Who Is Good At Latin?

“Latin from the old world the lang' which is dead.

Who is good at it I have a favor to ask?

8)”

“most girls get off on being sweet-talked in french, but i guess mscmb is different”

“France sucks!


8|”

“The almighty Google can help you with your tranlation needs.”

“france rules

you suck”

“Mike, sometimes it just doesn't pay to advertise.”

“My mother is certified to teach Latin.

Sorry I can't help but I think recent history proves that introducing your mother to TT can be hazardous.”

“Tilt do you know any?


8)”

“nude

beaches

(and you thought i was going to say gerard depardieu)”

“I speak Pig Latin!”

“Quackus rectum in nominae patrus et fili boni semper tittus maximus.”

“carpe diem”

“You mean they don’t the speak Latin in Latin America?”

“unshaved female armpits....”

“They speak Spanish in Spanish Harlem!”

“how are we doing, mike? has this session been helpful?”

“Maybe I could give you a hand - but I'm pretty rusty. I could probably do something with the help of google.”

“nothing wrong with that, cnc. it is god-given armpit hair and therefore beautiful : D”

“I guess we are doing ok.


All I wanted to know is how do you say.

Everlasting Love??????


So how do you say that???

8)”

“My favorite Latin phrase:

Res Ipsa Loquitur -


"The thing speaks for itself"”

“Took 3 years of it... 30 years ago.

Now I use tranlator programs on the 'net for those stray Latin words.


Here's a great big old Cheat Sheet I've been putting together ---- Latin and a bunch of other stuff.

(look out)


e.g.
etc.
i.e.
et al.
vis à vis
vs.
v.


déjà vu ... the 'already seen'
presque vu ... the 'almost seen'
jamais vu ... the 'never seen'

and, of course,
aprés vu ... the feeling that something might be gaining on you…



À bon chat bon rat

a capella

ad hominem

aide-mémoire

á là mode

al dente

an-Nāşirīyah

à propos

bête noire -- something you really hate… "your bête noire"

betises -- stupidities (Flaubert)

Buenas noches!

camera obscura

caveat emptor

ceteras paribus (all things being equal)

Chargé d'Affaires -- Deputy ambassador or envoy to a minor country.



chocolat

chocolatier

chocolatières (chocolate pot)


chutzpa

comme ça

communiqué

coup de grace ("coup de gras" meaning a "blow of fat"…)

cul de sac

Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam ("I'll have a light beer.")

dos vedanya До свидания (good-bye)

dénouement

de riguer

dezinformatsia

Dolce far Niente -- Italian for blissful dalliance, "sweet nothing"

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

"It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."


El Niño El Niño ENSO
La Niña La Niña



émigrés

en banc decision

en croûte

ex ante ('in future')
ex post ('in the past')
ex post facto ('retroactively' – after the fact)

ex-situ

festina lente -- Latin for "hurry slowly"

fin de siècle

gravitas --- (the non-Bush thing)

gutta-percha

habeas corpus

hakenkreuz -- swastika

Hasta luego

Hoi Polloi -- "a Greek remark" meaning common folk.
When boating… "Ahoy Polloi!"

hors d'oevres

in-situ

inter alia ('among other things')

La Belle Dame Sans La Miséricorde ('the beautiful lady without mercy')

lederhosen

La plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

"Liebe meine abst-monkey!"

[should actually be "Liebe meine abst-affe!" (?)]


Médoc

Mi casa; su casa

modus operandi

mutatis mutandis

N'est-ce pas?

nissimaha ?????????

noblesse oblige

non sequitur

requiescant in pace

nom de guerre

non compos mentes

non sequitur ('it does not follow')

oeuvre

Omnia vincit amor: et nos cedamus amori.

("Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.")

~ Publius Vergilius Maro
Ecologues, VIII, l. 69


Oralé!

passé

peleton (group of bicyclists, in a race)

Plzeňský Prazdroj

poseur

Post Tenebras Lux --- the motto of the Reformation: "After the Darkness, Light."

prevyet ('hello' – informal)

Psycho Killer… qu'est-ce que c'est?

