latin quotes please...

Chris Brown

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Dec 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/7/97

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Latin quotes and expressions (ie. the well beaten Carpe Diem)
have a certain allure for many -- myself included.

Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
that I would love to add to my collection.

Care to help me out?

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Christopher D. Brown cbr...@chem1.chem.dal.ca

Laboratory for Chemometrics
Trace Analysis Research Centre
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Daniel P. B. Smith

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Dec 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/8/97

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In article <348B7B...@chem1.chem.dal.ca>,

Chris Brown <"$SPAM-BE-GONE$cbrown"@chem1.chem.dal.ca> wrote:
>Latin quotes and expressions (ie. the well beaten Carpe Diem)
>have a certain allure for many -- myself included.

Odium ignorantum
Est odium infantum
Sed odium doctorum
Est odium verorum.

(When the ignorant hate, it is like the hate of little children; but
when professors hate, that is true hate).

--
Daniel P. B. Smith
dpbs...@world.std.com

Don Olivier

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Dec 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/8/97

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Christopher D. Brown wrote:
> Latin quotes and expressions (ie. the well beaten Carpe Diem)
> have a certain allure for many -- myself included.

I've had this curiosity in my file for some time. I know nothing about
it; does anyone know if it's genuine? Did Aquinas really write
limericks?

Sit vitiorum meorum evacuatio;
Concupiscentiae et libidinis exterminatio;
Caritatis et patientiae,
Humilitatis et obedientiae,
Omniumque virtutum augmentatio.
-- Thomas Aquinas

O Lord, please purge me of vice.
The lusts of the flesh are not nice.
So make me obey
In a virtuous way
Our Heavenly Savior's advice.
-- Loose translation by Barry Fell
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Don Olivier ** Harvard School of Public Health ** d...@hsph.harvard.edu

Michael J. Szudarek

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Dec 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/9/97

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Excerpts from netnews.alt.quotations: 7-Dec-97 latin quotes please... by
Chris Br...@chem1.chem.d

> Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
> that I would love to add to my collection.
>
> Care to help me out?
>

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)

Matt Elrod

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Dec 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/10/97

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}Chris Br...@chem1.chem.d
} Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
} that I would love to add to my collection.

Slightly Less Common Latin Phrases

Vacca foeda
Stupid cow

Die dulci fruere.
Have a nice day.

Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

Raptus regaliter
Royally screwed

Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus 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!

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.

Gramen artificiosum odi.
I hate Astroturf.

Furnulum pani nolo.
I don't want a toaster.

Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
I think some people in togas are plotting against me.

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.

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

Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules.
If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.

Canis meus id comedit.
My dog ate it.

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

Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?
Seen any good movies lately?

Nullo metro compositum est.
It doesn't rhyme.

Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.
I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem.

Fac ut gaudeam.
Make my day.

Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam
elenganter concinnatur!
Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!

Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio.
Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.

Re vera, potas bene.
Say, you sure are drinking a lot.

Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
May barbarians invade your personal space!

Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!
May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!

Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!

Radix lecti
Couch potato

Quo signo nata es?
What's your sign?

Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt.
You know, the Romans invented the art of love.

O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem!
Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!

Spero nos familiares mansuros.
I hope we'll still be friends.

Mellita, domi adsum.
Honey, I'm home.

Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio.
I am as dead as the nehru jacket.

Ventis secundis, tene cursum.
Go with the flow.

Totum dependeat.
Let it all hang out.

Te precor dulcissime supplex!
Pretty please with a cherry on top!

Magister Mundi sum!
I am the Master of the Universe!

Fac me cocleario vomere!
Gag me with a spoon!

Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

Prehende uxorem meam, sis!
Take my wife, please!

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

Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.
That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.

Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est.
Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.

Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.

Oblitus sum perpolire clepsydras!
I forgot to polish the clocks!

Vescere bracis meis.
Eat my shorts.

Sic faciunt omnes.
Everyone is doing it.

Fac ut vivas.
Get a life.

Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
Let's all wear mood rings!

Insula Gilliganis
Gilligan's Island

Andrew D. Berne

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Dec 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/10/97

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In article <zKwj00kb...@islandnet.com>, cre...@islandnet.com (Matt
Elrod) wrote:

> }Chris Br...@chem1.chem.d
> } Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
> } that I would love to add to my collection.
>
> Slightly Less Common Latin Phrases
>
> Vacca foeda
> Stupid cow
>
> Die dulci fruere.
> Have a nice day.

Someone's read Henry Beard's book.... ;-)

But you forgot one:
Caput tuum in ano est.
(You have your head up your ass)

Comes in handy often.

Cheers,
Andrew

--
Andrew D. Berne
Northwestern University
adb...@nwu.edu
"Speak softly, drive a Sherman tank." -TMBG

TimeLady

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Dec 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/11/97

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Chris,

I got this out of a lovely little book called "Latin for Even More
Occasions", by Henry Beard:

*All Purpose Latin After-Dinner Speech*

"Vos omnes fortasse creditis me aliquid grave ac memorabile Latine
dicturum esse. Re vera, illud facere non in animo habeo. Etenim
perlecturus sum vobus catalogum lavandariorum. Hic incipit. Tibialium
paria tria, subuncularum quinque, tunicae duae, nullum amylum. Sic,
actum est. Mihi plaudere nunc potestis. Die dulci fruimini."

