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 181 phrases.
"Quomodo es?" Iack dixit. "Bene sum," Celia ei dixit.
"How are you?" said Jack. "I am well," Celia said to him. (See here)
Quid tu agis?
What are you doing? (See here)
Diem mirum iucundumque habe!
Have a wonderful and pleasant day! (See here)
Vir bonus uxori pulchrae eius suavium dedit, et multo cum amore, is dixit, "Ego te amo omne meo corde."
The good man gave his beautiful wife a kiss, and with much love, he said, "I love you with all my heart." (See here)
Puella laeta quae ad fontem currebat valde saepe non amat dormire.
The happy girl whom was running toward the fountain doesn't like to sleep very often. (See here)
Pater non putavit Molliam occidi ab amico eius in villa eius.
The father did not know that Molly has been killed by her boyfriend at her house. (See here)
Veni servire nec serviri.
I came to serve, not to be served. (See here)
Is flores emit ut ei placeret.
He bought flowers in order to please her. (See here)
Carmen quod amica mei fecit amo.
I love the song that my friend has made. (See here)
Ab ea amor, et ea ab me amatur.
I am loved by her, and she is loved by me. (See here)
Eo volente omnes agentur.
With him willing, all will be led. (See here)
Ille est liber maior quem legis.
That is a rather large book which you are reading. (See here)
Caesare vivente, Horus Romam non ivit.
While Caesar was alive, Horus did not go to Rome. (See here)
Cors eius fractius erat corde eius.
Her heart was more broken than his (heart). (See here)
Rem meam minimam cum amico meo bono inveni, et id in calceum meum posui tam nemines id potest invenire.
I found my smallest object with my good friend, and I placed it in my shoe so no one can find it. (See here)
Pauci resistere equitibus sperant.
Few hope to resist the cavalry. (See here)
Trax non vult velle.
Trax doesn't want to want. (See here)
Matre eius necata, ad domum reddidit.
His mother having been killed, he returned home. (See here)
Natus honorem auxilio de patre eius petivit.
The son sought public office with help from his father. (See here)
Duas menses templum claudebat.
He was closing the temple for two months. (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)
Ea videbit quanta vis verborum eorum fuerit.
She will see how great the strength of their words had been. (See here)
Mors Eum qui Deus est non potest habere.
Death cannot hold He who is God. (See here)
Cur tu hoc agis?
Why are you doing this? (See here)
Puero volente dare puellae rosas, pater persuasus sinere hoc tulit.
With the boy wanting to give the girl some roses, the father endured having been persuaded to allow this. (See here)
Non augebo esse multo maiorem.
I will not grow to be much bigger. (See here)
Caesar tam erbius erat ut Galliam oppugnare non posset.
Caesar was so drunk that he could not attack Gaul. (See here)
Quintus donum Scintillae dedit ut eum amet.
Quintus gave Scintilla a gift so that she would love him. (See here)
Iulius libros absurdiores quam Maria.
Julius reads sillier books than Maria. (See here)
Amorne me evadet, aut egone amorem evadet?
Will love escape me, or will I escape love? (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)
Ea se vidit.
She saw herself. (See here)
Amicus optimus mei es, et amici optimi erimus aetatem.
You are my best friend, and we will be best friends forever. (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)
Dicit Marcum fratrem suum vocavisse.
He says that Marcus called his brother. (See here)
Hic furor est!
This is madness! (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)
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)
In Italia, furore regente, plerique senatores in naves conscenderunt.
In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships. (See here)
Sam literam illam Emorae non mittet, sed is literam hanc ei mittet si corda haec in eo sunt.
Sam will not send that letter to Emora, but he will send this letter to her if these hearts are in it. (See here)
Cras, populos Romarum vincemus constilie nostri, et sine mora, nos die parabimus!
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)
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)
Statuam mihi nunc da!
Give the statue to me, now! (See here)
Brutus Caesarem hoc anno occidet.
Brutus will kill Caesar within this year. (See here)
Rex crudelissimus divissimus diutius vixit, tamen morte eius tempus laetius magnopere efficiebat.
The cruelest and richest king lived for a very long time, however with his death a more happy time was greatly brought up. (See here)
Cicero eo tempore de insidiis ignovit.
Cicero was ignorant of the ambush at that time. (See here)
Quid ibi est timere timore se?
What is there to fear than fear itself? (See here)
Cibum optimum pro mei familia emo.
I only buy the best food for my family. (See here)
Rogant cur nobiscum possis non ire.
They ask why you cannot go with us. (See here)
Sally ab marito Setho eius clarius audita erat, sed Seth ab uxore eius numquam audietur.
Sally had been heard quite clearly by her husband Seth, but Seth will never be heard by his wife. (See here)
