English Phrases

Here is a list of some phrases in English with their Latin equivalents meant to showcase how the English sentence looks like in Latin.

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There are currently 185 phrases.

I hope that Latin never dies!


My day was good. My day was bad. This day was the worst. This day was the best.


Do not tell me who you are; it is better to tell the king your name.


The father and mother married and had six sons and four daughters.


This war was a little more difficult than Caesar had warned.


In one month, I will ask Janet, "Did you cook the cow for two or three hours?"


The knight offered the flower to the daughter of the king.


Never trust the Greeks, and beware their gifts!


I will give all the glory of my heart to God who is king.


Does anyone feel that the senator is covering his crimes?


Don't die!


Milo was so tired that he slept on the road.


I am loved by her, and she is loved by me.


Yesterday, when Antonia was walking to the store, she saw a strange man.


Publius is more manly than Paulus.


Did he give you your book, Marcus?


I hear that you were wandering in the garden.


The son sought public office with help from his father.


I buy the best food for my family.


Happy Birthday!


Which officer was in charge of the legion?


Was the officer in charge of the legion?


Cicero will speak in two hours.


I knowing the truth wish to give it, but that feels like a lost dream.


I will not grow to be much bigger.


It is bad to love money, but it is good to give it.


I only buy the best food for my family.


I am and will always be the angriest of all people to exist!


A man is allowed to drink wine.


Julius reads sillier books than Maria.


I heard that you had wandered in the garden.


The power having been seized by the son, the father lived near the city center without a care.


Trax doesn't want to want.


What are you doing?


My brother sleeps for a very long time.


My sister use to wash me because of my youth, but I can now wash myself.


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.


He bought flowers in order to please her.


Quintus gave Scintilla a gift so that she would love him.


Do you think that the father ought to read books to his son?


You are much kinder than my cruel sister whose anger is the greatest of all my family.


The cruelest and richest king lived for a very long time, however with his death a more happy time was greatly brought up.


Gaius likes the prettiest girls in school.


Did anyone trust the words of the senator today?


I am tired of school.


The mother asked her children not to run in the garden.


Have a wonderful and pleasant day!


In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships.


Prepare to die!


I did not give the richer girl money.


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