Got any good Latin sayings?

[Centaur]

"Carpe caseus!!" - Sieze the cheese!!

How about Carpe Dentum - Seize the teeth!

 

[Kazeryu]

Carpe Carnum - seize the flesh - appropriate both at the dinner table and at the bar

nemo me impune lacessit - I forget the exact translation but it's something along the lines of 'Noone insults me with impunity'. Basically saying go ahead and get me, but know that I'm going to get you back.

 

[MikeH]

So just what did Gus' sign say in Lonesome Dove?

"For all you know that might be an insult. Somebody might start shootin' at us."

"By God, I hope so, Woodrow. I always wanted to be shot at by an educated man."

 

[uncle Alan]

i like the sound of latin for some reason. here's a few sayings i've picked up along the way. excuse the misspellings....i'm sure there are some.

Do you know any good ones??

dulce et leche pro patria mori
it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country

sic transit gloria mundi
all fame is fleeting

carpe diem
sieze the day

illegitimus non carborundum
don't let the bastards wear you down

tempus fugit...memento mori
time flies...remember death

" In hoc too ofen "


Uncle Alan

 

[Ilovetoolsteel]

Metus improbos compescit, non clementia.

Fear, not knidness, restrains the wicked.

Syrus Maximus

 

[Ilovetoolsteel]

Romani ite domum!
Romans go home!

Brian


Delenda est Carthagio!
Carthage must be destroyed!

Cato the elder

 

[fixer27]

potior est conditio possidentis
"the postion of one who posses is stronger"

sine quo non
something essential

suspendatur per collum (sus. per col.)
May they be hung by the neck

nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto
No one is punished twice for the same crime

lacrimae simulatae
croccidile tears.

 

[Novadak]

de gustibus non est disputandum

"There’s no disputing about taste".

 

[Guyon]

carpe carpum = "seize the carp"

 

[java]

How about Carpe Dentum - Seize the teeth!

Carpe cằffe!!!!! - Sieze the coffee!!!!

j

 

[dsvirsky]

Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset.

Kill them all. God will know His own.

 

[Rugger]

Otium cum Dignitate
"Luxury with dignity"

 

[BaliLover]

Vi veri veniversum vivus vici
By the power of Truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe

vincit qui se vincit
We must first overcome ourselves

Potestatem obscuri lateris nescitis
You do not know the power of the dark side

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Caesar: "Kill me now, Brutus, my language is already dead!"

 

[drano]

ipso facto
= by the fact itself

its nothing profound but
i use it when i dont want to embarrass somebody in a meeting by saying... duh...
i can just say that it was sorta ipso facto

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Yiddish-latin: "Amo, amas, amat, amamis, atatis, akint"

 

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

E Pluribus Unum = You'll need a handful of these to buy a cup of coffee

~ Blue Jays ~

 

[Esav Benyamin]

E pluribus unicorn -- one beast made from parts from many others.

 

[Guyon]

E pluribus unicorn -- one beast made from parts from many others.

Sounds like my first truck.

 

[AaronL]

How about the Latin verbal duel between Johnny Ringo and Doc Holliday in Tombstone?

Doc Holliday: In vino veritas.
(In wine there’s truth.)

Johnny Ringo: Age quod agis.
(Attend to the work you have at hand.)

Doc Holliday: Credat judaeus sotella non ego.
(Only the naive believe it, not I.)

Johnny Ringo: Eventis sultorum magister. (As he pats his gun)
(Experience is the teacher of fools.)

Doc Holliday: In pace requiescata. (With a Cheshire Cat smile)
(May he rest in peace.)

I'm not sure about you folks, but them's fightin' words where I come from!

I love this scene, but what I think is great is the city cop's reply after their little conversation. He says, "Look boys, we don't want any trouble here, not in any language."

Maybe it's me, but I damn near fall out of my chair every time I watch that scene (which is quite often since I'm a Tombstone junkie).