Cacoethes scribendi - An insatiable urge to write. (Juvenal)

　　Cadit quaestio - The question drops

　　Caeca invidia est - Envy is blind. (Livy)

　　Caeci caecos ducentes - Blind are led by the blind. Leaders are not more knowledgeable than the ones they lead

　　Caeli enarrant gloriam Dei - The heavens declare the glory of God

　　Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt - They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace)

　　Caelum videre iussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus - He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars. (Ovid)

　　Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris - If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar

　　Camera obscvra - Hidden room - an early photographic or painting technique utilizing optical pinholes

　　Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it

　　Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet - A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. (Curtius Rufus)

　　Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! - A wig? I never would have guessed!

　　Caro putridas es! - You're dead meat

　　Carpe Cerevisi - Seize the beer!

　　Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero - Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)

　　Carpe diem - Seize the day. (opportunity) (Horace)

　　Casus belli - An act used to justify war

　　Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam - I have a catapult. Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head

　　Casus belli - Event (that is the justification for, or the cause) of war

　　Causarum justia et misericordia - For the causes of justice and mercy

　　Causa mortis - Death Cause

　　Cave ab homine unius libri - Beware of anyone who has just one book. (Latin Epigram)

　　Cave canem, te necet lingendo - Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death

　　Cave canem - Beware of the dog

　　Cave cibum, valde malus est - Beware the food, it is very bad

　　Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules - If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults

　　Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui - Beware what you say, when, and to whom

　　Cave - Beware!

　　Caveat emptor - Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk)

　　Caveat venditor - Let the seller beware

　　Caveat - Let him/her beware

　　Cedant arma togae - Let arms yield to the toga. (Let violence give place to law)

　　Cedo maiori - I yield to a greater person

　　Certamen bikini-suicidus-disci mox coepit? - Does the Bikini-Suicide-Frisbee match start soon?

　　Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse - You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

　　Certum est, quia impossibile - It is certain, because it is impossible. (Tertullianus)

　　Cetera desunt - The rest is missing

　　Ceteris paribus - All else being equal

　　Christus rex - Christ the King

　　Cineri gloria sera venit - Fame comes too late to the dead

　　Circa (c.) - Approximately

　　Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

　　Clara pacta, boni amici - Clear agreements, good friends

　　Codex Juris Canonici - Book of canon law

　　Cogita ante salis - Think before you leap, or look before you leap

　　Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur - Nobody should be punished for his thoughts

　　Cogito ergo doleo - I think therefore I am depressed

　　Cogito sumere potum alterum - I think I'll have another drink

　　Cogito, ergo sum - I think, therefore I am. (René Descartes)

　　Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet - No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong

　　Commune bonum - The common good

　　Commune periculum concordiam parit - Common danger brings forth harmony

　　Communi consilio - By common consent

　　Compos mentis - Of sound mind (and judgement)

　　Concordia discors - Discordant harmony

　　Concordia res parvae crescent - Work together to accomplish more

　　Conditio sine qua non - Condition without which not, or an essential condition or requirement

　　Confer (cf.) - Compare

　　Confiteor - I confess

　　Congregatio de Propaganda Fide - Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

　　Coniecturalem artem esse medicinam - Medicine is the art of guessing. (Aulus Cornelius Celsus)

　　Coniunctis viribus - With united powers

　　Conlige suspectos semper habitos - Round up the usual suspects

　　Consensu omnium - By the agreement of all

　　Consensus audacium - An agreement of rash men. (a conspiracy) (Cicero)

　　Consuetudinis magna vis est - The force of habit is great. (Cicero)

　　Consule planco - In the consulship of Plancus (In the good old days) (Horace)

　　Consummatum est - It is completed (Christ's last words, John 19:30)

　　Contra felicem vix deus vires habet - Against a lucky man a god scarcely has power

　　Contra mundum - Against the world

　　Contraria contrariis curantur - The opposite is cured with the opposite. (Hippocrates)

　　Coram populo - In the presence of the people. (Horace)

　　Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet - A crow doesn't rip out the eyes of another crow

　　Cornucopia - Horn of plenty

　　Corpus christi - The body of Christ

　　Corpus delicti - The body of a crime. (The substance or fundamental facts of a crime)

　　Corpus Juris Canonici - The body of canon law

　　Corpus Juris Civilis - The body of civil law

　　Corpus vile - Worthless body

　　Corrigenda - A list of things to be corrected. (in a book)

　　Corripe Cervisiam - Seize the beer!

　　Corruptio optimi pessima - Corruption of the best is worst

　　Coruscantes disci per convexa caeli volantes - Flying saucers

　　Cotidiana vilescunt - Familiarity breeds contempt

　　Cotidie damnatur qui semper timet - The man who is constantly in fear is every day condemned. (Syrus)

　　Crapulam terriblem habeo - I have a terrible hangover

　　Cras amet qui nunquam amavit; Quique amavit, cras amet - May he love tomorrow who has never loved before

　　Credidi me felem vidisse! - I tought I taw a puddy tat!

　　Credite amori vera dicenti - Believe love speaking the truth. (St. Jerome)

　　Credo elvem etiam vivere - I believe Elvis lives

　　Credo nos in fluctu eodem esse - I think we're on the same wavelength

　　Credo quia absurdum - I believe it because it is absurd. (contrary to reason) (Tertullian)

　　Credo ut intelligam - I believe in order that I may understand. (St. Augustine)

　　Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit - Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will be better. (Tibullus)

　　Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crevit - The love of wealth grows as the wealth itself grew. (Juvenalis)

　　Crescite et multiplicamini - Increase and multiply

　　Crimen falsi - Perjury

　　Crudelius est quam mori semper timere mortem - It is more cruel to always fear death than to die. (Seneca)

　　Crux - Puzzle

　　Cui bono? - For whose benefit is it? (a maxim sometimes used in the detection of crime) (Cicero)

　　Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? - To whom do I give my new elegant little book? (Catullus)

　　Cui malo? - Who suffers a detriment?

　　Cui peccare licet peccat minus - One who is allowed to sin, sins less. (Ovid)

　　Cuius regio, eius religio - He who rules, his religion

　　Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare - Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one

　　Cuivis dolori remedium est patientia - Patience is the cure for all suffer

　　Culpa - A sin

　　Culpam poena premit comes - Punishment closely follows crime as its companion. (Horace)

　　Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt - When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults

　　Cum grano salis - With a grain of salt. (Pliny the Elder?)

　　Cum homine de cane debeo congredi - Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog

　　Cum laude magnum - With great success

　　Cum laude - With praise

　　Cum tacent, clamant - When they remain silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words) (Cicero)

　　Cum - With

　　Cur etiam hic es - Why are you still here?

　　Cura nihil aliud nisi ut valeas - Pay attention to nothing except that you do well. (Cicero)

　　Cura posterior - A later concern

　　Cura ut valeas - Take care

　　Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent - Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. (minor losses can be talked away, profound ones strike us dumb)　　Curriculum vitae - The course of one's life

　　Cursum perficio - My journey is over, or I finish my journey

　　Custos morum - Guardian of morals