List of Latin Phrases / A

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A.

AEIOU
Motto of Emperor Frederick III. Numerous interpretations, the most common:
" A verything E rdreich i st east Austria and ntertan". (Obviously no Latin.)
" A ustriae E st I mperare O rbi U niverso." ("Austria is destined to rule the whole world.")
A ustria E rit I n O rbe U ltima” (“Austria will be the last <land> in the world.”) Grillparzer chose this resolution in 1848 as the heading for a satirical poem (“Flicke, flicke, flicke zu! ").
A barba stulti discit tonsor.
"The barber learns from the stupid beard."
A bonis bona disce.
"Learn the good from the good!"
A bove ante, from asino retro, a stulto undique caveto!
"Beware of an ox in front, a donkey in the back, a fool from everywhere!"
A bove maiore discat arare minor.
“Let the younger one learn to plow from the older ox.” A verse from the fables of Aesop .
The lesson from this fable: The younger should be able to rely on the experience and responsibility of the older.
A cibo to cocto, a medico indocto, a mala muliere, libera nos, Domine.
"Free us from heated food, an unlearned doctor, an evil woman, Lord!"
Also known in the form "A medico indocto, a cibo bis cocto, ab amicitia reconciliata, a mala muliere libera nos, Domine" - "Free us from an ignorant doctor, a dish cooked twice, a reconciled friendship and a bad woman, Mr".
A date (a d.)
“From date (to)” - “from this date”, “from the date of issue”; for bills of exchange and contracts
A fortiore (a fortiori)
“From the stronger” - phrase with the meanings “all the more”, “all the more” or “all the less”, “according to the more convincing reason”. For the first-right conclusion: A maiore ad minus = from bigger to smaller.
A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine.
"Free us, Lord, from the wrath of the Normans!" - prayer of Anglo-Saxon monks in the 8th and 9th centuries who implored God for help before the invasions of the Normans.
A limine
“On the threshold” - This legal term describes the majority or unanimous decision of a request right at the beginning of a procedure and without further procedural steps.
A maiore ad minus
"From bigger to smaller" - conclusion z. B. from the general to the particular
Canada's coat of arms with the motto "A mari usque ad mare"
A mari usque ad mare
“From sea to sea” - Canada's motto , derived from Psalm 72 . The shield is also surrounded by a ribbon that also bears the Latin inscription “desiderantes meliorem patriam” - “full of longing for a better home” .
A mensa et toro
"From table and bed" - A marriage can be divorced if the conjugal partnership according to § 1353 BGB (mensa et toro) no longer exists and a restoration is no longer expected.
A minore ad maius
"From the smaller to the larger"
A mundo condito
"Since the creation of the world" - Chronicon Paschale (Easter chronicle ): "A mundo condito ad Heraclii Imperatoris annum vigesimum"
A pedibus usque ad caput
“From the feet to the head” - a phrase which, in various formulations, was the structure of medical presentations. This wording evidenced from the time of the Latin patristic .
Compare the German phrase "from head to toe".
A posse ad esse non valet (consequentia)
"From being able to being (the end) does not apply." Scholastic principle of logic
A posteriori
“In retrospect” - only valid through experience. In relation to the validity of truths (knowledge / knowledge / insights), not in relation to their psychological genesis; z. B. scientific knowledge is valid due to its empirical verifiability.
A priori
“Right from the start” - Valid before any experience or regardless of experience. In relation to the validity of truths (knowledge / knowledge / insights), not in relation to their psychological genesis; z. B. mathematical truths apply, even without having to provide empirical evidence for them.
A solis occasu, non ab ortu, describe diem.
"Describe the day from the setting of the sun, not from the rise." - Compare the German proverb: "One should not praise the day before the evening."
A verbis ad verbera
"From words to blows" - based on a tangible argument.
A verbis legis non est recedendum.
"One must not deviate from the wording of the law."

From

Ab esse ad posse valet (consequentia)
"From being to ability applies (the end)". Scholastic principle of logic
Ab hinc
"From here on."
From igne ignem
"Feuer vom Feuer" - The phrase comes from Marcus Tullius Cicero's work "De officiis" (I 52) and reads in context "... sunt illa communia: ... pati ab igne ignem capere, si qui velit." (" ... are general services: ... to let fire take off the fire if someone wants. ")
This sentence refers to the duty not to deny others their basic needs. (At that time it wasn't about cigarettes.)
From imo pectore
“From the depths of (my) breast.” According to Lucretius , De rerum natura 3,57, or Catullus , c. 64.198.
In the metric context, the position reads: "pectore ab imo".
Ab initio
"From the beginning" or "from the beginning" - Often used in science. In chemistry, for example, an ab initio synthesis is the creation of a chemical compound from basic chemicals. In aviation, ab initio is a flight training from pedestrian to pilot.
From Iove principium generis.
"The origin of the sex comes from Jupiter." - The quote comes from the 7th book of the Aeneid .
From origine
"From the origin (beginning)" (to)
Birth of Helena from the Egg ( red-figure pelike )
From ovo
"From the egg on" - Refers to Leda's egg and the birth of Helena , whose kidnapping later led to the Trojan War ; d. H. report an event in a complicated manner and from the most distant starting point. In his Ars poetica (v. 147) Horace praises Homer, who does not roll up the history of the Trojan War from the beginning ("nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ovo": "And he does not start the Trojan War from the twin egg") ).
From ovo usque ad mala
"From the eggs to the apples" (literally: "From the egg ...") - Horace (satire 1,3,6 f)
Meant: From the starter to the dessert; because the Roman meal traditionally began with an egg dish and ended with fruit.
Ab urbe condita (AUC)
"In the year ... since the city was founded ( Rome )" - According to the Varronian calendar founded by Marcus Terentius Varro , Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus 440 years after the fall of Troy , according to Varro in 753 BC. The term post urbem conditam is also used less frequently. It was not until late antiquity that this reference point for counting the year began to gain acceptance.

