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Latin Phrases: S

Latin phrases containing words that begin with letter S.

What I Have Written, I Have Written

quod scripsi, scripsi
What I have written, I have written.

Stop, Traveller

siste viator
Stop, traveller (tombstone inscription).

Buried

sepultus
Buried.

Very Long Words

Sesquipedalia verba (Horace)
Words that are a foot and half long; very long words.

Woe To The Solitary Person

vae soli
Woe to the solitary person. (Ecclesiastes, 4:10)

Alone

solus (masculine), sola (feminine), solum (neuter)
Alone.

Old Age Insanity

Posted in

senilis dementia
Old age insanity.

Elders First

seniores priores
Elders first.

An Old Man Is A Boy Again

senex bis puer
An old man is a boy again.

A Sick Man's Empty Dreams

aegri somnia vana
A sick man's empty dreams. (Horace)