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cadit quaestio - the argument falls

caeca invidia est - envy is blind  

caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris. - if Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar. 
canis meus id comedit. - my dog ate it. 
carpe diem! - seize the day (horace)
cave cibum, valde malus est." - beware the food, it is very bad.  
cave quid dicis, quando, et cui - beware what you say, when, and to whom
caveat emptor - let the buyer beware. 
certiorari - to be made certain (writ calling for review by a higher court)
cessante causa cessat et effectus - when the cause ceases, so does the effect  
cetera desunt - the rest are missing 
ceteris paribus - other things being equal 
cogita ante salis. - look before you leap. 
dabit deus his quoque finem - God will even grant an end to these [troubles] 
damnat quod non intelligunt - they condemn what they do not understand
damnum absque iniuria - loss without injury
de diem in die - from day to day 
de duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum - of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen
de facto - according to fact 
de gustibus non est disputandum - there's no accounting for tastes. 
de iure - according to law
de mortuis nil nisi bonum - say nothing but good from the dead. 
de recta non tolerandum sunt!" - no assholes will be tolerated! 
dei gratia - by the grace of god.
die dulci fruere. - have a nice day 
dies irae - the day of wrath, or judgment day
diis aliter visum - the gods decided otherwise.  
diligite justitiam quid indicatis terram." - admire the law, judges of the earth.
divide et impera - divide and rule. 
dixi - I have spoken
docendo discimus - we learn by teaching. 
domine, dirige nos - lead us, Lord
domino optimo maximo to the Lord, best and greatest 
dum vita est spes est - while there's life, there's hope
dura lex sed lex - the law is hard, but it is the law 
e contrario on the contrary
editio princeps - first edition 
editio vulgata common edition
enuone latine loquebar? - something you can say everyday: was i speaking Latin again? 
errare humanun est - mistakes are human 
est unusquisque faber ipsae suae fortunae - every man is the artisan of his own fortune 
et nunc et semper - now and forever

et sic de similibus and so of similar things 

etiam atque etiam again and again
ex aequo et bono according to what is just and good 
ex animo - from the heart  
ex cathedra - with authority
ex cathedra from the chair
ex mero motu out of simple impulse  
ex more according to custom 
ex nilhilo nihil fit - from, or out of, nothing, nothing comes; nothing begets nothing. 
ex parte - from a part 
ex post factoresulting - after the fact  
ex tempore from the moment 
exit he/she leaves
exitus acta probat the end justifies the means
experientia docet experience teaches
experto credite - trust the expert 
 

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