NLE Intermediate Sayings

A.D.

Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)

A.M.

Anti meridiem (in the morning; lit. before noon)

cf.

confer (compare)

et al.

et alii (and others)

etc.

et cetera (and the rest, and so on)

e.g.

exempli gratia (for example)

i.e.

id est (that is)

N.B.

nota bene (note well)

P.M.

post meridiem (in the afternoon/evening)

P.S.

post scriptum (addition to the letter after the signature)

R.I.P.

resquiescat in pace (Rest In Peace)

SPQR

Senatus Populusque Romanus (the senate and the people of Rome)

vs.

versus (against)

a mari usque ad mare

from sea to sea

ab ovo usque ad mala

from the egg to the apple (from beginning to end)

ad aeternum

forever

ad hominem

for the man (i.e. by interest/prejudice rather than truth or logic)

ad infinitum

to eternity

Alea iacta est

The die is cast (allegedly said by Caesar when crossing the Rubicon)

Amor omnia vincit

Love conquers all

alma mater

nurturing mother (used of a school or college)

ante bellum

before the war

aqua vitae

the water of life, i.e. alcohol

Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus.

Hail, Caesar! We who are about to die salute you.

bona fide

in good faith

carpe diem

seize the day

cave canem

beware of the dog

caveat emptor

let the buyer beware

conservate arbores

save the trees

cum grano salis

with a grain of salt (Pliny)

cum laude

with praise

De gustibus non est disputandum

There is no arguing with taste

Deo volente

God willing

Dum spiro, spero

While I breathe, I hope

e pluribus unum

Out of many, one

Errare est humanum

To err is human (Seneca)

Etaim unus capillus umbram habet

Even one hair has a shadow (Publilius Syrus)

ex libris

from the books/library (of)

ex officio

from the office (on the basis of one's opinion)

ex post facto

with retroactive effect/force

ex tempore

out of the moment (i.e. without preparation)

Festina lente

Make haste slowly (Augustus in Suetonius)

Fortuna fortes iuvat

Fortune aids the brave (Terence)

Habeas corpus

You may have the body

Ignorantia legis neminem excusat

Ignorance of the law excuses no one

in absentia

in absence

in situ

in place, on site

in toto

in all, entirely

ipso facto

by the fact itself

labor omnia vincit

Work conquers all (Virgil)

magna cum laude

with great praise

mea culpa

my fault

mens sana in corpore sano

a healthy mind in a healthy body (Juvenal)

Montani semper liberi

Mountaineers are always free (motto of West Virginia)

nolo contendere

no contest

novus ordo seclorum

new order of the ages

O tempora! O mores!

O the times! O the customs! (Cicero)

per annum

per year

per capita

per person, equally per individual

per diem

per day

per se

in/by itself (i.e. intrinsically directly)

persona non grata

unwelcome person

post mortem

after death

pro bono (publico)

for the (public) good (done without compensation)

pro tempore

temporarily, for the time being

quid pro quo

equal exchange

Roma Aeterna

Eternal Rome (Tibullus)

semper fidelis

always faithful

semper paratus

always prepared

sic semper tyrannis

thus always to tyrants

sine die

with no day fixed

sine qua non

without which not; an essential condition

status quo

the existing state of affairs

summa cum laude

with highest praise

Tempus fugit

time flies

terra incognita

Unknown land

veni, vidi, vici

I came, I saw, I conquered (Caesar)

Vox populi, vox Dei

The voice of the people is the voice of god