Abiit

Abiit ad plures.
"He went away to the several." Petronius (Satyricon 42,5).
I.e. he died.
Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit.
"He went away, escaped, slipped away, broke out." - Commentary by the speaker Cicero on Lucius Sergius Catilina , who emphatically emphasizes his thoughts through the accumulation and increase (climax) of synonyms.
Abiit, non obiit.
“He has gone, not from us.” - Quote from the works of the poet Cicero, which is used as an inscription on tombstones.

High school graduation

High school graduation
“ About to go away.” ( PFA from abīre) - The Abitur is the highest attainable school-leaving qualification in Germany.

Absent

Absens heres non erit.
"An absentee cannot become an heir."

Absenteeism

Absente reo
"In the absence of the accused"

Absit

Absit omen.
"Far be a bad omen." - May the premonition not be confirmed.
Absit invidia dicto.
“Do not envy what has been said.” - Quotation from the works of the historian Titus Livius

Absolvo

Absolvo. (A.)
"I speak freely." - The letter A on the voting board stood for the acquittal of a delinquent. Cicero: Pro Milone 15
Graduated.
“I will absolve you.” - Absolution at confession . The whole sentence reads: “Ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. ” - “ I absolve you of your sins in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen."

Abuse

Abusus digitorum
"Abuse of the fingers" - masturbation / self-satisfaction
Abusus non tollit usum
"Abuse does not cancel out the (correct) use." - The sentence goes against the tendency to reject something because it can cause harmful effects through incorrect use.
Abusus optimi pessimus
"Abusing the best is the worst."

Abyss

Abyssus abyssum invocat.
"An error pulls the other to be." - Literally: "The abyss calls to the abyss." ( Ps 41.8  VUL )

Accedo

Accedo
"I am joining." - Commitment to a statement, acceptance of a proposal.

Accidit

Accidit in terms of, quod non speratur in anno.
"In a moment, what one would not have hoped for in a year can happen."

Accipe

Accipe, frater (vel soror), viaticum corporis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui te custodiat ab hoste maligno et perducat in vitam aeternam.
"Receive, brother (or sister), the sacrament of the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, who protects you from the evil enemy and leads you to eternal life." - Formula of the sacrament of death
Accipe, cape, rape sunt tria verba Papae.
"Take, grab and rob are the three words of the Pope."

Accipere

Accipere quam facere praestat iniuriam.
“To suffer injustice is better than doing injustice.” - Cicero , Tusculanae disputationes - Conversations in Tusculum 5, 56, taking up a thought from Socrates .

Accusare

Accusare nemo se debet nisi coram deodorant.
“Nobody has to accuse themselves, except before God.” - Legal rule

Acherontis

Acherontis pabulum
"Food for the Acheron " - "Hadesfutter", a swear word in the sense of hell roast , gallows rope . The variant pabulum Acherontis is also common.
In Plautus , Casina Accheruntis pabulum
Acheron is actually the name of a river in the underworld. The word is also often used in the sense of the underworld - Hades  .

Acta

Acta agere
“Doing what has already been done” - “threshing empty straw” ; Expression after Terence : Phormio 419
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
“Ordinances of the Apostolic See ” - Law Gazette of the Vatican
Acta Apostolorum
"Acts of the Apostles" - Acts of the Apostles of Luke
Acta diurna
“Daily Deeds” - public chronicle of the state introduced by Gaius Iulius Caesar in Rome for general control: publication of the complete minutes of the negotiations before the Senate and the people; According to Suetonius : De vita Caesarum , Caesar 20.1.
Augustus (cf. Suetonius, Augustus 36,1) abolished publication again.
Acta est fabula, have a chat!
“The game is over, applause!” - This frequent final sentence of ancient Roman comedies was also one of the last sentences of the Roman emperor Augustus on his deathbed. Suetonius : De vita Caesarum , Augustus 99.1
Acta, non verba.
"Actions, not words!" "Actions instead of words."
Acta Sanctorum
“Acts of the Saints” - descriptions of the lives of the saints and martyrs

Actio

Actio est reaction.
"Action is (same) reaction". - “Force equals counterforce.” Newton's third axiom (“lex tertia”) , the principle of interaction. See Actio and Reactio .
Actio in distans.
“Action at a distance”, literally “action on what is distant” ( actio = action; distans = participle I to distare “to be removed”). The term describes a relationship between (at least) one cause and an object that is spatially distant from it and on which it acts. See action at close range and action at a distance .
Actio recta non erit, nisi recta fuerit voluntas.
"An action is not right if its intention was not right."
Actio semel extincta non reviviscit.
"A claim that has been extinguished will not be revived."

Actiones

Actions semel inclusae iudicio salvae permanent.
"Claims once brought to court are retained."

Actum

Actum ut supra
"Negotiated as above (written)" - This phrase is used as the final formula in minutes and refers to the date mentioned at the beginning.

Actus

Actus fidei
"Act of faith"
Actus purus
“Pure work” - this philosophical-theological phrase is intended to determine God. The term, which goes back to Aristotle , was used especially by the scholastics in the High Middle Ages .

