May 28, 2018 · General Latin Chat (English) Sermo Latinus Generalis (Anglice) Discussion, in English, of matters related to the Latin language, or to Latin literature.

Featured Latin Phrase . ad vitam aut culpam – for Life or Until a Misdeed; amare et sapere vix deo conceditur – Even a God Finds it Hard to Love and Be Wise at …

May 25, 2012 · Because you weren’t going into botany, the priesthood, or coin manufacturing, you thought you were safe to dismiss Latin as a dead language. Obviously, you didn’t graduate cum laude.

What’s the meaning of the phrase ‘Cry havoc and let slip the s of war’? The military order Havoc! was a signal given to the English military forces in the Middle Ages to direct the soldiery (in Shakespeare’s parlance ‘the s of war’) to pillage and chaos.

Latin Abbreviations. This is a list of common and some uncommon Latin abbreviations. Nearly all the abbreviations below have been adopted by …

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You’d probably be surprised by how much Latin you actually already know. Hundreds of words—like memo, alibi, agenda, census, veto, alias, via, alumni, affidavit and versus—are all used in everyday English, as are abbreviations like i.e. (id est, “that is”) and etc. (et cetera, “and the rest

Aug 06, 2017 · Appendix: *List of Latin phrases Warning, this page may be too large for some browsers. If so, the sections can be reviewed individually: Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E)

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This page lists English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera.Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before the rise of ancient Rome.