¿Qué Pasa?

quod erat demonstrandom

raison d'être

realpolitik

Res Ipsa Loquitor (the thing speaks for itself)

risqué

sauté

schadenfreude --- the guilty pleasure one secretly takes in
another's suffering

Schrödinger's Cat

s'il vous plaît

So Long! Farewell! Auf Wiedersehen! Adieu!

sotto voce

spaciba (thank you)

spaciba bolshoi (thank you very much)

status quo

tempus fugit (time flies)

Theobroma -- "food of the gods." chocolate, so named by Linnaeus

Ursus arctos horribilis (Alaskan brown bear)

tergiversator -- One who tergiversates or practices evasion.

weltanschauung -- world view

voilà

zahlungsunfähigkeit ---- German for insolvency or bankruptcy

zdrazvicha ("hello' – formal)




Common Latin Inscriptions

ad patres - "To the fathers", dead or gone away.

anno aetatis suae (A.A.S.) - In the year of her/his age

Anno Domini (A.D.) - In the year of our Lord

annos vixit (a.v.) - He/she lived [so many years]

beatae memoriae (B.M.) - Of blessed memory

Dei gratia - By the grace of God

Dei gratias - Thanks be to God

Deo, Optimo, Maximo (D.O.M.) - To God, the Best, the Greatest (motto of the Benedictine order)

Domino, Optimo, Maximo (D.O.M.) - The Lord, the Best, the Greatest.(alternate motto)

Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Glory be to God, the Most High

hic iacet or hic jacet (H.I.) - Here lies (Ancient Latin has no letter "J": the letter was added later)

hic iacet sepultus (H.I.S.) - Here lies buried

hic sepultus (H.S.) – Here is buried

Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum (I.N.R.I.) - Jesus Christ, King of the Jews

in hoc salus (I.H.S.) - There is safety in this.


in hoc signo spes mea (I.H.S.) - In this sign (the cross of
Christ) is my hope

in hoc signos vinces (I.H.S.) - By this sign you will conquer.

laus Deo - Praise be to God

memento mori - "Remember you must die".

obiit (ob.) - He/she died

requiescat in pace (R.I.P.) - May he/she rest in peace

requiescant in pace (R.I.P.) - May they rest in peace

requiescit in pace (R.I.P.) - He/she rest in peace

Verbi Dei Minister (V.D.M.) - Minister of the Word of God




MORE TOMBSTONE LATIN

ad patres - "To the fathers", dead or gone away.

anno aetatis suae (A.A.S.) - In the year of her/his age

anno Domini (A.D.) - In the year of our Lord

annos vixit (a.v.) - He/she lived [so many years]

beatae memoriae (B.M.) - Of blessed memory

Dei gratia - By the grace of God

Dei gratias - Thanks be to God

Deo, Optimo, Maximo (D.O.M.) - To God, the Best, the Greatest (motto
of the Benedictine order)

Domino, Optimo, Maximo (D.O.M.) - The Lord, the Best, the Greatest.
(alternate motto)

Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Glory be to God, the Most High

hic iacet or hic jacet (H.I.) - Here lies (Ancient Latin has no letter "J": the
letter was added later)

hic iacet sepultus (H.I.S.) - Here lies buried

hic sepultus (H.S.) - Here is buried

Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum (I.N.R.I.) - Jesus Christ, King of the Jews
(usually appears posted at the top of a cross, in commemoration of the
Roman mocking of Christ)

in hoc salus (I.H.S.) - There is safety in this. This is one of three
interpretations of the letters IHS which often appear on Roman Catholic
tombstones and monuments. Some say that this was used to mark the
way to secret Christian masses in the Roman catacombs. The letters are
sometimes superimposed on each other, forming an inscription that looks
like this: |$|

in hoc signo spes mea (I.H.S.) - In this sign (the cross of Christ) is my hope

in hoc signos vinces (I.H.S.) - By this sign you will conquer. The Emperor
Constantine is said to have seen a firey cross in the sky before the Battle
of Milvan Bridge. (312 A.D.) He made his men paint crosses on their shields.
They won. Constantine ceased persecution of Christians and became one
on his deathbed.

