Latin is the most common language for lettering around the world, one of the sacred languages, the official language of Catholicism, the poems of Pythagoras were written in “golden Latin”, it was borrowed from church practice by adherents of secret teachings.
Latin is used to write tattoos of magic words, ritual texts, prayers, and signs of ceremonial magic.
And nullo diligitur, qui neminem diligit - no one loves someone who doesn’t love anyone himself
And teneris unguiculis - from tender (soft) nails. Cicero
Аb aqua silente cave – in still waters there are devils
Ab imo pectore - from the depths of the soul - with all my soul - from the bottom of my heart (Lucretius)
Ab ovo - from beginning to end
Ab hoedis segregare oves - distinguish black from white
Ab hodierno - from this date
Acceptissima semper munera sunt, aucor quae pretiosa facit - the most pleasant gifts are those that are brought by a person dear to you
Ad carceres a calce revocare - return from the finish to the start - start all over again. Cicero
Ad clavum - sit at the helm - hold the reins of power in your hands. Cicero
Ad delectandum - for fun
Ad calendas (kalendas) graecas – before the Greek Kalends - never - after the rain on Thursday
Ad infinitum - to infinity
Aere perennius - stronger than copper (used to mean “durable”)
Aeternae veritates - eternal truths
Aeterna historia - eternal history
Аeterno te amabo - I will love you forever
Alea jasta est - the die is cast - a decision that does not allow a return to the past
Amicus meus - my friend
Amantes - amentes - mad lovers
Amor Dei intellectuālis - cognitive love of God. Spinoza
Amor vincit omnia - love conquers all
Amor magister optimus - Love is the best teacher.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis - there is no cure for love.
Amor omnia vincit - love is above all
Amor omnibus idem - love is the same for everyone
Amor patriae - love for the Motherland
Amor sanguinis - love of blood, bloodthirstiness
Amor sceleratus habendi - criminal passion for acquisitiveness
Amorem canat aetas prima - let youth sing about love
Amoris abundantia erga te - excess of love for you
A mensa et toro - from the table and the bed
Amantes - amentes - lovers - crazy
Amantium irae amoris integratio - lovers' quarrels - renewal of love
Amata nobis quantum amabitur nulla - beloved by us, like no other will be beloved
Amicitia semper prodest, amor et nocet - friendship is always useful, but love can do harm
Amicus cogoscitur amore, more, ore, re - a friend is recognized by love, disposition, speech, deed
Amor caecus - love is blind
Amor Dei intellectuālis - cognitive love of God
Amor et deliciae humani generis - love and joy of the human race |
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit - love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart
Amor non quaerit verba - love does not seek (does not require) words
Amor fati - love for fate
Amor et deliciae humani generis - love and joy of the human race
Ars longa, Vite brevis - art is long lasting, but (human) life is short
A die - From this day forward
A solis ortu usque ad occasum - from sunrise to sunset
Absque omni exceptione - without any doubt
Audentes fortuna juvat - happiness favors the brave
Ab imo pectore - with complete sincerity, from the heart
Ad finem saeculorum - until the end of time
Amor non est medicabilis herbis - love cannot be treated with herbs
Amor omnibus idem - love is the same for everyone
Amor tussisque non celantur - love and cough cannot be hidden
Atrocitati mansuetudo est remedium - meekness is a remedy against cruelty. Phaedrus
At sacri vates... - quotation from the poem “The Pangs of Love” (III, 9) by the same poet: “But the singers are sacred, and we are called the favorites of the highest.”
Аudaces fortuna juvat – fate helps the brave
Аurea mediocritas is the golden mean. Horace
Аurea ne credas quaecumque nitescere cernis – all that glitters is not gold
aut aut – either - or - there is no third option
Bene placito - of one's own free will
Beata stultica - blissful stupidity
Beati possidentes - happy are those who have
Carpe diem - seize the day, seize the moment
Caritas et pax - Respect and peace
Con amore - With love
Consensu omnium - By general agreement
Consortium omnis vitae - Commonwealth of all life
Credo - I believe!
De die in diem - day after day
Dei gratia - by God's grace, thank God
Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne - a woman beautiful on top ends in a fishtail
Evviva - long live!
Ex consensu - by agreement
Fac fideli sis fidelis - be faithful to the one who is faithful (to you)
Fata viam invenient - you can’t escape fate
Febris erotica - love fever
Fiat voluntas tua - thy will be done
Fortiter ac firmiter - strong and strong
Hoc erat in votis - this was the object of my desires
Hoc erat in fatis - it was destined to be so (by fate)
Ibi victoria, ubi concordia - there is victory where there is agreement
In aeternum - forever, forever
In saecula saeculorum - forever and ever
In vento et aqua scribere - to write on the wind and water
Ira odium generat, concordia nutrit amorem - anger gives rise to hatred, agreement feeds love.
Lex fati - law of fate
Liberum arbitrium - freedom of choice
Lux in tenebris - light in the darkness
Magna res est amor - the great thing is love
Mane et nocte - morning and night
Mea vita et anima es - you are my life and soul
Natura sic voluit - this is how nature wished
Ne varietur - not subject to change
Nemo novit patrern, nemo sine crimine vivit, nemo sua sorte contentus, nemo ascendit in coelum is a Latin phrase with a funny pun that was very popular among the intelligentsia of the Renaissance. Nemo (Latin, literally: "nobody") was jokingly considered as a proper name. Then the sentence “No one knows his father, no one is free from sin, no one is happy with his fate, no one goes to heaven” takes on the opposite meaning: “Nemo knows his father, Nemo is free from sin,” etc.
Nil nisi bene - nothing but good
Non dubitandum est - no doubt
Non solus - not alone
Nunc est bibendum! - Now let's feast!
Omnia vincit amor et noc cedamus amori - love conquers all and we submit to love
Omnium consensu - by common agreement
Optima fide - with complete confidence
Ore uno - unanimously
Peccare licet nemini! - no one is allowed to sin!
Per aspera ad astra - through thorns to the stars!
Pia desideria - good wishes, cherished dreams
Placeat diis - if the gods please
Prima cartitas ad me - first love is me
Pro bono publico - for the common good
Pro ut de lege - legally
Probatum est - approved
Proprio motu - at one's own request
Quilibet fortunae suae faber - everyone is the architect of their own happiness
Sancta sanctorum - holy of holies
Si vis amari, ama! - if you want to be loved, love yourself
Sic fata voluerunt - as fate would have it
Sponte sua - of one's own free will
Sed semel insanivimus omnes - one day we are all mad
Sic erat in fatis - it was destined to be so
Sursum corda! - keep your head up!
Ubi concordia - ibi victoria - where there is agreement there is victory
Febris erotica – love fever
Vires unitae agunt - forces act together
Vale et me ama - be healthy and love me
Vivamus atque amemus - let's live and love
Vivere est cogitare - to live is to think!
