Beautiful sayings in Latin with translation. Latin aphorisms (1 photo)

Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo - a drop chisels a stone not by force, but by frequent falling

Fortiter ac firmiter – Strong and strong

Aucupia verborum sunt judice indigna - literalism is beneath the dignity of a judge

Benedicite! - Good morning!

Quisque est faber sua fortunae - everyone is the smith of their own happiness

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Natura incipit, ars dirigit usus perficit - nature begins, art guides, experience perfects.

Scio me nihil scire - I know that I know nothing

Potius sero quam nun quam - Better late than never.

Decipi quam fallere est tutius - it is better to be deceived than to deceive another

Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori" - Love conquers everything, and we submit to love

Dura lex, sed lex - the law is harsh, but it is the law

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

O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity

Quod non habet principium, non habet finem - that which has no beginning has no end

Facta sunt potentiora verbis - actions are stronger than words

Accipere quid ut justitiam facias, non est tam accipere quam extorquere - acceptance of reward for the administration of justice is not so much acceptance as extortion

Bene sit tibi! - Good luck!

Homo homini lupus est - man is a wolf to man

Aequitas enim lucet per se - justice shines by itself

citius, altius, fortius! - Faster, higher, stronger

AMOR OMNIA VINCIT – Love conquers everything.

Qui vult decipi, decipiatur - he who wishes to be deceived, let him be deceived

disce gaudere – Learn to rejoice

Quod licet jovi, non licet bovi - what is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull

Cogito ergo sum - I think, therefore I exist

Latrante uno latrat stati met alter canis - when one dog barks, the other immediately barks

Facile omnes, cum valemus, recta consilia aegrotis damus - All of us, when healthy, easily give advice to the sick.

Aut bene, aut nihil - Either good or nothing

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

Вona mente – With good intentions

Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides Trust placed in a treacherous person gives him the opportunity to do harm

Igni et ferro – With fire and iron

Bene qui latuit, bene vixit - the one who lived unnoticed lived well

Amor non est medicabilis herbis - there is no cure for love (love cannot be treated with herbs)

Senectus insanabilis morbus est - Old age is an incurable disease.

De mortuis autbene, aut nihil - about the dead it’s either good or nothing

A communi observantia non est recedendum - one cannot neglect what is accepted by everyone

Intelligenti pauca - The wise will understand

In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas - truth in wine, health in water.

Vis recte vivere? Quis non? - Do you want to live well? Who doesn't want to?

Nihil habeo, nihil curo - I have nothing - I don’t care about anything

Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim ac potestatem - knowledge of laws is not in remembering their words, but in understanding their meaning

Ad notam – For note”, note

Panem et circenses – Bread and circuses

DIXI ET ANIMAM LEVAVI - I said and relieved my soul.

Sivis pacem para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war

Corruptio optimi pessima - the worst fall - the fall of the purest

Veni, vidi vici – I came, I saw, I conquered

Lupus pilum mutat,non mentem - the wolf changes its fur, not its nature

Ex animo – From the heart

Divide et impera - divide and conquer

Alitur vitium vivitque tegendo - by covering, vice is nourished and supported

AUDI, MULTA, LOQUERE PAUCA – listen a lot, talk little.

Is fecit cui prodest – Made by the one who benefits

Lupus pilum mutat,non mentem - the wolf changes its fur, not its nature

Ars longa, vita brevis - art is durable, life is short

Castigat ridento mores – Laughter castigates morals.”

De duobus malis minimum eligendum - one must choose the lesser of two evils

Desipere in loco - To be mad where it is appropriate

Bonum factum! - For good and happiness!

In maxima potentia minima licentia - the stronger the power, the less freedom

Usus est optimus magister - experience - best teacher

Repetitio est mater studiorum - repetition - the mother of learning

Fac fideli sis fidelis – Be faithful to the one who is faithful (to you)

DOCENDO DISCIMUS - by teaching, we ourselves learn.

Memento mori - remember death.

Вis dat, qui cito dat - the one who gives quickly gives double

Mens sana in corpore sano - in a healthy body - a healthy mind.

Nulla regula sine exceptione - There is no rule without exceptions.

Erare humanum est, stultum est in errore perseverare - it is human nature to make mistakes, it is stupid to persist in an error

Primus inter pares – First among equals

Festina lente - hurry up slowly

omnia praeclara rara – Everything beautiful is rare

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

Amicus plato, sed magis amica veritas - Plato is my friend, but the truth is dearer

Melius est nomen bonum quam magnae divitiae - a good name is better than great wealth.

Ipsa scientia potestas est - knowledge itself is power

FRONTI NULLA FIDES – don’t trust appearances!

Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides - the trust placed in the treacherous allows him to harm

Qui nimium properat, serius ab solvit - he who is in too much of a hurry, gets things done later

Cornu copiae – Cornucopia

Dulce laudari a laudato viro - it is pleasant to receive praise from a person worthy of praise

dum spiro, spero – While I breathe, I hope

Feci auod potui, faciant meliora potentes - I did what I could, whoever can do it better

Dum spiro, spero - while I'm breathing, I hope

Abusus non tollit usum - abuse does not cancel use

Aliis inserviendo consumor - while serving others, I burn myself

Fortunam citius reperifs,quam retineas / Happiness is easier to find than to maintain.

Fiat lux – Let there be light

AUDIATUR ET ALTERA PARS – the other side should also be heard.

Melius sero quam nunquam - better late than never

Et tu quoque, Brute! - And you Brute!

Ad impossibilia lex non cogit - the law does not require the impossible

1. Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power.
2. Vita brevis, ars longa. Life is short, art is eternal.
3. Volens - nolens. Willy-nilly.
4. Historia est magistra vita. History is the teacher of life.
5. Dum spiro, spero. While I breathe I hope.
6. Per aspera ad astra! Through hardship to the stars
7. Terra incognita. Unknown land.
8. Homo sapiens. A reasonable man.
9. Sina era est studio. Without anger and passion
10. Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I exist.
11. Non scholae sed vitae discimus. We study not for school, but for life.
12. Bis dat qui cito dat. He who gives quickly gives twice.
13. Clavus clavo pellitur. Fight fire with fire.
14. Alter ego. Second "I".
15. Errare humanum est. Humans tend to make mistakes.
16. Repetitio est mater studiorum. Repetition is the mother of learning.
17. Nomina sunt odiosa. Names are hateful.
18. Otium post negotium. Rest after business.
19. Mens sana in corpore sano. In a healthy body healthy mind.
20. Urbi et orbi. To the city and the world.
21. Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer.
22. Finis coronat opus. The end is the crown of the matter.
23. Homo locum ornat, non locus hominem. It is not the place that makes a person, but the person who makes the place.
24. Ad majorem Dei gloriam. To the greater glory of God.
25. Una hirundo ver non facit. One swallow does not make spring.
26. Citius, altius, fortius. Faster, higher, stronger.
27. Sic transit gloria mundi. This is how earthly glory passes.
28. Aurora Musis amica. Aurora is a friend of the muses.
29. Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. Times change, and we change with them.
30. Non multa, sed multum. Not much, but a lot.
31. E fructu arbor cognoscitur. A tree is recognized by its fruit.
32. Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.
33. Post scriptum. After what is written.
34. Alea est jacta. Die is cast.
35. Dixi et animam salvavi. I said this and thereby saved my soul.
36. Nulla dies sine linea. Not a day without a line.
37. Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the Bull.
38. Felix, qui potuti rerum cogoscere causas. Happy is he who knows the cause of things.
39. Si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war.
40. Cui bono? Who benefits?
41. Scio me nihil scire. I know that I don't know anything.
42. Nosce te ipsum! Know yourself!
43. Est modus in rebus. There is a measure in things.
44. Jurare in verba magistri. Swear by the words of the teacher.
45. Qui tacet, consentire videtur. Silent means consent.
46. ​​In hoc signo vinces! Under this banner you will win. (With this you will win!)
47. Labor recedet, bene factum non abscedet. Difficulties will go away, but the good deed will remain.
Non est fumus absque igne. There is no smoke without fire.
49. Duobus certantibus tertius gaudet. When two fight, the third rejoices.
50. Divide et impera! Divide and rule!
51. Corda nostra laudus est. Our hearts are sick with love.
52. O tempora! Oh more! Oh times, oh morals!
53. Homo est animal sociale. Man is a social animal.
54. Homo homini lupus est. Man is a wolf to man.
55. Dura lex, sed lex. The law is harsh but fair.
56. O sancta simplicitas! Holy simplicity!
57. Hominem quaero! (Dioqines) Looking for a man! (Diogenes)
58. At Kalendas Graecas. To the Greek Kalends (After the rain on Thursday)
59. Quo usque Catlina, abuter patientia nostra? How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
60. Vox populi - vox Dei. The voice of the people is the voice of God.
61. In vene veritas. The truth is in the wine.
62. Qualis rex, talis grex. As is the pop, so is the arrival.
63. Qualis dominus, tales servi. As is the master, so is the servant.
64. Si vox est - canta! If you have a voice, sing!
65. I, pede fausto! Walk happily!
66. Tempus consilium dabet. Time will show.
67. Barba crescit, caput nescit. The hair is long, the mind is short.
68. Labores gigunt hanores. Work brings honor.
69. Amicus cognoscitur in amore, more, ore, re. A friend is known in love, character, speech, and deeds.
70. Ecce homo! Here's a man!
71. Homo novus. A new person, an "upstart".
72. In pace litterae florunt. For the sake of peace, science flourishes.
73. Fortes fortuna juiat. Fortune favors the brave.

74. Carpe diem! Seize the moment!
75. Nostra victoria in concordia. Our victory is in harmony.
76. Veritatis simplex est orato. True speech is simple.
77. Nemo omnia potest scire. Nobody can know everything.
78. Finis coronat opus. The end is the crown of the matter.
79. Omnia mea mecum porto. I carry everything I have with me.
80. Sancta sanctorum. Holy of holies.
81. Ibi victoria ubi concordia. There is victory where there is agreement.
82. Experentia est optima magistra. Experience is the best teacher.
83. Amat victoria curam. Victory loves care.
84. Vivere est cogitare. Living means thinking.
85. Epistula non erubescit. The paper doesn't turn red.
86. Festina lente! Hurry up slow!
87. Nota bene. Remember well.
88. Elephantum ex musca facis. To make mountains out of molehills.
89. Ignorantia non est argumentum. Denial is not proof.
90. Lupus non mordet lupum. A wolf doesn't bite a wolf.
91. Vae victis! Woe to the vanquished!
92. Medice, cura te ipsum! Doctor, heal yourself! (Luke 4:17)
93. De te fabula narrative. A fairy tale is being told about you.
94. Tertium non datur. There is no third.
95. Age, quod agis. Do what you do.
96. Do ut des. I give so that you can give too.
97. Amantes - amentes. Lovers are mad.
98. Alma mater. University.
99. Amor vincit omnia. Love conquers all.
100. Aut Caesar, aut nihil. It's all or nothing.
101. Aut - aut. Or or.
102. Si vis amari, ama. If you want to be loved, love.
103. Ab ovo ad mala. From egg to apple.
104. Timeo danaos et dona ferentes. Fear the Danaans who bring gifts.
105. Sapienti sat est. This is said by a man.
106. Periculum in mora. The danger is in delay.
107. O fallacem hominum spem! O deceiving hope of man!
108. Quoandoe bonus dormitat Homerus. Sometimes our good Homer dozes.
109. Sponte sua sina lege By your own urge.
110. Pia desideria Good intentions.
111. Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant Those going to death, Caesar, salute you!
112. Modus vivendi Lifestyle
113. Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am a man, and nothing human is alien to me.
114. Ne quid nimis Nothing in excess
115. De qustibus et coloribus non est disputantum. Every man to his own taste.
116. Ira furor brevis est. Anger is a short-term frenzy.
117. Feci quod potui faciant meliora potentes I did everything I could. Whoever can do it better.
118. Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade. Something greater than the Iliad is born.
119. In medias res. Into the middle of things, to the very essence.
120. Non bis in idem. Once is enough.
121. Non sum qualis eram. I'm not the same as I was before.
122. Abussus abussum invocat. Misfortunes never come alone.
123. Hoc volo sic jubeo sit pro ratione voluntas. I command so, let my will be the argument.
124. Amici diem perdidi! Friends, I lost a day.
125. Aquilam volare doces. Teaching an eagle to fly.
126. Vive, valeque. Live and be healthy.
127. Vale et me ama. Be healthy and love me.
128. Sic itur ad astra. This is how they go to the stars.
129. Si taces, consentus. Those who are silent agree.
130. Littera scripta manet. What is written remains.
131. Ad meliora tempora. Until better times.
132. Plenus venter non studet libenter. A full belly is deaf to learning.
133. Abussus non tollit usum. Abuse does not negate use.
134. Ab urbe conita. From the foundation of the city.
135. Salus populi summa lex. The good of the people is the highest law.
136. Vim vi repellere licet. Violence can be repelled by force.
137. Sero (tarle) venientibus - ossa. Late arrivals get the bones.
138. Lupus in fabula. Easy to remember.
139. Acta est fabula. The show is over. (Finita la comedy!)
140. Legem brevem esse oportet. The law should be brief.
141. Lectori benevolo salutem. (L.B.S.) Hello kind reader.
142. Aegri somnia. Dreams of a patient.
143. Abo in pace. Go in peace.
144. Absit invidia verbo. May they not condemn me for these words.
145. Abstractum pro concreto. Abstract instead of concrete.
146. Acceptissima semper munera sunt, auctor quae pretiosa facit. The best gifts are those whose value lies in the giver himself.
147. Ad impossibilia nemo obligatur. No one is forced to do the impossible.
148. Ad libitum. Optional.
149. Ad narrandum, non ad probandum. To tell, not to prove.
150. Ad notam. For your information.
151. Ad personam. Personally.
152. Advocatus Dei (Diavoli) Advocate of God. (Devil).
153. Aeterna urbs. The eternal City.
154. Aquila non captat muscas. The eagle doesn't catch flies.
155. Confiteor solum hoc tibi. I confess this only to you.
156. Cras amet, qui nunquam amavit quique amavit cras amet. Let the one who has never loved love tomorrow, and the one who has loved, let him love tomorrow.
157. Credo, quia verum (absurdum). I believe because it is the truth (it is absurd).
158. Bene placito. Of your own free will.
159. Cantus cycneus. A swan song.

