Quotes

Question 1

Acta est fabula

Answer 1

The play is over; Augustus’s last words

Question 2

The play is over

Answer 2

Acta est fabula; Augustus’ last words

Question 3

Vae puto deus fio

Answer 3

Alas, I think I am becoming a god; Vespasion’s last words

Question 4

Alas, I think I am becoming a god; Vespasion’s last words

Answer 4

Vae puto deus fio

Question 5

Odi et amo

Answer 5

I hate and I love; Catullus

Question 6

I hate and I love

Answer 6

Odi et amo; Catullus

Question 7

Carthago delenda est

Answer 7

Carthage must be destroyed; Cato the Elder at the end of every speech

Question 8

Carthage must be destroyed;

Answer 8

Carthago delenda est; Cato the Elder at the end of every speech

Question 9

Panem et circenses

Answer 9

Bread and circuses; Juvenal

Question 10

Bread and circuses

Answer 10

Panem et circenses; Juvenal

Question 11

Arma virumque cano

Answer 11

I sing of arms and a man; Virgil, first line of his Aeneid

Question 12

I sing of arms and a man

Answer 12

Arma virumque cano; Virgil, first line of his Aeneid

Question 13

Salus populi suprema lex esto

Answer 13

The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law; Cicero, also the motto of Missouri

Question 14

Et tu Brute/Kai su teknon

Answer 14

Even you Brutus/Even you child?; Julius Caesar’s last words

Question 15

Even you Brutus/Even you child?

Answer 15

Et tu Brute/Kai su teknon?, Julius Caesar’s last words

Question 16

The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law

Answer 16

Salus populi suprema lex esto; Cicero, also the motto of Missouri

Question 17

Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus

Answer 17

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love; Catullus

Question 18

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love

Answer 18

Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus; Catullus

Question 19

Festina lente

Answer 19

Make haste slowly; Augustus

Question 20

Make haste slowly

Answer 20

Festina lente; Augustus

Question 21

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

Answer 21

He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things; Virgil, talking about Lucretius in his Georgics

Question 22

He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things

Answer 22

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas; Virgil, talking about Lucretius in his Georgics

Question 23

Fortes fortuna adiuvat

Answer 23

Fortune favors the bold; Terence

Question 24

Fortune favors the bold

Answer 24

Fortes fortuna adiuvat; Terence

Question 25

Mens sana in corpore sano

Answer 25

A sound mind in a sound body; Juvenal

Question 26

A sound mind in a sound body

Answer 26

Mens sana in corpore sano; Juvenal

Question 27

Quot homines tot sententiae

Answer 27

So many men, so many opinions; Terence in his Phormio

Question 28

So many men, so many opinions

Answer 28

Quot homines tot sententiae; Terence in his Phormio

Question 29

Rident stolidi verba Latina

Answer 29

Fools laugh at the Latin language; Ovid

Question 30

Fools laugh at the Latin language

Answer 30

Rident stolidi verba Latina; Ovid

Question 31

Rara avis in terris nigroque similima cycno

Answer 31

A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan; Juvenal in his Satires

Question 32

A rare bird upon the earth and very much like a black swan

Answer 32

Rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cycno; Juvenal in his Satires

Question 33

qualis artifex pereo!

Answer 33

What an artist I die; Nero's last words

Question 34

What an artist I die

Answer 34

Qualis artifex pereo!; Nero's last words

Question 35

Alea iacta est

Answer 35

The die is cast; Julius Caesar after crossing the Rubicon

Question 36

The die is cast

Answer 36

Alea iacta est; Julius Caesar after crossing the Rubicon

Question 37

Ab ovo usque ad mala

Answer 37

From the egg right to the apples; Horace

Question 38

From the egg right to the apples

Answer 38

Ab ovo usque ad mala; Horace

Question 39

Facilis descensus Averno

Answer 39

Easy is the descent to Avernus; Virgil in his Aeneid

Question 40

Easy is the descent to Avernus

Answer 40

Facilis descensus Averno; Virgil in his Aeneid

Question 41

Nunc est bibendum

Answer 41

Now we must drink; Horace

Question 42

Now we must drink

Answer 42

Nunc est bibendum; Horace

Question 43

E pluribus unum

Answer 43

One out of many; Virgil in his Moretum

Question 44

One out of many

Answer 44

E pluribus unum; Virgil in his Moretum

Question 45

Esse quam videri bonus malebat

Answer 45

He (Cato) preferred to be good rather than seem good; Sallust (also Cicero also says "Esse quam videri" in his own right"

Question 46

He (Cato preferred to be good rather than seem good

Answer 46

Esse quam videri bonus malebat; Sallust/Cicero