Facebook Twitter Mail AN NPR "BOOK WE LOVE" FOR SUMMER 2024 A gorgeously illustrated guide to memorable Latin phrases, including famous quotations on love, death, nature, politics, and more. Latin ...

Then you, my friend, need to brush up on your Latin. The phrases below are all worth committing ... letting folks know that you’ve read a few books. It corrects anyone under the mistaken assumpt ...

(et cetera, "and the rest"). Even some entire Latin phrases have become so naturalized in English that we use them, in full, without a second thought—like bona fide (literally "in good faith ...

So with that in mind, here Charlotte Oliver collates – and translates – some of the most useful Latin phrases we still use today, taking you from the battlefield to the bedroom and beyond.

knowing some Latin has its advantages. But the operative word here is "some." We'll start you off with 10 phrases that have survived the hatchet men of time (in all their pretentious glory).