Here is a list of some phrases in Latin with their English equivalents meant to showcase the syntax format of Latin and expose various aspects of the language.
There are currently 184 phrases.
Laetus Dies Partus!
Happy Birthday! (See here)
Vera incessu patuit dea.
She was discovered the true Goddess by her gait. (See here)
Seth miserrimum fit.
Seth becomes very sad. (See here)
Caesare vivente, Horus Romam non ivit.
While Caesar was alive, Horus did not go to Rome. (See here)
Dicit Marcum fratrem suum vocavisse.
He says that Marcus called his brother. (See here)
Pecunia erat auxilio pauperis.
Money was a help for the poor. (See here)
Non dice mihi quem es; id melius est dicere regi nominem tuum.
Do not tell me who you are; it is better to tell the king your name. (See here)
Ea videbit quanta vis verborum eorum fuerit.
She will see how great the strength of their words had been. (See here)
Iesus tibi periit ut in dolore perpetuo non viveres.
Jesus died for you so that you would not live in everlasting grief. (See here)
Claudio et Catone consulibus, Galli petentes ducti a Vercingetorice repulsi sunt a militibus Romanis Caesare ducente.
When Claudius and Cato were consuls, the pursuing Gallians being led by Vercingetorix were repulsed by the Roman soldiers, with Caeser leading. (See here)
Puer felix virginem parvam invenit apud pulchras rosas.
The lucky boy finds the small (virgin) girl next to the beautiful roses. (See here)
Audivi te erravisse in horto.
I heard that you had wandered in the garden. (See here)
Cicero eo tempore de insidiis ignovit.
Cicero was ignorant of the ambush at that time. (See here)
Post laborem eius gratias magnas ei agemus.
We will do great favors for him after his labor. (See here)
Servo accusato dominus discessit.
With the slave having been accused, the master left. (See here)
Carmen quod amica mei fecit amo.
I love the song that my friend has made. (See here)
Graecibus numquam crede, et dona eorum cave!
Never trust the Greeks, and beware their gifts! (See here)
Hoc bellum paulo difficilius erat quam Caesar monuerat.
This war was a little more difficult than Caesar had warned. (See here)
Eam ab me potes capere.
You can never take her away from me! (See here)
Non potui legere hodie.
I was unable to read today. (See here)
Videsne ingentes montes, rex?
Do you see the large mountains, King? (See here)
Non augebo esse multo maiorem.
I will not grow to be much bigger. (See here)
Quid emes?
What will you buy? (See here)
Agricolae sunt laeti bono anno.
The farmers are happy on a good year. (See here)
Mater liberos imperavit ne in horto currerent.
The mother asked her children not to run in the garden. (See here)
Ante finem diei, donum mirum patri fecero.
By the end of the day, I will have made a wonderful gift for Father. (See here)
Eo volente omnes agentur.
With him willing, all will be led. (See here)
Veni servire nec serviri.
I came to serve, not to be served. (See here)
Audivi Corneliam ad tabernam ire; tamen etiam audivi amicam eius iam emisse calceum quem ea quaerebat.
I heard that Cornelia was going to the shop; however, I also heard that her friend had already bought the shoes that she was searching for. (See here)
Marcus pecuniam semper perdit.
Marcus is always losing money. (See here)
Eucleides dicit ludum optimum esse.
Eucleides says that school is the best. (See here)
Sciens veritatem volo dare id, sed illud sicut somnium perditum sentit.
I knowing the truth wish to give it, but that feels like a lost dream. (See here)
Uxor mei ab me trans limen domus vecta est.
My wife was carried by me across the threshold of the house. (See here)
Ventum erat a puero puellaque ad ludum heri.
The boy and girl had come to the school yesterday. (See here)
Cenare in caupona erat bonae fortunae fessis viatoribus.
To eat in the inn was a good fortune for the tired travelers. (See here)
Filio eius, Stuarti, dato basium ab amica eius, Iulia, mater putavit filium eius augere in iuvenem.
With her son, Stuart, having been given a kiss by his girlfriend, Julia, the mother knew that her son was growing into a young man. (See here)
Trax non vult velle.
Trax doesn't want to want. (See here)
Praefuitne legatus legioni?
Was the officer in charge of the legion? (See here)
Audivi te erratus esse in horto.
I heard that you would wander in the garden. (See here)
Hic diem octavum est cenare.
This is the eighth day to dine. (See here)
Jack iratus amico fatuo dixit, "Tu puellam istam amas, Max? Ea puella pessima quam amas est!"
The angry Jack said to his foolish friend, "You are loving that girl, Max? She is a very horrible girl whom you love!" (See here)
Mihi, email litteras scriptas numquam substituit. Litterae hae privatiores et describentes scriptoris sunt, atque propter hoc possumus differre.
For me, email shall never replace written letters. These letters are more personal and representative of its author, and because of this we cannot defer. (See here)
"Alpha Omegaque sum, Initium Finesque," Deus dicit, "qui est et qui fuit et qui venire est, Omnipotens."
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (See here)
Femina magna cibum bonum coxit pro fratibus sororibusque meis gravibus.
The great woman cooked good food for my serious brothers and sisters. (See here)
Filius huius viri mecum cras laborabit, et filia eius domum eius sorori meae horis tribus diem totam ostendet.
This man's son will work with me tomorrow, and his daughter will show my sister her house in three hours all day. (See here)
Pater materque nupserunt et filios sectes filiasque quattoresque fecerunt.
The father and mother married and had six sons and four daughters. (See here)
Legatus quis legioni praefuit?
Which officer was in charge of the legion? (See here)
Amorne me evadet, aut egone amorem evadet?
Will love escape me, or will I escape love? (See here)
Ludos nonullos possum ludere, sed officia plora habeo primum agere.
I can play some games, but I have more work to do first. (See here)
Fabius carmen paulo longius scripsit carmine Claudii.
Fabius wrote a poem a little longer than the poem of Claudius. (See here)
