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 Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:02 am
I am currently taking Latin and enjoying it greatly, so I decided to share! Here is the random Latin word/phrase of the day:
De minimus non curat lex. - "The law doesn't care about trifles."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:25 am
Here's another one:
Cave Canem - "Beware the dog."
-Note: In Latin, v's are pronounced as w's. Most likely this is because when carving words into their stone architechture, it was much easier for the Romans to carve a v than a w.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:16 am
I don't know a word of latin so this will be nice to know.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:02 pm
Thanks!
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. - "It is sweet and fitting to die for your country."
Dulce - sweet
et - and
decorum - fitting (the "um" denotes a direct object)
est - is
pro - for
patria - native land, native country
mori - death
*There are also no "it" or "a" in Latin. They must be placed in when translating.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:05 pm
I found this one amusing.
Calva turpius est nihil comato. - "There is nothing uglier than a bald man with hair."
This refers to men with stringy hair pulled into a combover. Even back in the days of BC it was a bad fashion statement!
I don't know all of these words, so I will translate what I know.
est - is
nihil - nothing
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:38 pm
any idea if there is a latin word for butterfly....cause i havent found it on the translators i have seen xd
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:29 pm
lol!! the comb-over phrase is great!! rofl
i wonder why there's no word for butterfly then! how strange ninja
EDIT
i suppose it's Lepidoptera actually, that is the Latin term for butterfly, means 'scale wing' apparently 3nodding
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