ONE of you must speak Latin? Please?

[el Chi]

From Wikipedia on 17th century Occasionalist philosopher Arnold Geulincx:
"[Geulincx] summerized his philosophy as "Ita est, ergo ita sit"..."
Helpfully, this comes sans translation. So with the help of an on-line Latin dictionary I got the rather dubious "So/thus is, therefore so/thus to be thirsty"

Any Latin speakers?

 

[kirovman]

I know est = is, ergo = therefore

Grumio in horto Matellae delectat. Floci non facio!

 

[Ikerous]

"So it is, therefore be it so."
Very first google listing...

 

[DeusExMachina]

Hmm, est means is, ergo means therefore...

Hmm...I'll tell ya in a sec.

EDIT: Nevermind, Ikerous got it.

 

[AntiAnto]

You are, therefore be it!

 

[el Chi]

"So it is, therefore be it so."
Very first google listing...

Bugger - should've tried that first.
Anyways, cheers dear boy!

 

[Ikerous]

I shouldn't have said i used google, i could've sounded impressive

 

[Puzzlemaker]

Ya man, you ruined it...

 

[AntiAnto]

I shouldn't have said i used google, i could've sounded impressive

I voted "yes" for your lethal injection. Die.

 

[Ikerous]

I voted "yes" for your lethal injection. Die.

 

[Unfocused]

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

 

[Kamikazie]

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

......

 

[DeusExMachina]

So who here takes latin and stuff? I'm in Latin II .

 

[theGreenBunny]

I got it in high school for six years. Pretty fun.

 

[Shakermaker]

I got it in high school for six years. Pretty fun.

Me too. We prolly both went to the gymnasium.*

EDIT That's prolly not the term to use on an english forum. heheheh

<My former school>

 

[Milkman]

Latin is a dead language, stop speaking it!

 

[kaf11]

i took 3 years of latin in high school. i really wish when i took it i was as mature as i am now. i would have paid more attention and enjoyed it.

 

[SubKamran]

I am taking it also...

Yes, the dead language that really helps in learning the horribly inane grammatical structure of the English language. It comes in real handy that Latin...

Omg, Scintilla in casa laborat! (Yes, I know more than that...)

And my all-time favorite:

OMNES RIXAM RESISTO!

That is totally a magic spell, I swear.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Noli me tangere. Bitches.

 

[spookymooky]

Perdite tu Scaeleste.

Dirtiest phrase possible in latin, likely the grammar is wrong.

Also irrumator, and such.

Second year of AP Latin (Year 4 to all you non americans). I hate it with a passion, but the teacher/principle keeps manipulating my schedule so I'm put back in it. I've taken it six years in all: 2 years intro, Caesar, Cicero, Ovid, Catullus, Virgil, and my favorite, Horace. Except for Horace I hate it all.

Exegi monumentem and all...

 

[MrWhite]

El Chi, I speak latin fluently, better than english infact!


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The above statement may not be true.

 

[el Chi]

Latin is a dead language, stop speaking it!

Sadly, so is my dear friend Geulincx and Wikipedia are just too damn lazy to actually offer a translation. Bastards. Dirty, feckless bastards, the lot of 'em.

El Chi, I speak latin fluently, better than english infact!

Hello MWhite!!! Haven't seen you 'round in ages...

 

[Skaadi]

doesnt deux ex mean on account of god?

someone told me that was latin

 

[DeusExMachina]

doesnt deux ex mean on account of god?

someone told me that was latin

I do know Deus Ex Machina means God of the Machine .

 

[el Chi]

I thought it was "machine of the Gods"?

 

[MrWhite]

Sadly, so is my dear friend Geulincx and Wikipedia are just too damn lazy to actually offer a translation. Bastards. Dirty, feckless bastards, the lot of 'em.

Hello MWhite!!! Haven't seen you 'round in ages...

Yeah I live in the General Game Chat and Politics sections. Stop by and visit me sometime.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I thought it was "machine of the Gods"?

God of the Machine
Machine of the Gods
Tool of the Gods

Its basically all the same .

 

[spookymooky]

God of the Machine
Machine of the Gods
Tool of the Gods

Its basically all the same .

no! It's "God from the machine" It refers to greek plays in which the plot was resolved by lowering a "god" from a crane-like device. The god would proceed to straighten everything out. Thus it now refers to a similiar ending to a story, or an event/device in real life which solves all problems.