This table was compiled from multiple sources on the Internet; in other words, it's guaranteed to be inaccurate. Caveat lector!
| Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es | Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon) |
| Nam homo proponit, sed Deus disponit. | Man foretells, God decides. (Thomas A Kempis) |
| Nascentes morimur | From the moment we are born, we begin to die |
| Natale solum | Native soil |
| Natura abhorret a vacua | Nature abhors a vacuum |
| Natura in minima maxima | Nature is the greatest in the smallest things |
| Natura nihil fit in frustra | Nature does nothing in vain |
| Natura non contristatur | Nature isn't sentimental |
| Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret | You can drive nature out with a pitchfork but she always comes back |
| Navigare necesse est | To sail is necessary |
| Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! | Don't you dare erase my hard disk! |
| Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum. | Don't you dare erase my hard disk. |
| Ne cede malis | Do not yield to misfortune |
| Ne conjugare nobiscum | Don't fuck with us |
| Ne feceris ut rideam | Don't make me laugh |
| Ne humanus crede | Trust no human |
| Ne nimium | Not too much |
| Ne obliviscaris | Forget not |
| Ne plus ultra | No more beyond. The highest point capable of being attained: acme; the most profound degree of a quality or state. |
| Ne quid nimis | Nothing in excess. (Terence) |
| Ne teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum | All that glitters is not gold |
| Nec hostium timete, nec amicum reusate | Fear no enemy, deny no friend |
| Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te | I am able to live / I can live neither with you, nor without you. (Martial) |
| Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres | As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. (Horace) |
| Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent | He must fear many, whom many fear. (Laberius) |
| Necessitatis non habet legem | Necessity knows no law |
| Negligentia hostium quam non coluistis primus impetus erit. | The enemy diversion you have been ignoring will be the main attack. |
| Negotium populo romano melius quam otium committi | The Roman people understand work better than leisure |
| Nemine contradicente (Nem. Con.) | With no one speaking in opposition. Unanimously |
| Nemine dissentiente (Nem. Diss.) | With no one disagreeing |
| Nemo ante mortem beatus | Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us! |
| Nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi | Moreover, there is no one who can rule unless he can be ruled. (Seneca) |
| Nemo dat quod non habet | No one gives what he does not have |
| Nemo est supra legis | No one is above the law |
| Nemo gratis mendax | No man lies freely. A person with no reason to lie is telling the truth |
| Nemo hic adest illius nominis | There is no one here by that name |
| Nemo liber est qui corpori servit | No one is free who is a slave to his body |
| Nemo malus felix | No bad man is lucky. (Juvenal) |
| Nemo me impune lacessit | No one provokes me with impunity. (motto of the kings of Scotland) |
| Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit | No mortal is wise at all hours |
| Nemo nisi mors | Nobody except death (will part us). (Inscription in the wedding ring of the Swedish Queen Katarina Jagellonica) |
| Nemo propheta in patria sua | No one is considered a prophet in his hometown/homeland |
| Nemo repente fuit turpissimus | No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. (Juvenal) |
| Nemo risum praebuit, qui ex se coepit | Nobody is laughed at, who laughs at himself. (Seneca) |
| Nemo saltat sobrius | No man dances sober |
| Nemo saltat sobrius nisi forte insanit | Nobody dances sober unless he's insane |
| Nemo sine vitio est | No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder) |
| Nemo surdior est quam is qui non audiet | No man is more deaf than he who will not hear |
| Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum | No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus) |
| Nervos belli, pecuniam. (Nervus rerum.) | The nerve of war, money. (The nerve of things.) (Cicero) |
| Nescio quid dicas. | I don't know what you're talking about. |
| Nescio Sed Invenire Possim | I don't know, but I can find out |
| Nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia regitur mundus. | Know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is ruled. (Julius III) |
| Neutiquam erro | I am not lost |
| Nihil | Nothing |
| Nihil ad rem | Nothing to do with the point |
| Nihil age paenitendum | Do nothing which ought to be regretted |
| Nihil agere delectat | It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero) |
| Nihil aliud scit necessitas quam vincere | Necesssity knows nothing else but victory. (Syrus) |
| Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione | I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult |
| Nihil de nihilo fit | Nothing comes from nothing |
| Nihil declaro. | I have nothing to declare. |
