This table was compiled from multiple sources on the Internet; in other words, it's guaranteed to be inaccurate. Caveat lector!
| Qua | In the capacity of |
| Qua patet orbis | As far as the world extends -- motto of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps |
| Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet | What they don't know won't kill them |
| Quae nocent docent | Things that hurt, teach. School of Hard Knocks |
| Quae nocent, saepe docent | What hurts, often instructs. One learns by bitter/adverse experience |
| Quae vide (qv) | See these things |
| Quaere | (You might) ask... Used to introduce questions, usually rhetorical or tangential questions. |
| Quaere sigillum imperatoris | Seek the emperor's seal |
| Quaere verum | Seek the truth |
| Quaerenda pecunia primum est, virtus post nummos | Money is the first thing to be sought [then] virtue after wealth |
| Quaerite prime regnum dei | Seek ye first the kingdom of god |
| Quaeso esto meus vicinus. | Please won't you be my neighbor. |
| Qualem blennum! | What a doofus! |
| Qualem muleirculam! | What a bimbo! |
| Qualis amicus es? | What kind of friend are you? |
| Qualis artifex pereo | Such an artist dies in me. (Emperor Nero's famous last words) |
| Qualis pater, talis filius | Like father, like son |
| Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu | The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live. (Seneca) |
| Quam probes, quam fides | Be as good as your sworn word |
| Quam se ipse amans-sine rivale! | Himself loving himself so much-without a rival! (Cicero) |
| Quam terribilis est haec hora | How fearful is this hour |
| Quandam | Formally |
| Quando debent optare, vertitas sequi | When one must choose, choose truth |
| Quando in dubium omitted | When in doubt, leave it out |
| Quando omni flunkus moritatus | When all else fails play dead |
| Quandoque bonus dormitat homerus | Sometimes [even the] good Homer sleeps. You win some, you lose some |
| Quantum in ura hora imputas? | You charge how much an hour? |
| Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? | How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? |
| Quantum meruit | As much as he/she deserved |
| Quantum sufficit (Qs) | As much as suffices |
| Quaque die (qd) | Every day (medical shorthand) |
| Quaque hora (qh) | Every hour (medical shorthand) |
| Quaque mane (Qm) | Every morning |
| Quaque nocte (Qn) | Every night |
| Quasi | As if |
| Quater in die (qid) | Four times a day (medical shorthand) |
| Quattuor crura bona, duo crura mala | Four legs good, two legs bad |
| Quem di diligunt, adolescens moritur | Whom the gods love die young. (only the good die young) |
| Quemadmodum possums scire utrum vere simus an solum sentiamus nos esse? | How are we to know whether we actually exist or only think we exist? |
| Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est | A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca) |
| Qui bene amat bene castigat | Who loves well castigates well. Spare the rod and spoil the child |
| Qui bene cantat, bis orat | He who sings well, prays twice |
| Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit | Let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it. (Seneca) |
| Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum | Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war. (Vegetius) |
| Qui docent discit | He who teaches, learns. (George Bernard Shaw) |
| Qui docet discit | He who teaches learns |
| Qui dormit, non peccat | One who sleeps doesn't sin |
| Qui fugiebat rursus proeliabitur | He who has fled will do battle once more. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day |
| Qui habet aures audiendi audiat | He who has ears, let him understand how to listen |
| Qui ignorabat, ignorabitur | One who is ignorant will remain unnoticed |
| Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam | Love Me, Love My Dog |
| Qui me amat, amat et canem meam | Who loves me loves my dog as well. Love me love my dog |
| Qui Me Amat, Amat et Cattum Meum | Love Me, Love My Cat |
| Qui multum habet, plus cupit | He who has much desires more. (Seneca) |
| Qui nescit dissimlare nescit regnare | He who doesn't know how to lie doesn't know how to rule |
| Qui nimium probat, nihil probat | One who proves too much, proves nothing |
| Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit | He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. (Ovid) |
| Qui nucleum vult, nucem frangat | Who so wishes the kernel must crack the nut |
| Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit | He who fears every ambush falls into none. (Pubilius Syrus) |
| Qui potest capere capiat | Let him accept it who can. Freely: If the shoe fits, wear it |
| Qui pro innocente dicit, satis est eloquens | He who speaks for the innocent is eloquent enough. (Publius Syrus) |
| Qui scribit bis legit | He who writes reads twice |
| Qui tacet consentire | Who is silent gives consent |
| Qui vir odiosus! | What a bore! |
| Qui vivat atque floreat ad plurimos annos | May he live and flourish for many years |
| Qui vult dare parva non debet magna rogare | He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much |
| Quia natura mutari non potest idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt | Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal. (Horace) |
| Quid agis, medice? | What's up, Doc? |
| Quid est illa in auqua? | What's that in the water? |