NEC MORTALE SONAT
(SOUNDS IMMORTAL)
Latin catchphrases

Amico lectori (To a friend-reader)

Necessitas magistra. - Need is a mentor (need will teach you everything).

[netsesitas master] Compare: “The need for invention is cunning”, “You will begin to weave bast shoes as if there is nothing to eat”, “If you get hungry, you will guess to get bread”, “A bag and prison will give you the mind.” A similar idea is found in the Roman poet Persia (“Satires”, “Prologue”, 10-11): “The teacher of the arts is the stomach.” From Greek authors - in Aristophanes’ comedy “Plutos” (532-534), where Poverty, which they want to expel from Hellas (Greece), proves that it is she, and not the god of wealth Plutos (to everyone’s joy, he was healed of blindness in the temple the god of healing Asclepius and now lavishing himself on mortals), is the giver of all benefits, forcing people to engage in sciences and crafts.

Nemo omnia potest scire. - Nobody can know everything.

[nemo omnia potest scire] The basis was the words of Horace (“Odes”, IV, 4, 22), taken as an epigraph to the Latin dictionary compiled by the Italian philologist Forcellini: “It is impossible to know everything.” Compare: “You cannot embrace the immensity.”

Nihil habeo, nihil timeo. - I have nothing - I’m not afraid of anything.

[nihil habeo, nihil timeo] Compare Juvenal (“Satires”, X, 22): “A traveler who has nothing with him will sing in the presence of a robber.” Also with the proverb “The rich man cannot sleep, he is afraid of the thief.”

Nil sub sole novum. - There is nothing new under the sun.

[nil sub sole novum] From the Book of Ecclesiastes (1, 9), the author of which is considered to be the wise King Solomon. The point is that a person is unable to come up with anything new, no matter what he does, and everything that happens to a person is not an exceptional phenomenon (as it sometimes seems to him), but has already happened before and will happen again after.

Noli nocere! - Do no harm!

[noli nocere!] The main commandment of a doctor, also known in the form “Primum non nocere” [primum non nocere] (“First of all, do no harm”). Formulated by Hippocrates.

Noli tangere circulos meos! - Don't touch my circles!

[noli tangere circulos meos!] About something inviolable, not subject to change, not allowing interference. It is based on the last words of the Greek mathematician and mechanic Archimedes, quoted by the historian Valery Maxim (“Memorable deeds and words”, VIII, 7, 7). Having taken Syracuse (Sicily) in 212 BC, the Romans gave him life, although the machines invented by the scientist sank and set fire to their ships. But the robbery began, and Roman soldiers entered Archimedes' courtyard and asked who he was. The scientist studied the drawing and instead of answering, covered it with his hand, saying: “Don’t touch this”; he was killed for disobedience. One of Felix Krivin’s “Scientific Tales” (“Archimedes”) is about this.

Nomen est omen. - The name is a sign.

[nomen est omen] In other words, the name speaks for itself: it tells something about a person, foreshadows his fate. It is based on Plautus’s comedy “Persus” (IV, 4, 625): selling a girl named Lucrida, which has the same root as the Latin lucrum (profit), to a pimp, Toxilus convinces him that such a name promises a lucrative deal.

Nomina sunt odiosa. -Names are not recommended.

[nomina sunt odioza] A call to speak to the point, without getting personal, and not to cite already well-known names. The basis is Cicero’s advice (“In Defense of Sextus Roscius the Americus,” XVI, 47) not to mention the names of acquaintances without their consent.

Non bis in idem. - Not twice for one.

[non bis in idem] This means that one is not punished twice for the same offense. Compare: “One ox cannot be skinned twice.”

Non curator, qui curat. - He who has worries is not cured.

[non curatur, qui curat] Inscription on the baths (public baths) in Ancient Rome.

Non est culpa vini, sed culpa bibentis. “It’s not the wine that’s to blame, it’s the drinker’s fault.”

[non est kulpa vini, sed kulpa bibentis] From the couplets of Dionysius Katbna (II, 21).

Non omnis moriar. - Not all of me will die.

[non omnis moriar] So Horace, in an ode (III, 30, 6), called “Monument” (see article “Exegi monumentum”), speaks of his poems, arguing that while the high priest ascends the Capitoline Hill, By performing the annual prayer service for the good of Rome (which the Romans, like us, called the Eternal City), his, Horace’s, unfading glory will increase. This motif is heard in all the rehashes of “Monument”. For example, from Lomonosov (“I erected a sign of immortality for myself...”): “I will not die at all, but death will leave // ​​a great part of me, as I end my life.” Or from Pushkin (“I erected a monument to myself, not made by hands...”): Met, all of me will not die - the soul in the treasured lyre // my ashes will survive and will escape decay.”

Non progredi est regredi. - Not going forward means going backwards.

[non progrady est regrady]

Non rex est lex, sed lex est rex. - The king is not the law, but the law is the king.

[non rex est lex, sad lex est rex]

Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. - We study not for school, but for life.

[non schole, sed vitae discimus] It is based on Seneca’s reproach (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 106, 12) to armchair philosophers, whose thoughts are divorced from reality, and whose mind is cluttered with useless information.

Non semper erunt Saturnalia. - There will not always be Saturnalia (holidays, carefree days).

[non semper erunt saturnalia] Compare: “Not everything is for Maslenitsa”, “Not everything is in stock, you can live with kvass.” Found in the work attributed to Seneca, “The Apotheosis of the Divine Claudius” (12). Saturnalia was celebrated annually in December (from 494 BC), in memory of the golden age (the era of prosperity, equality, peace), when, according to legend, Saturn, the father of Jupiter, reigned in the region of Latium (where Rome was located). People were having fun in the streets, visiting people; Work, legal proceedings, and the development of military plans stopped. For one day (December 19), the slaves received freedom and sat at the same table with their modestly dressed masters, who, moreover, served them.

Non sum qualis eram. - I'm not the same as I was before.

[non sum qualis eram] Having aged, Horace (“Odes”, IV, 1, 3) asks
the goddess of love, Venus, leave him alone.

Nosce te ipsum. - Know yourself.

[nosse te ipsum] According to legend, this inscription was inscribed on the pediment of the famous Temple of Apollo in Delphi (Central Greece). They said that once seven Greek sages (6th century BC) gathered near the Delphic temple and laid this saying as the basis of all Hellenic (Greek) wisdom. The Greek original of this phrase, “gnothi seauton” [gnothi seauton], is given by Juvenal (“Satires”, XI, 27).

Novus rex, nova lex. - New king - new law.

[novus rex, nova lex] Compare: “A new broom sweeps in a new way.”

Nulla ars in se versatur. - Not a single art (not a single science) is self-contained.

[nulla are in se versatur] Cicero (“On the Boundaries of Good and Evil”, V, 6, 16) says that the goal of every science lies outside it: for example, healing is the science of health.

Nulla calamitas sola. - Trouble does not [go] alone.

[nulla kalamitas sola] Compare: “Trouble has come - open the gates,” “Trouble brings seven troubles.”

Nulla dies sine linea. - Not a day without a line.

[nulla diez sine linea] A call to practice your art daily; An excellent motto for an artist, writer, publisher. The source is the story of Pliny the Elder (“Natural History”, XXXV, 36, 12) about Apelles, a Greek painter of the 4th century. BC, who drew at least one line every day. Pliny himself, a politician and scientist, the author of the 37-volume encyclopedic work “Natural History” (“History of Nature”), which contains about 20,000 facts (from mathematics to art history) and used information from the works of almost 400 authors, followed this rule all his life Apelles, which became the basis for the couplet: “According to the behest of Elder Pliny, // Nulla dies sine linea.”

Nulla salus bello. - There is no good in war.

[nulla salus bello] In Virgil’s “Aeneid” (XI, 362), the noble Latin Drank asks the king of the Rutuli, Turnus, to put an end to the war with Aeneas, in which many Latins are dying: either to retire, or to fight the hero one on one, so that the king’s daughter Latina and the kingdom went to the winner.

Nunc vino pellite curas. - Now drive away your worries with wine.

[nunc wine pallite kuras] In Horace’s ode (I, 7, 31) this is how Teucer addresses his companions, forced after returning from the Trojan War to his native island of Salamis to go into exile again (see “Ubi bene, ibi patria”).

Oh rus! - Oh village!

[oh rus!] “Oh village! When will I see you! - exclaims Horace (“Satires”, II, 6, 60), telling how, after a hectic day spent in Rome, having decided a bunch of things on the go, he strives with all his soul to a quiet corner - an estate in the Sabine Mountains, which has long been the subject of his dreams (see “Hoc erat in votis”) and given to him by Maecenas, a friend of Emperor Augustus. The patron also helped other poets (Virgil, Proportion), but it was thanks to Horace’s poems that his name became famous and came to mean every patron of the arts. In the epigraph to the 2nd chapter of “Eugene Onegin” (“The village where Eugene was bored was a lovely corner...”), Pushkin used a pun: “Oh rus! O Rus'! »

O sancta simplicitas! - Oh holy simplicity!

[oh sankta simplicitas!] About someone’s naivety, slow-wittedness. According to legend, the phrase was uttered by Jan Hus (1371-1415), the ideologist of the Church Reformation in the Czech Republic, when during his burning as a heretic by the verdict of the Constance Church Council, some pious old woman threw an armful of brushwood into the fire. Jan Hus preached in Prague; he demanded equal rights for the laity and the clergy, calling him the only head of the Church of Christ, the only source of doctrine - Holy Bible, and some popes - heretics. The Pope summoned Hus to the Council to present his point of view, promising safety, but then, after holding him for 7 months in captivity and executing him, he said that he was not keeping his promises to the heretics.