| Nihil est ab omni parte beatum | Nothing is good in every part. (Horace) |
| Nihil est incertius volgo | Nothing is more uncertain than the (favour of the) crowd. (Cicero) |
| Nihil est miserum nisi cum putes | Nothing is unfortunate if you don't consider it unfortunate. (Boethius) |
| Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui. | That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor. |
| Nihil obstat | Nothing prevents -- a notation, usually on a title page, indicating that a Catholic censor has reviewed the book and found nothing objectionable to faith or morals in its content. See also imprimatur. |
| Nihil per os (n.p.o.) | Nothing by mouth (medical shorthand) |
| Nihil Sine Labore | Nothing without work. |
| Nihil sub sole novum | Nothing new under the sun |
| Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum. | Nothing is so absurd that it hasn't been said by some philosopher. (Marcus Tullius Cicero [De divinatione]) |
| Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit | No fort is so strong that it cannot be taken with money. (Cicero) |
| Nihili est - in vita priore ego imperator romanus fui | That's nothing; in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor |
| Nil actum credens dum quid superesset agendum | Thinking nothing done, while anything was yet to do |
| Nil actum reputa si quid superest agendum | Don't consider that anything has been done if anything is left to be done. (Lucan) |
| Nil admirari | Admire no one; "Be astonished at nothing" |
| Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit | Not much worth is an example that solves one quarrel with another. (Horace) |
| Nil desperandum | Never despair |
| Nil disputandum de gustibus | No disputing about tastes |
| Nil homini certum est | Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid) |
| Nil illigitimi carborundum | Do not let the bastards get you down |
| Nil satis nisi optimum | Nothing but the Best is Good Enough Motto of Everton Football Club, residents of Goodison Park, Liverpool. |
| Nil sine labore | Nothing without effort |
| Nil sine magno labore | Nothing without great effort |
| Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus | Life has given nothing to mortals without great labor |
| Nil sine numine | Nothing without providence |
| Nimiast miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominum | How unbearably tiresome it is to be handsome |
| Nisi | Unless |
| Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis | Unless you will have believed, you will not understand. (St. Augustine) |
| Nisi dominus frustra | Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain -- the first three words of Psalm 127. The motto of Edinburgh, amongst others. |
| Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint | If you won't sleep with me, the terrorists will have won. |
| Nisi prius | Unles previously |
| Nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata | We always strive for the things that are forbidden and we desire the ones we are denied |
| Nolens (aut) volens | Willing or not, comparable with "willy-nilly", though that is derived from Old English will-he nil-he (i.e., [whether] he will or [whether] he will not). |
| Nolens volens | Whether one likes it or not; willing or unwilling |
| Noli eminere, catapultas allicies. | Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire. |
| Noli equi dentes inspicere donati | Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. (St. Jerome) |
| Noli habere bovis, vir | Don't have a cow, man! |
| Noli inferre se in agmen! | No cutting in! |
| Noli intrare | Keep out. |
| Noli me tangere | Touch me not -- according to the Gospel of John, this was said by Christ to Mary Magdalene after his Resurrection. |
| Noli me voca, ego te vocabo | Don't call me. I'll call you |
| Noli nothis permittere te terere. | Don’t let the bastards get you down. |
| Noli perturbare | Do not disturb. |
| Noli turbare circulos meos! | Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes) |
| Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem | Don't force it, get a bigger hammer |
| Nolle prosequi | Not willing to prosecute -- a legal motion by a prosecutor or other plaintiff to drop legal charges, usually in exchange for a diversion program or out-of-court settlement. |
| Nolo contendere | I do not wish to contend. A plea in a criminal prosecution that without admitting guilt subjects the defendant to conviction but does not preclude denying the truth of the charges in a collateral proceeding. |
| Nomen dubium | Doubtful name -- a scientific name of unknown or doubtful application. |
| Nomen est omen | The name is the sign |
| Nomen nescio (N. N.) | Name unknown -- literally, "I do not know the name", implying an unknown person. |
| Nomen nudum | Naked name -- a purported scientific name that does not fulfill the proper formal criteria and therefore cannot be used unless it is subsequently proposed correctly. |
| Nomina stultorum parietibus haerent | The names of foolish persons adhere to walls (Fools names and fools faces are often seen in public places.) |
| Nominatim | By name |