| Quid est veritas? | What is truth? - Pilate's question to Jesus (John 18:38 - Vulgate) |
| Quid fit? | What's happening? |
| Quid novi | What's new? |
| Quid novi ex Africa? | What's new out of Africa? -- derived from an Aristotle quote. |
| Quid nunc | What now?! (a nosy busybody) |
| Quid pro quo | This for that. "A thing for a thing" -- i.e., in english, a favor for a favor. |
| Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur | Why do you laugh? Just change the name and the tale is told of you. (Horace) |
| Quidnunc? | What now? As a noun, a quidnunc is a busybody or a gossip |
| Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem! | Whatever you do, do cautiously, and look to the end |
| Quidquid excusatio prandium pro | Any excuse for lunch |
| Quidquid id est timeo puellas et oscula dantes. | Whatever it is, I fear the girls, even when they kiss. |
| Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes | Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. (Vergil) |
| Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur, ma il maledizione pił orrendo in italiano suona bello | Anything said in Latin sounds profound, but the most horrendous malediction in Italian sounds beautiful. (Gangalius) |
| Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum | Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble |
| Quieta non movere | Not to move (things lying) quiet |
| Quinon proficit deficit | He who does not advance, go backwards |
| Quique amavit, cras amet | May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; |
| Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? | Who watches the watchers? |
| Quis fuit ille personatus? | Who was that masked man? |
| Quis separabit? | Who shall separate us? |
| Quis ut Deus? | Who is like unto God? (Who would have the audacity to compare oneself to Him?) |
| Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? | Who, what, where, with what, why, how, when? |
| Quisque comoedus est | Everybody is a comedian |
| Quisque creat suus veritatem proprium | Each creates his own truth |
| Quo ad hoc | As much as this (to this extent) |
| Quo animo? | With what spirit? (or intent?) |
| Quo errat demonstrator | Where the prover errs -- a pun on Quod erat demonstrandum. |
| Quo fas et gloria docunt | Where right and glory lead |
| Quo fata ferunt | Whither the fates lead us Motto of Bermuda. |
| Quo iure? | By what law? |
| Quo signo nata es? | What's your sign? |
| Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? | How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline? (Cicero) |
| Quo usque tandem? | For how much longer? -- from Cicero's speech to the Roman senate regarding the conspiracy of Catiline: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? i.e., "For how much longer, Catilina, will you abuse our patience?". |
| Quo vadis? | Where are you going? -- according to Christian legend, asked by St. Peter meeting Jesus on the Appian way in Rome. The question is asked by St. Peter in John 13:36; The King James version has 'Lord, whither goest thou?" but the Vulgate has Domine quo vadis. |
| Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit! | May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero) |
| Quod cibus est aliis, aliis est venenum | What is food to some is poison to others. One man's meat is another poison |
| Quod cito acquiritur cito perit | That which is quickly acquired [is] quickly lost. Easy come, easy go. |
| Quod differtur, non aufertur | That which is postponed is not dropped. Inevitable is yet to happen. (Sir Thomas More) |
| Quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) | That which was to be demonstrated -- often written (abbreviated) at the bottom of a mathematical proof. |
| Quod erat faciendum (QEF) | Which was to be done |
| Quod erat in veniendum | Which was to be found |
| Quod est (qe) | Which is |
| Quod est meum teneo | I hold what is mine |
| Quod Excogitem Sum | I Am What I Can Imagine |
| Quod foetet? | What's that bad smell? |
| Quod hoc | On this matter. |
| Quod in Pompeio incidet in Pompeio se tenet. | What happens in Pompeii stays in Pompeii. (Gangalius) |
| Quod incepimus conficiemus | What we have begun we shall finish |
| Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi | What Jupiter (supreme God) is allowed to do, cattle (people) are not |
| Quod me nutrit me destruit | What nourishes me, destroys me. |
| Quod minimum specimen in te ingenii? | What microscopic evidence of wit can be found in you? |
| Quod natura non sunt turpia | What is natural cannot be bad |
| Quod non dedit Fortuna, non eripuit | What Fortune does not give, she cannot take away |
| Quod omne animal post coitum est triste. | Aristoteles Every animal is sad after a copulation. |
| Quod scripsi, scripsi. | What I have written, I have written. (Pontius Pilate) |
| Quod sereris metes | As you sow, so shall you reap |
| Quod sum eris | I am what you will be |
| Quod vide (q.v.) | Which see -- used after a term or phrase that should be looked up elsewhere in the current document or book. |
| Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? | How do you get your hair to do that? |
| Quomodo vales | How are you? |
| Quorum | Of whom |
| Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit | True love will hold on to those whom it has held. (Seneca) |
| Quos vult perdere Jovis prius dementat. | Those whom he wants to destroy, Jupiter first makes mad. |
| Quot homines, tot sententiae | As many men, so as many opinions |
