#FridayFive: Handy Latin Phrases January 19th, 2018 @ 6:19 am PST
in aqua scribis
Latin for Everyone April 10th, 2005 @ 8:32 pm PDT
I think I’m going to have to add some of these to my email sig. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam! Because, you know, interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europe vincendarum.
Veni, Vidi, Vici March 6th, 2003 @ 7:08 pm PST
explorant adversa viros — “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Literally it means, “misfortunes put men to the test.” from Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin, by Eugene Ehlrich
Ancient Texts April 3rd, 2002 @ 12:30 pm PST
I’ve seen this linked in several places recently, but it’s such a great story I wanted to link it here too. The villa probably belonged to Lucius Calpurnius Piso, father-in-law of Julius Caesar and one of the rulers of the Roman republic. In AD79, a century after his death, it was buried under 30 metres […]
invictus maneo January 9th, 2002 @ 1:15 am PST
invictus maneo – I remain unconquered. / I remain unbeaten
audacter calumniare semper aliquid haeret January 7th, 2002 @ 12:29 pm PST
audacter calumniare semper aliquid haeret – slander boldly, something always sticks
Quos Deus vult perdere prius October 12th, 2000 @ 10:20 pm PDT
Quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat.
nil dictum quod non dictum August 22nd, 2000 @ 8:13 pm PDT
nil dictum quod non dictum prius!
Insane July 1st, 2000 @ 3:48 pm PDT
Quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat.
