..::Antchak's Guide To Latin::..

Salve! Hello! Scisne Latine? Do you know latin?

Well if you do, then you might as well leave this thread. For the rest of you...I'll teach you something about Latin History, show you some funny phrases, and show you some funny pictures.

Latin History

One of the first languages invented, Latin was coined by the Romans. As the Roman's conquered the world, they brought their language with them and forced others to learn it. Eventually the all the conquered areas (a good portion of Europe, some of Asia, and some of Africa) knew latin.

The Roman Empire started after the reign of Egypt, and became a world power around 44 B.C. The Roman Empire lasted 15 centuries in power! Now, we all know the United States is the power right now, but it has really only been a power for about 50 years. Not even 70 years ago, Britain was the world power!

The Roman Era became the Greco-Roman era when Greek mythology separated and crude Greek was coined. Eventually Ancient Greece came into its own, but, strangely, they were left alone by the Romans.

Since the Greeks were once Roman, many of their gods are exactly the same with different names (Mercury, a roman god, became Hermes and so forth). Like the Egyptians, Romans placed status on the size of a man's nether regions. The god Mercury was a god, with godlike status, and is therefore depicted with a god-like member.



Roman's went on to conquer many other places, and eventually, as the English began to rise, clashed with them. Roman soldiers wore Mohawk style helmets, and used a fighting style similar to the Greeks and Spartans. Their preferred weaponry was a long spear or pike and a sturdy shield, with a short blade at their side for close quarters (a short blade could move faster at close quarters, whereas a long sword is useless). The Romans did not posses the Spartan's fury or the Egyptians faith, but they were still more than formidable warriors on the battlefield, proven by their continuous conquests, and their holding of power for over 15 centuries.



Romans liked to prove themselves not just by the size of their rods, but also much so through combat (much like the Spartans). The Roman Colosseum is the famous Gladiator's Arena, used for public display's of combat. Gladiators would face each other in single combat to the death, and sometimes the Gladiator's would face powerful animals (lions were common, also bears and bulls). The arena was also used for public executions, a form of entertainment of the time. Unarmed men would be thrust into the arena that was fulled with lions or a gladiator. If the unarmed, often naked, man could defeat his foes he would survive and be cleared of all charges, and he would be given praises for his "devotion", "bravery", and he would also gain much honor. Very rarely did this happen though.




Before the Roman's became a dynasty, they were still very powerful. In 100 B.C Julius Caesar was born. He became a high-ranking military commander, and during a war, was promoted to lead. He was given special power, a man above the law, above scrutiny. When the enemy was vanquished, he refused to relinquish his power, and became the dictator of the Roman Empire.



Ironically, he lead the Roman Empire to great victory and eventually became semi-liked, and even on his death bed he pardoned his enemies. Caesar was not a loving leader during his early years, but without him the Roman Empire would not have existed. The year Caesar died, 44 B.C was the year Rome became a dynasty.

A Compilation of My Favourite Latin Phrases

See bottom for citations.



LEGUM SERVI SUMUS UT LIBERI ESSE POSSIMUS > We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free

DULCE BELLUM INEXPERTIS > War is sweet to those who have never fought

DOCENDO DISCIMUS > We learn by teaching.

EX ANIMO > From the heart

BONA FIDE > Genuine

AUT CAESAR AUT NIHIL > Caesar or nothing (it would've been used as the same as all or nothing)

TUA MATER TAM ANTIQUIOR UT LINGUAM LATINE LOQUATUR > Your mother is so old she speaks Latin

AUT DISCE AUT DISCEDE > Either learn or leave

TRANSIRE SUUM PECTUS MUNDOQUE POTIRI > To overcome one's human limitations and become master of the universe.

AURORA MUSIS ARNICA > Dawn is the friend of muses (Latin equivalent of "The Early Bird Catches the Worm")

MONSTRA MIHI PECUNIAM > Show me the money.

LUKE SUM IPSE PATREM TE > Luke, I am your father.

POTESTATEM OBSCURI LATERIS NESCIS > You don't know the power of the dark side.

