Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware.)
Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus (One is innocent until proven guilty.)
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt. (When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.)
Cogita ante salis. (Think before you leap (or roughly - Look before you leap.) )
ad infinitum (to infinity)
ad nauseam (to sickness)
Ante bellum (before the war)
terra firma (solid ground)
Carpe Diem! (Seize the day - Horace)
Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered - Caesar)
Cogito Ergo Sum. (I think, therefore I am.)
Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! (Not Worth A Rat’s Ass!)
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! (If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!)
Sona si Latine loqueris. (Honk if you speak Latin.)
Re vera, potas bene. (Say, you sure are drinking a lot.)
Mellita, domi adsum. (Honey, I’m home.)
Magister Mundi sum! (I am the Master of the Universe!)
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? (Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?)
Vescere bracis meis. (Eat my shorts.)
Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam. (I’ll have a light beer.)
Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo Gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum. (Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake.
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris. (If Caesar were alive, you’d be chained to an oar.)
Stercus accidit (shit happens)
In Vino Veritas (In wine there is truth (People say what they really mean when they’re drunk))
Fronti nulla fides (No reliance can be placed on appearance)
Nemo nisi mors (No one but death (shall part us))
Qui tacet consentit (silence implies consent)
Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo. (My conscience is more to me than what the world says.)
Modus operandi (Method of work)
tabula rasa (a clean slate)
dies irae (the Day of Wrath, or Judgment Day)
ex cathedra (with authority)
Hic puer est stultissimus omnium! (This boy is the stupidest of all!)
Quidquid id est timeo puellas et oscula dantes. (Whatever it is, I fear the girls, even when they kiss.)
Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur. (Many fear their reputation, few their conscience. - Pliny)
E Pluribus Unum. (One from many)
Ad hoc. (For one reason)
Alma Mater. (Old school (actual translation - nourishing mother) )
Vacca foeda. (Stupid cow.)
Die dulci fruere. (Have a nice day.)
Raptus regaliter. (Royally screwed.)
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! (Don’t you dare erase my hard disk!)
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.)
Gramen artificiosum odi. (I hate Astroturf.)
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. (I think some people in togas are plotting against me.)
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I’m not interested in your dopey religious cult.)
Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo. (Don’t call me, I’ll call you.)
Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules. (If I were you, I wouldn’t walk in front of any catapults.)
Canis meus id comedit. (My dog ate it.)
Illiud Latine dici non potest. (You can’t say that in Latin.)
Nullo metro compositum est. (It doesn’t rhyme.)
Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. (I don’t care. If it doesn’t rhyme, it isn’t a poem.)
Fac ut gaudeam. (Make my day.)
Radix lecti. (Couch potato.)
Quo signo nata es? (What’s your sign?)
O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! (Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!)
Te precor dulcissime supplex! (Pretty please with a cherry on top!)
Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. (I can’t hear you. I have a banana in my ear.)
Prehende uxorem meam, sis! (Take my wife, please!)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? (How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?)
Nihil est–in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui. (That’s nothing–in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.)
Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est. (Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.)
Sic faciunt omnes. (Everyone is doing it.)
Fac ut vivas. (Get a life.)
Latine loqui coactus sum. (I have this compulsion to speak Latin.)
Qui vir odiosus! (What a bore!)
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! (Darn! There goes my beeper!)
Labra lege. (Read my lips.)
Non erravi perniciose! (I did not commit a fatal error!)
Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! (Isn’t that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!)
Haec trutina errat. (There is something wrong with this scale.)
Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europe vincendarum. (Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe.)
Eheu, litteras istas reperire non possum. (Unfortunately, I can’t find those particular documents.)
Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor! (I know why the numbers don’t agree! I used Roman numerals!)
Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima? (Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?)
Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est. (The check is in the mail.)
Braccae tuae aperiuntur. (Your fly is open.)
In dentibus acticis frustrum magnum spinaciae habes. (You have a big piece of spinach in your teeth.)
Exempli Gratia. (Acronym “EG” - For Example)
Id Est. (Acronym “IE” - That Is)
Ad Libitum. (Acronym “AD LIB” - Freely)
Ad Interim. (For the Time Being)
Ad Libitur. (As Desired)
Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit! (God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!)
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. (Garbage in, garbage out.)
Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse. (I think we’re on the same wavelength.)
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. (Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.)
Cave canem (Beware of the dog.)
Cave canem…te necet lingendo (Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death.)
Divide et impera (Divide and rule.)
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur (Anything said in Latin sounds profound.)
si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes. (essentially it says, “if you can read this, you’re overeducated.”)
Cogito Ergo Doleo. (I think therefore I am depressed.)
Re vera, potas bene. (Say, you sure are drinking a lot.)
tum podem extulit horridulum (you are talking shit)
ascendo tuum (Up yours)
quasi (as if)
coitus non circum. (No Fucking around)
Aspice, officio fungeris sine spe honoris amplioris. (Face it, you’re stuck in a dead end job.)
Carpe Cerevisi (seize the beer)
Carpe Canum (Seize the Dog)
mea culpa (My fault.)
Deus est intus (God is Within)
Carpe Narem (Pick your nose)
Non urinat in ventum (Don’t piss into the wind)