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Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« on: May 10, 2008, 09:11:08 pm »


  Hi guys well as you know im a lover of latin ancient language so , i guess you can shot your best latin phrases and their meanings to me, and probably we can use them
someday , thx a lot and i ll start with one for you ...


   verba volat, scripta manet


   Words are taken by the wind (fly) , written words remain


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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2008, 11:16:54 pm »
haha nice topic Loke :D
I know lots of Latin proverbs, here are some I can think of at the moment

Estote prudentes sicut serpentes, et simplicae sicut columbae.
Be cunning like snakes and simple like pigeons. (I don't know if this is the exact English translation, I'm translating it directly from my language)

Scio me nihil scire.
I know I don't know anything.

Testis unus, testis nullus.
Witness one, witness none.

Amor magister est optimus.
Love is the best teacher.

Omnia vincit amor.
Love defeats all.

Res, non verba.
Acts, not words.


Latin was one of my compulsory subjects in 1st and 2nd grade so I learned quite a lot of them :)
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2008, 11:19:26 pm »


  Thx mate , so interesting and nice phrases :)


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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2008, 11:21:00 pm »
No prob ;) I'll post some more when they come to my mind
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2008, 11:28:10 pm »
Quote from: Mystique on May 10, 2008, 11:16:54 pm
Scio me nihil scire.
I know I don't know anything.

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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 01:52:41 am »
Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro


  A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain


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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2008, 05:48:11 am »
Off a Rhaposdy song: :biggrin:

Quantus tremor est futurus quando judex est venturus
How terrible is the future when the judged is lucky

BTW, I'm thinking of taking Latin next year, but it's unlikely, I'll probably end up taking Computer Sciences. :ninja:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2008, 08:34:23 am »
I learnt Latin in 8th and 9th grade... but unhappily, none of it got stuck to my head, mainly because the 8th grade teacher preferred to read us aloud than actually teaching us smth  :lol3:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2008, 12:21:13 pm »
here are some more:

Omnia praeclara rara.
What is beautiful is rare.

Festina lente.
Hurry slowly. :D

Quod nocet, saepe docet.
What harms, often teaches.

Hodie mihi, cras tibi.
Today to me, tomorrow to you.

Patriam nostram amamus, non sed quia magna est, sed quia nostra.
We love our country, not because it's big, but because it's ours.

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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2008, 04:21:40 pm »
Unfortunately I have 0 Latin knowledge but I know a Latin palindrome (thank you wolfshade and please unblock me if you read this... PLEASE... :fish:).

In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.

We are going in the circle at night and fire consumes us... or something... :unsure:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2008, 07:34:52 pm »
Quote from: NeMo on May 11, 2008, 04:21:40 pm
thank you wolfshade and please unblock me if you read this... PLEASE... :fish:).

Na-a.  :lol:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2008, 09:38:12 pm »


  Deux ex machina - God in a machine



   yo yo yo

ps great phrases you all
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2008, 10:03:18 pm »
hey Loke I can find my old Latin schoolbook on the attic, there are some poems and texts in Latin, so I can translate them and post them here if you want :)

If yes, I'll do that within next few days ;)
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2008, 11:41:26 pm »


 I think we ll all find that very interesting , thx mate


   yo yo yo
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2008, 01:02:03 pm »
Quote from: wolfshade on May 12, 2008, 07:34:52 pm
Quote from: NeMo on May 11, 2008, 04:21:40 pm
thank you wolfshade and please unblock me if you read this... PLEASE... :fish:).

Na-a.  :lol:

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And back on topic: Per aspera ad astra! ;D
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2008, 01:54:00 pm »
Quote from: NeMo on May 13, 2008, 01:02:03 pm
And back on topic: Per aspera ad astra! ;D

and what about translation? :P :fish:

through the thorns to the stars  :biggrin:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2008, 06:54:50 pm »
Quote from: Mystique on May 13, 2008, 01:54:00 pm
and what about translation? :P :fish:

through the thorns to the stars  :biggrin:

wolfshade is proving to us that it can also be vice versa... through the stars to the thorns! :biggrin: :fish:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2008, 10:30:46 pm »
I know how to play that song on the bass! :wub:
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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2008, 12:32:39 am »

  Adversus solem ne loquitor - Don't speak against the sun (don't waste your time arguing the obvious)


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Re: Latin for dummies (meaning me)
« Reply #19 on: May 15, 2008, 03:33:14 pm »
Okay, so I found my Latin school book today, and found this poem... It was one of the easiest ones, and I'm kinda forgetting Latin, so I wasn't able to translate a better one...  :nosweat:


Gaudeamus
 
Gaudeamus igĭtur,
Iuvĕnes dum sumus.
Post iucundam iuventutem,
Post molestam senectutem
Nos habebit humus.

Vita nostra brevis est
Brevi finietur.
Venit mors velocĭter,
Rapit nos atrocĭter
Nemĭni parcetur.

Vivat Academia,
Vivant professores!
Vivat membrum quodlĭbet,
Vivat membra quaelĭbet,
Semper sint in flore!

Let's joy

Let's joy then,
While we're still young.
After pleasant youngness,
After dull oldness
Soil will have us.

Our life is short
Shortly it will end.
Death comes fast,
Grabs us ferociously
Saves no one.

Long live Academy,
Long live professors!
Long live every one of us,
Long live every part of us,
Forever be in flowers!


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