507 Quotes About Latin

How do we define "normal?" Quite literally it comes from the Latin norma meaning "carpenter's square." Straight. And "abnormal?" That's from the Greek anomalos, and the Latin abnormis meaning "monstrosity.

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.)

Veni, vidi, flevi.I came. I saw. I cried.

Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

Sinister is Latin for 'left', making it the sort of enjoyable schoolboy pun that is such an advert for mixed-gender education.

May I remind you, Howard, that mens means "the mind" and mensa means "a table"? But I expect in your case the two things are the same. No, no, don't scratch your head, boy. You'll get splinters.

Few now would associate de-roofing with the police, but the verb 'to detect' originated in detegere—a detective raises the roof, figuratively.

I'd studied Latin for five years now, which meant that I could, on rare occasions, actually translate something.

Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna."["Generally common sense is rare in that (higher) rank."]