As in Latin life will be wonderful. Catchphrases and proverbs

A contrario
On the contrary

In logic, a method of proof that consists in proving the impossibility of a proposition that contradicts what is being proven.

A priori
From previous

In logic, inference based on general provisions, accepted as true.

Ab ovo usque ad mala
From eggs to apples, that is, from beginning to end.

Lunch among the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.

Abyssus abyssum invocat
The abyss calls to the abyss.

Like leads to like, or one disaster leads to another disaster.

Ad notice
For note, i.e. for information.

Advocatus diaboli
Devil's Advocate

In an expanded sense, a “devil’s advocate” is a defender of a hopeless cause in which the person defending it does not believe.

Aliis inserviendo consumor
I waste myself in serving others.

The inscription under the candle as a symbol of self-sacrifice, cited in numerous editions of collections of symbols and emblems.

Amor ac deliciae generis humani
Love and comfort of the human race.

This is how the Roman people traditionally called Titus.

Animis opibusque parati
Ready in soul and action.

State motto of South Carolina, USA

Anni currentis
Current year

Anno ante Christum
In the year before Christ

Anno Domini (A.D.)
From the birth of Christ

Form of date designation in Christian chronology.

Ante annum
Last year

Audemus jura nostra defendere
We defend our rights.

State motto of Alabama, USA.

Audiatur et altera pars
The other side should also be heard, that is, the accused and the accuser must be heard.

Out Caesar, out nihil
Either Caesar or nothing.

Wed. Russian “It’s either hit or miss.” The source of the motto was the words of the Roman emperor
Caligula, who explained his immoderate extravagance by the fact that “you must live either by denying yourself everything, or like a Caesar.”

Ave Caesar, imperator, morituri te salutant
- Hello, Caesar, emperor, those going to death greet you.

Greeting from Roman gladiators addressed to the emperor.

Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria, nube
Let others fight, but you, happy Austria, get married.

Winged Latin expressions

Latin proverbs - aphorisms in Latin; their authorship is usually attributed to famous ancient Roman citizens. Latin proverbs are pronounced in Latin; it is believed that a sufficiently educated person should understand them. Many Latin proverbs were actually translated from ancient Greek.

Abecendarium- Alphabet, dictionary.

Abiens, abi- Leaving go.

Abususnontollitusum- Abuse does not cancel use.

Ab initio- from the beginning, from the beginning

Ab origine– from the very beginning, from the beginning

Abovousqueadmala- From the beginning to the end.

Advocatus Dei- God's Advocate.

Advocatus diaboli- Devil's Advocate.

Adexemplum- according to the sample; for example

Adusum- For use, for consumption.

Adusumexternum- For external use.

Adusuminternum- For internal use.

Alea jacta est- The die is cast; An irrevocable decision has been made (Caesar).

Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt- Other people's vices are before our eyes, ours are behind our backs; You see a straw in someone else’s eye, but you don’t even notice a log in yours.

A linea- A new line.

Alibi- in the other place

Alma mater- Mother-nurse.

Altera pars- Other side.

Alter ego- My double, another me - said about a friend (Pythagoras).

Agnus Dei- Lamb of God.

Amat victoria curam.

- Victory loves effort. Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas

.- Plato is dear to me, but the truth is even dearer.

Amicus cognoscitur amore, more, ore, re- A friend is known by love, character, word, deed.

Amor caecus- Love is blind

Amor vincit omnia- love conquers all. Anni currentis (.). A

With- This year.

Anni futuri (a. f.).

- Next year. A posteriori

.- Based on experience, based on experience.

A priori.- In advance.Arbor vitae- the tree of Life Ars

longa vita

brevis est

- the field of science is limitless, and life is short; art lasts, life is short (Hippocrates) Audaces fortuna juvat

– fate helps the brave (Virgil) Aurea mediocritas

.- Golden mean.

Audacia pro muro habetur.

- Cheek brings success. Aut Caesar, aut nihil

.- All, or nothing, or Caesar, or nothing.

