contemporary Latin Phrases
Veni, vipi, vici
I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered
Veni, vidi, visa.
I came, I saw, I shopped.
Cogito eggo sum.
I think, therefore I am ... a waffle
Leroi est mort. Jive leroi.
The king is dead. No kidding
Posh mortem.
Death styles of the rich and famous
Pro bozo publico.
Support your local clown
Quip pro quo.
A fast retort
Carne diem.
Seize the meat
Carp diem!
Seize the fish!
Domino vobiscum.
The pizza guy is here.
Auda similarum ad seattles.
They all sound just like Pearl Jam.
Sharpei diem.
Seize the wrinkled dog.
Nucleo predicus dispella conducticus.
Remove foil before microwaving.
Il guyus nissanem iste ickye.
That Nissan guy gives me the creeps.
Bodicus mutilatimus, unemploymi ad infinitum.
Better take the nose ring out before the job interview.
Veni, vidi, Pesci.
I came, I saw, I moidered da bum.
Revelare Pecunia!
Show Me The Money!
Ignoramus microsoftis multa pecunia dat.
Yeah, where *do* I want to go today??
Sic semper tyrannus.
Your dinosaur is ill.
No Quid Pro Quo.
I'm Sorry, We're All Out of Quid.
Nunc Tutus Exitus Computarus.
It's Now Safe To Turn Off Your Computer.
Veni, Vidi, Velcro
I came; I saw; I stuck around.
Et tu, pluribus unum?
The government just stabbed me in the back!
E pluribus septum.
Multiple nose piercings.
Sic transit gloria mundi
Gloria got sick on the bus Monday.
And now, some REAL Latin phrases:
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis
incommodat.
It's not the heat, it's the
humidity.
Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me
necabit!
God, look at the time! My wife
will kill me!
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt
tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.
When catapults are outlawed, only
outlaws will have catapults.
Lex clavatoris designati
rescindenda est.
The designated hitter rule has
got to go.
Te audire no possum. Musa
sapientum fixa est in aure.
I can't hear you. I have a banana
in my ear. (Inside joke that involves one person saying "You have a banana
in your ear," and the other saying "I can't hear you, I have a banana
in my ear.")
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me
conspirare.
I think some people in togas are
plotting against me.
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi
similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
In the good old days, children
like you were left to perish on windswept crags.
Caesar si viveret, ad remum
dareris.
If Caesar were alive, you'd be
chained to an oar.
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta
superstitione.
I'm not interested in your dopey
religious cult.
(At a poetry reading)
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. [I TOTALLY AGREE, unless it's incredibly good. Reading
Somewhere Over the Rainbow backwards just doesn't do it for me.]
Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic
videri?
How do you get your hair to do
that?
Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris?
Stramentum novum in ea posui.
Bad kitty! Why don't you use the
cat box? I put new litter in it.
Romani quidem artem amatoriam
invenerunt.
You know, the Romans invented the
art of love.
(At a barbeque)
Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes,
fumum recta in faciem ferri?
Ever noticed how wherever you
stand, the smoke goes right into your face?
Neutiquam erro.
I am not lost.
Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos
insero?
Do I drink this or stick my
fingers in it?
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me
ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.
Oh! Was I speaking Latin again?
Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.
One more
thing... any guesses as to what this means?
Quantum materiae
materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit
materiari?
Scroll down to find out...
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Last updated Saturday, August 18, 2001
Katie Tyson