Volente deo - with God's help.
A contrario
On the contrary
In logic, a method of proof that involves proving the impossibility of a proposition that contradicts what is being proven.
Ab ovo usque ad mala
“From eggs to apples”, i.e. from beginning to end
Lunch among the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.
Abyssus abyssum invocat
The abyss calls to the abyss
Like leads to like, or one disaster leads to another disaster.
Ad notice
“For a note”, for your information.
Ad patres
“To the forefathers”, i.e. to the next world, Bible, book of Kings, 4, 22, 20
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides
Trust placed in a treacherous person gives him the opportunity to do harm
Seneca, “Oedipus”
Advocatus diaboli
Devil's Advocate
In an extended sense, the devil's advocate is the defender of a hopeless cause in which the person defending it does not believe.
Alea jacta est
"The die is cast", there is no turning 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 consumor
I waste myself in serving others
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 truth is dearer
The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis
Love cannot be treated with herbs, i.e. there is no cure for love
Ovid, “Heroids”
Anni currentis
Current year
Anno Domini
From the birth of Christ, into the year of the Lord
Form of date designation in Christian chronology.
Ante annum
Last year
Aquila non captat muscas
An eagle does not catch flies, Latin proverb
Asinus Buridani inter duo prata
Buridanov's donkey
A person hesitating between two equal possibilities. It is believed that the philosopher Buridan, proving the inconsistency of determinism, gave the following example: a hungry donkey, on both sides of which lie two identical and equidistant armfuls of hay, will not be able to prefer either of them and will ultimately die of hunger. This image is not found in the writings of Buridan.
Aurea mediocritas
Golden mean
The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of Horace’s everyday philosophy, which found expression in his lyrics; also used to describe mediocre people.
Horace
Auribus tento lupum
I hold the wolf by the ears
I'm in a hopeless situation. , Latin proverb
Out Caesar, out nihil
Either Caesar or nothing
Wed. Russian It's 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 “you must live either by denying yourself everything, or like a Caesar.”
Ave Caesar, imperator, morituri te salutant
Hello Caesar, Emperor, those going to death salute you
Greeting 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
I consider blessings done to an unworthy person to be evil deeds.
Cicero
Cadmea victoria
"Cadmian victory", a victory won at an excessively high cost 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 fight for Thebes, founded by Cadmus, the sons of Oedipus - Eteocles and Polyneices. This duel ended with the death of both warring brothers.
Caesarem decet stantem mori
It is fitting for Caesar to die standing, Suetonius's account of the last words of Emperor Vespasian
Calamitas virtutis occasio
Adversity is the Touchstone of Valor
Seneca
Cantus cycneus
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 do the same.”
Cicero, Tusculan Discourses, I, 30, 73
Castigat ridento mores
“Laughter castigates morals”
Motto of the Comedy Theater (Opera Comique) in Paris. Originally, the motto of the Italian troupe of comic actor Dominic (Dominico Brancolelli) in Paris, composed for it 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 tireless call for something. The Roman senator Marcus Porcius Cato, no matter what he had to express his opinion on in the Senate, added: “And besides, I believe that Carthage should not exist.”
Charta (epistula) non erubescit
Paper (letter) does not turn red
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 After a fight they don’t wave their fists.
Cloaca maxima
Great cesspool, great cesspool
In ancient Rome there was a large canal for draining city waste.
Cogitations poenam nemo patitur
No one is punished for thoughts, One of the provisions of Roman law (Digests)
Cogito, ergo sum
I think therefore I am
The position on 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 reason.
René 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, "Jugurthine War"
Conscientia mille testes
Conscience is a thousand witnesses, Latin proverb
Consuetudo est altera natura
Habit is second nature
Habit creates, as it were, a kind of second nature.
Cicero, “On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil,” V, 25, 74 (in a statement of the views of the philosophers of the Epicurean school)
Cornu copiae
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 off its 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 it, just not me
Horace, "Satires"
Credo, quia verum
I believe it 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 blind, non-reasoning faith.
De gustibus non disputandum est
Tastes differ
Wed. Russian There is no comrade for the taste and color.
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil
About the dead it's either good or nothing
A probable source is Chilo’s saying “do not speak ill of the dead.”
Decies repetita placebit
And if you repeat it ten times you will like it
Horace, “The Science of Poetry”
Decipimur specie recti
We are deceived by the appearance of what is right
Horace, “The Science of Poetry”
Deest remedii locus, ubi, quae vitia fuerunt, mores fiunt
There is no place for medicine where what was considered a vice becomes a custom
Seneca, “Letters”
Delirium tremens
"Trembling delirium", delirium tremens
An acute mental illness resulting from prolonged alcohol abuse.
Desire in loco
Go crazy where it's appropriate
Horace, “Odes”
Deus ex machina
God ex machina
A technique of ancient tragedy, when a tangled intrigue received an unexpected outcome 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
Day teaches day
A brief formulation of the thought expressed in the verse of Publilius Sirus: “The next day is the student of the previous day.”
Dies irae, dies illa
That day, the day of wrath
The beginning of a medieval church hymn is the second part of a funeral mass, a requiem. The hymn is based on the biblical prophecy of the day of judgment, "The Prophecy of Zephaniah", 1, 15.
Diluvii testes
Witnesses of the flood (i.e., ancient times)
About people with outdated, archaic views.
Divide et impera
Divide and conquer
The Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose in modern times.
Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat?
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with the enemy?
Virgil, Aeneid, II, 390
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt
Fate leads those who want to go, but drags those who don’t want to go
The saying of Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Seneca.
Dura lex, sed lex
The law is harsh, but it's the law
No matter how harsh the law is, it must be respected.
Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operai suo deus
Here is a sight worthy of God looking back at 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 table utensils.
Ego sum rex Romanus et supra grammaticos
I am the Roman Emperor and I am above the grammarians
Words said, according to legend, at the Council of Constance by Emperor Sigismund in response to an instruction given 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 greeting 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, but I do not live to eat” and Socrates: “Some people live to eat, but I eat to live.”
Et tu quoque, Brute!
And you, Brutus!
Words allegedly spoken by Caesar before his death, stabbed to death by twenty-three swords of the conspirators.
