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This page lists direct English translations of Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and
et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek
rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of ancient Rome.

This list covers the letter V. See List of Latin phrases for the main list.

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Latin Translation Notes
vade ad formicam go to the ant A Biblical phrase from the Book of Proverbs. The full
quotation translates as "go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn
wisdom".
vade mecum go with me A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around,
especially a handbook.
vade retro Satana Go back, Satan! An exhortation for Satan to begone, often used in
response to temptation. From a popular Medieval Catholic exorcism formula, based on a
rebuke by Jesus to Peter in the Vulgate, Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana ("step back
from me, Satan!"). The older phrase vade retro ("go back!") can be found in Terence's
Formio I, 4, 203. The phrase has been mocked by a Portuguese slogan, "Vai de metro,
Satanás" ("Go by the subway, Satan").
vae victis Woe to the conquered! Attributed by Livy to Brennus, the chief of the Gauls,
while he demanded more gold from the citizens of the recently sacked Rome in 390 BC.
vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas vanity of vanities; everything [is] vanity More simply,
"vanity, vanity, everything vanity". From the Vulgate, Ecclesiastes, 1:2.
vaticinium ex eventu prophecy from the event A prophecy made to look as though it was
written before the events it describes, while in fact being written afterwards.
vel non or not Summary of alternatives, i.e. "this action turns upon whether the
claimant was the deceased's grandson vel non."
velle est posse "To be willing is to be able." (non-literal: "Where there's a will,
there's a way.") Motto of Hillfield, one of the founding schools of Hillfield
Strathallan College.
velocius quam asparagi coquantur more rapidly than asparagus will be cooked Or simply
"faster than cooking asparagus". Ascribed to Augustus by Suetonius (The Lives of the
Twelve Caesars, Book 2 (Augustus), para. 87). Can refer to anything done very quickly. A
very common variant is celerius quam asparagi cocuntur ("more swiftly than asparagus is
cooked").
velut arbor aevo As a tree with the passage of time. Motto of the University of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
veni, vidi, vici I came, I saw, I conquered The message supposedly sent by Julius Caesar
to the Roman Senate to describe his battle against King Pharnaces II near Zela in 47 BC.
venisti remanebis donec denuo completus sis From whence you came, you shall remain,
until you are complete again The phrase that the wizard said to the Devil in the film
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
vera causa true cause 
verba ita sunt intelligenda ut res magis valeat quam pereat words are to be understood
such that the subject matter may be more effective than wasted When explaining a given
subject, it is important to clarify rather than confuse.
verba volant, scripta manent words fly away, writings remain From a famous speech of
Caio Titus at the Roman senate.
verbatim word for word Refers to perfect transcription or quotation.
verbatim et litteratim word for word and letter by letter 
verbi divini minister servant of the divine Word A priest (cf. Verbum Dei).
verbi gratia
(v.gr. or VG) for example literally: "for the sake of a word"
Verbum Dei Word of God See religious text.
verbum Domini manet in aeternum (VDMA) The Word of the Lord Endures Forever Motto of the
Lutheran Reformation.
verbum sap A word to the wise is sufficient The hearer can fill in the rest; enough
said. Short for Verbum sapienti sat[is] est.
veritas truth Motto of many educational institutions.
Veritas Liberabit Vos Truth Shall Set You Free Motto of Xavier University, Ateneo de
Cagayan, The first Catholic Philippine Jesuit University located in Cagayan de Oro City,
Mindanao, Philippines.
veritas, bonitas, pulchritudo, sanctitas Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Holiness Current
motto of Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
veritas Christo et ecclesiae Truth for Christ and Church The original motto of Harvard
University, dating to its foundation; it was shortened to Veritas to remove the
religious implications.
veritas, fides, sapientia Truth, Faith, Wisdom Current motto of Dowling Catholic High
School.
veritas curat The Truth Cures. Motto of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical
Education &amp; Research.
veritas diaboli manet in aeternum Devil's truth remain eternally 
veritate duce progredi Advancing (with) Truth Leading. Motto of University of Arkansas.
veritas et virtus Truth and virtue Motto of University of Pittsburgh, Methodist
University.
veritas in caritate Truth Through Caring Motto of Bishop Wordsworth's School.
veritas lux mea Truth is my light. A common non-literal translation is "Truth enlightens
me." Motto of Seoul National University.
veritas odit moras Truth hates delay Seneca the Younger.
veritas omnia vincit Truth conquers all Motto of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario.
See also national motto Satyameva Jayate of India and motto of Triangle Fraternity.
veritas unitas caritas Truth, Unity, Love Motto of Villanova University.
veritas vincit truth conquers Motto of the Scottish clan Keith.
veritas vos liberabit the truth will set you free Motto of Johns Hopkins University.
[in] veritate et caritate with truth and love Motto of Catholic Junior College,
Singapore.
veritate et virtute with truth and courage Motto of Sydney Boys High School. Also
"virtute et veritate", motto of Walford Anglican School for Girls.
veritatem dilexi I delight in (or, I have chosen) the truth. Motto of Bryn Mawr College.
veritatem fratribus testari to bear witness to the truth in brotherhood Motto of
Xaverian Brothers High School.
vero nihil verius nothing truer than truth Motto of Mentone Girls' Grammar School
vero possumus Yes, we can A variation of the campaign slogan used by then-Senator Barack
Obama on a Great Seal variation during the 2008 US presidential campaign.]
versus (vs) or (v.) towards Literally "in the direction". Mistakenly used in English as
"against" (probably from "adversus"), particularly to denote two opposing parties, such
as in a legal dispute or a sports match.

