Latin Phrases In English #3

Front 1

a slip of the tongue

Back 1

lapsus linguae

Front 2

letter by letter, literally

Back 2

litteratim

Front 3

one holding a place, i.e. a substitute

Back 3

locum tenens

Front 4

with great praise

Back 4

magna cum laude

Front 5

a great work

Back 5

magnum opus

Front 6

mother of the family, matriarch

Back 6

materfamilias

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by my fault

Back 7

mea culpa

Front 8

Remember to die, i.e. remember that you are mortal

Back 8

Memento mori

Front 9

a sound mind is a sound body

Back 9

Mens sana in corpore sano

Front 10

trifles, minor details

Back 10

minutiae

Front 11

amazing to say

Back 11

mirabile dictu

Front 12

method of working

Back 12

modus operandi

Front 13

We, destined to die, salute you.

Back 13

Morituri te salutamus

Front 14

much in little

Back 14

multum in parvo

Front 15

after making the necessary changes

Back 15

mutatis mutandis

Front 16

no more beyond, i.e. the summit of achievement

Back 16

ne plus ultra

Front 17

no one contradicting, i.e. unanimous

Back 17

nemine contradicente

Front 18

Nothing is to be despaired, i.e. one must never lose hope

Back 18

Nil desperandum

Front 19

willy-nilly

Back 19

nolens volens

Front 20

not sound of mind

Back 20

non compos mentis

Front 21

it does not follow

Back 21

non sequitur

Front 22

note well

Back 22

nota bene

Front 23

now lettest thou (thy servant) depart (in peace)

Back 23

Nunc dimittis

Front 24

Oh, the times! Oh, the customs!

Back 24

O tempora! O mores!

Front 25

said by the way, i.e. a parenthetical remark (not pertinent to the case at hand)

Back 25

obiter dictum

Front 26

the work previously cited

Back 26

opus citatum

Front 27

by the leave of

Back 27

pace

Front 28

at an equal pace (in an equal proportion)

Back 28

pari passu

Front 29

father of the family, patriarch

Back 29

paterfamilias

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Our Father

Back 30

Paternoster

Front 31

Peace be with you

Back 31

Pax vobiscum

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I have sinned

Back 32

peccavi

Front 33

by the year, annually

Back 33

per annum

Front 34

by heads, i.e. for each individual

Back 34

per capita

Front 35

by the day, each day

Back 35

per diem

Front 36

in itself, intrinsically

Back 36

per se

Front 37

bridge of donkeys (a difficult stage in any study)

Back 37

pons asinorum