Latin idioms. Latin expressions with translation into Russian
A posteriori. "From the next"; on the basis of experience, on the basis of experience. In logic, a conclusion drawn from experience.
A priori. "From the previous", on the basis of the previously known. In logic, a conclusion based on general propositions taken as true.
Ab altĕro expectes, altĕri quod fecĕris. Expect from the other what you yourself did to another (cf. As it comes around, it will respond).
Ab ovo usque ad mala. "From eggs to apples", from beginning to end. The dinner of the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.
Ab urbe condata. From the founding of the city (i.e. Rome; the founding of Rome is attributed to 754–753 BC). Era of the Roman chronology. This was the name of the historical work of Titus Livius, who outlined the history of Rome from its legendary foundation to 9 AD.
ad hoc. “For this”, “in relation to this”, especially for this occasion.
Ad libtum. On request, on<своему>discretion (in music - the tempo of a piece of music, provided at the discretion of the performer).
Ad majōrem dei gloriam. "To the greater glory of God"; often in paraphrases for glorification, glory, in the name of the triumph of someone or something. The motto of the Jesuit order, founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola.
Alea jacta est. “The die is cast” is about an irrevocable decision, about a step that does not allow retreat, a return to the past. The words of Julius Caesar, who decided to seize sole power, spoken before crossing the Rubicon River, which served as the beginning of the war with the Senate.
Alma mater. "Nourishing mother" (the traditional figurative name of educational institutions, more often higher ones).
alter ego. The other me, the second me (about friends). attributed to Pythagoras.
Amīcus certus in re incertā cernĭtur. “A true friend is known in a wrong deed”, i.e. a true friend is known in trouble (Cicero, Treatise on Friendship).
Amīcus Plato, sed magis amīca vertas. Plato is my friend, but truth is an even greater friend. The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.
Amōrem canat aetas prima. Let youth sing about love (Sextus Propertius, "Elegies").
Aquala non captat muscas. The eagle does not catch flies (Latin proverb).
Ars longa, vita brevis. Science is vast (or Art is vast), but life is short. From the 1st aphorism of the ancient Greek physician and naturalist Hippocrates (translated into Latin).
Audiātur et altera pars. The other (or opposing) side should also be heard. On the impartial consideration of disputes. The expression goes back to the judicial oath in Athens.
Aurea mediocritas. Golden mean. The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of the worldly philosophy of Horace ("Odes").
Auri sacra fames. Damned thirst for gold. Virgil, Aeneid.
Aut Caesar, aut nihil. Or Caesar, or nothing (cf. Russian. Or pan or disappeared). Motto of Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal and military adventurer. The source for this motto was the words attributed to the Roman emperor Caligula (12-41), known for his extravagance.
ave Caesar,
Bellum omnium contra omnes. War of all against all. T. Hobbes, "Leviathan", about the natural state of people before the formation of society.
carpe diem. "seize the day", i.e. enjoy today, seize the moment. Epicurean motto. Horace, "Odes".
Cetĕrum censeo Carthagĭnem esse delendam. And besides, I maintain that Carthage must be destroyed. Persistent reminder; the expression is the words of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder, which he added at the end of every speech in the Senate, no matter what he had to say.
Cibi, potus, somni, venus omnia moderata sint. Food, drink, sleep, love - let everything be moderate (saying of the Greek physician Hippocrates).
Citius, altius, fortius! Faster, higher, stronger! The motto of the Olympic Games, adopted in 1913
Cogto, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. R. Descartes, "Principles of Philosophy".
Consuetūdo est altĕra natūra. Habit is second nature. Cicero, On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil.
Credo. "I believe." The so-called "creed" is a prayer that begins with this word, which is a short set of dogmas of Christianity. In a figurative sense: the basic provisions, the foundations of someone's worldview, the basic principles of someone.
Cujusvis homnis est errare; nullīus, sine insipientis, in irrōre perseverāre. It is natural for every person to err, but it is not for anyone but a fool to persist in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippi.
Curriculum vitae. "The Way of Life", a short biography.
De gustĭbus non est disputandum. They do not argue about tastes (cf. There are no comrades for taste and color).
De jure. de facto. Rightfully, legally. In fact, actually.
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil. About the dead or good, or nothing. Saying of Chilo, one of the seven wise men of antiquity.
Divĭde et impĕra. Divide and rule. Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy.
Docendo discimus. By teaching, we learn ourselves. Seneca, Letters.
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. Fate leads the one who wants to go, drags the one who does not want to go. The saying of the Greek Stoic philosopher Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Lucius Annaeus Seneca in his Letters.
Dum spiro, spero. While I breathe I hope. A modern formulation of a thought found in Cicero in the Letters to Atticus and in Seneca in the Letters.
Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Stupid, avoiding vices, fall into opposite vices (Quintus Horace Flaccus).
Dura lex, sed lex. “Severe is the law, but the law”, i.e. no matter how severe the law, it must be observed.
Epistula non erubescit. The letter does not blush. In a letter, you can express what you are ashamed to say in person.
Errare humānum est. "To err is a human property", it is human nature to err. Marc Annaeus Seneca the Elder, "Controversions".
Eruditio aspĕra optĭma est. Rigorous training is the best.
est modus in rebus. There is a measure in things, i.e. everything has a measure. Horace, "Satires".
Ex libris. "From books", bookplate. The name of a bookmark affixed to the inside of the front cover or cover of a book and containing the name of the owner of the book.
Ex ungue leōnem. “By the claw of a lion” (they recognize), i.e. by the part one can judge the whole, or by the hand one recognizes the master. Lucian, Hermotimus.
Exempli gratia (e.g.). For the sake of example, for example.
Feci, quod potui, faciant meliōra potentes. I did my best, who can, let him do better. A poetic paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring authority to the successor.
Femina nihil pestilentius. There is nothing worse than a woman. Homer.
Festival lente. “Hurry slowly”, do everything slowly. Latin translation of a Greek proverb (speude bradeōs) which Suetonius quotes in Greek form as one of the common sayings of Augustus ("Divine Augustus").
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus. Let justice be done and let the world perish. Motto of German Emperor Ferdinand I.
Fiat lux. Let there be light. Genesis 1:3.
Finis cornat opus. End crowns the work; the end is the crown. Proverb expression.
Gaudeamus igtur juvnes dum sumus. Let's rejoice while we are young (the beginning of a student song that arose from the Latin drinking songs of the Vagantes).
Gutta cavát lapidém non ví sed sáepe cadéndo. A drop hollows out a stone not by force, but by a frequent fall. Ovid, "Messages from Pontus".
Habent sua fata libelli. Books have their own destiny (depending on how the reader accepts them). Terentian Maurus, On Letters, Syllables, and Measures.
Hoc est (h.e.). It means, that is.
Homo novus. New person. A person of humble origin who has reached a high position in society.
Homo sum: humāni nihil a me aliēnum puto. I am human and I believe that nothing human is alien to me. It is used if you wish to emphasize the depth and breadth of interests, involvement in everything human, or in the meaning: I am a person and I am not immune from any human delusions and weaknesses. Terence, "Punishing Himself".
Honres mutant mores. Honors change morals. Plutarch, Life of Sulla.
Honris causā. "For the sake of honor", i.e. considering merit; sometimes - for the sake of one's honor, for prestige, or for the sake of honor alone, disinterestedly. Most often used to refer to the custom of awarding a degree without defending a dissertation, by virtue of merit.
Ignorantia non est argumentum. Ignorance is not an excuse. Benedict Spinoza, Ethics.
Malum nullum est sine alĭquo bono. There is no bad without good. Latin proverb.
Manus manum lavat. The hand washes the hand. Proverb expression.
memento mori. Memento Mori. A form of greeting exchanged upon meeting by the monks of the Trappist order.
Memento quia pulvis est. Remember that you are dust. Genesis 3:19.
Mens sana in corpŏre sano. In a healthy body healthy mind. Juvenal, "Satires".
Multis timēre debet, quem multi time. The one who is afraid of many should be afraid of many. Publius Sir.
Mutatis mutandis. By changing what needs to be changed; with the corresponding changes.
Nam sine doctrinā vita est quasi mortis imāgo. For without science, life is, as it were, the likeness of death. The original source has not been identified; found in Zh.B. Molière, "The tradesman in the nobility".
Ne quid nimis! Nothing extra! Don't break the rules! Publius Terentius Afr, The Girl from Andros.
Nomen est omen. “The name is a sign”, the name portends something, says something about its bearer, characterizes him. Plautus, "Persus".
Non est disciplus super magistrum. The student is not higher than his teacher. Gospel of Matthew.
Non olet. "does not smell"<деньги>don't smell. Suetonius, "The Divine Vespasian".
Nosce te ipsum. Know yourself. Latin translation of the Greek saying gnōthi seauton, attributed to Thales and inscribed on the pediment of the temple at Delphi.
Nota bene! (NB!). "Notice well, pay attention." A mark that serves to draw attention to some special noteworthy part of the text.
Nulla dies sine linea. Not a day without a stroke; not a day without a line (used in the "Natural History" by Gaius Pliny Caecilius the Elder in relation to the ancient Greek painter Apelles).
O tempra! About mores! O times! Oh manners! Cicero, Oration Against Catiline.
O sancta simplictas! Oh, holy simplicity! The phrase is attributed to the Czech Protestant Jan Hus. According to legend, Gus, who was being burned at the stake, uttered these words when some old woman, out of pious motives, threw an armful of brushwood into the fire.
Omnia mea mecum porto. I carry everything with me. Words attributed by Cicero to Biantus, one of the seven wise men.
Omnia víncit amór et nós cedamus amóri. Love conquers everything, and we will submit to love (Virgil, Eclogues).
Omnis ars imitatio est naturae. All art is an imitation of nature. Seneca, "Messages".
Optimum medicamentum quies est. The best medicine is rest. Statement of Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman physician.
Panem et circles. Meal'n'Real. An exclamation expressing the basic demands of the Roman crowd, which lost political rights in the era of the Empire and was content with the free distribution of bread and free circus spectacles.
Parturiunt montes, nascētur ridicŭlus mus. Mountains give birth, and a funny mouse will be born; the mountain gave birth to a mouse (Quintus Horace Flaccus in The Science of Poetry ridicules writers who begin their works with grandiloquent promises that are not justified in the future).
Parva leves capiunt animos. Little things seduce the souls of the frivolous. Publius Ovid Naso.
Per aspera ad astra. "Through thorns to the stars", through difficulties to a lofty goal. Modification of a fragment from the "Furious Hercules" by Seneca.
Per fas et nefas. “With the help of what is permitted and forbidden by the gods,” by hook or by crook. Titus Livius, "History".
Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. May those who said what we say before us die! A joking aphorism. The original source is not known.
Periclum in moro. "Danger in delay", i.e. delay is dangerous. Titus Livius, "History".
Persōna (non) grata. (Un)desirable person (term of international law). In a broad sense - a person who (not) enjoys confidence.
post factum. "After the fact", i.e. after the event has happened; retrospectively, belatedly.
Post scriptum (P.S.). "After written" or "After written", postscript at the end of the letter.
Pro et contra. Pros and cons.
Ask! To health! Cheers!
Qualis rex, talis grex. What is the king, such is the crowd. Latin proverb. Wed What a pop, such is the arrival.
Qui non labōrat, non mandūcet. Whoever does not work, let him not eat. 2nd Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians 3:10.
Qui pro quo. One instead of the other, i.e. confusion of concepts, confusion; misunderstanding.
Quia nomĭnor leo. For I am called a lion. Words from the fable of Phaedrus. Lion and Donkey share the prey after the hunt. The lion took one third for himself as the king of animals, the second - as a participant in the hunt, the third - because he is a lion.
Quidquid agís, prudenter agás et respĭce fínem. Whatever you do, do it wisely and foresee the result. "Roman Acts".
Quo vadis? Where are you going? Are you coming? Gospel of John; the words that Peter spoke to Jesus.
Quod erat demonstrandum (q.e.d.). Q.E.D. The traditional formula that completes the proof.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull. Latin proverb.
Repetitio est mater studiōrum. Repetition is the mother of learning. Latin proverb.
Salus popŭli - suprema lex. The good of the people is the highest law. Cicero, On the Laws.
Salus populi suprema lex. The good of the people is the highest law. Cicero, On the Laws.
Sapre aude. Decide to be wise. Horace, "Messages".
Sapienti sat. enough for those who understand<того, что уже было сказано>. Titus Maccius Plautus, The Persian.
Scientia est potentia. Knowledge is power. Aphorism based on the statement of F. Bacon in the New Organon.
Scio me nihil scire. I know that I know nothing. Translation into Latin of the words of Socrates, cited in Plato's work "Apology of Socrates".
Semper homo bonus tiro est. A decent person is always a simpleton. Martial.
Sero venientĭbus ossa. Whoever comes late (i.e., late), to that - the bones. Latin proverb.
Sic transit gloria mundi. This is how worldly glory passes. A phrase with which they address the future Pope of Rome during his elevation to this rank, while burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly existence.
Sine ira et studio. Without anger and passion. Tacitus, Annals.
Sint ut sunt aut non sint. Let it stay as it is, or not at all. The words of Pope Clement XIII, spoken by him to the French envoy in 1761 in response to a demand to change the charter of the Jesuit order.
Sit tibi terra levis (STTL). “Let the earth be easy for you”, let the earth rest in peace for you (the usual form of Latin epitaphs).
Sit venia verbo. Let it be allowed to say; let me tell you. Latin phraseology.
Solus cum solā non cogitabuntur orāre "Pater noster". A man with a woman alone will not think of reading the Lord's Prayer. The original source has not been identified; found in V. Hugo, "Notre Dame Cathedral", "Les Misérables".
status quo. "The situation in which", the existing situation; use tzh. in meaning "previous position".
Sub rosa. "Under the rose", secretly, secretly. The rose was the emblem of mystery among the ancient Romans. If the rose was hung from the ceiling under the banquet table, then everything that was said “under the rose” should not have been disclosed.
Sub specie aeternitātis. "Under the guise of eternity, under the form of eternity"; in terms of eternity. An expression from the "Ethics" of Spinoza, proving that "it is in the nature of the mind to comprehend things under some form of eternity."
Sublatā causā, tollĭtur morbus. If the cause is eliminated, then the disease will also pass. Attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates.
Suum cueque. To each his own, i.e. to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts. position of Roman law.
Temeritas est florentis aetatis. Frivolity is characteristic of the flowering age. Mark Tullius Cicero.
Terra incognita. Unknown land. Peren. something completely unknown or inaccessible, incomprehensible area.
Tertium non datur. The third is not given; there is no third. The formulation of one of the four laws of thought - the law of the excluded middle - in formal logic.
Trahit sua quemque voluptas. Everyone is attracted by his passion (Publius Virgil Maron, Bucoliki).
Transeat a me calix iste. May this cup pass from me (Gospel of Matthew 26:39).
Tu vivendo bonos, scribendo sequāre perītos. In the way of life, follow the well-meaning people, in writing - the kind (the original source has not been established; found in J. B. Molière, "Love Annoyance").
Ultima ratio regum. "The last argument of kings", the last resort of kings. Inscription on French cannons, made under Louis XIV at the behest of Cardinal Richelieu.
Ultra posse nemo obligatur. No one should be obligated beyond his capacity. Legal norm.
Urbi et orbi. "To the city (i.e. Rome) and the world"; to the whole world, to the whole world, to one and all. Words included in the accepted in the XIII-XIV century. the formula of the blessing of the newly elected pope, as the head of the Catholic Church for the city of Rome and the whole world, and which became the formula for the blessing of the pope to the entire Catholic world on holidays.
Vade mecum. "Come with me," vademekum. The traditional name of guidebooks and reference publications that serve as a constant companion in something.
Vae victis. Woe to the vanquished. During the siege of Rome by the Gauls, the inhabitants of the city had to pay a ransom of a thousand pounds of gold. On the scales, where the weights stood, one Gaul put his heavy sword, saying: "Woe to the vanquished." Titus Livius, "History".
Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. According to Plutarch in his Comparative Biography, with this phrase Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela.
Veto. "I forbid"; prohibition, veto. To "veto" someone's decision is to suspend its execution.
Vim vi repellĕre licet. Violence is allowed to be repelled by force (one of the provisions of Roman civil law).
Virtūtem primam esse puta compescĕre linguam. Consider the ability to curb the tongue as the first virtue (a saying from the collection “Instructive Couplets for the Son” by Dionysius Cato).
Vita sine libertate nihil. Life without freedom is nothing (original source not established; found in R. Roland, "Against Italian Fascism").
Vivre est cogitare. To live is to think. Cicero, The Tusculan Discourses. Motto of Voltaire
Vivre est militare. To live is to fight. Seneca, Letters.
Volens nolens. Like it or not, willy-nilly.
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Latin winged expressions
Amico lectori (To a friend-reader)
A genio lumen. - From genius - light.
[a genio lumen] The motto of the Warsaw Scientific Society.
A Jove principle. - Starting from Jupiter.
[a yove principium)] So they say, moving on to a discussion of the main issue, the essence of the problem. In Virgil (Bukoliki, III, 60), with this phrase, the shepherd Damet begins a poetic contest with his friend, dedicating his first verse to Jupiter, the supreme god of the Romans, who was identified with the Greek Zeus.
Abiens abi. - Leaving go.
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ad bestias - to the beasts (to be torn apart)
[ad bestias] Public reprisal against dangerous criminals (see Suetonius, Divine Claudius, 14), slaves, prisoners and Christians, widespread in the imperial era: they were thrown to predators in the circus arena. The first Christian martyrs appeared under the emperor Nero: in 64 AD, averting suspicions of burning Rome, he blamed the Christians for this. For several days, executions continued in the city, arranged in the form of spectacles: Christians were crucified on crosses, burned alive in the imperial gardens, using them as “night lighting”, dressed in the skins of wild animals and given to be torn to pieces by dogs (the latter was applied to them back in beginning of the 4th century, under the emperor Diocletian).
Ad Calendas (Kalendas) Graecas-to Greek calends; in Greek kalends (never)
[ad calendas grekas] Kalendas (hence the word "calendar") the Romans called the first day of the month (September 1 - September Kalends, etc.). The Greeks did not have calends, so the expression is used when talking about something that will never happen, or expressing doubt that an event will ever happen. Compare: “after the rain on Thursday”, “when the cancer whistles”, “put it under the cloth”, “put it on the back burner”; “like a Turk to cross” (Ukrainian), “on a Turkish Great Day”. According to the calends, the Romans paid their debts, and the emperor Augustus, according to Suetonius ("Divine August", 87), often spoke of insolvent debtors that they would return the money to the Greek calends.
Adsum, qui feci. - I did it.
[adsum, qui fati] The speaker points to himself as the true culprit of what happened. Virgil (“Aeneid”, IX, 427) describes an episode of the war between the Trojan Aeneas who arrived in Italy and the king of the Rutuli Turnn, the first groom of the king’s daughter Latina, now promised as Aeneas’s wife (this is his tribe, the Latins, gave the name to the Latin language). Friends Nis and Euryal, warriors from the camp of Aeneas, went on reconnaissance and shortly before dawn came across a detachment of rutuli. Euryalus was captured, and Nis, invisible to the enemies, hit them with spears in order to free him. But when he saw the sword raised above Euryal, Nis jumped out of his hiding place, trying to save his friend: “Here I am, guilty of everything! Point your weapon at me!" (translated by S. Osherov). He defeated the murderer of Euryalus and himself fell at the hands of enemies.
Alea jacta est. - The die is cast.
[alea yakta est] In other words, a responsible decision has been made and there is no turning back. January 10, 49 BC Julius Caesar, having learned that the Senate, concerned about his victories and growing popularity, ordered him, the governor of Near Gaul, to disband the army, decided to illegally invade Italy along with his legions. Thus, a civil war began in the Roman Republic, as a result of which Caesar actually became the sole ruler. Crossing the Rubicon River, which separated Gaul from northern Italy, he, according to Suetonius ("Divine Julius", 32), after long deliberation over the irreversible consequences of his decision, uttered the phrase "Let the lot be cast."
aliud stans, aliud sedens - one [says] standing, the other sitting
[aliud stans, aliud sedans] Compare: “seven Fridays in a week”, “keep your nose in the wind”. This is how the historian Sallust (“Invective against Mark Tullius Cicero”, 4, 7) described the inconstancy of the convictions of this speaker and politician. "Invective" reflected the real situation of 54 BC. Cicero, sent into exile in 58 for the execution of supporters of the conspirator Catiline, representatives of noble Roman families, returned to Rome with the consent of Caesar and with the help of Pompey, was forced to cooperate with them and defend their supporters in court, in the past his enemies, for example, Aulus Gabinius, consul of 58, involved in his removal into exile.
Amantes amentes.-Lovers-crazy.
[amantes amentes] Compare: “Love is not a prison, but it drives you crazy”, “Lovers are like crazy”. The title of a comedy by Gabriel Rollenhagen (Germany, Magdeburg, 1614) based on the game of close-sounding words (paronyms).
Amici, diem perdidi. - Friends, I lost a day.
[amitsi, diem purdidi] It's usually used to talk about wasted time. According to Suetonius (“Divine Titus”, 8), these words were spoken by the emperor Titus (who was distinguished by rare kindness and usually did not let the petitioner go without encouraging), remembering one day at dinner that he had not done a single good deed all day.
Amicus cognoscitur amore, more, ore, re. - A friend is known by love, by disposition, by speech and deed.
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Amicus verus - rara avis. - A true friend is a rare bird.
[amikus verus - papa avis] Compare with Phaedrus (“Fables”, III, 9.1): “There are many friends; friendship is only rare” (translated by M. Gasparov). In this fable, Socrates, when asked why he built a small house for himself, replies that for true friends this is great. Separately, the expression “eider avis” (“a rare bird”, i.e. a great rarity) is known, it appears in Juvenal (“Satires”, VI, 169), and is also found in the “Satires” of Persia (I, 46).
Amor audit inertes. - Cupid does not tolerate sloths.
[amor odit inertes] Speaking like this, Ovid (“The Science of Love”, II, 230) advises to hurry to every call of your beloved, to fulfill all her requests.
arbiter elegantiae - arbiter of grace; tastemaker
[arbiter elegance] This position, according to Tacitus ("Annals", XVI, 18), was held at the court of the Roman emperor Nero by the satirist writer Petronius, nicknamed the Arbiter, the author of the novel "Satyricon", denouncing the manners of the early Empire. This man was distinguished by refined taste, and Nero did not find anything exquisite until Petronius considered it so.
Arbor mala, mala mala. - Bad tree - bad fruit.
[arbor is small, small is small] Compare: “Do not expect a good tribe from a bad seed”, “An apple does not fall far from an apple tree”, “Every good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit” (Sermon on the Mount: Gospel of Matthew 7:17).
Argumenta ponderantur, non numerantur. Evidence is weighed, not counted.
[arguments ponderantur, non numerantur] Compare: “Numerantur sententiae, non ponderantur” [numerantur sententie, non ponderantur] (“Votes are counted, not weighed”).
Audiatur et altera pars. Let the other side be heard as well.
[avdiatur et altera pars] An ancient legal principle calling for objectivity when considering issues and litigation, judging objects and people.
Aurora Musis amica. - Aurora is a friend of the Muses.
[Aurora Musis Amika] Aurora is the goddess of the dawn, the Muses are the patrons of poetry, arts and sciences. The expression means that the morning hours are most favorable for creativity, mental work. Compare: “Morning is wiser than evening”, “Think in the evening, do in the morning”, “Who gets up early, God gives him”.
Aut bibat, aut abeat. Either drink or leave.
[out bibat, out abeat] Citing this Greek drinking proverb, Cicero (“Tusculan Conversations”, V, 41, 118) calls either to endure the blows of fate, or to die.
Aut Caesar, aut nihil. - Or Caesar, or nothing.
[out tsezar, out nihil] Compare: “Either the chest in crosses, or the head in the bushes”, “Abo pan, or missing” (Ukrainian). The motto of Cardinal Cesare Borgia, who tried to con. 15th century to unite fragmented Italy under his rule. Suetonius (“Gaius Caligula”, 37) attributed similar words to the wasteful emperor Caligula: he bathed in fragrant oils, drank wine with pearls dissolved in it.
Aut cum scuto, aut in scuto. - Or with a shield, or on a shield. (With a shield or on a shield.)
[out kum skuto, out in skuto] In other words, come back a winner or die a hero (the fallen were brought on the shield). The famous words of a Spartan woman who accompanied her son to war. Free citizens of Sparta were forbidden to engage in anything other than military affairs. They were constantly at war (after all, they were far outnumbered by state slaves - helots), they lived only in war and the thirst for victory, it was for this that Spartan mothers gave birth to their children. There is a story about a Spartan woman who sent five sons into battle and waited for news at the gate. Upon learning that all her sons were killed, but the Spartans won, the mother said: "Then I'm happy that they died."
Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant. - Hello, Caesar, those who are about to die greet you.
[ave, caesar, morituri te salutant] So the gladiators, appearing in the arena, where they fought with wild animals or among themselves, greeted the emperor who was in the amphitheater (caesar here is not his own name, but a title). According to Suetonius (“Divine Claudius”, 21), the soldiers shouted this phrase to the emperor Claudius, who loved to organize spectacles for the crowd and, before the descent of the Futsin Lake, staged a sea battle there. The expression can be used before an exciting test (for example, greeting a teacher at an exam), a speech, or an important, frightening conversation (for example, with a boss, director).
Barba crescit, caput nescit. - The beard is growing, but the head does not know.
[barba krescit, kaput nestsit] Compare: “A beard is the size of an elbow, but a mind is the size of a fingernail”, “It’s thick on the head, but empty in the head.”
Bene dignoscitur, bene curatur. - Well recognized - well treated (about the disease).
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Bis dat, qui cito dat. - Doubly gives the one who gives quickly (that is, the one who helps immediately).
[bis dates, quick dates] Compare: “The road is a spoon for dinner”, “The road is alms in times of poverty”. It is based on the maxim of Publilius Syrah (No. 321).
Calcat jacentem vulgus. - The people trample the recumbent (weak).
[calcat yatsentem vulgus] Emperor Nero in the tragedy Octavia attributed to Seneca (II, 455), saying this, means that the people must be kept in fear.
carpe diem. - Seize the day.
[karpe diem (karpe diem)] Horace's call (“Odes”, I, 11, 7-8) to live today, not missing its joys and opportunities, not postponing a full-blooded life for a foggy future, to use the moment, an opportunity. Compare: “Seize the moment”, “You can’t return lost time with a horse”, “You’re late for an hour - you won’t return a year”, “Drink, live while you are alive.”
Carum quod rarum. - Expensive is what is rare.
[karum quod rarum]
Casta(e)st, quam nemo rogavit. - She is chaste, whom no one coveted.
[castaste (caste est), kvam nemo roavit] In Ovid (“Love Elegies”, I, 8, 43), these are the words of an old bawd addressed to girls.
Castis omnia casta. - For the immaculate, everything is immaculate.
[kastis omnia kasta] This phrase is usually used as an excuse for their unseemly deeds, vicious inclinations.
Cave ne cadas. - Be careful not to fall.
[kave ne kadas] In other words, put aside your pride and remember that you are only human. These words were addressed to the victorious commander by a slave standing behind him. Triumph (a celebration in honor of Jupiter) was timed to coincide with the return of the commander after a major victory. The procession was opened by senators and magistrates (officials), they were followed by trumpeters, then they carried trophies, they led white bulls for sacrifice and the most important captives in chains. The victor himself, with a laurel branch in his hand, rode behind on a chariot drawn by four white horses. Depicting the father of the gods, he put on clothes taken from the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill, and painted his face red, as in the ancient images of the god.
Ceterum censeo. - In addition, I believe [that Carthage must be destroyed].
[tseterum tsenseo kartaginem delendam essay] So, according to Plutarch (“Mark Cato”, 27) and Pliny the Elder (“Natural History”, XV, 20), Cato the Elder, a participant in the Battle of Cannae (216 to AD), where Hannibal inflicted a crushing defeat on the Romans. The venerable senator recalled that even after the victorious end of the Second Punic War (201 BC), one should be wary of a weakened enemy. After all, a new Hannibal may come from Carthage. The words of Cato (the first two are usually quoted) still symbolize the stubbornly defended point of view, the decision to insist on one's own at all costs.
Citius, altius, fortius! - Faster, higher, stronger!
[citius, altius, fortius!] The motto of the Olympic Games. Written on Olympic medals and on the walls of many sports halls, sports palaces. Adopted in 1913 by the International Olympic Committee. The games were named after Olympia, a town in southern Greece, where the temple of Olympian Zeus was located and the place for competitions dedicated to Zeus. They have been carried out since 776 BC. once every 4 years, during the summer solstice. A truce was declared throughout Greece for these 5 days. The winners were awarded with olive wreaths and revered as favorites of Zeus. Abolished games in 394 AD Roman emperor Theodosius. They have been held as world sports competitions since 1886.
Civis Romanus sum! - I'm a Roman citizen!
[civis romanus sum!] This is how a person who occupies a privileged position, who has benefits, or a citizen of a state that plays an important role in world politics, can say about himself. This formula declared the full rights of the citizen and guaranteed him immunity outside of Rome: even the last beggar could not be enslaved, subjected to corporal punishment or execution. Thus, Roman citizenship saved the Apostle Paul from scourging in Jerusalem (Acts of the Apostles, 22:25-29). The expression is found in Cicero in speeches against Verres (V, 52), the Roman governor in Sicily (73-71 BC), who robbed merchant ships and killed their owners (Roman citizens) in quarries.
Cogito, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am.
[kogito, ergo sum] French philosopher of the 17th century. Rene Descartes ("Principles of Philosophy", I, 7) considered this position the basis of a new philosophy: everything should be doubted, except for the obviousness of the self-consciousness of a doubting person. Can be quoted with a replacement of the first word, for example: "I love, therefore I am."
Consuetude altera natura. - Habit is second nature.
[konsvetudo est altera nature] The basis is the words of Cicero (“On the boundaries of good and evil”, V, 25, 74). Compare: “What is hunting from a young age, is captivity in old age.”
Contrafactum non est argumentum. - There is no proof against the fact.
[contra factum non est argumentum]
Credo, quia absurdum. - I believe because [it's] ridiculous.
[credo, quia absurdum est] About blind, unreasoning faith or an initially uncritical attitude towards something. The basis is the words of a Christian writer of the II-III centuries. Tertullian, who affirmed the truth of the postulates of Christianity (such as the death and resurrection of the Son of God) precisely because of their incompatibility with the laws of the human mind (“On the Body of Christ”, 5): he considered that all this was too absurd to be fiction.
cunctando restituit rem - saved the situation by delay (case)
[kunktando restituit rem] So the Roman poet Ennius (Annals, 360) speaks of the commander Fabius Maximus. In the spring of 217 BC, after the death of the Roman army in the battle with Hannibal in the gorge near Lake Trasimene, the Senate appointed him dictator, thus granting unlimited powers for a period of six months. Knowing that the strong cavalry of the Carthaginians had an advantage in open areas, Fabius followed Hannibal along the hills, evading the battle and preventing him from plundering the surrounding lands. Many considered the dictator a coward, but for this tactic he was given the honorary nickname Fabius Cunctator (Slower). And the policy of cautious movement towards the goal can be called Fabianism.
currit rota. - The wheel is spinning.
