Latin Phrases Flashcards

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Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi

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The law of prayer [is] the law of belief [is] the law of living

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Errare humanum est, perseverare autem diabolicum.

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To err is human, to persevere [in error], however, is diabolical

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Tolerate

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To bear

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hic est liber generationis Adam in die qua creavit Deus hominem ad similitudinem Dei fecit illum

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2 masculum et feminam creavit eos et benedixit illis et vocavit nomen eorum Adam in die qua creati sunt

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This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God

He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

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Cessante ratione legis cessat ipsa lex

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When the reason for the law ceases, the law itself ceases

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Candor dat viribus alas

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Sincerity gives wings to strength

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Omnes ignotum pro magnifico est

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Everything new is magnificent. —Tacitus

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De re amissa irreparabili ne doleas.

—Anonymous

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Of things irreplaceably lost you ought not to grieve.

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Et creavit Deus hominem ad imaginem suam: ad imaginem Dei creavit illum, masculum et femina creavit eos.

—Genesis 1.27

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And God created man in his own image; He created them in the image of God, male and female He created them.

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Timendi causa est nescire

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The cause of fear is ignorance.—Seneca

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Factum est illud, fieri infectum non potest.

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Done is [done], it is not able to be undone. —Plautus

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Tangit montes, et fumant

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He touches the mountains, and they smoke. —Psalm 103:32

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Populus stultus viris indignis honores saepe dat.

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The foolish populus often give honors to unworthy men. —Horace

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Boni prompter amorem virtutis peccare oderunt

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Good men because of their love of virtue hate to sin. —Horace

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Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

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To the greater glory of God

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Ferris ferro exacuitur

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Iron is sharpened by iron

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Esse quam videri.

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To be [rather] than to seem to be.—the motto of Sir Oliver Franks

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Arbiter elegantium

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Judge of tastes

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Silentium est aureum

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Silence is golden

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vir prudens non contra ventum mingit.

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A wise man does not urinate [up] against the wind.

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Domus Dei et Porta Coeli

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Castigat ridendo mores

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One corrects customs by laughing [at them]

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Non sibi, sed patriae

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Not for self, but for country

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Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia

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An inference from abuse to a use is not valid.

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Militia est vita hominis super terram; et sicut dies mercenarii, dies ejus.
The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling. —Job 7.1
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Amantes de forma judicare non possunt.
Lovers, I’m not able to judge about beauty. —Robert Burton
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Meliora et utiliora
Better and more useful (Official phraseology)
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Magister equitum
The magister equitum, in English Master of the Horse or Master of the Cavalry, was a Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator. His nominal function was to serve as commander of the Roman cavalry in time of war, but just as a dictator could be nominated to respond to other crises, so the magister equitum could operate independently of the cavalry; like the dictator, the appointment of a magister equitum served both military and political purposes
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Clarorum virorum facta moresque
The theme of history: The deeds and character of illustrious men—Tacitus, Annals, 1.1
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Domina omnium et regnum ratio
Reason is the mistress and queen of all things. – Cicero.
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Experientia docent
Experience teaches
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Amicus animae dimidium
A friend is half [of one’s soul]—Augustine
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Ut cognoscant te
So that they may know you
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Ave crux, spes unica
Hail the Cross, our only hope . — Congregation de Sainte Croix
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Toga candidata
The white toga of a Roman politician worn during his campaign
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Corona civica
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Moriendum esse
It is necessary to die
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Praefectus urbi
Prefect of the city
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Praefectus
Prefect
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Feriae Latinae
Latin festival
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Leges et iura populo Romano reinstituit
He [Caesar] restored the laws and rights of the Roman people
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Auctoritas non veritas facit legem.
Power not truth makes law.
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Non sub homine sed sub Deo et lege
Not under man but under God and law
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Domine non sum dignus
Lord I am not worthy
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Lettera gesta docet, quid credas allegoria, moralis quid agas, quo tendas anagogia.
The letter teaches deeds, the allegorical about faith, the moral about how to act, the anagogical about our destiny