| 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 |