List of Latin phrases
Encyclopedia
This page lists direct English
translation
s of common Latin
phrases, such as veni vidi vici
and et cetera
. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek
rhetoric and literature were highly regarded in ancient Rome
when Latin rhetoric and literature were still maturing.
Be aware that the Latin letter i
can be used as either a vowel
or a consonant
. When used as a consonant, it is often replaced by the letter j
, which was originally simply an orthographic "long i" that was used in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels. This medieval convention is most commonly preserved in Latin legal terminology—hence phrases like de iure are often spelled de jure. On this list, the more common form will be the one a phrase is listed under: thus, de jure is used instead of de iure, and alea iacta est instead of alea jacta est.
To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see:
The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty-one pages:
English language
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translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
s of common Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
phrases, such as veni vidi vici
Veni, vidi, vici
"Veni, vidi, vici" is a Latin sentence reportedly written by Julius Caesar in 47 BC as a comment on his short war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela ....
and et cetera
Et cetera
Et cetera is a Latin expression that means "and other things", or "and so forth". It is taken directly from the Latin expression which literally means "and the rest " and is a loan-translation of the Greek "καὶ τὰ ἕτερα"...
. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
rhetoric and literature were highly regarded in ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
when Latin rhetoric and literature were still maturing.
Be aware that the Latin letter i
I
I is the ninth letter and a vowel in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:In Semitic, the letter may have originated in a hieroglyph for an arm that represented a voiced pharyngeal fricative in Egyptian, but was reassigned to by Semites, because their word for "arm" began with that sound...
can be used as either a vowel
Vowel
In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as English ah! or oh! , pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants, such as English sh! , where there is a constriction or closure at some...
or a consonant
Consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are , pronounced with the lips; , pronounced with the front of the tongue; , pronounced with the back of the tongue; , pronounced in the throat; and ,...
. When used as a consonant, it is often replaced by the letter j
J
Ĵ or ĵ is a letter in Esperanto orthography representing the sound .While Esperanto orthography uses a diacritic for its four postalveolar consonants, as do the Latin-based Slavic alphabets, the base letters are Romano-Germanic...
, which was originally simply an orthographic "long i" that was used in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels. This medieval convention is most commonly preserved in Latin legal terminology—hence phrases like de iure are often spelled de jure. On this list, the more common form will be the one a phrase is listed under: thus, de jure is used instead of de iure, and alea iacta est instead of alea jacta est.
To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see:
The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty-one pages:
- List of Latin phrases: A
- List of Latin phrases: B
- List of Latin phrases: C
- List of Latin phrases: D
- List of Latin phrases: E
- List of Latin phrases: F
- List of Latin phrases: G
- List of Latin phrases: H
- List of Latin phrases: I
- List of Latin phrases: L
- List of Latin phrases: M
- List of Latin phrases: N
- List of Latin phrases: O
- List of Latin phrases: P
- List of Latin phrases: Q
- List of Latin phrases: R
- List of Latin phrases: S
- List of Latin phrases: T
- List of Latin phrases: U
- List of Latin phrases: V
Lists
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- List of ecclesiastical abbreviations
- List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
- List of Greek phrases
- List of Latin abbreviations
- List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- List of Latin phrases in A Canticle for Leibowitz
- List of Latin words with English derivatives
- List of legal Latin terms
- List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes
- List of U.S. state and territory mottos
- List of university mottos
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