Saying/Proverb Translation Notes

Acta est fabula, plaudite.

Literally:
The drama has been acted out,
applaud.
"The play is over, applaud".
Said to have been the last words
of the Emperor Augustus
Caesar.
(Lived 63 BC-AD 14)
Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt
meliora.
Eggs today are better than
chickens tomorrow.
English equivalent:
A bird in the hand is worth two
in the bush.
Aegrescit medendo.
The disease worsens with the
treatment.
English equivalent:
The remedy is worse than the
disease.
A fronte praecipitium a tergo
lupi.
A precipice in front, wolves
behind.
English equivalent:
Between the devil and the deep
blue sea.
(or)
Between a rock and a hard
place.
Alea iacta est. The die is cast.
i.e. an irretrievable step has
been taken.
Julius Caesar said this as he
crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC.
Altissima quaeque flumina
minimo sono labi.
The deepest rivers flow with the
least sound.
English equivalent:
Still waters run deep.
Amor patriae ducit. Love of [my] country leads me.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
I'll either find a way or make
one.
Quotation from the Carthaginian
general, Hannibal Barca.
(Lived c. 247-183 BC)
Aut vincere aut mori. Either to conquer or to die.
Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant.
Hail, Caesar, those who are
about to die salute you.
Salutation of Roman gladiators
on entering the arena.
Carpe diem. Seize the day.
i.e. Seize the opportunity.
This is from a longer quotation
from Horace (see below).
Carpe diem, quam minimum
credula postero
Seize the day, trust as little as
possible in tomorrow.
Quotation from the Roman poet
Horace.
(Lived 65-8 BC)
Cave canem. Beware of the dog.
Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui.
Beware what you say, when,
and to whom.

Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am.
Quotation from the philosopher
Ren Descartes.
(Lived 1596-1650)
Curae leves loquuntur ingentes
stupent.
Slight griefs talk, great ones are
speechless.

De duobus malis, minus est "One should always choose the
semper eligendum. Literally:
Of two evils, the lesser is
always to be chosen.
lesser of two evils".
From The Imitation of Christ by
Thomas Kempis.
(Lived 1380-1471)
Delenda est Carthago. Carthage must be destroyed.
Quotation from Cato the Elder.
(Lived 234-149 BC)
Deus vobiscum. God be with you.
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.
A work that is begun well is
already half done.
Quotation from the Roman poet
Horace.
(Lived 65-8 BC)
Dixi. I have spoken.
Meaning "...and that is the end
of the matter".
Docendo discimus. We learn by teaching.
Quotation from Seneca the
Younger, the Roman
playwright.
(Lived c. 4 BC-AD 65)
Donec eris felix, multos
numerabis amicos.
As long as you are successful,
you will have many friends.
Quotation from the Roman poet
Ovid.
(Lived 43 BC-AD 17)
Domine, dirige nos. O Lord, direct us. Motto of the city of London.
Dominus illuminatio mea. The Lord is my light. Motto of Oxford University.
Dominus providebit. The Lord will provide.
Dulce bellum inexpertis.
War is sweet to those not
acquainted with it.
A proverb quoted by Desiderius
Erasmus (1466-1536), and
which originated with the Greek
poet Pindar.
(Lived c. 518-c. 438 BC)
Dulce et decorum est pro patria
mori.
It is sweet and seemly to die for
one's country.
Quotation from the Roman poet
Horace.
(Lived 65-8 BC)
Dum spiro spero. While I breathe I hope.
English equivalent:
While there's life there's hope.
Dura lex sed lex. The law is hard, but it is the law.
Et tu, Brute? You also, Brutus?
Said to be Julius Caesar's dying
words.
(Lived 100-44 BC)
Exitus acta probat. The result validates the deeds.
English equivalent:
The end justifies the means.
Fac recte et nil time. Do rightly and fear nothing.
Facta non verba. Deeds, not words.
English equivalent:
Actions speak louder than
words.
Festina lente. Hasten slowly.
English equivalent:
More haste, less speed.
Quotation from Suetonius.
(Lived c. AD 69-140)
Fortes fortuna iuvat. Fortune favours the brave.
Quotation from the Roman
historian Livy.
(Lived 59 BC- AD17)
Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo.
Resolutely in action, gently in
manner.

