Long latin words = bad?

[Minimike3636]

I don't speak Latin. But there is one I know.
"Suma cum-laude" = With the highest honor.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Arma!

Oh wait, that's a short word. Well, I was just playing ArmA 2, so screw you.

 

[TotallyFake]

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, a poem I read in school last year
If memory serves it means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."

Wilfred Owen, but isn't the point of the poem that it's a lie?

Yeah, the line before it is "That old lie:"
Probably up there with Ozymandias' "Nothing beside remains" in the Top 10 Lines People Miss From Quotes That Completely Reverses The Meaning.

Bonus marks for whoever finds the other 8.

As for good latin...that's tricky. Does osseointegration count as latin? It's when titanium implants fuse to bone. Thats jolly good.

 

[BlackIronGuardian]

Got a whole bunch.

Ave Cesar, nos morituri te salutant.

''Hail Ceasar, we who are about to die salute you.''

I think I got that right, do correct if I'm wrong.

Ad majorem dei gloriam.

''For the greater glory of God.'' To those so inclined.

Vi veri veniversum vivus vici.

''By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.''

Dulce est decorum est, pro patria mori.

''It is sweet and good to die for one's country.'' Or something along those lines. For the patriotic or the cynical.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Titillandus means "to tickle".
I think that's pretty good.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

So long as I can waltz into a room and proudly announce "Veni" in a sincere voice I'm not too bothered how long the word is XD

Shame I don't know much latin.

 

[Player 2]

So long as I can waltz into a room and proudly announce "Veni" in a sincere voice I'm not too bothered how long the word is XD

Shame I don't know much latin.

I laughed at the thought of you proudly announcing that you came. Congratulations, you just made a dirty joke in Latin.

 

[Good morning blues]

Felatio. Look it up.

I would say yes, but the cut-off for 'long' is 8 letters

Although I may make an exception

Ok, "cunnilingus" then.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

 

[xitel]

Vi Veri Vniversum Vivus Vici: "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe."

 

[Duskwaith]

Primus inter pares-first among equals.
Modus Operandi-Method of operation
Ave Imperator-Hail the emperor

 

[Nox13last]

Felatio. Look it up.

I would say yes, but the cut-off for 'long' is 8 letters

He likes it long. BOO-YAH.
(Sorry. I notice these innuendoes. I will contribute constructively.)

This one's in memory, and my memory faults me often.

"Sic gloria transit mundi." - "Seize the day, for it is fleeting." I think. Again, my brain is a collander.
I can remember this one pretty easy. "Sick Gloria is in Transit - Monday". It was a headline in The Sun. A woman (Gloria) was being transferred from one hospital to another. The day of transferral was Monday.

 

[lacktheknack]

How about "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", literally, "the fear of long words"?

Or, similarily, "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophilia", "the love of long words"?

 

[Nox13last]

How about "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", literally, "the fear of long words"?

Or, similarily, "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophilia", "the love of long words"?

Which one has more letters? Would that have any bearing in fear/love of them?

 

[lacktheknack]

How about "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", literally, "the fear of long words"?

Or, similarily, "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophilia", "the love of long words"?

Which one has more letters? Would that have any bearing in fear/love of them?

They're the same length, so no.

 

[CloudKiller]

'Romanes Eunt Domus' and 'Romani Ite Domum' (points if you get reference)

 

[Nox13last]

How about "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", literally, "the fear of long words"?

Or, similarily, "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophilia", "the love of long words"?

Which one has more letters? Would that have any bearing in fear/love of them?

They're the same length, so no.

Suddenly, my head hurts. Whoever invented latin needs to die (after being resurrected).

My first question is: why is the fear of long words long in itself?
My second question is: why isn't the love of long words even LONGER?

Language is in itself an asshole. "Lisp" has an "s" in it, and "Dyslexia" is hard to spell. Neither are latin, but my point remains valid.

 

[Canniballisticduck]

Quemadmodum; it means how or as which is unfair as it is extremely long. That was mostly unrelated but I feel that its unfair when most of the time in a plu-perfect verb i can get 8 words for the price of one.
Superabuntur: they will be defeated
Superaverint: they will have conqured

 

[lacktheknack]

How about "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia", literally, "the fear of long words"?

Or, similarily, "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophilia", "the love of long words"?

Which one has more letters? Would that have any bearing in fear/love of them?

They're the same length, so no.

Suddenly, my head hurts. Whoever invented latin needs to die (after being resurrected).

My first question is: why is the fear of long words long in itself?
My second question is: why isn't the love of long words even LONGER?

Language is in itself an asshole. "Lisp" has an "s" in it, and "Dyslexia" is hard to spell. Neither are latin, but my point remains valid.

Oh come on, it wouldn't be have as entertaining any other way. I personally am a hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophiliac, and my favorite word is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

If it makes you feel better, of the relative adjectives, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophiliac and hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobic, the "this person loves long words" word is longer.

I hope your brain is still in your cranium.

EDIT: I might as well just make it easier for suffix freaks: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalian means "long word".

 

[Nox13last]

*Gibberish*

...I hate you to death.