O tempora! oh more! - Oh times! oh morals!

[oh tempora! oh mores!] Perhaps the most famous expression from the first speech of Cicero (consul 63 BC) against the conspiratorial senator Catiline (I, 2), which is considered the pinnacle of Roman oratory. Revealing the details of the conspiracy at a meeting of the Senate, Cicero in this phrase is indignant at both the impudence of Catiline, who dared to appear in the Senate as if nothing had happened, although his intentions were known to everyone, and the inaction of the authorities in relation to the criminal plotting the death of the Republic; whereas in the old days they killed people who were less dangerous to the state. Usually the expression is used to state the decline of morals, condemn an ​​entire generation, emphasizing the unheard-of nature of the event.

Occidat, dum imperet. - Let him kill, as long as he reigns.

[occidate, dum imperet] Thus, according to the historian Tacitus (Annals, XIV, 9), the power-hungry Agrippina, the great-granddaughter of Augustus, answered the astrologers who predicted that her son Nero would become emperor, but would kill his mother. Indeed, 11 years later, Agrippina’s husband became her uncle, Emperor Claudius, whom she poisoned 6 years later, in 54 AD, passing the throne to her son. Subsequently, Agrippina became one of the victims of the suspicion of the cruel emperor. After unsuccessful attempts to poison her, Nero engineered a shipwreck; and upon learning that the mother had escaped, he ordered her to be stabbed with a sword (Suetonius, “Nero”, 34). A painful death also awaited him (see “Qualis artifex pereo”).

Oderint, dum metuant. - Let them hate, as long as they are afraid.

[oderint, dum metuant] The expression usually characterizes power, which rests on the fear of subordinates. Source - the words of the cruel king Atreus from the tragedy of the same name by the Roman playwright Actium (II-I centuries BC). According to Suetonius (“Gaius Caligula”, 30), the emperor Caligula (12-41 AD) liked to repeat them. Even as a child, he loved to be present at tortures and executions, every 10th day he signed sentences, demanding that the convicts be executed with small, frequent blows. The fear among people was so great that many did not immediately believe the news of Caligula’s murder as a result of a conspiracy, believing that he himself spread these rumors in order to find out what they thought about him (Suetonius, 60).

Oderint, dum pront. - Let them hate, as long as they support.

[oderint, dum probent] According to Suetonius (Tiberius, 59), this is what Emperor Tiberius (42 BC - 37 AD) said when reading anonymous poems about his mercilessness. Even in childhood, the character of Tiberius was astutely determined by the teacher of eloquence Theodore of Gadar, who, scolding him, called him “dirt mixed with blood” (“Tiberius”, 57).

Odero, si potero. - I’ll hate you if I can [and if I can’t, I’ll love against my will].

[odero, si potero] Ovid (“Love Elegies”, III, 11, 35) talks about the attitude towards an insidious girlfriend.

Od(i) et amo. - I hate and love.

[odet amo] From Catullus’s famous couplet about love and hate (No. 85): “Though I hate, I love. Why? - perhaps you’ll ask.// I don’t understand it myself, but feeling it inside myself, I’m crumbling” (translated by A. Fet). Perhaps the poet wants to say that he no longer feels the same sublime, respectful feeling for his unfaithful friend, but he cannot physically stop loving her and hates himself (or her?) for this, realizing that he is betraying himself, his understanding of love. The fact that these two opposing feelings are equally present in the hero’s soul is emphasized by the equal number of syllables in the Latin verbs “hate” and “love.” Perhaps this is also why there is still no adequate Russian translation of this poem.

Oleum et operam perdidi. - I [wasted] oil and labor.

[oleum et operam perdidi] This is what a person who has wasted time, worked to no avail, and has not received the expected results, can say about himself. The proverb is found in Plautus’s comedy “The Punic” (I, 2, 332), where the girl, whose two companions the young man noticed and greeted first, sees that she tried in vain, dressing up and anointing herself with oil. Cicero gives a similar expression, speaking not only about oil for anointing (“Letters to Relatives”, VII, 1, 3), but also about oil for illumination, used during work (“Letters to Atticus”, II, 17, 1) . We will find a statement similar in meaning in Petronius’s novel “Satyricon” (CXXXIV).

Omnia mea mecum porto. - I carry everything I have with me.

[omnia mea mekum porto] Source - the legend told by Cicero (“Paradoxes”, I, 1, 8) about Biantes, one of the seven Greek sages (VI century BC). His city of Prien was attacked by enemies, and the inhabitants, hastily leaving their homes, tried to take with them as many things as possible. When asked to do the same, Biant replied that this is exactly what he was doing, because always carries within itself its true, inalienable wealth, for which no bundles and bags are needed - the treasures of the soul, the wealth of the mind. It’s a paradox, but now Biant’s words are often used when they carry things with them for all occasions (for example, all their documents). The expression can also indicate a low level of income.

Omnia mutantur, mutabantur, mutabuntur. - Everything is changing, has changed and will change.

[omnia mutatur, mutabantur, mutabuntur]

Omnia praeclara rara. - Everything beautiful [is] rare.

[omnia preclara papa] Cicero (“Laelius, or On Friendship,” XXI, 79) talks about how difficult it is to find a true friend. Hence the final words of Spinoza’s Ethics (V, 42): “Everything beautiful is as difficult as it is rare” (about how difficult it is to free the soul from prejudices and affects). Compare with the Greek proverb "Kala halepa" ("The beautiful is difficult"), quoted in Plato's dialogue "Hippias Major" (304 f), which discusses the essence of beauty.

Omnia vincit amor, . - Love conquers everything, [and we will submit to love!]

[omnia voncit amor, et nos cedamus amor] Short version: “Amor omnia vincit” [amor omnia vincit] (“Love conquers all”). Compare: “Even if you drown yourself, you still get along with your sweetheart,” “Love and death know no barriers.” The source of the expression is Virgil's Bucolics (X, 69).

Optima sunt communia. - The best belongs to everyone.

[optima sunt communia] Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 16, 7) says that he considers all true thoughts to be his own.

Optimum medicamentum quies est. - The best medicine is peace.

[optimum medicamentum quies est] The saying belongs to the Roman physician Cornelius Celsus (“Sentences”, V, 12).

Otia dant vita. - Idleness breeds vices.

[otsia dant vicia] Compare: “Labor feeds, but laziness spoils”, “Idleness makes money, but the will is strengthened in work.” Also with the statement of the Roman statesman and writer Cato the Elder (234-149 BC), cited by Columella, a writer of the 1st century. AD (“On Agriculture”, XI, 1, 26): “By doing nothing, people learn bad deeds.”

otium cum dignitate - worthy leisure (given to literature, arts, sciences)

[ocium cum dignitate] Definition of Cicero (“On the Orator”, 1.1, 1), who gave up his free time writing work.

Otium post negotium. - Rest - after business.

[ocium post negotsium] Compare: “If you’ve done the job, go for a walk safely,” “It’s time for work, it’s time for fun.”

Pacta sunt servanda. - Agreements must be respected.

[pakta sunt sirvanda] Compare: “An agreement is more valuable than money.”

Paete, non dolet. - Pet, it doesn’t hurt (there’s nothing wrong with that).

[pete, non dolet] The expression is used in order to convince a person by personal example to try something unknown to him, causing concern. These famous words of Arria, the wife of the consul Caecina Petus, who participated in the failed conspiracy against the weak-minded and cruel emperor Claudius (42 AD), are quoted by Pliny the Younger (“Letters”, III, 16, 6). The conspiracy was discovered, its organizer Skribonian was executed. Pet, sentenced to death, had to commit suicide within a certain period of time, but could not decide. And one day his wife, at the conclusion of the agreement, pierced herself with her husband’s dagger, with these words, took it out of the wound and gave it to Pet.

Pallet: aut amat, aut studet. - Pale: either in love, or studying.

[pallet: out amat, out studet] Medieval saying.

pallida morte futura - pale in the face of death (pale as death)

[pallida morte futura] Virgil (Aeneid, IV, 645) speaks of the Carthaginian queen Dido, abandoned by Aeneas, who decided in a fit of madness to commit suicide. Pale, with bloodshot eyes, she rushed through the palace. The hero, who left Dido on the orders of Jupiter (see “Naviget, haec summa (e) sl”), seeing the glow of a funeral pyre from the deck of the ship, felt that something terrible had happened (V, 4-7).

Panem et circenses! - Meal'n'Real!

[panem et circenses!] Usually characterizes the limited desires of ordinary people who are not at all concerned about serious issues in the life of the country. In this exclamation, the poet Juvenal (“Satires”, X, 81) reflected the main demand of the idle Roman mob in the era of the Empire. Having come to terms with the loss of political rights, the poor people were content with the handouts with which dignitaries sought popularity among the people - the distribution of free bread and the organization of free circus shows (chariot races, gladiator fights), and costume battles. Every day, according to the law of 73 BC, poor Roman citizens (there were about 200,000 in the 1st-2nd centuries AD) received 1.5 kg of bread; then they also introduced the distribution of butter, meat, and money.

Parvi liberi, parvum maluni. - Small children are small troubles.

[parvi liberi, parvum malum] Compare: “ Big kids- big and poor”, “With small children, grief, but with big ones - twice”, “A small child sucks the breast, and a big one - the heart”, “A small child does not let you sleep, but a big one does not let you live.”

Parvum parva decent. - Small things suit small people.

[parvum parva detsent (parvum parva detsent)] Horace (“Epistle”, I, 7, 44), addressing his patron and friend Maecenas, whose name later became a household name, says that he is completely satisfied with his estate in the Sabine Mountains (see. “Hoc erat in votis”) and he is not attracted to life in the capital.

Pauper ubique jacet. - The poor thing is defeated everywhere.

[pavper ubikve yatset] Compare: “All the cones fall on poor Makar”, “On the poor man the censer smokes.” From Ovid's poem "Fasti" (I, 218).

Pecunia nervus belli. - Money is the nerve (driving force) of war.

[pecunia nervus belli] The expression is found in Cicero (Philippics, V, 2, 6).

Peccant reges, plectuntur Achivi. - The kings sin, and the [ordinary] Achaeans (Greeks) suffer.

[pekkant reges, plektuntur ahivi] Compare: “The bars fight, but the men’s forelocks crack.” It is based on the words of Horace (“Epistle”, I, 2, 14), who tells how the Greek hero Achilles, insulted by King Agamemnon (see “inutil terrae pondus”), refused to participate in the Trojan War, which led to defeat and death many Achaeans.

Pecunia non olet. - Money doesn't smell.

[pekunya non olet] In other words, money is always money, regardless of its source of origin. According to Suetonius (“The Divine Vespasian,” 23), when Emperor Vespasian imposed a tax on public toilets, his son Titus began to reproach his father. Vespasian brought a coin from the first profit to his son’s nose and asked if it smelled. “Non olet” (“It does not smell”), answered Titus.

Per aspera ad astra. - Through thorns (difficulties) to the stars.

[peer aspera ad astra] A call to go towards the goal, overcoming all obstacles along the way. In reverse order: "Ad astra per aspera" is the motto of the state of Kansas.

Pereat mundus, fiat justitia! - Let the world perish, but justice will be done!

[pereat mundus, fiat justitia!] “Fiat justitia, pereat mundus” (“Let justice be done and let the world perish”) is the motto of Ferdinand I, Emperor (1556-1564) of the Holy Roman Empire, expressing the desire to restore justice at any cost. The expression is often quoted with the last word replaced.

Periculum in mora. - The danger is in delay. (Delay is like death.)

[periculum in mora] Titus Livius (“History of Rome from the Founding of the City,” XXXVIII, 25, 13) speaks of the Romans, pressed by the Gauls, who fled, seeing that they could no longer hesitate.

Plaudite, cives! - Applaud, citizens!

[plaudite, tsives!] One of the final addresses of Roman actors to the audience (see also “Valete et plaudite”). According to Suetonius (The Divine Augustus, 99), before his death, Emperor Augustus asked (in Greek) his friends as they entered to clap if, in their opinion, he had played the comedy of life well.

