Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur - Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound

 

Cogito, ergo sum.	I think, therefore I am.
Cogito, ergo doleo.	I think, therefore I am depressed.
Die dulci freure.	Have a nice day.
Raptus regaliter.	Royally screwed.
Sona si Latine loqueris.	Honk if you speak Latin.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.	I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.	I think some people in togas are plotting against me.
Noli me vocate, 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.
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.	I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.
Re vera, potas bene.	Say, you sure are drinking alot.
Utinam barbari spatioum proprium tuum invadant!	May barbarians invade your personal space!
Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!	May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!	May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Radix lecti	Couch potato
Non sum pisces.	I am not a fish.
Quo signo nata es?	What's your sign?
Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt.	You know, the Romans invented the art of love.
Magister Mundi sum!	I am the Master of the Universe
Fac me cocleario vomere!	Gag me with a spoon!
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.	I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?	How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Nihili 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.
Vescere bracis meis.	Eat my shorts.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!	Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business!
Fac ut vivas.	Get a life.
Insula Gilliganis	Gilligan's Island
Ut si!	As if!
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.	Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.
Non illigitamus carborundum.	Don't let the B******s grind you down
Stecorem pro cerebro habes	You have s**t for brains

More Latin for Life

BALD-FACED LIES ARE LESS BALD-FACED IN LATIN

The check is in the mail.

·  Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est.

I have nothing to declare.

·  Nihil declaro.

I don't know what you're talking about.

·  Nescio quid dicas.

It was that way when I got here.

·  Ita erat quando hic adveni.

There's no one here by that name.

·  Nemo hic adest illius nominis.

Don't call me, I'll call you.

·  Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.

FLATTERY SOUNDS MORE SINCERE IN LATIN

Have you lost weight?

·  Nonne macescis?

You haven't aged a bit!

·  Minime senuisti!

It looks great on you!

·  Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam!

A wig? I never would have guessed!

·  Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!

INTIMATE SUBJECTS ARE EASIER TO BROACH IN LATIN

Your fly is open.

·  Braccae tuae aperiuntur.

Your slip is showing.

·  Subucula tua apparet.

You have a big piece of spinach on your front teeth.

·  In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes.

You've been misusing the subjunctive.

·  Abutebaris modo subjunctivo.

SELF-ASSERTIVENESS IS SIMPLER IN LATIN

Hey, we're all in line here!

·  Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!

No cutting in!

·  Noli inferre se in agmen!

No, excuse me, I believe I'm next.

·  Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse.

You're from New York, aren't you?

·  Nonne de Novo Eboraco venis?

LATIN BUMPER STICKERS FOR YOUR CHARIOT

FRENA PRO FERIS TENEO

·  I BRAKE FOR ANIMALS

BALAENAE NOBIS CONSERVANDAE SUNT

·  SAVE THE WHALES

SONA SI LATINE LOQUERIS

·  HONK IF YOU SPEAK LATIN

CUM CATAPULTAE PROSCRIPTAE ERUNT TUM SOLI PROSCRIPTI CATAPULTAS HABEBUNT

·  WHEN CATAPULTS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE CATAPULTS

SIC HOC ADFIXUM IN OBICE LEGERE POTES, ET LIBERALITER EDUCATUS ET NIMIS PROPINQUUS ADES

·  IF YOU CAN READ THIS BUMPER STICKER, YOU ARE BOTH VERY WELL EDUCATED AND MUCH TOO CLOSE

VANITAS PLATES

INCITATUS

·  SPEED DEMON

VAGANS

·  CRUISING

LITORALIS

·  BEACH BUM

MANNUS

·  MUSTANG

FRACTUM

·  JALOPY

NITIDUS

·  SNAZZY

URSUS

·  BEAR

TURBO

·  TURBO

CARTOONS ARE, WELL, CARTOONIER IN LATIN

What's up, Doc?

·  Quid agis, Medice?

I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!

·  Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!

I tought I taw a puddy tat!

·  Credidi me felem vidisse!

Thuffering Thuccotash!

·  Farrago fatigans!

Beep-beep!

·  Cornu sono!

Ah-bee, ah-bee, ah-bee, that's all, folks!

·  Abeo, abeo, abeo, actum est, comites!

THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE GOLDEN IN LATIN

Just the facts, ma'am.

·  Dic mihi solum facta, domina.

Sorry about that, chief.

·  Illius me paenitet, dux.

You bet your bippy!

·  Tuis pugis pignore!

The devil made me do it!

·  Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem!

Kiss my grits!

·  Osculare pultem meam!

Beam me up, Scotty!

·  Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities.

·  Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris.

TIMELESS LINES FROM THE MOVIES

Make my day.

·  Fac ut gaudeam.

Round up the usual suspects.

·  Conlige suspectos semper habitos.

You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

·  Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

·  Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.

ALL MUSIC IS CLASSICAL MUSIC IN LATIN

My favorite group is...

·  Caterva carissima mea est...

The Beatles			The Temptations
·  Cimictus			·  Inlecebrae
The Rolling Stones			The Who
·  Lapides Provolventes			·  Ille Quis
The Grateful Dead			The Monkees
·  Mortui Grati			·  Simitatores
The Beach Boys			Country Joe and the Fish
·  Pueri Litoris			·  Iosephus Agrestis Piscesque

ALL TV IS EDUCATIONAL TV IN LATIN

My favorite show is...

·  Spectaculum carissimum est...

Gilligan's Island			Jeopardy
·  Insula Gilliganis			·  Periculum
Hollywood Squares			Wheel of Fortune
·  Quadrata Iliceti			·  Rota Fortunae
The Love Boat			Diff'rent Strokes
·  Navis Amoris			·  Ictus Diff'rentes
Leave It to Beaver			Happy Days
·  Id Castori Concedite			·  Dies Felices
Mission: Impossible			The Young and the Restless
·  Opus: Quod Fieri Non Potest			·  Iuvenes Inquietesque
Hawaii Five-O			Divorce Court
·  Hawaii Quinque-Nil			·  Curia Divortiorum
The Gong Show			The Flintstones
·  Spectaculum Tintinnabuli			·  Illi Silices
The Price Is Right			The Twilight Zone
·  Pretium Iustum Est			·  Zona Crepusculi

Some of these and many more Latin phrases can be found in "Latin for Everyday Occasions: Lingua Latina Omnibus" by Henry Beard