Sic dicit sapiens latina

[Marcus Hadrianus]

[...]
certe equidem finis vitae mortalibus adstat
nec devitari letum pote, quin obeamus

surely indeed end of life is fixed to mortals
nor does death can be evaded, we must die
- Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, III

[Marcus Hadrianus]

Omnia vincit Amor: et nos cedamus Amori. (Love conquers all things, an let us (also) yield to love)
- Virgil, Eclogues

[Marcus Hadrianus]

[...] rapiamus, amici,
occasionem de die, dumque virent genua
et decet, obducta solvatur fronte senectus.

[...] Friends, let us seize,
the chance from the day, and while our limbs are strong
and it befits, let old age (with his) contracted forehead become smooth.
- Horace, Epodes XIII

[Fredericus]

bono sis animo oportet! (Tironis)

[Regina]

Surprised that the scholars here haven’t yet quoted a central piece of Roman poetry which calls to us across the ages:

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Iulius Scriptor Typographus ca. 1960 AD

[Evolving]

Don't forget the works of Jekeia Rolingus: Expecto patronum, Expelliarmus, Wingardium leviosa and others.

[Bestiola]

[quote="Regina";p="2784428"]Surprised that the scholars here haven’t yet quoted a central piece of Roman poetry which calls to us across the ages:

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Iulius Scriptor Typographus ca. 1960 AD[/quote]

[Marcus Hadrianus]

[quote="Evolving";p="2784430"]Don't forget the works of Jekeia Rolingus: Expecto patronum, Expelliarmus, Wingardium leviosa and others.[/quote]

Ms Rollings is a vivid example that an author should at least do some minimal effort spent on linguistic research

Exspecto patronum is a dangerous spell as a in ancient Rome patronus also had connotation to pimp or sugar daddy

[Cito di Pense]

[quote="Fenrir";p="2784361"][quote="Arnaud Amalric";p="2784361"]Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.[/quote]

Maybe Latin isn't necessarily the hallmark of wisdom, enlightened or otherwise.[/quote]

Non illegitimi carborundum!!

[Marcus Hadrianus]

[quote="Cito di Pense";p="2784433"][quote="Fenrir";p="2784361"][quote="Arnaud Amalric";p="2784361"]Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius.[/quote]

Maybe Latin isn't necessarily the hallmark of wisdom, enlightened or otherwise.[/quote]

Non illegitimi carborundum!![/quote]
Yup! Also a classic

Semper ubi sub ubi

[Marcus Hadrianus]

Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata. (We always strive after what is forbidden, and covet what is denied us.)
- Ovid, Amores III

[Bestiola]

Una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem. Vergil
(The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.)

[Spearthrower]

The only dog Latin I know is podex perfectus es.

Sadly, the closest my high school got to teaching Latin was Owen's satire of Horace: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

[Marcus Hadrianus]

[quote="Bestiola";p="2784443"]Una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem. Vergil
(The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.)[/quote]
Yup, VAE VICTIS Motherf*ckers as Brennus would say

[Bestiola]

[quote="Marcus Hadrianus";p="2784448"][quote="Bestiola";p="2784443"]Una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem. Vergil
(The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.)[/quote]
Yup, VAE VICTIS Motherf*ckers as Brennus would say [/quote]

Lol that I'll turn into my sig line, if you don't mind. The one in Klingon is old already.

[Fenrir]

Corse latin is good for more than pithy slogans.

Is good for naming stuff and all. Eg:

Eucritta melanolimnetes

[Spearthrower]

The archetypal critter of the black (light?)...?

Is it a tetrapod, by any chance?

[Fenrir]

[quote="Spearthrower";p="2784467"]The archetypal critter of the black (light?)...?

Is it a tetrapod, by any chance?[/quote]

Lagoon.

True creature from the black lagoon.

Yes. Stem tetrapod.

[Spearthrower]

Ahhh...

Definition of limnal
: of or relating to lakes.


That'd be why then! The Primal Critter from the Black Lagoon... I like it!

[Marcus Hadrianus]

Pereat mundus, fiat iustitia (Let the world perish as long as justice be done) - Saint Augustine

Fiat iustitia, ruat caelum (let justice be done though the heavens may fall) - some sources attribut it to consul Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus