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Most residents of Ankh-Morkpork speak [[Morporkian]].  However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.
Most residents of Ankh-Morpork speak [[Morporkian]].  However from time to time [[Latatian]] is used particularly by certain [[Guilds]] such as [[Guild of Lawyers]] and by the [[College of Heralds]] to make excruciating puns.


==Legal Phrases==
==Legal Phrases==
* ''Acquiris Quodcumquae Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{T!}})).   
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
 
* ''Acquiris Quodcumque Rapis'' - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "[[Wikipedia:Eminent Domain|Eminent Domain]]" ({{J}}), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).   
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}). 
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "dropped from a great height" but could also be construed as "shit on from above")  ({{FOC}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Habeas Corpus'' - "You May Have The Body". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken.  ({{TT}})).   
* ''Pro Bono Publico'' - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible [[-ing]] that can be spoken.  ({{TT}})).   
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Quia Ego Sic Dico'' - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the [[Patrician]], [[Havelock Vetinari]]. ({{MM}})
* ''Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii'' - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
* ''Olfacere Violarum'' - "Smelling Of Violets"
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently.  ({{TT}})
* ''Sini Plenis Piscis'' - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently.  ({{TT}})
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''Mea Culpa'' - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine''' - "'Shat-On From On High" - in other words, "Destroyed" and "Banned"
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - in other words, "Destroyed" and "Banned"


==Medical phrases==
==Medical phrases==
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Mortis Portalis Tackulatum'' - "Dead As A Doornail"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet" ({{W}})
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"
*''Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire'' - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"
*''Ped Fecundis'' - "Fertile Feet"


==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - ([[Human]])
===Animals===
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - ([[Dwarfs]])
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - ([[Trolls]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - ([[Vampires]])
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - ([[Werewolves]])
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - ([[Swamp dragon]]) - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - ([[Noble dragon]]) - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - ([[Moon dragon]]) - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''[[Wikipedia:Garlic|Allium Sativum]]'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Homo Sapiens'' - "Wise Human" - [[Human]]
* ''Hortus Decorus'' - "Lawn Ornament" - [[Dwarfs]]
* ''Lupus Sapiens'' - "Clever Doggies" - [[Werewolves]]
* ''Nosferatu Sanguineous'' - "Bloody Undead!" - [[Vampires]]
* ''Stultus Saxum'' - "Stupid Rocks" - [[Trolls]]
 
===Plants===
* ''Allium Sativum'' - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - ({{RM}}).
* ''Phallus Impudicus'' - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool ({{MAA}} - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes). 
* ''Pinus Strobus'' - White Pine tree ({{SN}}).


==Mottos==
==Mottos==
* '''Mervs In Pectvm Et In Aqvam''' - "''Pure In Heart And In Water''" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in {{MM}})
* ''Fabricati Diem, Punc'' - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
* ''Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter'' - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* ''Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam'' - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
* ''Nullus Anxietas'' - "No Worries" - The motto of [[Bugarup University]] ({{TLC}}).
* ''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides'' - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" -  The motto of [[Unseen University]].
* ''Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra'' - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork


* '''Qvanti Canicvla Illa In Fenestra''' - "''How Much Is That Doggy In The Window''" - Ankh Morpork


* '''Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides''' - "''Now You See It, Now You Don't''" - The motto of [[Unseen University]].
==Guild Mottos==
* ''Acutus Id Verberat'' - "Whip It Quick" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Dico, Dico, Dico'' - "I Say, I Say, I Say" - [[Fools' Guild]]
* ''Excretus Ex Fortuna'' - "Shit Out Of Luck" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
* ''Id Murmuratis, Id Ludamus'' - "You Hum It, We'll Play It" - [[Musicians' Guild]]
* ''Lucre Sermat'' - "Money Talks" - [[Guild of Lawyers]]
* ''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?'' - "Spare Change, Guv'nor?" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
* ''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre'' - "No Killing Without Payment" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Nil Volupti, Sine Lvcre'' - "No Pleasure Without Pay" - [[Seamstresses' Guild|Seamstresses' Guild (hem, hem)]]
* ''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri'' - "Not Before Next Week, Squire" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
* ''Non Quod Maneat, Sed Quod Adimimus'' - "Not What Remains, But What We Take Away" - [[Engravers' Guild]]
* ''Nunc Ille Est Magicus'' - "Now That's Magic" - [[Guild of Conjurors]]
* ''Nunquam Vestimus'' - "We Never Clothe" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance]]
* ''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or'' - "All That Glitters Is Gold" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
* ''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii'' - "Cheap At Twice The Price" - [[Merchants' Guild]]


