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Death's Domain

2021-09-27T04:31:05Z

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''For the book see'' {{DD}}

'''Death's Domain''' is a realm outside of space and time. This is where [[Death]] lives together with his manservant [[Albert]], his horse [[Binky]] and (after the events of {{RM}}) the [[Death of Rats]]. Almost everything in Death's Domain is in different shades of black (which is also made up of eight colors, for those who can see them) where it isn't deep purple or shroud-white. Lilies grow in abundance and perfume the air. A later addition are the fields of billowing corn blowing in a non-existent wind, which remind the Reaper Man to take good care of the harvest. There is also a tree in the garden with a swing attached to it, however as the two branches the ropes are tied to are on ''opposite sides of the tree'' there is a large section cut out of the centre.

The main house, Mon Repos, ([[Quirmian]] for "My Place of Rest"), from the outside appears to be much like any other home though once inside the differences are obvious. As well at the expected black with skull motif, size and scale are out of perspective. The inside is larger than the outside, and, for some people, there are very large gaps of space which others do not see. As an example, Susan sees Albert enter Death's Study and step instantly to the carpet near the desk, as though the intervening hundreds of feet of space does not exist; she realizes that, for him, it doesn't.

In addition to the normal bedroom, kitchen and bathroom Death's house also contains the Library and the Room of Lifetimers, with its extra section for supernatural entities.

== Death's library ==
Death, like most passionate about their job, likes to keep a record. Death's library, which is peculiar in more than one aspect, serves as a kind of record of the Disc's living (and non-living) population.

The library is unique in several respects;

Firstly, its collection consists mainly of biographies. As a on-going record of all living, (and dead, past and present) creatures, the library is huge and old, so huge that inside the library space and time are merely suggestions, not in any kind of way rules or laws... It's so old, that among the earliest works are stone tablets, wood carvings and scrolls made of animal skins. These are kept in [[The Stack]].

Secondly, the books in the 'more recent' wings of the library are constantly writing themselves, describing the lives of their subjects. Some are short, sad little books, some are expanded into multi-volume sets, (or, in the case of Albert, still expanding). Books in the older sections of the library are silent, their subjects being long-dead.

Before Mort came along, the only regular reader was Ysabell, who liked to read tragic-but-romantic stories about princes and princesses. Now once more, the books lie there, quietly scribbling among themselves, plotting out the lives of those that live on the Disc.

Given that it is, as a library, a huge collection of books, Death's Library will be accessible through [[L-space]], but so far, it has not been hinted whenever-or-not the [[Librarian]] has used L-space to venture there, or is even aware of it.

The library will work for as long as Death himself works, until great A'tuin reaches the end of his journey, and the Discworld comes to an end.

The largest section is "A," which includes "Anon," for those who were never named. Most of these are very short books.

==Annotation==
A recurring theme in occult and spiritualist belief is that of the {{wp|Akashic_records|Akashic Records}}, which are visualized as an immensely vast, though not infinite, library recording the individual life histories of everything that has ever lived, anywhere. Even Christianity, a religion usually keen to twitch its skirts away from anything it regards as ''occult'' or ''ungodly'', has an echo of this belief. Note the concept of the {{wp|Recording_angel|Recording Angel}}, personified as {{wp|St_Peter#Popular_culture|St. Peter}} who, according to tradition, meets the newly-deceased at the Gates of Heaven, consults the book, and tells you, based on the record of your life, whether you are getting in or not. This is based on the Book of Life in Revelations, which contains the charge-sheet and mitigating circumstances for every human on Earth. Mystics and visionaries such as Swedenborg, Edgar Cayce, Madame Blavatsky, Dion Fortune, even Betty Shine and Doris Stokes, are united in asserting that the Akashic Record exists and can be accessed. Edgar Cayce, a man with full lending rights to this library, literally saw a library with an individual book for each person: it even had its (alas, human) Librarian, who helped him locate the trickier records.

The Library in Death's domain appears to be there for completion's sake, rather than as an aid to Judgement - well, if every other world in the [[Multiverse]] has an Akashic Record, why not the Discworld?