Which the book then informs us (reliably, I trust) means this:

"You all probably think I am going to say something weighty and
memorable in Latin. Well, I'm not. What I'm going to do is read you my
laundry list. Here it is. Three pairs of socks, five underwear, two
shirts, no starch. There, that's it. You can applaud now. Have a nice
day."

There are, of course, such memorable phrases as "vombatus
porphyrotrichus" (Purple furry wombat) and "semper ubi sub ubi" (always
where under where). I have those, my current .sig quote, and a few
others on my quotes page, http://www.voicenet.com/~steinfor/quote.htm.

If you check DejaNews, alt.fan.wodehouse had an enjoyable thread on this
very subject, with the subject line: Re: More Latin. I heartily suggest
you check it out. :) Have fun!

Chris Brown wrote:
>
> Latin quotes and expressions (ie. the well beaten Carpe Diem)
> have a certain allure for many -- myself included.
>

> Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
> that I would love to add to my collection.
>

John Fouhy

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Dec 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/14/97

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In article <348B7B...@chem1.chem.dal.ca>,
Chris Brown <"$SPAM-BE-GONE$cbrown"@chem1.chem.dal.ca> wrote:

> Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
> that I would love to add to my collection.

I have always been fond of the one in my .sig...
Not wholly sure what it means, but it sounds good. :-)

You may also like to try a trip to the local bookshop (or one such as
amazon) - I have seen at least one book (there may have been a sequal) of
latin quotes and phrases.
--
John Fouhy, Wellington, New Zealand | jfo...@actrix.gen.nz | The Turtle Moves!
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur." - ADOM rumour

Steinar Midtskogen

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Dec 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/16/97

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[Chris Brown]

> Latin quotes and expressions (ie. the well beaten Carpe Diem)
> have a certain allure for many -- myself included.
>

> Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
> that I would love to add to my collection.
>

> Care to help me out?

I can make up some banal ones for you, like most of those already
suggested:

Hoc est dictum latinum
This is a Latin saying

Haec scripsi ut copiam meam dictorum latinorum augerem
I wrote this so that I could increase my supply of latin sayings

Mirabile est quod omnibus insciis tantas nugas latine scriptitare
possum
It's funny how I can go on writing such rubbish in Latin without
anyone knowing it

I've used some quotes from a translation I made of the BOFH series
(accessible through my homepage) for my signatures; here they are,
original text included below:

1)
Alius me arcessit. "-Spatium", inquit, "mihi deest." Rogo: "quin rus migras?"
"-Non intelligis, spatium in computatro, stulte." Stultene? Vae... --B.O.F.H.

Another user rings.
"I need more space" he says
"Well, why not move to Texas?" I ask
"No, on my account, stupid."
Stupid? Uh-Oh..

2)
"AIN? Quid est nomen tibi, frater? Scin sermonem telephonicum ETIAM FALSUM esse
tanti? SCIN? Facere vix possum quin e mercede tua tempus tuum, meum impensamque
huius sermonis detraham! IMMO ID HERCLE FACIAM! Cum egero tecum, pecuniam NOBIS
DEBEBIS! QUID EST NOMEN TIBI? NE MENTIVERIS; TUUM NUMERUM SCIMUS!" -- B.O.F.H.

"YEAH? Well what's your name buddy? Do you know WASTED phone calls
cost money? DO YOU? I've got a good mind to subtract your wasted time,
my wasted time, and the cost of this call from your weekly wages! IN
FACT I WILL! By the time I've finished with you, YOU'LL OWE US money!
WHAT'S YOUR NAME - AND DON'T LIE, WE'VE GOT CALLER ID!!"

3)
Taceo. Mox intelliget. "Eeeeeeeiiiiiii!!" Malevolentia hercle pereo. --B.O.F.H.

I say nothing. It'll come to him.
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhH!"
I kill me; I really do!

4)
"Quomodo sc..." balbutit "Num ILLE es?" "-Em in carne, in tuo spatio, loquentem
telephono. Non debuisti me arcessere nec nomen aperire *clicet* neque epistulam
ad administratorem mittere ut ei exponeres quomodo eum talibus expressis verbis
penses." "-Nullam..." *cliceti clic* "-Res difficilis scitu annon?" -- B.O.F.H.

"How did y.." He clicks. "It's you isn't it? [...]"
"In the flesh, on the phone and in your account.... You shouldn't have
called you know. You especially shouldn't have given me your
username.." >clickety< >click< "Neither should you have sent that
mail to the System Manager telling him what you think of him in such
graphic terms..."
"I didn't send any.."
>clickety< >click<......
"[...] But who can tell these days?"

5)
"Licet," magna cum misericordia inquam, "magno autem tibi stabit."
"-Nil interest; MAGNI EST MOMENTI!" -- B.O.F.H.

