What is List of Latin phrases?
__NOTOC__ This page lists direct [[English language|English]] [[Translation|translations]] of '''common [[Latin]] phrases''', such as ''veni, vidi, vici|veni vidi vici'' and ''[[et cetera]]''. Some of the [[Phrase|phrases]] are [[Translation|translations]] of [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] phrases, as Greek [[rhetoric]] and [[literature]] were [[Praise|appreciated]] in [[ancient Rome]], when [[Latin]] rhetoric and literature were still developing.{{cn|date=December 2024}} ==Features== It is important to note that the Latin letter ''[[i]]'' can serve as either a [[vowel]] or a [[consonant]]. When used as a consonant, it is often replaced by the letter ''[[j]]'', which was originally an [[Orthography|orthographic]] long ''i'' in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels. This [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Custom|convention]] is most commonly [[Preservation|preserved]] in Latin [[Law|legal]] [[terminology]] – phrases like ''de iure'' are often [[Spelling|spelled]] ''de jure''. ==Lists in alphabetical order== In the following list, the more common form will be the one a phrase is listed under: ''de jure'' is used instead of ''de iure'', and ''alea iacta est'' instead of ''alea jacta est''. {{Multicol}} * [[List of Latin phrases (A)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (B)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (C)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (D)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (E)]] {{Multicol-break}} * [[List of Latin phrases (I)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (L)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (N)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (Q)]] * [[List of Latin phrases (V)]] {{Multicol-end}} ==Related pages== * [[Latin]] * [[Vulgate]] * [[Vulgar Latin]] * [[Classical Latin]] * [[Roman Empire]] * [[Romance languages]] * [[Indo-European languages]] ==Other websites== {{wikiquote|Latin proverbs}} * [http://www.daube.ch/docu/glossary/latin_abbrev.html Latin abbreviations] * [http://www.thebookmarkshop.com/latinquoteideas.htm Latin quote ideas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022075914/http://www.thebookmarkshop.com/lati