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Some common Latin phrases

A few interesting Latin phrases, and modern situations. Anyone see any they like? I
do like ‘Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes’ - ‘If you can read this, you're
overeducated.’ Or, Facta, non verba – ‘Deeds, not words.’

Noli nothis permittere te terere – Don’t let the bastards get you down
Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! - You infernal machine!
Give me a beverage or give me my money back!
Absum! - I'm outta here!
Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)
Ascendo tuum - Up yours!
Aspice, officio fungeris sine spe honoris amplioris - Face it, you're stuck in a dead end job
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I'll either find a way or make one
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus - Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. (motto of Harry Potter's
alma mater)
Duc, sequere, aut de via decede - Lead, follow, or get out of the way
Dulce bellum inexpertis - War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it. (Pindaros)
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? - Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you
just happy to see me?
Eventus stultorum magister - Events are the teacher of the stupid persons. Stupid people learn by
experience, bright people calculate what to do
Fac me cocleario vomere! - Gag me with a spoon!
Facilius est multa facere quam diu - It is easier to do many things than to do one for a long time.
(Quintilianus)
Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum - Always do something, so that
the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome)
Facta, non verba - Deeds, not words. (Actions speak louder than words)
Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui - Bad kitty! Why don't you use
the cat box? I put new litter in it
Feles mala! - Bad kitty!
Huc accedit zambonis! - Here comes the Zamboni
In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your
front teeth
Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum - Sometimes I get this urge to
conquer large parts of Europe
Latro! fremo! - Woof woof! Grrrr!
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! - Don't you dare erase my hard disk
Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem - Don't force it, get a bigger hammer
Osculare pultem meam! - Kiss my grits!
Quando omni flunkus moritatus - When all else fails play dead
Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt - You know, the Romans invented the art of love
Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're
overeducated.'
Tabula rasa - A clean slate. Person that knows nothing
Te capiam, cunicule sceleste! - I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!
Te precor dulcissime supplex! - Pretty please with a cherry on top!
Tua mater tam antiquior ut linguam latine loquatur - Your mother is so old she speaks Latin
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! - May barbarians invade your personal space!
Vita contin git. Vive com eo - Life happens. Live with it

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