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Latin to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Latin term		English translation
"Stat rosa pristina nomine; nomina nuda tenemus."		And what is left of the rose is only its name...
50 verba nimis		More than 50 [famous] phrases
ACHILLEID		leather sack/scrotum
Ad astra per aspera		To the stars through difficulties
ad astra per aspera		Over the thorns up to the stars
ad captadum vulgus		to capture the affection or suit the taste of the crowd
ad testimonia Græcorum Poëtarum stabit aut cadet!		if it shall stand or fall upon the testimony of the Greek poets.
Audentis fortuna juvet		fortune favors the bold
ausus est		he ventured (dared)
Ave Imperatrix		Hail, Empress!	Fabio Descalzi
Entered by: Fabio Descalzi
avis, volucer, passer		bird
“O vitae Philosophia dux! O virtutum indagatrix		O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher of virtues
Bene autem, quod omnia tempus revelat, testibus etiam vestris proverbiis et sent		Moreover, it is well, because time reveals all, when your witnesses are also proverbs and maxims.
bibite fratres ne diabolus vos otiosos inveniat		Drink, brothers, lest the devil find you idle.
cognos		It means nothing in Latin.
consequentia a simili		to draw a consequence from a similar case (by similarity)
convenire in codem tertio and convenire inter nosipsos		agree on the same third [person/point of view] and agree between ourselves
cum omnibus		with all his/her (people) - see below
Cum, quorum res esset, sua ipsi non videbant, caecum adhibebant ducem.		When they themselves did not see whose their own condition was, they took on a blind man as leader.
curiosa felicitas		painstaking felicity (of expression)
Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem		It is difficult suddenly to put aside a long-standing love.
Dilectum nobis		one who is esteemed by us, whom we hold in high esteem
Dormiens		Never tickle a sleeping dragon
Dulce bellum expertis		War is sweet to those who have experienced it.
Ecquid femineos sequeris, matrona, recessus, secretus		Vide infra
et supra vires et ultra spes nostras collocata		it is above our forces and beyond our hopes
Exoriar(e) ex nostris ossibus ultor!		May you arise (as) an avenger from our bones!
hebdomada		week
honoratæque		...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess...
ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM		don't let the bastards grind/get you down	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
in abstracto		conceptually
In quorum fidem		In witness whereof
Insanire putas sollemnia me neque rides		You think I suffer a common madness, and you don't laugh
ipse vinum in testis conditum levit		He himself sealed the wine in jars and stored it away.
Larvatus prodeo		I go forward bewitched/masked.
Leo de Juda Est Robur Nostrum		The Lion of Judah is our Strength.
manet in pectus domesticum		it stays in(to) the familiar/native breast	Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Entered by: Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Mens sana in corpore sano		A healthy mind in a healthy body	Kirill Semenov
Entered by: Kirill Semenov
Non Nobis Tantum Nati		Not for us alone we are born...
optima dies, prima fugit		The best days are the first to flee

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