42 Latin Phrases from Movies with Sound Clips - page 2

Famous latin phrases used in movies, ranked and accompanied by short MP3 and WAV sound bites.

11 Dictu jubentis vivida upitidas... Repelle, quod cupidinis ciente vi nos impetit!

Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie Piper in Halloweentown

12 Sic transit gloria mundi.

The Red Death in The Masque of the Red Death

13 Homo gargantuoso. Homo... Aye. Well... whew. Erm... that's the wrong homo.

Harry H. Corbett as Sergeant Sidney Bung in Carry On Screaming!

14 What's this, then? 'Romanes eunt domus'? People called Romanes, they go the house? -It says 'Romans, go home'. -No, it doesn't.

John Cleese in Monty Python's Life of Brian

15 What's Latin for Roman? Come on! -Romanes? -Goes like? -Annus? -Vocative plural of annus is? -Anni? -Romani.

John Cleese in Monty Python's Life of Brian

16 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'? -Go. -Conjugate the verb 'to go'. -Ire, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt. -So eunt is? -Third person plural, present indicative. 'They go'.

Graham Chapman; John Cleese in Monty Python's Life of Brian

17 'Domus'? Nominative? -'Go home'. This is motion towards, isn't it, Brian? -Dative! No, not dative! Accusative, accusative! 'Domum', sir. 'Ad domum'. -Except when domus takes the... -The locative, sir. -Which is? -'Domum'. -'Domum'.

John Cleese in Monty Python's Life of Brian

18 Humanum est erare.

Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig in The Black Cat (1934)

19 Lupis pilum mutat, non mentem.

Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig in The Black Cat (1934)

20 Per istam sanctam unctionem indulgeat tibi Dominus, quidquid deliquisti. Amen.

Andrew Keir as Father Sandor in Dracula: Prince of Darkness

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