Avis rara.

- Rare bird, rare.Aquila non captat muscas, .- The eagle doesn't catch flies. Audi, vide, strong

.- Listen, look, be silent.

Aqua et papis, vita canis...- Bread and water - a dog's life...

Ad futuram memoriam.

- For the long memory. Barba

crescit- Caesar before the Rubicon is about a man who has to make an important decision.

Caesarum citra Rubiconem- Caesar on the other side of the Rubicon is about a man who successfully accomplished a most important task.

Caecus non judicat de colore- Let a blind man not judge flowers.

Caput mundi- head of the world, center of the universe; We are talking about Ancient Rome as the capital of a world empire.

Carissimo amico- to my dearest friend.

Care diem- Seize the day; take advantage of every day; do not put off until tomorrow what you must do today (Horace)

Casus- case.

Casus belli- a reason for war, for conflict.

Cave!- be careful!

Citius, altius, fortius!- faster, higher, stronger! (motto of the Olympic Games).

Cogito, ergo sum- I think, therefore I exist (Descartes)

Cognosce te ipsum - Know yourself.

Concordia victoriam gignit- agreement generates victory.

Consuetudo est altera natura - habit is second nature.

Credo– I believe; confession; symbol of faith; belief.

Chirurgus curat manu armata- the surgeon treats with his armed hand.

Curriculum vitae– biography, brief information about life, biography (literally: the run of life)

Cum tacent, clamant– Their silence is a loud cry (Cicero).

Dum spiro, spero- While I breathe I hope.

Exnihilo nihil- Nothing comes from nothing.

De die in diem- from day to day

De (ex) nihilo nihil- out of nothing - nothing; nothing comes from nothing (Lucretius)

De facto- Actually, in fact.

De jure- Legally, by right.

De lingua slulta incommoda multa- Empty words can lead to big troubles.

De mortuis aut bene aut nihil- Don’t slander the dead.

Deus ex machina– unexpected intervention (add.; god ex machina) (Socrates)

Dictum - factum- No sooner said than done.

Dies diem docet- Every day teaches.

Divide et impera- Divide and rule.

Dixi- He said it, everything has been said, there is nothing to add.

Do manus- I give you my hands, I guarantee.

Dum docent, discunt- By teaching, they learn.

Dum spiro, spero.

- While I breathe I hope.Dura, lexDura sed

- The law is strong, but it's law; law is law. Elephantum ex musca facis

- making a mountain out of a molehill Epistula non erubescit

– paper does not blush, paper endures everything (Cicero) Errare humanum est

- humans tend to make mistakes Est modus in rebus

- everything has a limit; everything has its measure (Horace)Et, tuě! – Brut

And you Brute! (Caesar) Exegi monumentum

- I erected a monument to myself (Horace) Exempli gratia (e.g.)

- For example Extra muros

– publiclyFabula- the tree of Life facta

-It is done. Fama clamosa

- Loud glory. Fata volume!

- Word is flying. Festina lente!

- Hurry up slowly!- Let there be light!

Folio verso (f.v.)- On the next page

Gutta cavat lapidem- a drop wears away a stone (Ovid)

Haurit aquam cribro, qui discere vult sine libro- Anyone who wants to study without a book draws water with a sieve.

Haud semper errat fama.

- Rumor is not always wrong. Historia magistra vitae

- history is the teacher of life Nose est (h.e.)