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes
tres.
Gaul as a whole is divided into
three parts.
The first sentence of Julius
Caesar's Gallic Wars (De Bello
Gallico).
Gutta cavat lapidem, consomitur
annulus usu.
Drops of water hollow out a
stone, a ring is worn thin by use.
English equivalent:
Falling water wears away stone.
In bello parvis momentis magni
casus intercedunt.
In war great events are caused
by small things.
Quotation from Julius
Caesar's De Bello Gallico.
Labor omnia vincit. Work overcomes all things.
Ligna ferre in silvam. To carry logs to the wood.
English equivalent:
To carry coals to Newcastle.
Nemo me impune lacessit.
No one provokes me with
impunity.
Motto of the Crown of Scotland
and of all Scottish regiments.
Ne supra crepidam sutor
iudicaret.
Let the cobbler not judge above
his sandal.
English equivalent:
Let the cobbler stick to his last
i.e. Do not give (or take) advice
beyond someone's expertise.
Nihil tam absurde dici potest,
quod non dicatur ab aliquo
philosophorum.
There is nothing so absurd but
some philosopher has said it.
Quotation from the Roman
orator and philosopher, Marcus
Tullius Cicero.
(Lived 106-43 BC)
Non sine pulvere palma.
The prize cannot be won
without effort.

Non teneas aurum totum quod
splendet ut aurum.
Do not take as gold everything
that shines like gold.
English equivalent:
All that glitters is not gold.
Nondum omnium dierum sol
occidit.
The sun has not yet set for ever.
English equivalent:
It's not the end of the world.
Quotation from the Roman
historian Livy.
(Lived 59 BC- AD17)
Nulli secundus. Second to none.
Orta recens quam pura nites.
Newly risen, how brightly you
shine.
Motto of New South Wales.
Per ardua ad astra. Through difficulties to the stars. Motto of the R.A.F.
Pisces natare oportet. Fish must swim.
i.e. Everyone acts according to
their nature.
Quotation from the Roman
writer Petronius.
(Lived c. AD 27-66)
Potius mori quam foedari. Rather to die than to be English equivalent:
dishonoured. Death before dishonour.
Praemonitus pramunitus. Forewarned, forearmed.
English equivalent:
Forewarned is forearmed.
Qui scribit bis legit. He who writes reads twice.
Qui tacet, consentire videtur He who is silent seems to agree.
English equivalent: Silence
implies consent.
Quid novi ex Africa? What's new from Africa?
Later shortened to "Quid novi?"
(i.e. "What's the news?")
Derived from a quotation from
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher
and scientist.
(Lived 384-322 BC)
Respice, adspice, prospice.
Examine the past, examine the
present, examine the future.
Motto of the City University of
New York.
Respondeat superior. Let the superior answer.
Salvam fac reginam, O Domine. God save the queen.
Semper fidelis. Always faithful. Motto of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Semper paratus. Always prepared.
Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra
nos?
If God is for us, who can be
against us?
Romans 8:31.
Sol omnibus lucet. The same sun shines on us all.
Quotation from the Roman
writer Petronius.
(Lived c. AD 27-66)
Tempora mutantur, et nos
mutamur in illis.
Times change, and we change
with them.
Harrison, Description of Britain,
1577.
Tempus fugit. Time flies.
Tetigisti acu.
You have touched the point with
a needle.
English equivalent:
You have hit the nail on the
head
(or)
You have put your finger on the
spot.
Tolle lege. Take up and read.
Words of a child's song, heard
by Augustine of Hippo, and
which were instrumental in his
conversion to Christianity.
(Augustine lived AD 354-430)
Ut sementem feceris ita metes. As you sow, so shall you reap.
Quotation from the Roman
orator and philosopher, Marcus
Tullius Cicero.
(Lived 106-43 BC)
Vade in pace. Go in peace.
Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.
Julius Caesar's announcement of
the victory of Zela which
concluded the Pontic campaign
(47 BC).
Veritas vincit. Truth conquers. Motto of the Keith clan.
Veritas vos liberabit. The truth shall make you free. John 8:32.
Vincit qui se vincit.
He conquers who conquers
himself.