ad absurdum
“To the inconsistent, absurd, useless” - Prove that a thought or a statement is logical further to a contradiction that it is absurd.
Ad acta
“To the files” - To put something aside means to regard it as done. This formerly official note was attached to submissions that no longer required a decision and were archived.
Ad alta
"To the heights" - strive for higher things!
Ad arbitrium
"At will" - arbitrarily
Ad aram confugere
“Flee to the altar” - seek asylum
Ad arma
"To the weapons"
State seal of the US state Kansas with the motto "Ad astra per aspera"
Ad astra per aspera
"On the rough (paths) to the stars" - motto of the US state Kansas . A stylistic variant of " Per aspera ad astra ".
Ad augusta per angusta
"Through the narrow to the sublime"
Ad bestias
"To the animals" - throw the wild animals in the circus
Ad captandum vulgus
“To get the common people on their side” - By politicians who make false election promises or appeal to lower instincts.
Ad deliberandum
"For consideration"
Ad deum
“To God” - God commanded. Hence the farewell formula "Ade"
Ad experimentum
"Experimental" - for now
Ad fontes
"To the origins" - motto of Renaissance humanism . The humanists demanded a return to the original texts, v. a. of the Greek philosophers. This motto became important through Erasmus von Rotterdam , who wrote: "Sed in primis ad fontes ipsos properandum, id est graecos et antiquos." - "Above all, one has to hurry to the sources themselves, ie to the Greeks and the ancients in general."
Ad fundum
“Down to the ground!” Or “Down to the bottom (of the glass)!” - toasting in student language.
ad hoc
“For the present” - that is, improvised, impromptu. With ad hoc legislation a hasty legislative response under the influence of any public discussion or media coverage is referred to a specific topic. An ad hoc hypothesis is a scientific auxiliary construction created for the individual case with the purpose of supporting a theory against contradicting observations. In the natural sciences, the introduction of ad hoc hypotheses is largely avoided.
Ad hominem
“Pointed at the Man” - an argument that relates to the person of the opponent and not to the matter; Example: "This divorced / foreigner / Catholic / Protestant wants to make us believe ..."
Ad infinitum
“Into the infinite” - The “regressus ad infinitum”, the recourse to the infinite, arises in traditional logic when the cause concluded from a consequence is in turn the consequence of a previous cause. Today it often means “always going further”.
Ad interim
"For the meantime".
Ad Kalendas Graecas
"Up to the Greek calendar" - As a quote from Augustus in Suetonius and means "never". The calendars were the first day of the month in the Roman calendar , the usual payday for debtors; they did not exist in the Greek calendar. Compare Saint Never's Day .
Ad libitum (ad lib)
“As you wish” - This is an invitation to improvise freely, e.g. B. in a score or a libretto .
Ad litem
“For the trial” - a person called in to attend a specific legal process such as judge, guardian / curator ad litem, administrator
Ad lucem
“To the light” - the motto of the University of Lisbon
St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts with the motto: "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam"
Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
"For the greater glory of God" - motto of the Jesuits , abbreviated: AMDG
Ad manum medici
"At the hands of the doctor" - Also ad manus medici, abbreviated to ad man. med., printout in doctor's letters and patient documentation
Ad meliorem
"To better times"
Ad multos annos .
"For many years!" - "Let him live high!"
Ad nauseam
"Until vomiting "
Ad oculos
"Before eyes" ( lead ad oculos )
Ad pedem litterae
"To the foot of the letter" - "Exactly as it is written." (Cf. to the icing on the cake )
Ad perpetuam memoriam
"To the eternal memory [of]"
Ad personam
"To the (se) person (directed)", "In relation to the (se) person / tailored" - Example: A position ad personam is a position that cannot be filled with any suitable applicant, but with a ( specific) person is tailored.
Ad profundum
“Down to the floor” was a common term in the student scene that meant emptying the glass to the floor without putting it down. In a figurative sense: "thorough", "going in depth"
Ad rem
"Down to business"
Ad sanitatem
"(For health"
Ad tempus concessa post tempus censentur denegata.
"What has been granted for a limited period of time is automatically denied after the time has elapsed." - Codex Justinianus (10, 61, 1)
Ad usum Delphini
"On the use of the Dauphin " - This is the name of a work that has been "cleaned" of objectionable places for school lessons. The expression comes from editions of Greek and Latin classics that Louis XIV had made for his crown prince.
Ad usum medici (ad us. Med.)
For administration by the doctor - abbreviation on prescriptions
Ad usum proprium (ad us. Propr.)
"For personal use"
Ad utrumque paratus
"Ready for both" or "prepared for both" - e.g. B. War or understanding
Ad valorem
"By value" - e.g. B. Taxation ad valorem

Adam

Adam fodiente, quis nobilior, Eva nente?
"When Adam dug and Eve spun, was there a noble (er) en?"
In the song: "When Adam dug and Eva spun, where was the nobleman?" - The English rhyme "When Adam delved and Eve span / Who was then a gentleman?" Goes back to the peasant uprising of 1381 .
Adam primus homo crux omni posteritati.
"Adam, the first man, is a cross for all posterity."
Adam, primus homo, qui deceptus es in pomo.
"Adam, you first person, were deceived by an apple." - Song line from the General German Kommersbuch

Addito

Addito salis grano
“With the addition of a grain of salt ” - For understanding, see Cum grano salis .

Additus

Additus ab insolente Gallo ponderi gladius.
“The sword was added to the weight of the impudent Gaul.” - Livy , Ab urbe condita 5, 48. We are talking about the Gaul Brennus , who threw his sword into the scales and the famous saying “ Vae victis! "-" Woe to the vanquished! "

Adhuc

Adhuc flagranti crimine
“In the act” - Compare in flagranti
Adhuc tua messis in herba est.
“Your harvest is still on the stalk.” - Ovid, Heroides 17 (Helena an Paris), 263.

Admiror

Reproduction of the graffiti
Admiror te, paries, non c (e) cidisse (ruinis),
qui tot scriptorum taedia sustineas.
"I admire you, wall, that you haven't collapsed yet,
since you can endure the smear of so many people." - Graffito in Pompeii ( Distichon )

Adora

Baptism of Clovis by Remigius (statue in front of Reims Cathedral)
Adora quod incendisti, incende quod adorasti.
“Worship what you burned; burning, what have worshiped you. "- These words the Bishop Saint Remigius at the baptism of Clovis I have created. Clovis converted to Christianity after asking the Christian God for help in the Battle of Zülpich because his own gods had proven incompetent. This baptism was of great importance for the further history of Europe, as the Frankish Empire was Christianized with the baptism of Clovis. Clovis asked the nobles and his people about the report of Gregory of Tours before his baptism. When they agreed, he was baptized with allegedly 3,000 followers.

Adveniat

Adveniat Regnum Tuum. (Gospel of Matthew 6:10)
"Your kingdom come." - Request from the Our Father . The name of the fundraising campaign Adveniat of the Catholic Church is derived from this .