[currit rota] About the wheel of Fortune - the Roman goddess of fate and good luck. She was depicted on a spinning ball or wheel - a symbol of the variability of happiness.
de asini umbra - about the shadow of a donkey (about trifles)
[de azini umbra] According to Pseudo-Plutarch (The Life of Ten Speakers, Demosthenes, 848 a), Demosthenes was once not listened to in the Athenian national assembly, and he, asking for attention, told how the driver and the young man who hired the donkey , argued which of them in the heat to hide in his shadow. The listeners demanded to continue, and Demosthenes said: “It turns out that you are ready to listen about the shadow of a donkey, but not about serious matters.”
De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil. - About the dead or good, or nothing.
[de mortuis out bene, out nihil] Seven more Greek sages (6th century BC) forbade slandering the dead, for example, Chilo from Sparta (as Diogenes Laertes writes: “Life, opinions and teachings of famous philosophers”, I , 3, 70) and the Athenian legislator Solon (Plutarch, Solon, 21).
deus ex machina - god from the car (unexpected denouement; surprise)
[deus ex machina] Theatrical technique of an ancient tragedy: at the end, an actor was suddenly lowered onto the stage in the form of a deity who resolved all conflicts. So they say that it contradicts the logic of what is happening. Compare: "as fell from the sky."
Dictum factum. - No sooner said than done; straightaway.
[dictum factum] Compare: "What is said is connected." The expression is found in Terentius in the comedies "Girl from Andros" (II, 3, 381) and "Self-torturer" (V, 1, 904).
Disc Gaudere. - Learn to be happy.
[distse gavdere] This is how Seneca advises Lucilia (“Moral Letters”, 13, 3), understanding true joy not as a feeling that comes from outside, but a feeling that constantly resides in a person’s soul.
Dives est, qui sapiens est. - Rich, who is wise.
[dives est, qui sapiens est]
Divide et impera. - Divide and rule.
[divide et impera] The principle of imperialist policy is to set the provinces (social classes, religious denominations) against each other and use this enmity in the interests of strengthening their power. Compare with the saying "Divide ut regnes" [divide ut regnes] ("Divide to rule"), attributed to the French king Louis XI (1423-1483) or the Italian political thinker Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), who believed that only a strong state power is able to overcome the political fragmentation of Italy. Since he allowed any means to strengthen such power, Machiavellianism is called a policy that violates the norms of morality.
Dout des. - I give you to give.
[do ut des] The Romans have a conditional name for agreements already executed by one side. Otto Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire from 1871-1890, called do ut des the basis of all political negotiations.
docendo discimus. - By teaching, we learn.
[dotsendo discimus] Compare: "Teach others - and you will understand." It is based on the words of Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 7, 8): “Spend time only with those who make you better, admit only those whom you yourself can make better. Both are mutually accomplished, people learn by teaching”
domi sedet, lanam ducit - sits at home, spinning wool
[domi sadet, lanam ducit] The best praise for a Roman matron (mother of the family, mistress of the house). Unlike the reclusive wives in Greece, the Roman women went with their husbands to visit, attended home feasts. On the street, men made way for them, and eulogies were given at their funerals. At home, their duty was only to make a woolen toga (a garment that served as a symbol of Roman citizenship) for their husband.
Domus propria - domus optima. - Own house- the best. (Being a guest is good, but being at home is better.)
[domus propria - domus optima]
Dum spiro, spero. - While I breathe I hope.
[dum spiro, spero] A similar idea was found by many ancient authors. "Dum spiro, spero" is the state motto of South Carolina. There is also the expression “Contra spent spero” [contra spam spero] (“I am without hope” (Ukrainian), or “I hope in spite of hope”) - this is the name of a famous poem by Lesya Ukrainka. Written at the age of 19, it is imbued with a strong will, the intention to live and enjoy your spring, overcoming a serious illness (from the age of 12, the poetess suffered from tuberculosis).
Dura lex, sed lex. - The law is harsh, but [it is] the law.
[stupid lex, sad lex]
Esce Homo. - Se Man.
[ektse homo] In the Gospel of John (19, 5) these words are spoken by Pontius Pilate, presenting to the Jews who demanded the execution of Jesus, the Man they demanded. Therefore, "Esce Homo" is called the image of Christ in the crown of thorns, with drops of blood on his forehead from his needles. Such a picture is, for example, in the Italian painter of the early 17th century. Guido Reni (1575-1642). In a figurative sense, the expression is sometimes used as a synonym for the famous “I am a man, and nothing human is alien to me” (see “Homo sum ...”) or in the meaning “This is a real person”, “Here is a man with a capital letter”. A paraphrased version of “Esse femina” [ektse femina] is also known - “Se woman” (“Here is a real woman”).
Ede, bibe, lude. - Eat, drink, be merry.
[ede, bibe, lude] It is based on the parable of the rich man told by Jesus (Gospel of Luke, 12, 19). He was just about to lead a carefree life (eat, drink and be merry), when the Lord took his soul. Compare with the old inscription on table utensils: “Eat, drink, there will be no joy after death” (from a student song).
Epistula non erubescit. - The paper does not turn red.
[epistula non erubescit] Compare: “Paper will endure everything”, “The tongue becomes stagnant, but the pen is not shy.” Cicero (“Letters to loved ones”, V, 12, 1), asking the historian Lucius Lucceus to glorify his merits in his books, says that he was ashamed to say so at meetings.
Errare humanum est. - Humans tend to make mistakes.
[errare humanum est] The expression is found in the orator Seneca the Elder (“Controversion”, IV, 3). In Cicero (Philippi, XII, 2, 5) we find a continuation of this thought: "Only a fool is peculiar to persist in a mistake." Compare: “Stubbornness is the dignity of donkeys”, “He is more mistaken who does not repent of his mistakes.”
est modus in rebus. - There is a measure in things.
[est modus in rebus (est modus in rebus)] Compare: “Everything is good in moderation”, “A little of a good thing”, “Ne quid nimis” [ne quid nimis] (“Nothing too much”). The expression is found in Horace ("Satires", I, 1, 106).
Et ego in Arcadia. - And I [lived] in Arcadia
[et ego in arcadia] In other words, I had happy days too. Arcadia is a mountainous region in the center of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. In Theocritus' Idylls, Virgil's Bucolics, this is an idealized country where shepherds and their lovers lead an unpretentious, serene life in the bosom of nature (hence the "Arcadian shepherds"). The expression "Et in Arcadia ego" has been known since the 16th century. This is the inscription under the skull that two shepherds are looking at in a painting by the Italian artist Bartolomeo Skidane. His fellow countryman Francesco Guercino (XVII century) has this epitaph on the grave of a shepherd (the painting "Arcadian shepherds", better known from two copies french artist Nicolas Poussin, 1630s).
Et tu, Brute! - And you Brute!
[this one, brute!] According to legend, these are the dying words of Julius Caesar, who saw among the murderers Mark Junius Brutus, whom he treated like a son. The historian Suetonius ("Divine Julius", 82, 2) does not confirm the fact of uttering these words. Caesar was killed at a meeting of the Senate on March 15, 44 BC, inflicting 23 blows on him with daggers. It is interesting that almost all the murderers (who feared the strengthening of his autocracy) then lived no more than three years (Suetonius, 89). Brutus committed suicide in 42, after being defeated by the troops of Octavian (Augustus), Caesar's successor. Descendants glorified Brutus as a tyrannicide, but Dante in the Divine Comedy placed him in the last, 9th circle of Hell, next to Judas, who betrayed Christ.
Ex nihilo nihil. - From nothing - nothing.
[ex nihilo nihil] This idea appears in Lucretius's poem "On the Nature of Things" (1,155-156), which outlines the teachings of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who argued that all phenomena are due to physical causes, sometimes unknown to us, and not the will of the gods.
Ex oriente lux. - Light from the East.
[ex oriente lux] Usually about innovations, discoveries, trends that came from the east. The expression arose under the influence of the story of the Magi (wise men) from the East, who came to Jerusalem to bow to the born Jesus, seeing His star in the East (Gospel of Matthew, 2, 1-2).
Ex ungue leonem, . - By the claw [they recognize] a lion, [by the ears - a donkey].
[ex ungwe lebnam, ex avibus azinum] About the opportunity to learn and appreciate the whole from the part. Compare: “You can see a bird in flight”, “A donkey by the ears, a bear by its claws, a fool by speeches.” It is found in Lucian (“Hermotimus, or On the Choice of Philosophy”, 54), who says that one can judge a philosophical doctrine without knowing it thoroughly: so the Athenian sculptor Phidias (5th century BC), seeing only a claw, calculated from it what the whole lion should be.
Excelsior - All above; loftier
[excelsior] The motto of New York. It is used as a creative credo, the principle of comprehending something.
Exegi monumentum. - I erected a monument.
[ekzegi monumentum] This is how a person can say about the fruits of his own labor, which must survive it. This is the beginning of Horace's ode (III, 30), which later became known as the "Monument" (poems also began to be called, where the author, usually taking the composition of Horace's ode and its first line as a basis, speaks of his merits to poetry, which should be preserved in memory of descendants and immortalize his name). From the same ode - the expression "Non omnis moriar" (see below). In Russian literature, Horace's "Monument" was translated and re-sung by Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Fet, Bryusov and, of course, Pushkin ("I erected a monument to myself not made by hands"; the epigraph to this poem is the words "Exegi monumentum").
Fabricando fabricamur. - By creating, we create ourselves.
[fabrando fabricamur]
factum est factum. - What is done is done.
[factum est factum] Compare: “You can’t fix things with hindsight”, “After a fight, they don’t wave their fists.”
Fama volat. - Rumor flies.
[fama volat] Compare: “The earth is full of rumors”, “Rumors fly like flies.” The fact that rumor is also gaining strength on the go (that is, “If you say a word, ten will be added”), says Virgil (“Aeneid”, IV, 175).
Feci quod potui, faciant meliora potentes. - I did [everything] that I could; let those who can (feel the strength in themselves) do better.
[faci quod potui, faciant melior potentes] So they say, summing up their achievements or presenting their work to someone else's court, for example, finishing a speech at the defense of a diploma. The verse arose on the basis of the formula with which the consuls completed their report, transferring authority to successors. After expelling King Tarquinius the Proud (510/509 BC), the Romans elected two consuls each year and designated the year by their names. Thus, the conspiracy of Catalina (see "On the temporal of mores!") Was revealed to the consulate of Cicero and Antony. From the era of Augustus (in power from 27 BC to 14 AD), the years were counted ab urbe condita [ab urbe condita] (from the founding of Rome, i.e. from 754/753 to AD).
Festina lente. - Hurry slowly.
[fastina lente] Compare: “You go quieter - you will continue”, “Hurry up - you will make people laugh.” This proverb (in Greek), according to Suetonius ("Divine Augustus", 25, 4), was repeated by Emperor Augustus, saying that haste and recklessness are dangerous for a commander.
Fiat lux. - Let there be light.
[fiat lux] From the description of the Creation of the world (Genesis, 1, 3): “And God said: Let there be light. And there was light. This is how they talk about grandiose discoveries (for example, this is an inscription on the portraits of the inventor of printing, Johannes Gutenberg, mid-15th century) or calling to expel gloomy thoughts from the heart.
Fide, sedcui, vide. - Trust, but watch who. (Trust but check.)
[fide, sad kui, vide]
Finis coronat opus. - The end is the crown of business. (All is well that ends well.)
[finis coronat opus]
Fit via vi. - The road is built by force.
[fit via vi] Virgil ("Aeneid", II, 494) tells how the Greeks break into the palace of the Trojan king Priam. These words are quoted by Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 37, 3), saying that the inevitable cannot be avoided, but it must be fought.
Folio sum similis. - I am like a leaf.
[folio sum similis] About the brevity of life, its dependence on the game of fate (comparison of people with leaves was found in ancient poetry). Source - "Confession" of the Archipee of Cologne, a poet of the XII century.
Fortes fortuna juvat. - Fate helps the brave.
[fortes fortune yuvat] Compare: "The courage of the city takes." It is found, for example, in the story of Pliny the Younger (“Letters”, VI, 16, 11) about the death of his uncle, the scientist Pliny the Elder, during the eruption of Vesuvius (79 AD). Having equipped the ships (wishing to help people and study an unusual phenomenon), he encouraged the helmsman with this phrase.
Fortuna vitrea est. - Glass fate.
[fortuna vitrea est] Publilius Syra's maxim (No. 236): "Fate is glass: when it shines, it breaks."
Gaudeamus igitur, - Let's have fun [while we are young]!
[gaudeamus igitur, yuvenes dum sumus!] The beginning of a medieval student anthem, performed at initiation into students.
Gutta cavat lapidem. - A drop hollows out a stone.
[gutta kavat lapidem] About someone's patience, a firm and steady desire to achieve one's own. The words of Ovid ("Letters from Pontus", IV, 10, 5).
Habent sua fata libelli. - Books have their own destiny.
1286th verse from a poem by a Roman grammarian of the 1st-2nd centuries. AD Terentian Maurus "On letters, syllables and sizes": "Depending on the perception of the reader, books have their own destiny."
Hannibal ad portas. - Hannibal at the gate.
As an indication of imminent danger, it was first used by Cicero (Philippi, I, 5.11). Appears in Titus Livius ("History of Rome from the founding of the City", XXIII, 16). It is also customary to associate these words with the events of 211 BC, when the army of Hannibal, having stood for several days a mile from Rome, moved away from the city.
Hic Rhodus, hic salta. - Rhodes is here, jump here.
In other words, do not brag, but prove here and now what you are capable of. Compare: "We heard the speeches, but we do not see the deeds." From Aesop's fable "The Boastful Pentathlete" (No. 33), where the unsuccessful athlete, returning to his homeland, boasted of his extraordinary jump on the distant island of Rhodes - the very one where the Colossus of Rhodes stood in ancient times (35-meter statue of the sun god Helios, one of seven wonders of the world). Calling all the Rhodians as witnesses, he heard in response from fellow citizens: “If this is true, then why do you need witnesses? Imagine that Rhodes is here, jump here!” The expression can also be understood as follows: “Here is the most important thing; This is what needs to be worked on."
Historia est magistra vitae. - History is the teacher of life.
From Cicero's treatise "On the Orator" (II, 9, 36): "History is the witness of times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity." A call to learn from the past and look for examples worthy of imitation in history. Often paraphrased ("Philosophy is the teacher of life").
Hoc erat in votis. - That's what I dreamed of
Horace ("Satires", II, 6.1) about the estate presented to him by Maecenas, a friend of Emperor Augustus (and then Horace himself), in the Sabine Mountains, northeast of Rome.
Hominem quaero. - I'm looking for a man.
According to Diogenes Laertes (“Life, Opinions and Teachings of Famous Philosophers”, VI, 2, 41), this is how the Greek philosopher Diogenes answered - the one who lived in a barrel and was glad that there were so many things in the world that one could do without , - to the question why he walks the streets with a lantern in broad daylight. "And didn't find it?" they asked him. - "I found good children in Sparta, good husbands - nowhere." In the fable of Phaedrus (III, 19) a similar incident is described from the life of the Greek fabulist Aesop. Taking a fire from his neighbors, with a lit lamp in his hand, he hurried home to the owner (since he was a slave) and answered the question of a passerby in this way, apparently not considering him a man because he sticks to busy people.
Homo est animal sociale. - Man is a social animal (being).
Source - "Nicomachean Ethics" (1097 b, 11) of Aristotle. Popularized by The Persian Letters (No. 87) by the French thinker Charles Montesquieu (1721).
Homo homini lupus est. - Man is a wolf to man.
In other words, everyone is selfish by nature and strives to satisfy their desires, which naturally leads to conflicts with other people. With these words, in the comedy of Plautus "Donkeys" (II, 4, 495), the merchant motivates his refusal to transfer money for the owner through his servant, who assures him of his honesty.
Homosum: . - I am a man [and I believe that nothing human is alien to me].
The expression means: 1) that the speaker, like everyone else, is not alien to human weaknesses and delusions, is subject to ordinary ailments; 2) that he is not at all indifferent to the misfortunes and joys of others, he is interested in life in all its manifestations, he is able to understand, respond, sympathize; 3) that he is a man of broad interests. In Terence's comedy The Self-Torturer (I, 77), old Khremet asks why his elderly neighbor works all day in the field, and, having heard the answer: “Do you really have so much free time from your own affairs that you interfere in other people's?” - substantiates his curiosity with this phrase.
