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Ibidem (Ib.) - In the same place. (in a book) Id certum est quod certum reddi potest - That is certain that can be made certain Id est (i.e.) - That is to say Id est mihi, id non est tibi! - It is mine, not yours! Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit - It ain't over until it's over Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam! - It looks great on you! Idem quod (i.q.) - The same as Idem - The same Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (INRI) - Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros - Life is not a bowl of cherries, or, literally, Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong men Ignis fatuus - Foolish fire (will-o-the-wisp) Ignorantia juris neminem excusat - Ignorance of the law excuses no one Ignoratio elenchi - An ignorance of proof Ignotus (ign.) - Unknown Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet - He mourns honestly who mourns without witnesses. (Martialis) Ille mi par esse deo videtur - He seems to me to be equal to a god. (Catullus) Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down Illiud latine dici non potest - You can't say that in Latin Illius me paenitet, dux - Sorry about that, chief Imitatores, servum pecus! - Imitators, you slavish crowd! (Horace) Imperator/Imperatrix (Imp.) - Emperor/Empress Imperator - Emperor Imperium et libertas - Empire and liberty. (Cicero) Imperium in imperio - An empire within an empire, i.e. A fifth column, a group of people within an nation's territory who owe allegiance to some other leader Imperium - Absolute power Impossibilium nulla obligatio est - Nobody has any obligation to the impossible. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) Imprimatur - Let it be printed Imprimis - In first place In absentia - In one's absence In actu - In practice In aere aedificare - Build (castles) in the air. (St. Augustine) In aeternum - For eternity In alio pediculum, in te ricinum non vides - You see a louse on someone else, but not a tick on yourself. (Petronius) In articulo mortis - At the moment of death In banco - On the bench In camera - In private chamber In capite - In chief In cavda venenvm - In the tail [is the] poison. Watch out for what you don't see In curia - In court In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth In distans - At a distance In dubiis non est agendum - In dubious cases, you should not act In dubio pro reo - In doubt in favor of the accused. If there is a doubt about guiltiness, the judgement has to be in favour of the accused In dubio - In doubt In esse - In existence In excelsis - In the highest In extenso - At full length In extremis - In extremity In fine - At the end In flagrante delicto - In the very act of committing an offence In forma pauperis - In the form of a poor person; in a humble or abject manner In futuro - In the future In gremio legis - In the protection of the law In his ordo est ordinem non servare - In this case the only rule is not obeying any rules In hoc signo vinces - In this sign, you will be victorious. (Eusebios) In infinitum - To infinity; without end In libris libertas - In books (there is) freedom In limine - On the threshold, at the very outset In loco parentis - In the place of a parent In loco - In the place of In magnis et voluisse sat est - To once have wanted is enough in great deeds. (Propertius) In media res - In or into the middle of a sequence of events. (Horace) In medias res - Into the midst of things In medio stat virtus - Virtue stands in the middle. Virtue is in the moderate, not the extreme position. (Horace) In medio tutissimus ibis - In the middle of things you will go most safe. (Ovid) In memoriam - To the memory of In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas - In necessary things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity In nomine Domini - In the name of the Lord In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Santi - In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit In nubibus - In the clouds In nuce - In a nutshell In omnia paratus - Prepared for all things In ovo - In the egg In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello - In peace, like a wise man, he appropriately prepares for war In pace - In peace In pari materia - Of like kind In partibus infidelium - In parts inhabited by unbelievers In parvo - In miniature In perpetuum - For ever In personam - Against the person In pleno - In full In pontificalibus - In the proper vestments of a pope or cardinal in posse - In possibility In posterum - Till the next day In praesenti - At the present time In principio - In the beginning In propria persona - In person In puris naturalibus - Completely naked In quaestione versare - To be under investigation In re - Refering to In rem - Against the matter (property) In rerum natura - In the nature of things In saecvla saecvlorvm - For ages of ages forever In se - In itself In silico - By means of a computer simulation In silvam ne ligna feras - Don't carry logs into the forest. (Horace) In situ - In position In specie - In kind; (a) in its own form and not in an equivalent (b) in coins and not in paper money In spiritu et veritate - In spirit and truth. (Versio Vulgata) In statu quo - In the same state In terrorem - As a warning; in order to terrify others In totidem verbis - In so many words In toto - As a whole, absolutely, Completely In transitu - In passing, on the way In usu - In use In utero - In the womb In vacuo - In a vacuum or empty space In vinculis etiam audax - In chains yet still bold (free) In vino veritas - The truth is in wine. (A drunk person tells the truth) In virtute sunt multi ascensus - There are many degrees in excellence. (Cicero) In vitro - In a test tube (literally glass) In vivo - In the living (thing) Incipit - Begin here Incredibile dictu - Incredible to say Index librorum prohibitorum - Official list of forbidden books not to be read by Catholics Indulgentiam quaeso - I ask your indulgence Infinitus est numerus stultorum - Infinite is the number of fools Infra dignitatem (dig.) - Undignified; beneath one's