Latin phrase tattoo ideas

54 photos and flash · 98% Lettering, 43% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Two matching black script tattoos reading Post tenebras lux, one on each forearm, with flowing lettering and a small swirl at the end of the phrase.
Post tenebras lux lettering on forearms
Black and grey script tattoo reading semper ad meliora on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Semper ad meliora script on a forearm
Black lettering reading HIC ET NUNC, set in a serif style, running diagonally across a man's forearm.
Hic et nunc lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a clenched fist showing the words sola gratia in fine line script lettering on the inner wrist.
Sola gratia script lettering on the wrist
Two black script tattoos, one reading amica mea on the back and one reading soror mea on the inner forearm.
Amica mea and soror mea script on back and forearm
Black ink lettering reading Nosce te ipsum in a joined script style, running diagonally across a forearm.
Latin lettering across a forearm
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading lux in tenebris along the forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Lux in tenebris script on a forearm
Black and white photo of the script phrase Dum Spiro Spero tattooed along a forearm, with a metal watch on the wrist.
Dum Spiro Spero script on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the Latin phrase carpe diem in script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Carpe diem script on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading what appears to be in omnia paratus, placed on the inner forearm of a hand held out against a plain grey background.
Small script line tattoo on a forearm
Close view of a small black fine lettering tattoo reading VENI VIDI VICI in capitals across the inner forearm.
Veni vidi vici lettering on a forearm
Black lettering reading Via Veritas Vita, in a blackletter-style font, across the inner forearm against a red fabric background.
Via Veritas Vita lettering on a forearm
Close-up of three lines of black Veni Vidi Vici lettering in a typewriter-style font on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Veni Vidi Vici lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Carpe Librum on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph of the arm.
Carpe Librum script on the wrist
Two photos of fine line black script lettering: the words amica mea on the upper back near the neck, and soror mea on the inner forearm.
Script lettering on upper back and forearm
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading ad maiora with a small hand-drawn arrow above it, on the inner wrist beside a world map watch.
Ad maiora script on the inner wrist
Fine line black script reading alis volat propriis across the inner forearm, with a cream knit sleeve and denim in the background.
Latin script phrase on a forearm
Two forearms with black lettering tattoos: "Trust Your Struggle" in cursive script on the upper arm and "UNUM ARBITRIO VARIAT OMNIA" in serif capitals on the lower arm.
Script and Latin lettering on two forearms