Latin Phrases

• tempus fugit : time flies
• senatus populus que romanus : senate and people of rome
• per se : by itself
• pro bono publico : for the public good
• status quo : the state in which
• vox populi : the voice of the people
• alias : also known as
• ad infinitum : repeat forever
• bona fide : in good faith
• cogito ergo sum : i think, therefore i am
• in situ : in position
• incognito : unknown
• inter alia : among others
• per capita : per person
• quasi : as if, as though
• quid pro quo : this for that
• verbatim : literally
• castra ponere : to set up camp
• e pluribus unum : out of many, one
• lapsus linguae : slip of the tongue
• semper supra : always above (US Space Force)
• semper fidelis : always faithful (US Marine Corps)
• semper paratus : always prepared (US Coast Guard)
• mors ab alto : death from above (7th Bomb Wing)
• sub rose : under the rose
• sine qua non : without which not (an essential condition)
• alter ego : other self
• ne plus ultra : nothing more beyond (perfection)
• in loco parentis : in the place of a parent
• ad nauseam : to the point of disgust
• pendente lite : awaiting/pending the litigation
• multatis mutandis : with things changed that should be changed
• ad litem : for this action (guardian appointed to act in a lawsuit on behalf of a person who is not considered capable of representing themselves)
• habeas corpus : you should have the body
• alma mater : nurturing mother
• in medias res : into the middle of things
• caveat emptor : let the buyer beware
• per diem : per day
• da mihi libertatem, aut da mihi mortem : give me liberty, or give me death
• modus operandi : method of operation