More helpful Latin phrases

About food.

~Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

~Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum - Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake

~Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it

~In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth

~Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! - You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!

~Noli simul flare sobereque - Don't whistle and drink at the same time

~Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy

~Res melius evinissent cum coca - Things go better with Coke

~Sic friatur crustum dulce - That's the way the cookie crumbles

~Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure - I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear



About language



Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare - Well, if you don't understand plain Latin, I'm not going to dirty my hands on you.

Graeca sunt, non leguntur - It is Greek, you don't read that

Illiud latine dici non potest - You can't say that in Latin


Omnia mihi lingua graeca sunt - It's all Greek to me

Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.'

Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua - The only good language is a dead language

Sona si latine loqueris - Honk if you speak Latin

Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur - Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out

What?

~Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur! - Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!

~Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it

~Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam - I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head

~Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse - You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

~Credo elvem etiam vivere - I believe Elvis lives

~Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt - When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults

~Cum homine de cane debeo congredi - Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog

~Ducator meus nihil agit sine lagunculae leynidae accedunt - My calculator does not work without batteries

~Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima? - Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?

~Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui - Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it

~Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! - Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!

~Haec trutina errat - There is something wrong with this scale

~Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum - Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe

~Luke sum ipse patrem te - Luke, I am your father. (Star Wars)

~Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus - Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries

~Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi - Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians.

~Nonne de novo eboraco venis? - You're from New York, aren't you

~Obesa cantavit - The fat lady has sung

~Orbes volantes exstare - Flying saucers are real

~Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? - How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

~Sane ego te vocavi. forsitan capedictum tuum desit - I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken

~Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris - If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities

~Sit vis vobiscum - May the Force be with you.