Latin 365 -- Expressions from the De Senectute
admodum senex
very old
aetate provectus
advanced in years
apud quem
at whose house
aut ... aut
either ... or
bellum gerere
wage war, engage in military pursuits
certo scio
I know for sure
cum ... tum
both ... and
eodem modo
in the same way
et ... et
both ... and
fore = futurum esse
grandis natu
old
iam diu
now for a long time
in manibus
in circulation, in the works
in primis
among the first, especially
licet mihi
I may; it is permitted to me
maior natu
elder
memori tenere
remember, retain, hold in memory
mentionem facere
make mention, cite
modo
just now
moleste ferre
take it hard, be upset
multo ante
long before
ne sapienti quidem
not even for a wise man
ne ... quidem
not even
non solum ... sed etiam
not only ... but also
non solum ... verum etiam -- non modo ... verum etiam
not only... but also
plane grandis
very old
potius quam
rather than
primum ... deinde
first ... next
quem ad modum
as, just as
quo modo
how, the way in which, in what way
quoad potuit
as far as he was able
quorsus haec
for what all this? What am I getting at?
rem / res gerere
engage in business, administer affairs
res publica
the commonwealth, the state, the republic
res familiaris the estate
si quis, si quid
if anyone, if anything
usu venire come (to one)
by experience
ut potero
as far as I am able, my best
ut dicis
as you say
uterque nostrum
both of us
veri simile est
it is likely
vetere proverbio
according to the ancient proverb
vitam agere, aetatem agere
lead a life, spend a life