mothmaam:

This is gonna be a long list.

• ab intra - from within
• ab origine - from the source
  
• absit iniuria - “let insult be absent”
  
• absit invidia - “let envy be absent”
  
• absit omen - “let omens be absent”
  
• ab uno disce omnes - from one, learn all.
  
• abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calleth unto deep
  
• a capite ad calcem - from head to heel
  
• acta non verba - actions not words
  
• ad altiora tendo - “I strive to higher things”
  
• ad astra - to the stars
  
• ad fontes - to the sources
  
• ad meliora - towards better things
  
• ad oculos - to the eyes
  
• ad undas - to the waves
  
• ad victoriam - to victory
  
• adsum - I am here
  
• a fortiori - from the stronger/from strength
  
• a mari usque ad mare - from sea to sea
  
• audeamus - let us dare
• audentes fortuna iuvat - fortune favors the bold
  
• audi, vide, tace - hear, see, be silent
  
• beatae memoriae - of blessed memory
  
• bona fide - in good faith
  
• bono malum superate - overcome evil with good
  
• capax infiniti - holding the infinite
  
• carpe diem - seize the day
  
• carpe noctem - seize the night
  
• cave - beware
  
• ceteris paribus - all other things being equal
  
• circa - around
• citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger
  
• clavis aurea - golden key
  
• cogito ergo sum - I think, therefor I am
  
• compos mentis - in control of the mind
  
• concilio et labore - by wisdom and effort
  
• concordia cum veritate - in harmony with truth
  
• concordia salus - well-being through harmony
  
• coniunctis viribus - with connected strength
  
• consummatum est - it is complete
  
• corruptus in extremis - corrupt to the extreme
  
• crescit eundo - it grows as it goes
  
• de novo - from the new
• de profundis - from the depths
  
• dies irae - day of wrath
  
• dona nobis pacem - give us peace
  
• ego te provoco - I challenge you
  
• esse est percipi - to be is to be perceived  
  
• esse quam videri - to be, rather than to seem
  
• esto quod es - be what you are
  
• ex animo - from the soul
  
• ex luna scientia - from the moon, knowledge
  
• ex scientia tridens - from knowledge, sea power
  
• ex silentio - from silence
  
• ex undis - from the waves of the sea
  
• experientia docet - experience teaches
  
• fac et spera - do and hope
  
• fac fortia et patere - do brave deed and endure
  
• faciam quodlibet quod necesse est - I’ll do whatever it takes
  
• faciam ut mei memineris - I’ll make you remember me
  
• facta, non verba - deeds, not words
  
• fortis et liber - strong and free
  
• fortis in arduis - strong in difficulties
  
• gloriosus et liber - glorious and free
• hic abundant leones - here lions abound
  
• hic et nunc - here and now
• hic sunt dracones - here there are dragons
  
• hinc illae lacrimae - hence those tears
  
• hinc itur ad astra - from here the way leads to the stars
  
• igni ferroque - with fire and iron
  
• in memoriam - into the memory
  
• in nocte consilium - advice comes over night
  
• libra - balance
• littera scripta manet - the written words endure
  
• locus standi - a right to stand
  
• luceo non uro - I shine, not burn
  
• luctor et emergo - I struggle and emerge
  
• mare liberum - free sea
  
• memento vivere - remember to live
  
• more ferarum - like beasts
  
• natura non contristatur - nature is not saddened
  
• nec spe, nec metu - without hope, without fear
  
• noli me tangere - do not touch me
  
• ophidia in herba - a snake in the grass
  
• pro se - for oneself
  
• propria manu - by one’s own hand
  
• quaere - to seek
  
• quod abundat non obstat - what is abundant does not hinder
  
• resurgam - I shall arise
  
• semper ad meliora - always towards better things
  
• semper anticus - always forward
  
• semper apertus - always open
  
• semper fortis - always brave
  
• semper liber - always free
  
• stet - let it stand
• tuebor - I will protect
  
• vera causa - true cause

physticuffs:

dlrk-gently:

suspendnodisbelief:

dokteur:

bonbonlanguage:

You know what I think is really cool about language (English in this case)? It’s the way you can express “I don’t know” without opening your mouth. All you have to do is hum a low note, a high note, then another lower note. The same goes for yes and no. Does anyone know what this is called?

These are called vocables, a form of non-lexical utterance - that is, wordlike sounds that aren’t strictly words, have flexible meaning depending on context, and reflect the speakers emotional reaction to the context rather than stating something specific. They also include uh-oh! (that’s not good!), uh-huh and mm-hmm (yes), uhn-uhn (no), huh? (what?), huh… (oh, I see…), hmmn… (I wonder… / maybe…), awww! (that’s cute!), aww… (darn it…), um? (excuse me; that doesn’t seem right?), ugh and guh (expressions of alarm, disgust, or sympathy toward somebody else’s displeasure or distress), etc.

Every natural human language has at least a few vocables in it, and filler words like “um” and “erm” are also part of this overall class of utterances. Technically “vocable” itself refers to a wider category of utterances, but these types of sounds are the ones most frequently being referred to, when the word is used.

Reblog if u just hummed all of these out loud as you read them

Fuck yeah I did