Plenus venter non studet libenter. - A full belly is deaf to learning.

[plenus vanter non studet libenter]

plus sonat, quam valet - more ringing than meaning (more ringing than it weighs)

[plus sonata, quam jack] Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 40, 5) speaks of the speeches of demagogues.

Poete nascuntur, oratores fiunt. - People are born poets, but become orators.

[poete naskuntur, oratbres fiunt] It is based on words from Cicero’s speech “In defense of the poet Aulus Licinius Archias” (8, 18).

pollice verso - with a turned finger (finish him off!)

[pollitse verso] By turning the lowered thumb of the right hand to the chest, the spectators decided the fate of the defeated gladiator: the winner, who received a bowl of gold coins from the organizers of the games, had to finish him off. The expression is found in Juvenal (“Satires”, III, 36-37).

Populus remedia cupit. - People are hungry for medicine.

[populus ramdia will buy] Saying of Galen, personal physician of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161-180), his son-in-law-co-ruler Verus and son Commodus.

Post nubila sol. - After bad weather - the sun.

[post by nubila sol] Compare: “Not everything is bad weather, there will be a red sun.” It is based on a poem by the New Latin poet Alan of Lille (12th century): “After the dark clouds, the sun is more comforting to us than the usual; // so love after quarrels will seem brighter” (translated by the compiler). Compare with the motto of Geneva: “Post tenebras lux” (“After darkness, light”).

Primum vivere, deinde philosophari. - First to live, and only then to philosophize.

[primum vivere, deinde philosophari] A call to experience and experience a lot before talking about life. In the mouth of a person associated with science, it means that the joys of everyday life are not alien to him.

primus inter pares - first among equals

[primus inter pares] On the position of the monarch in a feudal state. The formula dates back to the time of Emperor Augustus, who, fearing the fate of his predecessor, Julius Caesar (he was too clearly striving for sole power and was killed in 44 BC, as see in the article “Et tu, Brute!” ), maintained the appearance of a republic and freedom, calling himself primus inter pares (since his name was in first place on the list of senators), or princeps (i.e., first citizen). Hence, established by Augustus by 27 BC. a form of government when all republican institutions were preserved (Senate, elected offices, national assembly), but in fact power belonged to one person, is called the principate.

Prior tempore - potior jure. - First in time - first in right.

[prior tempore - potior yure] A legal norm called the right of the first owner (first seizure). Compare: “He who ripened, ate.”

pro aris et focis - for altars and hearths [to fight]

[about aris et focis] In other words, to protect everything that is most precious. Found in Titus Livy (“History of Rome from the Founding of the City”, IX, 12, 6).

Procul ab oculis, procul ex mente. - Out of sight, out of mind.

[proculus ab oculis, proculus ex mente]

Procul, profani! - Go away, uninitiated!

[prokul este, profane!] Usually this is a call not to judge things that you don’t understand. Epigraph to Pushkin’s poem “The Poet and the Crowd” (1828). In Virgil (Aeneid, VI, 259), the prophetess Sibyl exclaims this way, hearing the howling of dogs - a sign of the approach of the goddess Hecate, mistress of shadows: “Strangers to the mysteries, go away! Leave the grove immediately!” (translated by S. Osherov). The seer drives away the companions of Aeneas, who came to her to find out how he can go down to the kingdom of the dead and see his father there. The hero himself was already initiated into the mystery of what was happening thanks to the golden branch that he plucked in the forest for the mistress of the underworld, Proserpina (Persephone).

Proserpina nullum caput fugit. - Proserpine (death) spares no one.

[proserpina nullum kaput fugit] It is based on the words of Horace (“Odes”, I, 28, 19-20). About Proserpina, see the previous article.

Pulchra res homo est, si homo est. - A person is beautiful if he is a person.

[pulhra res homo est, si homo est] Compare in Sophocles’ tragedy “Antigone” (340-341): “There are many miracles in the world, // man is the most wonderful of them all” (translated by S. Shervinsky and N. Poznyakov). In the original Greek - the definition is “deinos” (terrible, but also wonderful). The point is that great powers lie hidden in a person, with their help you can do good or evil deeds, it all depends on the person himself.

Qualis artifex pereo! - What artist dies!

[qualis artifex pereo!] About something valuable that is not used for its intended purpose, or about a person who has not realized himself. According to Suetonius (Nero, 49), these words were repeated before his death (68 AD) by Emperor Nero, who considered himself a great tragic singer and loved to perform in theaters in Rome and Greece. The Senate declared him an enemy and sought him out for execution according to the custom of his ancestors (the criminal had his head clamped with a block and flogged with rods until death), but Nero still hesitated to give up his life. He ordered to dig a grave, then to bring water and firewood, all exclaiming that a great artist was dying in him. Only when he heard the approach of the horsemen who were instructed to take him alive, Nero, with the help of the freedman Phaon, plunged a sword into his throat.

Qualis pater, talis filius. - Such is the father, such is the fellow. (Like father, like son.)

[qualis pater, talis filius]

Qualis rex, talis grex. - Like the king, such is the people (i.e., like the priest, such is the parish).

[qualis rex, talis grex]

Qualis vir, talis oratio. - What is the husband (person), such is the speech.

[qualis vir, talis et orazio] From the maxims of Publilius Sir (No. 848): “Speech is a reflection of the mind: as the husband is, so is speech.” Compare: “To know a bird by its feathers, and a fellow by its speech,” “Like a priest, such is his prayer.”

Qualis vita, et mors ita. - As life is, so is death.

[qualis vita, et mors ita] Compare: “A dog’s death is a dog’s death.”

Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus. - Sometimes the glorious Homer dozes (makes mistakes).

[quandokwe bonus dormitat homerus] Horace (“The Science of Poetry,” 359) says that even in Homer’s poems there are weak points. Compare: “Even the sun has spots.”

Qui amat me, amat et canem meum. - Whoever loves me loves my dog.

[kwi amat me, amat et kanem meum]

Qui canit arte, canat, ! - He who can sing, let him sing, [he who can drink, let him drink]!

[kwi kanit arte, rope, kwi bibit arte, bibat!] Ovid (“Science of Love”, II, 506) advises the lover to reveal all his talents to his girlfriend.

Qui bene amat, bene castigat. - He who sincerely loves, sincerely (from the heart) punishes.

[kwi bene amat, bene castigat] Compare: “He loves like a soul, but shakes like a pear.” Also in the Bible (Proverbs of Solomon, 3, 12): “Whom the Lord loves, He chastens, and favors, as a father does to his son.”

Qui multum alphabet, plus cupit. - He who has a lot wants [even] more.

[kwi multitum habet, plus buy] Compare: “Whoever is overflowing, give more,” “Appetite comes with eating,” “The more you eat, the more you want.” The expression is found in Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 119, 6).

Qui non zelat, non amat. - He who is not jealous does not love.

[kwi non zelat, non amat]

Qui scribit, bis legit. - He who writes reads twice.

[kwi skribit, bis legit]

Qui terret, plus ipse timet. - He who inspires fear fears himself even more.

[kwi terret, plus ipse timet]

Qui totum vult, totum perdit. - He who wants everything loses everything.

[kwi totum vult, totum perdit]

Quia nominor leo. - For my name is Lion.

[quia nominor leo] About the right of the strong and influential. In the fable of Phaedrus (I, 5, 7), the lion, hunting together with a cow, a goat and a sheep, explained to them why he took the first quarter of the prey (he took the second for his help, the third because he was stronger, and he forbade even touching the fourth).

Quid est veritas? - What is truth?

[quid est varitas?] In the Gospel of John (18, 38) this is the famous question that Pontius Pilate, procurator of the Roman province of Judea, asked Jesus, who was brought before him for trial, in response to His words: “For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I came into the world to testify to the truth; everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice" (John 18:37).

Quid opus nota noscere? - Why try what has been tried and tested?

[quid opus nota nossere?] Plautus (“The Boastful Warrior”, II, 1) speaks of excessive suspicion towards people who have proven themselves.

Quidquid discis, tibi discis. - Whatever you study, you study for yourself.

[quidquid discis, tibi discis] The expression is found in Petronius (Satyricon, XLVI).

Quidquid latet, apparebit. - Everything secret will become clear.

[quidquid latet, apparebit] From the Catholic hymn “Dies irae” (“Day of Wrath”), which speaks of the coming day Last Judgment. The basis of the expression, apparently, was the words from the Gospel of Mark (4, 22; or from Luke, 8, 17): “For there is nothing hidden that will not be made manifest, nor hidden that will not be made known and revealed would".

Legiones redde. - [Quintilius Bap,] return [to me] the legions.

[quintiles ware, legiones redde] Regret over an irretrievable loss or a call to return something that belongs to you (sometimes simply said “Legiones redde”). According to Suetonius (The Divine Augustus, 23), Emperor Augustus exclaimed this repeatedly after the crushing defeat of the Romans under Quintilius Varus from the Germans in the Teutoburg Forest (9 AD), where three legions were destroyed. Having learned about the misfortune, Augustus did not cut his hair or beard for several months in a row, and celebrated the day of defeat every year with mourning. The expression is given in Montaigne’s “Essays”: in this chapter (Book I, Chapter 4) we are talking about human incontinence, worthy of condemnation.

Quis bene celat amorem? -Who successfully hides love?

[quis bene tselat amorem?] Compare: “Love is like a cough: you can’t hide it from people.” Quoted by Ovid (“Heroids”, XII, 37) in the love letter of the sorceress Medea to her husband Jason. She remembers the first time she saw a beautiful stranger who arrived on the ship "Argo" for the golden fleece - the skin of a golden ram, and how Jason instantly felt Medea's love for him.

[quis leget hek?] This is what Persia, one of the most difficult Roman authors to understand, says about his satires (I, 2), arguing that for a poet his own opinion is more important than the recognition of his readers.

Quo vadis? - Are you coming? (Where are you going?)

[quo vadis?] According to church tradition, during the persecution of Christians in Rome under Emperor Nero (c. 65), the Apostle Peter decided to leave his flock and find himself a new place for life and deeds. Leaving the city, he saw Jesus heading to Rome. In response to the question: “Quo vadis, Domine? "("Where are you going, Lord?") - Christ said that he was going to Rome to die again for a people deprived of a shepherd. Peter returned to Rome and was executed along with the Apostle Paul captured in Jerusalem. Considering that he was not worthy to die like Jesus, he asked to be crucified head down. With the question “Quo vadis, Domine?” in the Gospel of John, the apostles Peter (13, 36) and Thomas (14, 5) turned to Christ during the Last Supper.

Quod dubitas, ne feceris. - If you doubt it, don’t do it.

[quod dubitas, ne fetseris] The expression is found in Pliny the Younger (“Letters”, I, 18, 5). Cicero speaks about this (“On Duties”, I, 9, 30).

Quod licet, ingratum (e)st. - What is permitted does not attract.

[quod litset, ingratum est] In Ovid’s poem (“Love Elegies”, II, 19, 3), the lover asks the husband to guard his wife, if only so that the other would burn hotter with passion for her: after all, “there is no taste in what is permitted, prohibition excites more sharply "(translated by S. Shervinsky).

Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi. - What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.

[kvod litset yovi, non litset bovi] Compare: “It’s up to the abbot, but it’s up to the brethren!”, “What the lord can do, Ivan can’t.”

Quod petis, est nusquam. “What you crave is nowhere to be found.”

[quod petis, est nusquam] Ovid in the poem “Metamorphoses” (III, 433) addresses the beautiful young man Narcissus this way. Rejecting the love of the nymphs, he was punished for this by the goddess of retribution, having fallen in love with what he could not possess - his own reflection in the waters of the source (since then, a narcissist is called a narcissist).

Quod scripsi, scripsi. - What I wrote, I wrote.