| Non bis in idem | Not twice for the same thing |
| Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat | It's not the heat, it's the humidity |
| Non captus est | Don’t get caught |
| Non causa pro causa | Non-cause for cause -- a logical fallacy. |
| Non compos mentis | Not sound of mind |
| Non compos mentis or Non compos sui | Of unsound mind. |
| Non curamus quem regem sit etiam conbibabimur | No matter who's king, we still party |
| Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. | I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem. |
| Non erravi perniciose! | I did not commit a fatal error! |
| Non est ad astra mollis e terris via | There is no easy way from the earth to the stars |
| Non est ei similis | There is no one like him |
| Non est mea culpa | It's not my fault |
| Non est vivere sed valere vita est | Life is not being alive but being well (life is more than just being alive) |
| Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! | Not Worth A Rats Ass! |
| Non hoc manus, sed pes est! | This isn't a hand, it's a foot! |
| Non ignara mals, miseris svccvrrere disco | No stranger to misfortune [myself] I learn to relieve the sufferings [of others |
| Non illigitamus carborundum | Don't let the bastards grind you down |
| Non inferiora secutus | Not having followed inferior things |
| Non licet | It is not allowed |
| Non liquet | It is not clear. A sometimes controversial decision handed down by a judge when they feel that the law is not complete |
| Non me noce, solus nuntius sum | Don't shoot me, I'm only the messenger |
| Non me noce, solus praeco sum | Don't shoot me, I'm only the herald |
| Non merda, Serloccus! | No shit, Sherlock! |
| Non mihi solum | Not for myself alone |
| Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis | Not for you, not for me, but for us. The foundation of a good relationship. |
| Non ministrari, sed ministrare | Not to be served, but to serve. |
| Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis | We do not fear death, but the thought of death. (Seneca) |
| Non multa, sed multum | Not many, but much. (Meaning, not quantity but quality.) (Plinius) |
| Non nobis Domini non nobis sed Nomini tau da Gloriam | Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to Your name give glory |
| Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomine Tu o da gloriam | Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory. |
| Non oblitus | Not forgotten |
| Non obstante veredicto | Notwithstanding the verdict -- a legal motion asking the court to reverse the jury's verdict on the grounds that the jury could not reasonably have reached such a verdict. |
| Non omne quod licet honestum est | Not everything that is permitted is honest. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) |
| Non omne quod nitet aurum est | Not all that glitters is gold |
| Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi | Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians. (Bacon) |
| Non omnia possums emnes | We are not all capable of everything |
| Non omnia possumus omnes | Not all of us are able to do all things (We can't all do everything.) (Virgil) |
| Non omnis moriar | Not all of me will die. (his works would live forever) (Horace) |
| Non placet | It does not please |
| Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite | Don't applaud. Just throw money |
| Non plus ultra! (Nec plus ultra!) | Nothing above that! |
| Non possum credere me totum edisse | I can't believe I ate the whole thing |
| Non prosequitur | He does not proceed |
| Non quis, sed quid | Not who, but what |
| Non rape me si placet | Please don't rob me |
| Non scholae sed vitae discimus | We do not learn for school, but for life. (Seneca) |
| Non scripta, non est | If it’s not in writing, it doesn’t exist |
| Non semper erit aestas | It will not always be summer (be prepared for hard times) |
| Non sempre ea sunt quae videntur | Things are not always what they seem |
| Non sequitur | It does not follow. An inference that does not follow from the premises; specif: a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent; a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from anything previously said. |
| Non serviam | I will not serve. |
| Non sibi sed patriae! | Not for self, but country (US Navy Motto) |
| Non sibi sed suis | Not for one's self but for one's people |
| Non sibi, sed patriae | Not for you, but for the fatherland |
| Non sum piscis | I am not a fish |
| Non sum qualis eram | I am not what I once was -- I have changed. |
| Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum | Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold |
| Non timetis messor | Don't Fear the Reaper |
| Non uno die roma aedificata est | Rome was not built in one day (either) |
| Non urinat in ventum | Don't piss into the wind. |
| Non ut edam vivo, sed vivam edo | I do not live to eat, but eat to live. (Quintilianus) |
| Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse. | No, excuse me, I believe I'm next. |
| Nonne amicus certus in re incerta cernitur? | A friend in need is a friend in deed. (our equivalent) |
