"ab initio","From the beginning",""
"ad finem","To the end",""
"ad gustem","According to taste",""
"ad hoc","For this special purpose",""
"ad infinitum","Without any apparent end",""
"ad interim","In the meanwhile",""
"ad libitum","At pleasure; as much as/in any way that one desires",""
"ad nauseam","To a sickening degree",""
"ad rem","To the point; to the purpose",""
"ad verbum","Word for word; literally",""
"alter idem","Another precisely similar",""
"amor vincit omnia","Love conquers all things",""
"ante meridiem","Before noon",""
"apologia","A defence; justification",""
"bona fida","In good faith; genuine",""
"bona vacantia","Unclaimed goods",""
"carpe diem","Enjoy the present day; seize the opportunity",""
"caveat emptor","Let the buyer beware; at the buyer's risk",""
"ceteris paribus","Other things being equal",""
"cogito ergo sum","I think therefore I am",""
"compos mentis","Of sound mind",""
"corpus delicti","The body, substance or foundation of the offence",""
"cui bono?","For whose benefit is it?; who gains by it?",""
"Deo gratias","Thanks to God",""
"dramatis personae","The charchters of a drama or play",""
"dulce et decorum est (pro patria mori)","It is sweet and glorious (to die for one's country)",""
"dum spiro, spero","While I breathe, I hope",""
"ecce homo","Behold the man","(The words of Pontius Pilate)"
"errare est humanum","To err is human",""
"et ego in Arcadia","I too have lived in Arcadia; I too had that experience",""
"et tu, Brute!","You too, Brutus?","(Caesar's alleged exclamation when he saw Brutus was amongst his assins)"
"ex cathedra","From the episcopal or papel throne or professional chair; with high authority",""
"exempli gratia","By way of example",""
"ex libris","From the books of/library of",""
"festina lente","Hasten gently; hurry slowly",""
"furor loquendi/scribendi","A rage for speaking/writing",""
"genius loci","The gardian spirit of the place",""
"gloria in excelsis","Glory to God in the highest",""
"hic sepultus","Here (is) buried",""
"honi soit qui mal y pense","Shame to him who thinks evil; the shame be his who thinks ill of it",""
"ibidem (ibid.)","In the same place, thing or case",""
"in extremis","At the point of death or in a desperate circumstances",""
"in flagrante delicto","In the very act; (literally) while the crime is blazing",""
"infra dignitatem (infra dig)","Beneath one's dignity",""
"in re","In the matter of",""
"in statu quo","In the former state",""
"inter alia","Amongst other things",""
"inter nos","Between ourselves",""
"in toto","Entirely",""
"in vino veritas","In wine is truth; wine brings out the truth",""
"ipso facto","By that very fact; thereby",""
"magnum bonum","A great good",""
"magnum opus","A great work; someone's greatest achievement",""
"mala fide","With bad faith; treacherously",""
"mea culpa","By my own fault",""
"memento mori","Remember death; a reminder of death",""
"mens sana in corpore sano","A sound mind in a sound body",""
"mirabile dictu","Wonderful to tell",""
"modus operandi","Manner of operation; way of going about a job",""
"morituri te salutamus","We who are about to die salute you (the greeting given by the gladiators to the emperor)",""
"mot juste","The word which exactly fits the context",""
"nemine contradicente (nem con)","Without opposition; with no one speaking to the contrary",""
"nemo me impune lacessit","No-one provokes me with impunity (the motto of Scotland)",""
"nihil ad rem","Nothing to the point",""
"nil desperandum","Never despair",""
"noli me tangere","Don't touch me (the words of Jesus quoted from John's Gospel, but now often used as a general warning against interference)",""
"non sequitur","A remark of action unconnected with what has gone before; a conclusion that does not follow logically from the premises",""
"nota bene (NB)","Mark well; take good note",""
"obiter dictum","A thing said by the way; a cursory remark",""
"onus probandi","The burden of proving",""
"O tempora! O mores!","Oh the times! Oh the manners/customs!; What times! What conduct!",""
"pari passu","With equal pace; together",""
"per ardua ad astra","By steep and difficult ways to the stars; the way to the stars in not easy",""
"par diem","By the day",""
"persona non grata","An unacceptable person",""
"post meridiem","After noon",""
"prima facie","At first sight",""
"quod erat demonstrandum","(the thing) which has to be proved or demonstrated",""
"rara avis","A rare person or thing; (literally) a rare bird)",""
"res judicata","A case or law suit already decided",""
"semper idem","Always the same",""
"solvitur ambulando","It is solved in walking i.e. the problem is solved by actually doing it, by practical experiment",""
"sub judice","Under (legal) consideration",""
"suum cuique","Let each have his own",""
"taedium vitae","Weariness of life",""
"tempus fugit","Time flies",""
"terra incognita","An unknown country",""
"ultima ratio regum","The last argument of kings - the cannon, war",""
"urbi et orbi","Th the city (Rome) and the world; to everyone",""
"uti possidetis","The principle of letting e.g. belligerents keep what they have aquired; (literally) as you possess",""
"vade mecum","A handbook or pocket companion; (literally) go with me",""
"veni, vedi, vici","I came, I saw, I conquered (the words of Julius Caesar)",""
"verbatim (et literatim)","Word for word (and letter for letter)",""
"videlicet (viz)","To wit; namely",""
"vivat rex/regina","Long live the king/queen",""
"vox populi, vox Dei","The voice of the people is the voice of God",""