veto I forbid The right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation. Derived
from ancient Roman voting practices.
vi et animo With heart and soul Or "Strength with Courage". Motto of Ascham School and
the McCulloch clan crest.
vi veri universum vivus vici by the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the
universe From Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. Note that v
was originally the consonantal u, and was written the same before the two forms became
distinct, and also after in many cases, when u and v were both capitalized as V: thus,
Vniversum. Also, universum is sometimes quoted with the form ueniversum (or Veniversum),
which is presumably a combination of universum and oeniversum, two classically attested
spellings). Recently quoted in the Alan Moore graphic novel and film adaptation, V For
Vendetta, by the main character, V.
via by the road "by way of" or "by means of"; e.g. "I'll contact you via e-mail."
via, veritas, vita The Way, the Truth and the Life Motto of The University of Glasgow
and Eastern Nazarene College
via media middle road Can refer to the radical center political stance.
vice in place of "one who acts in place of another"; can be used as a separate word, or
as a hyphenated prefix: "Vice President" and "Vice-Chancellor".
vice versa
versa vice with position turned Thus, "the other way around", "conversely", etc.
Historically, vice is properly pronounced as two syllables, but the one-syllable
pronunciation is extremely common. Classical Latin pronunciation dictates that the
letter C can only make a hard sound, like K and a v is pronounced like a w; thus wee-keh
wehr-sah.]
victoria aut mors Victory or death! similar to aut vincere aut mori.
victoria concordia crescit Victory comes from harmony The official club motto of Arsenal
F.C.
victrix causa diis placuit sed victa Catoni the victorious cause pleased the gods, but
the conquered cause pleased Cato Lucan, Pharsalia 1, 128. Dedication on the south side
of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
vide infra (v.i.) see below 
vide supra (v.s.) "see above" Or "see earlier in this writing". Also shortened to just
supra.
vincit omnia veritas Truth conquers all 
videlicet (viz.) "namely", "that is to say", "as follows" Contraction of videre licet:
"permitted to see".
video meliora proboque deteriora sequor I see and approve of the better, but I follow
the worse From the Metamorphoses VII. 20–21 of Ovid. A summary of the experience of
akrasia.
video et taceo I see and keep silent The motto of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
video sed non credo I see it, but I don't believe it Caspar Hofmann after being shown
proof of the circulatory system by William Harvey.
vim promovet insitam promotes one's innate power Motto of University of Bristol taken
from Horace Ode 4.4.
videre licet "it is permitted to see", "one may see" 
vince malum bono Overcome Evil with Good Partial quotation of Romans 12:21 also used as
a motto for Old Swinford Hospital and Bishop Cotton School, Shimla.
vincere scis Hannibal victoria uti nescis you know [how] to win, Hannibal; you do not
know [how] to use victory According to Livy, a cavalry colonel told Hannibal this after
the victory at Cannae in 216 BC, meaning that Hannibal should have marched on Rome
directly.
vincit qui patitur he conquers who endures First attributed to Roman scholar and satirst
Persius; frequently used as motto.
vincit qui se vincit he/she conquers who conquers himself/herself Motto of many
educational institutions. Also "bis vincit qui se vincit" ("he/she who prevails over
himself/herself is twice victorious").
vinculum juris "the chain of the law", i.e. legally binding "A civil obligation is one
which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris." Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856,
"Obligation."
virile agitur "The manly thing is being done" As used in the motto of Knox Grammar School
viriliter agite estote fortes "Quit ye like men, be strong" As used in the motto of
Culford School
vir prudens non contra ventum mingit "[A] wise man does not urinate [up] against the
