Latin Mottos
| Year | Latin | Approximate English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Society (all jackets since Sci ‘68) |
Quis Dolor Cui Dolium | Who suffers who has a cask of wine? What the hell, as long as there’s free beer |
| Golden Words Newspaper (until mid 1970’s) |
Quis Dolor Cui Verba Aurea | Who suffers who has Golden Words |
| Golden Words Newspaper (mid 1970’s to present) |
Sola Veritas est qui Facit ut me in Merda | It is only the truth that gets me in shit |
| Unknown | Si Id Ungues Veniemus | If You Grease It We Will Come |
| The Dirty Thirty | Praesidium Magni Adipati Pali | Guardians of the Great Grease Pole |
| Sci ‘91-92 | Sesquicentennial | Commemorating 150th year of the University |
| Sci ‘93 | Centennial | 100 Years of Applied Science at Queen’s |
| Sci ‘99 | Humaniores Quam Humani | More Human Than Human |
| Sci ‘99 (Typo) | Humaniores Quam Humni | More Human Than Dirt |
| Sci ‘00 | Si Id Ungues Veniemus | If you grease it, they will come |
| Sci ‘01 | Excribo Ergo Sum | I blast, therefore I am |
| Sci ‘02 | Vobiscum Sabulum Sit | May the Quartz be with you |
| Sci ‘03 | Pauci Insignes Purpurati | The few, the proud, the purple |
| Sci ‘04 | Veni Ascendi Vici | We came, we climbed, we conquered |
| Sci ‘05 | Icio Ergo Sum | I slam, therefore I am |
| Sci ‘06 | Invenite Aut Facite | Find a way, or make one |
| Sci ‘07 | Pellibus Uniti Pulsatis | United We Slam |
| Sci ‘08 | Purpureos Fortuna Adiuvat | Fortune Favours the Purple |
| Sci ‘09 | Ostro Non Densius | Gentian is Thicker than Water |
| Sci ‘10 | Liber Quod Purpurpeus | Live Free or Dye Purple |
| Sci ‘11 | Fortibus Sanguis Purpureus | The Strong Bleed Gentian |
| Sci ‘12 | Durior Citior Purpureus | Harder, Better, Faster, Purple |