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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There are currently 184 phrases.

Venio de agris.

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I come from the fields. (See here)

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Iesus tibi periit ut in dolore perpetuo non viveres.

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Jesus died for you so that you would not live in everlasting grief. (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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Dicit Marcum fratrem suum vocavisse.

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

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Eam ab me potes capere.

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You can never take her away from me! (See here)

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Milo tam fessus erat ut in via dormiret.

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Milo was so tired that he slept on the road. (See here)

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Scientia viros fortissimos potest interficere.

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Knowledge can kill the strongest of men. (See here)

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Inimicum meum difficilimum Gladio Sapientiae Magnae superavi.

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With the Sword of Great Wisdom, I defeated my most difficult enemy. (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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Discipulis linguae secundae studere necesse est.

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It is necessary for students to study a second language. (See here)

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Is iratissimus erat amicorum.

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He was the angriest between the friends. (See here)

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Eques florem filiae regis obtulit.

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The knight offered the flower to the daughter of the king. (See here)

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Carmen quod amica mei fecit amo.

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I love the song that my friend has made. (See here)

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Cibum optimum pro mei familia emo.

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I only buy the best food for my family. (See here)

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Pauci resistere equitibus sperant.

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Few hope to resist the cavalry. (See here)

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Quid tu agis?

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What are you doing? (See here)

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Spero Latinam numquam perire!

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I hope that Latin never dies! (See here)

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Mense uno, Ianeti quaeram, "Tune bovem horas duos tresve coxisti?"

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

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Pater materque nupserunt et filios sectes filiasque quattoresque fecerunt.

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The father and mother married and had six sons and four daughters. (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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Agricola sum.

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I am a farmer. (See here)

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Quis nomen tuus est?

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What is your name? (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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Vir bonus uxori pulchrae eius suavium dedit, et multo cum amore, is dixit, "Ego te amo omne meo corde."

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The good man gave his beautiful wife a kiss, and with much love, he said, "I love you with all my heart." (See here)

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Fabius carmen paulo longius scripsit carmine Claudii.

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Fabius wrote a poem a little longer than the poem of Claudius. (See here)

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Latinam possum dicere.

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I can speak Latin. (See here)

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Latin Phrase Here
quentiam hominem

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English Translation here
meme man (See here)

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Ventum erat a puero puellaque ad ludum heri.

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The boy and girl had come to the school yesterday. (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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Cicero duabus horis dicet.

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Cicero will speak in two hours. (See here)

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Dies meus bonus erat. Dies meus malus erat. Dies hic pessimus erat. Dies hic optimus erat.

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My day was good. My day was bad. This day was the worst. This day was the best. (See here)

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Sumus populi.

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We are the people. (See here)

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Quis avem ullam non amat?

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Who doesn't like any bird? (See here)

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Hoc bellum paulo difficilius erat quam Caesar monuerat.

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This war was a little more difficult than Caesar had warned. (See here)

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Puero volente dare puellae rosas, pater persuasus sinere hoc tulit.

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With the boy wanting to give the girl some roses, the father endured having been persuaded to allow this. (See here)

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Caesare vivente, Horus Romam non ivit.

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While Caesar was alive, Horus did not go to Rome. (See here)

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Possim saviari illam puellam pulchram volo, sed cor animusque eius sunt quae cor meum vere capiunt.

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I wish that I could kiss that beautiful girl, but her heart and mind is what truly captures my heart. (See here)

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Omnia possum agere, tu melius potes agere, et hoc me vexat.

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Everything I can do, you can do better, and this annoys me. (See here)

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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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Duas menses templum claudebat.

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He was closing the temple for two months. (See here)

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Noli perire!

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Don't die! (See here)

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Praefuitne legatus legioni?

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Was the officer in charge of the legion? (See here)

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Mater mea, maritum tuum fidelem vocas hodie.

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Call your faithful husband today, my mother. (See here)

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Potesne audire tu illum?

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Can you hear that? (See here)

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Rufus est puer Romanus, et Iulia est puella Romana.

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Rufus is a Roman boy, and Julia is a Roman girl. (See here)

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Quoniam iste vir est avarus ei nullam pecuniam dabimus.

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We will give nonexistent money to him since that man is greedy. (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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Post laborem eius gratias magnas ei agemus.

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We will do great favors for him after his labor. (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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Cicero eo tempore de insidiis ignovit.

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Cicero was ignorant of the ambush at that time. (See here)

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