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Latin and Roman proverbs and sayings (in alphabetical order):
Would someone provide English translations? Do we need some pattern for proverb pages? It would be nice to get authors, too, for those that have them. See also: * proverb * --- * English proverbs * French proverbs * German proverbs * Spanish proverbs * --- * Latin language/Phrases A:Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat. (He who quarrels with a drunk hurts an absentee.) :Ad multos annos! (On many years!; Many happy returns!) :Aegroto dum anima est, spes est. (As long as a sick person is conscious, there is still hope.) :Amor patriae nostra lex. (Love of the fatherland is our law.) :Alea iacta est. (The die is cast!) :A pedibus usque ad caput. (From feet to head.) :Ars longa, vita brevis. (Art is long, life is short.) :Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum. (The greatest jackass in eternity.) :Audiatur et altera pars. (The other part should be heard, too.) :Auri sacra fames. (Accursed hunger for gold.) B:Beatus, qui prodest, quibus potest. (He is lucky who helps everyone he can.) :Bene diagnoscitur, bene curatur. (Something that is well diagnosed can be cured well.) :Bis dat, qui cito dat. (He who gives quickly gives twice.) :Bona diagnosis, bona curatio. (Good diagnosis, good cure.) :Bona valetudo melior est quam maximae divitiae. (Good health is worth more than the greatest wealth.) C:Cibi condimentum est fames. (Hunger is a spice for any meal.) :Concordia civium murus urbium. (Harmony of citizens is the wall of cities.) :Conditio sine qua non. (Condition without which not; indispensable condition) :Consuetudinis vis magna est. (The power of habit is great.) :Consuetudo altera natura est. (Habit is second nature.) :Contraria contrariis curantur. :Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis. (There's no herb against the power of death.) :Cura, ut valeas! D:De gustibus non est disputandum. (Matters of taste ought not to be disputed.) :De mortuis nihil nisi bene. (Of the dead, nothing but good.; Say only good things about the dead.) :Divide et impera. (Divide and conquer.) :Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. -- Horace, Odes III, 2, 13 (It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland.) :Dum spiro, spero. (As long as I breathe, I hope.) :Dura lex, sed lex. (It may be a hard law, but it still is a law.) :Dura necessitas. E:E fructu arbor cognoscitur. (The tree can be recognized by its fruits.) :Errare humanum est. (To err is human.) F:Festina lente ! (Hasten slowly!) :Flagrante delicto. (Caught redhanded.) G:Gloria victis. (Glory to the defeated.) :Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo. (A drop drills the rock not with force but with perseverance.) H:Homo homini lupus est. (Man is man's wolf.) :Habent sua fata libelli. (Books have their fate.) :Hannibal ante portas. (Hannibal before the gates.) :Hic Rhodus, hic salta. (It's Rhodos, jump here.) :Hodie mihi, eras tibi. (What's to me, to you.) :Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. (I'm human and nothing that is human is to me strange.) :Horribile dictu. (Horrible to say.) I:Ignorantia iuris nocet. (Being ignorant of law harms.) :Ignoti nulla cupido. (Unknown will not tempt.) :Incredibile dictu. (Incredible to say.) :Inter arma silent leges (Musae). (During wars laws (arts) are silent.) :In vino veritas. (There is truth in wine.) :Is fecit, cui prodest. (Done by the one who profits from it.) :Iunctis viribus. (Concerted effort.) :Iurare in verba magistri. (Swear by teacher's words.) L:Laborare est orare. (To work is to pray.) M:Manus manum lavat. (One hand washes the other.) :Medicus curat, natura sanat. :Memento mori. (Remember your mortality.) :Mens sana in corpore sano. (A healthy spirit in a healthy body.1) :Mutatis mutandis. (With the necessary modifications.) N:Nec Hercules contra plures. :Neque ignorare niedicum oportet quae sit aegri natura. :Nihil lacrima citius arescit. (Nothing dries more quickly than a tear.) :Nomen est omen. (A name is an omen) :Nondum amabam, et amare amabam. (I did not love, but I yearned to love) :Non omnia possumus omnes. :Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. (We don't learn for school but for life.) :Non, ut edam, vivo sed ut vivam, edo. (I don't eat to eat but to live.) :Non vestimentum virum ornat, sed vir vestimentum. (Not the raiment graces the man, but the man the raiment.) :Non vini vi no, sed vi no aquae. :Nosce te ipsum! :Nulla dies sine linea. :Nulla est medicina sine lingua Latina. :Nulla regula sine exceptione. (No rule without exception.) :Nulla res tam necessaria est quam medicina. O:Oculi plus vident quam oculus. (Some eyes see more than only one.) :Omnes homines sibi sanitatem cupiunt, saepe autem omnia, quae valetudini contraria sunt, faciunt. (All men wish to be healthy, but often they do everything that's disadvantageous to their health.) :Omnia mea mecum porto. (All that's mine I carry with me.) :Omnium artium medicina nobilissima est. (Medicine is the noblest of all arts.) :Optimum medicamentum quies est. (Peace is the best medicine. :Ora et labora. (Pray and work) P:Pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum. (Peace