Advocate

Angel's advocate
"Advocate of the Angel" - opponent of the advocate diaboli, who argued for the beatification .
Advocatus Dei
"Advocate of God"
Diaboli advocate
"Devil's Advocate" - someone who takes an unpopular point of view (which he personally does not share) for the sake of discussion. In the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church he was the one who has to put forward arguments against canonization. (Name since 1983 promoter Fidei, "Promoter of Faith".)

Aegrescit

Aegrescit medendo.
"It is made worse by the (attempts at) healing." - Virgil , Aeneid 12.46.
Virgil tells of the Latinus ' futile attempt to appease the anger of the Turnus .

Aegri

Aegri somnia
"Dreams of a Sick"

From the Ars Poetica (7) by the poet Horace

Aegroti

Aegroto, dum anima est, spes est.
“There is hope for the sick as long as he breathes.” - Cicero , Ad atticum 9, 11. Compare “Dum spiro, spero.” - “As long as I breathe, I hope.”

Aequam

Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem!
“ Remember to keep equanimity in trouble!” Horace , carmina 2,3,1.

Aequat

Aequat omnis cinis.
“Ashes make everyone equal.” - Seneca , Epistulae morales 91, 16.

Aequis

Aequis aequus
"Right to the Right" - motto of the Habsburg Emperor Leopold I.

Aeris

Aeris alieni comes miseria
“Misery is the companion of debt.” - Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 7, 119.
Loosely translated: "Borrowing worries."

Aetas

Aetas nulla ad discendum sera.
"No age is too late to learn."
Aetas volat.
“Time flies.” - Cicero , Tusculanae disputationes 1, 76.

Affidavit

Affidavit .
"(He) has insured." - under German law, the affirmation in lieu of an oath

Afflictis

Afflictis lentae, celeres gaudentibus horae.
"The hours pass slowly to those who are sad, and quickly to those who are happy."
This verse, a hexameter , is recorded as an inscription on sundials.

Age

Age, quod agis.
"What you do, do it right." - Cf. "Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem."

agenda

agenda
"Things to do" agenda

Agnus

Agnus Dei
“Lamb of God” - According to the Gospel of John (1.29), John the Baptist said when he saw Jesus coming to the Jordan: “Ecce agnus dei, qui tollit peccatum mundi!” (“Look, the Lamb of God, which the Eradicate the sin of the world! ")
The Lamb of God is a symbol for Jesus Christ that has been widespread since ancient times . This symbol refers to the lamb as a sacrificial animal in the Old Testament , especially to the lambs whose blood was painted on the doorpost as a protective symbol on the night of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.
In the liturgy of the Mass and in the litanies of the Roman Catholic Church it says: "Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis!" - "Lamb of God, whom you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us!"

Alea

Caesar crosses the Rubicon
Alea iacta est .
“The die has been cast.” - The Roman writer Suetonius reports that Julius Caesar died on January 10, 49 BC. BC stood undecided with his army on the border river Rubicon when a shepherd came, snatched a soldier's trumpet and crossed the river. Caesar then said:
"Eatur quo deorum ostenta et inimicorum iniquitas vocat. Iacta alea est. ” - “ There leads the way, where the signs of the gods and the iniquities of the enemy call. ”
Little is known that Caesar said this in Greek: “ Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος. “( Anerríphthō kýbos ), German“ The die is thrown. ”Today this quote is used in the sense of“ There is no turning back ”.
Alea iudiciorum
"The Gambling of Justice"

Alia

Alia res sceptrum, alia plectrum.
“The scepter is one thing, the plectrum is another.” - Governing is one thing, the sounds striking (criticizing) the other.

Aliena

Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra.
“We have the mistakes of others in front of our eyes, behind our own.” - Seneca , de ira 2,28,6.
This quote refers to a fable of Aesop , which Phaedrus put into poetry: People each carry two sacks: they carry the sack with their own faults on their backs, the sack with the flaws of their fellow men in front of them; so it happens that we see the mistakes of others but cannot see our own.
This quote corresponds to the biblical dictum “Why do you see the splinter in your brother's eye, but you do not notice the beam in your eye?” ( Matt. 7, 3).
See also a thorn in the side .

Alieni

Alieni iuris
"Stranger Right" - Refers to someone who does not make decisions about themselves.

Aliis

Aliis inserviendo consumor.
"Helping others, I consume." - the motto of the Wolfenbüttel library founder, Duke Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . Inscription on modern coins, but also appropriately on candles.
A modification of this is “ Patriae inserviendo consumor. "
Aliis ne feceris, quod tibi fieri non vis.
“Do not do to others what you do not want to happen to you.” - Golden rule

Aliquid

Aliquid hardens.
“Something gets stuck.” - This means slander . This is the short version of the original "Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret" - "Slander only brazenly, something always sticks". It is the Latin version of an utterance of Francis Bacon , the Greek historian Plutarch goes back and reads in the original Greek as follows: Κἂν θεραπεύσῃ τὸ ἕλκος ὁ δεδηγμένος, ἡ οὐλὴ μενεῖ τῆς διαβολῆς ( Kan therapeusē to helkos ho dedēgmenos, hē oule menei Tēs diabolēs . ).

Alis

Motto of the US state Oregon : "Alis volat propriis."
Alis volat propriis.
"She flies with her own wings." - Motto of the US state Oregon .

The motto refers to the decision of the settlers in the region to form their own Provisional Government in 1843, which should be independent from the United States and Great Britain.

Alma

alma mater
“Nourishing mother” - term for the university that someone attended or has attended.
This expression is taken from the motto "Alma mater studiorum" of the University of Bologna , which was founded in 1088 as the oldest university in Europe.

Alta

Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextrae.
“The wounds of the civil war are deep.” - Lucan

Age

alter ego
"Second me" or "Other me" - originally a person who is spiritually very close, a good friend. Today often “a second facet of my personality”.

Altera

Altera pars Petri
"Second part (of the logic) of Peter (Ramus)" - The second part of the logic of the French philosopher Peter Ramus is about the power of judgment. It was said of mentally limited people that they lacked the “altera pars Petri”.

Alterius

Alterius contractu nemo obligatory.
“Nobody is bound by someone else's contract.” - Legal clause that primarily prohibits contracting at the expense of third parties .