"Yeah of course, but that'll cost you" I say, oozing compassion for the geek
"It doesn't matter about the cost, THIS IS URGENT!"

--
Steinar Midtskogen, stud.scient. informaticae; http://www.ifi.uio.no/~steinarm/
Alius me arcessit. "-Spatium", inquit, "mihi deest." Rogo: "quin rus migras?"
"-Non intelligis, spatium in computatro, stulte." Stultene? Vae... --B.O.F.H.

Xjr3000

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Chris Brown wrote:
>Latin quotes and expressions (ie. the well beaten Carpe Diem)
>have a certain allure for many -- myself included.
>
>Surely many of you out there have some fine expressions in latin
>that I would love to add to my collection.
>
>Care to help me out?

_Carpe Per Diem._
Seize the consultant.

_Deus ex McDonalds._
The god from the Golden Arches.

_Iter Stellans._
Star Trek.

_Bella Stellantes_
Star Wars.

_Lapides Provolventes._
The Rolling Stones.

_Pueri Litoris_
The Beach Boys.

_Dictum sapienti sat est._
A word to the wise is sufficient.
-Plautus, _Persa_ IV, 7, 19

_Vivere est cogitare._
To think is to live.
-Marcus Tullius Cicero, _Tusculanae Disputationes._

_Vacare culpa magnum est solatium._
It is a great comfort to be free from guilt.
-Cicero

--Contributed by his mother:)

_Gloria brevis, Honor longa._
Glory is fleeting, Honor is forever.
-Cicero, _Tusculanae Disputationes._

_Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur._
Glory follows virtue like its shadow.
-Cicero, _Tusculanae Disput._

_Cato esse, quam videri bonus, malebat._
Cato preferred rather to be, than to seem, good._
-Sallust,_Catilina_, 54

_Summum jus, summa injuria._
Extreme law is extreme injustice.
-Cicero, _De Officiis_, I

_Saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent._
Often the greatest intellects lie unseen.
-Plautus, _Capteivei_, I, 2, 62

_Nil tam difficile est quin quaerendo
investigari possiet._
Nothing is so difficult that it can not be
found out by research.
-Terence

__Respue quod non es._
Reject what you are not.
-Persius

_Magnum rem puta unum hominem agere._
Consider it a great task to be always the same man.
-Seneca

_Vinum incendit iram._
Wine kindles wrath.
-Seneca

_Utere sorte tua._
Enjoy your own fortune (or place) in life.
-Vergil, _Aeneid_, 12, 932

_Noli metuere._
Do not fear.
-Terence, _Phormio_, III

_Revocate animos, moestumque timorem Mittite._
Recall your courage and lay aside this gloomy fearfulness.
-Vergil, _Aeneid_, I, 202

_Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet._
He who has begun has done half.
-Horace

_Fortes fortuna adjuvat._
Fortune favors the brave.
-Terence, _Phormio_, I, 4, 26

_Aut inveniam viam aut faciam._
I will either find a way or make one.
-Motto of Hannibal of Carthage

_Veritas vos liberabit._
The truth shall set you free.

_Nemo vir magnus sine aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit._
No one has become great without some degree of divine inspiration.
-Cicero, _De Natura Deorum_, II

_Tenet insanabile multos
Scribendi cacoethes._
The incurable itch of writing possesses many.
-Juvenal, Satires, Book 1, 4, 128

_Restim tibi cape crassam ac suspende te._
Take a thick rope and hang yourself._
-Plautus

_Res amicos invenit._
Money finds friends.
-Plautus

_Est enim proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere,
oblivisci suorum._
It is foolish to perceive the faults of others and to forget your own.
-Cicero, _Tusculanae Quaest._

_Quam probus, quam fides._
Be as good as your word.

_Si vis amari, ama._
Love, if you wish to be loved.
-Seneca

_Benignitate benignitas tollitur._
Kindness is produced by kindness.
-Cicero, _De Officiis_, II

_Amicus est tanquam alter idem._
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
-Cicero, _De Amicitia_, XXI

_Falsi amici sereno vitae tempore praesto sunt; simul atque
hiemem fortunae viderint, devolant omnes._
False friends are at hand in life's clear weather;
but as soon as they see the winter of fortune,
they all fly away.
-Cicero, _Ad Herennium_, IV

_Sequitur superbos ultor a tergo Deus._
The avenging God follows behind the proud.
-Seneca, _Herculus Furens_

_Valet ima summis
Mutare, et insignem attenuat Deus,
Obscura promens._
God can change the lowest things to the highest,
humble he who is exaled,
and bring to light what is obscure.
-Horace, _Odes_, book I, 34

_Deus est mortali juvare mortalem, et haec
ad aeternam gloriam via._
It is godlike for mortal to assist mortal,
and this is the way to eternal glory.
-Pliny the Elder

--
A Latin eye test:)

O sibili si ergo
Fortibusis in ero
Nobili demis trux
Sevatis enim
Cousendux.

Translations welcomed.
(Originally posted by Bill Gascoyne.)