This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases , as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome.
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List of Latin phrases C. Contemporary critics applied this epithet to both of Turner's Regulus and See hypergraphia. Used by the Romans to describe the aftermath of the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. Hexameter by Horace Epistula XI.
Caesar non supra grammaticos. Political power is limited; it does not include power over grammar. The pen is mightier than the sword. An optical device used in drawing, and an ancestor of modern photography. The source of the word camera. Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually reported as funny from modern Italians because the same exact words, in today's dialect of Rome, mean "A black dog eats a beautiful peach" , which has a ridiculously different meaning.