[kvod skripsi, skripsi] Usually this is a categorical refusal to correct or redo your work. According to the Gospel of John (19, 22), this is how the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate responded to the Jewish high priests, who insisted that on the cross where Jesus was crucified, instead of the inscription made by order of Pilate, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews” (according to Hebrew, Greek and Latin - 19, 19), it was written “He said: “I am the King of the Jews” (19, 21).

Quod uni dixeris, omnibus dixeris. -What you say to one, you say to everyone.

[quod uni dixeris, omnibus dixeris]

Quos ego! - Here I am! (Well, I'll show you!)

[ques ego! (quos ego!)] In Virgil (“Aeneid”, 1.135) these are the words of the god Neptune, addressed to the winds that, without his knowledge, had disturbed the sea in order to smash the ships of Aeneas (the mythical ancestor of the Romans) against the rocks, thereby rendering a service unfavorable to to the hero Juno, wife of Jupiter.

Quot homines, tot sententiae. - How many people, so many opinions.

[quote homines, that sententie] Compare: “One hundred heads, one hundred minds”, “There is no need for a mind”, “Everyone has a head of their own” (Gregory Skovoroda). The phrase is found in Terence’s comedy “Formion” (II, 4, 454), in Cicero (“On the Boundaries of Good and Evil”, I, 5, 15).

Re bene gesta. - Do - do so,

[re bene gesta]

Rem tene, verba sequentur. - Comprehend the essence (master the essence), and the words will appear.

[rem tene, verba sequintur] The words of an orator and politician of the 2nd century given in a late textbook on rhetoric. BC. Cato the Elder. Compare Horace (“The Science of Poetry,” 311): “If the subject becomes clear, the words will be chosen without difficulty” (translated by M. Gasparov). Umberto Eco (“The Name of the Rose.” - M.: Book Chamber, 1989. - P. 438) says that if to write a novel he had to learn everything about a medieval monastery, then in poetry the principle “Verba tene, res sequentur” applies. (“Master the words, and the objects will appear”).

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

[rapetizio est mater studiorum]

Requiem aeternam. - Eternal peace [grant them, Lord].

[requiem eternam dona eis, domine] The beginning of the Catholic funeral mass, whose first word (requiem - peace) gave the name to many musical compositions written on its words; Of these, the most famous are the works of Mozart and Verdi. The set and order of the texts of the requiem were finally established in the 14th century. in the Roman rite and was approved by the Council of Trent (which ended in 1563), which prohibited the use of alternative texts.

Requiescat in pace. (R.I.P.) - May he rest in peace,

[requiescat in patse] In other words, peace be upon his (her) ashes. The closing phrase of a Catholic funeral prayer and a common epitaph. The parody “Requiescat in pice” can be addressed to sinners and enemies - “Let him rest (let him rest) in tar.”

Res ipsa loquitur.-The thing speaks for itself [for itself].

[res ipsa lokvitur] Compare: “A good product praises itself,” “A good piece will find its own mouth.”

Res, non verba. - [We need] deeds, not words.

[res, non verba]

Res sacra miser. - Unfortunate is a sacred matter.

[res sakra miser] Inscription on the building of a former charitable society in Warsaw.

Roma locuta, causa finita. - Rome has spoken, the matter is over.

[roma lokuta, kavza finita] Usually this is a recognition of someone’s right to be the main authority in a given field and to decide the outcome of a case with their opinion. The opening phrase of the bull of 416, where Pope Innocent approved the decision of the Synod of Carthage to excommunicate the opponents of St. Augustine (354-430), a philosopher and theologian. Then these words became a formula (“the papal curia made its final decision”).

Saepe stilum vertas. - Rotate your style more often.

[sepe stylem vertas] Style (stylos) is a stick, with the sharp end of which the Romans wrote on waxed tablets (see “tabula rasa”), and with the other, in the shape of a spatula, they erased what was written. Horace (“Satires”, I, 10, 73) with this phrase calls on poets to carefully finish their works.

Salus populi suprema lex. - The good of the people is the highest law.

[salus populi suprema lex] The expression is found in Cicero (“On the Laws”, III, 3, 8). "Salus populi suprema lex esto" [esto] ("The welfare of the people be the supreme law") is the motto of the state of Missouri.

Sapere aude. - Strive to be wise (usually: strive for knowledge, dare to know).

[sapere avde] Horace (“Epistle”, I, 2, 40) speaks of the desire to rationally arrange one’s life.

Sapienti sat. - Smart enough.

[sapienti sat] Compare: “Intelligent: pauca” [intelligenti pavka] - “Not much [is enough] for someone who understands” (an intellectual is someone who understands), “A smart person will understand at a glance.” It is found, for example, in Terence’s comedy “Formion” (III, 3, 541). The young man instructed a resourceful slave to get money and when asked where to get it, he replied: “Father is here. - I know. What? “That’s enough for the smart one” (translated by A. Artyushkov).

Sapientia governor navis. - Wisdom is the helmsman of the ship.

[sapiencia governor navis] Given in a collection of aphorisms compiled by Erasmus of Rotterdam (“Adagia”, V, 1, 63), with reference to Titinius, a Roman comedian of the 2nd century. BC. (fragment No. 127): “The helmsman steers the ship with wisdom, not strength.” The ship has long been considered a symbol of the state, as can be seen from the poem of the Greek lyricist Alcaeus (VII-VI centuries BC) under the code name “New Shaft”.

Sapientis est mutare consilium. - It is common for a wise person [not to be ashamed] to change [his] opinion.

[sapientis est mutare consultation]

Satis vixi vel vitae vel gloriae. - I have lived enough for both life and glory.

[satis vixie val vitae val glorie] Cicero (“On the return of Marcus Claudius Marcellus,” 8, 25) quotes these words of Caesar, telling him that he has not lived enough for his homeland, which has suffered civil wars, and alone is capable of healing its wounds.

Scientia est potentia. - Knowledge is power.

[scientia est potency] Compare: “Without sciences it’s like without hands.” It is based on the statement of the English philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) about the identity of knowledge and human power over nature (“New Organon”, I, 3): science is not an end in itself, but a means to increase this power. S

cio me nihil scire. - I know that I don't know anything.

[scio me nihil scire] Translation into Latin of the famous words of Socrates, quoted by his student Plato (“Apology of Socrates”, 21 d). When the Delphic oracle (the oracle of the temple of Apollo in Delphi) called Socrates the wisest of the Hellenes (Greeks), he was surprised, because he believed that he knew nothing. But then, having started talking with people who insisted that they knew a lot, and asking them the most important and, at first glance, simple questions (what is virtue, beauty), he realized that, unlike others, he knew at least this that he knows nothing. Compare the Apostle Paul (Corinthians, I, 8, 2): “Whoever thinks that he knows something, still knows nothing as he ought to know.”

Semper avarus eget. - A stingy person is always in need.

[samper avarus eget] Horace (“Epistle”, I, 2, 56) advises to curb your desires: “The greedy is always in need - so set a limit to lusts” (translated by N. Gunzburg). Compare: “The stingy rich man is poorer than the beggar”, “It is not the poor one who has little, but the one who wants a lot”, “It is not the poor one who has nothing, but the one who rakes in”, “No matter how much a dog grabs, a well-fed one cannot happen”, “You can’t fill a bottomless barrel, you can’t feed a greedy belly.” Also from Sallust (“On the Conspiracy of Catalina”, 11, 3): “Greed is not diminished by either wealth or poverty.” Or from Publilius Syrus (Sentences, No. 320): “Poverty lacks little, greed lacks everything.”

semper idem; semper eadem - always the same; always the same (same)

[samper idem; semper idem] “Semper idem” can be considered as a call to maintain peace of mind in any situation, not to lose face, to remain yourself. Cicero in his treatise “On Duties” (I, 26, 90) says that only insignificant people do not know the measure of either sorrow or joy: after all, in any circumstances it is better to have “an even character, always the same facial expression” ( translated by V. Gorenshtein). As Cicero says in “Tusculan Conversations” (III, 15, 31), this is exactly what Socrates was: the grumpy wife of Xanthippe scolded the philosopher precisely because the expression on his face was unchanged, “after all, his spirit, imprinted on his face, did not know changes "(translated by M. Gasparov).

Senectus ipsa morbus.-Old age itself is [already] a disease.

[senectus ipsa morbus] Source - Terence’s comedy “Formion” (IV, 1, 574-575), where Khremet explains to his brother why he was so slow in coming to his wife and daughter, who remained on the island of Lemnos, that when he finally got ready to go there, I learned that they themselves had long since gone to see him in Athens: “I was detained by illness.” - "What? Which one? - “Here’s another question! Isn’t old age a disease?” (Translated by A. Artyushkova)

Seniores priores. - Elders have advantage.

[seniores priores] For example, this can be said by skipping the eldest in age forward.

Sero venientibus ossa. - Those who come late [get] the bones.

[sero venientibus ossa] A Roman greeting to late guests (the expression is also known in the form “Tarde [tarde] venientibus ossa”). Compare: “The last guest eats a bone,” “The late guest eats bones,” “Whoever is late drinks water.”

Si felix esse vis, esto. - If you want to be happy, be [him].

[si felix essay vis, esto] Latin analogue of the famous aphorism of Kozma Prutkov (this name is a literary mask created by A.K. Tolstoy and the Zhemchuzhnikov brothers; this is how they signed their satirical works in the 1850-1860s).

Si gravis, brevis, si longus, levis. - If [the pain] is severe, then it is short-lived; if it is long-lasting, then it is mild.

[si gravis, brevis, si longus, levis] These words of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who was a very sick man and considered pleasure, which he understood as the absence of pain, to be the highest good, are cited and disputed by Cicero (“On the Boundaries of Good and Evil,” II, 29 , 94). Extremely serious illnesses, he says, can also be long-term, and the only way to resist them is courage, which does not allow cowardice. The expression of Epicurus, since it is polysemantic (usually quoted without the word dolor [dolor] - pain), can also be attributed to human speech. It will turn out: “If [the speech] is weighty, then it is short, if it is long (wordy), then it is frivolous.”

Si judicas, cognosce. - If you judge, figure it out (listen)

[si udikas, cognosse] In Seneca’s tragedy “Medea” (II, 194) these are the words of the main character addressed to the king of Corinth Creon, whose daughter Jason, Medea’s husband, for whom she once betrayed her father (helped the Argonauts take away the golden fleece he kept), left her homeland and killed her brother. Creon, knowing how dangerous Medea's anger is, ordered her to immediately leave the city; but, succumbing to her persuasion, he gave her 1 day of respite to say goodbye to the children. This day was enough for Medea to take revenge. She sent clothes soaked in witchcraft as a gift to the royal daughter, and she, having put them on, burned along with her father, who hastened to her aid.

Si sapis, sis apis.-If you are intelligent, be a bee (that is, work)

[si sapis, sis apis]

Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses. - If you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher.

[si takuisses, philosophus mansisses] Compare: “Keep silent and you will pass for smart.” It is based on a story given by Plutarch (“On the Pious Life,” 532) and Boethius (“Consolation of Philosophy,” II, 7) about a man who was proud of the title of philosopher. Someone exposed him, promising to recognize him as a philosopher if he patiently endured all the insults. After listening to his interlocutor, the proud man mockingly asked: “Now do you believe that I am a philosopher?” - “I would have believed it if you had remained silent.”

Si vales, bene est, ego valeo. (S.V.B.E.E.V.) - If you are healthy, that’s good, and I’m healthy.

[si vales, bene est, ego valeo] Seneca (“Moral Letters to Lucilius”, 15, 1), talking about the ancient custom of beginning a letter with these words that survived until his time (1st century AD), he himself addresses Lucilius this way: “If you are engaged in philosophy, that’s good. Because only in her is health” (translated by S. Osherov).

Si vis amari, ama. - If you want to be loved, love [yourself]

[si vis amari, ama] Quoted from Seneca (Moral Letters to Lucilius, 9, 6) the words of the Greek philosopher Hekaton.

Si vis pacem, para bellum. - If you want peace, prepare for war.

