This table was compiled from multiple sources on the Internet; in other words, it's guaranteed to be inaccurate. Caveat lector!
| Tabula gratulatoria | List of congratulations. |
| Tabula rasa | Scraped tablet -- i.e., "a blank slate". Romans used to write on wax-covered wooden tablets, which were erased by scraping with the flat end of the stylus. John Locke used the term to describe the human mind at birth before it had acquired any knowledge. |
| Tace atque abi. | Shut up and go away. |
| Tacet | Silence |
| Talis qualis | As such |
| Taliter qualiter | Somewhat |
| Tam diu minime visu! | Long time, no see! |
| Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio. | I am as dead as the nehru jacket. |
| Tam Facti Quam Animi | To be, rather than to seem |
| Tamdiu discendum est, quamdiu vivas | We should learn as long as we may live. (We live and learn.) (Seneca Philosophus) |
| Tamquam alter idem | As if a second self. (Cicero) |
| Tandem triumphens | Triumphing at last |
| Tanta stultitia mortalium est | What fools these mortals be |
| Tantum eruditi sunt liberi | Only the educated are free. (Epictetus) |
| Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum | So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds. (Lucretius) |
| Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est | Delay and procrastination is hateful. (Cicero) |
| Taurus excreta cerebrum vincit | Bullshit baffles brains |
| Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. | I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear. |
| Te capiam, cunicule sceleste! | I'll get you, you wascally wabbit! |
| Te Deum | Thee, God [we praise] |
| Te igitur | Thee, therefore |
| Te morituri salutamus | We who are about to die salute you |
| Te nosce | Know thyself |
| Te precor dulcissime supplex! | Pretty please with a cherry on top! |
| Tempora Heroica | The Heroic Age. |
| Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis | The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen) |
| Tempore | In the time of |
| Tempus alii disputant quapropter res est, effeci | While others debate why a thing is, I have done the thing |
| Tempus edax rerums | Time devours all things (quote from Roman poet Ovid) |
| Tempus fugit utrum ludis necne | Time flies whether you’re having fun or not |
| Tempus fugit | Time flies |
| Tempus incognitum. | Time unknown. |
| Tempus neminem manet | Time waits for no one |
| Tempus omnia revelat | Time reveals all things |
| Tendemus patrare valde | Aiming to achieve |
| Tenebo | I will hold |
| Tentanda via | The way must be tried |
| Ter in die (tid) | Thrice a day (medical shorthand) |
| Termini non existent | There are no bounds |
| Terminus a quo | Limit from which -- see Terminus post quem. May also refer to the latest possible ending date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.). |
| Terminus ad quem | Limit until which -- see Terminus ante quem. May also refer to the earliest possible starting date of a non-punctual event (period, era, etc.). |
| Terminus ante quem | Limit before which -- in archaelogy or history refers to the date before which an artifact or feature must have been deposited. |
| Terminus post quem | Limit after which -- in archaelogy or history refers to the date after which an artifact or feature must have been deposited. |
| Terra firma | Solid ground. |
| Terra incognita | Unknown land. |
| Terra nullius | Land without an owner ("no man's land"); territory that may be acquired by a state's occupation of it |
| Terram cum ridiculo imbuimus | We saturate the earth with silliness |
| Tertium non datur | No third is given -- logical axiom that a claim is either true or false, with no third option. |
| Tertium quid | A third something |
| Tetigisti acu | You have hit the nail on the head. (Plautus) |
| Theatrum mundi | The theatre of the world |
| Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas | Thank you for not smoking |
| Timendi causa est nescire | Ignorance is the cause of fear. (Seneca) |
| Timeo Danaos, et dona ferentes | I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. -- in Virgils Aeneid, II, 49, said by Laocoon with reference to the Trojan Horse. The complete qoute is quidquid id est, timeo Danaos, et dona ferentis ("Whatever it is, I fear..."). |
| Timor mortis conturbat me | The fear of death confounds me |
| Tintinnuntius meus sonat! | There goes my beeper! |
| Tolerabiles ineptiae | Bearable absurdities |
| Toleraverimus | Endure to the end |
| Totidem verbis | In so many words |
| Totum dependeat. | Let it all hang out. |
| Totus anctus | In a world of hurt |
| Trahimur omnes laudis studio | We are all led on by our eagerness for praise. (Cicero) |
| Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri | To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe |
| Transit umbra, lux permanet | Shadow passes, light remains (On a sun dial) |
| Translatio imperii | Transfer of rule -- belief in the transfer of the Empire from the Roman Empire of antiquity to the medieval Holy Roman Empire. |
| Treuga Dei | Truce of God -- a decree by the medieval Church that all feuds should be cancelled during the Sabbath (effectively from Wednesday or Thursday night until Monday). |
| Tu autem | You, also -- see memento mori. |
| Tu fui, ego eris | I was you, you will be me -- i.e., "What you are, I was; what I am, you will be."; a gravestone inscription to remind the reader that death is unavoidable. |
| Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito | Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them |
| Tu quoque | You too - logical fallacy where one attempts to defend her position by pointing out the same weakness in her opponent. For example, if a politician was criticized of advocating a plan that is not adequately funded, and she replies that her opponent's plan also is not adequately funded. Pointing out the weakness in the opposing plan does not make her plan any more fundable. |
| Tu quoque Brute, file mi! | You too Bruto, my son! (Caesar's last words) |
| Tu quoque fili | You too, son -- attributed to Julius Caesar; see Et tu, Brute. |
| Tu sola mihi placet | You alone please me |
| Tu stupidus es | You are dumb |
| Tu urbanus vero scurra: You are the village idiot! | Odiosus mihis: You're just a bad smell, as far as I'm concerned. |
| Tu, rattus turpis! | You dirty rat! |
| Tua mater tam antiquior ut linguam latine loquatur | Your mother is so old she speaks Latin |
| Tua toga suspina est | Your toga is backwards |
| Tua toga suspina etiam est | Your toga is still backwards. |
| Tuebor | I will protect. -- One finds this phrase on the Great Seal on the flag of the state of Michigan. |
| Tuis pugis pignore! | You bet your bippy! |
| Tum podem extulit horridulum | You are talking shit |
