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pax vobiscum peace be with you |
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per annum by the year |
| per capita - by heads or individuals |
| per diem - by the day |
| per se - by itself |
| persona non grata - an unwelcome person |
| post mortem - after death |
| post mortem - after death |
| post proelia praemia - after the battles come the rewards |
| prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est. - the check is in the mail. |
| prima facieon - the first face [of it] |
| pro bono publico - for the public good |
| pro di immortales! - good heavens! |
| pro patria - for one's country |
| qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum - if you want peace prepare for war |
| qui tacet consentit. - he who is silent agrees. |
| qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare. - he who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much. |
| quid novi. - what's new? |
| quid pro quo? - what for what? |
| recedite, plebes! gero rem imperialem! - stand aside plebeians! I am on imperial business. |
| rex regnant sed non gubernat - the king reigns but does not govern |
| ridentem dicere verumquidvetat. - what prevents me from speaking the truth with a smile? (Horace, satires) |
| semper idem - always the same thing |
| semper paratus - always prepared |
| si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes. - "essentially it says, "if you can read this, you're overeducated." |
| sic faciunt omnes. - everyone is doing it. |
| sine die without a day [being set] |
| sine qua non - necessity |
| sine qua non - without which not (a necessity) |
| status quo - the situation in which [it was before] |
| sub iudicebefore - the court |
| sub sole nihil novi est - there's nothing new under the sun |
| subpoena - under penalty (a summons to court) |
| sui generis - of one's own kind |
| summa cum laude - with highest praise |
| summum bonum - the highest good |
| sursum corda - lift up your hearts |
| tabula rasa - a clean slate |
| tempus fugit - time flies |
| terra firma - solid ground |
| terra incognita - an unknown land |
| totum dependeat. - let it all hang out. |
| trahimur omnes studio laudis. - we are all attracted by the desire for praise. |
| ubi fumus, ibi ignis. - where there's smoke, there's fire. |
| ultima thule - farthest north |
| una voce - with one voice, unanimously |
| uva uvam vivendo varia fit. - diverse grapes, through time, grow together. |
| vacca foeda. - stupid cow. |
| vademecum - go with me (for:'guide') |
| vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas - vanity of vanities, and all [is] vanity |
| velle est posse - to be willing is to be able |
| veni, vidi, vici. - I came, I saw, I conquered.(caesar) |
| venienti occurrite morbo. - meet the misfortune as it comes.(persius, satires) |
| ventis secundis, tene cursum. - go with the flow. |
| verbum sapienti sat est - a word to the wise is sufficient |
| vescere bracis meis. - eat my shorts. |
| vestis virum facit - clothes make the man |
| vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? - seen any good movies lately? |
| vir sapit qui pauca loquitur - it is a wise man who speaks little. |
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