h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi, from the film Gladiator "what we do in life echoes in eternity"
Many thanks

Quod viventes facimus in aeternitate resonat.

I'll bung an extra one in for free:

Non oblecto! - I do not entertain!

Thankyou

Just as a matter of interest, would "Are you not entertained?" be any different. In English of course the slightly different wording has a major impact - would the same be true in spoken latin.

As a point of pure trivia, what would be standard greetings between fellow legionaries and a legionary and his centurion/ decurion?

Cheers

"Are you not entertained?" which is worded in such a way as to anticipate a negative response is translated as "Num oblectamini?" if addressing more than one person, or "Num oblectaris" to just one person. So yes, totally different - and how could it have been otherwise?


"Hello" in Latin is "salve" or "ave". I don't know about soldiers addressing superiors, but since gladiators were expected to greet the emperor with an "Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant" ("Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die, salute you"), and Christians say "Ave Maria", I guess "ave" must be pretty respectful.