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Latin translation? - Bob Schroeck - 05-05-2009
Can anyone help me with a bit of Latin? I want to change the subject of the famous old line Nos morituri te salutamus from "we who are about to
die" to "We who are dead". Can anyone do that for me, or point me to a website that can?
Thanks!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Bluemage - 05-05-2009
I'm not entirely sure- that morituri is a form we haven't covered yet. I'll ask my teacher on Wednesday.
Edit: Looking over it again, I'm fairly sure the phrase you want is moriti te salutamus, but I'll
double-check it. Morituri is the future participle of morior, to die; and
morior is conjugated in an absolutely wonky way. I'm about 90% sure I'm right- the only way I'd be wrong
is if I'm misreading my book, and morior actually doesn't follow all the rules of participles I know.
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I've been writing a bit.
- Bluemage - 05-05-2009
I just got an e-mail from my Latin prof back- the correct phrase is morti te salutamus. Hope that helps.
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- CattyNebulart - 05-05-2009
I'm fairly sure you still need the Nos at the begining, but yes 'nos morti te salutamus' sounds right. Of course I don't actually know latin,
so take it with a grain of salt. (I'm using my knowledge of italian, french and other latin based languages to get a feel for latin.)
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
- Bob Schroeck - 05-05-2009
Thank you, that's exactly what I need. Dunno if anyone will ever see it, just a goofy little idea in a development file that may never see the light of
day. But thanks anyway!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Bluemage - 05-05-2009
The 'nos' is implied- it's not strictly necessary.
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I've been writing a bit.
- nemonowan - 05-06-2009
At risk of nitpicking, I will point out that the original phrase in in the third person : "Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant" ("Hail, Caesar,
those who are about to die salute you")
Unless you have a reason to change "those" for "we", the proper phrase would be: "morti te salutant"
NN
- Bob Schroeck - 05-06-2009
Thanks, that's a good detail to have. I've made note of it in the dev file.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Star Ranger4 - 05-06-2009
Oh great. Suddenly I have this image of a very old Roman Gladiator Vamp facing off vs Doug and Buffy....
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
- Bob Schroeck - 05-06-2009
Wrong Step.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Foxboy - 05-06-2009
"Real Latin" versus "well it SOUNDS like Latin, don't it?"
Harry Potter step.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
- Bob Schroeck - 05-06-2009
Nope.
In the interests of preventing a game of volley-guess, I will simply say right now that, if it is used at all, it will be in a Step where you will not be
expecting it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- robkelk - 05-07-2009
Quote:if it is used at all, it will be in a Step where you will not be expecting it.SisPri?
(C'mon, nobody would expect a "we're going to die" scene in that setting...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012