is better than the most just war.) :Per aspera ad astra. (Through hardships to the stars.) :Per scientiam ad salutem aegroti. :Plenus venter non studet libenter. (A full belly doesn't like studying.) :Plures crapula quam gladius perdidit. :Post cenam non stare sed mille passus meare. :Post hoc non est propter hoc. (After is not because.) :Praesente medico nihil nocet. (In the presence of a doctor nothing can harm.) :Praevenire melius est quam praeveniri. :Primum non nocere. (The first [principle for a doctor] is not to harm.) Q:Quidquid agis, prudenter agas, et respice finem! :Quidquid discis, tibi discis. :Qui prodest. (Who profits? Who gains?) :Qui rogat, non errat. (Who asks isn't wrong.) :Qui scribit, bis legit. (What he writes, he reads twice). :Qui tacet, consentire videtur. (Who is silent seems to agree.) :Quod licet Iovis, non licet bovis. (All that is allowed to Juppiter is not necessarily allowed to an ox.) :Quod medicina aliis, aliis est acre venenum. :Quot capita, tot sententiae. R:Repetitio est mater studiorum. (Repetition is the mother of study.) S:Saepe morborum gravium exitus incerti sunt. :Salus aegroti suprema lex. (The well-being of the patient is the most important law.) :Sic transit gloria mundi. :Simila similibus curantur. :Sine labore non erit panis in ore. (Without work there won't be any bread in your mouth.) :Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. (If you had kept your silence, you would have stayed a philosopher.) :Si vis pacem, para bellum. (If you want peace, prepare war.) :Si vis pacem, para iustitiam. (If you want peace, prepare justice.) T:Tarde venientibus ossa. :Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. :Tres faciunt collegium. (Three makes a company.) U:Ubi concordia, ibi victoria. (Where there is harmony, there is victory.) :Ubi tu Gaius, ibi ego Gaia. (Where you are, Gaius, there I, Gaia, will be.2) :Unum castigabis, centum emendabis. :Usus magister est optimus. :Ut ameris, amabilis esto. (Be amiable, then you'll be loved.) :Ut sis nocte levis, sit cena brevis ! :Vade mecum! (Come with me!) :Verba docent, exempla trahunt. /Talk? 1 This quote is out of context: As quoted here, it appears to say that a healthy body is the prerequisite for a healthy spirit, but that's not how it was meant initially. The complete quote is "orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano", which means "Let's hope that there is a healthy spirit in a healthy body." 2 This is said to have been a nuptial formula, but it is only known from Greek sources. |
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Latin and Roman proverbs and sayings (in alphabetical order): Would someone provide English translations? Do we need some pattern for proverb pages? It would be nice to get authors, too, for those that have them. See also: * proverb * --- * English proverbs * French proverbs * German proverbs * Spanish proverbs * Polish proverbs * --- * Latin language/Phrases A:Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat. (He who quarrels with a drunk hurts an absentee.) :Ad multos annos! (On many years!; Many happy returns!) :Aegroto dum anima est, spes est. (As long as a sick person is conscious, there is still hope.) :Amor patriae nostra lex. (Love of the fatherland is our law.) :Alea iacta est. (The die is cast!) :A pedibus usque ad caput. (From feet to head.) :Ars longa, vita brevis. (Art is long, life is short.) :Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum. (The greatest jackass in eternity.) :Audiatur et altera pars. (The other part should be heard, too.) :Auri sacra fames. (Accursed hunger for gold.) B:Beatus, qui prodest, quibus potest. (He is lucky who helps everyone he can.) :Bene diagnoscitur, bene curatur. (Something that is well diagnosed can be cured well.) :Bis dat, qui cito dat. (He who gives quickly gives twice.) :Bona diagnosis, bona curatio. (Good diagnosis, good cure.) :Bona valetudo melior est quam maximae divitiae. (Good health is worth more than the greatest wealth.) C:Cibi condimentum est fames. (Hunger is a spice for any meal.) :Concordia civium murus urbium. (Harmony of citizens is the wall of cities.) :Conditio sine qua non. (Condition without which not; indispensable condition) :Consuetudinis vis magna est. (The power of habit is great.) :Consuetudo altera natura est. (Habit is second nature.) :Contraria contrariis curantur. :Contra vim mortis non est medicamen in hortis. (There's no herb against the power of death.) :Cura, ut valeas! D:De gustibus non est disputandum. (Matters of taste ought not to be disputed.) :De mortuis nihil nisi bene. (Of the dead, nothing but good.; Say only good things about the dead.) :Divide et impera. (Divide and conquer.) :Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. -- Horace, Odes III, 2, 13 (It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland.) :Dum spiro, spero. (As long as I breathe, I hope.) :Dura lex, sed lex. (It may be a hard law, but it still is a law.) :Dura necessitas. E:E fructu arbor cognoscitur. (The tree can be recognized by its fruits.) :Errare humanum est. (To err is human.) F:Festina lente ! (Hasten slowly!) :Flagrante delicto. (Caught redhanded.) G:Gloria