Honores mutant mores. - Honors change morals. (Character changes with fate.)
This, according to Plutarch ("Life of Sulla", 30), confirms the biography of the Roman commander Lucius Cornelius Sulla. In his youth, he was gentle and compassionate, and when he came to power (in November 82 BC, after the end of the civil war between him and the commander Gaius Marius, Sulla was proclaimed a dictator for an unlimited period to restore order in the state), he showed an indomitable cruelty. The dictatorship began with terror (lat. terror - fear), that is, with mass lawless murders. Proscriptions were put up in crowded places - lists with the names of Mary's supporters who were outlawed (they could be killed with impunity).
Ibi victoria, ubi concordia. - There is victory, where there is unity.
[ibi victoria, kill concardia] From the maxim of Publilius Syrah (No. 281).
Ignorantia non est argumentum. - Ignorance is not an argument. (Ignorance is not an argument.)
[ignorantzia non est argumentum] From Spinoza's treatise "Ethics" (part 1, Appendix). Compare: "Ignorance of the law does not exempt from responsibility."
Ignoti nulla cupido. - There is no attraction to the unknown. (You can't wish for the unknown.)
[ignoti nullla cupido] Therefore, Ovid (“Science of Love”, III, 397) advises beauties to be in crowded places.
Imperare sibi maximum imperium est. - Owning yourself is the highest power.
[emperare sibi maximum imperium est] The expression is found in Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 113, 30). We find a similar idea in Cicero (“Tusculan Conversations”, II, 22, 53): he talks about the Roman commander Gaius Maria, who, when he needed to cut his leg, for the first time ordered not to tie himself to the board, which later many began to do according to him. example.
in actu mori - to die in the midst of activity (while on duty)
[in act mori] Found in Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 8, 1).
in aqua scribis - you write on water
[in aqua scribis] About empty promises, vague plans, vain work (compare: “it is written with a pitchfork on the water”, “grandmother said in two”, “to build sand castles”). The Roman poet Catullus (70, 3-4) uses the expression "in aqua scribere" [in aqua scribere] ("write on water"), speaking of the frivolity of women's oaths: "What a passionate girlfriend says to a lover, // you need to write in the wind or on fast water ”(translated by S. Shervinsky).
In dubio pro reo. - In case of doubt - in favor of the accused. (If the votes are equal, the defendant is acquitted.)
[in dubio about reo]
In hoc signo vinces. - Under this banner you will win (Staroslav. You will win with this.)
[in hok signo vintses] In 305 AD. Emperor Diocletian left the throne and retired to the city of Salona, cultivating flowers and vegetables. In the Empire, a fierce struggle for power began between his co-rulers. The winner was the son of one of them, Constantine, later nicknamed the Great. According to church tradition (Eusebius, “Life of Constantine”, I, 28), on the eve of the decisive battle (312), he saw a luminous crucifix in the sky with the Greek inscription “ With this banner you will win”, after which he ordered to depict a cross on the banner and shields of soldiers ( many of whom were secret Christians) and, despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, won.
In maxima potentia minima licentia. - In the greatest power - the least freedom (for the subject).
[in maxim potency minimum license]
In vino veritas. - The truth is in wine. (Wine is true.)
[in wine varitas] Compare: "What a sober man has on his mind, a drunkard has on his tongue." In the Middle Ages, the expression “In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas” [in wine veritas, in aqua sanitas] (“In wine is truth, in water is health”) appeared. A similar idea was found in Pliny the Elder ("Natural History", XIV, 28), Horace ("Epodes", 11, 13-14). Usually the expression "In vino veritas" is used as an invitation to drink or a toast.
Inde irae et lacrimae. Hence the anger and tears. (This is what causes anger and tears.)
[inde ire et lacrime] Juvenal (“Satires”, I, 168) speaks of the smashing scourge of satire, i.e. about the effect that she has on those who see in her a caricature of their own vices and therefore are so desperately indignant when they hear, for example, the lines of Lucilius (a Roman satirist poet of the 2nd century BC). Compare with Terentius in the comedy "The Girl from Andros" (1,1, 126): "Hinc illae lacrimae" - "That's where these tears come from" ("That's the point"). This is how the father of the young man exclaimed when he saw her pretty sister at the funeral of a neighbor Chrysis: he immediately understood why his son Pamphilus mourned Chrysis so much - it would seem, a completely alien person to him.
Inter arma silent Musae. - Among the weapons (when the weapon rattles) the muses are silent.
[inter arma silent muse] That war is not the best time for the arts and sciences. It is no coincidence that the peak of creativity of such famous Roman authors as the poets Virgil, Horace, Ovid, the historian Titus of Livy, whose language is called golden Latin, fell on the reign of Emperor Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) when, after civil wars, relative calm reigned within the empire. The expression is based on the words of Cicero: “Inter arma silent leges” [leges] (“Among weapons, laws are silent”). So the speaker justifies the man who killed in a fight, of which he was not the instigator, his political opponent (“Speech in defense of Titus Annius Milon”, IV, 10).
Interpares amicitia. Friendship is between equals.
[inter pares amiticia] Compare: “A well-fed is not a comrade to the hungry”, “Know the horse with the horse, but with the ox” (Ukrainian).
Inter utrumque vola. - Fly in the middle.
[inter utrumkve ox (inter utrumkve ox)] Advice to stick to the golden mean. So in Ovid's poems "The Science of Love" (II, 63) and "Metamorphoses" (VII, 206), Daedalus, having made wings for himself and his son Icarus from bird feathers fastened with wax (in order to leave the island of Crete, where they were forcibly held by King Minos), explains a young man that it is dangerous to fly too close to the sun (it will melt the wax) or to the water (the wings will get wet and heavy).
inutile terrae pondus - the useless burden of the earth
[inutile terre pondus] About something (about someone) useless, not fulfilling its purpose, non-functional. It is based on Homer's Iliad (XVIII, 104), where Achilles, the strongest of the Greeks who fought near Troy, calls himself so. Enraged at King Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army, who took away his beloved captive Briseis, the hero refused to fight, thereby becoming an indirect cause of the death of many of his comrades and best friend- Patroclus (who, in order to frighten the Trojans, entered the battlefield in the armor of Achilles and was slain by Hector, the son of the Trojan king Priam). Mourning a friend, the hero bitterly regrets that he could not curb his anger.
Jucundi acti labores. - Finished works (difficulties) are pleasant.
[yukundi act labores] In other words, it is pleasant to realize the finished work, the difficulties overcome (Latin labores - torments, difficulties, labors). Compare with Pushkin (“If life deceives you ...”): “What passes will be nice.” The proverb is quoted by Cicero (“On the Limits of Good and Evil”, II, 32, 105), disagreeing with the Greek philosopher Epicurus that the sage should remember only the good, and forget the bad: after all, sometimes it is gratifying to remember past adversity. A similar thought was also found in Homer (“Odyssey”, XV, 400-401): “The husband willingly remembers past troubles // who has experienced them a lot and wandered around in the world for a long time” (translated by V. Zhukovsky).
Justitia fundamentum regnorum. - Justice is the basis of states.
[justitia fundamantum ragnorum]
Labor omnia vincit. - Labor conquers everything.
[laboratory omnia vincite] Compare: "Patience and work will grind everything." The expression "Hard work conquered everything" is found in Virgil ("Georgics", I, 145). He says that Jupiter deliberately hid many blessings from people (for example, fire) and did not teach useful skills so that they themselves, prompted by need and difficult conditions of existence, through reflection and experience could comprehend the world and improve your life. "Labor omnia vincit" is the motto of the US state of Oklahoma.
lassata necdum satiata - tired but not satisfied
[lassata nekdum satsiata] Juvenal ("Satires", VI, 129) speaks of Valeria Messalina, the third wife of Emperor Claudius, who, as contemporaries said, often spent nights in brothels and in the morning, “tired of the caress of men, she left unsatiated” (translated by D. Nedovich and F. Petrovsky), According to Suetonius (“Divine Claudius”, 26, 2-3), the emperor was extremely unlucky with his wives. Having executed Messalina, who entered into a new marriage with witnesses, he vowed not to marry again, but was seduced by his niece Agrippina. Claudius was not lucky this time either: they believe that it was Agrippina who in 54 AD. poisoned him to put her son Nero on the throne.
late anguis in herba. - There is a snake hiding in the grass.
[latet angvis in herba] A call to be on the alert, not to take everything on faith, not to forget about the possibility of a dirty trick. So they say about a hidden, but close danger, insidious, insincere people pretending to be friends. The source of the expression is Virgil's Bucoliki (III, 92-93).
Libri amici, libri magistri. - Books are friends, books are teachers.
[libri amici, libri master] Compare: “A book decorates in happiness, but comforts in misfortune”, “To live with a book - do not grieve for a century”, “Liber est mutus magister” [liber est mutus master] (“The book is a dumb teacher” ).
Lingua dux pedis. - The tongue leads the legs.
[lingua dux padis] Compare: "Language will bring you to Kyiv."
Littera scripta manet. - The written letter remains.
[litera script manet] Compare: “Verba volant, scripta manent” [verba volant, script manent] (“Words fly away, what is written remains”), “What is written with a pen cannot be cut down with an ax.”
Longa est vita, si plena est. - Life is long if it is full.
[longa est vita, si plena est] The expression is found in Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 93, 2).
Longae regum manus. - Kings have long arms.
[longe regum manus] Compare: "The masters have debts," "The royal eye encroaches far away." The source is Ovid's "Heroides" (a collection of messages written on behalf of mythological heroines to their beloved). Helen, the wife of the Spartan king Menelaus, writes in response to the Trojan prince Paris that she fears persecution by her husband (“Heroides”, XVII, 166).
Lupus non mordet lupum. - The wolf does not bite the wolf. (He does not touch his own.)
[lupus non mordet lupum] Compare: “The wolf is not poisoned by the wolf” (that is, you cannot set the wolf on the wolf), “The raven will not peck out the eyes of the crow.”
Madeant pocula Baccho. - Let the cups be filled with Bacchus (wine).
[madeant pokula bakho] The poet Tibull (“Elegies”, III, 6, 5) calls on Bacchus (that is, Dionysus, the god of viticulture and winemaking) to heal him from a love wound.
Magister Dixit. - [So] the teacher said.
[magister dixit] A reference to a recognized authority, often ironic. According to Cicero (“On the Nature of the Gods”, I, 5, 10), the disciples of the Greek philosopher Pythagoras substantiated all their statements in this way. This formula, as a decisive argument, was also used by medieval philosophers, referring to Aristotle.
magni nominis umbra - shadow of a great name
[magni nominis umbra] About those who have only to remember their glorious past, and about descendants who are not worthy of their ancestors. Lucan in the poem "Pharsalia" (I, 135) says this about the Roman general Pompey, who survived his greatness. He had major victories on his account, but in 48 BC, on the eve of the decisive battle with Caesar (near the city of Pharsala in northern Greece), who, having declared war on the Senate (see "Alea jacta est"), took possession of all of Italy , except for the provinces, Pompeii, which had already gained fame in the past and had not fought for a long time, was much inferior to its rival, who lived in hopes for the future. Having fled after the defeat to Egypt, Pompeii was killed there on the orders of King Ptolemy, who apparently wanted to please these Caesars.
Malum exemplum imitation. - A bad example is contagious.
[malum exemplum imitabile]
Manum de tabula! - Hand [away] from the board! (Enough! Enough!)
[manum de tabula!] A call to stop, to put an end to something in a timely manner. As Pliny the Elder writes (“Natural History”, XXXV, 36, 10), it was precisely in the inability to remove his hand from the board with the picture in time, which the further intervention of the painter can only spoil, that the Greek artist Apelles reproached his no less talented contemporary Protogenes. The expression is also found in the novel by Petronius "Satyricon" (LXXVI).
Manus manum lavat. - The hand washes the hand.
[manus manum lavat] Compare: “The hand washes the hand, and the rogue hides the rogue”, “Service for the service”, “You are for me, I am for you.” Of the Roman writers, the expression is found in Petronius (“Satyricon”, XLV) and in the pamphlet attributed to Seneca “The Apotheosis of the Divine Claudius” (9), where the immortals decide whether to recognize the feeble-minded Claudius after death (54 AD) as a god, as other Roman emperors: “The decision was inclined in favor of Claudius, for Hercules [in front of whose temple Claudius, a lover of legal proceedings, judged even in summer], seeing that it was necessary to strike while the iron was hot, began […] to persuade everyone: “Please don’t let me down, me, on occasion I will repay you with anything: the hand washes the hand (translated by F. Petrovsky).
mare verborum, gutta rerum - a sea of words, a drop of deeds
[mare verborum, gutta rerum] Compare: “a lot of noise, but little use”, “we heard speeches, but we don’t see deeds”, “he takes it with his tongue, but does not cling to business”.
Margaritas ante porcos. - [Do not throw] beads in front of pigs.
[margaritas ante porcos] A call not to waste good words on those who are not able to understand and appreciate them, or not to make too learned speeches that are not understood by the majority. Source - Christ's Sermon on the Mount (Gospel of Matthew, 7, 6): "Do not throw your pearls before swine, so that they do not trample it under their feet."
Medica mente, non medicamente. - Treat with the mind (soul), and not with medicine.
[medika mente, non medikamente]
Medice, cura te ipsum! - Doctor, heal yourself!
[medice, kura te ipsum!] A call not to interfere in someone else's business and, before teaching others, pay attention to oneself and one's own shortcomings. The proverb is found in the Gospel of Luke (4, 23), where Jesus, after reading in the synagogue a passage from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (61, 1: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; for He […] sent Me to heal the brokenhearted”), says to the listeners: “Of course, you will tell Me a saying: doctor! heal yourself!"
Medicus curat, natura sanat. The doctor heals, nature heals.
[medikus kurat, nature sanat] In other words, although the doctor prescribes the treatment, nature always heals, which supports vitality sick. Therefore, they talk about vis medicatrix naturae [vis medicatrix nature] - the healing (healing) power of nature. The source of the expression is the aphorism of Hippocrates translated into Latin.
Mel in ore, verba lactis, // fel in corde, firaus in factis. - Honey on the tongue, milk in words, bile in the heart, deceit in deeds.
[mel in ore, verba lactis, // fel in corde, fravs in factis] Medieval epigram on the Jesuits.
memento mori. - Memento Mori.
[memento mori] The expression is better known in the "translation" of the heroes of Leonid Gaidai's comedy "Prisoner of the Caucasus": "Instantly at sea." Hence, apparently, the stubborn desire to pronounce "momento more" (in the first case, the test word will be memoria - the memory from which our memorial is). The primary source is the story of Herodotus ("History", II, 78) about the Egyptian custom during the feast to carry around the guests the image of the deceased lying in the coffin. The expression “Memento vivere” [memento vivere] (“Remember life”) is also known - a call to find time for entertainment, not to let grief kill the joy of life in yourself. The poem "Vivere memento!" Ivan Franko has it in the Vesnyanki cycle (XV).
Mens sana in corpore sano.-A healthy mind in a healthy body.
[mens sana in corpore sano] One of the few Latin expressions, the modern interpretation of which is opposite to the meaning originally laid down by the author. Roman poet of the 1st-2nd centuries. AD Juvenal in his "Satires" (X, 356) spoke out against the Romans' excessive enthusiasm for bodily exercises: "You need to pray that the mind be healthy in a healthy body" (translated by D. Nedovich and F. Petrovsky; Latin mens also means "mind", and "spirit", hence the word "mentality"). Today, the words of Juvenal, often written on the walls of medical or sports institutions, call, on the contrary, in caring for the spiritual and sublime, do not forget about your body, your health.
Militat omnis amans.-Every lover is a soldier.
[militat omnis amans] Ovid (“Love Elegies”, I, 9, 1) compares the life of a lover standing on guard of honor at the door of the chosen one and performing her orders with military service.
