ECCE HOMO IV

Many Latin phrases have been incorporated into everyday English. More often used that understood, the following Latin phrases should sound familiar. But can you translate them?

1. A.M.

2. P.M.

3. A.D.

4. M.O.

5. IBID

6. ID EST

7. CUM LAUDE 

8. AD NAUSEUM

9. POST MORTEM

10. TEMPUS FUGIT

11. MAGNA CUM LAUDE

12. PERSONA NON GRATA

 

Answers:

 

1. A.M. - ante meridiem - before midday (noon)

2. P.M. - post meridiem - after midday

3. A.D. - anno domini - in the year of the Lord - years counted since the birth of Christ - also written as C.E. - Common Era - to avoid religious connotations

4. M.O. - modus operandi - method of operation - said of patterns of criminal behavior

5. IBID - in the same place - used in citations to indicate a source cited in a previous footnote

6. ID EST - that is to say, in other words - abbreviated as "i.e." 

7. CUM LAUDE - with honor/praise - as used in diplomas to indicate academic excllence

8. AD NAUSEUM - to the point of nausea - often used when someone/something thing goes on interminably

9. POST MORTEM - after death - An autopsy to determine cause of death

10. TEMPUS FUGIT - time flies - often parodied as "tempus is fugiting"

11. MAGNA CUM LAUDE - with great honor/praise

12. PERSONA NON GRATA - person not welcome - as someone who has made a scene or caused a problem and is not to be invited back