Alterum

Alterum lumen Angliae
"The other lamp in England" - This meant the University of Oxford

Ama

Ama et fac, quod vis.
“Love and do what you want.” - This sentence by Augustine was originally “Dilige, et quod vis fac” in his work In epistulam Ioannis ad Parthos .

Amantes

Amantes amentes.
"Lovers are crazy." - Terenz , Andria I, 3
Amantes ut apes vitam melitam exigunt.
"Lovers lead a honey-sweet life like bees." - Inscription in Pompeii. Immediately afterwards the restriction follows: “Vellem” - “It would be nice!”.

Amanti

Amanti nihil difficile.
"Nothing is difficult for the lover."

Amantium

Amantium ira amoris integratio est.
The wrath of lovers is the restoration of love. - Terenz , Andria 555.

Amare

Amare et mare sunt idem. In utroque multi pereunt.
“Love and the sea are the same. Many go under in both. "
Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur.
“One hardly concedes a god to love and be reasonable.” - Publilius Syrus
Amare iuveni fructus est, crimen seni.
“To love is a gain for young people, a crime for old people.” - Publilius Syrus

Amat

Amat Fortuna parum cordatos, amat audaciores et quibus illud placet: Πᾶς ἐρρίφθω κύβος .
"Fortuna loves the less sensible, loves the more daring and those who like this word: Throw every die!" - Erasmus of Rotterdam in his praise of folly (Encomium Moriae, 61)
See also Alea iacta est .

Amici

Amici fures temporum.
"Friends are thieves of time."

Amicitiae

Amicitiae immortales, mortales inimicitiae debent esse.
"Friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal."

Amicus

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.
"One recognizes a true friend in an uncertain situation." - Ennius , quoted by Cicero , De amicitia 64.
Amicus curiae
"Friend of the court" - in the Anglo-Saxon law, the term refers to a person or organization in a court case involved is without even party to be.
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas .
“Plato is dear to me, but I prefer the truth.” - Saying of the philosopher Aristotle about Plato and also about Socrates

Cupid

Cupid fati.
“Love of fate.” - Marcus Aurelius , later taken up by Friedrich Nietzsche
Amor gignit amorem.
"Love creates love."
Cupid magister est optimus.
"Love is the best teacher."
according to Pliny the Younger , Epistulae 4,19,4, where he writes about his wife that she sings and plays the kithara without being taught by an expert, but “amore, qui magister est optimus” (“out of love [ to me] what the best teacher is ”).
Plato and his students
Cupid platonicus
" Platonic love " - love on a spiritual level, which is traced back to the Greek philosopher Plato .
Amor tollit timorem.
“Love takes away fear.” Bernhard von Clairvaux
This sentence goes back to the apostle John (1 Jn 4:18): "Timor non est in charitate: sed perfecta charitas foras mittit timorem" ("There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives away fear").
Amor tussisque non celantur.
"Love and cough cannot be concealed." The phrase is often incorrectly attributed to the poet Ovid .
Amor medicabilis nullis herbis.
"There is no herb against love."
Cupid vincit omnia.
"Love conquers everything." - From: Carmina Burana .

Amore

Amore, more, ore, re probantur amicitiae.
“Friendships develop through love, behavior, speech and deed.” - A play on words in which one more letter is removed from the initial word. There is also a version with “servantur”, which then means “... one gets friendships”, or with “iunguntur” (“to be closed”).

Amoris

Amoris vulnus idem sanat, qui facit.
“The wound of love heals exactly he who hits it.” - Quote from the works of the poet Publilius Syrus

On

"To nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?"
"Do you not know, my son, with how little prudence the world is ruled?" - This is what Axel Gustavson Graf von Oxenstierna wrote to his son, whom he asked to take part in the diplomatic conference in Munster at the end of the Thirty Years' War a saying by Pope Julius III. translated into Latin, see “ Don't you know, my son, with how little understanding the world is ruled? ".

Ana

ana partes aequales
“In equal parts”, ana for short or aa as an abbreviation . , an expression from the manufacture of prescription drugs in pharmacy

anathema

Anathema sit.
"He be cursed." - Anathema ( Ἀνάθεμα ) - the consecrated, the curse - denotes a canonical condemnation and is considered a stricter measure than excommunication . In the formal definition of a dogma , the formula "anathema sit" (often abbreviated as as ) denotes the condemnation of a different doctrine as heresy . It usually comes at the end of a three-part sentence:
- "Si quis dixerit" ("if someone should say")
- followed by the statement to be condemned (in AcI or with quod ) (or similar)
- "anathema sit".

Anatomia

Anatomia clavis et clavus medicinae.
"Anatomy is the key and the rudder of medicine."

Angelica

Angelica salutatio
"Angel's Greeting " - The English greeting is the name given to the words of greeting given by the Archangel Gabriel when he announced to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the future Jesus Christ . The corresponding verses are in the Bible in Luke 1, from verse 28 (“Hail Mary…”). In Latin, the greetings begin with “Ave Maria, gratia plena, dominus tecum”. They have also become a well-known Catholic prayer, the Ave Maria .

Angulus

Angulus rides
This corner of the country makes me happy ” (Horace, Oden, Il, 6, 13).

