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latin phrases worth knowing:

stcrlghts:

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

  • ad astra per aspera - to the stars through difficulties 
  • alis volat propriis - he flies by his own wings 
  • amantium irae amoris integratio est - the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 
  • ars longa, vita brevis - art is long, life is short 
  • aut insanity homo, aut versus facit - the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 
  • dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope 
  • ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 
  • exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior - I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad
  • experiential docet - experience teaches 
  • helluo librorum - a glutton for books (bookworm) 
  • in libras libertas - in books, freedom 
  • littera scripta manet - the written letter lasts 
  • mens regnum bona possidet - an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 
  • mirabile dictu - wonderful to say 
  • nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit - there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 
  • omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 
  • poeta nascitur, non fit - the poet is born, not made 
  • qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit - let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 
  • saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit - often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 
  • sedit qui timuit ne non succederet - he who feared he would not succeed sat still 
  • si vis pacem, para bellum - if you want peace, prepare for war 
  • struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat - when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 
  • sub rosa - under the rose 
  • trahimir omnes laudis studio - we are led on by our eagerness for praise
  • urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit - he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 
  • ut incepit fidelis sic permanet - as loyal as she began, so she remains
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Latin phrases to use as incantations.

mothmaam:

This is gonna be a long list.

  • ab intra - from within
  • ab origine - from the source
  • absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”
  • absit invidia - “let envy be absent”
  • absit omen - “let omens be absent”
  • ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.
  • abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep
  • a capite ad calcem - from head to heel
  • acta non verba - actions not words
  • ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”
  • ad astra - to the stars
  • ad fontes - to the sources
  • ad meliora - towards better things
  • ad oculos - to the eyes
  • ad undas - to the waves
  • ad victoriam - to victory
  • adsum - I am here
  • a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength
  • a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea
  • audeamus - let us dare
  • audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold
  • audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent
  • beatae memoriae - of blessed memory
  • bona fide - in good faith
  • bono malum superate - overcome evil with good
  • capax infiniti - holding the infinite
  • carpe diem - seize the day
  • carpe noctem - seize the night
  • cave - beware
  • ceteris paribus - all other things being equal
  • circa - around
  • citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger
  • clavis aurea - golden key
  • cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am
  • compos mentis - in control of the mind
  • concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort
  • concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth
  • concordia salus - well-being through harmony
  • coniunctis viribus - with connected strength
  • consummatum est - it is complete
  • corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme
  • crescit eundo - it grows as it goes
  • de novo - from the new
  • de profundis - from the depths
  • dies irae - day of wrath
  • dona nobis pacem - give us peace
  • ego te provoco - I challenge you
  • esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  
  • esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem
  • esto quod es - be what you are
  • ex animo - from the soul
  • ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge
  • ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power
  • ex silentio - from silence
  • ex undis - from the waves of the sea
  • experientia docet - experience teaches
  • fac et spera - do and hope
  • fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure
  • faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes
  • faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me
  • facta, non verba - deeds, not words
  • fortis et liber - strong and free
  • fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties
  • gloriosus et liber - glorious and free
  • hic abundant leones - here lions abound
  • hic et nunc - here and now
  • hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons
  • hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears
  • hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars
  • igni ferroque - with fire and iron
  • in memoriam - into the memory
  • in nocte consilium - advice comes over night
  • libra - balance
  • littera scripta manet - the written words endure
  • locus standi - a right to stand
  • luceo non uro - I shine, not burn
  • luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge
  • mare liberum - free sea
  • memento vivere - remember to live
  • more ferarum - like beasts
  • natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened
  • nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear
  • noli me tangere - do not touch me
  • ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass
  • pro se - for oneself
  • propria manu - by one’s own hand
  • quaere - to seek
  • quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder
  • resurgam - I shall arise
  • semper ad meliora - always towards better things
  • semper anticus - always forward
  • semper apertus - always open
  • semper fortis - always brave
  • semper liber - always free
  • stet - let it stand
  • tuebor - I will protect
  • vera causa - true cause
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promestheus:
“ “just a lil list of motivational phrases that’ll hopefully inspire you in some way ✨ (source)
”
• “ipsa scientia potestas est” - knowledge itself is power
• “dimidium facti qui coepit habet” - he who has begun has the work half done...

promestheus:

just a lil list of motivational phrases that’ll hopefully inspire you in some way ✨ (source)

  • ipsa scientia potestas est- knowledge itself is power
  • dimidium facti qui coepit habet - he who has begun has the work half done (Horace)
  • ad altiora tendo” - i strive towards higher things
  • vita mutatur, non tollitur - life is changed, not taken away
  • vincit qui se vincit” - he/she conquers who conquers himself/herself
  • sic parvis magna” - greatness from small beginnings
  • vincit qui patitur” - he conquers who endures
  • tuum est” - it’s up to you
  • tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis” - the times are changing, and we change in them
  • astra inclinant, sed non obligant” - the stars incline us, they do not bind us
  • dum spiro, spero” - while i breathe, i hope
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Anonymous asked: What are your favorite Latin phrases or just phrases in general?
femmefatale-rps replied:

omg this is a cool question, let me try to recall some of my favs:

  • per adua ad astra, and all it’s variations (per aspera ad astra, sic itur ad astra, and so on). they’re all various ways of saying “through hardship, you will go the stars”. Idk, ever since I first learned the phrase, it’s always stuck with me as one of the most beautiful expressions.
  • Veni, vidi, vici- I came, I saw, I conquered. It sounds imposing and powerful and like something i’d have tattoed on myself if i was a battle-scarred warrioress.
  • semper ad meliora- always towards better things. I like it simply because a) it sounds nice to say (which is a common factor for all my favorite phrases, tbh) and b) it’s inspirational, as cheesy as that seems.
  • Auribus Teneo Lupum- “I hold the wolf by the ears,” this one is actually an ancient proverb.
  • bellum se ipsum alet- “war feeds itself”
  • capax infiniti- “holding infinity”
  • luctor et emergo- “I struggle and emerge”
  • dum vivimus, vivamus- “while we live, let us live”
  • “ita vero” is a phrase I always wish I could have courage to throw out in casual conversation, since it just means “thus indeed” and it’d be hella eloquent to use it while trying to sound smart.
  • lux aeterna- “eternal light”
  • nec aspera terrent- “they do not fear the difficulties”
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