- that is, it means Hoc erat in fatis

- It was destined to be so. Homo homini lupus est

- man is a wolf to man Homo ornat locum, non locus hominem

- It’s not the place that makes a person, but the person that makes the place Homo sapiens

- a reasonable person Homo sum et nihil humani a me alienum puto

-I am a man, and nothing human is alien to me In vino veritas

- The truth is in wine. Ibi victoria, ubi concordia

- where there is victory, where there is agreement Ignorantia non est argumentum

- ignorance is not an argument., Ignis, mare – miliermala tria

- Fire, sea, woman - these are 3 misfortunes. - Incognito

secretly, hiding your real name Index

- index, list - Index library

list of books In folio - in a whole sheet

(meaning the largest book format) - Inter caecos, lustus rex

Among the blind is the one-eyed king. Inter arma tacent musae

- The muses are silent among the weapons. Invia est in medicina via sine lingua latina

- the path in medicine is impassable without the Latin language In vitro

- in a vessel, in a test tube In vivo

- on a living organism Ipse dixit

- “he said it himself” (about immutable authority) Juris consultus

- legal consultant. Jus civile

- Civil law. Jus commune

- Common law. Jus criminale

- Criminal law. Labor corpus firmat

- Work strengthens the body. Lapsus

- Error, mistake. Littera scripta manet

- What is written remains. Lupus in fabula

- Easy to find (additionally: like a wolf in a fable).nonLupusmordet lupum

- A wolf does not bite a wolf. Magistra vitae

- Life mentor. Magister dixit

- A wolf does not bite a wolf. Magistra vitae

- The teacher said it. Mala herba cito crescit

- Bad grass grows quickly. Manu propri

- With my own hand. Manuscriptum

– Handwritten, manuscript. Manus manum lavat

- The hand washes the hand. Margaritas ante porcas

- Throwing pearls before swine. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa

.- My fault, my greatest fault.

Media et remedia.

- Ways and means. Medice, cura te ipsum

.- Doctor, heal yourself.

Memento mori.

- Memento Mori. Mensis currentis

.- current month.

Mente et malleo.

- With your mind and your hammer (the motto of geologists). Meo voto

- Drink a lot of wine, don't live long. Mutato nomine

.- Under a different name.

Natura sanat, medicus curat- nature heals, the doctor healsNemojudexin causa

Natura sanat, medicus curatsua- no one is the judge in his own caseomnia potest

scire– Nobody can know everything.Non sc h

olae, sed vitae discimus.

- We study not for school, but for life.Noli me tangere- the tree of LifeDura, lexDura- the tree of LifeNoli me tangere- Don't touch me.

Non rex

.- The ruler is not the law, but the law is the ruler.

Nomen nescio (N. N.)- a certain personNota bene (NB)- pay attention

Nullacalamitassola- Misfortune never comes alone. Omnia

mea mecum

porto- I carry everything I have with me

Opus citātum- cited essay

O tempora, o mores!- oh times, oh morals!

Otium post negotiumnon– Rest after work. Paupertas non est vitium

- Poverty is not a vice Pecunia

olet- money has no smell (Emperor Vespasian)Per aspera ad astra- Through hardship to the stars! Per

faset nefas

- by hook or by crook Persona

grata– diplomatic representative;

desirable personality.Per aspera ad astraPerpetuum mobile- perpetual motion

Post factum- after the event

desirable personality.Pro contra

desirable personality.- pros and cons Pro dosi

- for one dose (single dose of medication)- the tree of Lifeformat- for form, for decency, for appearance

memoria- for memory, in memory of something

Periculum in mora!

- The danger is in delay! Quasi

– quasi, supposedly, imaginary. Qui aures habet, audiat

“He who has ears, let him hear.” Quid prodest

- who benefits from this? Who is this useful for? Qui pro quo

- one instead of the other, a misunderstanding. Qui scribit, bis legis

- He who writes reads twice. Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi

- what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.Qui quaerit reperit- He who seeks will find.

Repetitio est mater studiorum- repetition is the mother of learning.

Sapienti sat

- enough for a reasonable person; the smart one will understand. Scientia potentia est

- knowledge is powerSol lucet omnibus- the sun shines for everyone

Scio me nihil scire- I know that I know nothing.

S i vis pacem, para bellum

- If you want peace, prepare for war. Serva me, servabo te

.- You give me, I give you.

Satis verborum!- Enough words!

Sic transit gloria mundi- this is how earthly glory passes

Si vales, bene est, ego valeo- If you’re healthy, good, I’m healthy.

