2007-03-09 10:40:00 · 11 answers · asked by Crystal 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
Carpe diem
"seize the day"
a posse ad esse
"from being able to being"
absit iniuria verbis
"let injury by words be absent"
adequatio intellectus et rei
"correspondence of the mind and reality"
aequitas
"Justice, or equality."
2007-03-09 10:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by [Mick] girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your going to love this site
http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html
it's a glossary of latin sayings.i like several myself.
favorites are
Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulty
Amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all. (Virgil)
Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu - The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca)
Omne initium est difficile - Every beginning is difficult
Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet - You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis)
Penetalia mentis - The innermost recesses of the mind. Heart of hearts
De inimico non loquaris sed cogites - Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it
Dum spiro, spero - While I breathe, I hope. (Cicero)
much more but i think you'll have more success looking through the glossary
enjoy!!!
2007-03-09 19:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by Raquel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Quod Erat Demonstrandum (QED) - It has been proven.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes - Who will watches the watchman (also "who guards the guards")
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum - I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am
Audere est facere - To dare is to do
Edit: Spot the deliberate (ahem) spelling mistake.
2007-03-09 18:54:34 · answer #3 · answered by Paul The Rock Ape 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caveat Emptor
(let the buyer beware)
2007-03-09 22:47:35 · answer #4 · answered by Robin K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html
Alphabetical order set of some pretty kick *** phrases & their translation, everything from artsy to stupid. The phrase that would suit you is somehting only you cna know because we dont know you personally.
2007-03-09 22:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Deb P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dude, i can only assume that you intend to get a tattoo of whatever latin phrase you choose; if you don't speak latin, just don't do it. get something meaningful, not something in a dead language that you only want in order to impress people.
2007-03-09 19:59:18 · answer #6 · answered by trillian 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well here are some funny/random ones:
Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.
(Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn)--useful for when you are cranky but don't want to let on...
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
(How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?)
Die dulci fruimini.
(Have a nice day)
Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt
(Save the whales)
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris
(If Caear were alive you would be chained to an oar)
Hope that helps!
2007-03-09 19:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by AdventuresWithBaby 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Errare humanum est=to do wrong is human!
2007-03-09 18:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by acatalinus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"nemo liber est qui corpori servit"
no man is free who is a slave to his body.
i'm currently getting that tattoo removed. it was beautiful though...
2007-03-10 21:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gracias Tibiago Domine (Give thanks to the Lord)
Eas in Crucem (To hell with you).
Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)
2007-03-09 18:45:14 · answer #10 · answered by peersignal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