SIT VIS VOBISCUM > May the Force be with you.

LUPIS IN FABULA > Speak of the devil.

IRE FORTITER QUO NEMO ANTE IIT > To boldly go where no man has gone before.

BALAENAE NOBIS CONSERVANDAE SUNT > Save the whales!

MAGNUS FRATER SPECTAT TE > Big Brother is watching you.

CREDO ELVEM IPSUM ETAIM VIVERE > I think Elvis is still alive.

SANCTA SIMPLICITAS > O holy ignorance

FUTUE TE ET IPSUM CABALLUM > Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

PEDICABO EGO VOS ET IRRUMABO > I will fuck you in the ass, and have you give me some good head.

FIDE, NON ARMIS > By faith, not arms.

IMPUDENS ES LENO > Bastard! [literally, "Shameless Pimp]

FORTE FORTUANA ADIUVAT > Fortune aids the brave.

SPUCATUM TAURI > Bull Shit

PERITE > Fuck off! [literally: Go through {to the netherworld}]

MEMBRE VIRILE > The vile member [the penis]

ORCAE ITA > Pretty straightforward

NON TIMETTIS MESSOR > Don't fear the reaper

DUCO ERGO SUM > I calculate therefore I am

CAVE CANEM > Beware of the dog

MORS ULTIMA RATIO > Death is the final accounting

NE QUID NIMIS > Moderation in all things.

REQUIESCAT IN PACE > Rest in peace.

MEMENTO MORI > Remember to die...

PAX VOBISCUM > Peace be with you.

CARPE DIEM QUAM MINIMUM CREDULA POSTERO > Sieze the day, put no trust in tomorrow. [This is the origianl saying by Horace, many people think it is only Carpe Diem when it is in fact only half the phrase)

TANTA STULTITIA MORTALIUM EST > What fools these mortals be.

TEMPUS FUGIT > Time flies.

QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS > When all else fails play dead.

NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM > Don't let the bastards get you down.

PER SALTUM FAIT > A leap of faith

CATAPULTAM HABEO. NISI PECUNIAM OMNEM MIHI DABIS, AD CAPUT TUUM SAXUM IMMANE MITTAM > I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

VENI, VIDI, VICI > I came, I saw I conquered (Julius Caesar after taking Zela)

CONFACIMUS NAVEGEMUS > Fuck it -- let's go sailing.

POST SCRIPTUM > Post script (P.S)

NON RAPE ME SI PLACET > Please don't rob me.

MEI CAPILLI SUNT FLAGRANTES > My hair is on fire

SUNTNE VACCI LAETI > Are your cows happy?

Vox populei vox Dei > The voice of the people is the voice of God (Said during the rising of Democracy)

SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA > If less is more, then nothing is everything.

TU STUPIDUS ES > You are dumb.

CRAPULAM TERRIBLEM HABEO > I have a terrible hangover.

VITA CONTIN GIT. VIVE COM EO > Life happens. Live with it.

SUPPEDISNE > Did you fart quietly?

POST TENBRAS, LUX > After Dark, there is light.

TUA TOGA SUSPINA EST > Your toga is backwards

EXIGI MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNIUS > I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

NULLUM GRATUITUM PRANDIUM > There is no free lunch.

CAVE > Beware!

QUIDQUID ID EST, TIMEO DANAOS ET DONA FERENTES. > Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts.

REQUISAT IN PACE > Rest In Peace (Origin of Rest in Peace, abbreviated R.I.P)

ULTIMA RATION > Final Sanction

ANIMADVERTISTINE, UBICUMQUE STES, FUMUM RECTA IN FACIEM FERRI? > Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face?

MAGUM OZI MIRUM MIRISSIMUM. > We are going to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz.

VIVAT REGA/REX > Long live the Queen/King

CLAMO, CLAMATIS, OMNES CLAMAMUS PRO GLACE LACTIS > I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

VACCA STULTA > Stupid cow

UTINAM LOGICA FALSA TUAM PHILOSOPHIAM TOTAL SUFFODIANT! > May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!

