Handy Latin Phrases

monster · 01-27-2009, 06:00 PM

http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.ed...ndy-latin.html

Fac ut gaudeam.
Make my day.

Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!

Fac me cocleario vomere!
Gag me with a spoon!

the site, however, lacks the translations for:
I will buttfuck you in the mouth
it's a shark
cock!
you bastard, she died on 9/11.

somethingfor the egghead dwellars to work on

footfootfoot · 01-27-2009, 06:56 PM

It's a shark is probably something like:
Tibor est.

Griff · 01-27-2009, 08:36 PM

Vos bastard , is died in September undecim.

wolf · 01-28-2009, 01:54 AM

Illegitimi non carborundum.

You're really just trying to make us look over-educated, aren't you?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2009, 01:58 AM

There is no such thing as a handy Latin phrase. It's poor communication skills to insult someone that doesn't know they're being insulted.

wolf · 01-28-2009, 01:59 AM

vos nothus, mea puella undecimus September demortuus.

Sundae · 01-28-2009, 09:49 AM

I had a latin phrase book that had things like that in.
It really cracked me up.

There was one for the photocopier being broken, which I put on our photocopier/ printer/ folder of huge sheets of computer paper when it died - usually every Friday when people were trying to get merchandising packs out in the post.

Okay, I was 19... and I did have it on there in English too.
One of our Directors saw it while at the drinks machine (next to it) and that was one of the reasons I was completely spoiled by top management in that job. Didn't help my career, but I got to do an awful lot of fun stuff around it.

When I left, I made a sign for my favourite IT bloke (handmade and very smart I have to say) with purgamentum init, exit purgamentum on it. Very appropriate for the system of recording data we had - if I do say so myself.

Crimson Ghost · 01-29-2009, 03:11 AM

Not exactly handy, but these are some of the ones I like -

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"Vi veri veniversum vivus vici" - "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe" - V For Vendetta
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"fiat lux" - "let light be made", or, more commonly - "let there be light" - Often seen on Masonic Lodge seals
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"in hoc signo vinces" - "by this sign conquer"

"Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomine Tuo da gloriam" - "Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory." - Both of these phrases are seen on some modern Knight Templar banners
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"memento mori" - "remember that you will die"
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"Sit vis vobiscum." - "May the Force be with you."
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"Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire." - "I came, I saw, I want to go home."
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"sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc" - "we gladly feast on those who would subdue us" - family motto
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"te audire no possum, musa sapienum fixa est in aura" - "I'm sorry, i can't hear you, i have a banana stuck in my ear"
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Semper Fidelis - a way of life
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Beestie · 01-29-2009, 03:21 AM

"I can play dominos better than youuuuuuu cannnnnnn"

I have no idea what it means but I used to hear the priest sing it during mass every Sunday when I was growing up.

Sundae · 01-29-2009, 07:10 AM

Oh I forgot the Addams family motto!
I love that.

Clodfobble · 01-29-2009, 12:45 PM

My high school theatre troupe's motto was Excellencia consuetudo est, or "excellence is habit." Pretty sure I'm misspelling the second word though.

Beest · 01-29-2009, 12:59 PM

Romanes Eunt Domus

Years ago one of the posters on a paintball board had a long latin phrase in his sig. Eventually I googled it and PM'd him on the humorous translation, he said it had been there for years, but I was the first one to pick up on it.

magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.

sir john · 01-30-2009, 01:10 PM

sweet merciful fuck pterodactyls

only becomes useful after you know it, then you will be surprised how often it can be applied.

wolf · 01-30-2009, 03:01 PM

Sir John, your erudition is much welcomed here.

Thank you, also, for sharing your familial crest and motto.

01-27-2009, 06:00 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Handy Latin Phrases http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.ed...ndy-latin.html Fac ut gaudeam. Make my day. Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy! Fac me cocleario vomere! Gag me with a spoon! the site, however, lacks the translations for: I will buttfuck you in the mouth it's a shark cock! you bastard, she died on 9/11. somethingfor the egghead dwellars to work on __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2009, 06:56 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	It's a shark is probably something like: Tibor est. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-27-2009, 08:36 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Vos bastard , is died in September undecim. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-28-2009, 01:54 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Illegitimi non carborundum. You're really just trying to make us look over-educated, aren't you? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-28-2009, 01:58 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There is no such thing as a handy Latin phrase. It's poor communication skills to insult someone that doesn't know they're being insulted. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2009, 01:59 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	vos nothus, mea puella undecimus September demortuus. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-28-2009, 09:49 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I had a latin phrase book that had things like that in. It really cracked me up. There was one for the photocopier being broken, which I put on our photocopier/ printer/ folder of huge sheets of computer paper when it died - usually every Friday when people were trying to get merchandising packs out in the post. Okay, I was 19... and I did have it on there in English too. One of our Directors saw it while at the drinks machine (next to it) and that was one of the reasons I was completely spoiled by top management in that job. Didn't help my career, but I got to do an awful lot of fun stuff around it. When I left, I made a sign for my favourite IT bloke (handmade and very smart I have to say) with purgamentum init, exit purgamentum on it. Very appropriate for the system of recording data we had - if I do say so myself.

01-29-2009, 03:11 AM	#8
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Not exactly handy, but these are some of the ones I like - ------------- "Vi veri veniversum vivus vici" - "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe" - V For Vendetta ------------- "fiat lux" - "let light be made", or, more commonly - "let there be light" - Often seen on Masonic Lodge seals ------------- "in hoc signo vinces" - "by this sign conquer" "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomine Tuo da gloriam" - "Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory." - Both of these phrases are seen on some modern Knight Templar banners ------------- "memento mori" - "remember that you will die" ------------- "Sit vis vobiscum." - "May the Force be with you." ------------- "Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire." - "I came, I saw, I want to go home." ------------- "sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc" - "we gladly feast on those who would subdue us" - family motto ------------- "te audire no possum, musa sapienum fixa est in aura" - "I'm sorry, i can't hear you, i have a banana stuck in my ear" ------------- Semper Fidelis - a way of life ------------- __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

01-29-2009, 03:21 AM	#9
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	"I can play dominos better than youuuuuuu cannnnnnn" I have no idea what it means but I used to hear the priest sing it during mass every Sunday when I was growing up. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-29-2009, 07:10 AM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh I forgot the Addams family motto! I love that.

01-29-2009, 12:45 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	My high school theatre troupe's motto was Excellencia consuetudo est, or "excellence is habit." Pretty sure I'm misspelling the second word though. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-29-2009, 12:59 PM	#12
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Romanes Eunt Domus Years ago one of the posters on a paintball board had a long latin phrase in his sig. Eventually I googled it and PM'd him on the humorous translation, he said it had been there for years, but I was the first one to pick up on it. magnae clunes mihi placent, nec possum de hac re mentiri.

01-30-2009, 01:10 PM	#13
sir john Regulator of Squalor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: abandoned to the Internet wilderness Posts: 37	sweet merciful fuck pterodactyls only becomes useful after you know it, then you will be surprised how often it can be applied.

01-30-2009, 03:01 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Sir John, your erudition is much welcomed here. Thank you, also, for sharing your familial crest and motto. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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