Strange

Latin language proverbs and phrases speaking of something strange or absurd.

Avoid a Strange and Unfamiliar Word as a Dangerous Reef

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 09/26/2009

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Tamquam scopulum, sic fugias inauditum atque insolens verbum
Avoid a strange and unfamiliar word as you would a dangerous reef.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009

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Sesquipedalia verba (Horace, Ars Poetica)
Sesquipedalian words; extremely long words.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/17/2009

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Quod absurdum est
It is absurd.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/17/2009

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rerum concordia discors (Horace)
The harmony of things in disharmony.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/11/2008

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Aegri somnia vana (Horace)
Delusive dreams of a sick man.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 03/30/2007

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Frequens lavacrum tabidum corpus efficit.
Frequent bathing causes a wasting body.