The Latin Thread

[Markgraf]

Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina. Ergo, nos vadum narro in Latin hic.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Uh... let me think...

Quidquid latinum dicum sit, altum videteur

I think I got it right, but then again the only latin I use with any regularity is 'Stercus'.

 

[JRCB]

Only latin I know is my family motto.

Luceo non uro.

 

[Robert632]

the only latin i know is probably the one that will be the most repeated but:

deus ex machina

 

[Vivaldi]

Latinam malam scio. Parvum scio.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Mini Mouso!

Small Mouse!

I think!

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Sinestro.

Which means "left." I think.

 

[Crowser]

Veni Vidi Vici.

I Came, I Saw, I Conquered.

 

[IxionIndustries]

O morto falar somente através fraudes.

 

[Actual]

Alea iacta est
-
The Die is Cast.

I either got this from reading about Caesar, or watching Star Trek. Honestly can't remember where I saw it first, but ain't it cool!? Now I just need to sort it so I don't sound like a tool every time I try and use it in conversation.

 

[TheLazyKnight]

Iay nlyoay nowkay igpay Atinlay. Orrysay...

 

[Actual]

Sinestro.

Which means "left." I think.

And dextro is right, but I don't think he was ever a Green Lantern villain.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Sinestro.

Which means "left." I think.

And dextro is right, but I don't think he was ever a Green Lantern villain.

True. And you don't meet many sinister-handed people, either.

 

[Some_Jackass]

Sic transit gloria mundi!

I took 4 years of Latin in high school. Couldnt translate worth a damn and somehow didnt fail. Go me!

Also, de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est...and Requiscat in Pace

 

[Ursus Astrorum]

I took 4 years of Latin in high school. Couldnt translate worth a damn and somehow didnt fail. Go me!

Not as hard as it sounds. I got past Latin IV just by knowing my declensions and conjugations. I just kind of guessed on all the words. Kinda helps when your teacher is a disorganized crazy ***** with no sense whatsoever.

Also, Ursus Astrorum is a username I use a lot. A gyro to anyone that can translate it. It accurately describes me, IMO.

 

[Nickolai77]

Alea iacta est
-
The Die is Cast.

I either got this from reading about Caesar, or watching Star Trek. Honestly can't remember where I saw it first, but ain't it cool!? Now I just need to sort it so I don't sound like a tool every time I try and use it in conversation.

Supposedly it is what Ceaser said when he made the fateful decision to cross the River Tiber with his Legions, thereby declaring war on the senate.

The words and phases of Latin i know-

"Imago Dei" (In the image of God"

"Dulche et decorum est, pro patri Mori" (you should know that one, the line itself orginates from Horace, whilst reflecting how he had run away from battle during the Roman Civil War.

"Virtus Ipsa Suis Firmissima Nititur Armis"
(This is the family motto, meaning- "Bravery is best sustained by arms")

 

[Some_Jackass]

(my bad...ignore this...)

 

[Some_Jackass]

I didnt know shit though. Lost without a dictionary and I never could get the grasp of the 10 different kind of endings PER WORD, so I winged it. I got by cuz I knew almost everything about Latin culture for the regents exam...and I cheated on a few tests to keep me over the pass/fail point...

...though for Latin IV my teacher did happen to be a disorganized crazy ***** with no sense whatsoever...did we happen to take the same class?

 

[sirdanrhodes]

I hear by declare this thread English.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Veni Vidi Viscerati

I came, I saw, I shredded.

Fabricati Diem, pvnc.