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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Quamquam regina ab hostibus pessimis regis capta erat, milites regis eam non statim paraverunt servare.

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Although the queen had been captured by the king's worst enemies, the king's soldiers did not immediately prepare to save her. (See here)

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Regina militibus terras obtulit.

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The queen offered the world to the soldiers. (See here)

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Rogant cur nobiscum possis non ire.

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They ask why you cannot go with us. (See here)

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Filius huius viri mecum cras laborabit, et filia eius domum eius sorori meae horis tribus diem totam ostendet.

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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)

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Non potui legere hodie.

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I was unable to read today. (See here)

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Iulius libros absurdiores legit quam Maria.

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Julius reads sillier books than Maria. (See here)

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Natus honorem auxilio de patre eius petivit.

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The son sought public office with help from his father. (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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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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Senex periens volebat ambulare, sed non potuit.

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The dying old man was wanting to walk, but he could not. (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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Ei flumen pessimum navigant.

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They sailed the worst river. (See here)

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Soror mea me propter adulscentiam meam lavabat, sed ego me nunc possum lavare.

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My sister use to wash me because of my youth, but I can now wash myself. (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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Non dice mihi quem es; id melius est dicere regi nominem tuum.

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

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Hic furor est!

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This is madness! (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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Brutus Caesarem hoc anno occidet.

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Brutus will kill Caesar within this year. (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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Agricola sum.

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I am a farmer. (See here)

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Quis puer parvus quem vir maior potentior imminet est? Isne auxilium egerit? Ego eum adiuvabo ante vir eum nocet.

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Who is the small boy whom the larger, more powerful man is threatening? Does he need help? I will help him before the man hurts him. (See here)

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Ante finem diei, donum mirum patri fecero.

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By the end of the day, I will have made a wonderful gift for Father. (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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Filius tertius matris amicam iucundiorem eius fortissime vidit, tamen is matri eius non dixerat et igitur mater iratissima eum ferociter vexavit.

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The mother's third son most courageously saw his rather delightful girlfriend, but he had not told his mother and the very angry mother therefore troubled him viciously. (See here)

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David dixit se cum Sylvia ad templum isse quod is eam voluerat nubere.

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David said that he had secretly gone with Sylvia to the temple because he had wanted to marry her. (See here)

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Dicit Marcum fratrem suum vocavisse.

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He says that Marcus called his brother. (See here)

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Mihi ludi taedet.

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I am tired of school. (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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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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Quid ibi est timere timore se?

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What is there to fear than fear itself? (See here)

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Canis meus duodecimus ad bovem meam septimam in campis tribus apertis cuccurit.

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My twelfth dog ran to my seventh cow in three open fields. (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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Amare pecuniam malum est et te ad vitam peiorem potest ducere.

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To love money is bad and can lead you to a worse life. (See here)

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Deditne tibi librum tuum, Marce?

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Did he give you your book, Marcus? (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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"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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Quisquam villam tectam hedera amabit.

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Anyone will like a house covered with ivy. (See here)

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Frater meus diutissime dormit.

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My brother sleeps for a very long time. (See here)

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Para perire!

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Prepare to die! (See here)

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Audivi Corneliam ad tabernam ire; tamen etiam audivi amicam eius iam emisse calceum quem ea quaerebat.

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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)

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Gaius puellas pulcherrimas in ludo amat.

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Gaius likes the prettiest girls in school. (See here)

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Cor quidque arcanum intra se fert, sed arcana haec definiunt nos et quomodo in mundo hoc vivimus.

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Every heart bears a secret within itself, but it is these secrets that define us and how we live in this world. (See here)

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Potesne audire tu illum?

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Can you hear that? (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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Malum est pecuniam amare, sed bonum est eam dare.

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It is bad to love money, but it is good to give it. (See here)

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Scisne patrem libros eius filio decere legere?

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Do you think that the father ought to read books to his son? (See here)

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Amor ab amicitia solum ostenditur.

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Love is only shown by friendship. (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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In diebus tredecim, dictatorem nonum patriae quintae incipiam, et ego otium honore propter concilium secundum quid homines duodecim in eo habet faciam.

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In 13 days, I will become the ninth dictator of the fifth nation, and I will with honor make peace on behalf of the second council that has twelve people in it. (See here)

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Eum rogo ut navem emat.

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I am asking him to purchase a ship. (See here)

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