* '''Fabricati Diem, Pvncti Agvnt Celeriter''' - "''Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly''" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
==Family Mottos==
* '''[[Wikipedia:Go ahead, make my day|Fabricati Diem]], [[Wikipedia:Harry Callahan (character)#Cultural recognition|Pvnc]]''' - "''Make My Day, Punk''!" - The modern [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] motto - ([[Fred Colon|Sergeant Colon]], however, ''insists'' this means "''To Protect And Serve''")
* ''Ars Enixa Est Candelam'' - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild). 
* ''[[wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe Jugulum]]'' - "Seize The Throat" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto. 
* ''Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae'' - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, ([[Mort]]'s predecessor). 
* ''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris'' - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild). 
* ''[[wikipedia:Homo homini lupus|Homo Homini Lupus]]'' - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto. 
* ''[[wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]'' - "Fear Not The Reaper" - [[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.
* ''Noli Timere Messorem'' [[Biography|Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto]] - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
* ''[[wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]'' - "(I) Protect And Serve" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto. 
* ''Quis Habemus Servamus'' - "What We Have, We Keep" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto ({{SN}}). 
** ''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso'' - "She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer" - [[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil Vimes (née Ramkin)]]'s personal motto
* ''Quod Subigo Farinam'' - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild). 
* ''[[wikipedia:Bert Lance#"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."|Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat]]'' - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto. 
** ''Vox Populi Vox Deorum'' - "Voice of the people.  Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" ({{RS}}).
** ''Uno Homo, Uno Voto'' - "One Man, One Vote."  - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/[[Wikipedia:Modus operandi|M.O.]] ({{M}}, {{UA}})--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")


===Guild Mottos===
==Other Mottos==
* '''Nil Mortifi, Sine Lucre''' - "''No Killing Without Payment''" - [[Assassins' Guild]]
* ''Cogito Ergo Sum'' - "I exist, therefore I do sums" -- personal motto of Commander Vimes' Gooseberry<sup>TM</sup> imp. (orig. "I think, therefore I am")
 
* ''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum'' - "When you have their <S>testicles in your grip</S> full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)
* '''Acvtvs Id Verberat''' - "''Whip It Quick''" - [[Thieves' Guild]]
* ''Obliviscor'' - "I Forget" -- [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
 
* ''Veni Vidi Vici'' - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]
* '''Moneta Supervacanea, Magister?''' - "''Spare Change, Guv'nor?''" - [[Beggars' Guild]]
 
* '''Omnis Quis Coruscat Est Or''' - "''All That Glitters Is Gold''" - [[Alchemists' Guild]]
 
* '''Nunc Ille Est Magicus''' - "''Now That's Magic''" - [[Conjurors' Guild]]
 
* '''Dico, Dico, Dico''' - "''I Say, I Say, I Say''" - [[Fools' Guild]]
 
* '''Excretus Ex Fortuna''' - "''Shit Out Of Luck''" - [[Gamblers' Guild]]
 
* '''Vilis Ad Bis Pretii''' - "''Cheap At Twice The Price''" - [[Merchants' Guild]]
 
* '''Non Ante Septem Dies Proxima, Squiri''' - "''Not Before Next Week, Squire''" - [[Plumbers' Guild]]
 
* '''Nil Volvpti, Sine Lvcre''' - "''No Pleasure Without Pay''" - [[Seamstresses' Guild]]
 
* '''Nvnqvam Vestimvs''' - "''We Never Clothe''" - [[Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance|Stripper's Guild]]
 
* '''Id Mvrmvratis, Id Lvdamvs''' - "''You Hum It, We'll Play It''" - Musician's Guild
 
