Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 1216

  1. Eiusdem farinae - Of the same flour (Birds of a feather)
  2. Electa una via, non datur recursus ad aliam - Once you pick a way, it is not wise to go to another (Don't change horses in the middle of a race)
  3. Elementis regamus proelium - Let us rule the battle by means of the elements ( Thank you: James )
  4. Emeritus - By merit (Someone who has honorably served his/her time)
  5. Emitte lucem et veritatem - Emit light and truth (Motto of Kendall College in Evanston, IL)
  6. Emptio spei - Sale of hope
  7. Emptio venditio - Contract of sale (Legal term)
  8. Ense et aratro - With sword and plow. (Soldier and farmer)
  9. Ensis Laurentii - The Sword of Lawrence (Pope Gregory VIII (1187) motto, according to St. Malachy prophecies - He was a Cardinal of St Lawrence and his coat of arms had two swords)
  10. Eo ipso - By that fact itself (Philosophical term - By that fact alone)
  11. Epicuri de grege porcus - Pig of Epicurus's herd (Material pleasures)
  12. Episcopus in partibus - Bishop in part (Ecclesiastical term - Titular Bishop who does not have jurisdiction)
  13. Epistola excusatoria - A letter of excuse (Legal term)
  14. Epistula non erubescit - A letter does not blush (Cicero - Love letter or letter of apology)
  15. Epphetha, epphetha - Open yourself, open yourself (Ecclesiastical term - It is an Aramaic word meaning open yourself, which was spoken by Jesus to heal a deaf priest - Vulgate, Mark 7, 34)
  16. Eppur si muove - And yet it moves (Galileo in reference that the Earth orbits around the Sun, regardless what the Church believes)
  17. Equi dentes inspicere donati - Do not examine the teeth of a gift horse (Do not look a gift horse at the mouth - The teeth provide a good indication of the horse's age and health - Accept gifts as they are)
  18. Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes - Do not trust the Horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. (Virgil - Aeneid)
  19. Era Christiana - Christian Era (Often abbreviated as EC)
  20. Eram quod es, eris quod sum - I was what you are, you will be what I am (Horace, Carmina XI - Engraved in Gravestones)
  21. Erat hiems summa - It was the very depth of winter (Cicero - In Verrem II)
  22. Erga omnes - In front of all (Legal term)
  23. Ergo - Therefore (Philosophical term used in logic)
  24. Ergo breue praeceptum tibi praecipitur, dilige, et quod uis fac: siue taceas, dilectione taceas; siue clames, dilectione clames; siue emendes, dilectione emendes; siue parcas, dilectione parcas: radix sit intus dilectionis, non potest de ista radice nisi bonum existere - Therefore, a short precept: Love and do what you want; if you shut up, do it for love; if you scream, also do it for love; if you correct, also for love; If you abstain, do it for love. Let the root of love be within you and let nothing can come out unless it is good (St. Augustine - Love and do what you want - Homily VII, paragraph 8)
  25. Ergo conclusus contra manichaeus - And this ends the Manichaean! (Philosophical Term - Thomas Aquinas said this at a banquet hosted by St. Louis IX of France, after expressing a conclusive argument against Manichaeism, which then spread through Europe)

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