Latin POD/WOD List

"Ago gratias Ago gratias (tibi / vobis)"

- "Thanks" Thank you (one person) / (more than 1 person)"

Certe

surely

Quid est?

- What is it? / What is....?

Quis est?

- Who is it? / Who is.... ?

Sic

thus/so

Sol lucet

- The sun shines

Licetne mihi ire ad latrinam?

- Is it permitted for me to go to the bathroom?

Adsum-

I am present / I am here

Per annum

- Through the year / For each year / Yearly

Summā cum laude- With the highest praise

Veni, vidi, vici

- I came, I saw, I conquered (said by Julius Caesar)

Anno domini (A.D.)

In the year of the lord (how you tell time - we now say C.E. = Common Era)

Felicem diem (natalis)

- Happy birthday (literally, happy day of birth)

Per diem

- Through the day / For each day / Daily

Abest

- She/He (it) is absent / away

Pluit

it is raining

Lapsus linguae

- A slip of the tongue

Modus operandi (M.O.)-

The method of operating

Ningit

- It is snowing

Ad hoc

- For this reason (literally "Toward this" but you would use it to talk about a committee or something formed for a specific reason)

Cogito ego sum

- I think, therefore I am (quote by Rene Descartes)

Tabula rasa

- Blank Slate (quote by John Locke)

Festina lente

- Hurry slowly (meaning take your time)

Extra

- Above / beyond / outside the limits

Terra incognita

- unknown land

altitude

- the height

amicable

friendly

amorous

- loving, full of love

antebellum

- before the war (before the civil war)

bellicose

warlike

celestial

- heavenly

enunciate

- to announce clearly

feral

- wild, savage

introspection

- the act of looking within oneself

longevity

- the length of ones life

miserly

- stingy, mean spirited

multitude

-a crowd

narrate

- to chronicle events, to tell a story

provincial

- narrow-minded

pugilist

a fighter

pulchritude

- beauty

sacrosanct

- holy, unable to be violated

servile

overly submissive

tenuous

a weak grasp

verbatim

- word for word

virile

- manly

vital

- necessary for life

vision

- the ability to see

vocation

- a calling (could be a job or a religious lifestyle)

vulnerable

- able to be wounded

Mihi nomen est

- My name is / the name to me is

alea iacta est

- the die has been cast

amor omnia vincit

- love conquers all

bona fortuna

- good luck

carpe diem

- seize the day

cave canem

- beware of the dog

caveat emptor

- let the buyer beware

Quid est nomen tibi?

- What is your name / what is the name to you?

e pluribus unum

- one out of many

errare est humanum

- to err is human

Et cetera (etc.)

-And the rest (used in a list to indicate that there are other options)

Id est (i.e.)

That is (sets up an example)

Ita vero

-Yes (indeed)

minime-

no

labor omnia vincit

-work conquers all

mea culpa

-my bad

nota bene (N.B.)

-note well

nulli secundus

-second to none / a.k.a. the best

o tempora, o mores-

oh the times, oh the customs

Quid Agis?

-how are you?

Quid Novi?

-what's new?

Salve(te)

-Hi

senatus populusque Romanus (SPQR)

-the senate and the Roman people

tempus fugit

time flies

Vale(te)

goodbye