[ey vis patsem, para bellum] The saying gave the name to the parabellum - a German automatic 8-round pistol (it was in service with the German army until 1945). “Whoever wants peace, let him prepare for war” - the words of a Roman military writer of the 4th century. AD Vegetia (“A Brief Instruction in Military Affairs”, 3, Prologue).

Sic itur ad astra. - So they go to the stars.

[sik itur ad astra] These words in Virgil (“Aeneid”, IX, 641) are addressed by the god Apollo to the son of Aeneas Ascanius (Yul), who struck the enemy with an arrow and won the first victory in his life.

Sic transit gloria mundi. - This is how worldly glory passes.

[sic transit gloria mundi] Usually they say this about something lost (beauty, glory, strength, greatness, authority), which has lost its meaning. It is based on the treatise of the German mystic philosopher Thomas a à Kempis (1380-1471) “On the Imitation of Christ” (I, 3, 6): “Oh, how quickly worldly glory passes.” Beginning around 1409, these words are spoken during the ceremony of consecrating a new pope, burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the fragility and perishability of everything earthly, including the power and glory he receives. Sometimes the saying is quoted with the last word replaced, for example: “Sic transit tempus” (“This is how time passes”).

Latin is the most common language for lettering around the world, one of the sacred languages, the official language of Catholicism, the poems of Pythagoras were written in “golden Latin”, it was borrowed from church practice by adherents of secret teachings.

Latin is used to write tattoos magic words, ritual texts, prayers, signs of ceremonial magic.

And nullo diligitur, qui neminem diligit - no one loves someone who doesn’t love anyone himself
And teneris unguiculis - from tender (soft) nails. Cicero
Аb aqua silente cave – in still waters there are devils
Ab imo pectore - from the depths of the soul - with all my soul - from the bottom of my heart (Lucretius)
Ab ovo - from beginning to end
Ab hoedis segregare oves - distinguish black from white
Ab hodierno - from this date
Acceptissima semper munera sunt, aucor quae pretiosa facit - the most pleasant gifts are those that are brought by a person dear to you
Ad carceres a calce revocare - return from the finish to the start - start all over again. Cicero
Ad clavum - sit at the helm - hold the reins of power in your hands. Cicero
Ad delectandum - for fun
Ad calendas (kalendas) graecas – before the Greek Kalends - never - after the rain on Thursday
Ad infinitum - to infinity
Aere perennius - stronger than copper (used to mean “durable”)
Aeternae veritates - eternal truths
Aeterna historia - eternal history
Аeterno te amabo - I will love you forever
Alea jasta est - the die is cast - a decision that does not allow a return to the past
Amicus meus - my friend
Amantes - amentes - mad lovers
Amor Dei intellectuālis - cognitive love of God. Spinoza
Amor vincit omnia - love conquers all
Amor magister optimus - Love is the best teacher.
Amor non est medicabilis herbis - there is no cure for love.
Amor omnia vincit - love is above all
Amor omnibus idem - love is the same for everyone
Amor patriae - love for the Motherland

Amor sanguinis - love of blood, bloodthirstiness
Amor sceleratus habendi - criminal passion for acquisitiveness

Amorem canat aetas prima - let youth sing about love
Amoris abundantia erga te - excess of love for you
A mensa et toro - from the table and the bed
Amantes - amentes - lovers - crazy
Amantium irae amoris integratio - lovers' quarrels - renewal of love
Amata nobis quantum amabitur nulla - beloved by us, like no other will be beloved
Amicitia semper prodest, amor et nocet - friendship is always useful, but love can do harm
Amicus cogoscitur amore, more, ore, re - a friend is recognized by love, disposition, speech, deed
Amor caecus - love is blind
Amor Dei intellectuālis - cognitive love of God
Amor et deliciae humani generis - love and joy of the human race |
Amor, ut lacrima, ab oculo oritur, in cor cadit - love, like a tear, is born from the eyes, falls on the heart
Amor non quaerit verba - love does not seek (does not require) words
Amor fati - love for fate
Amor et deliciae humani generis - love and joy of the human race
Ars longa, Vite brevis - art is long lasting, but (human) life is short
A die - From this day forward
A solis ortu usque ad occasum - from sunrise to sunset
Absque omni exceptione - without any doubt
Audentes fortuna juvat - happiness favors the brave
Ab imo pectore - with complete sincerity, from the heart
Ad finem saeculorum - until the end of time
Amor non est medicabilis herbis - love cannot be treated with herbs
Amor omnibus idem - love is the same for everyone
Amor tussisque non celantur - love and cough cannot be hidden
Atrocitati mansuetudo est remedium - meekness is a remedy against cruelty. Phaedrus
At sacri vates... - quote from the poem “Love Pangs” (III, 9) by the same poet: “But the singers are sacred, and we are called the favorites of the highest.”
Аudaces fortuna juvat – fate helps the brave
Аurea mediocritas is the golden mean. Horace
Аurea ne credas quaecumque nitescere cernis – all that glitters is not gold
aut aut – either - or - there is no third option

Bene placito - of one's own free will
Beata stultica - blissful stupidity
Beati possidentes - happy are those who have
Carpe diem - seize the day, seize the moment
Caritas et pax - Respect and peace
Con amore - With love
Consensu omnium - By general agreement
Consortium omnis vitae - Commonwealth of all life
Credo - I believe!
De die in diem - day after day
Dei gratia - by God's grace, thank God
Desinit in piscem mulier formosa superne - a woman beautiful on top ends in a fishtail
Evviva - long live!
Ex consensu - by agreement
Fac fideli sis fidelis - be faithful to the one who is faithful (to you)
Fata viam invenient - you can’t escape fate
Febris erotica - love fever
Fiat voluntas tua - thy will be done
Fortiter ac firmiter - strong and strong
Hoc erat in votis - this was the object of my desires
Hoc erat in fatis - it was destined (by fate)
Ibi victoria, ubi concordia - there is victory where there is agreement
In aeternum - forever, forever
In saecula saeculorum - forever and ever
In vento et aqua scribere - to write on the wind and water
Ira odium generat, concordia nutrit amorem - anger gives rise to hatred, agreement feeds love.
Lex fati - law of fate
Liberum arbitrium - freedom of choice
Lux in tenebris - light in the darkness
Magna res est amor - the great thing is love
Mane et nocte - morning and night
Mea vita et anima es - you are my life and soul
Natura sic voluit - this is how nature wished
Ne varietur - not subject to change
Nemo novit patrern, nemo sine crimine vivit, nemo sua sorte contentus, nemo ascendit in coelum is a Latin phrase with a funny pun that was very popular among the intelligentsia of the Renaissance. Nemo (Latin, literally: "nobody") was jokingly considered as a proper name. Then the sentence “No one knows his father, no one is free from sin, no one is happy with his fate, no one goes to heaven” takes on the opposite meaning: “Nemo knows his father, Nemo is free from sin,” etc.
Nil nisi bene - nothing but good
Non dubitandum est - no doubt
Non solus - not alone
Nunc est bibendum! - Now let's feast!
Omnia vincit amor et noc cedamus amori - love conquers all and we submit to love
Omnium consensu - by common agreement
Optima fide - with complete confidence
Ore uno - unanimously
Peccare licet nemini! - no one is allowed to sin!
Per aspera ad astra - through thorns to the stars!
Pia desideria - good wishes, cherished dreams
Placeat diis - if the gods please
Prima cartitas ad me - first love is me
Pro bono publico - for the common good
Pro ut de lege - legally
Probatum est - approved
Proprio motu - at one's own request
Quilibet fortunae suae faber - everyone is the architect of their own happiness
Sancta sanctorum - holy of holies
Si vis amari, ama! - if you want to be loved, love yourself
Sic fata voluerunt - as fate would have it
Sponte sua - of one's own free will
Sed semel insanivimus omnes - one day we are all mad
Sic erat in fatis - it was destined to be so
Sursum corda! - keep your head up!
Ubi concordia - ibi victoria - where there is agreement there is victory
Febris erotica – love fever
Vires unitae agunt - forces act together
Vale et me ama - be healthy and love me
Vivamus atque amemus - let's live and love
Vivere est cogitare - to live is to think!
Volente deo - with God's help.

Below are 170 Latin catchphrases and proverbs with transliteration (transcription) and accents.

Sign ў denotes a non-syllable sound [y].

Sign g x denotes a fricative sound [γ] , which corresponds to G in the Belarusian language, as well as the corresponding sound in Russian words God, yeah and so on.