Etiam innocentes cogit mentiri dolor
Pain makes even the innocent lie
Publilius, “Sentences”
Ex ipso fonte bibere
Drink from the source itself, i.e. go to the original source
Cicero, "On Duties"
Ex malis eligere minima
Choose the least of two evils
Ex nihilo nihil fit
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 Averni
The path through Avernus is easy, that is, the path to the underworld
Lake Avernus near the city of Cuma in Campania was considered the threshold of the underworld.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes
I did everything I could, whoever can do it better
A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring powers to their 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 you have lived means to live twice
Martial, "Epigrams"
Homo homini lupus est
Man is a wolf to man
Plautus, "Donkeys"
Homo proponit, sed deus disponit
Man proposes, but God disposes
Goes back to Thomas a à Kempis, whose source was the Bible, Proverbs of Solomon “A man’s heart determines his way, but it is up to 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 medicine cannot cure, iron cures; what iron cannot cure, fire cures.” Cicero and Livy used the expression “to destroy with fire and sword.” Bismarck proclaimed the policy of unifying Germany with iron and blood. The expression became widely known after the publication of the novel “With Fire and Sword” by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Ignoscito saepe alteri, nunquam tibi
Forgive others often, never forgive yourself.
Publilius, Sentences
Imperitia pro culpa habetur
Ignorance is imputable, Roman Law Formula
In pace leones, in proelio cervi
In time of peace - lions, in battle - deer
Tertullian, "On the Crown"
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
The truth is in the wine
Wed. Pliny the Elder: “It is generally accepted to attribute truthfulness to wine.”
In vitium ducit culpae fuga
The desire to avoid a mistake draws you into 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, "Epistle"
Is fecit cui prodest
Made by someone who benefits
Jus primae noctis
First night right
A custom according to which a feudal lord or landowner could spend the first wedding night with the bride of his beloved vassal or serf.
Leave fit, quote bene fertus 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 where it comes from
Juvenal, "Satires"
Manus manum lavat
Hand washes hand
A proverbial expression dating back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.
Margaritas ante porcos
Cast pearls before swine
“Do not give holy things to dogs; and do not throw pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.” , Gospel of Matthew, 7, 6
Memento mori
Remember death
A form of greeting exchanged upon meeting between 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 the threatening danger.
Nigra in candida vertere
Turn black into white
Juvenal, "Satires"
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum
“There is nothing prosperous in all respects,” i.e. there is no complete well-being
Horace, "Odes"
Nihil habeo, nihil curo
I have nothing - I don’t care about anything
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the forbidden
Ovid, "Love Elegies"
Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum
“Not every person manages to get to Corinth,” expensive things are not accessible to everyone
The Corinthian hetaera* Laida, famous for her beauty, was accessible only to the rich who came to her from all over Greece, which is why the widespread Greek saying arose: “not everyone gets to sail to Corinth.” One day 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 educated unmarried woman leading a free, independent lifestyle.
** - approximately the price of four kilograms of gold.
Nunc est bibendum
Now I need to drink
Horace, "Odes"
O imitatores, servum pecus!
O imitators, slave herd!
Horace, "Epistle"
O sancta simplicitas!
Oh holy simplicity
A phrase attributed to the Czech reformer, hero of the national liberation movement Jan Hus. According to legend, Hus, 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! Oh more!
O times! O morals!
“Speech against Catiline”, “O times! O morals! The Senate understands this, the consul sees it, and he [Catiline] lives.”
Cicero
Oderint dum metuant
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid
Words of Atreus from the tragedy Actium named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of Emperor Caligula.
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est
Everything unknown seems majestic
Tacitus, “Agricola”
Omnia mea mecum porto
I carry everything that’s mine with me
When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants in flight tried to grab more of their things, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “That’s what I do, because I carry everything I have with me,” he answered, referring to his spiritual wealth.
Optimum medicamentum quies est
The best medicine is peace
Medical aphorism, authored by the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.
Panem et circenses
Bread and circuses
An exclamation that expressed the basic demands of the Roman crowd in the era of the Empire.
Per aspera ad astra
“Through thorns to the stars”; through difficulties to a high goal
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum
You should recognize a fool by his frequent laughter, Medieval proverb
Periculum in mora
“The danger is in delay”, i.e. delay is dangerous
Titus Livius, “History”, “When there was already more danger in delay than in violating military order, everyone fled in disorder.”
Persona grata
Desirable or trusted person
Post scriptum(abbreviated P.S.)
After 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 unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's”—Jesus's answer to the Pharisees who asked whether Caesar (i.e., the Roman emperor) should be paid the wages he demanded. , Gospel of Luke, 20, 25
Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat
He who has ears to hear, let him hear, Matthew 11, 15
Qui tacet – consentire videtur
He who remains silent is considered to have agreed
Wed. Russian Silence is a sign of consent.
Quid brevi fortes jaculamur aevo multa?
Why should we strive for so much in a fast-paced life?
Horace, "Odes"
Quot capita, tot sensus
So 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 resembles a convulsive grimace caused by poisoning with a poisonous herb growing on the island of Sardinia.
Salus reipublicae – suprema lex
The good of the state is the highest law
Paraphrase from “Let the good of the people be the supreme law.”
Salve, maris stella
Hello, Star of the Sea
A variant of the opening words of the Catholic church hymn “Ave, maris stella” (9th century) - Mary was considered a guide to sailors due to the erroneous convergence of her name (ancient Hebrew Mirjam) with the Latin word mare “sea”.
Scio me nihil scire
I know I don't know anything
Latin translation of the freely 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 Wed. Cicero: “If we want to enjoy peace, we have to fight” and Cornelius Nepos: “Peace is created by war.”
Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant
They create a desert and call it peace
From the speech of the British leader Kalgak, calling on his fellow tribesmen to decisively oppose the Romans who invaded their country.
Tacitus, Agricola
Summa summarum
“Sum of sums”, i.e. the final total or overall total
In ancient times, the phrase was used to mean “a set of things” or “the universe.”
Suum cuique
To each his own, that is, to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts, Provision of Roman law
Tarde venientibus ossa
He who comes late gets bones, Latin proverb
Tempus edax rerum
All-consuming 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 this way.
Tertium non datur
There is no third option; 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 positions are given, one of which affirms something, and the other, on the contrary, denies it, then there cannot be a third, middle judgment between them.
Tibi et igni
“For you and fire”, i.e. read and burn
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
Fear 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.
Tranquillas etiam naufragus horret aquas
The shipwrecked man fears still waters
Wed. Russian Burnt child dreads the fire.
Ovid, "Epistle from Pontus"
Urbi et orbi
"To the 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 Amyntius about his victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC. e. over the Pontic king Pharnaces.
Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes
True victory is only when the enemies themselves admit defeat.
Claudian, "On the sixth consulate of Honorius"
Viva vox alit plenius
“Living speech nourishes more abundantly,” that is, what is presented orally is more successfully absorbed than what is written
Argumentum ad absurdum.
"Proof by absurdity."
Contumeliam nec ingenuus fert, nec fortis facit.
“An honest man does not tolerate insult, and a courageous man does not inflict it.”
Repetitio est mater studiorum.
“Repetition is the mother of learning.”
Damant, quod non intelegunt.
“They judge because they don’t understand.”