dignity Infra - Below, underneath Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est - Inhumanity is harmful in every age. (Cicero) Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent - Stern masters do not reign long. (Seneca Philosophus) Iniuria non excusat iniuriam - One wrong does not justify another Insanabile cacoethes scribendi - An incurable passion to write. (Juvenal) Insculpsit - He/she engraved it Instrumentum aeri temperando - Airconditioner Insula gilliganis - Gilligan's Island Integer vitae scelerisque purus - Blameless of life and free from crime Intellectum valde amat - Love the intellect strongly. (St. Augustine) Intelligenti pauca - Few words suffice for he who understands Intelligo me intelligere - I understand that I understand. (St. Augustine) Inter alia - Among other things Inter alios - Amongst other people Inter arma silent leges - In time of war, laws are silent Inter caecos regnat strabo - Among blinds the squinting rules. (Erasmus) Inter caesa et porrecta - There's many a slip twixt cup and lip Inter canum et lupum - Between a dog and a wolf Inter nos - Between ourselves Inter partes - Made between two parties Inter se - Between themselves Inter spem et metum - Between hope and fear Inter vivos - Between living (people) Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum - Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe Interfice errorem, diligere errantem - Kill the sin, love the sinner. (St. Augustine) Interregnvm - Period between rules anarchy, lawlessnes Intra muros - Within the walls Intra vires - Within the power Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes - Let us improve life through science and art. (Vergil) Ipsa qvidem pretivm virtvs sibi - Virtue is its own reward Ipsa scientia potestas est - Knowledge itself is power. (Bacon) Ipsi dixit - He himself said it. (Cicero) Ipsissima verba - The exact words Ipso facto - By that very fact Ipso iure - By operation of the law Ira furor brevis est - Anger is a brief insanity. (Horace) Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no man has gone before. (Star Trek) Isto pensitaris? - You get paid for this crap? Ita erat quando hic adveni - It was that way when I got here Ita est - Yes./It is so Ite, misse est - Go, the Mass is finished Iubilate Deo - Rejoice in God Iunctis viribus - By united efforts Iure divino - By divine law Iure humano - By human law Ius civile - Civil law Ius gentium - The law of nations Ius primae noctis - The right of the first night Ivs est ars boni et aeqvi - Law is the art of the good and the just Ivs gentivm - Right of tribes law of nations J
Justitia omnibus - Justice for all K
Koming soon - Sorry, bad joke L
Labera lege - Read my lips Labor omnia vincit - Work conquers all things. (Virgil) Labra lege - Read my lips Lachryma Christi - Christ's tears Lapsus alumni - Error made Lapsus calami - A slip of the pen Lapsus linguae - A slip of the tongue Lapsus memoriae - A slip of the memory Lapsus nivium! - Avalanche!! Lares et penates - Household gods Latet anguis in herba - A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil) Latine dictum - Spoken in Latin Latine loqui coactus sum - I have this compulsion to speak Latin Latro! fremo! - Woof woof! Grrrr! Laudant illa, sed ista legunt - Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis) Laudatores temporis acti - Praisers of time past Laus Deo - Praise be to God Lavdem virtvtis necessitati damvs - We give to necessity the praise of virtue finding the benefit in what's needful Lectori Salutem (L.S.) - Greetings to the reader Lectio brevior lectio potior - The shortest reading is the more probable reading Lector benevole - Kind reader Legatus a latere - Advisor from the side Lege atque lacrima - Read 'em and weep Lege et lacrima - Read it and weep Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus - We are slaves of the law so that we may be able to be free. (Cicero) Leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus - The burden is made light which is borne well. (Ovid) Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est - The designated hitter rule has got to go Lex domicilii - The law of a person's home country Lex fori - The law of the forum (country) Lex loci - The law of the place Lex malla, lex nulla - A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas) Lex non scripta - The unwritten (common) law Lex scripta - The written law Lex talionis - The law of revenge Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt - Men gladly believe that which they wish for. (Caesar) Liberae sunt nostrae cogitationes - Our thoughts are free. (Cicero) Liberate te ex inferis - Save yourself from hell Libertas inaestimabilis res est - Liberty is a thing beyond all price. (Corpus Iuris Civilis) Liberum arbitrium - Free will Libra solidus denarius (L.S.D.) - Pounds, shillings, pence Licentia liquendi - Liberty of speaking Licentia poetica - Poetic licence. (Seneca) Licet - It is allowed Lingua franca - French tongue - the common or universal language Literati - Men of letters Litoralis - Beach bum Litterae humaniores - The humanities Loco citato (lc) - In the passage just quoted Locum tenens - One occupying the place (used as an English noun meaning 'deputy') Locus classicus - The most authoritative source, Classical passage Locus delicti - The scene of the crime Locus desperatus - A hopeless passage Locus enim est principum generationis rerum - For place is the origin of things. (Roger Bacon) Locus in quo - The place in which something happens Locus poenitentiae - A place for repentance Locus sigilli (l.s.) - The place of the seal Locus standi - Place of standing Longo intervallo - After a long gap Loquitur (loq.) - He/she speaks Luctor et emergo - I struggle but I'll survive Luke sum ipse patrem te - Luke, I am your father. (Star Wars) Lumen naturale - Natural light Lupus est homo homini - Man is wolf to man Lupus in fabula - The wolf in the tale (i.e. Speak of the wolf, and he will come) (Terence) Lusus naturae - A freak of nature Lux et veritas - Light and Truth Lux mundi - The light of the world |
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