laus Deo - Praise be to God

memento mori - "Remember you must die". The phrase is also used for the
small souvenirs that are sometimes handed out at funerals.

obiit (ob.) - He/she died

requiescat in pace (R.I.P.) - May he/she rest in peace

requiescant in pace (R.I.P.) - May they rest in peace

requiescit in pace (R.I.P.) - He/she rest in peace

Verbi Dei Minister (V.D.M.) - Minister of the Word of God”

“Maybe if you had bothered to try to get an education you wouldn't have to come to the internet with a question like that. What's the everlasting love for? Your cheap scotch? Your stinking cigars? Your minimum-wage job? Hmmmmmmm?”

“repeat after me:

i will not feed the troll

i will not feed the troll

i will not feed the troll

come on, show me you have better willpower than i do, mikey. youre better than her. EVERYONE is better than her”

“Thank you Tilt.

Hey Mamabeargrrr you know instend of being such a #&%!$ and being the way that you are why don't you call me and tell me what you post becuase I have you on ignore and to be quite frank with ya I think you have to be by far the biggest looser that I have ever know but you are not going to change becuase you have problems that you will never admit too.By the way I did go to school and I did get a AA so I don't know what to tell ya it was in music ya know.I feel so sad for you that you have to be the way you are I just wish you would get help.Oh ya one more thing becuase of the fact that I have a very rich family Me and Nicole do not have to worry about things when we get older becuase I know for a fact that I being me have 3 living trusts around $25,000 each along with my brother and sister so insted of takeing money from Nicole off of here credit cards why don'y you do the right thing and pay her back becuase after all you have been talking so much about how you are such a grown up and that you do so many right things so why don't you start with that one but you know what if you don't thats ok my dad said that he would help us out with anything that we need so ask yourslef something can you do the things that you say to us or is it all just a bunch of bullshi!

8)”

“Mike, please don't tell me you're trying to get a Latin translation of "bacon ring."”

“ad nauseum?”

“Oh ya you by the way know latin?


And the love is for Nicole that is what I am going to have inscribed on our rings!


8)”

“LMFAO BolderMan!!!!!!!


8)


Well I don't hear the phone so I guess you are as small as a mouse!


Here's some cheeze!”

“Treebait has studied Latin. Might wanna ask her.”

“Man, I don't care what the language, getting anything inscribed on your "bacon rings" is going to be real painful!!”

“Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate...

But that's Italian, not Latin.”

“That is so true but in the end it all feels good!


8)”

“And that's all you're worried about isn't it Mikey? What feels good. With your scotch and cigars and trust funds and minimum wage job. You shyould thank God you have those trust funds and don't have to work at anything but a minimum wage job. You probably think 75,000will get you a long way don't you?”

“Man, I don't care what the language, getting anything inscribed on your "bacon rings" is going to be real painful!!"
CnC
--------------------------------
"That is so true but in the end it all feels good!


8)"
Crazy Mike Backpacks”

“What a comeback!


LOOSER!!!!!!!!!!!


8)”

“looser? what is she looser than?”

“I have more money then that see my family takes CARE OF EACH OTHER!!!!


By the way I have everything that I want most of all a woman that I am going to marry in 2004 so get on with your life and leave us alone!

8|”

“Oh boy”

“I like salad.”

“Good god. I hope you have more than $25,000 if that is what you are considering your safety net.


I manage trust funds for a living. $25,000 will buy you a decent low rent car . . .and that's about it.


I hope you left off at least 2 zeros if you are depending on that sum for a nest egg.



oh....sorry . . .carry on with the arguing.”

“Also my dad is going to set us up with bonds and m funds as well as well as other things as far as me my brother and sister are we don't have to worry about anything.

8)”

“What you like on that salad?”

“I have it on good authority that the knee gravy is to be avoided...”

“Ok I am hungry now!


8)”

“Depends on what you would be serving it with.”

“Shrimp!



8)”

“I would avoid that combination. I usually pour it over spagetti.”

“I suck at Latin, I don't suck at Latinas. Mostly.”

“man everybody missed my joke. im all sad now

: (”