victis. (Glory to the defeated.) :Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo. (A drop drills the rock not with force but with perseverance.) H:Homo homini lupus est. (Man is man's wolf.) :Habent sua fata libelli. (Books have their fate.) :Hannibal ante portas. (Hannibal before the gates.) :Hic Rhodus, hic salta. (It's Rhodos, jump here.) :Hodie mihi, eras tibi. (What's to me, to you.) :Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. (I'm human and nothing that is human is to me strange.) :Horribile dictu. (Horrible to say.) I:Ignorantia iuris nocet. (Being ignorant of law harms.) :Ignoti nulla cupido. (Unknown will not tempt.) :Incredibile dictu. (Incredible to say.) :Inter arma silent leges (Musae). (During wars laws (arts) are silent.) :In vino veritas. (There is truth in wine.) :Is fecit, cui prodest. (Done by the one who profits from it.) :Iunctis viribus. (Concerted effort.) :Iurare in verba magistri. (Swear by teacher's words.) L:Laborare est orare. (To work is to pray.) M:Manus manum lavat. (One hand washes the other.) :Medicus curat, natura sanat. :Memento mori. (Remember your mortality.) :Mens sana in corpore sano. (A healthy spirit in a healthy body.1) :Mutatis mutandis. (With the necessary modifications.) N:Nec Hercules contra plures. :Neque ignorare niedicum oportet quae sit aegri natura. :Nihil lacrima citius arescit. (Nothing dries more quickly than a tear.) :Nomen est omen. (A name is an omen) :Nondum amabam, et amare amabam. (I did not love, but I yearned to love) :Non omnia possumus omnes. :Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. (We don't learn for school but for life.) :Non, ut edam, vivo sed ut vivam, edo. (I don't eat to eat but to live.) :Non vestimentum virum ornat, sed vir vestimentum. (Not the raiment graces the man, but the man the raiment.) :Non vini vi no, sed vi no aquae. :Nosce te ipsum! :Nulla dies sine linea. :Nulla est medicina sine lingua Latina. :Nulla regula sine exceptione. (No rule without exception.) :Nulla res tam necessaria est quam medicina. O:Oculi plus vident quam oculus. (Some eyes see more than only one.) :Omnes homines sibi sanitatem cupiunt, saepe autem omnia, quae valetudini contraria sunt, faciunt. (All men wish to be healthy, but often they do everything that's disadvantageous to their health.) :Omnia mea mecum porto. (All that's mine I carry with me.) :Omnium artium medicina nobilissima est. (Medicine is the noblest of all arts.) :Optimum medicamentum quies est. (Peace is the best medicine. :Ora et labora. (Pray and work) P:Pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum. (Peace is better than the most just war.) :Per aspera ad astra. (Through hardships to the stars.) :Per scientiam ad salutem aegroti. :Plenus venter non studet libenter. (A full belly doesn't like studying.) :Plures crapula quam gladius perdidit. :Post cenam non stare sed mille passus meare. :Post hoc non est propter hoc. (After is not because.) :Praesente medico nihil nocet. (In the presence of a doctor nothing can harm.) :Praevenire melius est quam praeveniri. :Primum non nocere. (The first [principle for a doctor] is not to harm.) Q:Quidquid agis, prudenter agas, et respice finem! :Quidquid discis, tibi discis. :Qui prodest. (Who profits? Who gains?) :Qui rogat, non errat. (Who asks isn't wrong.) :Qui scribit, bis legit. (What he writes, he reads twice). :Qui tacet, consentire videtur. (Who is silent seems to agree.) :Quod licet Iovis, non licet bovis. (All that is allowed to Juppiter is not necessarily allowed to an ox.) :Quod medicina aliis, aliis est acre venenum. :Quot capita, tot sententiae. R:Repetitio est mater studiorum. (Repetition is the mother of study.) S:Saepe morborum gravium exitus incerti sunt. :Salus aegroti suprema lex. (The well-being of the patient is the most important law.) :Sic transit gloria mundi. :Simila similibus curantur. :Sine labore non erit panis in ore. (Without work there won't be any bread in your mouth.) :Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. (If you had kept your silence, you would have stayed a philosopher.) :Si vis pacem, para bellum. (If you want peace, prepare war.) :Si vis pacem, para iustitiam. (If you want peace, prepare justice.) T:Tarde venientibus ossa. :Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. :Tres faciunt collegium. (Three makes a company.) U:Ubi concordia, ibi victoria. (Where there is harmony, there is victory.) :Ubi tu Gaius, ibi ego Gaia. (Where you are, Gaius, there I, Gaia, will be.2) :Unum castigabis, centum emendabis. :Usus magister est optimus. :Ut ameris, amabilis esto. (Be amiable, then you'll be loved.) :Ut sis nocte levis, sit cena brevis ! :Vade mecum! (Come with me!) :Verba docent, exempla trahunt. /Talk? 1 This quote is out of context: As quoted here, it appears to say that a healthy body is the prerequisite for a healthy spirit, but that's not how it was meant initially. The complete quote is "orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano", which means "Let's hope that there is a healthy spirit in a healthy body." 2 This is said to have been a nuptial formula, but it is only known from Greek sources. |
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