Volens et valens. Willing and able.
Vulgo enim dicitur: Iucunde acti
labores.
For it is commonly said:
accomplished labours are
pleasant.
Quotation from De Finibus by
Cicero.
(Lived 106-43 BC)

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Ab origine - od poetka
Ab ovo - od jajeta (tj. priati od poetka i iscrpno)
Ad augusta per angusta - tijesnim putovima do uzvienih ciljeva (tj. teak put ddo slave)
Ad litteram - od rijei do rijei (tj. doslovce)
Aequos tibi quaere sodales - meu jednakima sebi trai prijatelje
Alea iacta est - kocka je baena
Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent - nama se vie svia tue, drugima nae
Alma mater - majka hraniteljica (tj. sveuilite)
Alter ego - drugo ja
Ama nesciri - uivaj u tome da ostane nepoznat
A posteriori - unatrag
A priori - unaprijed
Ars longa, vita brevis - umjetnost je duga, ivot kratak
Ascultare disce, si nescis loqui - naui sluati ako ne zna govoriti
Asinus asinum fricat - magarac magarca ee (tj. svoj k svome)
Associat similes natura - priroda zdruuje sline
Audi, vide, tace,si vis vivere in pace - ako hoe ivjeti u miru, sluaj, gledaj i uti
Aurea mediocritas - zlatna sredina
Aurea ne credas quaecumque nitescere cernis - nije zlato sve to sija


Beati pauperies spiritu - blago siromanima duhom
Bene dictium - dobro reeno
Bis vivit, qui bene - dvaput ivi, tko dobro ivi
Bona fide - u dobroj namjeri, vjeri
Bono modo - mirnim putem
Bonum omen - dobar znak
Brevi manu - na brzu ruku


Capiti suo malum suit, qui alteri malum struit - svojoj glavi nesreu kroji onaj tko drugome
zlo sprema
Carpe diem - iskoristi dan
Casus beli - povod ratu
Causa paupertatis plerisque probitas est - potenje je veini uzrok siromatva
Causa semper alique subest - neki razlog uvijek postoji
Cave criticum - uvaj se kritiara
Circulus vitiosus - zaarani krug
Cito maturum, cito putridum - brzo zrelo, brzo trulo
Clara pacta boni amici - ist raun, duga ljubav
Clavus clavo extruditur - klin se klinom izbija
Cogito, ergo sum - mislim, dakle postojim
Condicio sine qua non - jedino pod tim uvjetom
Cras, cras, semper cras et sic dilabitua aetas - sutra, sutra, uvijek sutra i tako protekne ivot
Crescat scientia, vita excolatur - neka znanje raste u svrhu obogaivanja ivota
Cui omnis bene dicunt, possidet populi bona - onaj o kome svi dobro govore, vrlo je bogat
Cum ferrumcandet, cudere quemquem decet - eljezo treba kovati dok se ari
Cum grano salis - sa zrnom soli
Curriculum vitae - tok ivota (tj. ivotopis)


De facto - stvarno
De gustibus non disputandum - o ukusima ne valja raspravljati
De inimico non loquare male, sed cogites - o neprijateljima ne govori loe, ve misli
Diem perdidi - izgubio sam dan
Dies diem docet - jedan dan pouava drugi (tj. svaki dan smo iskusniji)
Diversi diversa putant - razni ljudi razno misle
Divide et impera - podijeli da bi vladao
Dominus dedit, dominus abstulit - bog dao, bog uzeo
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - slatko je i lijepo za domovinu umrijeti
Dum spiro, spero - dok diem, nadam se
Duobus litigantibus, tertius gaudet - dok se dvojica svaaju, trei se raduje


Ecce homo - evo ovjeka
E duobus malis minimum eligendum - od dva zla valja odabrati manje
Eppur si muove - ipak se kree
Errando discimus - grijeei uimo
Errare humanum est - ljudski je grijeiti
Errata corrige - ispravi pogreke
Est modus in rebus - postoji neka mjera u stvarima
Ex capite - iz glave (tj. napamet)
Ex cathedra - s katedre (tj. govoriti autorativno)
Excepto firmat regulam - iznimka potvruje pravilo
Ex ore tuo te iudico - po govoru sudim o tebi
Experientia docent - iskustvo ui


Facit experimentia cautus - iskustvo ini ljude opreznima
Facta, facta, non verba! - djela, djela, ne rijei!
Facta loquntur - djela govore
Fama volat - glasina leti
Fastina lente - uri se polako
Feber est suae quisque fortunae - svatko je kova svoje sree
Fiat lux! - neka bude svjetlo!
Finis cornat opus - konac djelo krasi
Fortes fortuna adiuvat - hrabrima pomae srea
Fortuna caeca est - srea je slijepa