Status quo- the existing order of things

Tabula rasa.- Clean slate.

Taedium vitae.- Disgust for life.

Tarde venientibus ossa.

- Those who are late get bones. Tempora mutantur et nos mutantur in illis

Tertium non datur- There is no third.

Timeo danaos et dona ferentes- I’m afraid of the Danaans, even those who bring gifts

Tres faciunt collegium- Three make up a board.

Tuto, cito, jucunde- Safe, fast, pleasant.

Ubi bene, ibi patria- “Where it is good, there is the homeland” - a saying attributed to the Roman tragedian Pacuvius.

Ubi mel, ibi fel- Where there is honey, there is bile, i.e. every cloud has a silver lining.

Veni, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered.

Vivere est cogitare- To live means to think.

Vae victis- Woe to the vanquished.

Veto- I forbid

Volens nolens– Willy-nilly; whether you want it or not.

Vox populi, vox Dei- the voice of the people - the voice of God.

Latin is the most noble of existing languages. Maybe because he's dead? Knowing Latin is not a utilitarian skill, it is a luxury. You won’t be able to speak it, but you won’t be able to shine in society... There is no language that helps so much to make an impression!

1. Scio me nihil scire
[scio me nihil scire]

“I know that I know nothing,” - according to Plato, this is what Socrates said about himself. And he explained this idea: people usually believe that they know something, but it turns out that they know nothing. Thus, it turns out that, knowing about my ignorance, I know more than everyone else. A phrase for lovers of fog and reflective people.

2. Cogito ergo sum
[kogito, ergo sum]

“I think, therefore I am” is the philosophical statement of Rene Descartes, a fundamental element of Western rationalism of the New Age.

“Cogito ergo sum” is not the only formulation of Descartes’ idea. More precisely, the phrase sounds like “Dubito ergo cogito, cogito ergo sum” - “I doubt, therefore I think; I think, therefore I exist.” Doubt is, according to Descartes, one of the modes of thinking. Therefore, the phrase can also be translated as “I doubt, therefore I exist.”

3. Omnia mea mecum portо
[omnia mea mekum porto]

“I carry everything I have with me.” Roman historians say that during the days of the Persian conquest of the Greek city of Priene, the sage Bias calmly walked lightly behind a crowd of fugitives who were barely carrying heavy property. When they asked him where his things were, he grinned and said: “I always carry everything I have with me.” He spoke Greek, but these words have come down to us in a Latin translation.

It turned out, historians add, that he was a real sage; On the way, all the refugees lost their goods, and soon Biant fed them with the gifts that he received, conducting instructive conversations with their inhabitants in cities and villages.

This means that a person’s inner wealth, his knowledge and intelligence are more important and valuable than any property.

4. Dum spiro, spero
[dum spiro, spero]

By the way, this phrase is also the slogan of the underwater special forces - combat swimmers of the Russian Navy.

5. Errare humanum est
[errare humanum est]

“To err is human” is an aphorism by Seneca the Elder. In fact, this is just part of an aphorism, the whole thing goes like this: “Errare humanum est, stultum est in errore perseverare” - “It is human nature to make mistakes, but it is stupid to persist in your mistakes.”

6. O tempora! Oh more!
[o tempora, o mores]

“Oh times! Oh morals! - the most famous expression Cicero from the First Oration against Catiline, which is considered the pinnacle of Roman oratory. Revealing the details of the conspiracy at a Senate meeting, Cicero with this phrase expresses indignation both at the impudence of the conspirator, who dared to appear in the Senate as if nothing had happened, and at the inaction of the authorities.

Usually the expression is used to state the decline of morals, condemning an entire generation. However, this expression may well become a funny joke.

7. In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas
[in wine veritas, in aqua sanitas]

“Truth is in wine, health is in water” - almost everyone knows the first part of the saying, but the second part is not so widely known.

