Latin 2 Scriptum #1-24

exempli gratia

for the sake of example

versus

against

id est

that is

magna cum laude

with great praise

summa cum laude

with the highest praise

audentes fortuna adiuvat

fortune favors the daring

salus populi suprema lex est

the welfare of the people is the highest law

alter ego

second self

quid pro quo

this for that

sic semper tyrannis

thus always to tyrants

anno domini

in the year of the lord

ab urbe condita

from the founding of the city

facta non verba

actions not words

caveat emptor

let the buyer beware

non omnia possumus omnes

we can’t all do everything

requiescat in pace

rest in peace

o tempora! o mores!

o the times! o the cutoms!

novus homo

new man

haec sunt gemmae meae

these are my jewels

flamma fumo est proxima

where there’s smoke, there’s fire

ipsa scientia potestas est

knowledge itself is power

ab ovo usque ad mala

from the egg to the apples

de gustibus non disputandum est

about taste it must not be arguesma

manus manum lavat

the hand washes the hand

in vino, veritas

in wine, the truth

dum spiro, spero

while i breathe, i hope

odi et amo

i hate and i love

alea iacta est

the die has been cast