"From the heart."
O sancta simplicitas.
"Oh, holy simplicity."
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
“I’m ready to listen to stupidity, but I won’t listen.”
Ad impossibilia lex non cogit.
“The law does not require the impossible.”
Latrante uno latrat stati met alter canis.
“When one dog barks, the other immediately barks.”
Amicus plato, sed magis amica veritas.
“Plato is my friend, but truth is dearer.”
Natura non nisi parendo vincitur.
“Nature can only be conquered by obeying it.”
Omne ignotum pro magnifico.
“Everything unknown seems grandiose.”
Benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror.
“Benefits shown to the unworthy, I consider atrocities.”
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
“Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes and falls on the heart.”
"With good intentions."
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
“It is common for every person to make mistakes, but only a fool can persist in a mistake.”
De gustibus non disputandum est.
"Tastes differ."
Conditio sine qua non.
"A requirement."
Consuetudo est altera natura.
“Habit is second nature.”
Carum quod rarum.
“What is expensive is what is rare.”
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias, non est tam accipere quam extorquere.
“Accepting rewards 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 by itself."
Citius, altius, fortius.
"Faster, higher, stronger."
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
“All of us, when we are healthy, easily give advice to the sick.”
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
“Happiness is not a reward for valor, but it is valor itself.”
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
“Listen a lot, talk little.”
Divide et impera.
"Divide and conquer."
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.
“It’s either good or nothing about the dead.”
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.
“Living means thinking.”
“I wish you good luck!”
Fac fideli sis fidelis.
“Be faithful to those who are faithful 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.
“By serving others, I waste myself; By shining for others, I burn myself.”
Calamitas virtutis occasio.
“Adversity is the touchstone of valor.”
Dura lex, sed lex.
"The law is harsh, but it is the law."
Vir excelso animo.
"A man of exalted soul."
Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides.
“Trust placed in a treacherous person allows him to do 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 big ones decline.”
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.
“He lived well who lived unnoticed.”
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
“Actions are stronger than words.”
Veni, vidi, vici.
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Consensus 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.
“Knowing laws is not about remembering their words, but about understanding 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.”
"Remember death."
Deffuncti injuria ne afficiantur.
“The crime of a dead person is beyond jurisdiction.”
Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat.
“He who argues with a drunken man fights with an absent one.”
Вis dat, qui cito dat
“He who gives quickly gives double.”
Quod non habet principium, non habet finem.
“What has no beginning has no end.”
Errare humanum est.
"Err is human."
Memoria est signatarum rerum in mente vestigium.
“Memory is a trace of things fixed in thought.”
Facilis descensus averni.
“The ease of descent into the underworld.”
Poeta nascitur non fit.
“Poets are born, not made.”
Audi, vide, sile.
“Listen, watch, be silent.”
Sivis pacem para bellum.
“If you want peace, prepare for war.”
Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo.
“By concealment, vice is nourished and maintained.”
Ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent.
“The outcome of big cases often depends on the little things.”
Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro.
“He who wants to study without a book draws water with a sieve.”
Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur.
“With agreement, small things grow, with disagreement, great things are destroyed.”
Descensus averno facilis est.
Phrases in Latin still attract young men and women. There is something alluring in these words and letters, some mysterious meaning. Each quote has its own history, 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 do it better” and refers to ancient Roman times, when consuls chose their successors. Or: “Aliis inserviendo consumor”, which means “serving others I waste myself”; The meaning of this inscription was self-sacrifice; it was written under a candle. It was also found in many ancient publications and collections of various symbols.
The most complete list!
A selection of 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 dates back 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 tattoos in Latin
Audaces fortuna juvat.
(translation from Latin)
Happiness favors the brave.
Contra spent spero.
I hope without hope.
Debellare superbos.
Crush the pride of the rebellious.
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.
I did it, I did it.
Finis coronat opus.
End crowns the work.
Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus!.
Let's have fun while we're young.
Gutta cavat Lapidem.
A drop wears away a stone.
Literally: Gutta cavat lapidem, consumitur anulus usu – A drop chisels 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 the wine.
Magna res est amor.
The great thing is love.
Malo mori quam foedari.
Better death than dishonor.
Ne cede malls.
Don't be discouraged by misfortune.
Noll me tangere.
Don't touch me.
Omnia mea mecum Porte.
I carry everything that’s mine with me.
Per aspera ad astra.
Through thorns to the stars.
The option is also used Ad astra per aspera– to the stars through thorns.
The famous saying 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.
A Latin phraseological unit that defines that there is no and cannot be equality among people.
Suum cuique.
To each his own.
Ubi bene, ibi patria.
Where it is good, there is homeland.
The original source appears to be in the comedy Plutus by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.
Vale et me ama.
Farewell and love me.
Cicero ended his letters with this phrase.
I came, I saw, I conquered!
Laconic notice of Caesar about his victory over Pharnaces, son of Mithridates, at Cela, 47 BC.
Vlvere militare est.
To live means to fight.
Vivere est cogitare
Living means thinking.
Words of the Roman statesman, writer and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris.
Expect from another what you yourself have done to another.
Abiens, abi!
When you leave, go away!
Adversa fortuna.
Evil rock.
Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
Try to maintain presence of mind even in difficult circumstances.
Aetate fruere, mobili cursu fugit.
Take advantage of life, it is so fleeting.
Ad pulchritudinem ego excitata sum, elegantia spiro et artem efflo.
I am awakened to beauty, breathe grace and radiate art.
Actum ne agas.
What you're done with, don't come back to.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices are before our eyes, ours are behind our backs.
Aliis inserviendo consumor.
I waste myself in serving others.
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 crazy.
Amicos res secundae parant, adversae probant.
Friends are made by happiness, misfortune tests them.
Amor etiam deos tangit.
Even the gods are subject to love.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis.
Love cannot be cured with herbs. (i.e. there is no cure for love. Ovid, “Heroids”)
Amor omnia vincit.
Love conquers everything.
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit.
Love, like a tear, is born from the eyes and falls on the heart.
Antiquus amor cancer est.
Old love is not forgotten.
Audi, multa, loquere pauca.
Listen a lot, talk little.
Audi, vide, sile.
Listen, watch and be silent.
Audire ignoti quom imperant soleo non auscultare.
I'm ready to listen to stupidity, but I won't listen.
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam.
Either I’ll find a way, or I’ll pave it myself.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Either win or die.
Aut caesar, aut nihil.
Either Caesar or nothing.
Beatitudo non est virtutis praemium, sed ipsa virtus.
Happiness is not a reward for valor, but it is valor itself.
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.
No one is punished for thoughts.
(One of the provisions of Roman law (Digest)
Cogito, ergo sum.
I think, therefore I exist. (The position based on 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 reason. René 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 the enemy? (Virgil, Aeneid, II, 390)
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt.
