以下是一些常用的拉丁文短语。拉丁语是罗马帝国的官方语言，现在欧洲的许多语言都含有拉丁语的借词。许多拉丁语词汇也是从古希腊文引入。

由于两千多年来的改变，许多词的含义和用法已经改变了。请读者参考专业辞典。比如“ad hominem”直译是“对着人”，英文常用的意思是“启发对反的偏见”或“呼吁个人的同情”，但是在哲学上的意思是“人身攻击的谬误”。

This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature were highly regarded in Ancient Rome when Latin rhetoric and literature were still maturing.