8. Homo homini lupus est
[homo homini lupus est]

“Man is a wolf to man” is a proverbial expression from Plautus’s comedy “Donkeys.” They use it when they want to say that human relationships are pure selfishness and hostility.

In Soviet times, this phrase characterized the capitalist system, in contrast to which, in the society of the builders of communism, man is friend, comrade and brother to man.

9. Per aspera ad astra
[translated by aspera ed astra]

"Through hardship to the stars". The option “Ad astra per aspera” - “To the stars through thorns” is also used. Perhaps the most poetic Latin saying. Its authorship is attributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, an ancient Roman philosopher, poet and statesman.

10. Veni, vidi, vici
[veni, vidi, vichi]

“I came, I saw, I conquered” - this is what Gaius Julius Caesar wrote in a letter to his friend Amyntius about the victory over one of the Black Sea fortresses. According to Suetonius, these are the words that were written on the board that was carried during Caesar's triumph in honor of this victory.

11. Gaudeamus igitur
[gaudeamus igitur]

“So let us be merry” is the first line of the student anthem of all times. The anthem was created in the Middle Ages in Western Europe and contrary to church-ascetic morality, he praised life with its joys, youth and science. This song goes back to the genre of drinking songs of vagants - medieval wandering poets and singers, among whom were students.

12. Dura lex, sed lex
[stupid lex, sad lex]

There are two translations of this phrase: “The law is harsh, but it is the law” and “The law is the law.” Many people think that this phrase dates back to Roman times, but this is not true. The maxim dates back to the Middle Ages. In Roman law there was a flexible legal order that allowed the letter of the law to be softened.

13. Si vis pacem, para bellum
[se vis pakem para bellum]

14. Repetitio est mater studiorum
[repetitio est mater studiorum]

One of the most beloved proverbs by the Latins is also translated into Russian by the proverb “Repetition is the mother of learning.”

15. Amor tussisque non celantur
[amor tusiskwe non tselantur]

“You can’t hide love and a cough” - there are actually a lot of sayings about love in Latin, but this one seems to us the most touching. And relevant on the eve of autumn.

Fall in love, but be healthy!

1 life

vita (misero longa, felici brevis; rustica); aetas; spiritus (spiritum patriae reddere); caput, itis, n

Life expectancy duratio vitae

Power over smb. life and death potestas vitae necisque in aliquem

Lifestyle modus vivendi; via vitae, vivendi; victus (Persarum); studium vitae

Lead a lifestyle vitae cursum tenere

Lifestyle beyond one's means cultus major censu

Brilliant lifestyle splendor vitae

Leading a sophisticated lifestyle victu excultus

This is how life itself has established itself: suscepit vita consuetudoque communis

Lead the life of wild animals vitam more ferarum tractare

Take your own life mortem sibi consciscere

To part with life a vita discedere; (e) vita (ex)cedere (abire); de vita decedere, vitam ponere

Life flew away vita in ventos recessit; + take someone’s life consumere (mulier consumenda damnata); alicui vitam adimere (auferre); aliquem vitā privare (expellere)

Give your life for someone. vitam pro aliquo profundere

To sacrifice one's life for smb. abjicere vitam pro aliquo

Pay with your life for smth. aliquid spiritu luere

Live life in the countryside secretis ruris abscondere annos

To spend life in tranquility (serenely) aetatem agere intraquillitate

Save a life expedire salutem

Life from hand to mouth esuritio

All life omnis aetas

Throughout life vitā perpetuā

Risk your life for a price sua funera vendere

I swear on my life! ita vivam!

Seeing the meaning of life in literary pursuits studiis suis vivere

Let's enjoy life and love vivamus et amemus!

During Hannibal's lifetime vivo Hannibale

For all my life me vivo; in meā vitā

During the lifetime of (them) both vivo utroque

During his lifetime and before his eyes, vivus vidensque

In the decline of life supremis suis annis

Social life vitae societas

Find a means of living for yourself vitam sibi reperire

Thirst for life cupīdo lucis

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