caveat utilitor

Shows like CSI, Law and Order and Bones, throw around a lot of interesting phrases in Latin. While you may not care to study Latin, here’s a few that are fun:

  • caveat utilitor – let the user beware
  • condemnant quod non intellegunt – they condemn what they do not understand
  • deus ex machina – god of the machine
  • Roma aeterna – Rome is eternal

For some more fun phrases in Latin check out the entry List of Latin phrases (full) on Wikipedia and the latinproverbs wiki.

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