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Latin Expressions in English

Do you know your Latin?

Here are 50 common Latin expressions used in every day English:

1. ad infinitum

Repeat forever

2. ad nauseum

Repetition that has become annoying or tiresome

3. affidavit

He has sworn. Sworn statement

4. alma mater

Nourishing, kind, bounteous mother. School from which one graduated.

5. alias

Also known as. Otherwise known as. Less commonly as the proper meaning of at another time, otherwise.

6. alibi 

In another place. Elsewhere. Reason one couldn’t have been in a location where an act was committed.

7. alter ego

Other self. Another side of oneself.

8. A.D.

short for anno Domini. In the year of our Lord. Number of years since the birth of Jesus Christ.

9. a.m.

Short for ante meridiem. Before midday (noon.) Morning.

10. ante.

Before. Earlier. In a Supreme Court opinion, ante refers to an earlier page of the same opinion.

11. ante mortem

Before death

12. bona fide

Genuine. Real. With no intention to deceive.

13. c. / ca. / or cca.

Short for circa. Around. About. Approximately. Relative to a certain year.

14. carpe diem

Seize the day or moment. Make the best of the present r ather than delay or focus on the future.

15. cogito ergo sum

I think, therefore I am — Descartes

16. consensus

Agreement. General or widespread agreement

17. curriculum

Race. Course of a race. Path of a race. Subjects comprising a course of academic study.

18. CV 

Short for curriculum vitae. The course of one’s life. Resume. List of significant academic and professional accomplishments, achievements, awards, education, and training.

19. de facto

True or matter of fact as it is, regardless of intent, good reason, authority, or official reason for being such.

20. ergo

Therefore.

21. etc. 

Short for et cetera.

22. et al. 

Short for et alia (neuter plural) or et alii (masculine plural) or et aliae (feminine plural). And others. And all of the others.

23. ex post

After

24. e.g. 

Short for exempli gratia. For the sake of example. For example.

25. i.e. 

Short for id est. That is. In other words.

26. in absentia

Conducted in the absence of.

27. in camera 

In chambers. In private, commonly for legal proceedings, in the judge’s office (chambers.) before digital photography cameras were little “chambers.”

28. incognito

Unknown. With one’s identity concealed. This is actually an Italian word, derived from the Latin word incognitus.

29. innuendo

By nodding. Implied. Indirectly implied. Suggested. Oblique allusion.

30. ipso facto 

By that very fact or act. Therefore.

31. magnum opus

Great work. Greatest work. Masterpiece.

32. M.O. 

short for modus operandi. Mode or method of operation. How you do things.

33. n.b. or N.B. 

short for nota bene. Note well. It is worth noting that.

34. per capita

Per person, for each person, of a population. Individually, but not for any particular person.

35. per se. 

By itself. Intrinsically. Specifically.

36. p.m. / PM 

short for post meridiem. After midday (noon.) Afternoon.

37. post mortem 

After death

38. PS. 

short for post scriptum. Written after. After what has been written. In addition to what has been written. In addition.

39. quasi

As if. As though. Resembling. Similar but not quite exactly the same. Having many but not all the features of.

40. quid pro quo

This for that. An exchange of goods or services. A barter transaction. Any contractual transaction.

41. status quo

The existing state of affairs. As it is. As things are.

42. stricto sensu

or sensu stricto. In a narrow, tight, or strict sense. Strictly speaking.

43. supra 

Above. From the previous cited source.

44. tabula rasa

Clean slate. Blank slate. Absence of any preconceived notions, ideas, goals, or purpose.

45. veni, vidi, vici. 

I came, I saw, I conquered.

46. verbatim

The same exact words. Literally.

47. vs. 

short for versus. Against. In opposition to. As opposed to. In contrast to.

48. veto. 

I forbid. Reject.

49. vice versa 

As well as the two immediately preceding subjects of a statement reversed. The same either way. The other way around.

50. viz

short for videre licet or videlicet. Namely. That is.

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