A Conversation for Handy Latin Phrases

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Post 1

honestJustTim

It must be a common phrase because I have seen it 1 or 2 places

Caesar ad sum iam forte

Brutus ad erat

Caesar sic in omnibus

Brutus in is at.


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Post 2

Alison (ACE)

Hi there honestJustTim,

I can't help you with the latin unfortunately smiley - erm but hopefully someone will come along later who knows more than me! I just wanted to let you know that I've left you a welcoming message on your personal space in case you hadn't seen it yet. Just click on My Space to see it smiley - biggrin. Hope it helps. See you around soon,

Alison smiley - rainbow


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Post 3

Banjo Golly

Caesar had some jam for tea
Brutus had a rat
Caesar sick in omnibus
Brutus in his hat.


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Post 4

Alison (ACE)

So... not actually latin at all! smiley - laugh Very clever


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Post 5

SirMelchior

Are you sure you copied that correctly? Some of it is Latin, but it lacks proper sentence structure. It reads something like this

Caesar to I'm now by chance
Caesar ad sum iam forte

Brutus to he was
Brutus ad erat

Caesar this in all things
Caesar sic in omnibus

Brutus in ?? but.
Brutus in is at.

I really didn't translate, but I construed (to write the meaning above the words) partially because it's difficuly to put those peices together. All I'm saying is that you might want to recheck that Latin.


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Post 6

King Cthulhu of Balwyniti

I think the thing is that it doesn't need translating - it's meant to sound (roughly) like a bad poem in English, just using Latin words smiley - ok


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