A | B |
ad hoc | for this [purpose] |
hoc age | do this |
hoc anno | in this year |
hoc loco | at this place |
alea iacta est | the die is cast |
cave canem | beware of the dog |
malis avibus | with bad omens |
bonis avibus | with good omens |
lux et lex | light and law |
homo homini lupus | humans are wolves to other humans |
homo doctus in se semper divitias habet | an educated person always has riches within him/herself |
labor omnia vincit | work conquers all |
lex non scripta | unwritten law |
lex talionis | law of retaliation |
lex loci | law of the land |
virtute et armis | by courage and arms |
ecce homo | behold the man |
quae nocent docent | those things that harm us teach us |
qui me amat amat et canem meam | he who loves me also loves my dog |
qui scribit bis legit | one who writes reads twice |
nil nisi bonum | nothing except good [about the dead] |
nil novi sub sole | nothing new under the sun |
modus operandi | method of working |
modus vivendi | method of living |
in vino veritas | in wine [is] the truth |
reddite quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo | render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's |
quid novi | what's new |
quid nunc | what now |
quis custodiet ipsos custodes | who will guard the guards themselves |
quo animo | with what intention |
cui bono | for whose benefit |
manus manum lavat | one hand washes the other |
manu propria | with one's own hand [no apprentice] |
veni, vidi, vici | I came, I saw, I conquered |
dies irae | day of wrath |
dies faustus | lucky day |
diem ex die | day after day |
dum vita est, spes est | while there is life, there is hope |
res ipsa loquitur | the matter speaks for itself |
res inter alios | a matter for others |
gaudeamus igitur | therefore let us rejoice |
possunt qui posse videntur | they are able who seem to be able |
nos morituri te salutamus | we who are about to die salute you |