Can you name the Latin Phrases?

Literal English	Latin Phrase	Meaning or Usage
From The Former		Denotes something occurring or being known before the event.
To This		Denotes something improvised
To the point of Disgust		To be sick of it or overused
Nourishing Mother		Used for the university one has attended
Seize the Day		Live for Today
As a matter of Fact		Refers to the 'way things really are' rather than what is 'officially' presented as the fact.
Therefore		Used to show a logical conclusion
And the Rest		And so on
In the Absence		Used in a trial carried out in the absence of the accused.

Literal English	Latin Phrase	Meaning or Usage
In Wine [there is] Truth		Wine loosens the tongue.
My Fault		My bad
Person not Pleasing		An unwelcome, unwanted or undesirable person.
After This Therefore Because of This		Logical fallacy where one assumes that one thing happening after another thing means that the first thing caused the second
Something for Something or This for That		Tit for Tat; Tell me about the lambs Clarice
With Highest Praise		Something I was not in College
Scraped Tablet		Blank Slate
I came. I saw. I conquered.		Julius Caesar's message to the Senate
For the Good		Uncharged Lawyer work

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Latin Phrases Quiz

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Published: July 6th, 2008
Category: Language
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	Camden:	Oct 29th, 2008 at 22:30 GMT	0 points
	In Hoc Signo Vinces

	magister:	Nov 5th, 2008 at 02:16 GMT	-3 points
	@Camden: yeah, there are a lot of things left off this quiz. A lot!!!

	Nathan katsiaficas:	Jan 14th, 2009 at 22:00 GMT	0 points
	take off the periods on veni vidi vici..hard to guess it with those

	egon14:	Jan 28th, 2009 at 16:26 GMT	2 points
	id est exemplar gratia cum grano salis We need a sequel!

	magister:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 14:39 GMT	0 points
	@Nathan: why?

	rockhopperlad:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 22:40 GMT	-1 points
	I got everything but "post hoc ergo propter hoc". I tried translating it, but blanked on the word for "because".

	MrEnglishman:	Feb 9th, 2009 at 19:39 GMT	2 points
	Too long since Latin at school, I'm afraid.

	jkd:	Feb 10th, 2009 at 14:29 GMT	1 point
	another for a sequel: quod erat demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) "that which was to be proven". Used at the end of mathematical proofs.

	jkd:	Feb 10th, 2009 at 14:31 GMT	3 points
	Idea for a slightly different sequel: expand in full all those Latin abbreviations we use (and misuse): i.e., e.g., etc., ...

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	cressida:	Mar 8th, 2009 at 19:55 GMT	-4 points
	11/18, did latin gcse last year. i've certainly never heard post hoc ergo propter hoc in use before.

	ekedolphin:	Mar 13th, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	7 points
	I only got "post hoc" because of The West Wing.

	bradwell:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:07 GMT	1 point
	15 right, never took a latin class. thank you lawyer mom

	Sparky:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 22:09 GMT	1 point
	I thought it was Persona non gratis, d'Oh! Considering I've never done Latin though, it's ok =) Great quiz because (the post hoc number aside) they're all commonly in use so even a non-Latin person like me can give it a go =)

	SlovakOne:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	1 point
	I am ashamed. Only 3!!!! I must be going learning latin.

	lavraiemusicienne:	May 11th, 2009 at 13:59 GMT	1 point
	i've never done latin and i got 5 and should have remembered a couple of others. one of my lecturers was talking about tabula rasa the other day, i definately should have got that one!

	LEE:	Jun 1st, 2009 at 13:02 GMT	1 point
	sequel. sequel. sequel.

	meow:	Jun 17th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	4 points
	Caesar's phrase was not a message to the senate but a placard carried in his triumphal parade -- it's in Suetonius.

	sophicmuse:	Jun 29th, 2009 at 21:27 GMT	1 point
	18/18, thanks in part to the combined efforts of Mel Gibson (in vino veritas) and The West Wing (post hoc ergo propter hoc).

	mark_oh:	Jun 30th, 2009 at 21:31 GMT	10 points
	Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.

	stcrosby:	Jul 8th, 2009 at 20:42 GMT	3 points
	Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a phrase typically used in debate.

	Skydog:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 21:33 GMT	1 point
	It may be a dead language but you sure see carpe diem and tempus fugit alot in schools anymore :) I love latin, one of my favorite classes, just hated the projects we had to do (like posters...got tired of em).

	mjenks:	Aug 19th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT	3 points
	@ magister: Because the Romans didn't use punctuation.

	magister:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 00:12 GMT	1 point
	@mjenks: Umm, no. While you are right about Roman punctuation rules, I don't think that it was Roman punctuation rules that made it difficult for Mr. Nathan.

	Mathiusdragoon:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 15:17 GMT	-1 points
	I always heard that it was "post hoc, ergo proper hoc". and "in absentia" and "in vino veritas" why would they use the english "in" instead of the romanesque "en"

	trishtea:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 12:56 GMT	1 point
	10/18, not bad for someone who's never done latin. Got 'post hoc ergo propter hoc' thanks to The West Wing :) Still missed some reall obvious ones though...grrr

	mtc:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 09:47 GMT	1 point
	I wish my school was cool enough to offer Latin... our syllabus has two languages, and only a handful of people actually do them. Sad, really.

	Golden:	Jan 18th, 2010 at 20:36 GMT	2 points
	Dang it - all I could think was Josh saying 'after hoc therefore something else hoc'

	kwijiborjt:	Jan 18th, 2010 at 23:53 GMT	1 point
	@mathiusdragoon it's definitely propter. The expressions use 'in' because that's how you say 'in' in latin... 'en' is sort of a generalized exclamation, like... 'look over here!'

	dadlak:	Jan 29th, 2010 at 16:49 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz. I had "tabula rosa" instead of "rasa". I agree there are probably enough left for a second quiz - caveat emptor!

	fxrbds:	Feb 13th, 2010 at 15:37 GMT	0 points
	Thank Heroes for tabula rasa. Whoever thought the show could produce something good, huh.

	ellilu11:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 02:57 GMT	1 point
	is reading Hume and Kant... and missed a priori

	snowchik:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 21:06 GMT	2 points
	I only got Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc thanks to the West Wing--best show!

	Endasil:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 21:59 GMT	1 point
	I love the West Wing too, but some of the early writing was a bit unbelievable. A room full of lawyers and only one knows what "post hoc ergo propter hoc" means? Come on, this is high school level philosophy!

	monstro:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 16:34 GMT	1 point
	17/18. Thank you, law school. (Couldn't come with "a priori" for some reason, but slapped my forehead when I saw the answer.)

	sapphirehawk:	Apr 25th, 2010 at 11:46 GMT	2 points
	The die is cast by Julius Caesar should be there too. Alea iacta est.

	Barinax:	Aug 24th, 2010 at 16:20 GMT	1 point
	I kept thinking "Ad Vomitum". Doit!

	jefs:	Sep 15th, 2010 at 13:40 GMT	0 points
	good quiz. i got most of them, and slapped myself for the ones i didn't. (i was also expecting to see q.e.d., as well as 'cogito ergo sum', and maybe a little 'anno domini' action as well -- but i know you can't get them all in there.)

	elron:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 20:18 GMT	1 point
	Didn't do so well. Kinda fell on my gluteus maximus.

	mickm:	Apr 9th, 2011 at 03:01 GMT	1 point
	What happened to "non sequitur" for something that doesn't follow? How about "cogito ergo sum"?