What is your favorite Latin phrase?

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[thread=65697]As I have said before[/thread], I can’t pick just one.

In principio erat verbum
In the beginning was the word

Et verbum caro factum est
And the word was made flesh

Et habitavit in nobis
And dwellt among us

Quis ut Deus?
Who is like God?

Non tam praeclarum est scire Latin quam turpe nescire
It is not so much excellent to know Latin as it is a shame to not know it.

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Ladies and gentlemen: Elvis has left the building

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Can pick just one…

Domine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea. (3x) :bowdown:

Lord, I am not worthy that Thou should come under my roof. Speak but the word and my soul shall be healed.

Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam meam in vitam aeternam. Amen. :signofcross:

May the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
 
Adoramus Te Christi, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctum crucem tuam, redemissti mundum. (My spelling may be off).

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, for by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.

AND

Quonium Tu solus sanctus,
Tu solus Dominus,
Tu solus Altisimus, Jesu Christi!

(which has been translated once already).
 
I love the phrase, “Retro Satana!” “Get thee behind me, Satan!” (Yes, I did retain something from my Latin days. :p) I use it whenever I feel tempted to sin and I know I shouldn’t.
 
“Quid est veritas?” **

What is truth**? -Spoken by Pilate at Jesus’ trial. It always gets me- here Pilate had Jesus before him, The Way, The Truth, and The Life, and he didn’t recognize Him. A great point of reflection in my personal life.
 
**Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - **How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Anything said in Latin sounds profound

Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur - Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.

and finally

Valui ad satanam in computatrum meum invocandum - I succeeded in summoning satan into my computer
 
Illegitimi non carborundum.

Technically not classical Latin, but Chuck Norris doesn’t care.
 
Hoc est corpus meum - This is My Body.

Ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. - I absolve you in the name of the Father…
Scott_Lafrance said:
**Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - **How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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This…this is genius.
 
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi – Always where under where

And, because it is on the Quigley website homepage now, “Ave atque vale!” – “Hail, brother, and farewell!”
 
Carpe Diem! - Seize the Day (thank you, Dead Poet’s Society!)

Caveat Emptor - Let the Buyer Beware. Perfect for eBay.

And from the mass, Oremus - Let Us Pray.
 
V. Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini.
R. Qui fecit coelum et terram.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
 
Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen

May the body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul unto eternal life. Amen.
 
LilyM said:
Romanes eunt domus

('What’s this then? ‘People called Romanes they go to the house?’ 'It - it says ‘Go home Romans!’ ‘No it doesn’t!’)

from Monty Python’s* Life of Brian* - funniest movie and best Latin lesson ever! :cool: 👍 :rotfl:
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That film is morally offensive. See here
 
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