This table was compiled from multiple sources on the Internet; in other words, it's guaranteed to be inaccurate. Caveat lector!
| Habeas corpus | You must have the body -- i.e., you must justify an imprisonment. First two words of the Writ to bring a prisoner to court (Charles II of England, Habeas Corpus Act - 1679) and commonly used as the general term for a prisoner's legal right to have the charge against specifically identified. |
| Habemus papam | We have a pope -- used after a Catholic Church conclave to announce publicly a successful ballot to elect a new pope. |
| Habesne plus vini? | Do you have more wine? |
| Habet suum venenum blanda oratio | Smooth speech has its own poison |
| Habetis bona deum. | Have a nice day. |
| Habitat | It inhabits. The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows; the typical place of residence of a person or a group; a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditions (as under the sea; the place where something is commonly found. |
| Hac lege | With this law |
| Haec olim meminisse iuvabit | Time heals all things, i.e. Wounds, offenses |
| Haec trutina errat | There is something wrong with this scale |
| Hannibal ante portas! | Hannibal is at the doors! The enemy/danger is at the doors! |
| Haud ignota loquor | I say things that are known |
| Haud ullis labentia ventis | Yielding under no winds |
| Heia, amice, utrum illae sunt sarcinae tuae, an modo Carthaginem despoliasti? | Hey, pal, is that carry-on luggage or did you just sack Carthage? |
| Helluo librorum | A glutton for books (bookworm) |
| Heraldica - Durat, ditat, placet | Heraldry - It sustains, it enriches, it pleases |
| Heraldica ante escam | Heraldry before food! |
| Heraldica gratias | Thanks to heraldry |
| Heraldica mea stella | Heraldry is my star |
| Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! | Darn! There goes my beeper! |
| Heu, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice? | Listen, would you repeat everything you just told me, only this time say it in English? |
| Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt! | Hey, we're all in line here! |
| Heus, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice? | Listen, would you repeat everything you just told me, only this time say it in English? |
| Hic et nunc | Here and now |
| Hic habitat felicitas | Here dwells happiness |
| Hic jacet (HJ) | Here lies. (written on gravestones or tombs) |
| Hic jacet sepultus (HJS) | Here lies buried |
| Hic puer est stultissimus omnium! | This boy is the stupidest of all! |
| Hic quoque transiet | This, too, shall pass |
| Hic sepultus... | Here is buried... |
| Hic si stas, hinc eris | Here you stay, here you belong. A sundial motto. |
| Hic sunt leones | Here there are lions -- written on uncharted territories of old maps |
| Hinc illae lacrimae | Hence these tears -- from Horace, Epistula XIX, 41 |
| Hisce! Insere Pes! | Open Mouth! Insert Foot! |
| Historia est vitae magistra | The history is the tutor of life |
| Hoc erat in votis | This was among my prayers |
| Hoc est in votis | This is in my prayers |
| Hoc est verum et nihili nisi verum | This is the truth and nothing but the truth |
| Hoc est vivere bis vita posse priore frvi | To live twice is to make useful profit from one's past. Experience is the best teacher, so learn from it |
| Hoc marjorum virtus | This is the valor of my ancestors |
| Hoc natura est insitum, ut quem timueris, hunc semper oderis | It's an innate thing to always hate the one we've learnt to fear |
| Hoc nomen meum verum non est. | This isn’t my real name. |
| Hoc tempore obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit | In these days friends are won through flattery, the truth gives birth to hate. (Terence) |
| Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? | Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it? |
| Hodie adsit, cras absit. | Here today, gone tomorrow. |
| Hodie mihi, cras tibi | Today for me, tomorrow for you. You’ll get yours. |
| Homines libenter quod volunt credunt. | Men freely believe what they want to. (used by Julius Caesar, but probably borrowed from Terentius.) |
| Homines, dum docent, discunt | Men learn while they teach. (Seneca) |
| Homines, quo plura habent, eo ampliora cupiunt | The more men have, the more they want |
| Homines, quo plura habent, eo ampliora cupiunt | The more men have, the more they want |
| Homo doctvs is se semper divitias habet | A learned man always has wealth within himself |
| Homo homini lupus | Man is the wolf of mankind |
| Homo nudus cum nuda iacebat | Naked they lay together, man and woman |
| Homo praesumitur bonus donec probetur malus | One is innocent until proven guilty |
| Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit | Man proposes, but God disposes |
| Homo sum | I am a man |
| Homo sum (humani a me nihil alienum puto) | I am a man (I consider nothing human alien to me) -- from Terence |
| Homo vitae commodatus non donatus est | Man has been lent to life, not given. (Pubilius Syrus) |
| Honeur et Raison | Honor and reason |
| Honi soit qui mal y pense | Shame to him who thinks evil |
| Honor ante Gloria | Honor before glory |
| Honor super omnia | Honor above all |
| Honor virtutis praemium | Honour is the reward of virtue |
| Honores mutant mores | The honours change the customs. (Power corrupts) |
| Honoris causa (h.c.) | For the sake of honor -- said of an honorary title, e.g., Doctor of Science honoris causa. |
| Hora somni (h.s.) | At bedtime, literally "at the hour of sleep" (medical shorthand) |
| Horas Non Denumero | I do not count the hours |
| Horas non numero nisi serenas | I only count the sunny hours -- common inscription on sundials. |
| Horribile dictu | Horrible to say -- i.e., "a horrible thing to relate". |
| Horror vacui | Fear of empty places |
| Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est? | I was kidnapped by aliens. What year is it? |
| Hostis humani generis | Enemy of humanity. For example, pirates. |
| Huc accedit zambonis! | Here comes the Zamboni! |
| Humum mandere | To bite the dust |
| Hunc tu caveto | Beware of this man |