Fate leads those who want to go, but drags those who don’t want to go. (Cleanthes' saying, translated into Latin by Seneca.)
Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.
You have to eat to live, not live to eat. (Medieval maxim paraphrasing the ancient sayings of Quintilian: “I eat to live, but I do 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 you have 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 forgive 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 is a wolf to man. (Plautus, “Donkeys”)
Consultor homini tempus utilissimus.
Time is the most useful adviser to a person.
Corrige praeteritum, praesens rege, cerne futurum.
Correct the past, manage the present, provide for the future.
Cui ridet Fortuna, eum ignorat Femida.
Whoever Fortune smiles on, Themis does not notice.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.
It is common for every person to make mistakes, but only a fool tends to persist in a mistake.
Cum vitia present, paccat qui recte facit.
When vices flourish, those who live honestly suffer.
Damant, quod non intelegunt.
They judge because they don't understand.
De gustibus non disputandum est.
Tastes differ. (The Russian equivalent is the proverb “There is no friend according to taste”)
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil.
About the dead it’s either good or nothing. (A probable source is Chilon’s saying “Do not slander the dead”)
Descensus averno facilis est.
The path to hell is easy.
Deus ipse se fecit.
God created himself.
Divide et impera.
Divide and conquer. (Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy, which arose in modern times.)
Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is harsh, but it is the law. Meaning Latin phrase: No matter how harsh the law is, it must be obeyed.
As long as 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 table utensils.
Educa te ipsum!
Educate yourself!
Esse quam videri.
To be, not to seem.
Ex nihilo nihil fit.
Nothing comes from nothing.
Ex malis eligere minima.
Choose the least of two 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, we easily give good advice to the sick.
Facta sunt potentiora verbis.
Actions are stronger than words.
Factum est factam.
What's done is done (a fact is a fact).
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Fama volat.
The earth is full of rumors.
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did everything I could, let anyone who can do it do better.
(A paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring powers to their 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 decided to pacify a woman’s temperament, say goodbye to peace!
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but be careful who you trust.
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Finis vitae, sed non amoris.
Life ends, but not love.
Flagrante delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.
Forsomnia 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, gentle in handling.
(Persistently achieve the goal, acting gently.)
Fortunam citius reperis, quam retineas.
Happiness is easier to find than to maintain.
Fortunam suam quisque parat.
Everyone finds their destiny themselves.
Fructus temporum.
Fruit of time.
Fuge, late, tace.
Run, hide, be silent.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irreversible time is running out.
Gaudeamus igitur.
So let's have fun.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Gustus legibus non subiacet.
Taste does not obey laws.
Gutta cavat lapidem.
A drop wears away a stone.
Heu conscienta animi gravis est servitus.
Worse than slavery is remorse.
Heu quam est timendus qui mori tutus putat!
He is terrible who considers death to be good!
Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt.
People believe their eyes more than their ears.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Hominis est errare.
Err is human.
Homines non odi, sed ejus vitia.
It is not the person I hate, 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 a friend to man.
Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto.
I am a man, and nothing human is alien to me.
Ibi potest valere populus, ubi leges valent.
Where the laws are in force, the people are strong.
Igne natura renovatur integra.
With 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.
In Daemon Deus!
There is God in the Demon!
In dubio abstine.
When in doubt, refrain.
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.
In peace, in peace.
Incedo per ignes.
I walk among the fire.
Incertus animus dimidium sapientiae est.
Doubt is half of wisdom.
Injuriam facilius facias guam feras.
It's easy to offend, harder to endure.
In me omnis spes mihi est.
All my hope is in myself.
In memoriam.
In memory.
In pace leones, in proelio cervi.
In times of peace - lions, in battle - deer. (Tertullian, “On the Crown”)
Inter arma silent legs.
When weapons thunder, the laws are silent.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In tyrannos.
Against tyrants.
The truth is in the wine. (Cf. Pliny the Elder: “It is generally accepted to attribute truthfulness to wine.”) 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 draws you into 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.
Those who show their grief the most are those who mourn the least.
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 where it comes from. (Juvenal, “Satires”)
Lupus non mordet lupum.
A wolf will not bite a wolf.
Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem.
The wolf changes its fur, not its nature.
Manus manum lavat.
The hand washes the hand.
(A proverbial expression dating back to the Greek comedian Epicharmus.)
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo.
My conscience is more important to me than all the 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.
I hope for the best.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
A healthy mind in a healthy body.
Memento mori.
Remember death.
(The form of greeting that was exchanged when meeting monks of the Trappist Order. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death and, in a figurative sense, of threatening danger.)
Memento quia pulvis est.
Remember that you are dust.
Mores cuique sui fingit fortunam.
Our fate depends on our morals.
Mors nescit legem, tollit cum paupere regem.
Death knows no law; it takes both the king and the poor.
Mors omnia solvit.
Death solves all problems.
Mortem effugere nemo potest.
No one can escape death.
Natura abhorret vacuum.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Naturalia non sunt turpia.
Natural is not shameful.
Nihil est ab omni parte beatum.
Nothing is good in every way
(i.e. there is no complete well-being Horace, “Odes”).
Nihil habeo, nihil curo.
I have nothing - I don’t care about anything.
Nitinur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.
We always strive for the forbidden and desire the forbidden. (Ovid, "Love Elegies")
Nolite dicere, si nescitis.
Don't say if you don't know.
Non est fumus absque igne.
There is no smoke without fire.
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Having experienced misfortune, I learned to help those who suffer. (Virgil)
Non progredi est regredi.
Not moving forward means going backwards.
Nunquam retrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not a step back, always forward.
Nusquam sunt, qui ubique sunt.
Those who are everywhere are nowhere.
Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate, as long as they are afraid. (The words of Atreus from the tragedy Actium named after him. According to Suetonius, this was the favorite saying of the Emperor Caligula.)
Odi et amo.
I hate it and love it.
Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.
Everything unknown seems 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 that’s mine with me.
(When the city of Priene was taken by the enemy and the inhabitants in flight tried to capture more of their things, someone advised the sage Biant to do the same. “That’s what I do, because I carry everything I have with me,” he answered, meaning your spiritual wealth.)
Omnia fluunt, omnia mutantur.
Everything flows, everything changes.
Omnia mors aequat.
Death equals everything.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare. (Cicero)
Omnia, quae volo, adipiscar.
I achieve 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 thorns to the stars. (Through difficulties to a high goal.)
Per fas et nefas.
By hook or by crook.
Per risum multum debes cognoscere stultum.
You should recognize a fool by his frequent laughter. (Medieval set expression.)
Perigrinatio est vita.
Life is a journey.
Persona grata.
A desirable or trusted person.
Petite, et dabitur vobis; quaerite et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis.