Misce utility dulci. - Mix the pleasant with the useful.
[misce utility dulci] The basis was the "Science of Poetry" (343), where Horace tells the poet the right way to please all ages: "General approval was achieved by one who combined the useful (what older readers especially appreciate in poetry) with the pleasant."
Miserere - Have mercy
[mizerere] The name of the repentant psalm (No. 50), which was uttered by the king of Israel David, having learned from the prophet Nathan that he had done evil in the eyes of the Lord, taking Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, as his wife, and sending her husband to death (Second Book of Kings, 12 , 9); therefore the son born of Bathsheba will die. Oral Jewish tradition says that this woman was destined for David from the Creation of the world, and since their second son was the wisest King Solomon, the dead first-born could become the Messiah; David's sin was that he took Bathsheba before the appointed time. To the sounds of this psalm, monks and fanatics scourged themselves, so "Miserere" can be jokingly called a good spanking.
Modicus cibi - medicus sibi. - Moderate in food - his own doctor.
[modikus tsibi - medikus sibi] Compare: "Excessive food - illness and trouble", "Eat, don't eat up, don't drink up."
Natura est semper invicta. - Nature is always invincible
[nature est semper invicta] In other words, everything inherent in nature (talents, inclinations, habits) will manifest itself, no matter how hard you try to suppress it. Compare: “Drive nature through the door - it will fly in through the window”, “No matter how you feed the wolf, he keeps looking into the forest.” Horace (“Messages”, I, 10, 24) says: “Drive nature with a pitchfork - it will return anyway” (translated by N. Gunzburg).
Navigare necesse est. - It is necessary to swim, [there is no need to live].
[navigare netsesse est, vivere non est netsesse] According to Plutarch (Comparative Lives, Pompey, 50), these words were spoken by the Roman commander and politician Gnaeus Pompey (see about him in the article “magni nominis umbra”), who was responsible for grain supply, when he was the first to board a ship carrying grain from Sardinia, Sicily and Africa to Rome, and ordered to sail, despite a strong storm. In a figurative sense, they say this about the need to move forward, overcoming difficulties, to dare, to fulfill one's duty (to people, the state, the profession), even if it is associated with a risk to one's life or takes a lot of time that could be spent with great pleasure for oneself .
Naviget, haec summa (e)st. - Let it float (float), that's all.
[naviget, pek summast (pek sum est)] A call to go forward, not to stand still. In Virgil (Aeneid, IV, 237), this is the order of Jupiter, transmitted through Mercury to the Trojan Aeneas, who forgot about his mission in the arms of Queen Dido of Carthage (to reach Italy and lay the foundations of the Roman state, which will become the heir to the burnt Troy).
Ne sus Minervam. - Not a pig [to teach] Minerva. (Don't teach a scientist.)
[ne sus minervam] Found in Cicero ("Academic Conversations", I, 5.18). Minerva - among the Romans the goddess of wisdom, the patroness of crafts and arts, identified with the Greek Athena.
Ne sutor supra crepidam. - Let the shoemaker [judge] no higher than the boot.
[ne cytor suppa crepids] Compare: “Every cricket, know your hearth”, “Know, cat, your basket”, “Trouble, if the shoemaker starts baking pies, and the pieman makes boots” (Krylov). Pliny the Elder ("Natural History" XXXV, 36.12) talks about how the famous Greek artist of the 4th century. BC. Apelles exhibited his new painting in an open gazebo and, hiding behind it, listened to the opinions of passers-by. Hearing a remark about the number of loops on the inside of the shoe, he corrected the omission in the morning. When the shoemaker, proud, began to criticize the foot itself, the artist answered him with these words. This case is described by Pushkin ("The Shoemaker").
Nec mortale sonat. - Sounds immortal; no mortal [voice] sounds.
[nek mortale sonata (nek mortale sonata)] About thoughts and speeches filled with divine inspiration and wisdom. The basis is the words of Virgil (Aeneid, VI, 50) about the ecstatic prophetess Sibyl (Apollo himself revealed the secrets of the future to her). Inspired by God, she seemed to Aeneas (he came to find out how to go down to the underworld and see his father there) taller; even her voice sounded different from that of mortals.
Nee pluribus impar - Not inferior to the multitude; above all
[nek pluribus impar] The motto of King Louis XIV of France (1638-1715), who was called the "Sun King".
[neck plus ultra] Usually they say: “to the dog plus ultra” (“to the limit”). These words (in Greek) were allegedly uttered by Hercules, erecting two rocks (Pillars of Hercules) on the shores of the Strait of Gibraltar (this place was then considered the western limit of the inhabited world). The hero reached there, performing his 10th feat (stealing the cows of the giant Gerion, who lived in the far west). "Nee plus ultra" - the inscription on the ancient coat of arms of the city of Cadiz in southern Spain. Compare with the motto of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled in Austria, Austria-Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain: "Plus ultra" ("Beyond perfection", "Even further", "Forward").
41 776Ab absurd.
From the contrary. (method of proof)
Ab exterioribus ad interiora.
From external to internal.
Ab hoc et ab hoc.
So and so, to no avail, by the way and inopportunely.
Ab incunabulis.
From the cradle, from the very beginning.
Ab initiation.
From the beginning, from the beginning.
Ab origin.
From the very beginning, from the very beginning.
Ab ovo.
At first. (lit.: from an egg)
Absque omni exceptione.
Without any doubts.
Ab urbe condita.
From the founding of Rome.
Abusus in Baccho.
Wine abuse.
A contrario.
Prove by contradiction.
Acta diurna.
Incidents of the day, chronicle.
Actum atque tractatum.
done and discussed.
Ad absurdum.
Leading to an absurd conclusion.
Ad avisandum.
For advance notice.
Ad cogitandum et agendum homo natus est.
Man is born for thought and action.
Ad disputandum.
For discussion.
Ad example.
According to the sample; for example.
ad extra.
To the extreme.
ad fonts.
Refer to the sources, to the originals.
Ad gloriam.
For glory.
ad hoc.
To this, for this occasion, for this purpose.
Ad hominem.
Applied to a person.
ad honors.
For honor.
ad infinitum.
To infinity, without end.
Ad instantiam.
By request.
Ad Kalendas Graecas.
For an indefinite period, never: Rus. after the rain on Thursday. (lit.: before the Greek calends, which the Greeks did not have)
ad libitum.
At will, at will, at will.
ad letteram.
Literally, verbatim.
Ad meliorem.
For the better.
Ad memorandum.
For memory.
ad note.
For your information.
Ad notanda.
It should be noted.
ad notata.
Note.
Ad Patres.
To the forefathers, to die.
Ad referendum.
For a report.
adrem.
To the point, to the point.
adtertium.
Third.
Ad unguem.
To the fingernail, to the point.
ad usum.
For use, for use.
adusum externum.
For outdoor use.
Ad usum internum.
For internal use.
ad usum proprium.
For own use.
Ad valorem.
By dignity.
Ad vote.
By the way, notice.
Aequo anime.
Kindly, patiently.
Alias.
In another way, otherwise, besides.
Alibi.
In the other place.
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, and tergo nostra sunt.
Other people's vices before our eyes, ours behind our backs; in someone else's eye you see a straw, in your own you do not notice even a log.
A linea.
A new line.
Alma mater.
Nursing mother, nursing mother. (respectfully about the educational institution)
Altera pars.
The other (opposite) side.
alter ego.
My doppelgänger, another me.
Amat victoria curam.
Victory loves effort. (care)
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
A true friend is known in trouble.
Amicus humani generis.
Friend of the human race.
Amor tussisque non celantur.
You can't hide love and cough.
Annie currentis. (a.s.)
This (current) year.
Annie futuri. (a.f.)
next year.
Antiquo more.
According to the old custom.
And pedibus usque ad caput.
Head to toe.
Arerto libro.
From the sheet, without preparation.
A posteriori.
Based on experience, based on experience.
A prima facie.
At first sight.
A priori.
In advance, before experience, without verification, regardless of experience.
Arbor vitae.
The tree of Life.
Argumentum ad ignorantiam.
Argument calculated on the ignorance of the interlocutor.
Ars Phoebea.
Solar (medical) art.
Arte.
Masterfully, skillfully.
Arte et humanitate, labore et scientia.
Art and philanthropy, labor and knowledge.
A solis ortu usque ad occasum.
From sunrise to sunset.
Audiatur et altera pars.
The other side should also be heard. (It is necessary to hear the accused and the accuser.)
Auferte malum ex vobis.
Eliminate evil from your midst.
Augea mediocritas.
Golden mean.
Auscultare disc.
Learn to (carefully) listen.
Aut Caesar, aut nihil.
All or nothing; or Caesar, or nothing.
Aut vincere, aut mori.
Victory or death; win or die.
Avis rara.
Rare bird, rare.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "B"
Beata stultica.
Blissful stupidity.
Bellum frigidum.
Cold War.
Benedicite!
Good time!
Bis.
Twice.
There's a fide.
Trustingly, sincerely; in good faith; in a dignified manner.
Bona mente.
With good intentions.
Brevi manual.
No delays, no formalities. (lit.: short hand)
Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.
If I try to be brief, I become incomprehensible.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "C"
Capiat qui capere potest.
Catch who can catch.
Castigare ridendo mores.
Laughter corrects morals.
Casu.
Accidentally.
Casus.
Happening.
Casus belli.
A reason for war, for conflict.
Causa causalis.
Cause of causes, main cause.
Cave!
Be careful! Beware!
Cessante causa, cessat effectus.
With the cessation of the cause, the action ceases.
Cetera desiderantur.
The rest can only be wished for.
Ceteris paribus.
Other things being equal.
Chirurgus mente prius et oculis agat, quam armata manu.
Let the surgeon first act with the mind and eyes, and then with the armed (scalpel) hand.
Circulus vitiosus.
Vicious circle.
Cis.
On this side.
Citato loco.
In the place cited, ibid.
Citius, altius, fortius!
Faster, higher, stronger!
(motto of the Olympic Games)
Cognomine.
By calling.
Cognosce te ipsum.
Know yourself.
Con amore.
With love.
Concordia victoriam gignit.
Consent breeds victory.
Condition sine qua non.
Required condition.
Conference!
Look! Compare!
(when cited in scientific papers)
Confessio extrajudicialis in se nulla est; et quod nullum est, non potest adminiculari.
Out-of-court confessions are worthless in and of themselves, and what is worth nothing cannot serve as a prop.
Consensu omnium.
By common consent.
Consuetudo est altera natura.
Habit is second nature.
Consumor aliis inserviendo.
In serving others, I waste myself; shining on others, I burn myself.
Contraria contrariis curantur.
The opposite is treated with the opposite.
Contra spam.
Contrary to expectation.
Contra spem spero.
Hopefully, contrary to expectations.
Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis.
There are no medicines against the power of death in vegetable gardens (orchards).
Copia verborum.
Verbosity.
Coram populi.
In the presence of the people.
Corpus delicti.
Corpus delicti; physical evidence.
Credo.
I believe.
Cum grano salis.
With a grain of salt; witty, witty, with reservations.
Currente calamo.
Hastily.
(lit.: fluent pen)
Curriculum vitae.
biography, brief information about life, biography.
(lit.: running of life)
Latin expressions starting with the letter "D"
De actu et visu.
By experience and observation.
Debes, ergo potes.
You must, you can.
debit tempore.
In due time.
De die in diem.
From day to day.
de facto.
In fact, in fact.
De gustibus et coloribus (non) est disputandum.
About tastes and colors (not) argue.
De jure.
Legally, legally.
De lana caprina.
About trifles. (lit.; about goat hair)
De lingua slulta incommoda multa.
Because of empty (stupid) words there are big troubles.
De mortuis aut bene aut nihil.
Do not slander the dead. (lit.; about the dead, or good, or nothing)
De non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio.
The attitude to those who did not appear and to those who did not exist is the same.
Desiderata.
wishes, intentions.
Des partem leonis.
Give me the lion's share.
Detur digniori.
May it be given to the most deserving.
Devictus beneficio.
Defeated by beneficence.
De visu.
With my own eyes, with my own eyes, as an eyewitness.
Diagnosis ex juvantibus.
Diagnosis based on aids.
Dictum factum.
No sooner said than done.
Dies diem document.
Day to day teaches.
Dimicandum.
We must fight.
Discernit sapiens res, quas confundit asellus.
A smart man can figure out questions that a donkey confuses.
Disce, sed and doctis, indoctos ipse doceto.
Learn from those who know, and teach those who do not know.
Divinum opus sedare dolorem.
Divine work to soothe the pain.
Dixi.
Said; everything has been said, there is nothing to add.
Dixi et animam levavi.
I said and eased my soul. (quiet conscience)
docendo discimus.
Teaching, we are learning.
Do manus.
I give hands, i.e. I vouch.
Dout des.
I give you to give.
Do ut facias.
I give you to do.
Dum docent, discunt.
Teaching, learning.
Dum spiro, spero.
While I breathe I hope.
Duobus litigantibus tertius gaudet.
Two fight, the third rejoices.
Duos lepores consequents, neutrum cepit.
If you chase two hares, you won't catch one.
Dura lex, sed lex.
The law is strong, but it's law; law is law.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "E"
Edimus, ut vivamus; non vivimus, ut edamus.
We eat to live, but we don't live to eat.
E fructu arbor cognoscitur.
A tree is known by its fruit. (The apple never falls far from the tree)
Elephantum ex musca facis.
You make an elephant out of a fly.
Eo ipso.
As a result, thus.
Errare humanum est.
Humans tend to make mistakes.
Errata.
Mistakes, misprints.
Et singula praeduntur anni.
And the years take their toll.
Ex abrupto.
Without preface, without preparation, immediately, suddenly.
Ex adverso.
Proof by contradiction.
Ex auditu.
Aurally.
Ex cathedra.
Indisputably. (lit.: from the pulpit)
Exceptis excipiendis.
Except what should be excluded.
Ex consuetudine.
By habit, by custom.
Exempli causa.
For example, for example.
Exempli gratia. (e.g.)
For example.
Ex juvantibus.
According to help.
Ex libris.
From books.
Ex oribus parvulorum.
From the mouths of babies.
Ex oriete lux.
Light from the east.
Expedite.
Soon.
Ex professo.
With knowledge of the matter.
Ex tempore.
At the right moment, without preparation, immediately, immediately.
Extra formam.
Without any formalities.
Extra muros.
Publicly. (lit.: outside the walls)
Ex ungue leonem.
You can recognize a lion by its claws. (the bird is visible in flight)
Ex ungua leonem cognoscimus, ex auribus asinum.
We recognize a lion by its claws, and a donkey by its ears.
Ex ungue leonem pingere.
By claws depict a lion; judge the whole by its parts.
Ex voto.
By promise.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "F"
Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus.
When we are healthy, it is easy to give good advice to the sick.
Facio ut des.
I make you give.
Facio ut facias.
I make you do.
Fama clamosa.
Loud glory.
Familiar.
Friendly, easily.
Fas atque nefas.
Permissible and unlawful.
Favete linguis.
Be quiet; hold your tongues.
Feci, quod potui, faciant meliora potentes.
I did everything I could; let whoever can do better.
Ferro ignique.
Fire and sword.
Festina lente.
Hurry up slowly. (the quieter you go, the further you'll get)
Fiat lux!
Let there be light!
Fidelis et forfis.
Loyal and brave.
Fide, sed cui fidas, vide.
Be vigilant; trust, but watch who you trust.
Finis coronat opus.
End crowns the work; the end of the crown.
flagrant delicto.
At the crime scene, red-handed.
Folio verso. (f.v.)
On the next page.
Formaliter et specialist.
Formally and specifically.
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Firm in action, soft in handling. (persist in pursuit of a goal, acting gently)
Fructus temporum.
The fruit of time.
Fugit irrevocabile tempus.
Irrevocable time is running.
Funditus.
To the core, absolutely.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "G"
Gaudet patientia duris.
Patience triumphs.