==Trivia==
In both the live-action adaptations of ''[[Book:Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' and ''[[Book:The Colour of Magic|The Colour of Magic]]'', the real-life locations used for the exterior shots of ''Mon Repos'' was the same Tudor/Victorian country home, [[wikipedia:Dorney Court|Dorney Court]] (Dorney, Buckinghamshire).

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Latatian Phrases

2021-05-23T01:54:17Z

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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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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.)
* ''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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dumb People/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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2021-05-23T01:53:59Z

MoonShadow: /* Family Mottos */

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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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)

==Mottos==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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.)
* ''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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dumb People/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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2021-05-23T01:53:14Z

MoonShadow: /* Family Mottos */

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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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)

==Mottos==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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.)
* ''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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dumb People/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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2021-05-23T01:52:57Z

MoonShadow: /* Family Mottos */

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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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)

==Mottos==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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 ({{S}}).
** ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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.)
* ''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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dumb People/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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2021-05-23T01:41:08Z

MoonShadow: /* Other Latatian phrases */

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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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)

==Mottos==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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.
** ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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.)
* ''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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''Magavenatio Obtusis'' - "Witch-Hunting For Dumb People/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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]

Latatian Phrases

2021-05-23T01:38:55Z

MoonShadow: /* Other Mottos */

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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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)

==Mottos==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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.
** ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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.)
* ''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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

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Latatian Phrases

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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.

==Legal Phrases==
* ''Ab Hamo'' - "Off The Hook"
* ''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' ({{J}} & {{T!}})).
* ''Casus Belli'' - "(a) reason (for) war" ({{T!}}).
* ''Excretus Est Ex Altitudine'' - "Strongly reprimanded" (more or less) ({{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}})).
* ''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}})
* ''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}})

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

==[[Linoleum|Zoolological taxonomy]]==
===Animals===
* ''Chelys Galactica'' - "Star Turtle" - (See the [[Great A'Tuin]])
* ''Draco Lunaris'' - "Moon Dragon" - [[Moon dragon]] - ({{TLH}})
* ''Draco Nobilis'' - "Noble Dragon" - [[Noble dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''Draco Stellaris Nauticae'' - "Star-Voyaging Dragon" - ({{TCOM}})
* ''Draco Vulgaris'' - "Common Dragon" - [[Swamp dragon]] - ({{G!G!}})
* ''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)

==Mottos==
* ''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
* ''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==
* ''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]]

==Family Mottos==
* ''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.
** ''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.")

==Other Mottos==
* ''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"<BR> -- Motto of the [[Quisition|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 [[Morporkian Empire|old Morporkian Empire]] and [[Carcer]].
* ''Adorno Maximus, Magister'' - "Suits You, Sir!" - [[Leonard of Quirm]]'s declaration on designing Rincewind's spacesuit, ({{TLH}}).
* ''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}}.
* ''[[wikipedia:Civis romanus sum|Civis Ankhmorporkianus Sum!]]'' - "I am an [[Ankh Morpork]] Citizen!" ({{RS}})
* ''Corpus Derelicti'' - "Body of the Crime" ({{MAA}})
* ''Depositatum De Latrina'' - "Gone Down The Toilet" - ({{FOC}})
* ''Nil Desperandum'' - "[[Wikipedia:List of Latin phrases (N)#nil desperandum|Do Not Despair]]" ({{MAA}}).
* ''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".
* ''Lingua Quirma'' - A nod to the realworld phrase, "[[wikipedia:Lingua franca|Lingua franca]]" ({{J}} and {{RS}})
* ''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 {{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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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 ({{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?"
* ''Sine Die'' - "Without A Day". ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|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".) ({{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.
* ''Veni, Vermini, Vomui'' - "I came, I got ratted (became drunk), I vomited". - [[Jingo]]: Vimes is contemplating [[Callus Tacticus|General Tacticus']] motto.
* ''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?" ([[Book:The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]])
* ''Visi, Veneri, Vamoosi'' - " I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away" - another alliterative phrase with V.

==See also==
* [[Quirmian Phrases]]

[[Category:Discworld culture]]