Anima

Anima Mundi
"World soul" - according to Plato distributed over the whole of nature. The world soul is the mover of the world. It contains everything physical and its elements in itself. She knows everything.
Anima naturaliter christiana.
"The soul is by nature Christian."
Anima sana in corpore sano
"A healthy soul in a healthy body" - variant of " Mens sana in corpore sano " .
The acronym formed from the first letters forms the basis for the name of the sporting goods manufacturer Asics .
Anima vegetativa
Term from the theory of the soul of Aristotle in his work De anima ( Greek Περὶ ψυχῆς Perí psychḗs , German 'About the soul' ), in which the soul is divided as follows:
  1. Anima vegetativa ( ψυχὴ θρεπτική psychē threptikḗ ): plant soul
  2. Anima sensitiva ( ψυχὴ αἰσθητική psychē aisthētikḗ ): animal soul
  3. Anima cogitativa ( νοῦς noús ): human soul , divided into an immortal, active nous, νοῦς ποιῶν noús poiṓn and a mortal, receptive nous, νοῦς παθητικός noús pathētikós

Animal

Animal bipes implume
"Featherless biped" - Plato explained to his students that humans belong to the animal kingdom, walk on two legs, but have neither fur nor feathers. Diogenes heard this , plucked a passing rooster and shouted: "There, dear Plato, there you have your man!".
Plato then expanded his definition: "Animal implume, bipes, latis unguibus" - "Man is a two-legged living being without feathers with wide nails."
Animal disputax
"Gladly disputing creature" - The description of the life of Adam Bernd from 1738 about a certain Olearius says of the "Dispu animal" :
“He was an animal disputax; and, when in the evening he came to the innkeeper where I was dining to pick me up, you could talk to him in Latin, Italian, French, and English as you liked. Before going to bed, when we got home, and in the morning before he went off, I had the special opportunity to take advantage of this. "
Animal laborans
"The working animal" - Animal laborans is a term used by the philosopher Hannah Arendt to reduce human existence to work to secure livelihoods.
Animal rational
"The rational animal" - translation of the Greek "zoon logikon": In this designation of humans, their ability to think is emphasized as the essential thing and what distinguishes them from animals.
Animal symbolicum
“The symbolic animal” - the term was coined by the philosopher Ernst Cassirer and emphasizes the typical human ability to produce symbols and to think and live in a world of symbols.

Animarum

All Souls Cemetery
Animarum this
"Day of Souls" - All Souls Day is a day of remembrance in the church year of the Roman Catholic Church, which is celebrated on November 2nd (officially Latin but (Commemoratio) omnium fidelium defunctorum ). In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is one of the most important holidays.

Animula

Animula vagula blandula
"Little soul, little stray, affectionate"
With these words begins the so-called Animula poem , which the Roman Emperor Hadrian wrote. It was the inscription on his grave chamber in by him as his mausoleum built Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome.

animus

Animus furandi
"Intending to steal" - legal term
Animus iniurandi
"Intending to offend" - Legal term
Animus in consulendo liber
"A free sense in the consultation" - ( motto of NATO )
Animus rem sibi habendi
"The intention to have a thing itself" - The term refers to both the legal Zueignungsabsicht , and the property will .

Anni

Anni currentis
"Of the current year"
Anni futuri
"Of the future year"
Anni praeteriti
"Last year"

Anno

Detail from Dürer's Landau Altar with the inscription: "Albertus Durer Noricus faciebat anno a Virginis partu 1511"
Anno aetatis suae (ætatis suæ)
"His age", "in his ... year of life" - Latin age indication, inscription on tombstones
Anno currente
"In the current year"
Anno Domini (AD)
“In the year of the Lord” - Means a year that is calculated according to the traditional year of Christ's birth : after Christ ( AD ). This era was proposed by the monk Dionysius Exiguus in 525, but was not introduced before the eighth century. Initially limited to Rome only, its calendar gained more and more importance and in the 10th and 11th centuries superseded the other times in Central and Western Europe.
Anno mundi
“In the year (since the creation) of the world” - 3761, 5199 or 5509 before the birth of Christ , see Annus Mundi, History
Anno salutis
“In the year of salvation” - see also more often: Anno Domini
Anno a Virginis partu
“In the year since the virgin birth” - synonymous with Anno Domini. Is used, for example, by Albrecht Dürer on the Landau Altar to indicate the year:
"Albertus Durer Noricus faciebat anno a Virginis partu 1511" "Albrecht Dürer from Nuremberg created it in 1511 after the virgin birth".

Annuit

Reverse of the state seal of the USA with the inscription "Annuit cœptis"
Annuit cœptis
“He nodded to the beginning” - “He (God) was weighed in our endeavors” is the motto on the back of the great seal of the United States and on the back of the US dollar bill. It is a modification of a saying from Virgil's Aeneid , in which it says:
"Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus annue coeptis." - "Almighty Juppiter, be prepared for a bold start."
According to some sources, the 13 letters should symbolize the 13 founding states of the USA . Below is Novus ordo seclorum - "a new order of the ages", another Latin phrase.

Annuntio

Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus papam .
“I announce a great joy to you: We have a Pope.” - With these words, the new Pope is presented to the public after a successful conclave .

Annus

Annus civilis
"Civil year"
Annus ecclesiasticus
" Church year "
Annus horribilis
"Terrible year" - Known as personal evaluation of the year 1992 by Queen Elizabeth II. , In which the castle Windsor burned, Prince Andrew from Sarah Ferguson separated and the marriage crisis of Princess Diana and Prince Charles made negative headlines. It is an ironic allusion to annus mirabilis.
Annus mirabilis
“Miracle year” - designation of the years 1665 - 1666 ( Isaac Newton ) and 1905 ( Albert Einstein ) with outstanding discoveries in physics
Annus mundi (AM)
"Year of the World, World Year" - the year of the creation of the world (3761, 5199 or 5509 before the birth of Christ )

Ante

Ante bellum
“Before the war” - In the US context (especially in the southern states ), this always refers to the Civil War of 1861–1865. A German equivalent, which happens to also use Latin, would be (in the formulation of the Royal Bavarian District Court ) the "good old days before the year 14 ".
Ante cibum (ac)
“Before meals” - on medication prescriptions
Ante Christum natum
“Before the born Christ” - Before the birth of Christ
Ante eram nostram (aen)
"Before our calendar" - is used to count the year of historical events
Ante litteram
“Before the letter” - “Before the term” - is the name of an expression that describes something that existed before there was a word for it. For example, one could say that Alan Turing was a computer scientist ante , since in Turing's time the profession of computer scientist did not yet exist.
Ante meridiem (am)
“Before noon” - Between midnight and noon. The opposite is post meridiem .
Ante partum (ap)
"Before the birth" - a common phrase in gynecology (compare post partum )
Ante portas
"At the gates" - Dating back to Hannibal ante portas ( "Hannibal before the gates"), which is itself on the historical manifestation Hannibal ad portas ( "Hannibal at the gates") of Cicero is based, which it metaphorically as a warning against Mark Antony used . Today the saying is used to warn of an imminent danger, often with ironic intent.
Ante prandium (ap)
“Before lunch” - Before the meal, on medication prescriptions
Ante Romam Treveris stait annis mille trecentis.
“Trier stood one thousand three hundred years before Rome.” - According to the founding legend of Trier , Trebeta, the son of the Assyrian king Ninus, is said to have founded Trier 1,300 years before Rome was founded. The sentence, a Leonine hexameter , is written on the Red House on Trier's main market and forms the first half of an epigram , the continuation of which reads: “Perstet et aeterna pace fruatur. Amen. "(" Let it go away and enjoy everlasting peace. Amen. ")

