QVANTI CANICVLA ILLA IN FENESTRA
[ How Much Is That (Female) Doggie In The Window ]
City of Ankh-Morpork motto


MERVS IN PECTVM ET IN AGVAM
[ Our Souls Match The Purity Of Our Water ]
City of Ankh-Morpork coat-of-arms


VILIS AD BIS PRETII
[ Cheap At Twice The Price]
Guild Of Merchants And Traders


FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC
[ Make My Day, Punk ]
The motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch


NVLLI SHEILAE SANGVINAE
[ No Bloody Sheilas ]
The notice on the door of the Bugarup University


SI NON CONFECTVS NON REFICIAT
[ If It's Not Broken, Don't Fix It]
Vetinari Family motto


NIL MORTIFII SINE LVCRE
[ No Inhumation Without Payment ]
Guild Of Assassins


QVOD SVBIGO FARINAM
[ Because I Knead The Dough ]
Potts the Baker


DOCTORVM ADAMVS CVM FLABELLO DVLCI
[ Doctor of Sweet Fanny Adams ]
Honarary doctorate awarded by UU


DICO DICO DICO
[ I Say, I Say, I Say ]
Guild Of Fools And Joculators


OMNIS QVI CORVSCAT EST OR
[ All That Glitters IS Gold ]
Guild Of Alchemists


NVNC IS VISES NVNC NE VISES
[ Now You See It, Now You Don't ]
Unseen University


NVLLVS ANXIETVS
[ No Worries ]
Bugarup University


NON TEMETIS MESSOR
[ Don't Fear the Reaper ]
Mort, Duke of Sto Helit


AD HAEC PRETIA JVGVLVM MEVM SECATVR
[ At This Price I'm Cutting My Own Throat ]
The Great Dyskworld Publishing Company of Treacle Mine Road, Ankh-Morpork


CVIVS TESTICVLOS HABEAS CARDIA ET CEREBELLUM
[ Once You Have Their Full Attention, Their Hearts and Minds Will Follow (or words to that effect) ]
The Omnian Quisition


EXCRETVS EX FORTVNA
[ Really Out Of Luck (or words to that effect) ]
Guild of Gamblers


CARPE JVGVLVM
[ Go For The Throat ]
Magpyre family, Uberwald


FARCIMINI
[ Stuff It ]
Guild of Embalmers and Allied Trades


ID MVRMVRATIS, ID LVDAMVS
[ If You Hum It, We Can Play It ]
Guild of Musicians


MONETA SVPERVACANEA MAGISTER
[ Any Spare Change, Guv ? ]
Fellowship of Twitchers, Droolers, Dribblers, Mumblers, Mutterers, Walking-Along-Shouters, Demanders of a Chip, People who call other People Jimmy, People who need Tuppence for a Cup of Tea, People who need Eightpence for a Meal, People with Placards saying "Why lie? I need a beer." and Foul Ole Ron


NIL VOLVPTI SINE LVCRE
[ No Sewing Without Payment ]
Guild of Seamstresses


NON QVOD MANEAT SED QVOD ADIMIMVS
[ It’s Not What Remains, But What We Take Away ]
Guild of Engravers


NVMQVAM VESTIMVS
[ We Never Dress ]
Guild of Ecdysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance


NVNC ILLE EST MAGICVS
[ Now THAT’S Magic ]
Guild of Conjurers


OBLIVISCOR
[ To Forget ]
Klatchian Foreign Legion


LVCRE SERMAT
[ Money Talks ]
Guild of Lawyers


NON ANTI SEPTEM DIES PROXIMA SQVIRI
[ Not For About A Week, Squire ]
Guild Of Plumbers And Dunnykin Divers


ACVTVS ID VERBERAT
[ Whip It Quick ]
Guild Of Thieves Burglars And Allied Trades


MORTVS PORTALIS TACKVLATVM
[ Dead As A Doornail ]



IL PORCVPINO NIL SODOMY EST
[ Latin Hedgehog Song ]



ACQVIRIS QVODCVMQVE RAPIS
[ You Get What You Grab ]
Possible motto for the Guild of Accountants


VENI VERMI VOMVI
[ I Came, I Got Rat-Arsed, I Threw Up ]



VISI VENERI VAMOOSI
[ I Visited, I Caught An Embarrasing Disease, I Shot Through ]

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