* '''Non Qvod Maneat, Sed Qvod Adimimvs''' - "''Not What Remains, But What We Take Away''" - [[Engraver's Guild]]
 
===Family Mottos===
* '''Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat''' - "''If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It''" - [[Havelock Vetinari|Vetinari]] Family Motto
 
* '''Quis Habemus Servamus''' - "''What We Have, We Keep''" - [[Ramkin]] Family Motto
* '''Non Sumet Nullus Pro Responso''' - "''She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer''" - ([[Sybil Ramkin|Sybil]]) Ramkin Family
 
* '''[[Wikipedia:To protect and to serve|Protego Et Servio]]''' - "''(I) Protect And Serve''" - [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] Family Motto
 
* '''Homo Homini Lupus''' - "''Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)''" - von Uberwald ([[Angua]]'s) family Motto
 
* '''[[Wikipedia:(Don't Fear) The Reaper|Non Timetus Messor]]''' - "''Fear Not The Reaper''" - Sto Helit Family, ([[Susan Sto Helit|Sto Helit]] family Motto.)
 
* '''Faber Est Qvisqve Fortvnae Svae''' - "''Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune''" - The Duke of Sto Helit, (Mort's predecessor.) 
 
* '''[[Wikipedia:Carpe diem|Carpe]] [[Wikipedia:Jugulum|Jvgvlvm]]''' - "''Seize The Throat''" - [[Bela de Magpyr|de Magpyr]] family Motto
 
* '''Le Mot Jvste''' - "''[[Wikipedia:F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre|The Right Word (In The Right Place)]]''" - [[De Worde|de Worde]] family Motto
 
* '''Futurus Meus Est In Visceris''' - "''My Future Is In (The) Entrails''" - Mr. [[Gerhardt Sock]] (president of the Butcher's guild)
 
* '''Quod Subigo Farinam''' - "''Because I Knead The Dough''" - Mr. [[Rudolph Potts]] (Baker's guild)
 
* '''Ars Enixa Est Candelam''' - "''Art Brought Forth The Candle''" - Mr. [[Arthur Carry]] (Candlemaker's guild)
 
===Other Mottos===
* '''Fabricati Diem, Pvncti Agvnt Celeriter''' - "''Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly''" - personal motto of King [[Veltrick I]], and the motto for the original incarnation of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
 
* '''[[Wikipedia:Veni, vidi, vici|Veni Vidi Vici]]''' - "''I Came, I Saw, I Conquered''" - personal Motto of General [[Callus Tacticus]]
 
* '''Obliviscor''' - "''I Forget''" - [[Klatchian Foreign Legion]]
 
* '''Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum''' - "''When You Have Their Testicals/Full-Attention In Your Grasp, You Will Have Their Hearts and Minds Also''" - Motto of the [[Quisition|Omnian Quisition]], (now abolished.)


==Other Latatian phrases==
==Other Latatian phrases==
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''Ad Urbem Pertinet'' - "It's All About the City".
 
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] ({{J}}) and [[Carcer]] ({{NW}}).
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher)
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
 
* ''Alea Jacta Est'' - "The Die Is Cast": Can't stop now. (Die is the singular form of dice; cast means to throw) ({{HFOS}} and {{UA}})
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "'Shat On From On High" - in other words, "The Gods Do Not Favor Him", or "Destroyed" and "Banned" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Alma Pater'' - lit. "Fostering Father" - Unseen University's version of [[wikipedia:Alma mater|''alma mater'']]. ({{GP}})
 
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - in other words, "Destroyed" and "Banned" - ({{FOC}})
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Morporkias Sum]]'', spoken by [[William de Worde]] in ({{MR}}) - "I am an [[Ankh-Morpork]] citizen." Also stated as ''Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!'' in ({{RS}}).
 
