Latin Phrases Reference

Common Latin phrases with pronunciation, translation and usage.

Latin	Pronunciation	Translation	Usage
ad hoc	ad HOK	for this purpose	Improvised solution for a specific need
ad infinitum	ad in-fih-NY-tum	to infinity	Without limit
ad nauseam	ad NAW-zee-am	to the point of nausea	Repeated to excess
a priori	ah pree-OR-ee	from what comes before	Deductive reasoning
a posteriori	ah pos-TEER-ee-or-ee	from what comes after	Inductive reasoning
bona fide	BO-na FY-day	in good faith	Genuine, real
carpe diem	KAR-pay DEE-em	seize the day	Make the most of the present
caveat emptor	KA-vee-at EMP-tor	let the buyer beware	Buyer takes the risk
circa	SIR-ka	around	Approximately (dates)
cogito ergo sum	KOH-gi-toh ER-go sum	I think, therefore I am	Descartes
de facto	day FAK-toh	in fact	In practice, not law
de jure	day YOO-ray	by right	By law
e pluribus unum	ay PLOOR-i-bus OO-num	out of many, one	US motto
ergo	AYR-go	therefore	As a result
et cetera	et SET-er-a	and the rest	And so on (etc.)
ex post facto	ex post FAK-toh	after the fact	Retroactive
habeas corpus	HAY-bee-us KOR-pus	you should have the body	Legal writ
in flagrante delicto	in fla-GRAN-tay de-LIK-toh	in the act	Caught red-handed
in medias res	in MAY-dee-as race	into the middle of things	Start in the middle
in vivo / in vitro	in VEE-voh / in VEE-troh	in living / in glass	Biology research
ipso facto	IP-soh FAK-toh	by the fact itself	By that very fact
modus operandi	MO-dus op-er-AN-dee	method of working	M.O. (criminology)
non sequitur	non SEK-wi-tur	it does not follow	Logical fallacy
per capita	per KAP-i-ta	by head	Per person
per se	per say	by itself	Intrinsically
post mortem	post MOR-tem	after death	Autopsy or review
quid pro quo	kwid pro kwo	this for that	Equal exchange
status quo	STAY-tus kwo	the state in which	Existing state of affairs
vice versa	VY-suh VER-suh	in turned position	Conversely