Phrases

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.

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There are currently 185 phrases.

Veni servire nec serviri.

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I came to serve, not to be served. (See here)

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Esse aut non esse.

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To be or not to be. (See here)

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Marcus pecuniam semper perdit.

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Marcus is always losing money. (See here)

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Eucleides dicit ludum optimum esse.

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Eucleides says that school is the best. (See here)

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Trax non vult velle.

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Trax doesn't want to want. (See here)

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Hera, ubi Antonia ad copiam, virum novum vidit.

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Yesterday, when Antonia was walking to the store, she saw a strange man. (See here)

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Illud bonum non est tibi agere.

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That isn't good for you to do. (See here)

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Iratissimus sum et semper ero populi omnis esse!

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I am and will always be the angriest of all people to exist! (See here)

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Scimus Corneliam puellam Romanam esse.

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We know that Cornelia is a Roman girl. (See here)

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Cras, populos Romarum vincemus constilie nostri, et sine mora, nos die parabimus!

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Tomorrow, we will conquer the people of Rome by means of our plan, and without delay, we will prepare ourselves for the day! (See here)

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Publius virilior est Paulo.

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Publius is more manly than Paulus. (See here)

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Mors Eum qui Deus est non potest habere.

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Death cannot hold He who is God. (See here)

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Lucius basia maiora puellae iucundissimae dedit.

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Lucius gave bigger kisses to the most delightful girl. (See here)

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Ea videbit quanta vis verborum eorum fuerit.

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She will see how great the strength of their words had been. (See here)

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Cicero duabus horis dicet.

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Cicero will speak in two hours. (See here)

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Cura circum animum mei intorquet ut in sella mei sedeo.

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Concern wraps around my mind as I sit in my chair. (See here)

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Quis nomen tuus est?

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What is your name? (See here)

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Sentit matrem eius necatam esse.

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He feels that his mother was killed. (See here)

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Ego glorias onmes amoris mei Deo qui rex est dabo.

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I will give all the glory of my heart to God who is king. (See here)

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Te non possum audire.

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I cannot hear you. (See here)

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In Italia, furore regente, plerique senatores in naves conscenderunt.

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In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships. (See here)

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Jones inimicum eius inceperat superare, tamen is ei celerius cessit.

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Jones had started to overpower his enemy, but he quite quickly yielded to him. (See here)

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Vera incessu patuit dea.

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She was discovered the true Goddess by her gait. (See here)

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Ad astra per aspera

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Translation: Through hardships to the stars (See here)

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Is me saepius dormit.

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He sleeps more often than I. (See here)

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Is iratissimus erat amicorum.

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He was the angriest between the friends. (See here)

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Quamquam aberam, amici mei ad ludum librum hunc magnum sine me perlegerunt.

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Although I was absent, my friends at school read through this great book without me. (See here)

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Marcus Graeciam fugit ut matrem suam Romae inveniret.

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Marcus fled Greece to find his mother in Rome. (See here)

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Servo accusato dominus discessit.

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With the slave having been accused, the master left. (See here)

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Esne rex, Juli?

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Are you the king, Julius? (See here)

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Laetus Dies Partus!

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Happy Birthday! (See here)

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Agricolae sunt laeti bono anno.

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The farmers are happy on a good year. (See here)

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"Quomodo es?" Iack dixit. "Bene sum," Celia ei dixit.

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"How are you?" said Jack. "I am well," Celia said to him. (See here)

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Seth miserrimum fit.

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Seth becomes very sad. (See here)

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Tum Deus dixit, "Hominem in imaginem nostram faciamus…"

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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image…" (See here)

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Audio te erravisse in horto.

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I hear that you were wandering in the garden. (See here)

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Mater liberos imperavit ne in horto currerent.

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The mother asked her children not to run in the garden. (See here)

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Sumus populi.

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We are the people. (See here)

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Quis te est?

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Who are you? (See here)

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Rem meam minimam cum amico meo bono inveni, et id in calceum meum posui tam nemines id potest invenire.

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I found my smallest object with my good friend, and I placed it in my shoe so no one can find it. (See here)

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Potesne audire tu illum?

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Can you hear that? (See here)

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Quis avem ullam non amat?

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Who doesn't like any bird? (See here)

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Para perire!

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Prepare to die! (See here)

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Cur tu hoc agis?

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Why are you doing this? (See here)

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"Alpha Omegaque sum, Initium Finesque," Deus dicit, "qui est et qui fuit et qui venire est, Omnipotens."

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"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)

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Venio ab agris magnis cum amicis meis fidelibus.

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I come from the great farms with my loyal friends. (See here)

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Eo volente omnes agentur.

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With him willing, all will be led. (See here)

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Nescivimus cur acriter diceret.

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We did not know why he spoke sharply. (See here)

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Vir bonus uxori pulchrae eius suavium dedit, et multo cum amore, is dixit, "Ego te amo omne meo corde."

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The good man gave his beautiful wife a kiss, and with much love, he said, "I love you with all my heart." (See here)

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Cicero eo tempore de insidiis ignovit.

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Cicero was ignorant of the ambush at that time. (See here)

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