Many Latin expressions like these are quite familiar and used regularly, but there seem to be just as many words and phrases that go criminally underused. We’ve compiled a list of 60 common and uncommon Latin phrases, sayings, mottos and expressions to incorporate into your daily conversations to sound more eloquent and knowledgeable. Most only consist of a few words, so the next time you want to seize the day (or seize the wine) you’ll have a cool Latin phrase up your sleeve. Our list of 60 Latin phrases is sure to spice up your daily chats and leave your friends in awe of your erudite ways. Looking to impress your coworkers or step up your playful, competitive trash-talking? Brush up your skills on one of the oldest classical languages and commit these short yet inspiring Latin phrases (and their meanings) to memory.
Latin Phrases
1. Acta non verba.
Deeds, not words.
2. Amor vincit omnia.
Love conquers all.
3. Audere est faucere.
To dare is to do.
4.Veni, vidi, vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
5. Non ducor, duco.
I am not led, I lead.
6. Bona fide.
In good faith.
7. Et tu, Brute?
And you, Brutus?
8. Dies irae.
Day of wrath.
9. Cras es noster.
Tomorrow, be ours.
10. Dictum factum.
What is said is done.
11. Carpe vinum.
Seize the wine.
12. Dum vita est, spes est.
While there is life, there is hope.
13. Carpe diem.
Seize the day.
14. Familia supra omnia.
Family over everything.
15. Fons vitae caritas.
Love is the fountain of life.
16. Sapientia potentia est.
Wisdom is power.
17. Melita, domi adsum!
Honey, I’m home!
18. Memento vivere.
Remember to live.
19. Morior invictus.
Death before defeat.
20. Palma non sine pulvere.
Dare to try.
21. Pax vobiscum.
Peace [be] with you.
22. Fortiter et fideliter.
Bravely and faithfully.
23. Sequere pecuniam.
Follow the money.
24. Omne initium difficile est.
Every beginning is difficult.
25. Sic vita est.
Such is life.
26. Hodie mihi, cras tibi.
Today it’s me, tomorrow it will be you.
27. Humilitas occidit superbiam.
Humility conquers pride.
28. Sic infit.
So it begins.
29. Igne natura renovatur integra.
Through fire, nature is reborn whole.
30. Oderint dum metuant.
Let them hate so long as they fear.
31. Ordo ab chao.
Out of chaos, comes order.
32. Libertas perfundet omnia luce.
Freedom will flood all things with light.
33. Una hirundo non facit ver.
One swallow does not make summer.
34. Verba volant, scripta manent.
Words fly away, writings remain.
35. Grandescunt aucta labore.
With hard work, all things increase and grow.
36. Actus me invito factus non est meus actus.
The act done by me against my will is not my act.
37. Ad meliora.
Towards better things.
38. Adversus solem ne loquitor.
Do not speak against the Sun.
39. Calamus gladio fortior.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
40. Vacate et scire.
Be still and know.
41. In absentia lucis, tenebrae vincunt.
In the absence of light, darkness prevails.
42. Ego te provoco.
I challenge you.
43. Quam bene non quantum.
How well, not how much.
44. Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.
The time are changing, and we change in them.
45. Tendit in ardua virtus.
Virtue strives for what is difficult.
46. Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.
Need makes even the timid brave.
47. Faber est suae quisque fortunae.
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.
48. Barba non facit philosophum.
A beard doesn’t make one a philosopher.
49. Magna est vis consuetudinis.
Great is the power of habit.
50. Nil volentibus arduum.
Nothing [is] arduous for the willing.
51. Non loqui sed facere.
No talk but action.
52. Suum cuique.
To each his own.
53. Memores acti prudentes future.
Mindful of what has been done, aware of what will be.
54. Bono malum superate.
Overcome evil with good.
55. Vincit qui patitur.
He conquers who endures.
56. Qui totum vult totum perdit.
He who wants everything loses everything.
57. Pro bono.
For the good.
58. Praesis ut prosis ne ut imperes.
Lead in order to serve, not in order to rule.
59. Incepto ne desistam.
May I not shrink from my purpose.
60. Ad victoriam.
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