Latin Group Names

Five Latin group names a press, each a Latin word or motto with its translation in English.

Latin Group Names

  1. QuadrigaeA four-horse team, as in chariot racing.
  2. Palma non sine pulvereNo reward without effort.
  3. VictoresWinners.
  4. Hic sunt draconesHere there are dragons.
  5. In medias resInto the middle of things.

How it works

These Latin group names are words and mottos in Latin, not the names of Latin American teams or bands. Five come at a press, from Ad astra to Audaces, each with its translation in English underneath.

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Cool Latin group names by set

Short mottos has Ad astra (to the stars), Festina lente (hurry slowly), Facta, non verba (deeds, not words) and Hic sunt dracones (here there are dragons). Single words has plurals a group can carry: Aquilae (eagles), Lupi (wolves), Audaces (the bold) and Intrepidi (the undaunted).

Team names in Latin for class or sport

Class, study group or club has Ad fontes (to the sources), Nota bene (mark well), Rara avis (rare bird) and Condiscipuli (schoolmates). Sports team has Ad victoriam (to victory, for victory), Celeres (the swift), Remiges (rowers) and Vincit qui se vincit (he conquers who conquers himself).

Questions and answers

What are cool Latin team names about winning?

Victores (winners), Invicti (the unconquered), Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered), Vincit qui patitur (he conquers who endures) and Palma non sine pulvere (no reward without effort).

Is the Latin correct?

Each motto is spelled and translated as Wikipedia's List of Latin phrases gives it, and each single word as its Latin entry in the English Wiktionary gives it. Nothing was composed or translated by this site.

Why are most single words plural?

A group is several people, so the list takes the plural that the word's Wiktionary entry gives: Lupi is the plural of lupus, Amici of amicus. Turma, Legio and Cohors stay singular, since each already names a group.

Are these the mottos of real schools or clubs?

Some phrases are used as mottos by more than one school, regiment or club, as Wikipedia's list notes. None is given here as the motto of any of them, and no school, regiment, company or club is named on this page.

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Short mottos 30

  • Ad astra To the stars.
  • Ad augusta per angusta Through difficulties to honors.
  • Alea iacta est The die has been cast.
  • Annus mirabilis Wonderful year.
  • Audentes fortuna iuvat Fortune favors the bold.
  • Aut viam inveniam aut faciam I will either find a way or make one.
  • Carpe diem Seize the day.
  • Carpe noctem Seize the night.
  • Facile princeps Easily the first.
  • Facta, non verba Deeds, not words.
  • Festina lente Hurry slowly.
  • Fortiter et fideliter Bravely and faithfully.
  • Hic manebimus optime Here we will remain most excellently.
  • Hic sunt dracones Here there are dragons.
  • Hic sunt leones Here there are lions.
  • Memento vivere Remember to live.
  • Mirabile dictu Wonderful to tell.
  • Nil desperandum Never despair, literally nothing must be despaired at.
  • Nil sine labore Nothing without work.
  • Non progredi est regredi Not to go forward is to go backward.
  • Per aspera ad astra Through hardships to the stars.
  • Sapere aude Dare to know.
  • Semper ad meliora Always towards better things.
  • Semper sursum Always aim high.
  • Sol lucet omnibus The sun shines on everyone.
  • Summum bonum The supreme good.
  • Tempus fugit Time flies.
  • Veni, vidi, vici I came, I saw, I conquered.
  • Vincit qui patitur He conquers who endures.
  • Vivat crescat floreat May it live, grow and flourish.

Single words 30

  • Accipitres Hawks.
  • Apri Wild boars.
  • Aquilae Eagles.
  • Audaces The bold.
  • Caterva Crowd, troop, band.
  • Centuria A company of a hundred.
  • Cohors Cohort, the tenth part of a legion.
  • Corvi Ravens.
  • Decuria A group of ten.
  • Delphini Dolphins.
  • Dracones Dragons.
  • Felices The lucky, the happy.
  • Fideles The loyal, the trustworthy.
  • Flammae Flames.
  • Fortes The strong, the brave.
  • Fulmina Thunderbolts.
  • Impigri The active, the energetic.
  • Indomiti The untamed.
  • Intrepidi The undaunted.
  • Legio Legion.
  • Lupi Wolves.
  • Montes Mountains.
  • Optimi The best.
  • Primi The first.
  • Procellae Storms.
  • Sagittae Arrows.
  • Stellae Stars.
  • Turma Troop, squadron.
  • Ursi Bears.
  • Vulpes Fox.

