Slightly Less Common Latin Phrases
Vacca foeda : Stupid cow
Die dulci fruere : Have a nice day
Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi : Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog
Raptus regaliter : Royally screwed
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! : If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!
Sona si Latine loqueris : Honk if you speak Latin
Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! : Don't you dare erase my hard disk!
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam : I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.
Gramen artificiosum odi : I hate Astroturf.
Furnulum pani nolo : I don't want a toaster.
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare : I think some people in togas are plotting against me.
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione : I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.
Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo : Don't call me, I'll call you.
Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules : If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.
Canis meus id comedit : My dog ate it.
Illiud Latine dici non potest : You can't say that in Latin.
Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas? : Seen any good movies lately?
Nullo metro compositum est : It doesn't rhyme.
Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema : I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem.
Fac ut gaudeam : Make my day.
Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur! : Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!
Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio : Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.
Re vera, potas bene : Say, you sure are drinking a lot.
Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! : May barbarians invade your personal space!
Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant! : May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! : May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
Radix lecti : Couch potato
Quo signo nata es? : What's your sign?
Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt : You know, the Romans invented the art of love.
O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! : Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!
Spero nos familiares mansuros : I hope we'll still be friends.
Mellita, domi adsum : Honey, I'm home.
Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio : I am as dead as the nehru jacket.
Ventis secundis, tene cursum : Go with the flow.
Totum dependeat : Let it all hang out.
Te precor dulcissime supplex! : Pretty please with a cherry on top!
Magister Mundi sum! :I am the Master of the Universe!
Fac me cocleario vomere! : Gag me with a spoon!
Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure : I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.
Prehende uxorem meam, sis! : Take my wife, please!
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? : How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui : That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.
Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est : Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.
Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem! : Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.
Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras! : I forgot to polish the clocks!
Vescere bracis meis : Eat my shorts.
Sic faciunt omnes : Everyone is doing it.
Fac ut vivas : Get a life.
Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus! : Let's all wear mood rings!
Insula Gilliganis : Gilligan's Island
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