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 184 phrases.
Audivi te erravisse in horto.
I heard that you had wandered in the garden. (See here)
Nescivimus cur acriter diceret.
We did not know why he spoke sharply. (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)
Regi diviti lectus contentissimus ab militibus eius datus est hodie.
The rich king was given a very comfortable bed by his soldiers today. (See here)
Mense uno, Ianeti quaeram, "Tune bovem horas duos tresve coxisti?"
In one month, I will ask Janet, "Did you cook the cow for two or three hours?" (See here)
Servo accusato dominus discessit.
With the slave having been accused, the master left. (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)
Persuasistine ei nubere tibi?
Have you persuaded her to marry you? (See here)
Ante finem diei, donum mirum patri fecero.
By the end of the day, I will have made a wonderful gift for Father. (See here)
Frater meus diutissime dormit.
My brother sleeps for a very long time. (See here)
Praefuitne legatus legioni?
Was the officer in charge of the legion? (See here)
Marcus Graeciam fugit ut matrem suam Romae inveniret.
Marcus fled Greece to find his mother in Rome. (See here)
Post laborem eius gratias magnas ei agemus.
We will do great favors for him after his labor. (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)
Ventum erat a puero puellaque ad ludum heri.
The boy and girl had come to the school yesterday. (See here)
Quis puer parvus quem vir maior potentior imminet est? Isne auxilium egerit? Ego eum adiuvabo ante vir eum nocet.
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)
Eum rogo ut navem emat.
I am asking him to purchase a ship. (See here)
Pecuniam dedi mercatori vendenti rosas.
I gave money to the merchant selling the roses. (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)
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)
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)
Quamquam regina ab hostibus pessimis regis capta erat, milites regis eam non statim paraverunt servare.
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)
Ea se vidit.
She saw herself. (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)
Viro vinum bibere licet.
A man is allowed to drink wine. (See here)
Gaius puellas pulcherrimas in ludo amat.
Gaius likes the prettiest girls in school. (See here)
Mater liberos imperavit ne in horto currerent.
The mother asked her children not to run in the garden. (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)
Amorne me evadet, aut egone amorem evadet?
Will love escape me, or will I escape love? (See here)
In diebus tredecim, dictatorem nonum patriae quintae incipiam, et ego otium honore propter concilium secundum quid homines duodecim in eo habet faciam.
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)
Multo humanior es sorore mea crudele cuius ira maxima familiae omnis meae est.
You are much kinder than my cruel sister whose anger is the greatest of all my family. (See here)
Sentit matrem eius necatam esse.
He feels that his mother was killed. (See here)
Potesne audire tu illum?
Can you hear that? (See here)
Regina militibus terras obtulit.
The queen offered the world to the soldiers. (See here)
Filius tertius matris amicam iucundiorem eius fortissime vidit, tamen is matri eius non dixerat et igitur mater iratissima eum ferociter vexavit.
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)
Iulius libros absurdiores legit quam Maria.
Julius reads sillier books than Maria. (See here)
Caesare vivente, Horus Romam non ivit.
While Caesar was alive, Horus did not go to Rome. (See here)
Totam aestatem gaudebimus.
We will rejoice all summer. (See here)
Sumus populi.
We are the people. (See here)
Scio Cornelium esse senatorem Romanum.
I know that Cornelius is a Roman senator. (See here)
Possim saviari illam puellam pulchram volo, sed cor animusque eius sunt quae cor meum vere capiunt.
I wish that I could kiss that beautiful girl, but her heart and mind is what truly captures my heart. (See here)
Latinus Verbum-Liber: Ubi Latina English occurit.
The Latin Dictionary: Where Latin meets English. (See here)
Caesar tam erbius erat ut Galliam oppugnare non posset.
Caesar was so drunk that he could not attack Gaul. (See here)
Duas menses templum claudebat.
He was closing the temple for two months. (See here)
Pater materque nupserunt et filios sectes filiasque quattoresque fecerunt.
The father and mother married and had six sons and four daughters. (See here)
Hera, ubi Antonia ad copiam, virum novum vidit.
Yesterday, when Antonia was walking to the store, she saw a strange man. (See here)
Statuam mihi nunc da!
Give the statue to me, now! (See here)
Ludos nonullos possum ludere, sed officia plora habeo primum agere.
I can play some games, but I have more work to do first. (See here)
Scimus Corneliam puellam Romanam esse.
We know that Cornelia is a Roman girl. (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)
