# Favorite latin phrase(s) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256 "2001-04-08T15:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/21 "2001-04-08T22:26:51Z")
semper ubi sub ubi (always where under where–bad grammar, but you get the idea) populus qui habitabat sub latrinum (we are the people who dwell under the toilet) scrofae es ex Hades (you are a breeding sow from hell) Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres (all of Gaul was diveded into three parts) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/22 "2001-04-08T22:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ghandi5569 \* > Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres (all of Gaul was diveded into three parts) Or, “All Gaul is quartered into three halves.” “Viridis esse non facilis est.” - Kermitus Ranidae ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/23 "2001-04-08T23:07:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ghandi5569 \* > Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres (all of Gaul was diveded into three parts) Or “Some people have enough gall to start a third party.” ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/24 "2001-04-08T23:38:31Z")
Stercus fit. (Sh\*t happens) Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnium mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all of your money or I will fling an enourmous rock at your head.) Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. (I think some people in toga are plotting against me.) “Carthago delenda est.” -Cato (Carthage must be destroyed.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/25 "2001-04-08T23:42:19Z")
What’s the one that says “Don’t let the bastards get you down?” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/26 "2001-04-08T23:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*What’s the one that says “Don’t let the bastards get you down?” \*\* Non Illemegati Carborundum ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/27 "2001-04-09T00:07:45Z")
Confutatis maledictis flammis acribus addictis - “The damned and accursed are condemned to flames of hell” This is only my favorite because in a certain Microsoft commercial, these are the words that are [sub](very appropriately)[/sub] sung as the words “Where do you want to go today?” are shown on the screen 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/28 "2001-04-09T00:16:05Z")
Okay, all you latin smartypants. What does this phrase mean (or is it just nonsense as is claimed)? > [@](#): > > Noli Soli Sumus[sup]1[/sup] kiitoksia paljon [sup]1[/sup]Motto for [ASCAR](http://www.azstarnet.com/~serres/) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/29 "2001-04-09T04:45:59Z")
Gaudeamus igitur. (Let us then be joyful.) Festina lente. (Make haste slowly.) Nolite dolorem quia ipsum dolor sit amet. (Nobody seeks pain just because it is pain. Yes, this is the source of “Lorem ipsum dolor.”) ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/30 "2001-04-09T04:58:39Z")
Uva uvam vivendo varia fit That was the inscription on the sign in [_Lonesome Dove_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0096639) The characters in the movie didn’t know what it meant, “it’s a motto, it says itself,” but someone on another board said it loosely translates as “a grape only ripens in the presence of another grape,” which is quite appropriate to the main characters. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/31 "2001-04-09T07:08:44Z")
“In vino, veritas” - “In wine, the truth” crap, I used to know many more. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/32 "2001-04-09T07:58:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > Noli Soli Sumus WAG drawn from my handy dictionary would suggest that these are corrupted/oddly conjugated forms of **nolo** –_v._ be unwilling; refuse **soleo** –_v._ be accustomed; be apt to **summus** –_a._ most extreme; highest, greatest, etc. “Refuse to become accustomed to the heights”? Bah, I’m sure one of these other folks can do better. My favorites would surely include: _Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit._- No one dances sober, unless he is completly insane. _Aliquando et insanire iucundum est._- It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman. _Malum consilium quod mutari non potest._- It is a bad plan that cannot be changed ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/33 "2001-04-09T08:05:29Z")
I like, from “Life of Brian,” this one: “Romanes Eunt Domus.” (“People called Romanes they go the house.” – Brian’s hideous attempt at “Romans go home!”) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/34 "2001-04-09T09:55:35Z")
What? Over 30 responses, and the greatest one isn’t there yet?? Let me share with you the Ultimate Wisdom of All Time: **"Varium et mutabile semper femina"** Meaning, of course, “woman is ever a fickle and changeable thing”. How utterly true. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/35 "2001-04-09T10:05:25Z")
It’s not a phrase, but is my favourite word… advesperascere - to grow dark. Whisper it. It sounds like shadows. > [@](#): > > Cornelia puella Romana est… Ecce! In pictura est puella Romana! Fran ---
**Author:** ![longjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@longjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longjohn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/36 "2001-04-09T13:55:47Z")
Euty - shouldn’t that be Non Illegitamus Carborundum? Personally mine’s “Fac me cocleario vomere” [Moon Zappa] Gag me with a spoon! [/Moon Zappa] For many more: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A218882](http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A218882) ---
**Author:** ![walor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@walor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/walor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/37 "2001-04-09T14:28:28Z")
Veni, Vidi, Visa I came, I saw, I did a little shopping… ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/38 "2001-04-09T14:56:34Z")
mutatis mutandis - the necessary changes being made… quid pro quo - I am a Republican and using Latin phrases makes me appear marginally intelligent when I am in pursuit of crucifying an out-going president. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/39 "2001-04-09T15:15:42Z")
I once [posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44337) this VOMITORIUM MUTATUM qui vomuit multos locus est quo nunc homo multum. DUO VOMITORIA hic locus admittit vomituros, ille vomendos but no-one spotted the mis-use of the Gerund (I always get it confused with the genitive) ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256/40 "2001-04-09T15:22:24Z")
There are too many magnificent Latin phrases for me to name. I’ll just pick the first few that pop into my head. > [@](#): > > Veritas opprimitur > distrahitur > et venditur > iustitia prostante. Philip the Chancellor, fl. 1220, _Bulla fulminante_ The truth is crushed, stretched, and sold, while Justice sells her body on the street. > [@](#): > > Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi; > sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. > Solve metus… Vergil, Aen. 1, 461-3. These are the wages of virtue! These are the tears of the world, the sorrows that touch all men. So have no fear. > [@](#): > > Gallus in sterquilinio suo plurimum potest. Seneca, Apocolocyntosis Divii Claudii. A cock is the master of his own dunghill. > [@](#): > > Domine, secundum actum meum > Noli me iudicare > Nihil dignum in conspectu tuo egi Lord, do not judge me by my deeds, For I have done nothing worthy in your sight. Many, many more…but these are the only ones my memory is coughing up right now. MR [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-latin-phrase-s/61256.md?page=3)