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. (Matt. 7:7)
First among equals. (Formula characterizing the position of the monarch in a feudal state.)
Quae fuerant vitia, mores sunt.
What were vices are now morals.
Quae nocent - docent.
What harms, it teaches.
Qui nisi sunt veri, ratio quoque falsa sit omnis.
If the feelings are not true, then our whole mind will turn out to be false.
Qui tacet – consentire videtur.
Whoever remains silent is considered to have 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 look out for 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 theater; It's not how long it lasts that matters, but how well it's played.
Respue quod non es.
Throw away what is not you.
Scio me nihil scire.
I know I don't know anything.
(Latin translation of the freely interpreted words of Socrates. Compare Russian. Learn for a century, die a fool.)
Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
We all get mad someday.
Semper mors subest.
Death is always near.
Sequere Deum.
Follow the will of God.
Si etiam omnes, ego non.
Even if everything is, it’s not me. (i.e. Even if everyone does, 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 cf. Cicero: “If we want to enjoy peace, we have to fight” and Cornelius Nepos: “Peace is created by war.”)
Sibi imperare maximum imperium est.
The highest power is power over oneself.
Similis simili gaudet.
Like rejoices in like.
Sic itur ad astra.
This is how they go to the stars.
Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun is shining for everyone.
Sola mater amanda est et pater honestandus est.
Only a mother is worthy of love, a father is worthy of 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 deserts, Provision of Roman law).
Tanta vis probitatis est, ut eam etiam in hoste diligamus.
The power of honesty is such that we value it even from an 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.
Those who come late get 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 an inaccessible area on ancient geographical maps, this is how unexplored parts of the earth’s surface were designated).
Tertium non datur.
There is no third option; there is no third.
(In formal logic, one of the four laws of thinking is formulated this way - 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 will be a third, middle judgment between them can't.)
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.
He who cannot follow the dictates of the mind, let him follow the movements of the soul.
Varietas delectat.
Variety is fun.
Verae amititiae sempiternae sunt.
True friendship is eternal.
A well-known and very popular phrase for tattoos:
I came, I saw, I conquered.
(According to Plutarch, with this phrase Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amyntius about his victory in the battle of Zela in August 47 BC over the Pontic king Pharnaces.)
Veni, vidi, fugi.
He came, he saw, he ran away.
Phrase for a tattoo with humor :)
Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessos animo quoque subjugat hostes.
True victory is only when the enemies themselves admit defeat. (Claudian, “On the sixth consulate of Honorius”)
Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.
Viva vox alit plenius.
Living speech nourishes more abundantly
(i.e., what is presented orally is more successfully absorbed than what is written).
Vivamus atque amemus.
Let's live and love.
Vi veri vniversum vivus vici.
I conquered the universe with 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 translates as “live in the present”, “seize the moment”.
The entire phrase goes like this: “ Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. - Time: seize the moment, trust the future as little as possible.”
A posteriōri. "From what follows"; based on experience, based on experience. In logic, an inference made on the basis of experience.
A priōri. “From the previous”, based on previously known. In logic, an inference based on general provisions accepted as true.
Ab altĕro expectes, altĕri quod fecĕris. Expect from another what you yourself did to another (cf. As it comes back, so it will respond).
Ab ovo usque ad mala. From Eggs to Apples, from start to finish. Lunch among the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.
Ab urbe condita. From the founding of the city (i.e. Rome; the founding of Rome dates back to 754–753 BC). The era of the Roman chronology. This was the name of the historical work of Titus Livy, which outlined the history of Rome from its legendary foundation to 9 AD.
Ad hoc. “For this purpose”, “in relation to this”, especially for this occasion.
Ad libitum. At will, at<своему>discretion (in music - the tempo of a musical work, left to the discretion of the performer).
Ad majōrem dei gloriam. “To the greater glory of God”; often in paraphrases to glorify, for the glory, in the name of the triumph of someone, something. Motto of the Jesuit Order, founded in 1534 by Ignatius of Loyola.
Alea jacta est. “The die is cast” is about an irrevocable decision, about a step that does not allow retreat or return to the past. The words of Julius Caesar, who decided to seize sole power, said before crossing the Rubicon River, which marked the beginning of the war with the Senate.
Alma mater. “Nursing mother” (traditional figurative name for educational institutions, often higher ones).
Alter ego. Another me, a second me (about friends). Attributed to Pythagoras.
Amīcus certus in re incertā cernĭtur. “A true friend is found in a wrong deed,” i.e. a true friend is known in trouble (Cicero, “Treatise on Friendship”).
Amīcus Plato, sed magis amīca verĭtas. Plato is my friend, but truth is an even greater friend. The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.
Amōrem canat aetas prima. Let youth sing of love (Sextus Propertius, “Elegies”).
Aquila non captat muscas. An eagle does not catch flies (Latin proverb).
Ars longa, vita brevis. Science is vast (or Art is vast) but life is short. From the first aphorism of the ancient Greek physician and naturalist Hippocrates (translated into Latin).
Audiātur et altĕra pars. The other (or opposing) side should also be heard. On impartial consideration of disputes. The expression goes back to the judicial oath in Athens.
Aurea mediocritas. Golden mean. The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of the everyday philosophy of Horace (“Odes”).
Auri sacra fames. Damn thirst for gold. Virgil, "Aeneid".
Out Caesar, out nihil. Either Caesar or nothing (cf. Russian: Either pan or gone). Motto of Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal and military adventurer. The source for this motto was words attributed to the Roman emperor Caligula (12–41), known for his extravagance.
Ave Caesar,
Bellum omnium contra omnes. A war of all against all. T. Hobbes, "Leviathan", about the natural state of people before the formation of society.
Carpe diem. “Seize the day”, i.e. take advantage of today, seize the moment. The motto of Epicureanism. Horace, "Odes".
Cetĕrum censeo Carthagĭnem esse delendam. And besides, I maintain that Carthage must be destroyed. Persistent reminder; the expression represents the words of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder, which he added at the end of every speech in the Senate, no matter what he had to speak about.
Cibi, potus, somni, venus omnia moderāta sint. Food, drink, sleep, love - let everything be in moderation (saying of the Greek physician Hippocrates).
Citius, altius, fortius! Faster, higher, stronger! The motto of the Olympic Games, adopted in 1913.
Cogĭto, ergo sum. I think, therefore I exist. R. Descartes, “Principles of Philosophy.”
Consuetūdo est altĕra natūra. Habit is second nature. Cicero, “On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil.”
Credo. "I believe." The so-called “symbol of faith” is a prayer beginning with this word, which is a brief summary of the dogmas of Christianity. In a figurative sense: basic principles, the foundations of someone’s worldview, the basic principles of someone.
Cujusvis homĭnis est errāre; nullīus, sine insipientis, in irrōre perseverāre. It is common for every person to make mistakes, but it is common for no one but a fool to persist in a mistake. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippiki.