Class, study group or club 29

  • Ab ovo From the egg, from the beginning.
  • Ad fontes To the sources.
  • Ad infinitum To infinity.
  • Amici Friends.
  • Cogito, ergo sum I think, therefore I am.
  • Collegium A guild, a society of colleagues.
  • Condiscipuli Schoolmates.
  • Discipuli Students, pupils.
  • Docti The learned.
  • Errare humanum est To err is human.
  • Ex libris From the books.
  • Grammatici Grammarians.
  • In medias res Into the middle of things.
  • Lingua franca Language of the Franks, a shared language.
  • Magistri Teachers.
  • Non sequitur It does not follow.
  • Nosce te ipsum Know thyself.
  • Nota bene Mark well.
  • Poetae Poets.
  • Quod erat demonstrandum What was to be demonstrated.
  • Rara avis Rare bird.
  • Sapientes The wise.
  • Schola School.
  • Scriptores Writers.
  • Socii Partners, allies.
  • Sodalitas Fellowship, club.
  • Terra incognita Unknown land.
  • Tirones Beginners, recruits.
  • Verba volant, scripta manent Words fly away, writings remain.

Sports team 26

  • Ad victoriam To victory, for victory.
  • Age quod agis Do what you are doing.
  • Athletae Athletes.
  • Aurigae Charioteers.
  • Celeres The swift.
  • Equites Horsemen, riders.
  • Exploratores Scouts.
  • Iaculatores Throwers, javelin throwers.
  • Invicti The unconquered.
  • Laurus Laurel, a laurel crown.
  • Mens sana in corpore sano A healthy mind in a healthy body.
  • Natatores Swimmers.
  • Nautae Sailors.
  • Palaestra Wrestling school, gymnasium.
  • Palma non sine pulvere No reward without effort.
  • Pari passu With equal step.
  • Possunt quia posse videntur They can because they think they can.
  • Pugiles Boxers.
  • Quadrigae A four-horse team, as in chariot racing.
  • Remiges Rowers.
  • Sagittarii Archers.
  • Saltus Leap, jump.
  • Veloces The swift, the rapid.
  • Victores Winners.
  • Victrices Winners, the feminine form of victores.
  • Vincit qui se vincit He conquers who conquers himself.
How this list was compiled

A list of 115 Latin mottos and words to use as group and team names, chosen by Wheel of Teams on 2026-10-04 and filed in four groups: Short mottos (30), Single words (30), Class, study group or club (29), Sports team (26). They are Latin, not the names of Latin American teams or bands. Each of the 52 mottos and phrases is on Wikipedia's List of Latin phrases (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases and the pages A to V it links), read that day, and is spelled as the list spells it; the line under it gives the translation the list gives, some of them shortened. Each of the 63 single words was looked up that day in the Latin section of its entry in the English Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), a plural through the entry of its singular, and the line under it gives the meaning from there in our own words. Wikipedia and Wiktionary text is under CC BY-SA 4.0. Nothing was composed, inflected or translated by this site, and a phrase or a word not found was left out. Some of the phrases are used as mottos by schools, regiments and clubs, as the list notes; none is given here as the motto of any of them. Every name was searched as a title on English Wikipedia and was dropped when the page of that title is, or leads to, a company, a product, a film, a book, a song, a music group, a team or a person. A title that is only a disambiguation page, a place, a page about the animal, plant, thing or idea the word names, or a page about a different word with the same spelling was no reason to drop a name. One-word names were also searched as book titles on Open Library (https://openlibrary.org/): none was dropped for it. Compared with Wikipedia's lists of national football team nicknames (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_national_association_football_teams_by_nickname and the seven lists it links): one word that is part of a nickname on them was dropped. Compared by script the same day with every other list on this site: no name is repeated. Nothing was checked against a trademark register. Licence: own work