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci!'' and ''Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca!'' - both are variants on a theme of ''Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!'' - Cited by Mr. [[Slant]] in {{NW}}.  
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
 
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}.   
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
 
* ''Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt'' - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by [[Neoldian]] on the [[Tsortese Falchion|golden falchion]] under the words "For the Strongest".
* ''[[Wikipedia:Quid Pro Quo|Quid Pro Quo]]'' - "This For That".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the roundworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
 
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
* ''[[Wikipedia:Primus inter pares|Primus Inter Pares]]'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Memento Mori'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
 
* ''Morituri te salutant'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
* ''Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum'' - "I Can See Your House From Here".
* ''Morituri Nolumus Mori'' - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
 
* ''Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae'' - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
* ''Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est'' - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by [[Nanny Ogg]] to make the [[Hedgehog song]] sound posher).
* ''Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" ({{WFM}})
* ''Primus Inter Pares'' - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
* ''Principia Explosia'' - "The Explosion Principle"; ''The'' seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema ({{J}}).
* ''Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam'' - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" [[Paper Money]], {{MM}}
* ''Quid Pro Quo'' - "This For That": a fair exchange
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes'' - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
* ''Res Centum et Una Quas Magus Facere Potet'' - "''One Hundred and One Things a Wizard Can Do''" - An ancient and famous volume mentioned in {{HFOS}}.
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ({{WFM}})
* ''Sine Qua'' - "without which (cause)" - See the [[Dis-organiser]] ("They're still appointments ''sine qua'' appointments.  They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space.  ...  You can have an appointment at any time, right?  So therefore ''any'' appointment exists ''in potentia-''  ...  Any ''particular'' appointment simply collapses the waveform.  I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) ({{J}})
* ''Sodomy Non Sapiens'' - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by [[Albert]] in {{M}}
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
* ''Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum'' - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A [[Rincewind]] quote.
 
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci'' - "Doctor of [[wiktionary:sweet Fanny Adams|Sweet Fanny Adams]]" - honorary degree almost awarded by [[Unseen University]] to [[Khufurah|Prince Khufurah]].
* ''Via Cloaca'' - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' [[Detritus]] and [[Cuddy]] in {{MAA}})
 
* ''Vis-ne faciem capite repletam'' - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" ({{WFM}})
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomini'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk) and I vomited". - [[Jingo]], Vimes is thinking of good-sounding phrases with V, when contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] moto.
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.
 
* ''[[Wikipedia:Memento Mori|Memento Mori]]'' - "Remember, you are mortal"
 
* ''[[Wikipedia:Morituri te salutant|Morituri te salutant]]'' - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
 
* ''[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (M)|Morituri Nolumus Mori]]'' - "We, Who Are About To Die, Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's dubious motto for flight of the [[kite]] in {{TLH}}.
 
* ''Vis-Ne Faciem Capite Repletam'' - lit. "Would You Like A Face Which Is Full Of Head."
 
* ''Potest-Ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice'' - "Can Yer Mother Sew, Pal?"
 
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting [[Wikipedia:For Dummies|For Dumb People]]" - by Miss. [[Perspicacia Tick]] ([[Witch]])
 
* ''[[Wikipedia:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes|Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes]]'' - "Who Watches the Watchman?"
 
* ''Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet'' - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 20:53, 26 August 2024

Most residents of Ankh-Morpork speak Morporkian. However from time to time Latatian is used particularly by certain Guilds such as Guild of Lawyers and by the College of Heralds to make excruciating puns.

Legal Phrases

  • Ab Hamo - "Off The Hook"
  • Acquiris Quodcumque Rapis - "You Get What You Grab" - (Another term for "Eminent Domain" (Jingo), otherwise described as 'naked theft by the government' (Jingo & Thud!)).
  • Casus Belli - "(a) reason (for) war" (Thud!).
  • Excretus Est Ex Altitudine - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less - literally "dropped from a great height" but could also be construed as "shit on from above") (Feet of Clay)
  • Exeo Carco Cum Nihil Pretii - "(I) Get Out Of Jail Free."
  • Habeas Corpus - "You May Have The Body". (The Wee Free Men)
  • Mea Culpa - "My Fault" - a confession of guilt. Not likely to be used by a lawyer speaking in the first person...
  • Olfacere Violarum - "Smelling Of Violets"
  • Pro Bono Publico - "For The Public Good" - (ie a legal service performed for free. To a lawyer, this is the equivalent of an exorcism to a demon, or the very worst possible -ing that can be spoken. (The Truth)).
  • Quia Ego Sic Dico - "Because I Say So" - An argument which carries a great deal of procedural and precedential weight, especially when used in legal debate by the Patrician, Havelock Vetinari. (Making Money)
  • Sini Plenis Piscis - "Pockets Full Of Fish" - a man who is pushed into a lake and comes up with his pockets full of fish has in fact benefited from being so pushed, and therefore cannot accuse the pusher of assault. A very old precedent, apparently. (The Truth)

