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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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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Filii multi putaverunt se excipere bona parentum eorum.

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Many sons knew that they were inheriting their parents' property. (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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Sumus populi.

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We are the people. (See here)

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Multo humanior es sorore mea crudele cuius ira maxima familiae omnis meae est.

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You are much kinder than my cruel sister whose anger is the greatest of all my family. (See here)

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Matris cibum melius coctum cum gaudio edimus.

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We ate Mom's excellently cooked food with joy. (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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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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Noli perire!

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Don't die! (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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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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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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Is flores emit ut ei placeret.

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He bought flowers in order to please her. (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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Imperio a filio occupato, pater ad agoram sine cura habitabat.

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The power having been seized by the son, the father lived near the city center without a care. (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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Iulius libros absurdiores quam Maria.

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Julius reads sillier books than Maria. (See here)

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Regi diviti lectus contentissimus ab militibus eius datus est hodie.

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The rich king was given a very comfortable bed by his soldiers today. (See here)

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Mors Eum qui Deus est non potest habere.

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Death cannot hold He who is God. (See here)

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Quid tu agis?

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What are you doing? (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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Veni servire nec serviri.

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I came to serve, not to be served. (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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Sentit matrem eius necatam esse.

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He feels that his mother was killed. (See here)

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Filio eius, Stuarti, dato basium ab amica eius, Iulia, mater putavit filium eius augere in iuvenem.

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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)

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Quid emes?

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What will you buy? (See here)

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Potesne audire tu illum?

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Can you hear that? (See here)

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Te non possum audire.

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I cannot hear you. (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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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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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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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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Seth miserrimum fit.

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Seth becomes very sad. (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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Para perire!

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Prepare to die! (See here)

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