Curriculum vitae. “The Path of Life”, short biography.
De gustĭbus non est disputandum. There is no arguing about tastes (cf. There are no comrades for taste and color).
De jure. De facto. By right, legally. In fact, in fact.
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil. About the dead it’s either good or nothing. Saying of Chilo, one of the seven sages of antiquity.
Divide et impĕra. Divide and conquer. Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy.
Docendo discĭmus. By teaching, we learn ourselves. Seneca, "Letters".
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. Fate leads those who want to go, and drags those who do not want to go. A saying of the Greek Stoic philosopher Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Lucius Annaeus Seneca in his Letters.
Dum spiro, spero. As long as I breathe, I hope. A modern formulation of thought found in Cicero's Letters to Atticus and Seneca's Letters.
Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Fools, avoiding vices, fall into the opposite vices (Quintus Horace Flaccus).
Dura lex, sed lex. “The law is harsh, but the law”, i.e. no matter how harsh the law is, it must be obeyed.
Epistŭla non erubescit. The letter does not turn red. In a letter you can express what you would be ashamed to say in person.
Errāre humānum est. “To err is human”, it is human nature to make mistakes. Marcus Annaeus Seneca the Elder, “Controversions.”
Eruditio aspĕra optĭma est. Rigorous training is the best.
Est modus in rebus. There is a measure in things, i.e. there is a measure for everything. Horace, "Satires".
Ex libris. “From Books”, bookplate. The name of a bookmark affixed to the inside of the front cover of a book or the cover of a book and containing the name of the owner of the book.
Ex ungue leōnem. “By the claw of a lion” (they recognize), i.e. You can judge the whole by the part, or you can recognize the master by the hand. Lucian, Hermotim.
Exempli gratiā (e.g.). For the sake of example, for example.
Feci, quod potui, faciant meliōra potentes. I did everything I could, let anyone who can do it do better. A poetic paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring powers to their successor.
Femĭna nihil pestilentius. There is nothing more destructive than a woman. Homer.
Festina lente. “Hurry slowly,” do everything slowly. Latin translation of the Greek proverb (speude bradeōs), which Suetonius gives in Greek form as one of the usual sayings of Augustus ("Divine Augustus").
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus. May justice be done and may the world perish. Motto of the German Emperor Ferdinand I.
Fiat lux. Let there be light. Genesis 1:3.
Finis corōnat opus. End crowns the work; the end is the crown of the matter. Proverbial expression.
Gaudeāmus igĭtur juvĕnes dum sumus. Let us rejoice while we are young (beginning of a student song derived from the Latin drinking songs of the vagantes).
Gútta cavát lapidém non ví sed sáepe cadéndo. A drop chisels a stone not by force, but by frequent falling. Ovid, "Epistle from Pontus".
Habent sua fata libelli. Books have their own destiny (depending on how the reader receives them). Terentian Maurus, “On Letters, Syllables and Meters.”
Hoc est (h.e.). This means, that is.
Homo novus. New man. A man of humble birth who has reached high position in society.
Homo sum: humāni nihil a me aliēnum puto. I am a human being and I believe that nothing human is alien to me. It is used when you want to emphasize the depth and breadth of interests, involvement in everything human, or to mean: I am a human being and am not immune from any human delusions and weaknesses. Terence, “Punishing Himself.”
Honōres mutant mores. Honors change morals. Plutarch, Life of Sulla.
Honōris causā. “For the sake of honor,” i.e. taking into account merit; sometimes - for the sake of one’s honor, for prestige, or for the sake of honor alone, disinterestedly. Most often used to refer to the custom of awarding an academic degree without defending a dissertation, on the basis of merit.
Ignorantia non est argumentum. Ignorance is not an argument. Benedict Spinoza, Ethics.
Malum nullum est sine alĭquo bono. Every cloud has a silver lining. Latin proverb.
Manus manum lavat. The hand washes the hand. Proverbial expression.
Memento mori. Remember death. A form of greeting exchanged when meeting monks of the Trappist order.
Memento quia pulvis est. Remember that you are dust. Genesis 3:19.
Mens sana in corpŏre sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body. Juvenal, "Satires".
Multos timere debet, quem multi timent. The one whom many fear must be afraid of many. Publius Sir.
Mutātis mutandis. By changing what needs to be changed; with appropriate changes.
Nam sine doctrinā vita est quasi mortis imāgo. For without science, life is like a semblance of death. The original source has not been established; found in J.B. Moliere, "The Bourgeois among the Nobility."
Ne quid nimis! Nothing extra! Don't break the rules! Publius Terentius Afr, "The Girl from Andros".
Nomen est omen. “A name is a sign”, a name foreshadows something, says something about its bearer, characterizes him. Plautus, "Persian".
Non est discipǔlus super magistrum. A student is not higher than his teacher. Gospel of Matthew.
Non olet. "It doesn't smell"<деньги>don't smell. Suetonius, "The Divine Vespasian".
Nosce te ipsum. Know yourself. Latin translation of the Greek saying gnōthi seauton, attributed to Thales and inscribed on the pediment of the temple at Delphi.
Nota bene! (NB!). “Notice well”, pay attention. A mark used to draw attention to some particularly noteworthy part of the text.
Nulla dies sine lineā. Not a day without a touch; not a day without a line (used in the “Natural History” of Gaius Pliny Caecilius the Elder in relation to the ancient Greek painter Apelles).
O tempura! Oh more! O times! O morals! Cicero, "Speech against Catiline."
O sancta simplicitas! Oh, holy simplicity! The phrase is attributed to the Czech Protestant Jan Hus. According to legend, Hus, being burned at the stake, uttered these words when some old woman, out of pious motives, threw an armful of brushwood into the fire.
Omnia mea mecum porto. I carry everything that’s mine with me. Words attributed by Cicero to Biantus, one of the Seven Wise Men.
Omnia víncit amór et nós cedámus amóri. Love conquers everything, and we submit to love (Virgil, “Eclogues”).
Omnis ars imitatio est natūrae. All art is an imitation of nature. Seneca, "Epistle".
Optimum medicamentum quies est. The best medicine is peace. Statement of Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman physician.
Panem et circenses. Bread and circuses. A cry that expressed the basic demands of the Roman crowd, which had lost political rights during the Empire and was content with the free distribution of bread and free circus shows.
Parturiunt montes, nascētur ridicŭlus mus. The mountains give birth, and a funny mouse is born; the mountain gave birth to a mouse (Quintus Horace Flaccus in “The Science of Poetry” ridicules writers who begin their works with pompous promises that are subsequently not justified).
Parva leves capiunt animos. Trifles seduce the souls of the frivolous. Publius Ovid Naso.
