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.
Hic diem octavum est cenare.
This is the eighth day to dine. (See here)
Matre eius necata, ad domum reddidit.
His mother having been killed, he returned home. (See here)
Quisquamne verbis senatoris credidit hodie?
Did anyone trust the words of the senator today? (See here)
Potestne ferre viator cauponam miseram?
Can the traveler endure the wretched inn? (See here)
Amare pecuniam malum est et te ad vitam peiorem potest ducere.
To love money is bad and can lead you to a worse life. (See here)
Quis nomen tuus est?
What is your name? (See here)
Iratissimus sum et semper ero populi omnis esse!
I am and will always be the angriest of all people to exist! (See here)
Mors Eum qui Deus est non potest habere.
Death cannot hold He who is God. (See here)
Duas menses templum claudebat.
He was closing the temple for two months. (See here)
Ego ea celerius cucurri, sed Hank nostri celerrime cucurrit.
I ran more quickly than her, but Hank ran the most quickly of us. (See here)
Omnia possum agere, tu melius potes agere, et hoc me vexat.
Everything I can do, you can do better, and this annoys me. (See here)
Non augebo esse multo maiorem.
I will not grow to be much bigger. (See here)
Cura circum animum mei intorquet ut in sella mei sedeo.
Concern wraps around my mind as I sit in my chair. (See here)
Licet tibi ad funera flere.
It is allowed for you to cry at funerals. (See here)
Para perire!
Prepare to die! (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)
Dies meus bonus erat. Dies meus malus erat. Dies hic pessimus erat. Dies hic optimus erat.
My day was good. My day was bad. This day was the worst. This day was the best. (See here)
Eques florem filiae regis obtulit.
The knight offered the flower to the daughter of the king. (See here)
In Italia, furore regente, plerique senatores in naves conscenderunt.
In Italy, when madness was ruling, several senators marched into ships. (See here)
Malum est pecuniam amare, sed bonum est eam dare.
It is bad to love money, but it is good to give it. (See here)
Mater mea, maritum tuum fidelem vocas hodie.
Call your faithful husband today, my mother. (See here)
Quid emes?
What will you buy? (See here)
Legatus quis legioni praefuit?
Which officer was in charge of the legion? (See here)
Latinus Verbum-Liber: Ubi Latina English occurit.
The Latin Dictionary: Where Latin meets English. (See here)
Eucleides dicit ludum optimum esse.
Eucleides says that school is the best. (See here)
Regina militibus terras obtulit.
The queen offered the world to the soldiers. (See here)
Totam aestatem gaudebimus.
We will rejoice all summer. (See here)
Pauci resistere equitibus sperant.
Few hope to resist the cavalry. (See here)
Cibum optimum pro mei familia emo.
I only buy the best food for my family. (See here)
Jones inimicum eius inceperat superare, tamen is ei celerius cessit.
Jones had started to overpower his enemy, but he quite quickly yielded to him. (See here)
Quid ibi est timere timore se?
What is there to fear than fear itself? (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)
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)
Marcus Graeciam fugit ut matrem suam Romae inveniret.
Marcus fled Greece to find his mother in Rome. (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)
Videsne ingentes montes, rex?
Do you see the large mountains, King? (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)
Ego lautior quam tu sum, sed tu clarissimus nostri es.
I am happier than you, but you are the most famous of us. (See here)
Audio te erravisse in horto.
I hear that you were wandering in the garden. (See here)
Soror mea me propter adulscentiam meam lavabat, sed ego me nunc possum lavare.
My sister use to wash me because of my youth, but I can now wash myself. (See here)
David dixit se cum Sylvia ad templum isse quod is eam voluerat nubere.
David said that he had secretly gone with Sylvia to the temple because he had wanted to marry her. (See here)
Frater meus diutissime dormit.
My brother sleeps for a very long time. (See here)
Amor ab amicitia solum ostenditur.
Love is only shown by friendship. (See here)
Hic furor est!
This is madness! (See here)
Te non possum audire.
I cannot hear you. (See here)
Iulius libros absurdiores quam Maria.
Julius reads sillier books than Maria. (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)
Is iratissimus erat amicorum.
He was the angriest between the friends. (See here)
