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  Pace tua - With your consent

  Pace - By leave of

  Pacta sunt servanda - Agreements are to be kept. (Cicero)

  Pactum serva - Keep the faith

  Pallida mors - Pale Death. (Horace)

  Palmam qui meruit ferat - Let him who has earned it bear the reward

  Panem et circenses - Bread and circuses. Food and games to keep people happy. (Juvenalis)

  Par pare refero - I return like for like tit for tat retaliation

  Parens patriae - Parent of the country

  Pares cvm paribvs - Like persons with like persons. Birds of a feather flock together

  Pari passu - With equal pace - moving together

  Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet - You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis)

  Particeps criminis - Partner in crime

  Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus - Mountains will be in labour, and an absurd mouse will be born. (all that work and nothing to show for it)

  Parva leves capiunt animas - Small things occupy light minds (small things amuse small minds)

  Parva scintilla saepe magnam flamam excitat - The small sparkle often initiates a large flame

  Passim - All through

  Pater familias - Father of the family

  Pater historiae - The father of history

  Pater Noster - Our Father (The first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin)

  Pater patriae - Father of the country

  Patria est communis omnium parens - Our native land is the common parent of us all. (Cicero)

  Patris est filius - He is his father's son

  Paucis verbis, quid est deconstructionismus? - What, in a nutshell, is deconstructionism?

  Paucis verbis - In a few words

  Pavesco, pavesco - I'm shaking, I'm shaking

  Pavpertas omnivm artivm repertrix - Poverty [is the] inventor of all the arts necessity is the mother of invention

  Pax et bonum! - Peace and salvation!

  Pax tecum - May peace be with you (Singular)

  Pax vobiscum - May peace be with you (Plural)

  Pax - Peace

  Peccatum tacituritatis - Sin of silence

  Peccavi - I have sinned

  Peculium - Property

  Pecunia in arbotis non crescit - Money does not grow on trees

  Pecunia non olet - Money has no smell. Money doesn't stink. (don't look a gift horse in the mouth) (Vespasianus)

  Pecvniate obedivnt omnia - All things obey money. Money makes the world go round

  Pede poena claudo - Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely. (Horace)

  Pendente lite - While a suit is pending

  Penetalia mentis - The innermost recesses of the mind. Heart of hearts

  Per accidens - By Accident

  Per angusta in augusta - Through difficulties to great things

  Per annum (p.a.) - Yearly

  Per ardua ad astra - Through difficulties to the stars

  Per aspera ad astra - Through the thorns to the stars

  Per capita - Per head

  Per cent (per centum) - Per hundred

  Per contra - On the contrary

  Per diem - Per day; daily allowance

  Per fas et nefas - Through right or wrong

  Per impossibile - As is impossible a way to qualify a proposition that cannot ever be true

  Per mensem - Monthly

  Per procurationem (per pro) - By delegation to

  Per se - By or in itself

  Per varios usus artem experientia fecit - Through different exercises practice has brought skill. (Manilius)

  Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you. (Ovid)

  Periculum in mora - There is danger in delay. (Livy)

  Perpetuo vincit qui utitur clementia - He is forever victor who employs clemency. (Syrus)

  Perpetuum mobile - Perpetual motion

  Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est - The check is in the mail

  Persona (non) grata - (un)welcome person

  Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes - Flatterers are the worst type of enemies

  Pessimus inimicorum genus, laudantes - The worst kind of enemies, those who can praise. (Tacitus)

  Petitio principii - An assumption at the start

  Philosophum non facit barba! - The beard does not define a philosopher. (Plutarch)

  Pictor ignotus - Painter unknown

  Pinxit - He/she painted it

  Pistrix! Pistrix! - Shark! Shark!

  Placebo - I will please. Medical expression for remedies with no medical effect, which improve one's medical condition only because one believes they do

  Placet - It pleases

  Pleno iure - With full authority

  Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate - Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily

  Plusque minusque - More or less

  Plvres crapvla qvam gladivs - Drunkeness [kills] more than the sword. As true today on the road as it ever was

  Poeta nascitur, non fit - The poet is born, not made

  Poli, poli, di umbuendo - Slowly, Slowly we will get there

  Pone ubi sol non lucet! - Put it where the sun don't shine!

  Posse (posse comitatus) - The power of the country

  Possunt quia posse videntur - They can because they think they can

  Post bellum - After the war

  Post coitem - After sexual intercourse

  Post factum - After the fact

  Post hoc ergo propter hoc - After this, therefore because of this

  Post hoc - After this

  Post meridiem (p.m.) - After midday

  Post mortem - After death. (nowadays, the autopsy performed by a coroner)

  Post obitum - After death

  Post partum - After childbirth

  Post proelia praemia - After the battles come the rewards

  Post scriptum (ps) - After what has been written

  Post tenebras lux - After the darkness, light

  Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis - You do not know the power of the dark side

  Potes currere sed te occulere non potes - You can run, but you can't hide

  Potest ex casa magnus vir exire - A great man can come from a hut. (Seneca)

  Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis - You don't know the power of the dark side. (Star Wars)

  Potius mori quam foedari - Rather to die than to be dishonoured (death before dishonour)

  Potius sero quam numquam - It's better late than never. (Livy)

  Praemonitus, pramunitus - Forewarned, forearmed

  Praetio prudentia praestat - Prudence supplies a reward

  Prehende uxorem meam, sis! - Take my wife, please!

  Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est - The check is in the mail

  Pretium iustum est - The Price is Right

  Prima facie - At first sight; on the face of it. (in law, an obvious case that requires no further proof)

  Primum mobile - Prime mover

  Primum non nocere - The first thing is to do no harm. (Hippocratic oath)

  Primum viveri deinde philosophari - Live before you philosophize, or Leap before you look

  Primus inter pares - First among equals

  Principiis obsta - Resist the beginnings

  Pro bono (pro bono publico) - For the good of the public

  Pro di immortales! - Good Heavens!

  Pro et contra - For and against

  Pro forma - As a matter of formality

  Pro hac vice - For this occaision

  Pro memoria - For a memorial

  Pro nunc - For now

  Pro opportunitate - As circumstances allow

  Pro patria - For one's country

  Pro rata - In proportion to the value. (per hour for example)

  Pro re nata (prn) - For an occasion as it arises

  Pro se - On one's own behalf

  Pro tanto - So far

  Pro tempore (pro tem.) - For the time being

  Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent - A good seed, planted even in poor soil, will bear rich fruit by its own nature. (Accius)

  Probatum est - It has been proved

  Probitas laudatur et alget - Honesty is praised and left in the cold. (Juvenal)

  Promotor fidei - Promoter of the faith

  Promoveatur ut amoveatur - Let him be promoted to get him out of the way

  Propino fibi salutem! - Cheers!

  Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris - It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured

  Proxime accessit - He/she came close

  Proximo (prox.) - Of the next month

  Proximus sum egomet mihi - I am closest to myself. (Charity begins at home.) (Terence)

  Pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant - Children are children, (therefore) children do childish things

  Pulvis et umbra sumus - We are dust and shadow. (Horace)

  Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum - Garbage in, garbage out

  Puris omnia pura - To the pure all things are pure

  Puri sermonis amator - A lover of pure speech. (Terence)

 

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