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List of Latin phrases (F)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ1432364 ↗
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This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome.

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Further reading

Adeleye, Gabriel G. (1999). Thomas J. Sienkewicz; James T. McDonough Jr. (eds.). World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions. Wauconda, Illinois: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 0865164223.

Stone, Jon R. (1996). Latin for the Illiterati.

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