Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 [quote name='Fides_et_Ratio' date='Jan 3 2006, 01:16 PM']Wheelock. Anyone? Anyone?! [right][snapback]844558[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Gaius Marius, I believe.
Old_Joe Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 Utinam logica falsa tuam philophiam totam suffodiant! May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! May Barbarians invade your personal space! Deus Ex Machina literally it means, "God from the Machine" It's a literary term that refers to a sudden change of events for the agonist in which a solution for a seemingly impossible situation is presented. In Classical theater, gods and/or godesses were lowered onto the stage using a crane of some kind, a machine.
Niccolò Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 [quote name='Raphael' date='Jan 3 2006, 01:38 PM']Gaius Marius, I believe. [right][snapback]844630[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Cato the Elder, actually
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 [quote name='Niccolò' date='Jan 3 2006, 04:05 PM']Cato the Elder, actually [right][snapback]844738[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I learned it as Gaius Marius...learned that he had said it right before doing it. Evidence on the web seems to say Cato. My textbook lied to me. ...or I don't remember... Oh well. :
Niccolò Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 (edited) haha I don't think Gaius Marius was around for the 3rd Punic War, he came a bit after. Cato the Elder used to end every speech he made, regardless of the subject matter, w/ that quote (he really thought Carthage was a menace, for good reason). Edited January 3, 2006 by Niccolò
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 Always was better with Latin than with history. :
Niccolò Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 I like this one: [i]ave Caesar morituri te salutant[/i]--hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae (nostra Galli appellantur). Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt. Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna Flumen Matrona et Sequana dividit. I had to memorize that my third year.
scardella Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 Veni, veni emmanuel... O come, o come, emmanuel.. Quo vadis? Where are you going? Carpe Diem! Seize the day! Semper Fidelis (semper fi) Always faithful igPay atinLay! Veni, vidi, vici. I came, I saw, I conquered. Perl mater linguae totae est. Perl is the mother of all languages. (I just made it up, is it correct?)
stuckinamo Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 alllll i remember from latin last year for phrases are: salve puella pulchra - hi pretty girl! (or salve puer pulchra - hi handsome boy) Laborare est orare - to work is to pray Videre est credere - seeing is believing. Quo modo nunc fusca vacca. (i wish i knew what that meant? it's in my notebook from last year without a translation. i did, however, write it down on 20th September 2004AD somewhere between the time of 9.10am and 10.30am!!) oh my gosh i don't miss latin one bit! it was the first C i've ever gotten on a report card! and it was [i]barely[/i] a C!!!! latin 1 i managed to get a b both quarters of the first semester. but second semester, which was latin 2, i got C's...haha. GOOD LUCK with those phrases!!
Fides_et_Ratio Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 [quote name='Raphael' date='Jan 3 2006, 03:38 PM']Gaius Marius, I believe. [right][snapback]844630[/snapback][/right] [/quote] erm. Wheelock is the Latin textbook I know that quote from. :
Niccolò Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 [quote name='scardella' date='Jan 3 2006, 03:30 PM']Perl mater linguae totae est. Perl is the mother of all languages. (I just made it up, is it correct?) [right][snapback]844765[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I think you'd say [i]Perl mater linguarum omnium est[/i]
Thy Geekdom Come Posted January 3, 2006 Posted January 3, 2006 [quote name='Niccolò' date='Jan 3 2006, 04:36 PM']I think you'd say [i]Perl mater linguarum omnium est[/i] [right][snapback]844775[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Yep.
Old_Joe Posted January 4, 2006 Posted January 4, 2006 Cave caput Watch your head. (saw that one in a church basement)
shortnun Posted January 4, 2006 Posted January 4, 2006 mica, mica parva stella twinkle, twinkle little star
Christie_M Posted January 4, 2006 Posted January 4, 2006 lol how about, Twinkle, Twinkle little moon, how I wonder what you're doin'.
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