Generaliter.
At all.
Gloria victoribus.
Glory to the winners.
Grata, rata et accepta.
Suitable, legal and acceptable.
Gratis.
Free, free, gratuitous.
Gratulari.
Rejoice. (to my happiness)
Grosso modo.
In outline.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "H"
Habeat Sibi.
Keep to yourself.
Habent sua fata libelli.
And books have their own destiny.
Habent sua sidera lites.
Destiny decides disputes.
Habitus.
Appearance.
Hic et nunc.
Without any delay.
Hic locus est, ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae.
Here is a place where death willingly helps life.
Nose est. (h.e.)
I mean, that means.
Nose volo, sic jubeo.
This is what I want, so I command.
Homagium.
Tribute.
Homines, dum docent, discunt.
People learn by teaching.
Homo homini lupus est.
Man is a wolf to man.
Homo ornat locum, non locus hominem.
It is not the place that makes the man, but the man the place.
Homo sapiens.
A reasonable person.
honoris causa.
For honor, for respect.
Horribile dictum.
Scary to say, scary to say.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "I"
Ibidem.
There.
Ibi victoria, ubi concordia.
There is victory where there is agreement.
Idem.
The same, the same.
Idem per idem.
Same.
Id est.
That is.
Ignorantia non est argumentum.
Ignorance is not proof.
In abstracto.
Generally, abstract.
In aeternum.
Forever, forever.
In angelo cum libello.
In the corner and with a book; alone with a book.
In brevi.
Briefly.
Incognito.
Secretly hiding his real name.
In corpore.
In full force, as a whole.
Incredibili dictu.
Incredible.
India ira.
Hence the anger.
In deposito.
For storage.
index.
Index, list.
Index librorum.
List of books.
In extenso.
Completely, completely, verbatim.
In extremis.
At the last moment.
Infandum renovare dolorem.
It's terrible to resurrect the pain again.
In favor.
For someone else's benefit.
In folio.
In a whole sheet. (largest book format)
In hoc status.
In such a position.
Injuria realis.
Insult by action.
Injuria verbalis.
Word insult.
In loc.
On the spot.
In memory.
In memory.
In kind.
In fact; in kind.
In race.
Peace, peace.
In pleno.
In full force.
In propria persona.
Own special.
In rerum nature.
In the nature of things.
In spe.
In the hope of the future.
In statu nascendi.
In a state of origin, at the very beginning, at the moment of formation.
In statu quo ante.
In the same position, in the same state.
Inter parietes.
Within four walls.
In transit.
On the run.
In tyrrannos.
Against tyrants.
In us.
In use.
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.
In vivo.
Ipse dixit.
"I said it myself." (about immutable authority)
Ipsissima verba.
Word by word.
Ipso facto.
Due to the obvious fact.
Ipso jure.
By virtue of the law.
Is fecit, qui prodest.
Made by the one who benefits.
Ite, missia est.
Go, it's over.
item.
Also.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "J"
Jurare in verba magistri.
Swear by the teacher's words.
jure.
By right.
Jus gentium.
The right of peoples.
Jus privatum.
Private right.
Jus publicum.
Public law.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "L"
Labor corpus firmat.
Work strengthens the body.
Labor improbus.
Hard work.
Labor omnia vincit.
Labor conquers everything.
Lapis offensionis. (petra scandali)
The stumbling block.
Lapsus.
Error, miss.
Lapsus calami.
Description, spelling error.
Lapsus linguae.
A slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue, a mistake in speaking.
Lapsus memoriae.
Memory error.
Larga manual.
Generously.
lege.
In law.
Leg artis.
By all the rules of art, masterfully.
Legem brevem esse oportet.
The law must be short.
Licitum sit.
Yes, it will be allowed.
Littera scripta manet.
What is written remains; What is written with a pen cannot be cut down with an axe.
Loco citato. (l.c.)
at the place mentioned.
Loco laudato. (l.l.)
At the named place.
Locus minoris resistentiae.
The place of least resistance.
Lupus in fabula.
Easy to remember. (lit.: like a wolf in a fable)
Latin expressions starting with the letter "M"
Macte!
Great! Wonderful!
Magister Dixit.
This is what the teacher said. (reference to indisputable authority)
Magistra vitae.
Life teacher.
Magna et veritas, et praevalebit.
There is nothing higher than truth, and it will triumph.
Mala fide.
Insincere, dishonest.
Mala herba cito crescit.
Bad (weedy) grass grows quickly.
Male parta cito dilabuntur memoria.
Poorly acquired is quickly forgotten; knowledge that has not been firmly acquired is quickly forgotten.
Manu propria.
Personally.
Margaritas ante porcas.
Cast pearls before swine.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
My fault, my greatest fault.
Media et remedia.
Ways and means.
Medica mente non medicamentis.
Treat with the mind, not with drugs.
Medice, cura te ipsum.
Doctor, heal yourself.
Medicus amicus et servus aegrotorum est.
The physician is the friend and servant of the sick.
Medicus medico amicus est.
The doctor is a friend of the doctor. (assistant)
meliora spero.
Hoping for the best.
memento mori.
Memento Mori.
Mendaci homini verum quidem dicenti credere non solemus.
We do not believe a lying person, even if he tells the truth.
Mensis currentis.
current month.
Meo voto.
In my opinion.
minimum.
The smallest.
Mirabile dict.
Worthy of surprise.
Miserable dictu.
Worthy of regret.
miseris succurrere disc.
Learn to help the unfortunate. (sick)
modus agendi.
Action pattern.
Modus vivendi.
Lifestyle.
Motu proprio.
On my own initiative.
Multa sunt in moribus dissentanea multa, sine ratione.
There are many varieties and many absurdities in the customs of men.
Multum in parvo.
Much in little.
Multum, non multa.
Much, but not much; deep content in a summary.
Multum vinum bibere, non diu vivere.
A lot of wine to drink does not live long.
Mutatis mutandis.
With changes, with reservations.
Mutato nomine.
Under a different name.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "N"
Natura sanat, medicus curat.
Nature heals, the doctor heals.
Ne accesseris in consilium nisi vocatus.
Don't go to council without being invited.
Nec sutor ultracrepidam.
Don't judge what you don't know.
Nefas.
Injustice.
Nemine contradicente.
Without objection, unanimously.
Nemo judex in causa sua.
No one is a judge in their own case.
Nemo nascitur doctus.
Nobody is born a scientist.
Ne noceas, si juvare non potes.
Do no harm if you cannot help; do not harm the patient with unnecessary treatment.
Ne quid nimis.
Do not break the rules; nothing too.
Nervus rerum.
The main thing; the most important tool.
Ne varietur.
Not subject to change.
Nihil humani.
Nothing human is alien to me.
Nihil semper suo statu manet.
Nothing remains permanently in its state.
Nil admirari.
Nothing to be surprised.
Noli me tangere.
Dont touch me.
Noli nose.
Do no harm.
Nomen est omen.
The name speaks for itself.
Nomen nescio. (N.N.)
Some face.
Non bis in idem.
You cannot be punished for the same thing twice.
Non curatur, qui curat.
He who has worries is not cured. (lit.: who cares)
non liquet.
Dont clear.
Non multa, sed multum.
Not much, but a lot.
Non omnia passum omnes.
Not everyone can do everything.
Non omnia possumus.
We are not capable of everything.
Non omnis error stultitia est.
Not every mistake is stupidity.
Non progredi est regredi.
Not going forward means going backwards.
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus.
We study not for school, but for life.
Nosce te ipsum.
Know yourself.
Nota bene. (N.B.)
Pay attention; well notice.
Nulla aetas ad discendum sera.
It's never too late to learn.
Nulla regula sine exception.
There are no rules without exception.
Nullum malum sine aliquo bono.
There is no bad without good.
Nullus juxra propriam voluntatem incedat.
No one should enter voluntarily.
Nunc Plaudite!
Now applaud!
Nunquam petrorsum, semper ingrediendum.
Not one step back, always forward.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "O"
Omne nimium nocet.
Anything in excess is harmful.
Omnes et singulos.
Together and separately.
Omnia mea mecum porto.
I carry everything with me.
Omnia praeclara rara.
Everything beautiful is rare.
Omnis curatio est vel canonica vel coacta.
All treatment is based either on tradition or on coercion.
Omnium consensus.
By common consent.
Opera et studio.
Labor and diligence.
Oportet vivere.
Need to live.
Optimum medicamentum quies est.
Peace is the best medicine.
Ora et labora.
Pray and work.
Ore uno.
Unanimously. (lit.: with one mouth)
Oh tempora, oh mores!
Oh times, oh manners!
Otium cum dignitate.
Rest with dignity, rest with honor.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "P"
Panem quotidianum.
Daily bread.
Pars pro toto.
A part instead of a whole.
Parvo contentus.
Content with little.
Rouca verba.
Less words.
Paupertas non est vitium.
Poverty is not a vice.
Paxvobiscum!
Peace to you!
Per aspera ad astra.
Through hardship to the stars.
Per aversionem.
For distraction.
Per fas et nefas.
Truths and lies.
Periculum in mora.
Danger in delay.
Perpetuum mobile.
Perpetual motion.
Per risum multum cognoscimus stultum.
By unreasonable (lit.: frequent) laughter we recognize a fool.
Perse.
By itself, in its purest form.
personaliter.
Personally.
Petitio principii.
Conclusion from a position that still needs to be proven.
Pia desiderat.
Cherished dreams, good wishes.
Plenus venter non studet libenter.
A full belly to learning is deaf.
Poculum, mane haustum, restaurat naturam exhaustam.
The cup, drunk in the morning, restores exhausted strength.
post factum.
After the event.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
After this means because of this.
Post hoc, non est propter hoc.
After this does not mean because of this.
Post hominum memoriam.
From time immemorial.
Primum agere.
First of all, act. (act)
Primum non nocere.
First of all, do no harm.
Primum vivere.
First of all, live.
Primus interpares.
First among equals.
Principium et fons.
Beginning and source.
Probatum est.
Approved.
Pro bono publico.
For the common good.
Prodie.
For a day. (daily dose of medication)
Pro domo mea (sua).
For myself; for personal interests; in defense of their affairs.
Pro dose.
For one visit. (single dose of medication)
Pro et contra.
Pros and cons.
Pro form.
For form, for decency, for appearance.
Pro memory.
For memory, in memory of something.
Propera pedem.
Hurry up.
Propter invisible.
Out of envy.
Propter necessitatem.
Due to necessity.
Pro ut de lege.
Legal way.
Pulchre sedens melius ages.
Russian Seven times measure cut once.
Punctum saliens.
An important point, an important circumstance.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "Q"
Quae medicamenta non sanat, ferrum sanat; quae ferrum non sanat, ignis sanat. Quae vero ignis non sanat, insanabilia reputari oportet.
What medicines do not cure, iron heals; what iron does not cure, fire heals. That even fire does not heal, it should be recognized as incurable.
Quantum satis.
How much do you need; enough.
Quibuscumque viis.
Whatever the ways.
Quid prodest?
Who benefits? To whom is it useful?
Quilibet fortunae suae faber.
Everyone is the blacksmith of his own happiness.
Qui pro quo.
One for the other, confusion, misunderstanding.
Qui scribit, bis legis.
Who writes, he reads twice; who writes, he remembers better.
Quis hominum sine vitiis.
Which of the people was born without vices.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
Q.E.D.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
Quot homines, tot sententiae.
So many heads, so many minds.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "R"
Rectus in curia.
Firm in faith.
Rem cum cura age.
Do business with care.
Remotis testibus.
No witnesses.
Repetitio est mater studiorum.
Repetition is the mother of learning.
Respice finem.
Anticipate the end.
Restitutio ad integrum.
Full recovery.
Restrictive and conditional.
Restrictive and conditional.
Ridens verum dicere.
Laughing, telling the truth.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "S"
Salus populi suprema lex.
The good of the people is the highest law.
Sancta sanctorum.
Holy of Holies.
Sapienti sat.
Reasonable enough; smart will understand perfectly.
Scelere velandum est scelus.
Covering villainy is villainy.
Scientia potentia est.
Knowledge is power.
Sed semel insanivimus omnes.
One day we all go crazy.
semper idem.
Always the same.
Semper in motu.
Always in motion, perpetual motion.
Semper percutiatur leo vorans.
May the devouring lion always be smitten. (cf .: let the one who raised the sword from the sword die)
Semper virens.
Eternal youth.
sensus veris.
Feeling of spring.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
This is how earthly glory passes.
Similia similibus curantur.
Like is cured by like. (a wedge is knocked out by a wedge)
Sine mora.
Without delay.
Sint ut sunt, aut non sint.
Let it be as it is, or let it not be at all.
Sit tibi terra levis.
May the earth be easy for you; parting words to the dead, used in funeral speeches and obituaries.
Si vera narretis, non opus sit testibus.
If you're telling the truth, you don't need witnesses.
Sol lucet omnibus.
The sun shines for everyone.
specie.
By the look.
Spero meliora.
Hoping for the best.
Spes reconvalescendi.
Hope for recovery.
Sponte sua.
By own will, voluntarily.
Statim atque instanter.
Immediately and immediately.
status praesens.
Present position.
Surge and age!
Get up and act!
Sursum Corda!
Head up!
Suum cuique.
To each his own.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "T"
Tempori parcel.
Save time.
Tempus nemini.
Time waits for no one.
Terra incognita.
unknown land; uncharted area.
Tertium non datur.
There is no third.
Tota re perspective.
All things considered.
Tradidit mundum disputationibus.
Controversy ruined the world.
Tres faciunt collegium.
Three make up the board. (meeting)
Tuto, cito, jucunde
Safe, fast, pleasant.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "U"
Ubi concordia ibi victoria.
Where there is agreement, there is victory.
Ubi pus, ibi incisio.
Where there is pus, there is a cut.
Ultima ratio.
Last argument; decisive argument.
Umbram suam metuit.
Afraid of his own shadow.
Una hirundo non facit ver.
One swallow does not make spring.
Unus dies gradus est vitae.
One day is a rung in the ladder of life.
Usus est optimus magister.
Experience is the best teacher.
Ut quisque est doctissimus, ita est modestissimus.
Who is smarter is more modest.
Ut salutas, ita salutaberis.
As it comes around, so it will respond. (lit.: as you greet, so they will greet you)
Ut supra.
As stated above.
Latin expressions starting with the letter "V"
Vae victis.
Woe to the vanquished.
Venienti occurrite morbo.
Warn of the approaching disease.
Verba magistry.
Teacher's words.
Verbatim.
Word by word.
Verbum movet, exemplum trahit.
The word excites, the example captivates.
Verus amicus amici nunquam obliviscitur.
A true friend never forgets a friend.
Veto.
I forbid.
Via scientiarum.
The path to knowledge; road of knowledge.
Vice versa.
On the contrary, back.
Vinum locutum est.
Wine spoke.
Vires unitae agent.
Forces work together.
Viribus unitis.
United efforts.
Vir magni ingenii.
A man of great intelligence.
Vis medicatrix naturae.
Healing power of nature.
Vita sine libertate, nihil.
Life without freedom is nothing.
Vox audita latet, littera scripta manet.
The spoken word disappears, the written letter remains.
latin sayings
a priori. "From the previous", on the basis of the previously known. In logic, a conclusion based on general propositions taken as true.
Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris. Expect from the other what you yourself did to another (cf. As it comes around, it will respond).
Ab ovo usque ad mala. "From eggs to apples", from beginning to end. The dinner of the ancient Romans usually began with an egg and ended with fruit.
Ab urbe condita. From the foundation of the city (i.e. Rome; the foundation of Rome is attributed to 754-753 BC). Era of the Roman chronology. This was the name of the historical work of Titus Livius, who outlined the history of Rome from its legendary foundation to 9 AD.
Abi et vome! - Get out and vomit! (instruction at Roman feasts)
Abusus in Baccho - Misuse of wine, abuse in the sphere of Bacchus, hence the expression "worshipers of Bacchus"...
ad hoc. “For this”, “in relation to this”, especially for this occasion.
ad libitum. On request, on<своему>discretion (in music - the tempo of a piece of music, provided at the discretion of the performer).
Ad majorem dei gloriam. "To the greater glory of God"; often in paraphrases for glorification, glory, in the name of the triumph of someone or something. The motto of the Jesuit order, founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola.
Alea jacta est. “The die is cast” is about an irrevocable decision, about a step that does not allow retreat, a return to the past. The words of Julius Caesar, who decided to seize sole power, spoken before crossing the Rubicon River, which served as the beginning of the war with the Senate.
Alma mater. "Nourishing mother" (the traditional figurative name of educational institutions, more often higher ones).
alter ego. The other me, the second me (about friends). attributed to Pythagoras.
Amicitia inter pocula contracta plerumque vitrea est - Friendship established over a glass of wine is usually fragile (literally: glass).
Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur. “A true friend is known in a wrong deed”, i.e. a true friend is known in trouble (Cicero, Treatise on Friendship).
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. Plato is my friend, but truth is an even greater friend. The expression goes back to Plato and Aristotle.
Amorem canat aetas prima. Let youth sing about love (Sextus Propertius, "Elegies").
Aquila non captat muscas. The eagle does not catch flies (Latin proverb).
Ars longa, vita brevis (also Vita brevis, ars longa) - The path of science is long, life is short.
Audiatur et altera pars. The other (or opposing) side should also be heard. On the impartial consideration of disputes. The expression goes back to the judicial oath in Athens.
Aurea mediocritas. Golden mean. The formula of practical morality, one of the main provisions of the worldly philosophy of Horace ("Odes").
Auri sacra fames. Damned thirst for gold. Virgil, Aeneid.
Aut bibat, aut abeat! Either let him drink or leave! (rule of Roman feasts)
Aut Caesar, aut nihil. Or Caesar, or nothing (cf. Russian. Or pan or disappeared). Motto of Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal and military adventurer. The source for this motto was the words attributed to the Roman emperor Caligula (12-41), known for his extravagance.
ave Caesar,
Bellum omnium contra omnes. War of all against all. T. Hobbes, "Leviathan", about the natural state of people before the formation of society.
Bibere ad numerum ... - Drink according to the number of [desired years of life] (the rule of Roman feasts)
carpe diem. "seize the day", i.e. enjoy today, seize the moment. Epicurean motto. Horace, "Odes".
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. And besides, I maintain that Carthage must be destroyed. Persistent reminder; the expression is the words of Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder, which he added at the end of every speech in the Senate, no matter what he had to say.
Chirurgia fructuosior ars nulla - Surgery is more fruitful than all the arts.
Chirurgiae effectus inter omnes medicinae partes evidentissimus - The effectiveness of surgery among other branches of medicine is the most obvious.
Chirurgus curat manu armata - The surgeon heals with an armed hand.
Chirurgus mente prius et oculis agat, quam armata manu - Let the surgeon act first with the mind and eyes than with the armed hand.
Cibi, potus, somni, venus omnia moderata sint. Food, drink, sleep, love - let everything be moderate (saying of the Greek physician Hippocrates).
Citius, altius, fortius! Faster, higher, stronger! The motto of the Olympic Games, adopted in 1913
Cogito, ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. R. Descartes, "Principles of Philosophy".
Consequitur gravitas membrorum, praepediuntur
Consuetudo est altera natura. Habit is second nature. Cicero, On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil.
Contra spem spero! I hope against hope.
Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis - There are no medicines against death in the gardens (From the Salerno Code of Health).
Credo. "I believe." The so-called "creed" is a prayer that begins with this word, which is a short set of dogmas of Christianity. In a figurative sense: the basic provisions, the foundations of someone's worldview, the basic principles of someone.
Crura vacillanti, tardescit lingua, madet mens.
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, sine insipientis, in irrore perseverare. It is natural for every person to err, but it is not for anyone but a fool to persist in error. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philippi.
Curriculum vitae. "The Way of Life", a short biography.
De gustibus non est disputandum. They do not argue about tastes (cf. There are no comrades for taste and color).
De jure. de facto. Rightfully, legally. In fact, actually.
Difficile est proprie communia dicere - It is difficult to express commonly known truths in one's own way.
Divide et impera. Divide and rule. Latin formulation of the principle of imperialist policy.
Divinum opus sedare dolorem - Divine work to soothe pains.
docendo discimus. By teaching, we learn ourselves. Seneca, Letters.
Ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt. Fate leads the one who wants to go, drags the one who does not want to go. The saying of the Greek Stoic philosopher Cleanthes, translated into Latin by Lucius Annaeus Seneca in his Letters.
Dum spiro, spero. While I breathe I hope. A modern formulation of a thought found in Cicero in the Letters to Atticus and in Seneca in the Letters.
Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt. Stupid, avoiding vices, fall into opposite vices (Quintus Horace Flaccus).
Dura lex, sed lex. “The law is harsh, but the law”, i.e. no matter how severe the law, it must be observed.
Ebrietas certe parit insaniam - Drunkenness definitely breeds madness
Ebrietas est voluntaria insania - Intoxication is voluntary insanity (attributed to Aristotle).
Ebrii ebrios gignunt - Drunks give birth to drunks
Edite, bibite, post mortem nulla voluptas! - Eat, drink, after death there is no pleasure!
Epistula non erubescit. The letter does not blush. In a letter, you can express what you are ashamed to say in person.
Errare humanum est. "To err is a human property", it is human nature to err. Marc Annaeus Seneca the Elder, "Controversions".
Eruditio aspera optima est. Rigorous training is the best.
est modus in rebus. There is a measure in things, i.e. everything has a measure. Horace, "Satires".
Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum - And as soon as you utter it, the irrevocable word flies away.
Et vini bonitas et - quaelibet altera causa
Exempli gratia (e.g.). For the sake of example, for example.
Feci, quod potui, faciant meliora potentes. I did my best, who can, let him do better. A poetic paraphrase of the formula with which the Roman consuls concluded their reporting speech, transferring authority to the successor.
Fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? - Full goblets who did not make eloquent?
Festina lente. “Hurry slowly”, do everything slowly. Latin translation of a Greek proverb (speude bradeos) which Suetonius quotes in Greek form as one of the common sayings of Augustus ("Divine Augustus").
Fiat lux. Let there be light. Genesis 1:3.
Finis coronat opus. End crowns the work; the end is the crown.
Genus irritabile vatum - An irritable tribe of poets.
Grandis et, ut ita dicam, pudica oratio non est maculosa, nec turgida, sed naturali pulchritudine exsurgit - High and, so to speak, chaste eloquence is beautiful for its natural beauty, and not for variegation and pretentiousness.
Gravia graviorem curam exigunt pericula - Serious dangers require even more serious treatment.
Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo. A drop hollows out a stone not by force, but by a frequent fall. Ovid, "Messages from Pontus".
Homines soli animantium non sitientes bibimus - Only humans drink without being thirsty.
Homo novus. New person. A person of humble origin who has reached a high position in society.
Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am human and I believe that nothing human is alien to me. It is used if you wish to emphasize the depth and breadth of interests, involvement in everything human, or in the meaning: I am a person and I am not immune from any human delusions and weaknesses. Terence, "Punishing Himself".
Honores mutant mores. Honors change morals. Plutarch, Life of Sulla.
Hospitis adventus, praesens sitis atque futura,
Ignorantia non est argumentum. Ignorance is not an excuse. Benedict Spinoza, Ethics.
In dubitantibus et ignorantibus suspice cancer - in doubtful and unclear cases, suspect cancer.
In vino feritas - Wildness in wine (consonant with In vino veritas)
In vino veritas - Truth in wine (partly corresponds to the expression "What a sober man has on his mind, a drunk on his tongue").
In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas - Truth is in wine, and health is in water.
Inter pocula - Over the cup (of wine).
Licentia poetica - Poetic liberty.
Lingua est hostis hominum amicusque diaboli et feminarum - The tongue is the enemy of men and the friend of the devil and women.
Littera occidit, spiritus autem vivificat - The letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
Loco dolenti - at the painful point.
Locus minoris resistencia - the place of least resistance.
Magister bibendi - Master of drinking
Malum nullum est sine aliquo bono. There is no bad without good. Latin proverb.
Manus manum lavat. The hand washes the hand.
Medice, cura te ipsum! - Doctor, heal yourself! (Gospel of Luke, ch.IV).
Memento mori! - Memento Mori!
Memento vivere! (memento vitae) - Remember life!
Mens sana in corpore sano. In a healthy body healthy mind. Juvenal, "Satires".
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
Molestia igitur est, o, amici viri, ebrietas! - How painful drunkenness, oh, friends of a man!
Multos timere debet, quem multi time. The one who is afraid of many should be afraid of many. Publius Sir.
Multum vinum bibere, non diu vivere - To drink a lot of wine - not to live long.
Mutatis mutandis. By changing what needs to be changed; with the corresponding changes.
Natura non facit saltus - Nature does not make jumps (leaps).
Natura non nisi parendo vincitur (a variant of Natura non imperatur nisi parendo) - Nature cannot be defeated otherwise than by obeying it.
Ne gladium tollas, mulier! - Don't take up the sword, woman!
Ne noceas, si juvare non potes - do no harm if you cannot help.
Ne tentas aut perfice - Don't try or leave.
Noli me tangere - do not touch me.
Non est culpa vini, sed culpa bibentis - It is not the wine that is to blame, but the drinker is to blame.
Non est discipulus super magistrum. The student is not higher than his teacher. Gospel of Matthew.
Non olet. "does not smell"<деньги>don't smell. Suetonius, "The Divine Vespasian".
Nosce te ipsum and "Cogito, ergo sum" are the two famous slogans of the two sciences, ancient and new. The new one fulfilled the advice of the ancient one, and "Cogito, ergo sum" is the answer to "Nosce te ipsum"... How does man differ from animals? - Self-knowledge, thinking. "Cogito, ergo sum" - says the progenitor of the new philosophy. This is how important thinking is: it is the main purpose of a person ... "
Nosce te ipsum. Know yourself. Latin translation of the Greek saying gnothi seauton, attributed to Thales and inscribed on the pediment of the temple at Delphi.
Nota bene! (NB!). "Notice well, pay attention." A mark that serves to draw attention to some special noteworthy part of the text.
Nulla dies sine linea. Not a day without a stroke; not a day without a line (used in the "Natural History" by Gaius Pliny Caecilius the Elder in relation to the ancient Greek painter Apelles).
Nunc est bibendum - Now we have to drink.
O imitatores, servum pecus! - O imitators, slave herd!
O tempora! About mores! O times! Oh manners! Cicero, Oration Against Catiline.
Oderunt poetas - Poets are hated.
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo - I despise and drive away the ignorant crowd.
Omnia mea mecum porto. I carry everything with me. Words attributed by Cicero to Biantus, one of the seven wise men.
Omnis ars imitatio est naturae. All art is an imitation of nature. Seneca, "Messages".
Optimum medicamentum quies est. The best medicine is rest. Statement of Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Roman physician.
Ora et labora - Pray and work.
Oratio pedestris - lit.: Walking speech, prose
Panem et circles. Meal'n'Real. An exclamation expressing the basic demands of the Roman crowd, which lost political rights in the era of the Empire and was content with the free distribution of bread and free circus spectacles.
Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Mountains give birth, and a funny mouse will be born; the mountain gave birth to a mouse (Quintus Horace Flaccus in The Science of Poetry ridicules writers who begin their works with grandiloquent promises that are not justified in the future).
Periculum in moro. "Danger in delay", i.e. delay is dangerous. Titus Livius, "History".
Persona (non)grata. (Un)desirable person (term of international law). In a broad sense - a person who (not) enjoys confidence.
Plure crapula, quam gladius perdidit - Drunkenness (cups) killed more people than the sword.
Poema loguens pictura, pictura tacitum poema debet esse - A poem should be a talking picture, and a picture should be a silent poem.
Poeta semper tiro - A poet is always a simpleton.
Poetae nascuntur, oratores fiunt - Poets are born, speakers become.
post factum. "After the fact", i.e. after the event has happened; retrospectively, belatedly.
Post scriptum (P.S.). "After written" or "After written", postscript at the end of the letter.
Prima cratera ad sitim pertinet, secunda - ad hilaritatem, tertia - ad voluptatem, quarta - ad insaniam. - The first bowl promotes thirst, the second - fun, the third - pleasure, the fourth - madness.
Principles obsta! - Resist the beginnings!
Pro et contra. Pros and cons.
Ask! To health! Cheers!
Pulchre sedens, melius agens = Measure seven times, cut once (lit.: well sat - better acting).
Quae medicamenta non sanat, ferrum sanat; quae ferrum non sanat, ignis sanat. Quae vero ignis non sanat, insanabilia reputari oportet - What medicines do not cure, iron heals; what iron does not cure, fire heals. That even fire does not heal, it should be recognized as incurable.
Qualis rex, talis grex. What is the king, such is the crowd. Latin proverb. Wed What a pop, such is the arrival.
Qui in animo sobrii, id est in lingua ebrii - What is in the soul of a sober person is on the tongue of a drunkard.
Qui non laborat, non manducet. Whoever does not work, let him not eat. 2nd Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians 3:10.
Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem - Whatever you do, do it wisely and foresee the end.
Quod erat demonstrandum (q.e.d.). Q.E.D. The traditional formula that completes the proof.
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull. Latin proverb.
Repetitio est mater studiorum. Repetition is the mother of learning. Latin proverb.
Salus populi -- suprema lex. The good of the people is the highest law. Cicero, On the Laws.
Salus revolutionis suprema lex - The good of the revolution is the highest law.
Sapienti sat. enough for those who understand<того, что уже было сказано>. Titus Maccius Plautus, The Persian.
Scientia est potentia. Knowledge is power. Aphorism based on the statement of F. Bacon in the New Organon.
Scio me nihil scire. I know that I know nothing. Translation into Latin of the words of Socrates, cited in Plato's work "Apology of Socrates".
Semper homo bonus tiro est. A decent person is always a simpleton. Martial.
Sero venientibus ossa. Whoever comes late (i.e., late), to that - the bones. Latin proverb.
Si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace - prepare for war is attributed to the Roman historian Cornelius Nepos (94-24 BC). According to other sources, the phrase belongs to the Roman writer Vegetius
Sic transit gloria mundi. This is how worldly glory passes. A phrase with which they address the future Pope of Rome during his elevation to this rank, while burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly existence.
Simia quantum similis turpissima bestia nobis! - How similar to us is the vile creature - a monkey!
Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus - Without Ceres and Liber, love is cold.
Sine prece, sine pretio, sine poculo. - Without asking, without bribery, without drinking.
Sirecte memini, sunt causae quinque bibendi:
Suum cuique. To each his own, i.e. to each what belongs to him by right, to each according to his deserts. position of Roman law.
Temeritas est florentis aetatis. Frivolity is characteristic of the flowering age. Mark Tullius Cicero.
Terra incognita. Unknown land. Translation: something completely unknown or inaccessible, incomprehensible area.
Tertium non datur. The third is not given; there is no third. The formulation of one of the four laws of thought - the law of the excluded middle - in formal logic.
Ubi pus, ibi evacua - Where there is pus, cleanse it.
Ultima ratio - Last resort.
Ut sit vinum proximum morientis ori...
Vae victis. Woe to the vanquished. During the siege of Rome by the Gauls, the inhabitants of the city had to pay a ransom of a thousand pounds of gold. On the scales, where the weights stood, one Gaul put his heavy sword, saying: "Woe to the vanquished." Titus Livius, "History".
Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. According to Plutarch in his Comparative Biography, with this phrase Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amintius about the victory in the battle of Zela.
Verba volant, scripta manent - Words fly away, writing remains.
Vina bibunt homines, animalia cetera fontes - Only people drink wine, and the rest of the animals drink pure water (from the source).
Vinum apostatare facit etiam sapientes - Wine brings even the wise to sin.
