List of Latin phrases (U)
| Latin | Translation | Notes |
| uberrima fides | most abundant faith | Or "utmost good faith". A legal maxim of insurance contracts requiring all parties to deal in good faith. |
| ubertas et fidelitas | fertility and faithfulness | Motto of Tasmania. |
| ubi amor, ibi dolor | where love, there pain | |
| ubi bene, ibi patria | where well, there the fatherland | Or "Home is where it's good"; see also ubi panis ibi patria. |
| ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est | where there is charity and love, God is there | |
| ubi dubium, ibi libertas | where doubt, there freedom | Anonymous proverb. |
| ubi jus, ibi remedium | Where a right, there a remedy | |
| ubi mel, ibi apes | where honey, there bees | Valuable things are often protected and difficult to obtain. |
| ubi libertas. ibi patria | where liberty, there the fatherland | Or "where there is liberty, there is my country". Patriotic motto. |
| ubi nihil vales, ibi nihil velis | where you are worth nothing, there you will wish for nothing | From the writings of the Flemish philosopher Arnold Geulincx; also quoted by Samuel Beckett in his first published novel, Murphy. |
| ubi non accusator, ibi non iudex | where no accuser, there no judge | Thus, there can be no judgment or case if no one charges a defendant with a crime. The phrase is sometimes parodied as "where there are no police, there is no speed limit". |
| ubi panis ibi patria | where there is bread, there is my country | |
| ubi pus, ibi evacua | where there is pus, there evacuate it | |
| ubi, re vera | when, in a true thing | Or "whereas, in reality..." Also rendered ubi, revera. |
| ubi societas, ibi ius | if there's a society, law will be there | By Aristotle. |
| ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant | They make a desert and call it peace | from a speech by Calgacus reported/constructed by Tacitus, Agricola, ch. 30. |
| ubi sunt? | where are they? | Nostalgic theme of poems yearning for days gone by. From the line ubi sunt, qui ante nos fuerunt?. |
| ubique, quo fas et gloria ducunt | everywhere, where right and glory leads | Motto of the Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery and most other Engineer or Artillery corps within the armies of the British Commonwealth. Interunit rivalry often leads to the sarcastic translation of ubique to mean all over the place in a derogative sense. Motto of the American Council on Foreign Relations, where the translation of ubique is often given as omnipresent, with the implication of pervasive hidden influence. |
| ultima forsan | perhaps the last | i.e. "perhaps your last hour." A sundial inscription. |
| ultima ratio | last method the final argument the last resort | - |
| The term ultima ratio originates from the Thirty Years' War; the last resort. Short form for the metaphor "The Last Resort of Kings and Common Men" referring to the act of declaring war. Used in names such as the French sniper rifle PGM Ultima Ratio and the fictional Reason weapon system. Louis XIV of France had Ultima Ratio Regum cast on the cannons of his armies. In 1742, Frederick the Great ordered that all cannons of the Prussian Army be inscribed with the inscription Ultima Ratio Regis—the king’s last resort. Motto of the American 1st Battalion 11th Marines; the French Fourth Artillery Regiment; Swedish Artilleriregementet. Also, the Third Battery of the French Third Marine Artillery Regiment has the motto Ultima Ratio Tribuni. The term is also borne by the gorget owned by Captain William Cattell, which inspired the crescent worn by the revolutionary militia of South Carolina and in turn the state's flag. See also Ultima Ratio Regum (video game). | - |