List of Latin phrases
This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as vēnī, vīdī, vīcī and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, because Greek rhetoric and literature were greatly esteemed in Ancient Rome when Latin rhetoric and literature were maturing.
The Latin letter "i" may be used either as a vowel or a consonant. In Medieval Latin, when "i" was used as a consonant, the letter "j", which originally was simply an orthographic "long 'i'" that was used in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels, replaced it. This convention is preserved mostly in Latin legal terminology; thus phrases such as de iure often are spelled de jure. In this page, phrases that in Medieval Latin had the letter "j" replace their consonantal "i"s are enumerated as if beginning with "i".
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See also
Lists
- List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions
- List of ecclesiastical abbreviations
- List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
- List of Greek phrases
- List of Greek and Latin roots in English
- List of Latin abbreviations
- List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
- List of Latin words with English derivatives
- List of Latin legal terms
- List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes
- List of sundial mottos § Latin mottos
- List of U.S. state and territory mottos
- List of university and college mottos
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