CERTAMEN BIKINI-SUICIDUS-DISCI MOX COEPIT > Does the bikini-suicide-frisbee match begin soon?

RECIDITE, PLEBES! GERO REM IMPERIALEM! > Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.

UTINAM BARBARI SPATIUM PROSPRIUM TUUM INVADANT! > May barbarians invade your personal space!

MACDONALDUS SENEX FUNDUM HABET. E-I-E-I-O. ET IN HOC FUNDO, NONNULLAS BOVES DOMESTICAS HABET. E-I-E-I-O. CUM MOO MOO HIC, CUM MOO MOO IBI. HIC UNA MOO, IBI UNA MOO, UBIQUE UNA MOO MOO. MACDONALDUS SENEX FUNDUM HABET. E-I-E-I-O. > Old MacDonald has a farm. E-I-E-I-O. And on this farm, he has some cows. E-I-E-I-O. With a moo moo here, with a moo moo there. Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo. Old MacDonald has a farm. E-I-E-I-O.

UBI SUNT PORCI QUOQUOMODO? > Where are the pigs already?

AH DEMUM VENIUNT PORCI. > Ah, at last, here come the pigs.

CHRISTUS REX (haha) > Christ the King

DE GUSTIBUS NON EST DISPUTANDUM > In matters of taste, there is no argument

MAGISTER MUNDI SUM! > I am the Master of the Universe!

CRUX > Puzzle

FACME COCLEARIO VOMERE! > Gag me with a spoon!

VESCERE BRACIS MEIS! > Eat my shorts!

DI! ECCE HORA! UXOR MEA ME NECABIT! > God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!

ESTNE VOLUMEN IN TOGA, AN SOLUM TIBI LIBET ME VIDERE? > Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just glad to see me?

CUM CATAPULTAE PROSCRIPTAE ERUNT TUM SOLI PROSCRIPT CATAPULTAS HABEBUNT. > When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.

TE AUDIRE NO POSSUM. MUSA SAPIENTUM FIXA EST IN AURE. > I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear.

SENTIO ALIQUOS TOGATOS CONTRA ME CONSPIRARE. > I think some people in togas are plotting against me.

AD ASTRA > To the stars.

AD INFINITUM > To infinity

ANTIQUIS TEMPORIBUS, NATI TIBI SIMILES IN RUPIBUS VENTOSISSIMIS EXPONEBANTUR AD NECEM. > In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags.

AUXILEUM MEUM A DOMINO > My help is from the Lord.

CAESAR SI VIVERET, AD REMUM DARERIS. > If Ceasar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar.

QUANTUM MATERIAE MATERIETUR MARMOTA MONAX SI MARMOTA MONAX MATERIAM POSSIT MATERIARI? > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

DUCATOR MEUS NIHIL AGIT SINE LAGUNCULAE LEYNIDAE ACCEDUNT. > My calculator does not work without batteries.

NIHIL CURO DE ISTA TUA STULTA SUPERSTITIONE. > I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.

QUI ME AMAT, AMAT ET CANEM MEAM > Love me, love my dog.

ABSIT INVIDUA > No offence intended

ROMANI QUIDEM ARTEM AMATORIAM INVENERUNT. > You know, the Romans invented the art of love.

OLIM HABEAS EORUM PECUNIAM, NUMQUAM EAM REDDIS: PRIMA REGULA QUAESITUS. > Once you have their money, you never give it back

AUT VINCERE AUT MORI > Conquer or die

NEMO SALTAT SOBRIUS NISI FORTE INSANIT. > Nobody dances sober unless he's insane.

FRUSTRA LABORANT QUOTQUOT SE CALCULATIONIBUS FATIGANT PRO INVENTIONE QUADRATURAE CIRCULI. > Futile is the labor of those who fatigue themselves with calculations to square the circle.

VENI VIDI DUCI > I came, I saw, I calculated


And I've exhausted my repertoire of latin phrases, hope you put them to good use!

If you want: Pick your favourite latin phrase from the above list and paste it into your sig!


