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Cool Latin Quotes

 
 
Dartagnan
 
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Reply Tue 3 Jan, 2006 05:53 pm
O tempora! O mores!

Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!

-- Cicero
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CrazyIrishRyan
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jan, 2006 04:55 pm
A couple of questions...
I was wondering how to say:

The exile will be protected.

Does anyone know? Thanks!
hidm
 
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Reply Mon 23 Jan, 2006 02:47 pm
Morituri te Salutant: "Those how are about to die, salute you"
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g day
 
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Reply Fri 27 Jan, 2006 12:38 am
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
-Don't call me, I'll call you.

"Carpe Cerevisi" (Seize the beer)!

"Res melius evinissent cum Coca" (Things go better with Coke.)

"Stercus accidit" (**** happens)

"Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur".(Pliny) Many fear their reputation, few their conscience.

"Raptus regaliter". (Royally screwed.)

Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! (If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!)

Sona si Latine loqueris. (Honk if you speak Latin.)

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! (Don't you dare erase my hard disk!)

Canis meus id comedit. (My dog ate it.)

Illiud Latine dici non potest. (You can't say that in Latin.)

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? (How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?)

Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. (Garbage in, garbage out.)

Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire." (I came, I saw, I want to go home.)

"Sit vis vobiscum." (May the Force be with you.)

"coutus non circum." (No ******* around)
George
 
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Reply Fri 27 Jan, 2006 08:03 am
Sero venientibus ossa
Bones to those arriving late
Or in other words: Ya snooze, ya lose
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tony braxton
 
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Reply Mon 13 Feb, 2006 09:26 am
Fontuna non penis - in manu non capis.

or else femal verion of Ceasar's saying
Veni, vidi, emi
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tony braxton
 
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Reply Mon 13 Feb, 2006 09:26 am
Fontuna non penis - in manu non capis.

or else femail verion of Ceasar's saying
Veni, vidi, emi
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Malvada
 
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Reply Mon 27 Feb, 2006 06:40 pm
Cool latin quotes..........cont
Veritas- truth
In pace requiescat- May he rest in peace
Nemo me impune lacessit - Nobody provokes me with impunity
Pater me families-spirit desante - Father, Son,Holy Ghost- spirit descended
Nomine Patre, et Felie, Spiritus Sancte - In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Spirits Ascended

(*sorry if latin spelling is wrong Very Happy *)
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Malvada
 
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Reply Mon 27 Feb, 2006 06:48 pm
COol latin quotes
Veni, Vedi, Vechi - I came, I saw, I conquered -Julius Ceasar
Non Compus Mentis - Not of Sound Mind
Pax Terra Firma - Firm Peace on Earth
Mehi Quope, Spem Dedist ----- no idea....still trying to figure it out..... Rolling Eyes
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Malvada
 
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Reply Mon 27 Feb, 2006 06:58 pm
I just realizied that the Hogwarts motto means :" never poke/tickle a sleeping dragon"...lol
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George
 
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Reply Tue 28 Feb, 2006 07:01 am
Re: COol latin quotes
Malvada wrote:
... Mehi Quope, Spem Dedist ----- no idea....still trying to figure it out..... Rolling Eyes


Perhaps you mean:
Mihi quoque spem dedisti

This is a line from the hymn "Dies Irae".
The translation is "You have also given me hope".
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Malvada
 
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Reply Wed 1 Mar, 2006 05:11 pm
thanks!!!!! finally!!!!!!
yes thats it!!!!! thak you SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOO much. my friend and i have been trying to figure that out for like 2 years. Its on a crucifix in a monestary graveyard across the street from me. wow...im glad i know it now. Very Happy
2 more sayings:
Carpe diem-- seize the day
Carpe momemtum- seize the moment
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Malvada
 
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Reply Thu 2 Mar, 2006 10:34 pm
Cool Latin Quotes
heres another one that everyone has seen whether they know it or not. As a matter of fact, it is closer at hand than what they probably think.

E PLURIBUS UNUM- Of Many: One.......

Its on the back of U.S. coins...and on the front of my History Text Book..lol
RedAnn
 
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Reply Fri 5 May, 2006 11:06 pm
Cool Latin Quotes
Quote:
Lex62589 wrote: Cogito Ergo Sum "I think, Therefore I am"

"Cogito Ergo Sum" est non semper verus Crying or Very sad , autem "Futuerunt Ergo Sum" est semper verus. Embarrassed
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Malvada
 
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Reply Tue 9 May, 2006 12:52 pm
More Cool Quotes..................
" Mal Pericolosam Libertatem Quam Quietum Servitum" : "Better Liberty with Danger, than Peace with Slavery".
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BabyGirlGiles
 
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Reply Tue 16 May, 2006 01:26 am
Latin Quotes
Here are two my Latin teacher always said:

"Semper ubi, sub ubi" - "Always wear, underwear." Laughing LMAO

"Tempus fugit" - "Time flies"
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Dorte
 
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Reply Wed 7 Jun, 2006 05:15 am
Re: Cool latin quotes..........cont
Malvada wrote:
Veritas- truth
In pace requiescat- May he rest in peace
Nemo me impune lacessit - Nobody provokes me with impunity
Pater me families-spirit desante - Father, Son,Holy Ghost- spirit descended
Nomine Patre, et Felie, Spiritus Sancte - In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Spirits Ascended

(*sorry if latin spelling is wrong Very Happy *)


Hi, how come on Wikipedia "in pace requiescat" has turned into "requiescat in pace"? Which one is incorrect?
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George
 
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Reply Wed 7 Jun, 2006 06:02 am
Re: Cool latin quotes..........cont
Dorte wrote:
...Hi, how come on Wikipedia "in pace requiescat" has turned into "requiescat in pace"? Which one is incorrect?

Neither is incorrect.
Word order is less important in Latin.
Dorte
 
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Reply Wed 7 Jun, 2006 06:12 am
Re: Cool latin quotes..........cont
George wrote:
Dorte wrote:
...Hi, how come on Wikipedia "in pace requiescat" has turned into "requiescat in pace"? Which one is incorrect?

Neither is incorrect.
Word order is less important in Latin.


OK, thanks a lot Very Happy
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nick17
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2006 05:13 am
Bibo ergo sum -- I drink therefore I am.

In vino veritas -- In wine is truth.
 

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