1. A mari usque ad mare.
   [A mari uskve ad mare].
   From sea to sea.
   Motto on the coat of arms of Canada.
2. Ab ovo usque ad mala.
   [Ab ovo uskve ad malya].
   From eggs to apples, that is, from beginning to end.
   The Romans' lunch began with eggs and ended with apples.
3. Abiens abi!
   [Abiens abi!]
   Leaving go!
4. Acta est fabŭla.
   [Acta est fabula].
   The show is over.
   Suetonius, in The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, writes that Emperor Augustus, on his last day, asked his friends as they entered whether they thought he had “played the comedy of life well.”
5. Alea jacta est.
   [Alea yakta est].
   Die is cast.
   Used in cases where they talk about an irrevocably made decision. The words spoken by Julius Caesar as his troops crossed the Rubicon River, which separated Umbria from the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul, i.e. Northern Italy, in 49 BC. e. Julius Caesar, breaking the law according to which he, as a proconsul, could command an army only outside of Italy, led it, finding himself on Italian territory, and thereby started a civil war.
6. Amīcus est anĭmus unus in duōbus corporĭbus.
   [Amicus est animus unus in duobus corporibus].
   A friend is one soul in two bodies.
7. Amīcus Plato, sed magis amīca verĭtas.
   [Amicus Plato, sed magis amika veritas].
   Plato is my friend, but truth is dearer (Aristotle).
   Used when they want to emphasize that truth is above all.
8. Amor tussisque non celantur.
   [Amor tussiskve non tselyantur].
   You can't hide love and a cough.
9. Aquila non captat muscas.
   [Aquila non captat muscas].
   The eagle doesn't catch flies.
10. Audacia pro muro habētur.
    [Aўdatsia about muro g x abetur].
    Courage replaces walls (literally: there is courage instead of walls).
11. Audiātur et altĕra pars!
    [Audiatur et altera pars!]
    Let the other side be heard too!
    On impartial consideration of disputes.
12. Aurea mediocritas.
    [Aўrea mediocritas].
    The Golden Mean (Horace).
    About people who avoid extremes in their judgments and actions.
13. Aut vincere, aut mori.
    [Aut vintsere, aut mori].
    Either win or die.
14. Ave, Caesar, moritūri te salūtant!
    [Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!]
    Hello, Caesar, those going to death salute you!
    Greeting of the Roman gladiators,
15. Bibāmus!
    [Beebamus!]
    <Давайте>Let's have a drink!
16. Caesărem decet stantem mori.
    [Tesarem detset stantem mori].
    It is fitting for Caesar to die standing.
17. Canis vivus melior est leōne mortuo.
    [Canis vivus melior est leone mortuo].
    A living dog is better than a dead lion.
    Wed. from Russian proverb “Better a bird in the hand than a pie in the sky.”
18. Carum est, quod rarum est.
    [Karum est, kvod rarum est].
    What is valuable is what is rare.
19. Causa causārum.
    [Caўza kaўzarum].
    Cause of causes (main reason).
20. Cave canem!
    [Kawe kanem!]
    Be afraid of the dog!
    Inscription on the entrance of a Roman house; used as a general warning: be careful, attentive.
21. Cedant arma togae!
    [Tsedant arma toge!]
    Let the weapon give way to the toga! (Let peace replace war.)
22. Clavus clavo pellĭtur.
    [Klyavus klyavo pallitur].
    The wedge is knocked out by the wedge.
23. Cognosce te ipsum.
    [Kognosce te ipsum].
    Know yourself.
    Latin translation of a Greek saying inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
24. Cras melius fore.
    [Kras melius forê].
    <Известно,>that tomorrow will be better.
25. Cujus regio, ejus lingua.
    [Kuyus regio, eius lingua].
    Whose country is, whose language is.
26. Curriculum vitae.
    [Curriculum vitae].
    Description of life, autobiography.
27. Damnant, quod non intellĕgunt.
    [Damnant, quod non intellegunt].
    They judge because they don't understand.
28. De gustĭbus non est disputandum.
    [De gustibus non est disputandum].
    There should be no arguing about tastes.
29. Destruam et aedificābo.
    [Destruam et edifikabo].
    I will destroy and build.
30. Deus ex machina.
    [Deus ex makhina].
    God from the machine, i.e. an unexpected ending.
    In ancient drama, the denouement was the appearance of God in front of the audience from a special machine, who helped resolve a difficult situation.
31. Dictum est factum.
    [Dictum est factum].
    No sooner said than done.
32. Dies diem docet.
    [Dies diem dotset].
    One day teaches another.
    Wed. from Russian proverb “The morning is wiser than the evening.”
33. Divĭde et impĕra!
    [Divide et impera!]
    Divide and rule!
    The principle of Roman aggressive policy, adopted by subsequent conquerors.
34. Dixi et anĭmam levāvi.
    [Dixie et animam levavi].
    He said it and relieved his soul.
    Biblical expression.
35. Do, ut des; facio, ut facias.
    [Do, ut des; facio, ut facias].
    I give that you give; I want you to do it.
    A Roman law formula establishing the legal relationship between two persons. Wed. from Russian with the expression “You give me - I give you.”
36. Docendo discĭmus.
    [Dotsendo discimus].
    By teaching, we learn ourselves.
    The expression comes from a statement by the Roman philosopher and writer Seneca.
37. Domus propria - domus optima.
    [Domus propria - domus optima].
    Your own home is the best.
38. Dónec erís felíx, multós numerábis amícos.
    [Donek eris felix, multos numerabis amikos].
    As long as you are happy, you will have many friends (Ovid).
39. Dum spiro, spero.
    [Dum spiro, spero].
    While I breathe I hope.
40. Duōbus litigantĭbus, tertius gaudet.
    [Duobus litigantibus, tertius gaўdet].
    When two people quarrel, the third one rejoices.
    Hence another expression - tertius gaudens ‘third rejoicing’, i.e. a person who benefits from the strife of the two sides.
41. Edĭmus, ut vivāmus, non vivĭmus, ut edāmus.
    [Edimus, ut vivamus, non vivimus, ut edamus].
    We eat to live, not live to eat (Socrates).
42. Elephanti corio circumtentus est.
    [Elephanti corio circumtentus est].
    Endowed with elephant skin.
    The expression is used when talking about an insensitive person.
43. Errāre humānum est.
    [Errare g x umanum est].
    To err is human (Seneca).
44. Est deus in nobis.
    [Est de "us in no" bis].
    There is God in us (Ovid).
45. Est modus in rebus.
    [Est modus in rebus].
    There is a measure in things, that is, there is a measure for everything.
46. Etiám sanáto vúlnĕre, cícatríx manét.
    [Etiam sanato vulnere, cikatrix manet].
    And even when the wound has healed, the scar remains (Publius Syrus).
47. Ex libris.
    [Ex libris].
    “From Books”, bookplate, sign of the owner of the book.
48. Éxēgí monument(um)…
    [Exegi monument (mind)…]
    I erected a monument (Horace).
    The beginning of Horace's famous ode on the theme of the immortality of the poet's works. The ode caused a large number of imitations and translations in Russian poetry.
49. Facile dictu, difficile factu.
    [Facile diktu, difficile factu].
    Easy to say, hard to do.
50. Fames artium magister.
    [Fames artium master]
    Hunger is a teacher of the arts.
    Wed. from Russian proverb “The need for invention is cunning.”
51. Felicĭtas humāna nunquam in eōdem statu permănet.
    [Felitsitas g x umana nunkvam in eodem statu permanet].
    Human happiness is never permanent.
52. Felicĭtas multos habet amīcos.
    [Felicitas multos g x abet amikos].
    Happiness has many friends.
53. Felicitātem ingentem anĭmus ingens decet.
    [Felicitatem ingentem animus ingens detset].
    A great spirit deserves great happiness.
54. Felix criminĭbus nullus erit diu.
    [Felix crimibus nullus erith diu].
    No one will be happy with crime for long.
55. Felix, qui nihil debet.
    [Felix, qui nig x il debet].
    Happy is the one who owes nothing.
56. Festina lente!
    [Festina tape!]
    Hurry slowly (do everything slowly).
    One of the common sayings of Emperor Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD).
57. Fiat lux!
    [Fiat luxury!]
    Let there be light! (Biblical expression).
    In a broader sense, it is used when talking about grandiose achievements. The inventor of printing, Guttenberg, was depicted holding an unfolded sheet of paper with the inscription “Fiat lux!”
58. Finis corōnat opus.
    [Finis coronat opus].
    End crowns the work.
    Wed. from Russian proverb “The end is the crown of the matter.”
59. Gaúdia príncipiúm nostrí sunt saépe dolóris.
    [Gaўdia principium nostri sunt sepe doleris].
    Joys are often the beginning of our sorrows (Ovid).
60. Habent sua fata libelli.
    [G x abent sua fata libelli].
    Books have their own destiny.
61. Hic mortui vivunt, hic muti loquuntur.
    [G x ik mortui vivunt, g x ik muti lekvuntur].
    Here the dead are alive, here the dumb speak.
    The inscription above the entrance to the library.
62. Hodie mihi, cras tibi.
    [G x odie mig x i, kras tibi].
    Today for me, tomorrow for you.
63. Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet.
    [G x omo doktus in se semper divitsias g x abet].
    A learned man always has wealth within himself.
64. Homo homini lupus est.
    [G x omo g x omini lupus est].
    Man is a wolf to man (Plautus).
65. Homo propōnit, sed Deus dispōnit.
    [G h omo proponit, sed Deus disponit].
    Man proposes, but God disposes.
66. Homo quisque fortūnae faber.
    [G x omo quiskve fortune faber].
    Every person is the creator of his own destiny.
67. Homo sum: humāni nihil a me aliēnum (esse) puto.
    [G x omo sum: g x umani nig x il a me alienum (esse) puto].
    I am a man: nothing human, as I think, is alien to me.
68. Honōres mutant mores.
    [G x onores mutant mores].
    Honors change morals (Plutarch).
69. Hostis humāni genĕris.
    [G x ostis g x umani generis].
    The enemy of the human race.
70. Id agas, ut sis felix, non ut videāris.
    [Id agas, ut sis felix, non ut videaris].
    Act in such a way as to be happy, and not to appear (Seneca).
    From "Letters to Lucilius".
71. In aquā scribĕre.
    [In aqua skribere].
    Writing on water (Catullus).
72. In hoc signo vinces.
    [In g x ok signo vinces].
    Under this banner you will win.
    The motto of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, placed on his banner (IV century). Currently used as a trademark.
73. In optĭmā formā.
    [In optimal form].
    In top shape.
74. In tempŏre opportūno.
    [In tempore opportuno].
    At a convenient time.
75. In vino veritas.
    [In wine veritas].
    The truth is in the wine.
    Corresponds to the expression “What is on the sober mind is on the tongue of the drunk.”
76. Invēnit et perfēcit.
    [Invenit et perfecit].
    Invented and improved.
    Motto French Academy Sci.
77. Ipse dixit.
    [Ipse dixit].
    He said it himself.
    An expression characterizing the position of thoughtless admiration for someone's authority. Cicero, in his essay “On the Nature of the Gods,” quoting this saying of the students of the philosopher Pythagoras, says that he does not approve of the manners of the Pythagoreans: instead of proving their opinion in defense of their opinion, they referred to their teacher with words ipse dixit.
78. Ipso facto.
    [Ipso facto].
    By the very fact.
79. Is fecit, cui prodest.
    [Is fecit, kui prodest].
    It was done by someone who benefits (Lucius Cassius).
    Cassius, the ideal of a fair and intelligent judge in the eyes of the Roman people (hence Yes another expression judex Cassiānus ‘fair judge’), in criminal trials always raised the question: “Who benefits? Who benefits from this? The nature of people is such that no one wants to become a villain without calculation and benefit for themselves.
80. Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis.
    [Latrante uno, latrat statim et alter canis].
    When one barks, the other dog immediately barks.
81. Legem brevem esse oportet.
    [Legham bravem essay opportet].
    The law should be brief.
82. Littĕra scripta manet.
    [Littera scripta manet].
    The written letter remains.
    Wed. from Russian proverb “What is written with a pen cannot be cut out with an axe.”
83. Melior est certa pax, quam sperāta victoria.
    [Melior est certa pax, kvam sperata victoria].
    Better is certain peace than hope of victory (Titus Livius).
84. Memento mori!
    [Memento mori!]
    Memento Mori.
    The greeting that was exchanged at a meeting by the monks of the Trappist order, founded in 1664. It is used both as a reminder of the inevitability of death, the transience of life, and in a figurative sense - of a threatening danger or of something sorrowful or sad.
85. Mens sana in corpŏre sano.
    [Mens sana in korpore sano].
    A healthy mind in a healthy body (Juvenal).
    Usually this saying expresses the idea of ​​harmonious human development.
86. Mutāto nomĭne, de te fabŭla narrātur.
    [Mutato nomine, de te fabula narrative].
    The tale is told about you, only the name (Horace) is changed.
87. Nec sibi, nec altĕri.
    [Nek sibi, nek alteri].
    Neither yourself nor anyone else.
88. Nec sibi, nec altĕri.
    [Nek sibi, nek alteri].
    Neither yourself nor anyone else.
89. Nigrius pice.
    [Nigrius pice].
    Blacker than tar.
90. Nil adsuetudĭne majus.
    [Nil adsvetudine maius].
    There is nothing stronger than habit.
    From a cigarette brand.
91. Noli me tanĕre!
    [Noli me tangere!]
    Dont touch me!
    Expression from the Gospel.
92. Nomen est omen.
    [Nomen est omen].
    “A name is a sign, a name foreshadows something,” that is, a name speaks about its bearer, characterizes him.
93. Nomĭna sunt odiōsa.
    [Nomina sunt odioza].
    Names are hateful, that is, naming names is undesirable.
94. Non progrĕdi est regrĕdi.
    [Non progradi est regradi].
    Not going forward means going backwards.
95. Non sum, qualis eram.
    [Non sum, kvalis eram].
    I am not the same as I was before (Horace).
96. Nota bene! (NB)
    [Nota bene!]
    Pay attention (lit.: notice well).
    A mark used to draw attention to important information.