Antiquus

Antiquus amor cancer est.
"Old love is a cancer." (... and comes back again.) Petronius , Satyricon 42,7 (speech of the freedman Seleucus).
Corresponds to our saying "Old love doesn't rust."

Annulus

Fishing ring of Leo XIII.
Anulus piscatorius
" Fischerring " - The Pope's ring. On the ring plate, next to the name of the Pope and the fish, the apostle Peter is depicted, who is pulling a fishing net in a boat.

anus

Anus mundi
"Ass in the world" - probably a pun based on Annus Mundi
Anus obit
"Obit anus, abit onus: the old woman dies, the burden is gone."

Apage

Apage Satanas.
"Away with you, Satan!" - In the Middle Ages a fixed formula for banishing a devilish apparition

Apelles

Apelles post tabulam
“Apelles behind the picture” - the Greek painter Apelles allegedly listened to the viewer's judgment of his paintings, hidden behind his painting.

Apollini

Apollini et Musis
“Apollo and the Muses” - dedicated to Apollo and the Muses

Appropinquavit

Appropinquavit regnum dei.
“The kingdom of God has come near.” - motto of Bishop Peter Kohlgraf ( Lk 10.9  EU ).

Approximavit

Approximavit sidera.
“He brought the stars closer.” - Original inscription on the tombstone of the optician and physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer

Aqua

Aqua fons vitae est
"The water is the source of life"
Aqua vitae
"Water of Life" - Aquavit

Aquila

Aquila non captat muscas.
"An eagle doesn't catch flies."

Aquis

Aquis submersus
"Submerged in the water" - novella by Theodor Storm . Storm was inspired by an image showing a family of preachers. Another picture was dedicated to the son of the family with the inscription:
"Henricus Bonnix, aquis incuria servi submersus obyt Ao 1656, May 17, aetatis 10" - "Heinrich Bonnix, sunk in water as a result of the carelessness of a servant and died in 1656, on May 17, at the age of ten".

Arbiter

Arbiter elegantiarum
"Referee of the elegant" - taste judge of the fine way of life. Nickname of the senator and satirist Titus Petronius , who was considered the arbiter elegantiae Neros , who accepted him among his few confidants and left him the role of "arbiter of fine taste".
Arbiter artis
"Referee of the arts (arts)"

Arcanum

Arcanum boni tenoris animae
“The secret of a good mood” - the motto of the Starobrno brewery in Brno .

Ardere

Ardere et Lucere.
"Glow (shine) and glow".

Arma

Graffiti in Pompeii
Arma virumque cano
“I sing of weapons and a man” - beginning of Virgil's epic Aeneid .

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris
Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit
litora, multum unbekannt et terris iactatus et alto
vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram,
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem
inferretque deos Latio, genus unde
Latin altae moenia Romae.

I sing about the arms and the man who first flew through
the fate of Troy to Italy and to the Lavinian coast
; the former was driven about much on land and on the high seas
by the power of the gods because of the constant wrath of the fierce Juno;
he also suffered a lot in the war, until he founded a city
and carried his gods into Lazio, where the Latin family,
Alba's fathers and the high city walls of Rome come from.

Inter arma (enim) silent legs
“The law is silent under arms” - a modified phrase from Cicero in his Pro Milone speech : “Silent enim leges inter arma.”

Ars

Ars gratia artis
"Art for art's sake" - Also found in the logo of the film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
Ars longa, vita brevis.
"Art is long, life is short." Hippocrates , quoted by Seneca , De brevitate vitae 1,1: "Inde illa maximi medicorum exclamatio est: vitam brevem esse, longam artem."
Ars moriendi
“The art of dying” - This book title from the 15th century meant the art of getting to heaven repentant.
Ars sterilis
"Breadless Art" (literally: "Barren Art")
Ars vivendi
"The art to live"

Artem

New museum with the weathered inscription "Artem non odit nisi ignarus."
Artem non odit nisi ignarus.
“Only the stupid despises art.” - Inscription above the portal of the Neues Museum on Museum Island in Berlin

Artis

Artis Bohemiae Amicis.
". The friends of Czech art" - The medal by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic , Czech with the outstanding foreign artists for their lifetime presentation of art will be honored.

Asinus

Asinus asino pulcherrimus.
"The donkey (is) the most beautiful for the donkey."
Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum
"The donkey (is) the donkey forever." - "The greatest fool of all time"
Asinus asinum fricat
"The donkey rubs the donkey." - "Donkey rubs against donkey."
"The fools congratulate each other." Or "Two fools praise each other profusely."
Asinus humanum est.
"The donkey is something human." - From a song text by Sportfreunde Stiller , an allusion to "Errare humanum est" ( " To err is human." ):

Level is not a cream,
empathy is not a problem,
we find lasting:
Asinus humanum est.

