Your Favorite Latin Phrase

[JJB]

What is it?

This thread will either be a hive of activity, or take a slug's pace.


Semper ubi sub ubi!

 

[HiredGoon]

I have two in my profile:

post tenebras lux and tolle lege

 

[SobriaInebrietas]

Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur.



Erin

 

[frumanchu]

post tenebras lux and ex nihilo nihil fit

 

[edie19]

Carpe Diem (Dead Poet's Society is one of my favorite movies)

Semper Fidelis (out of respect for those men and women who serve their country - the Marines have it right)

gosh - neither one of my choices has a religious connotation - was it supposed to?

edie

 

[lmnop9876]

extra ecclesiam null salus

 

[japhy]

Numen semper adest (from Vägmärken by Dag Hammarskjöld)

 

[cygnusx1]

Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it

 

[McWilliams]

Tempus fugit!

 

[isshinwhat]

Ecce ego: quia vocasti me

 

[cygnusx1]

Age. Fac ut gaudeam - Go ahead. Make my day!

 

[isshinwhat]

primum regnum Dei

 

[cygnusx1]

primum regnum Dei

love your avatar

 

[isshinwhat]

 

[seekingpurity047]

Vado Germen pro orbis terrarum Vas!

(Go Germany for the World Cup!)

 

[lmnop9876]

Vado Germen pro orbis terrarum Vas!

Vado Terra Australis Spirito Sancto pro orbis terrarum Vas!
dunno if that's good grammar or what, but it's meant to mean... "Go the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit for the World Cup."

 

[JJB]

Carpe Diem (Dead Poet's Society is one of my favorite movies)

Semper Fidelis (out of respect for those men and women who serve their country - the Marines have it right)

gosh - neither one of my choices has a religious connotation - was it supposed to?

edie

Mine isn't religious: Always where under where (say it without reading it)

 

[cubanito]

Puteo ergo sum

"I stink, therefore I am"

And "!Tu Madre!" which is Spanish (close enough) which is simply mentioning your mother. We latins are so good at cursing that merely mentioning your mother suffices. The proper rejoinger is !La tuya! Your Mother

JR

 

[cygnusx1]

Hocine bibo aut in eum digitos insero? - Do I drink this or stick my fingers in it?

 

[McWilliams]

Did you take the new quiz on Latin phrases yet? Fun, and I've not had Latin since high school. Know how long ago that was? LOL