Speaking Latin

If you want to speak latin without being laughed at, you will need:

1x Fake Beard
1x Big Dark Blid-Man's Sunglasses
1x Hoarse Voice [either yours or using a voice-changer thing]
1x Large Weathered Book [Carry it so you look knowleadgable]
1x Cane
2x Fake Busy Eyebrows [preferably grey]
1x Old Man's Clothes [Suit Recommended]
1x Cool Tie
1x Bowler Hat
1x Pair of Shiny, polishable dress shoes.
1x 500g bag of pidgeon feed
1x Makeup for Wrinkles

Now, head to the park. Move slowly, with a limp in your right leg. Make sure you are leaning on your cane. Every so often stop and use your other hand to touch your back [which is aching]. Find yourself a bench, moving slowly as you do, and preferably wheezing. Sit on the bench, but do it stiffly, with much wheezing and grunting. Now stretch your bad leg out and pull out the pigeon feed. Start feeding the birds. If anyone walks by you, tip you bowler hat at, them or give them a knowing nod. If anyone approaches you, nod at them and offer up some latin quotes (even if you are stringing together the msot random phrases they won't understand you). Open the book, point to a page, and repeat yourself louder. Point again and repeat yourself, with some urgency. Keep doing this until they back away, horrified, or run screaming. Congratulations, you speak latin like a Grizzled Ancient! Gandalf would be proud! (Not sure why, but he's a wizard so he probably speaks latin too)



Thanks for reading mates! Goodluck on speaking latin

Cheers, Antchak

The Phrases I listed were but a few! Check out these sources for more quotes!

Phrases From: http://tigress.com/emax/latin.html

http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html

http://www.main-vision.com/richard/Latin2.htm

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jkmacmul/namemeanings-coatofarms/mottoes_M.html

http://users.accesscomm.ca/nsalway/latin.html

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Great guide you just helped me with history homework we were just learning about Latin History. Thanks and great guide 8/10

Could have had more pictures.

But thats just my opinion.

 

I think you should type out how to pronouce things... Like "Solum"

Sole Lum?

Just an example.

 

Actually SOLUM is pronounced Solle-emm, like solemn. A good idea except then I would have to add pronunciation for every single word and that would take forever and I'm not sure how I would do it without making the thread cluttered. If you have pronunciation questions post though.

 

pretty good guide. 8/10. i never understood latin.. and after this i somewhat do. and its Great to see someone who's very active and helpful in the UE section!

 

Some things you might want to fix on the history part: Roman Soldiers are called Legions, the Colosseum was also widely used for the execution of Christians until Constantine became the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire. Also might want to add how Julius Caesar came to power which is through the patron client system which is basically through having a army that followed him and defeating other armies of Rome. Rome really didn't have a main army, just many smaller armies that were lead by generals such as Caesar and Rome was in constant civil war with generals fighting generals.

How do I know all this? Currently taking West Civ in High School and we have pretty much been talking about Rome and the Roman Empire for a long long time... Not sure on the Latin though.. I take Spanish... Nice guide thugh, looks liek you put a ton of effort into making it.

 

very nice guide and i laughed at the last bit, just went out an bought a fake beard

 

Nice guide, needs more pics though

 

Nice guide, Although Latin is a Dead language, and there is really no point in speaking it... but overall it was a good start to learning something new, 7/10

 

That was kind of the point of the guide; the fact that Latin was dead.

 

Thank you very much, you gave me a lot of idea's for rs names and such. Thanks.
10/10

 

Now I know some latin FTW!!!

EX ANIMO > From the heart
MONSTRA MIHI PECUNIAM > Show me the money.
LUKE SUM IPSE PATREM TE > Luke, I am your father.
POTESTATEM OBSCURI LATERIS NESCIS > You don't know the power of the dark side.
SIT VIS VOBISCUM > May the Force be with you.
Imma use those phrases they are kick ass.
9/10 guide.

 

Great guide. But whats the use of latin these days? Only the vatican speak the language.

 

They still offer it at schools you know.
I was gonna learn it until I decided I would join the Suits and so I have been taking Esponol. :\

 

I just it might be fun to show everyone something a little different