quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
Used to mockingly describe people who seem to use Latin phrases and quotations only to make themselves sound more important or "educated".
dictum
UK /ˈdɪk.təm/ US /ˈdɪk.təm/
noun 4
Definitions
noun
1
An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
This should not surprise us who know that van Gogh wrote: 'To paint and to love women is incompatible'; van Gogh was right for himself, which does not mean that he was right for everybody, and I will not draw from his dictum the probably incorrect conclusion that 'To paint and to love literature is incompatible.'
[…]a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound[…]
2
A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
3
The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
4
An arbitrament or award.
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