Gaudeamus igitur - veselimo se dakle
Gloria mundi - slava svijeta
Gratia gratiam parit - na panju se uzvraa panjom


Habitus non facit monachum - odijelo ne ini redovnika
Hic facet lepus - ovdje lei zec (tj. u tom grmu)
Historia est magistra vitae - povijest je uiteljica ivota
Hodie mihi, cras tibi - danas meni, sutra tebi
Homines, quo plura habent, eo cupiunt ampliora - to vie ljudi imaju, to vie ele
Hominis tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est - itav ljudski ivot nije nita doli put k
smrti
Homo sum, nihil humann a me alienum puto - ovjek sam i nita ljusko nije mi strano
Homo totiens moritur quotiens amittit suos - ovjek toliko puta umire koliko puta izgubi svoje
najblie
Honesta mors turpi vita potior - bolja je asna smrt nego neastan ivot
Honoris causa - iz poasti
Hora ruit - sat leti (tj. vrijeme brzo odmie)


Ignoramus et ignorabimus - ne znamo i neemo znati
Imo pectore - iz dubine srca (iz dna due)
In absentia - u odsutnosti
In aeternum - zauvijek
In angustiis amici apparent - prijatelji se pokazuju u nevolji
In continuo - neprekidno
In dubio - u sumnji
In facie loci - na licu mjesta
In flagranti - na inu (tj. na djelu)
In medias res - u sredinu stvari
In rerum natura - u prirodi stvari
In situ - na mjestu
In spe - u nadi
Inter arma silent leges - u ratu nema zakona
Inter nos - meu nama
In vino veritas - u vinu je istina
In vitro - u ai (u epruveti)


Lapsus calami - omaka pera
Lapsus linguae - omaka jezika
Lapsus memoriae - zabuna u pamenju
Leve aes alienum debitorem facit, grave inimicum - mali dug stvara dunika, veliki
neprijatelja
Liberae sunt nostrae cogitatiiones - slobodne su nae misli
Lupus in fabula - vuk u prii (tj. mi o vuku, a vuk na vrata)


Magistra vitae - uiteljica ivota
Mala fide - u zloj namjeri
manus manum lavat - ruka ruku mije
Margaritas ante porcos - biserje pred svinje
Mea culpa -moj grijeh
Medicus curat, natura sanat - lijenik pomae, priroda lijei
Memento, homo, quia pulvis e set in pulveris reverteris - sjeti se ovjee da si prah i da e
se u prah pretvoriti
Mens sana in corpore sano - zdrav duh u zdravu tijelu
Militia est vita hominis - ljudski je ivot borba
Modus vivendi - nain ivota
Mors certa, hora incerta - smrt je sigurna, as smrti nesiguran
Multi multa, nemo omnia novit - mnogi znaju mnogo, nitko ne zna sve


Narata refero - priam ono to su meni ispriali
Naturalia non sunt turpia - to je prirodno nije runo
Natura non facit saltus - priroda ne ini skokove
Navigare necesse est, vivere no nest necesse - ploviti je potrebno, ivjeti nije potrebno
Nemo furatur alteri - nitko ne krade za drugoga
Nemo omnia scit - nitko ne zna sve
Ne vivas, ut edas, sed edas ut vivere possis - ne ivi da bi jeo, nego jedi da bi ivio
Nihil habenti, nihil deest - tko nita nema, nita mu ne nedostaje
Nihil novi sub sole - nita nova pod suncem
Nihil obstat - nita ne stoji na putu
Nil admirari - ne diviti se niemu
Nomen et omen - ime i znamenje
Nomina sunt odiosa - imena su mrska (tj. ne treba ih spominjati)
Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro - sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato
Non docet - ne prilii se
Non est vivere, sed valere vita - nije vano ivjeti, ve vrijediti u ivotu
Non omnes omnia possunt - svi ne mogu sve
Non plus ultra - ne preko toga
Non quis, sed quid - ne tko, nego to
Non scholae, sed vitae discimus - ne uimo za kolu ve za ivot
Nosce te ipsum - upoznaj samoga sebe
Nosce bene! - ubiljei dobro! (tj. upamti dobro!)
Nulla calamitas sola - nijedno zlo ne dolazi samo
Nulla dies sine linea - nijedan dan bez poteza (kistom) (tj. svaki dan treba neto raditi)
Nulla regula sine exceptione - nema pravila bez iznimke
Nullum simile est idem - nita slino nije isto
Nullus effectus sine causa - nema posljedice bez uzroka
Numerus clausus - ogranien broj
Numquam sapiens irascitur - mudar ovjek se nikad ne ljuti


