{"id":4535,"date":"2019-03-31T19:48:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T19:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T18:24:39","slug":"latin-words-to-spruce-up-your-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/latin-words-to-spruce-up-your-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin Words To Spruce Up Your Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salvete Omnes,<\/p>\n<p>As I am a former Classical Studies student and almost graduate student, I try to keep up on my Latin and translations &#8211; but making time can be difficult. However, I do try to use at least one Latin phrase in my day-to-day conversation to keep the language alive. So, I challenge you for the next month to try using Latin in your conversations at work, at home, or even with friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4349 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/photo-1521658545678-ddc826cf4166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/photo-1521658545678-ddc826cf4166.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/photo-1521658545678-ddc826cf4166-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-block-group box-content\">\n<h3><strong>Ad infinitum<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Again and again in the same way; forever<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ad nauseam<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Referring to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome<\/p>\n<h3>Alibi<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-block-group box-content\">\n<div class=\"in-content is-initialized\" data-ad-unit=\"LongArticle_300x250\" data-client-type=\"desktop\" data-ad-id=\"LongArticle_300x250_1\">\n<div id=\"LongArticle_300x250_1\" class=\"ad-unit-target\" data-google-query-id=\"COqc87SBiuECFQG_TwodV6MHRw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2322946\/LongArticle_300x250_0__container__\">Elsewhere<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Antebellum<\/h3>\n<p>Before the war<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Aurora borealis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Northern lights<\/p>\n<h3>Bona fide<\/h3>\n<p>Genuine<\/p>\n<h3>Circa<\/h3>\n<p>At, in, or of approximately<\/p>\n<h3>Corpus<\/h3>\n<p>Body<\/p>\n<h3>Cum laude<\/h3>\n<p>With honor<\/p>\n<h3>De facto<\/h3>\n<p>In fact or in effect, whether by right or not<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Deus ex machina<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel<\/p>\n<h3>Ergo<\/h3>\n<p>Therefore<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Homo sapiens<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Human<\/p>\n<h3>Humanitas<\/h3>\n<p>Kindness<\/p>\n<h3>In absentia<\/h3>\n<p>In the absence<\/p>\n<h3>In toto<\/h3>\n<p>As a whole<\/p>\n<h3>Magnum opus<\/h3>\n<p>The largest or best work of an artist<\/p>\n<h3>Mea culpa<\/h3>\n<p>An acknowledgment of one\u2019s fault<\/p>\n<h3>Non sequitur<\/h3>\n<p>A\u00a0conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement<\/p>\n<h3>Per capita<\/h3>\n<p>Per person<\/p>\n<h3>Per diem<\/h3>\n<p>Per day<\/p>\n<h3>Per se<\/h3>\n<p>By or in itself or themselves; intrinsically<\/p>\n<h3>Persona non grata<\/h3>\n<p>An unwanted person<\/p>\n<h3>Postmortem<\/h3>\n<p>After death<\/p>\n<p>By the very fact<\/p>\n<h3>Pro bono<\/h3>\n<p>For the good<\/p>\n<h3>Pro rata<\/h3>\n<p>For the rate<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Quid pro quo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This for that<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rigor mortis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stiffness of death<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Semper fideles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Always faithful<\/p>\n<h3>Semper fortis<\/h3>\n<p>Always brave<\/p>\n<h3>Status quo<\/h3>\n<p>The situation in which or current condition<\/p>\n<h3>Subpoena<\/h3>\n<p>Under penalty<\/p>\n<h3>Verbatim<\/h3>\n<p>Repeat exactly<\/p>\n<h3>Vice versa<\/h3>\n<p>To change or turn around<\/p>\n<h3>Vox populi<\/h3>\n<p>Voice of the people<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/photo-1521658545678-ddc826cf4166-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/photo-1521658545678-ddc826cf4166-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/photo-1521658545678-ddc826cf4166.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Salvete Omnes, As I am a former Classical Studies student and almost graduate student, I try to keep up on my Latin and translations &#8211; but making time can be difficult. However, I do try to use at least one Latin phrase in my day-to-day conversation to keep the language alive. So, I challenge you&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/latin-words-to-spruce-up-your-conversation\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":4567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3691],"tags":[17,925,1083,60862,60861,127,8118,166],"class_list":["post-4535","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-language","tag-adjectives","tag-dative","tag-genitive","tag-latin-grammar","tag-latin-language-2","tag-pronouns","tag-syntax","tag-verbs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4605,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions\/4605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}