Do you know what the Latin in these sentences mean?
- Because he had not been told in advance he had to make an ex tempore speech at the meeting.
- In an emergency, make for the exit.
- After a bad crossing they were glad to be on terra firma again.
- They won the match 2 goals to nil.
- People prefer to see wild animals in their natural habitat rather than in cages.
- divided by 3 is 3.33333 ad infinitum.
- The club committee discussed inter alia the provision of lunches for members.
- The pathologist performed a post mortem on the accident victim.
- He did not beat about the bush but plunged straight in medias res.
- When children are in school, teachers are in loco parentis.
- The student received his degree in absentia.
- He was determined to pay off his debts in toto.
- The archaeologist examined his finds in situ before removing them to the museum.
- Above the names of those who had died in the war appeared the words In Memoriam. Their memory should last in perpetuum.
- She earned £3650 per annum. How much is that per diem?
- Interest was charged at 9 per cent(um).
- The footballer was suspended sine die.
- The school received a per capita allowance to buy books.
And what do these mottoes and sayings mean?
- quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
(Juvenal, a Roman satirist)
- aut viam inveniam aut faciam
(school motto)
- ascendam
(family motto)
- Deus mihi providebit
(family motto)
- in hoc signo vinces
(seen by Constantine the Great in a vision)
- o tempora! o mores!
(Cicero, a Roman orator)