"Veni, Vidi, Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered) which was written by Julius Caesar is one of the most commonly used Latin phrase.
As you may know, around 60- 70% of the English words have their roots in Latin. Centuries have rolled by, but certain Latin phrases have remained almost untouched and made their way into the dictionary and common day-to-day conversations
This Buzzle article focuses on Latin phrases about love, friendship, family, and life. They come along with their meanings to give you a better understanding of the Latin phrases you may or may not have heard of.
Latin Phrases about Love and Friendship
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Te amo ║ I love you
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Una in perpetuum ║ Together forever
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amare et sapere vix deo conceditur ║ Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time
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amor vincit omnia ║ Love conquers all
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in perpetuum et unum diem ║ Forever and a day
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amantes sunt amentes ║ Lovers are lunatics
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amantium irae amoris integratio est ║ Fights of lovers are the renewal of love
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cras amet qui nunquam amavit; quique amavit, cras amet ║ May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well
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semper fidelis ║ Always faithful
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aere perennius ║ More lasting than bronze
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Ab imo pectore ║ From the bottom of my heart
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Nunc scio quid sit amor ║ Now I know what love is
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Amor vincit omnia ║ Love conquers all
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Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur ║ We choose to love, we do not choose to cease loving
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Amor caecus est ║ Love is blind
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Amor meus amplior quam verba est ║ My love is more than words
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Amor gignit amorem ║ Love creates love
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Amor est vitae essentia ║ Love is the essence of life
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Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori ║ Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love
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manus in mano ║ Hand in hand
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Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit ║ True love will hold on to those whom it has held
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Si vis amari, ama ║ If you wish to be loved, love
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Amor sempiternus ║ Eternal Love
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Tibi magno cum amor ║ For you with great love
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Sine amore, nihil est vita ║ Without love, life is pointless
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Te valde amo ac semper amabo ║ I love you very much, and always will forever
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Numquam periit amor ║ Love never dies
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Eis quos amo ║ For those that I love
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Numquam te amare desistam ║ I'll never stop loving you
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Etiam in morte, superest amor ║ In death, love survives
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Fide et amor ║ Faithfully and lovingly
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Tuus perdite sodalis amans ║ Your ever loving soul mate
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Illis quos amo deserviam ║ For those I love I will sacrifice
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In aeternum te amabo ║ I will love you for all eternity
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amici optimi in aeternum (male), amicae optimae in aeternum (fem) ║ best friends forever
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amicitia ║ friendship
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amicitias immortales esse opportet ║ friendships should be immortal
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amico amicus ║ friend of a friend
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amicorum communia omnia ║ friends share everything
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amicus alter ipse ║ a friend is another self
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domus et placens uxor ║ A home and a pleasing wife
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amicus magis necessarius, quam ignis et aqua ║ friendship is more essential than fire and water
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amicus certus in re incerta cernitur ║ a true friend is discovered in times of uncertainty
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filius est pars patris ║ a son is part of the father
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idem velle et idem nolle ea demum firma amicitia est ║ to have the same tastes and the same dislikes
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mores amici noveris, non oderis ║ know well, but take no offence at the manners of a friend
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multas amicitias silentium diremit ║ silence broke up many friendships
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nemo cogendus amicus ║ nobody should be forced to be a friend
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nil ego contulerim jocundo sanus amico ║ there is nothing which, in my senses, i should prefer to a dear friend
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non sunt amici, amici qui degunt procul ║ friends who spend time apart are not friends
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novos parans amicos, ne obliviscere veterum ║ when finding new friends do not forget the old ones
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banni nuptiarum ║ The banns of matrimony
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ubi amici, ibi opes ║ where there are friends, there is wealth
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unus deus, et plures amici ║ one god and many friends
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usque ad aras amicus ║ a friend to the altars
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dulcis domus ║ Sweet home
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viri infortunati procul amici ║ the friends of an unfortunate man are far away
Latin Quotes About Life
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ars longa, vita brevis
Art is long, life is short
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carpe diem
Seize the day
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per Angusta Ad Augusta
Through difficulties to honors
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aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even
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vir sapit qui pauca loquitur
That man is wise who talks little
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vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives
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vitanda est improba siren desidia
One must avoid that wicked temptress, laziness
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semper inops quicumque cupit
Whoever desires is always poor
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dum excusare credis, accusas
When you believe you are excusing yourself, you are accusing yourself
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dum inter homines sumus, colamus humanitatem
As long as we are among humans, let us be humane
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dum vivimus, vivamus - Epicurean Philosophy
When we live, let us live
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extinctus amabitur idem
The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget
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tempus fugit
Time flies
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faber est suae quisque fortunae - Appius Claudius Caecus
Every man is the artisan of his own fortune
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bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem
It is not goodness to be better than the worst
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exitus acta probat
The result validates the deeds
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errare humanum est
To err is human
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eheu fugaces labuntur anni
Alas, the fleeting years slip away
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fabas indulcet fames
Hunger sweetens the beans
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facta non verba
Actions speak louder than words
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fallaces sunt rerum species
Looks are deceptive
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flat justitia ruat coelum
Let justice be done through the heavens fall
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mutantur omnia nos et mutamur in illis
All things change, and we change with them
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multum in parvo
Much in little
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memento mori
Remember that you will die
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minima maxima sunt
The smallest things are most important
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nemo liber est qui corpori servit
No one is free who is a slave to his body
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non est vivere sed valere vita est
life is more than just being alive
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non semper erit aestas
It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times)
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non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum
Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold
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ne quid nimis
Nothing in excess
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nemo dat quod non habet
No one gives what he does not have
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non est ad astra mollis e terris via
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars
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nosce te ipsum
Know thyself
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omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis
All things change, and we change with them
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omnia causa fiunt
Everything happens for a reason
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pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes
Flatterers are the worst type of enemies
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possunt quia posse videntur
They can do it because they think they can do it
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perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim
Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you
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qui tacet consentire
Who is silent gives consent
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respice, adspice, prospice
Examine the past, present, future
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sic transit gloria mundi
So passes away earthly glory
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sedit qui timuit ne non succederet
He who feared he would not succeed sat still
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timendi causa est nescire
Ignorance is the cause of fear
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tempus fugit
Time flies
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ut sementem feceris ita metes
As you sow so will you reap
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veritas vos liberabit
The truth shall make you free
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vincit qui se vincit
He conquers who conquers himself
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verbum sat sapienti
A word is enough for a wise man
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vox populi vox dei
The voice of the people is the voice of god