Medical phrases

  • Mortis Portalis Tackulatum - "Dead As A Doornail"
  • Ped Fecundis - "Fertile Feet" (Wintersmith)
  • Pyrocerebrum Ouerf Culinaire - "You Could Fry An Egg On His Forehead"

Zoolological taxonomy

Animals

Plants

  • Allium Sativum - "Sown/Planted Garlic" - (The Common Domestic Garlic) - (Reaper Man).
  • Phallus Impudicus - "Shameless/Impudent Phallus" -- A Toadstool (Men at Arms - Nobby's love of mushroom omelettes).
  • Pinus Strobus - White Pine tree (Snuff).

Mottos

  • Ad Urbem Pertinet - "It's About the City" (text on the paper money in Making Money)
  • Fabricati Diem, Punc - "Make My Day, Punk" - The modern Ankh-Morpork City Watch motto - (Sergeant Colon, however, maintains this means "To Protect And Serve")
  • Fabricati Diem, Puncti Agunt Celeriter - "Make The Day, The Moments Pass Quickly" - personal motto of King Veltrick I, and the motto for the original incarnation of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
  • Merus In Pectu Et In Aquam - "Pure In Heart And In Water" - Ankh Morpork
  • Nullus Anxietas - "No Worries" - The motto of Bugarup University (The Last Continent).
  • Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides - "Now You See It, Now You Don't" - The motto of Unseen University.
  • Quanti Canicula Illa In Fenestra - "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" - Ankh Morpork


Guild Mottos

Family Mottos

  • Ars Enixa Est Candelam - "Art Brought Forth The Candle" - Mr. Arthur Carry (Candlemaker's guild).
  • Carpe Jugulum - "Seize The Throat" - de Magpyr family Motto.
  • Faber Est Quisqve Fortunae Suae - "Every Man Is The Maker Of His Own Fortune" - The Duke of Sto Helit, (Mort's predecessor).
  • Futurus Meus Est In Visceris - "My Future Is In (The) Entrails" - Mr. Gerhardt Sock (president of the Butcher's guild).
  • Homo Homini Lupus - "Every Man Is A Wolf, (To Other Men)" - von Uberwald (Angua's) family Motto.
  • Non Timetus Messor - "Fear Not The Reaper" - Sto Helit family Motto.
  • Noli Timere Messorem Sir Terry Pratchett's knightly motto - a more formal and grammatically correct Latin version.
  • Protego Et Servio - "(I) Protect And Serve" - Vimes Family Motto.
  • Quis Habemus Servamus - "What We Have, We Keep" - Ramkin Family Motto (Snuff).
  • Quod Subigo Farinam - "Because I Knead The Dough" - Mr. Rudolph Potts (Baker's guild).
  • Si Non Confectus, Non Reficiat - "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" - Vetinari Family Motto.
    • Vox Populi Vox Deorum - "Voice of the people. Voice of God." - Havelock Vetinari's "personal motto" (Raising Steam).
    • Uno Homo, Uno Voto - "One Man, One Vote." - Havelock Vetinari's personal motto/M.O. (Mort, Unseen Academicals)--("Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote." ... "Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.")

Other Mottos

  • Cogito Ergo Sum - "I exist, therefore I do sums" -- personal motto of Commander Vimes' GooseberryTM imp. (orig. "I think, therefore I am")
  • Cuius Testiculos Habes, Habeas Cardia Et Cerebellum - "When you have their testicles in your grip full attention, their hearts and minds will follow"-- Motto of the Omnian Quisition, (now abolished.)
  • Obliviscor - "I Forget" -- Klatchian Foreign Legion
  • Veni Vidi Vici - "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered" -- personal Motto of General Callus Tacticus

