I'm writing an Essay and I need some of those complex Latin words to spice it up.

[simms]

Er, those Latin words, like Quido Com Demonstrado, for example. They're usually italized in books, which aren't in English. I've got a nice term paper written up but I'd like to add some spice and language by throwing in some Latin phrases.

Know of any or know of a site that has a list?

-Simon

 

[AmbitV]

sine qua non

 

[dighn]

you are a poser

 

[Orsorum]

Link 1
Link 2

All from the first page of a Google search with "latin phrases quid pro quo".

 

puella sub mesa

 

[OrganizedChaos]

i would like to know this also, have finals in a few weeks.

 

[amnesiac]

WTF is "Quido com demonstrado?"

Do you mean quod erat demonstrandum?

Other phrases:
ergo
vis a vis (not latin, but anyway)
deus ex machina

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: dighn
you are a poser

I don't see why I am. Frankly if you're not helping like everyone else, I'd appreciate it if you take you and your comments out of my thread.

Originally posted by: amnesiac
quod erat demonstrandum

Yup, that's the one. I didn't know how to spell it, or sound it, so I couldn't google it either. Not yet anyway.

Thanks for your input!
-Simon

 

[Dudd]

French, not Latin, but raison d'etre would work.

 

[FatJackSprat]

I was studying this afternoon and came across caput gerat lupinum in Black's. It's from old English law and means that an outlaw is considered a lone wolf and is open to attack by anyone in the community. Maybe not helpful, the concept just caught my attention.

 

[numark]

You can usually throw in an "ipso facto" somewhere in there as well.

 

[simms]

How would you use the word "prima facie" in a sentence? or "ipso facto"... do these all go at the end of a sentence?

 

[FatJackSprat]

prima facie is a legal concept that basically means if specific facts are present in a situation there is a legal presumption that a specific circumstance exists. Like being married to a lady at the time she gives birth is prima facie evidence that you are the father.

 

[Wolverine27]

Semper ubi sub ubi.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
Link 1
Link 2

All from the first page of a Google search with "latin phrases quid pro quo".

And here's one more.
Text

 

[KEV1N]

Obla di obla da

 

[BooGiMaN]

Snu Snu.... oh wait thats from a futurama episode meaning to have sex..you teacher might not like that one

 

[TheWart]

Originally posted by: Wolverine27
Semper ubi sub ubi.

 

[NoReMoRsE]

COGITO... ERGO... SUM!

Caesar cum exercitu magno in Italiam contendebat.