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From: Tristan Tornado< >
Subject: Re: Latin quotations
Date: 6 Dec 1998 00:52:22 -0800


This is an easy one.

Oh civil, see her go
for the bus is in error
Oh noble themes, trucks
sit us in them causes ducks

Tristan , Latin scholar extroardinaire :LsE

--- wrote:
>
> Or how about
>
> O civile se ergo
> fortibus es in ero
> O nobile themis trux
> civatis inem causen dux
>
> On 2 Dec 1998 04:00:11 -0800, (Barrie J. Wright)
> wrote:
>
> >OK, Tristan and others,
> >Here's a lurker with a smattering of Latin to help you out.
> >No guarantees, as it's now 38 years since my last last lesson.
> >DSH doesn't use many different phrases really.
> >
> >Be thankful there's no fluent writer of it --but other languages
> >are allowed on the list, so Spencer is centric here, rather than
eccentric.
> >
> >vide infra = see below
> >pro sapienta = for wisdom or knowledge [take your pick]
> >pax vobiscum = peace be with you
> >lux et veritas = light and truth
> >
> > For homework:
> >
> >fortem posce animum = something about strength and the soul
> >
> >So you see, DSH is actually more polite in Latin than in English,
but I always
> >love his sharp-edged final quotations.
> >
> >Apologies for errors, but I wouldn't be the only one to mislead
people
> >on this list..
> >
> >Good advice for all:
> >
> >fortiter in re, suaviter in modo = acting forcibly, yet in a gentle
manner [OED]
> >
> >Joy to The World
> >Barrie Wright in Adelaide, South Australia.
> >
> >
>
>

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