Other Latatian phrases

  • Ad Urbem Pertinet - "It's All About the City".
  • Ab Hoc Possum Videre Domum Tuum - "I Can See Your House From Here". A boast and a threat used by the old Morporkian Empire (Jingo) and Carcer (Night Watch).
  • Adorno Maximus, Magister - "Suits You, Sir!" - Leonard of Quirm's declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, (The Last Hero).
  • Alea Jacta Est - "The Die Is Cast": Can't stop now. (Die is the singular form of dice; cast means to throw) (A Hat Full of Sky and Unseen Academicals)
  • Alma Pater - lit. "Fostering Father" - Unseen University's version of alma mater. (Going Postal)
  • Avé! Duci Novo, Similis Duci Seneci! and Avé! Bossa Nova! Similis Bossa Seneca! - both are variants on a theme of "Meet the new boss! Same as the old boss!" - Cited by Mr. Slant in Night Watch.
  • Civis Morporkias Sum, spoken by William de Worde in (Monstrous Regiment) - "I am an Ankh-Morpork citizen." Also stated as Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum! in (Raising Steam).
  • Corpus Derelicti - "Body of the Crime" (Men at Arms)
  • Depositatum De Latrina - "Gone Down The Toilet" - (Feet of Clay)
  • Nil Desperandum - "Do Not Despair" (Men at Arms).
  • Doctorum Adamus con Flabello Dulci - "Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams" - honorary degree almost awarded by Unseen University to Prince Khufurah.
  • Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt - "Batteries Not Included" - Engraved by Neoldian on the golden falchion under the words "For the Strongest".
  • Lingua Quirma - A nod to the roundworld phrase, "Lingua franca" (Jingo and Raising Steam)
  • Magavenatio Obtusis - "Witch-Hunting For Dummies" - by Miss Perspicacia Tick (Witch)
  • Memento Mori - "Remember, you are mortal"
  • Morituri te salutant - "Those Who are About to Die, Salute You"
  • Morituri Nolumus Mori - "Those Who Are About To Die Don't Want To" (roughly translated) - Rincewind's motto for flight of the kite in The Last Hero.
  • Nulli Sheilae Sanguineae - "No bloody Sheilas (No women allowed)".
  • Porcupinos Non Sodomy Est - "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered" - (Coined by Nanny Ogg to make the Hedgehog song sound posher).
  • Potest-ne Mater Tua Suere, Amice - "Can Your Mother Sew, Pal?" (The Wee Free Men)
  • Primus Inter Pares - "First Among Equals" or "First Among Peers".
  • Principia Explosia - "The Explosion Principle"; The seminal written works on Alchemy on the Discworld, written by Klatchian national, Affir Al-chema (Jingo).
  • Promitto Fore Ut Possessori Postulanti Nummum Unum Solvem, An Apte Satisfaciam - "I promise one dollar to be released when the bearer asks" Paper Money, Making Money
  • Quid Pro Quo - "This For That": a fair exchange
  • Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes - "Who Watches the Watchmen?"
  • Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes Qui Custodes Custodiet - "Who Watches The Watcher Of The Watchmen?"
  • Res Centum et Una Quas Magus Facere Potet - "One Hundred and One Things a Wizard Can Do" - An ancient and famous volume mentioned in A Hat Full of Sky.
  • Sine Die - "Without A Day". (The Wee Free Men)
  • Sine Qua - "without which (cause)" - See the Dis-organiser ("They're still appointments sine qua appointments. They exist, as it were, in appointment phase space. ... You can have an appointment at any time, right? So therefore any appointment exists in potentia- ... Any particular appointment simply collapses the waveform. I merely select the most likely one from the projected matrix".) (Jingo)
  • Sodomy Non Sapiens - "Buggered If I Know", exclaimed by Albert in Mort
  • Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, Morituri Sum - "Oh Shit, Oh Shit, Oh Shit, I'm Gonna Die". - A Rincewind quote.
  • Veni, Vermini, Vomui - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - Jingo: Vimes is contemplating General Tacticus' motto.
  • Via Cloaca - "Sewer Way" (discovered by Lance-Constables' Detritus and Cuddy in Men at Arms)
  • Vis-ne faciem capite repletam - "Would You Like A Face Full Of Head?" (The Wee Free Men)
  • Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

See also