Occasio facit furem - prilika ini lopova
Oculus habent et non videbunt - imaju oi, a ne vide
Oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente - oko za oko, zub za zub
Omne nimium nocet - sve to je previe kodi
Omne vivo ex ovo - sve ivo potjee iz jajeta (tj. iz ivog)
Omnia mea mucum porto - sve svoje nosim sa sobom
Omnia mutantur - sve se mijenja
Omnia praeclara rara - sve to je izvanredno lijepo, rijetko je
Omnia vincit amor - ljubav pobjeuje sve
Omni tempore - u svako vrijeme
Opera et studio - trudom i marljivou
Optima fide - u najboljoj namjeri
Optima forma - na najbolji nain
O temopra! O mores! - O vremena! O obiaji!


Panem et circenses - kruha i igara
Panta rei - sve tee
Parte quacumque integrante sublata tollitur totum - uklanjanjem bilo kojeg sastavnog dijela
gubi se cjelina
Per aspera ad astra - trnovit je put do zvijezda
Per exemplum - na primjer
Per extensum - nadugo i nairoko
Persona grata - uvaena osoba
Persona ingrata - osoba u nemilosti
Post festum - poslije sveanosti ( tj. prekasno)
Post tenebras lux - poslije tame svijetlo
Primus inter pares - prvi meu jednakima
Principium dulce est, sed finis amoris amarus - poetak ljubavi je sladak, ali je kraj gorak
Pro domo sua - za svoju kuu (tj. za svoju korist)
Pro futuro - za budunost
Pro memoria - za sjeanje
Propria laus sordet - vlastita je hvala odvratna (tj. tko se hvali, sam se kvari)
Propria manu - vlastitom rukom


Qualis pater, talis filius - kakav otac, takav sin
Qualis rex, talis grex - kakav voa, takvo stado
Qualis vita, finis ita - kakav ivot, takav kraj
Qui gladio ferit, gladio perit - tko se maa laa, od maa i pogine
Qui tacet, consentire videtur - tko uti, ini se kao da odobrava
Quo vadis? - gdje ide?
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi - to je dozvoljeno Jupiteru nije volu (tj. nije sve za svakoga)


Reliquiae reliquiarum - ostaci ostataka
Repetitio est mater studiorum - ponavljanje je majka uenja
Res, non verba - djela, a ne rijei


Sapienti sat - pametnomu dosta
Sapientia est potestas - mudrost je mo
Semper flamma fumo est proxima - gdje ima dima ima i vatre
Semper idem - uvijek isti
Sic bibe, ut mens pesque praestent officium suum - pij tako da te pamet i noge uvijek slue
Signum temporis - znak vremena
Simila similibus curantur - slino se slinim lijei
Si non caste, caute tamen - ako ne radi poteno , radi oprezno
Si vis pacem, para bellum - eli li mir, spremaj se za rat
Spiritus movens - duh pokreta
Status quo ante - stanje kao prije
Sua sponte - svojevoljno
Sui generis - svoje vrste
Summa cum laude - s najveom pohvalom
Summa summarum - zbroj svih svota (tj. sve u svemu)
Sunt bona omnia antea acta, si modo finis bonus - sve je dobro to se dobro svri
Suo tempore - u svoje vrijeme
Super omnia veritas - istina iznad svega
Sursum corda! - gore srca!


Tabula rasa - prazna ploa (tj. potpuno neznanje)
Te hominum esse memento - sjeti se da si ovjek
Tempora mutantur et nos in illis - vremena se mijenjaju i mi s njima
Totus mundus agit histrionem - cijeli svijet glumi
Tria hominem movent: honor, utilitas, voluptas - troje potie ovjeka: ast, korist, strast


Unus pro omnibus et omnes pro uno - svi za jednoga i jedan za sve
Urbi et orbi - gradu i svijetu
Ut ameris, ama! - da bude ljubljen, ljubi!


Veni, vidi, vici - dooh, vidjeh, pobijedih
Verba volant, scripta manet - rijei lete, pisana rije ostaje
Vespere laudari debet amoena dies - ugodan dan treba hvaliti uveer
Vulpes pilum mutat, non more - lisica dlaku mijenja, ali ne i ud