"handy" Latin Phrases

[let_go_let_God]

A friend of mine posted this on her Facebook page. I found some funny, others they are just trying to get the translation close.

Enjoy.




Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.
It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.

Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
The designated hitter rule has got to go.

Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
If Caesar were alive, you’d be chained to an oar.

(At a barbeque)
Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?
Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face?

Sona si Latine loqueris.
Honk if you speak Latin.

Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
If you can read this you’re over-educated

Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
I think some people in togas are plotting against me.

Veni Vidi Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered

Vacca foeda
Stupid cow

Raptus regaliter
Royally screwed

Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!
If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!

Gramen artificiosum odi.
I hate Astroturf.

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
I’m not interested in your dopey religious cult.

Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
Don’t call me, I’ll call you.

Nullo metro compositum est.
It doesn’t rhyme.

Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.
I don’t care. If it doesn’t rhyme, it isn’t a poem.

Fac ut gaudeam.
Make my day.

Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur!
Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!

Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio.
Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.

Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
May barbarians invade your personal space!

Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!
May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!

Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!

Radix lecti
Couch potato

Mellita, domi adsum.
Honey, I’m home.

Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio.
I am as dead as the nehru jacket.

Ventis secundis, tene cursum.
Go with the flow.

Totum dependeat.
Let it all hang out.

Te precor dulcissime supplex!
Pretty please with a cherry on top!

Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
I can’t hear you. I have a banana in my ear.

Prehende uxorem meam, sis!
Take my wife, please!

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Nihil est—in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.
That’s nothing—in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.

Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
Stand aside plebians! I am on imperial business.

Vescere bracis meis.
Eat my shorts.

Sic faciunt omnes.
Everyone is doing it.

Fac ut vivas.
Get a life.

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.



God bless-
LGLG

[Thy Geekdom Come]

Did she get these from a book? Unfortunately, most books of pop-phrases translated to Latin either try to overdo clarifying the context so you end up with a phrase three times too long or the under translate and leave the reader puzzled. Like the first one you have about heat and humidity. A native Roman would have understood, "non calor sed umor," but they added a bunch to make the context clear. However, anytime the phrase would be used in Latin, it would be in a similar situation, the sensation of heat. Saying the Latin they provide in that context would make you look like the doofus who always has to explain his jokes right after he says them.

[Crispy]

Ha ha! these are great. I might put some on my facebook too.

[laetitia crucis]

I wish Latin was no longer a "dead" language.

Bring it baaaack!

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='05 June 2010 - 08:36 PM' timestamp='1275788188' post='2124358']
I wish Latin was no longer a "dead" language.

Bring it baaaack! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/woot.gif[/img]
[/quote]

I think Latin may be coming back, even if it's slow. When I was in public high school, Latin was not offered as one of the language options. But, the public high school where I live now offers Latin.

And, as I've posted before, my niece (who is the child of 2 atheists) took 4 years of Latin at her public high school and did so well that when she came to college, she tested out of 6 terms of Latin and started with sophomore Latin when she was a freshman. And, she's continued to take Latin. I'm not sure what she plans to do with it, since she is majoring in the physical sciences, but that's okay. Knowing Latin is a good thing, even if you're not majoring in Classics.

By the way, I've always liked "Carpe diem."

Edited June 6, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola

[Catholic Fox]

Carpe carpio -- seize the carp

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

Don't forget about [i]id est[/i] and [i]exempli gratia[/i]. Most people get those two confused with each other. The first means "that is" and the latter means "for example."

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='05 June 2010 - 09:48 PM' timestamp='1275788916' post='2124366']
I think Latin may be coming back, even if it's slow. When I was in public high school, Latin was not offered as one of the language options. But, the public high school where I live now offers Latin.

And, as I've posted before, my niece (who is the child of 2 atheists) took 4 years of Latin at her public high school and did so well that when she came to college, she tested out of 6 terms of Latin and started with sophomore Latin when she was a freshman. And, she's continued to take Latin. I'm not sure what she plans to do with it, since she is majoring in the physical sciences, but that's okay. Knowing Latin is a good thing, even if you're not majoring in Classics.

By the way, I've always liked "Carpe diem."
[/quote]

In my last semester of university, Latin was [i]finally[/i] offered. I held off taking my language courses until my senior year because I had always heard rumors that Latin would be added "next semester". When it was finally offered, my professor taught Latin as "Conversational Latin". I thought that was really awesome. Quite possibly one of my favorite classes ever -- once I woke up one morning mid-semester to the grace of finally understanding declensions.

It's like God just turned the declension switch in my brain to the "on" position after half a semester of exasperated frustration.

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='Raphael' date='05 June 2010 - 09:53 PM' timestamp='1275785625' post='2124306']
Did she get these from a book? Unfortunately, most books of pop-phrases translated to Latin either try to overdo clarifying the context so you end up with a phrase three times too long or the under translate and leave the reader puzzled. Like the first one you have about heat and humidity. A native Roman would have understood, "non calor sed umor," but they added a bunch to make the context clear. However, anytime the phrase would be used in Latin, it would be in a similar situation, the sensation of heat. Saying the Latin they provide in that context would make you look like the doofus who always has to explain his jokes right after he says them.
[/quote]

Kill joy.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Brother Adam' date='05 June 2010 - 10:03 PM' timestamp='1275789800' post='2124377']
Kill joy.
[/quote]

He's just being melancholic.

[jeffpugh]

This thread is win! I noticed some "loose" translations of some of the sayings, and I'm not even a Latin scholar! I guess some of them they [i]had [/i]to sort of update, ex. "couch potato". I guess radix would do, because it is root. It's still lullz, though. I liked trying to figure out what it was saying before I went to the translations

[let_go_let_God]

I don't know where my friend got them but I thought as a little additional fun I'd share. She had some more on there that I omitted and I don't know where she got these.

God bless-
LGLG

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='05 June 2010 - 10:04 PM' timestamp='1275789868' post='2124378']
He's just being melancholic.
[/quote]
Sorry.

[ThePenciledOne]

Duc in Altum

[let_go_let_God]

It's ok. You have informed us and I realize that I should learn more Latin myself but I thank you for your information.

BTW I now know the difference between a pancake a waffle and noodles.

God bless-
LGLG