Latin->English

Questions about how Latin phrases are translated into English.

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suum negotium agere -> mind one's own business Started by spiros	0 Replies 107 Views	19 Jul, 2020, 20:50:21 by spiros
lapide sub omni latet insidians nepa -> for a scorpion keeps watch at every stone Started by spiros	0 Replies 76 Views	19 Jul, 2020, 20:30:15 by spiros
Jovem lapidem jurare -> swear by Jupiter the stone Started by spiros	0 Replies 87 Views	19 Jul, 2020, 19:53:02 by spiros
vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit –> called and not called, God will be present \| called and even not called, God approaches \| whether called upon or not, God will be there \| summoned or not summoned, God is present \| invoked or not invoked, God is present \| called or not called, the god will be there \| bidden or unbidden, God is present \| bidden or not bidden, god is present \| bidden or not, God is present \| bidden or not bidden, God is there \| called or uncalled, God is there Started by spiros	0 Replies 212 Views	18 Jul, 2020, 21:31:07 by spiros
omnem movere lapidem -> leave no stone unturned Started by spiros	0 Replies 101 Views	13 Jul, 2020, 22:11:11 by spiros
Grai atque barbari -> Greeks and barbarians Started by spiros	0 Replies 101 Views	07 Jul, 2020, 01:22:47 by spiros
Ordo Sancti Benedicti (OSB) -> Order of Saint Benedict Started by spiros	0 Replies 96 Views	03 Jul, 2020, 13:18:57 by spiros
in hac artium sola evenit ut cuicumque medicum se professo statim credatur, cum sit periculum in nullo mendacio maius –> the medical profession is the only one in which anybody professing to be a physician is at once trusted, although nowhere else is an untruth more dangerous \| this is the only one of the arts in which the moment a man declares himself to be an adept, he is at once believed, there being at the same time no imposture, the results of which are more fraught with peril Started by spiros	0 Replies 137 Views	20 Jun, 2020, 18:34:41 by spiros
de lineis insecabilibus -> οn indivisible lines Started by spiros	0 Replies 194 Views	12 Jun, 2020, 20:22:19 by spiros
non omnium est virorum Corinthum navigatio -> it's not for every man to make a journey to Corinth Started by billberg23	1 Replies 416 Views	11 Jun, 2020, 09:18:03 by spiros
nutricis lemmata -> baby songs, nursery tales Started by spiros	0 Replies 164 Views	09 Jun, 2020, 20:51:52 by spiros
vi et armis -> by force and arms Started by spiros	0 Replies 115 Views	09 Jun, 2020, 11:36:34 by spiros
in cruce corvos pasco -> be hanged Started by spiros	0 Replies 127 Views	07 Jun, 2020, 10:55:46 by spiros
portae lucis -> gates of light Started by spiros	0 Replies 180 Views	23 May, 2020, 11:24:58 by spiros
secundum quid et simpliciter -> what is true in a certain respect and what is true absolutely, in a certain respect and absolutely Started by spiros	1 Replies 172 Views	20 May, 2020, 12:03:49 by billberg23
favorabiliores rei potius quam actores habentur -> the condition of the defendants is to be favored rather than that of the plaintiffs Started by spiros	0 Replies 165 Views	14 May, 2020, 17:01:10 by spiros
Iuvenem magis tacere quam fari decet -> it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak Started by spiros	0 Replies 196 Views	09 May, 2020, 00:15:39 by spiros
scripta manent, verba volant –> writings remain, words fly away \| words fly away, writings remain Started by spiros	0 Replies 207 Views	05 May, 2020, 10:42:43 by spiros
de malo bonum -> good out of evil Started by spiros	0 Replies 190 Views	04 May, 2020, 08:33:33 by spiros
quae nocent, saepe docent –> the things that do injury, instruct Started by spiros	0 Replies 196 Views	04 May, 2020, 08:32:42 by spiros

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