Per aspĕra ad astra. “Through thorns to the stars”, through difficulties to a high goal. Modification of a fragment from Seneca's Furious Hercules.
Per fas et nefas. “With the help of what is permitted and not permitted by the gods,” by hook or by crook. Titus Livius, "History".
Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixērunt. May those who said before us what we say perish! A humorous aphorism. The original source is unknown.
Periclum in moro. “The danger is in delay”, i.e. delay is dangerous. Titus Livius, "History".
Persōna (non)grata. (Un)desirable person (international law term). IN in a broad sense- a person (not) trusted.
Post factum. “After the fact”, i.e. after the event has occurred; retroactively, belatedly.
Post scriptum (P.S.). “After what was written” or “After what was written”, a postscript at the end of the letter.
Pro et contra. Pros and cons.
Prosit! Cheers! Let's be healthy!
Qualis rex, talis grex. Like the king, so is the crowd. Latin proverb. Wed. What is the pop, such is the arrival.
Qui non labōrat, non mandūcet. He who does not work, should not eat. 2nd Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians 3:10.
Qui pro quo. One instead of the other, i.e. confusion of concepts, confusion; misunderstanding.
Quia nomĭnor leo. For I am called a lion. Words from the fable of Phaedrus. Lion and Donkey share the spoils after the hunt. The lion took one third for himself as the king of beasts, the second - as a participant in the hunt, the third - because he is a lion.
Quídquid agís, prudénter agás et réspĭce fínem. Whatever you do, do it wisely and have the outcome in mind. "Roman Deeds".
Quo vadis? Where are you going? Who are you coming? Gospel of John; the words Peter spoke to Jesus.
Quod erat demonstrandum (q.e.d.). Q.E.D. The traditional formula that completes the proof.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull. Latin proverb.
Repetitio est mater studiōrum. Repetition is the mother of learning. Latin proverb.
Salus popŭli - suprēma lex. The welfare of the people is the highest law. Cicero, “On the Laws.
Salus popŭli suprēma lex. The welfare of the people is the highest law. Cicero, On the Laws.
Sapĕre aude. Decide to be wise. Horace, "Epistle".
Sapienti sat. Enough for those who understand<того, что уже было сказано>. Titus Maccius Plautus, Persian.
Scientia est potentia. Knowledge is power. An aphorism based on a statement by F. Bacon in the New Organon.
Scio me nihil scire. I know I don't know anything. Translation into Latin of the words of Socrates given in Plato’s work “Apology of Socrates”.
Semper homo bonus tiro est. A decent person is always a simpleton. Martial.
Sero venientĭbus ossa. Whoever comes late (i.e. is late) gets bones. Latin proverb.
Sic transit gloria mundi. This is how worldly glory passes. A phrase with which the future Pope is addressed during his elevation to this rank, while burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly existence.
Sine irā et studio. Without anger and partiality. Tacitus, "Annals".
Sint ut sunt aut non sint. Let it remain as it is, or not at all. The words of Pope Clement XIII, spoken by him to the French envoy in 1761 in response to the demand to change the charter of the Jesuit Order.
Sit tibi terra levis (STTL). “May the earth be easy for you,” may the earth rest in peace to you (the usual form of Latin epitaphs).
Sit venia verbo. Let it be permitted to say; if I may say so. Latin phraseological unit.
Solus cum solā non cogitabuntur orāre “Pater noster.” A man and a woman alone will not think to recite the Lord’s Prayer. The original source has not been established; found in V. Hugo, “Notre Dame,” “Les Miserables.”
Status quo. “The situation in which”, the existing situation; used etc. in meaning "previous position"
Sub rosā. “Under the Rose”, secretly, secretly. For the ancient Romans, the rose was an emblem of mystery. If a rose was hung from the ceiling under the banquet table, then everything that was said “under the rose” should not have been disclosed.
Sub specie aeternitātis. “Under the guise of eternity, under the form of eternity”; from the point of view of eternity. An expression from Spinoza’s Ethics, which proves that “it is the nature of reason to comprehend things under some form of eternity.”
Sublatā causā, tollĭtur morbus. If the cause is eliminated, then the disease will go away. Attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates.
Suum cuīque. To each his own, i.e. to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts. The position of Roman law.
Temerĭtas est florentis aetātis. Frivolity is characteristic of a blooming age. Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Terra incognita. Unknown land. Peren. something completely unknown or an inaccessible, incomprehensible region.
Tertium non datur. The third is not given; there is no third. The formulation of one of the four laws of thinking - the law of the excluded middle - in formal logic.
Trahit sua quemque voluptas. Everyone is attracted by his passion (Publius Virgil Maro, Bucolics).
Transeat a me calix iste. Let this cup pass from me (Matthew 26:39).
Tu vivendo bonos, scribendo sequāre perītos. In your lifestyle follow well-meaning people, in writing - follow good people (the original source has not been established; found in J.B. Moliere, “The Vexation of Love”).
Ultĭma ratio regum. "The last argument of kings", the last resort of kings. Inscription on French cannons, made under Louis XIV at the behest of Cardinal Richelieu.
Ultra posse nemo obligātur. No one can be obliged beyond his capabilities. Legal norm.
Urbi et orbi. “To the city (i.e. Rome) and the world”; to the whole world, to the whole world, to everyone and everyone. Words included in the adopted in the XIII-XIV centuries. the formula for blessing the newly elected Pope, as the head of the Catholic Church for the city of Rome and the whole world, and which became the formula for blessing the Pope to the entire Catholic world on holidays.
Vade mecum. “Walk with me,” vademekum. The traditional name for guidebooks and reference publications that serve as a constant companion in something.
Vae victis. Woe to the vanquished. During the Gauls' siege of Rome, the city's inhabitants had to pay a ransom of a thousand pounds of gold. One Gaul put his heavy sword on the scales where the weights stood, saying: “Woe to the vanquished.” Titus Livius, "History".
Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. According to Plutarch in his Comparative Biography, Julius Caesar used this phrase in a letter to his friend Amyntius to announce his victory in the battle of Zela.
Veto. “I forbid”; ban, veto. To "veto" someone's decision means to suspend its execution.
Vim vi repellĕre licet. Violence is allowed to be repelled by force (one of the provisions of Roman civil law).
Virtūtem primam esse puta compescĕre linguam. Consider the ability to bridle the tongue as the first virtue (a saying from the collection “Moral Couples for a Son” by Dionysius Cato).
Vita sine libertate nihil. Life without freedom is nothing (the original source has not been established; found in R. Roland, “Against Italian Fascism”).
Vivĕre est cogitāre. Living means thinking. Cicero, Tusculan Conversations. Voltaire's motto
Vivĕre est militāre. To live is to fight. Seneca, "Letters".
Volens nolens. Like it or not, willy-nilly.