Sunday, May 22, 2016

Latin phrases

This post is from one of my older blogs, its influenced form when I was taking Latin in high school. 
A fortiori - With yet stronger reason
A posse ad esse - From possibility to actuality
Ab hinc - From here on
Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam - It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
Acta non verba - Action not words
Ad augusta per angusta - To high places by narrow roads
Amicus humani generis - A friend of the human race (philanthropist)
Amicus verus est rara avis - A true friend is a rare bird
Amor caecus est - Love is blind
Amor est vitae essentia - Love is the essence of life. (Robert B. Mackay)
Amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all. (Virgil)
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo - Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters. (Horace)
Anguis in herba - A snake in the grass. A treacherous person. (Vergil)
Amoto quaeramus seria ludo - Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters. (Horace)
An nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia mundus regatur? - Don't you know then, my son, how little wisdom rules the world?
Aquila non captat muscas - The eagle doesn't capture flies (don't sweat the small things)


Auribus tenere lupum - I hold a wolf by the ears. (I am in a dangerous situation and dare not let go.) (Terence)

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