Nomen nescio (N. N.)- some face
Nota bene (NB)- pay attention
Nullacalamitassola- Misfortune never comes alone.
Omniameamecumporto- I carry everything with me
Opus citatum- cited essay
Oh tempora, oh mores!- about times, about morals!
Otium post negotium- Rest after work.
Paupertas non est vitium- Poverty is not a vice
Pecunianonolet- money does not smell (Emperor Vespasian)
Per aspera ad astra- Through hardship to the stars!
Perfasetnefas- by hook or by crook
personagrata- a diplomatic representative; desirable personality.
Perpetuum mobile- perpetual motion
post factum- after the event
Proetcontra- pros and cons
Pro dose- at one time (single dose of medication)
Proform- for form, for decency, for appearance
Promemory- for memory, in memory of something
Periculumestin mora!- Danger in delay!
Quasi- quasi, supposedly, imaginary.
Qui aures alphabet, auditory- He who has ears, let him hear.
Quid prodest- who benefits from it? To whom is it useful?
Qui pro quo- one instead of the other, a misunderstanding.
Qui scribit, bis legis- who writes, he reads twice.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi- what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Qui quaerit reperit- who seeks - he will find.
Repetitio est mater studiorum- repetition is the mother of learning.
Sapientisat- reasonable is enough; smart will understand.
Scientia potentia est- knowledge is power
Sol lucet omnibus- the sun shines for everyone
Scio me nihil scire- I know that I know nothing.
Si vis pacem, para bellum If you want peace, prepare for war.
Serva me, servabo te. - You to me, I to you.
Satis verborum!- Enough words!
Sic transit gloria mundi- this is how earthly glory passes
Si vales, bene est, ego valeo- If you are healthy - good, I'm healthy
status quo- existing order of things
Tabula rasa.- Blank board.
Taedium vitae.- Aversion to life.
Tarde venientibus ossa. - Latecomers - bones.
Tempora mutantur et nos mutantur in illis- Times change and we change with them (Ovid).
Tempori Parse- Save time.
Tempus nemini- Time waits for no one.
Terra incognita- Unknown land.
Tertium non datur- There is no third.
Timeo danaos and dona ferentes- I'm afraid of the Danes, even those who bring gifts
Tres faciunt collegium- Three make up a board.
Tuto, cito, jucunde- Safe, fast, pleasant.
Ubi bene, ibi patria- "Where it is good, there is the homeland" - the saying is attributed to the Roman tragedian Pacuvius.
Ubi mel, ibi fel- Where there is honey, there is bile, i.e. there is no bad without good.
Veni, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered.
Vivere est cogitare To live is to think.
Vae victis- Woe to the vanquished.
Veto- I forbid
Volens nolens– Willy-nilly; you want - you don't want.
Vox populi, vox Dei The voice of the people is the voice of God.