Vinum enim multum potatum irritationem et iram et ruinas multas facit - However, wine drunk in large quantities causes irritation, anger and many troubles.
Vinum locutum est - The wine spoke.
Vinum moderatum debilem stomachum reficit, vires reparat, algentem frigore caleficit, tristitiam etiam removet, laetitiam infundit - Wine in moderation strengthens a weak stomach, restores strength, warms those suffering from cold, it also drives away sorrow, fills with joy.
Vita sine libertate nihil. Life without freedom is nothing (original source not established; found in R. Roland, "Against Italian Fascism").
Vivere est cogitare. To live is to think. Cicero, The Tusculan Discourses. Motto of Voltaire
Vivere est military. To live is to fight. Seneca, Letters.
Volens nolens. Like it or not, willy-nilly.
The poor man is defeated everywhere - Pauper ubique jacet (Ovid, "Fasty");
Beads in front of pigs - Margaritas ante porcos (Gospel of Matthew);
More ringing than meaning - Plus sonat, quam valet (Seneca, "Letters");
To be close to wine is dearer to me than anything.
A snake is hiding in the grass - Latet anguis in herba (Virgil, Bucoliki);
People see more in someone else's work than in their own - Homines plus in alieno negotio videre quam in suo (Seneca, "Letters");
Doubly gives the one who gives quickly - Bis dat, qui cito dat (Publius Sir);
A cheerful companion on the road replaces the crew - Comes facundus in via pro vehiculo est (Publius Syr "Sentences");
In appearance there is nothing that would be trustworthy - Frontis nulla fides (Juvenal, "Satires");
During peace - lions, in battle - deer - In pace leones, in proelio cervi (Tertullian "About the wreath");
Doctor, heal yourself! - Medice, cura te ipsum (Gospel of Luke);
Where there is smoke, there is fire nearby - Flamma fumo est proxima (Plavt "Curculion");
Drive nature with a pitchfork, it will return anyway - Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret (Horace, "Messages");
Twice boiled cabbage - Crambe bis cocta (Juvenal, "Satires");
Good fame - the same legacy - Honestus rumor alterum est patrimonium (Publius Syr "Sentences");
Enough eloquence, little wisdom - Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum (Sallust, Catiline's Conspiracy);
A worthy couple - Par nobile fratrum (Horace, "Satires");
Evil intent turns against the one who planned evil - Malum consilium consultori pessimum est (Aulus Gellius, "Attic Nights");
Smoke after lightning - Fumus ex fulgore (Horace, "The Science of Poetry");
If broken, the heavens collapsed - Si fractus illabatur orbis (Horace, "Odes");
If the Lord does not guard the house, the guards keep vigil in vain - Nisi Dominus custodierit domum, in vanum vigilant qui custodiunt eum (Psalter, Psalm -126);
If you break off one branch, another immediately appears - Uno avulso, non deficit alter (Virgil, "Aeneid");
Expect from another what you yourself did to another - Ab altero expectes, alteri quod feceris (Publius Sir "Sentences");
I know you both under the skin and outside - Ego te intus et in cute novi (Persius, "Satires");
And the smoke of the fatherland is sweet - Et fumus patriae est dulcis (Ovid, "Letters from Pontus");
And as soon as you uttered it, an irrevocable word flies - Et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum (Horace, "Messages");
Of the evils, choose the smallest - Ex malis eligere minima (Cicero, "On Duties");
Excess food interferes with the subtleties of the mind - Copia ciborum subtilitas animi impeditur (Seneca, "Letters");
Either do not take it, or bring it to the end - Aut non tentaris, aut perfice (Ovid, "The Science of Love");
Others think that old love must be beaten out with new love, like a stake with a stake - Novo quidam amore veterem amorem, tanquam clavo clavum, ejiciendum putant (Cicero, "Tusculan Conversations");
Execution of the above material - Materiam superabat opus (Ovid's "Metamorphoses");
The outcome of the case is the mentor of the unreasonable - Eventus stultorum magister est (Titus Livius);
Everyone is the blacksmith of his own destiny - Faber est suae quisque fortunae (Appius Claudius);
A drop hammers a stone not by force, but by a frequent fall - Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo (Ovid, "Letters from Pontus");
The hood does not make a monk - Cucullus non facit monachum (Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure");
A non-warlike spear, without a blow - Tellum imbelle, sine ictu (Virgil, "Aeneid");
Who is everywhere is nowhere - Nusquam est qui ubique est (Seneca, "Letters");
Whoever does not work, let him not eat - Qui non laborat, non manducet (New Testament, Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians);
Who will decide between cunning and valor when dealing with an enemy? Dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat? (Virgil, "Aeneid");
Better late than never - Potius sero quam nunquam (Titus Livius, "History");
Better to lose a friend than a sharp word - Potius amicum quam dictum perdere (Quintilian, Orator's Teachings);
Better to die than be dishonored - Potius mori quam foedari (James of Portugal);
Everyone has the same love - Amor omnibus idem (Virgil, "Georgics");
People trust their eyes more than their ears - Homines amplius oculis, quam auribus credunt (Seneca, "Letters");
You will not sin - you will not repent - Peccando promeremur (Tertullian);
Neither to oneself, nor to others - Nec sibi, nec alteri (Cicero, "On Duties");
Remoteness increases charm - Major e longinquo reverentia (Tacitus, "Annals");
Write on the water - In aqua scribere (Catullus);
The letter does not blush - Epistula non erubescit (Cicero, "Letters to relatives");
By the claw of a lion - Ex ungue leonem (Lucian, "Germotimus");
Win or die - Vincere aut mori (William Thackeray, "Virginians");
Like is cured by like - Similia similibus curantur (S. Hahnemann, "Organon of Medical Art");
Useful with pleasant - Utile dulci (Horace, "The Science of Poetry");
Full goblets who did not make eloquent? - Fecundi calices quem non fecere disertum? (Horace, "Messages");
The shipwrecked and still water is afraid - Tranquillas etiam naufragus horret aquas (Ovid, "Messages from Pontus");
A traveler who has nothing with him can sing in the presence of a robber - Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator (Juvenal, "Satires");
The miser always needs - Semper avarus eget (Horace, "Messages");
Fate helps the brave - Fortes fortuna adjuvat (Simonides of Keos);
The vessel will keep the smell for a long time - Servabit odorem testa diu (Horace, "Messages");
Quarrels of lovers - renewal of love - Amantium irae amoris integratio est (Terentius, "Girl from Andros");
Man proposes, but God disposes - Homo proponit, sed deus disponit (Thomas the Kempis);
Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra sunt (Seneca, "On Anger");
Alien to us, but others like ours better - Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent (Seneca, "On Anger");
There are moments in a conversation when ordinary words are no longer enough, or they seem inconspicuous in front of the deep meaning that you want to convey, and then they come to the rescue. winged sayings, - Latin of them are the most significant in terms of power of thought and conciseness.
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A great many words and phrases in different languages of the world are borrowed from Latin. They are so deeply rooted that they are used all the time.
For example, the well-known aqua (water), alibi (proof of innocence), index (pointer), veto (prohibition), persona non grata (a person whom they did not want to see and did not expect), alter Ego (my second self), alma mater (mother-nurse), capre diem (seize the moment), as well as the well-known postscriptum (P.S.), used as a postscript to the main text, and a priori (relying on experience and faith).
Based on the frequency of use of these words, it is too early to say that the Latin language has died a long time ago. It will live on in Latin sayings, words and aphorisms for a long time to come.
The most famous sayings
A small list of the most popular works on history and philosophical conversations known to many lovers over a cup of tea. Many of them are practically native in terms of frequency of use:
Doom spiro, spero. - While I breathe I hope. This phrase is first found in Cicero's Letters and also in Seneca.
De mortus out bene, out nihil. - About the dead is good, or nothing. The phrase is believed to have been used by Chilo as early as the fourth century BC.
Vox populi, vox Dia. - The voice of the people is the voice of God. A phrase that sounded in the poem of Hesiod, but for some reason it is attributed to the historian William of Malmesbury, which is fundamentally erroneous. In the modern world, fame for this saying was brought by the film "V for Vendetta".
Memento mori. - Memento Mori. This expression was once used as a greeting by the Trapist monks.
Bene note! - A call to pay attention. Often written on the margins of the texts of great philosophers.
Oh tempora, oh mores! - About times, about customs. from Cicero's Oration Against Catiline.
Post hoc. - Often used in denoting an action after a fait accompli.
About this contra. - Pros and cons.
In bono veritas (in bono veritas). - The truth is good.
Volens, nolens. - Willy-nilly. It can also be translated as "if you want, if you don't want"
Truth in wine
One of the most famous Latin sayings sounds like "in vino veritas", in which the truth is veritas, in vino is the wine itself. This is a favorite expression of people who often take a glass, in such a cunning way they justify their craving for alcohol. Authorship is attributed to the Roman writer Pliny the Elder, who died during the eruption of Vesuvius. At the same time, its authentic version sounds a little different: “The truth has drowned in wine more than once,” and the implication is that a drunk person is always more truthful than a sober one. The great thinker was often quoted in his works by the poet Blok (in the poem "The Stranger"), the writer Dostoevsky in the novel "The Teenager" and some other authors. Some historians argue that the authorship of this Latin proverb belongs to a completely different Greek poet Alcaeus. There is also a similar Russian proverb: “What a sober man has on his mind, a drunkard has on his tongue.”
Bible quotes translated from Latin into Russian
Many idioms used now are taken from the greatest book of the world and are grains of great wisdom, passing from century to century.
He who does not work does not eat (from the second Paul). Russian analogue: who does not work, he does not eat. The meaning and sound are almost identical.
Let this cup pass me by. - This is taken from the Gospel of Matthew. And from the same source - The student does not stand above his teacher.
Remember that you are dust. - Taken from the book of Genesis, this phrase reminds everyone who is proud of their greatness that all people are made of the same “dough”.
The abyss calls the abyss (Psalter.) The phrase in Russian has an analogue: trouble does not come alone.
Do what you have planned (Gospel of John). - These are the words spoken by Jesus to Judas before the betrayal.
Phrases for every day
Latin sayings with transcription in Russian (for easier reading and memorization) can be used in a normal conversation, decorating your speech wise aphorisms giving it a special poignancy and uniqueness. Many of them are also familiar to most:
Dies diem dots. - Every previous day teaches a new one. Authorship is attributed to someone who lived in the first century BC.
Ekze homo! - Se Man! The expression is taken from the Gospel of John, the words of Pontius Pilate about Jesus Christ.
Elephanthem ex muska facis. You make an elephant out of a fly.
Errare humanum est. - To err is human (these are also the words of Cicero)..
Essay kvam videri. - Be, not seem to be.
Ex anime. - From a pure heart, from the heart.
Exitus of the act of probat. - The result justifies the means (action, act, deed).
Look for who benefits
Quid bono and quid prodest. - The words of the Roman consul, who was often quoted by Cicero, who in turn is widely quoted by detectives in modern films: "Who benefits, or look for who benefits."
Researchers of ancient treatises on history believe that these words belong to the lawyer Cassian Raville, who in the first century of our century investigated the crime and addressed the judges with such words.
Cicero's words
Mark Tullius Cicero is a great and political figure who played a leading role in exposing the Catiline conspiracy. He was executed, but many of the thinker's sayings continue to live among us for a long time, like Latin sayings, and few people know that it is he who owns the authorship.
For example, well-known:
Ab igne ignam. - Fire from the fire (Russian: from the fire and into the frying pan).
A true friend is known in a wrong deed (in a treatise on friendship)
To live is to think (Vivere eats a koguitar).
Either let him drink or leave (out bibat, out abeat) - the phrase was often used at Roman feasts. In the modern world, it has an analogue: they don’t go to someone else’s barracks with their own charter.
Habit is second nature (treatise "On the Highest Good"). This statement was also picked up by the poet Pushkin:
Habit from above is given to us ...
The letter does not blush (epistula non erubescite). From a letter from Cicero to the Roman historian, in which he expressed his contentment that he could express much more on paper than in words.
Everyone makes mistakes, but only a fool persists. Taken from "Philippi"
About love
This subsection contains Latin sayings (with translation) about the highest feeling - love. Reflecting on their deep meaning, one can trace the thread that connects all times: Trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Love is not cured by herbs. Ovid's words, later paraphrased by Alexander Pushkin:
The disease of love is incurable.
Femina nihil pestilentius. - There is nothing more destructive than a woman. Words belonging to the great Homer.
Amor omnibus let's go. - Part of Virgil's saying, "love is one for all." There is another variation: all ages are submissive to love.
Old love must be beaten out with love, like a stake with a stake. Cicero's words.
Analogues of Latin expressions and Russian
A lot of Latin sayings have proverbs that are identical in meaning to our culture.
The eagle does not catch flies. - Each bird has its own pole. It hints at the fact that you need to adhere to your moral principles and rules of life, not falling below your level.
Too much food hinders the sharpness of the mind. - Words that have a related proverb among Russians: a well-fed belly is deaf to science. Perhaps that is why many great thinkers lived in poverty and hunger.
There is no bad without good. Absolutely identical there is a saying in our country. Or maybe some Russian fellow borrowed it from the Latins, and since then it has become a tradition?
What a king - such is the crowd. Analogue - what is the pop, such is the parish. And about the same:
What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull. About the same thing: to Caesar - Caesar's.
Whoever has done half the work has already begun (they attribute to Horace: "Dimidium facti, quitsopite, habet"). With the same meaning, Plato has: “The beginning is half the battle,” as well as the old Russian saying: “A good start pumped out half the battle.”
Patrie Fumus igne Alieno Luculentior. - The smoke of the fatherland is brighter than the fire of a foreign land (Russian - The smoke of the fatherland is sweet and pleasant to us).
Mottos of great people
Latin sayings have also been used as mottos of famous people, communities and brotherhoods. For example, "to the eternal glory of God" is the motto of the Jesuits. The motto of the Templars is “non nobis, Domina, gray nomini tuo da gloriam”, which in translation: “Not to us, Lord, but to your name, give glory.” And also the famous "Kapre diem" (seize the moment) is the motto of the Epicureans, taken from the opus of Horace.
"Either Caesar, or nothing" - the motto of Cardinal Borgia, who took the words of Caligula, the Roman emperor, famous for his exorbitant appetites and desires.
"Faster, higher, stronger!" - Since 1913 it has been a symbol of the Olympic Games.
"De omnibus dubito" (I doubt everything) is the motto of René Descartes, the scientist-philosopher.
Fluctuat nec mergitur (floats but does not sink) - on the coat of arms of Paris there is this inscription under the boat.
Vita blue libertate, nihil (life without freedom is nothing) - with these words, Romain Rolland, a famous French writer, walked through life.
Vivere eats militare (to live means to fight) - the motto of the great Lucius Seneca the Younger, and philosopher.
How useful it is to be a polyglot
A story is circulating on the Internet about a resourceful student of the medical faculty who witnessed how a gypsy became attached to an unfamiliar girl with calls to “gild her pen and tell fortunes.” The girl was quiet and modest and could not correctly refuse a beggar. The guy, sympathizing with the girl, came up and began to shout out the names of diseases in Latin, waving his arms around the gypsy. The latter hastily retreated. After a while, the guy and the girl happily got married, remembering the comical moment of their acquaintance.
The origins of the language
The Latin language got its name from the Lanites, who lived in Latium, a small area in the center of Italy. The center of Latium was Rome, which grew from a city to the capital of the Great Empire, and the Latin language was recognized as the state language in a vast territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as in parts of Asia, North Africa and the Euphrates River valley.
In the second century BC, Rome conquered Greece, the ancient Greek and Latin languages \u200b\u200bare mixed, giving rise to many Romance languages(French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, among which Sardinian is considered the closest in sound to Latin).
In the modern world, medicine is unthinkable without Latin, because almost all diagnoses and medicines are heard in this language, and the philosophical works of ancient thinkers in Latin are still an example of the epistolary genre and cultural heritage of the highest quality.
