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| fac ut gaudeam. - make my day. |
| fac ut vivas - get a life. |
| facta, non verba - deeds, not words |
| fama nihil est celerius. - nothing is swifter than rumour. |
| fama volat. - fame has wings. |
| fax mentis incedium gloriae - the passion of glory is the torch of the mind. |
| fiat lux - let there be light |
| fides punica. - treachery (Livy) |
| flamma fumo est proxima. - flame follows smoke. (Plautus, Curculio) |
| foras gradiamur. - some good fighting words: let's step outside. |
| forsan miseros meliora sequentur. - for those in misery perhaps better things will follow. (Virgil) |
| fortes fortuna adiuvat - fortune helps the brave |
| helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) |
| homines quod volunt credunt - men believe what they want to. (Julius Caesar) |
| homo sapiens - man having sense (human being) |
| illiud latine dici non potest. - you can't say that in Latin. |
| in absentia - in absence |
| in deo speramus - in God we trust |
| in his ordo est ordinem non servare. - in this case the only rule is not obeying any rules. |
| in hoc signo vinces. - under this sign (the cross of God) thou shalt conquer. this Latin phrase was said to have been written in the sky before Constantine, with the sign of a burning cross, previous to the battled at Milvian bridge north of Rome in312ad. |
| in memoriam - in memory [of] |
| infra dignitatem. - undignified (beneath (our) dignity). |
| inter alia - among other things |
| inter nos - between us |
| lapsus alumni - error made |
| lapsus calumni - a slip of the pen |
| magnum opus a great work |
| malum consilium quod mutari non potest - it's a bad plan that can't be changed. (Publilius Syrus 403) |
| me iudice i being judge (in my opinion) |
| mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omium sermo. - my conscience is more to me than what the world says. |
| mellita, domi adsum. - honey, I'm home. |
| mendacem oportet esse memorem - a liar must have a good memory |
| mirabile dictu. - wonderful to say |
| modus operandi - method of operating (m. o.) |
| morituri te salutant! - the one/s who are going to die salute you |
| multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur - many fear their reputation, few their conscience. (Pliny) |
| multum in parvo - much in little |
| ne plus ultra - no more beyond (nothing better) |
| noli me vocare, ego te vocabo. - don't call me, i'll call you. |
| non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat - it's not the heat, it's the humidity |
| non carborundum illigitimi - roughly translated: don't let the bastards grind you down. |
| non compos mentis not in possession of one's senses |
| non gradus anus rodentum! - not worth a rats ass! |
| nosce te ipsum - know thyself |
| nova scotia - New Scotland |
| o diem praeclarum! - oh, what a beautiful day! |
| obiter dictum - said by the way (incidentally) |
| oderint dum metuant - let them hate me provided they fear me (Caligula) |
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