wind" 
virtus et scientia virtue and knowledge Frequently used as a motto, preeminently as that
of La Salle University of Philadelphia, PA.
virtus sola nobilitas virtue alone [is] noble Christian Brothers College, St Kilda's
school motto
virtus unita fortior virtue united [is] stronger State motto of Andorra.
virtus in media stat Virtue stands in the middle. Idiomatically: Good practice lies in
the middle path. There is disagreement as to whether "media" or "medio" is correct.
virtus tentamine gaudet Strength rejoices in the challenge. The motto of Hillsdale
College.
virtute et armis by virtue and arms Or "by manhood and weapons". State motto of
Mississippi. Possibly derived from the motto of Lord Gray De Wilton, virtute non armis
fido ("I trust in virtue, not in arms"). Also virtute et labore, as by manhood and by
work motto of Pretoria Boys High School
vis legis power of the law 
visio dei Vision of a god 
vita ante acta a life done before Thus, a previous life, generally due to reincarnation.
vita, dulcedo, spes [Mary our] life, sweetness, hope Motto of University of Notre Dame.
vita incerta, mors certissima Life is uncertain, death is most certain In simpler
English, "The most certain thing in life is death".
vita summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam the shortness of life prevents us from
entertaining far-off hopes A wistful refrain, sometimes used ironically. From the first
line of Horace's Ode I; later used as the title of a short poem by Ernest Dowson.
viva voce living voice An oral, as opposed to a written, examination of a candidate.
vivat crescat floreat may it live, grow, and flourish! 
vivat rex May the King live! Usually translated "Long live the King!" Also Vivat Regina
("Long live the Queen!").
vive memor leti live remembering death Persius. Compare with "memento mori"
vivere est cogitare To live is to think Cicero. Compare with "cogito ergo sum".
vivere est vincere To live is to conquer Captain John Smith's personal Motto.
vivere militare est To live is to fight Seneca (Epist. 96,5). Compare with "militia est
vita hominis" Book of Job 7:1
vive ut vivas live so that you may live The phrase suggests that one should live life to
the fullest and without fear of possible consequences.
vocatus atque non vocatus Deus aderit called and not called, God will be present or
"called and even not called, God approaches"; attributed to the Oracle at Delphi. Used
by Carl Jung as a personal motto adorning his home and grave.
volenti non fit injuria to one willing, no harm is done or "to him who consents, no harm
is done"; used in tort law to delineate the principle that one cannot be held liable for
injuries inflicted on an individual who has given his consent to the action that gave
rise to the injury.
votum separatum separate vow An independent, minority voice.
vox clamantis in deserto the voice of one shouting in the desert or traditionally, "the
voice of one crying in the wilderness"; from Isaiah 40, and quoted by John the Baptist
in the Gospels. Usually the "voice" is assumed to be shouting in vain, unheeded by the
surrounding wilderness. However, in this phrase's use as the motto of Dartmouth College,
it is taken to denote an isolated beacon of education and culture in the "wilderness" of
New Hampshire.
vox nihili voice of nothing Applied to a useless or ambiguous phrase or statement.
vox populi voice of the people 


[edit] Notes



1. ^ Image at York University, Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics.
2. ^ "Latin Pronunciation Demystified" by Michael A. Covington. Program in
   Linguistics, University of Georgia. December 31, 2005]



[edit] References



* Adeleye, Gabriel G. (1999). World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions. Ed. Thomas J.
  Sienkewicz and James T. McDonough, Jr. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,
  Inc. ISBN 0865164223.
* Hardon, John, Fr. Modern Catholic Dictionary.
* Stone, Jon R. (1996). Latin for the Illiterati. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN
  0415917751.



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