97. Nulla dies sine lineā.
    [Nulla diez sine linea].
    Not a day without a touch; not a day without a line.
    Pliny the Elder reports that the famous ancient Greek painter Apelles (IV century BC) “had the habit, no matter how busy he was, not to miss a single day without practicing his art, drawing at least one line; this gave rise to the saying.”
98. Nullum est jam dictum, quod non sit dictum prius.
    [Nullum est yam diktum, quod non sit diktum prius].
    They don’t say anything anymore that hasn’t been said before.
99. Nullum pericŭlum sine pericŭlo vincĭtur.
    [Nullum periculum sine perikulyo vincitur].
    No danger can be overcome without risk.
100. O tempŏra, o mores!
     [O tempora, oh mores!]
     Oh times, oh morals! (Cicero)
101. Omnes homĭnes aequāles sunt.
     [Omnes g x omines equales sunt].
     All people are the same.
102. Omnia mea mecum porto.
     [Omnia mea mekum porto].
     I carry everything I have with me (Biant).
     The phrase belongs to one of the “seven wise men” Biant. When his hometown of Priene was taken by the enemy and the residents tried to take more of their things with them in flight, someone advised him to do the same. “That’s what I do, because I carry everything that’s mine with me,” he answered, meaning that only spiritual wealth can be considered an inalienable property.
103. Otium post negotium.
     [Ocium post negocium].
     Rest after work.
     Wed: If you’ve done the job, go for a walk with confidence.
104. Pacta sunt servanda.
     [Pakta sunt sirvanda].
     Contracts must be respected.
105. Panem et circenses!
     [Panaem et circenses!]
     Meal'n'Real!
     An exclamation that expressed the basic demands of the Roman crowd in the era of the Empire. The Roman plebs put up with the loss of political rights, being satisfied with the free distribution of bread, cash distributions and the organization of free circus shows.
106. Par pari refertur.
     [Par pari refertur].
     Equal is given to equal.
107. Paupĕri bis dat, qui cito dat.
     [Paўperi bis dat, kwi tsito dat].
     The poor are doubly benefited by those who give quickly (Publius Sirus).
108. Pax huic domui.
     [Pax g x uik domui].
     Peace to this house (Gospel of Luke).
     Greeting formula.
109. Pecunia est ancilla, si scis uti, si nescis, domĭna.
     [Pekunia est ancilla, si scis uti, si nescis, domina].
     Money, if you know how to use it, is a servant; if you don’t know how to use it, then it is a mistress.
110. Per aspĕra ad astra.
     [Per asper ad astra].
     Through thorns to the stars, that is, through difficulties to success.
111. Pinxit.
     [Pinksit].
     Wrote.
     The artist's autograph on the painting.
112. Poētae nascuntur, oratōres fiunt.
     [Poete naskuntur, oratores fiunt].
     People are born poets, they become speakers.
113. Potius mori, quam foedāri.
     [Potius mori, kvam fedari].
     It's better to die than to be disgraced.
     The expression is attributed to Cardinal James of Portugal.
114. Prima lex historiae, ne quid falsi dicat.
     [Prima lex g x history, ne quid falsi dikat].
     The first principle of history is to prevent lies.
115. Primus inter pares.
     [Primus inter pares].
     First among equals.
     A formula characterizing the position of the monarch in the state.
116. Principium - dimidium totus.
     [Principium - dimidium totius].
     The beginning is half of everything (anything).
117. Probātum est.
     [Probatum est].
     Approved; accepted.
118. Promitto me laboratūrum esse non sordĭdi lucri causā.
     [Promitto me laboraturum esse non sordidi lukri ka "ўza].
     I promise that I will not work for the sake of despicable gain.
     From the oath taken when receiving a doctorate in Poland.
119. Putantur homĭnes plus in aliēno negotio vidēre, quam in suo.
     [Putantur g x omines plus in alieno negocio videre, kvam in suo].
     It is believed that people see more in someone else’s business than in their own, that is, they always know better from the outside.
120. Qui tacet, consentīre vidētur.
     [Kwi tatset, konsentire videtur].
     It seems that the one who is silent agrees.
     Wed. from Russian proverb “Silence is a sign of consent.”
121. Quia nomĭnor leo.
     [Quia nominor leo].
     For I am called a lion.
     Words from the fable of the Roman fabulist Phaedrus (end of the 1st century BC - first half of the 1st century AD). After the hunt, the lion and the donkey shared the spoils. The lion took one share for himself as the king of beasts, the second as a participant in the hunt, and the third, he explained, “because I am a lion.”
122. Quod erat demonstrandum (q. e. d.).
     [Kvod erat demonstrandum]
     Q.E.D.
     The traditional formula that completes the proof.
123. Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.
     [Kvod litset Yovi, non litset bovi].
     What is allowed to Jupiter is not allowed to the bull.
     According to ancient myth, Jupiter in the form of a bull kidnapped the daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor Europa.
124. Quod tibi fiĕri non vis, altĕri non fecĕris.
     [Kvod tibi fieri non vis, alteri non fetseris].
     Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself.
     The expression is found in the Old and New Testaments.
125. Quos Juppĭter perdĕre vult, dementat.
     [Kvos Yuppiter perdere vult, dementat].
     Whomever Jupiter wants to destroy, he deprives of reason.
     The expression goes back to a fragment of the tragedy of an unknown Greek author: “When a deity prepares misfortune for a person, he first of all takes away his mind with which he reasons.” The above briefer formulation of this thought was apparently first given in the edition of Euripides, published in 1694 in Cambridge by the English philologist W. Barnes.
126. Quot capĭta, tot sensūs.
     [Kvot kapita, tot sensus].
     So many people, so many opinions.
127. Rarior corvo albo est.
     [Rarior corvo albo est].
     More rare than the white crow.
128. Repetitio est mater studiōrum.
     [Repetizio est mater studiorum].
     Repetition is the mother of learning.
129. Requiescat in pace! (R.I.P.).
     [Requieskat in patse!]
     May he rest in peace!
     Latin gravestone inscription.
130. Sapienti sat.
     [Sapienti sat].
     Enough for those who understand.
131. Scientia est potentia.
     [Sciencia est potentia].
     Knowledge is power.
     An aphorism based on a statement by Francis Bacon (1561–1626) - an English philosopher, the founder of English materialism.
132. Scio me nihil scire.
     [Scio me nig h il scire].
     I know that I know nothing (Socrates).
133. Sero venientĭbus ossa.
     [Sero venientibus ossa].
     Those who come late (are left) with bones.
134. Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem.
     [Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem].
     If two people do the same thing, it is not the same thing (Terence).
135. Si gravis brevis, si longus levis.
     [Si gravis brevis, si lengus lewis].
     If the pain is excruciating, it is not long-lasting; if it is long-lasting, it is not painful.
     Citing this position of Epicurus, Cicero in his treatise “On the Supreme Good and the Supreme Evil” proves its inconsistency.
136. Si tacuisses, philosŏphus mansisses.
     [Si takuisses, philosophus mansisses].
     If you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher.
     Boethius (c. 480–524) in his book “On the Consolation of Philosophy” tells how someone who boasted of the title of philosopher listened for a long time in silence to the abuse of a man who exposed him as a deceiver, and finally asked with mockery: “Now you understand that I am really a philosopher ?”, to which he received the answer: “Intellexissem, si tacuisses” 'I would have understood this if you had remained silent.'
137. Si tu esses Helĕna, ego vellem esse Paris.
     [Si tu ess G x elena, ego vellem esse Paris].
     If you were Helen, I would like to be Paris.
     From a medieval love poem.
138. Si vis amāri, ama!
     [Si vis amari, ama!]
     If you want to be loved, love!
139. Sí vivís Romaé, Romā́no vivito more.
     [Si vivis Rome, Romano vivito more].
     If you live in Rome, live according to Roman customs.
     New Latin poetic saying. Wed. from Russian proverb “Don’t meddle in someone else’s monastery with your own rules.”
140. Sic transit gloria mundi.
     [Sic transit glöria mundi].
     This is how worldly glory passes.
     These words are addressed to the future pope during the installation ceremony, burning a piece of cloth in front of him as a sign of the illusory nature of earthly power.
141. Silent legs inter arma.
     [Silent leges inter arma].
     Laws are silent among weapons (Livy).
142. Similis simili gaudet.
     [Similis simili gaudet].
     The like rejoices in the like.
     Corresponds to Russian. proverb “A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar.”
143. Sol omnĭbus lucet.
     [Salt omnibus lucet].
     The sun is shining for everyone.
144. Sua cuīque patria jucundissĭma est.
     [Sua kuikve patria yukundissima est].
     Everyone has their own best homeland.
145. Sub rosā.
     [Sub rose].
     “Under the rose,” that is, in secret, secretly.
     For the ancient Romans, the rose was an emblem of mystery. If a rose was hung from the ceiling above the dining table, then everything that was said and done “under the rose” was not to be disclosed.
146. Terra incognita.
     [Terra incognita].
     Unknown land (in a figurative sense - an unfamiliar area, something incomprehensible).
     On the ancients geographical maps these words denoted unexplored territories.
147. Tertia vigilia.
     [Terzia vigilia].
     "Third Watch"
     Night time, i.e. the period from sunset to sunrise, was divided among the ancient Romans into four parts, the so-called vigilia, equal to the duration of the changing of the guards in military service. The third vigil is the period from midnight to the beginning of dawn.
148. Tertium non datur.
     [Tertium non datur].
     There is no third.
     One of the provisions of formal logic.
149. Theātrum mundi.
     [Theatrum mundi].
     World stage.
150. Timeó Danaós et dona feréntes.
     [Timeo Danaos et dona faires].
     I am afraid of the Danaans, even those who bring gifts.
     Words of the priest Laocoon, referring to a huge wooden horse, built by the Greeks (Danaans) supposedly as a gift to Minerva.
151. Totus mundus agit histriōnem.
     [Totus mundus agit g x istrionem].
     The whole world is playing a play (the whole world is actors).
     Inscription on Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
152. Tres faciunt collegium.
     [Tres faciunt collegium].
     Three make up the council.
     One of the provisions of Roman law.
153. Una hirundo non facit ver.
     [Una g x irundo non facit ver].
     One swallow does not make spring.
     Used in the sense of ‘one should not judge too hastily, based on one action’.
154. Unā voce.
     [Una votse].
     Unanimously.
155. Urbi et orbi.
     [Urbi et orbi].
     “To the city and the world,” that is, to Rome and the whole world, for general information.
     The ceremony for electing a new pope required that one of the cardinals clothe the chosen one with the robe, uttering the following phrase: “I invest you with Roman papal dignity, so that you may stand before the city and the world.” Currently, the Pope begins his annual address to the believers with this phrase.
156. Usus est optĭmus magister.
     [Uzus est optimus magister].
     Experience is the best teacher.
157. Ut amēris, amabĭlis esto.
     [Ut ameris, amabilis esto].
     To be loved, be worthy of love (Ovid).
     From the poem “The Art of Love.”
158. Ut salūtas, ita salutabĕris.
     [Ut salutas, ita salutaberis].
     As you greet, so you will be greeted.
159. Ut vivas, igĭtur vigĭla.
     [Ut vivas, igitur vigilya].
     To live, be on your guard (Horace).
160. Vade mecum (Vademecum).
     [Vade mekum (Vademekum)].
     Come with me.
     This was the name of a pocket reference book, index, guide. The first to give this name to his work of this nature was the New Latin poet Lotikh in 1627.
161. Vae soli!
     [Ve so"li!]
     Woe to the lonely! (Bible).
162. Vēni. Vidi. Vici.
     [Venya. See. Vitsi].
     Came. Saw. Victorious (Caesar).
     According to Plutarch, with this phrase Julius Caesar reported in a letter to his friend Amyntius about the victory over the Pontic king Pharnaces in August 47 BC. e. Suetonius reports that this phrase was inscribed on a tablet carried before Caesar during the Pontic triumph.
163. Verba movent, exempla trahunt.
     [Verba movent, sample trag x unt].
     The words excite, the examples captivate.
164. Verba volant, scripta manent.
     [Verba volant, scripta manent].
     Words fly away, but what is written remains.
165. Verĭtas tempŏris filia est.
     [Veritas temporis filia est].
     Truth is the daughter of time.
166. Vim vi repellĕre licet.
     [Vim vi rapellere litset].
     Violence can be repelled by force.
     One of the provisions of Roman civil law.
167. Vita brevis est, ars longa.
     [Vita brevis est, ars lenga].
     Life is short, art is eternal (Hippocrates).
168. Vivat Academy! Vivant professōres!
     [Vivat Akademiya! Vivant professores!]
     Long live the university, long live the professors!
     A line from the student anthem "Gaudeāmus".
169. Vivĕre est cogitāre.
     [Vivere est cogitare].
     Living means thinking.
     The words of Cicero, which Voltaire took as a motto.
170. Vivĕre est militāre.
     [Vivere est militar].
     To live is to fight (Seneca).
171. Víx(i) et quém dedĕrát cursúm fortúna perégi.
     [Vix(i) et kvem dederat kursum fortuna peregi].
     I have lived my life and walked the path assigned to me by fate (Virgil).
     The dying words of Dido, who committed suicide after Aeneas abandoned her and sailed from Carthage.
172. Volens nolens.
     [Volens nolens].
     Willy-nilly; whether you want it or not.

Latin catchphrases taken from the textbook.