A Conversation for Handy Latin Phrases
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Trousers Started conversation Dec 8, 1999
Excuse the French (so to speak)
"Semper in faecibus sumus sole, profundum variat"
or, "We're always in the shit, it's just the depth that varies"
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Uctas Leto Posted Dec 8, 1999
Another nice one: homo sapiens non urinat contra ventum
Translates as: a thinking man does not piss in the wind. Quite smart, right?
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SkyMan Posted Dec 8, 1999
Here are some more:
Nemo salta sobrius - No one dances sober
In vino veritas - In the wine lies the truth
Nunc est bibendum - It's time to drink
Here are some well known(I forgot to check if they were mentioned in the article):
Alea iacta est - The die is tossed
Ora et labora - work until you die
Errare humanum est - It is human to fail
Navigare necesse est, vivera non est necesse - Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.
-SkyMan
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SkyMan Posted Dec 8, 1999
I forgot the most important one:
Nolite Pavere=Don't Panic
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KimotoCat Posted Dec 8, 1999
Almost the same and yet...
Vir prudence non contravencum menquit!
Wise man do not piss up wind!
At least, that's how I always learned it.
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Bran the Explorer Posted Dec 8, 1999
I have this on a bumper sticker on my car - a variation on the one listed: si haec legere potes liberaliter educatus es = if you can read this you're too well educated.
Only one person that I have met has actually known what it says!
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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Dec 8, 1999
Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere (I believe Elvis is alive)
Noli hoc praeterire (Don't pass this on)
Ne auderis delere orbemrigidum meum (Don't you dare erase my hard drive)
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Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Dec 8, 1999
Oooops - orbem rigidum
Amicule, num is sum qui mentiar tibi (Baby would I lie to you?)
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Baker Posted Dec 9, 1999
Duc, duc, remus duc/ Flumine secundo/ Viviter, viviter, viviter, viviter/ Vit est somnio--"row, row, row your boat...(or as close as possible in latin)" First day of my 9th grade Latin I class.
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GidgetGirl Posted Dec 9, 1999
"Semper ubi sub ubi" --Always wear underwear, loosely translated
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Feb 8, 2000
It may interest You that the germans have abbreviated "errare humanum est" into "Ehe", which is german for - marriage...
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Baker Posted Feb 10, 2000
Carpe diem!-------Seize the day!
Carpe noctem!-----Seize the night!
Carpe cerevisi!---Seize the beer!
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Baker Posted Feb 24, 2000
Seize the dog? Or do you mean 'cave' canem (beware of dog)?
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Argentum Posted Feb 25, 2000
One of Pratchett's book is called Carpe Jugulum, and he translates it as "Go for the throat"... works for me!
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KimotoCat Posted Feb 26, 2000
Going for the throat or just the translation?!?
*Shudders*
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Horse with no name Posted Mar 14, 2000
Have you already got this one?
Si vis panem, para mensam, si vis porcum pete [fratrum meum]
If you want some bread, lay the table, if you want a pig, ask for [my brother] <== This can, of course, be changed
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Horse with no name Posted Mar 21, 2000
Erratum feci!!!
It should be fratrEm instead of fratrUm
Key: Complain about this post
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- 1: Trousers (Dec 8, 1999)
- 2: Uctas Leto (Dec 8, 1999)
- 3: Bluebottle (Dec 8, 1999)
- 4: SkyMan (Dec 8, 1999)
- 5: SkyMan (Dec 8, 1999)
- 6: KimotoCat (Dec 8, 1999)
- 7: Bran the Explorer (Dec 8, 1999)
- 8: Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here (Dec 8, 1999)
- 9: Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here (Dec 8, 1999)
- 10: Baker (Dec 9, 1999)
- 11: GidgetGirl (Dec 9, 1999)
- 12: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Feb 8, 2000)
- 13: Baker (Feb 10, 2000)
- 14: KimotoCat (Feb 20, 2000)
- 15: Baker (Feb 24, 2000)
- 16: KimotoCat (Feb 25, 2000)
- 17: Argentum (Feb 25, 2000)
- 18: KimotoCat (Feb 26, 2000)
- 19: Horse with no name (Mar 14, 2000)
- 20: Horse with no name (Mar 21, 2000)
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