Useful Latin phrases.

[yllus]

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
I have a catapault. Give me what I want or I will fling a huge rock at your head.

Deus Meus! Securis in capite meo est.
Oh my God! There's an axe in my head!

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

Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?
Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

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

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

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

Neutiquam erro.
I am not lost.

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

Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.
Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.

 

[SWScorch]

/me heaves a great sigh, for he does not know whether to be amused or perplexed by why someone would wish to learn non-sensical Latin phrases

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
/me heaves a great sigh, for he does not know whether to be amused or perplexed by why someone would wish to learn non-sensical Latin phrases

I have chosen to find it amusing.

ZV

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
/me heaves a great sigh, for he does not know whether to be amused or perplexed by why someone would wish to learn non-sensical Latin phrases

just say no

 

[SWScorch]

oh ok, then I shall follow suit. The second-to-last phrase makes me chortle.

 

[bandana163]

A sagittis Hungarorum, libera nos Domine
Lord, save us from the arrows of the Hungarians

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: SWScorch
/me heaves a great sigh, for he does not know whether to be amused or perplexed by why someone would wish to learn non-sensical Latin phrases

I have chosen to find it amusing.

ZV

I second this.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: yllusCaesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
If Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar.

hahahah

 

[Fenixgoon]

so why would we want to know these in latin? they're much funnier in english

 

[Mucho]

I always think people who use Latin phrases are pretentious.

 

[jagec]

10/10.

 

[WannaFly]

Originally posted by: jagec
10/10.

 

i used to collect these things...i find them immensely entertaining

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Mucho
I always think people who use Latin phrases are pretentious.

As do most. That's why non-sensical phrases in a dead language are immensely ammusing.

Some get it, some don't.

 

[Balt]

Pretty funny, but I wish I knew how to pronounce them.

 

[Nitemare]

Te futueo et caballum tuum

Vescere bracis meis.

Te odeo, interfice te cum cochleare

Quando podeces te regi eorum fecerunt?

Apudne te vel me?

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre?

Obesa cantavit

Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo

Stultus est sicut stultus facit

Commodum habitus es

 

[OrganizedChaos]

http://www.zippynet.com/pages/latin.htm

 

[GasX]

This would be a lot funnier if there was a chance in hell that I could remember any of the phrases well enough to slip them into a dyay to day conversation...

 

[conjur]

The horror!

The horror!



I'm reminded of my Latin class my freshman year of high school. GAH!

Had to read The Trojan War all in Latin. I got like a 37 on the test....lowest test score I EVER received!

 

[element]

This

 

[boggsie]

Originally posted by: Mucho
I always think people who use Latin phrases are pretentious.

I had a boss a LONG time ago that used latin phrases ... when he left the company, on his 'good luck' card, I wrote (in latin) "Don't let the door hit you in the butt on your way out." or something to that effect.

He was a great guy and he got a hoot out of the joke.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Tuis pugis pignore!
You bet your bippy!

i was unaware "bippy" was a latin word.