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An adjective for “day …” or “daily” would be diurnus. But you are being a bit too literal. It is a peculiarity of English that a person's regular occupation is called their “day job.” I think negotium …

In my opinion “I wonder” is such a versatile expression in English that it is futile to wish for a direct Latin equivalent that would cover all uses. For example, with sentence questions, “I wonder” o …

Quintus Ennius loved alliteration and produced a few verses, which he probably did not intend as tongue-twisters, but which might be called that: O Tite tute Tati, tibi tanta, tyranne, tulisti. Mate …

No, the regular future tense does not indicate willingness. In Latin, the most basic verb for this purpose is velle together with its cousins nolle and malle. For example, "We don't know what to do ab …

There is certainly a pithy way to express strong disagreement with a thing, and that is the call Perea(n)t. This seems to have been particularly popular among 19th century German revolutionaries/natio …

If the core idea is being in a predicament where you have several (typically two) options, but whichever you choose, the outcome will be undesirable – then we have a “dilemma.” Unfortunately, dilemma …

Vox populi literally means "the voice of the people," so it does indeed not seem very appropriate. In Latin, a common expression for "everybody knows" is omnibus notum est, e.g. Omnibus notum est Serg …

It's somewhat more general than the question, but there's a famous Latin saying: Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem. In everything you do, act wisely and consider the end. It is from the …

This is often a fluff phrase in English that need not be translated at all: Ubi raedam conductam rettulisti, velimus clavem juxta raedam deponas. When you have returned your rental car, we ask that y …

There is nothing wrong with incipere iterum, you could also say: denuo incipere rursus incipere There are also a number of single verbs encapsulating that meaning: repetere, generally “repeat” etc. …

It is indeed true that “mind” can be translated as mens, but also as animus, and the two words are almost, but not quite synonymous and can be a little difficult to tell apart. Reading this belaboured …

As an alternative to my somewhat literal-minded first answer, it is also possible to look for similar ideas in the Latin literature. It happens that the Roman poet P. Ovidius Naso (born 43 BC, died pr …

I think your verbs are spot-on, and the negative imperative with ne + conjunctive (or, as our English speaking friends like to call it, subjunctive) is appropriate. However, as I already stated in a c …

The English "The customer is always right" is a sardonic concession: we do not, of course, really think that the customer is always right, but we have to pretend they are, because the rules say we are …

Nugae! Ineptiae sunt aniles! Fabulae, logi, somnia! Gerras loqueris; hariolaris, vaticinaris! Nugae, ineptiae, gerrae are dedicated terms for nonsense, balderdash, trifles, idle speech, silliness, f …