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* ''[[The Running Man (film)|The Running Man]]''. While Richards is being led to the arena, a lawyer reads his contract to him. It includes a Latin phrase in its legalese, "Ad hoc de facto".<ref>Literally, it's "for this, in fact"; but in legal use, both are standard terms and it means "for this purpose; in practice, but not by law"</ref>.

* [[Discworld]] often has Latin sprinkled about, usually in situations where people are trying to sound pretentious. Examples include the City Watch's motto (Fabricati Diem, Pvnc) to a joke played by the Unseen University's wizards on a foreign diplomat by awarding him an honorary doctorate in "Adamus cum Flabello Dulci" .<ref>Sweet Fanny Adams</ref>.

** In the Preface of the Author, Part I, [[Take That|Cervantes attacks ]] [[Did Not Do the Research|authors that want to impress their readers with their knowledge without the appropriate research]]. Cervantes denounces the inclusion of Latin sentences that seem to be profound [[Shown Their Work|(and so impress the readers)]], but in reality, those Latin sentences were very common and any author of his time could find them with very little effort.

{{quote|''"... amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas'' .<ref>Plato is my friend, but truth is more my friend</ref>. I quote this Latin to thee because I conclude that since thou hast been a governor thou wilt have learned it."}}

* In ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]'' the last words spoken are "Sic transit mundus",<ref>Thus passes the world</ref>, which is a play on the Latin phrase "Sic transit gloria mundi" <ref>Thus passes the glory of the world</ref>

* In addition to the title, the web-novel ''[[Domina]]'' <ref>"the lady," as in the mistress of a house or city</ref> uses Latin in a number of other places. Every chapter title is a Latin word, and one of the major gangs is Necessarius .<ref>"necessary"</ref>.

** The ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' episode “Ex Post Facto”,<ref>"after the fact"</ref>, concerning a race that extracts memory engrams from murder victims and uses that as evidence against a Voyager crew member. The term is an actual legal term, referring to laws that are retroactively binding to cases before the law was enacted.

** And [[Dueling Shows|since you can't mention Deep Space Nine on the internet without someone bringing up]] ''[[Babylon 5]]'': there was an episode of the latter show titled ''Sic Transit Vir'' <ref> "Thus passes Vir" or "Thus passes man", since "vir" can mean "man"</ref> (a Latin pun on a character's name, no less).

'''House:''' And I call you Cutthroat Bitch because, well, ''quod erat demonstratum''.<ref>Which was to be proved.</ref>. }}

* [[The Colbert Report|Stephen Colbert]]'s Latin motto is "Videri Quam Esse",<ref>to seem to be rather than to be</ref>, which sums up his character pretty well.

** The series title is sometimes translated into Latin as "Magi Magister Negi," with ''magi magister'' having a rather convenient double meaning as either "magic teacher" or "master of magic" -- both—both of which describe him quite well .<ref>Amusingly, it is also exactly the double meaning implicit in the original Japanese word "Sensei".</ref>.

* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'',<ref>Literally, ''[[Department of Redundancy Department|Magical Girl Magician Madoka]]''</ref>, the terms "Magical Girl" and "Puella Magi" are used interchangeably, [[Meaningful Name|for good reason]]. ''Puella''<ref>"a young girl"</ref> also may additionally mean {{spoiler|"a young slave"}} due to it being derived from ''Puerulus''. ''Magi''<ref>"Magician", or, more accurately, as it's a genitive form of the word ''Magus'', "of the magician".</ref> can also mean {{spoiler|derogatorily, "charlatan", which means "one who deceives".}} Applying this terminology, the Latin title [[Double Subversion|actually averts]] [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: the real English title to the anime is actually {{spoiler|''Slave to the Deceiver: Magician Madoka''.}} The Japanese title, however, averts the Latin title altogether.<ref>''Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica'', which is elaborated in the anime. See the Main page for that description -- the Japanese title offers the similar possibility of interpretation.</ref>. Still, either way, it's certainly an example of gratuitous Latin (although Latin [[Gratuitous German|isn't the only language]] this anime brings in, [[Doctor Faustus|for obvious reasons]]).

* Latin is a favorite language of many classical and modern choral composers. For a singer, it may seem difficult to learn the pronounciations at first - anyone who's ever tried to teach Latin pronunciation to an Anglican church choir can tell you that it ''is'' difficult to learn properly after you've been singing it wrong for your entire life. "Veh-'''night'''-ee," indeed. <ref> That's how they'll give you ''Venite'' (Pronounced correctly: Wen-ee-tay). Seriously.</ref> It's called "Church Latin," and while the words are there, its pronunciation is something akin to [[Canis Latinicus]].

** Act II Scene VII, when a cadet shows the hats of the thugs Cyrano defeated, Captain Carbon says: ''Spolia opima!'' <ref> ''rich spoils/trophies'', refers to the armor, arms, and other effects that an ancient Roman general had stripped from the body of an opposing commander slain in single, hand-to-hand combat.</ref>

* Ezio Auditore's [[Post Mortem One Liner]] [[Catch Phrase]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'': ''Requiescat in pace'' (Rest in Peace<ref> Actually, "requiescat" is the active subjunctive third-person singular present tense (of "requiesco") that means "he/she/it may/must/should rest". "May ''you'' rest in peace" would be ''Requiesca'''s''' in pace''.</ref>). And some [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] on the soundtrack as well (but moreso in the sequel, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]''). It also appears in speech at times, such as {{spoiler|Rodrigo Borgia holding mass in the Sistine Chapel right before Ezio attempts to assassinate him.}}

* The final mission of ''[[Ace Combat]] 04: Shattered Skies'' features the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|utterly epic]] song ''Megalith-Agnus Dei'' as the soundtrack for destroying the Megalith superweapon <ref> Which appears to simply be a heavily-fortified ICBM base.</ref>

* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' uses the trope multiple times. ''Dissidia'' itself is derived from the Latin word for discord. The prequel is called ''Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy'', where in 012 is officially pronounced "Duodecim", which is Latin for twelve. The prequel's final secret character, {{spoiler|Feral Chaos}} has Latin names for his HP attacks, such as Deus Iratus,<ref>Angered God</ref>, Ventus Irae,<ref>Wind of Wrath</ref>, and Lux Magnus.<ref>Great Light, should be "Lux Magna," as "lux" is feminine</ref>. This also applies to his [[Limit Break|EX Burst]]: Regnum Dei<ref>Kingdom of God</ref> and its followup: Nex Ultimus.<ref>Final Slaughter, should be "Nex Ultima," as "nex" is feminine</ref>.

* Many [[Badass Creed|Badass Creeds]]s are in Latin, such as ''Semper Fidelis'' (USMC), ''Semper Paratus'' (USCG), ''Per Mare, Per Terram'' (Royal Marines), ''Ad Astra Per Aspera'' (NASA), ''Citius, Altius, Fortius'' (The Olympics), and so on.