Astra

astronomical clock in Stendal
Astra inclinant, non necessitant.
“The stars only incline, they do not force.” - Johannes Kepler's conception of astrology , which affirms the influence of the stars, but does not abolish the free will and does not deny the omnipotence of God.
Inscription on the astronomical clock of the Marienkirche in Stendal
Another version is: "Astra inclinant, sed non obligant." ( "The stars incline , but they do not force." )

Attica

Greece, Attica highlighted
Attica fides
"Attic loyalty" - The Athenians had built a temple to the deity of loyalty ( ancient Greek Πίστις Pístis , Latin Fides ).
Attica musa
"Attic Muse" - Attic joke, because among the Greeks the inhabitants of Attica had the highest education.
Atticus testis
"Attic witness" - Actually an incorruptible witness, ironically but a false witness

Audaces

Audaces fortuna iuvat.
"Luck helps the bold."

Audacter

Audacter calumniare, semper aliquid haeret.
"Slander brazenly, something always sticks." - Plutarch

Audax

Audax et fidelis
"Bold and loyal" - the motto of the Australian state of Queensland

Audemus

Audemus jura nostra defendere.
"We dare to defend our rights." - Motto of the US state Alabama

Audere

Audere est facere.
“To dare is to do it.” - the motto of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur

Audi

Audi alteram partem.
"Hear the other part too!" - Variant of "Audiatur et altera pars."
Audi, vide, sile.
"Listen, see and be silent!"
Audi, vide, tace
“Listen, see and be silent” - the motto of the Security Information Service (BIS) of the CR
Audi, vide, tace, si vis vivere in pace.
"Listen, see and be silent if you want to live in peace!"

Audiature

Inscription on the Friedenssaal in Münster : "Audiatur et altera pars - Men hear both parties"
Audiatur et altera pars .
“The other party should also be heard.” - A maxim that goes back to Roman law : In a legal dispute, it is not enough to just let one side have its say.

Audio

Audio, video, disco.
"I hear, I see, I learn."

Aurea

Aurea mediocritas
"Golden mean " - According to Horace , carmina 2,10,5, where it says: "Whoever chooses the golden mean ..." ("Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit ...").
The choice of the “middle”, understood as avoiding the extremes, was an ethical demand often expressed in antiquity.

Auri

Auri sacra fames
"Cursed hunger for gold" - From Virgil's Aeneid 3,56f:
"Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, auri sacra fames" - "Why don't you drive people's hearts, accursed hunger for gold!"

Auro

Auro loquente omnis oratio inanis est
"When gold speaks, every speech is ineffective" - ​​According to Erasmus von Rotterdam , Adagia 3,3,16 :: "Auro loquente nihil pollet quaevis oratio." - "When gold speaks, any speech is nothing."

Aurora

Aurora Borealis photographed in Alaska
Aurora Borealis
"Northern Dawn" - Aurora was the Greek goddess of the dawn , Boreas the north wind. Aurora borealis , the northern lights , are the northern lights of the Arctic , Aurora australis , the southern lights , northern lights of the Antarctic .

Auspicium

Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae
"Among the landmarks of the King and Parliament of England" - the motto of the British East India Company
Auspicium melioris aevi
"Promise of a better time" - motto of the Order of Saints Michael and George

Aut

Aut Caesar aut nihil
“Caesar or nothing” - all or nothing. Motto of Cesare Borgia .
Aut idem
"Or the same"
As a note from the doctor on a prescription, it allows the pharmacist to substitute the prescribed agent with one with the same active ingredient.
Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetae.
“Poets either want to use or entertain…” - Horace , De arte poetica, 333. The poet himself continues: “… aut simul et iucunda et idonea dicere vitae” - “or say something pleasant and useful for life”. (334)
Aut vincere, aut mori
"Either win or die"

Ave

Ave atque vale .
“Greetings and farewell!” - From Catullus poem 101 “At the grave of his brother”. Catullus apparently visited the tomb for the first and last time when he was 57 BC. Was in the wake of Gaius Memmius on the way to Bithynia.
Ave Caesar Morituri te Salutant . History painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme from 1859
Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant
“Greetings, Caesar! The doomed greet you. ”- Greeting formula of the gladiators in the circus. In the ancient sources, however, the sentence is only passed down in Suetonius , Vita Divi Claudii  21, where it is spoken by people sentenced to death before an exhibition match, i.e. not by regularly trained gladiators.
Ave Europa nostra vera patria
"Greetings, Europe, our true homeland!" - Anthem of the right-wing extremist Maltese party Imperium Europa ( Reich Europe )
Ave Maria
"Greetings, Mary!" - Beginning of a basic prayer of the Catholic Church for the invocation of Mary:
" Ave Maria gratia plena." - "Hail Mary, full of grace." - The Ave Maria was set to music by composers of all ages. One of the most famous settings is the Ave Maria by Charles Gounod , based on a prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach (Well-Tempered Clavier 1,1). The so-called Ave Maria by Franz Schubert is also well known , but originally set to music a literary prayer of Mary going back to Walter Scott .
Ave mater Angliae
"Greetings, Mother of England!" - the motto of the English city of Canterbury
Ave verum (corpus)
"Greetings, you true (body)!" - late medieval rhyme prayer
Version in the Ave verum by Mozart:
"Ave, ave, verum corpus, natum de Maria virgine ..."
( "Greetings, true body, born of Mary the Virgin ..." )

Avenio

Avenio ventosa, sine vento venenosa, cum vento fastidiosa.
"Avignon is windy, poisonous without wind, disgusting with wind." - Due to its location, the southern French city of Avignon is exposed to numerous winds, including the Mistral .

Individual evidence

  1. Aesop Fabulae 50.10
  2. ^ 159 ( OCT ed. Lindsay)
  3. ^ Suetonius : Augustus 87.
  4. Fable No. 266 in the Aesopica by BE Perry, Urbana 1952
  5. Fable 4:10
  6. A new dictionary of quotations from the greek, latin and modern languages . JB Lippincott, Philadelphia 1869, p. 25
  7. Cor inquietum, Oct. 17, 2006 ( Memento of 8 February 2012 at the Internet Archive )
  8. Augustine Hipponensis - In Epistolam Ioannis ad Parthos tractatus decem - 7.8
  9. ^ Augustine Hipponensis - In epistulam Ioannis ad Parthos tractatus decem
  10. www.zeno.org
  11. ^ Gaius Sallustius Crispus , De Catilinae coniuratione 52, 21