| Nonne de novo eboraco venis? | You're from New York, aren't you? |
| Nonne macescis? | Have you lost weight? |
| Nosce te ipsum | Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.) |
| Nosse Deum vivere | Through God we live |
| Noster populus facit discrepantiam. | Our people make the difference. |
| Nota bene (NB) | Note it well. Used to call attention to something important. |
| Nothos nos permolere non sinimus | We don’t let the bastards get us down |
| Novus homo | A new Man; a man who was the first in his family to be elected to an office |
| Novus Ordo Seclorum | New Order of the Ages -- motto on the Great Seal of the United States; from Virgil. |
| Nudum pactum | A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable |
| Nulla avarita sine poena est | There is no avarice without penalty. (Seneca) |
| Nulla dies sine linea | Not a day without a line. Do something every day! (Apeles, Greek painter) |
| Nulla placere diu nec vivere carmina possunt Quae scribuntur aquae potoribus | No songs can please or last long that are written by those who drink only water |
| Nulla regula sine exceptione | There is no rule/law without exception |
| Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus empta est | Nothing is so expensive as that which you have bought with pleas. (Seneca) |
| Nullam rem natam | No thing born -- i.e., "nothing". It has been claimed that this expression is the origin of Italian nulla, French rien, and Spanish/Portuguese nada, all with the same meaning. |
| Nullam ultravisionem spectabis per septum dies! | No TV for a week! |
| Nulli secundus | Second to none |
| Nullius in verba | (Rely) on the words on no one (Horace) |
| Nullo metro compositum est. Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. | It doesn't rhyme. I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem. |
| Nullo modo | No way |
| Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege | No crime and no punishment without a (pre-existing) law |
| Nullum est iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius | Nothing is said that hasn't been said before. (Terence) |
| Nullum gratuitum prandium | There is no free lunch |
| Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae | There is no one great ability without a mixture of madness |
| Nullum quod tetiget non ornauit | He touched none he did not adorn. Not simply 'the Midas touch', or 'he left things better than he found them', but a tribute to a Renaissance man. |
| Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est | No generation is closed to great talents. (Seneca) |
| Nullus est instar domus | There is no place like home |
| Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit | There is no book so bad that it is not profitable on some part. (Pliny the Younger) |
| Num credis me pupa ludere? | Surely you do not believe that I am playing with a doll? |
| Numen | Divine power |
| Numero pondere et mensura Deus omnia condidit | God created everything by number, weight and measure. (Isaac Newton) |
| Numerus clausus | Closed number. |
| Nummus americanus | Greenback. ($US) |
| Numquam aliud natura, aliud sapientia dicit | Never does nature say one thing and wisdom say another |
| Numquam catapultas allice, iram omnium concitabis. | Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you. |
| Numquam fossam compartire cum viro tibi fortiore. | Never share a foxhole with one braver than yourself. |
| Numquam non paratus | Never unprepared |
| Numquam obliviscaris tua tela facta ab eis qui minima liciti sunt. | Never forget your weapon is made by the lowest bidder. |
| Numquam periculum sine periculo vincitur | Danger is never conquered without danger |
| Numquam satis vexilla | There can never be enough heraldic display |
| Numquam scholam patire eruditi tibi intervenire | Never allow school to interfere with your education |
| Numquam scholam patire eruditi tibi intervenire | Never allow school to interfere with your education |
| Numquam se minus solum quam cum solus esset | You are never so little alone as when you are alone. (Cicero) |
| Nunc aut nunquam | Now or never |
| Nunc dimittis | Now you are dismissing -- Spoken by Simeon when holding the baby Jesus when he felt he was ready to be dismissed into the afterlife ('he had seen the light'); often used in the same way the phrase 'Eureka' is used; from the Gospel of Luke (New testament) |
| Nunc est bibendum | Now we must drink. (Horace) |
| Nunc hoc in marmore non est incisum ... | Now this isn't carved in stone ... |
| Nunc prehende uxore meam. . .sis! | Take my wife. . .please! |
| Nunc pro tunc | Now for then -- has retroactive effect, effective from an earlier date |
| Nunc scio quid sit amor | Now I know what love is -- Virgil, Eclogues VII |
| Nunquam latrunculorum obliviscere | Never forget the pawns. Never forget the little people. |
| Nunquam obliviscar | I will never forget |
| Nunquam reliquiae redire: carpe omniem impremis | Never go back for seconds: take it all the first time |
| Nuntius | Messenger |
| Nupperime de Gallia huc volavi! Mehercule, bracchia mea defatiga sunt! | I just flew in from Gaul, and boy, are my arms tired! |
