One's friends are known in the hour of need.Īmicus humani generis. Friends are tested in adversity.Īmicus certus in re incerta cernitur. Even a god finds it hard to love and beĪmici probantur rebus adversis. The deepest rivers flow withĪmare et sapere vix deo conceditur. To make a joke of a thing.Īltissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi. Used when a bold and irretrievable decision has been made.]Īliquid ad ridiculum convertere. [Julius Caesar uttered this when making the decision to cross the Rubicon inĤ9 B.C. Attend to what you are about.Īlbae gallinae filius. Has a good character, reacts - there is still hope.Īge quod agis. As long as a sick person is conscious - or As long as there is life there is hope for the ill one, it is said (Cicero).Īegroto dum anima est, spes est. He becomes worse by the remedies used.Īegroto dum anima est, spes esse dicitur. Do not speak against the sun (do not waste yourĪegrescit medendo.
Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap (Ovid)Īdversus solem ne loquitor. We are preparing for life.Īdde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit. Eggs today are better thanĬhickens tomorrow (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush).Īd vitam paramus.
Freely at ease at pleasure atĪd praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora. Were a part of the Roman month, but did not exist in the Greek calendar, so the Latin phrase is used when confronted with a false or unlikely promise).Īd libitium ( ad lib). (It speaks of a date that does not or will not exist. Indicates that a process or operation is to be carried out indefinitely, without limit.Īd Kalendas Graecas. Without limit, forever, or "to the infinite" without end or Specific purpose, after completing which it is dissolved. An ad hoc committee is appointed for some This one reason) For the immediate purpose. Something created especially for a particular occasion for this particular purpose (for For this purpose (a temporary committee) toward this (matter) The context of a life or event coming to an unhappy end).Īctio personalis monitur cum persona. The drama has been acted out It is all over. Misuse does not nullify proper use.Īccessit. I got that off my chest.Ībundant dulcibus vitiis. May the omen be may the omen be absent (asks for protectionĪgainst evil) or absent (may this not be an omen).Ībsolvi meam animam. To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there.Ībsit omen. From one person, learn all people.Ībsentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat. Rome) 753 B.C., according to Livy's count used as a reference point by the Romans forĮstablishing dates, as we use A.D. From the bottom of the chest (from the bottom of the heart).Īb urbe condita anno urbis conditae. The consequences of abuse do notĪpply to general use (rights abused by some are still rights).Īb imo pectore. To digressĪb abusu ad usum non valet consequentia.
'From what is already known', reasoning based onĪ propositum aberrare, declinare, deflectare, digredi, egredi. From causes to effects, conclusions drawn fromĪssumptions, deductive reasoning. A thing is known a priori if it is evident by Presupposed by experience being without examination or analysis presumptive formed orĬonceived beforehand.
"from theįormer" deductive relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions From what comes after', reasoning based on experience.Ī priori. from what comes after from effects to causes, reasoning based on pastĮxperience. "from the latter" inductive relating to or derived by reasoningįrom observed facts. To cause." A thing is known a posteriori if it is known from evidence or empirical Relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts. In other words, "Between a rock and a hard place."Ī posteriori. Pure water flows from a pure spring.Ī fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi. Moreover, philosophers (thinkers) tend to use not a few latin tags and phrases.īelow are some to back you up, apart from O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!Ī fonte puro pura defluit aqua. The page is designed for genus irritabile vatum (the irritable race of poets) and all other interested ones. And Latin quotations abound in Western countries.Īnd "cui bono?" means "Who benefits", or more literally: "For whose benefit is it?" It is a very good question throughout life's encounters.Ībout 690 quotes have been collected from a variety of sources. Peppered with Latin phrases like et cetera and per capita. Half the English vocabulary comes from ancient Rome, and everyday communications are Latin (lingua latina) is the language of ancient Rome and the ancestor of the modern Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, and so on.
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