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Does anyone here speak Latin?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by fadeaway, Jun 5, 2002.

  1. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
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    Man that sucks, i always make fun of kids that tell me its a dead language cuz i tell them if there was no latin there would be no spanish or french and they all go sooo.... and never have any other comebacks.
     
  2. fadeaway

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    Did anyone come up with a translation yet?
    I got two from the alt.language.latin newsgroup:

    1. Alii sunt duces natu; alii, labore adsiduo.

    2. Duces fiunt alii natura; alii continuo labore.



    Any experts care to comment on these translations?
     
  3. Rocketblast

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    That translator really sucks.

    fadeaway, which kind of Latin do you want that phrase to be translated in? I'm learning Classical Latin, but I am aware that there are other kinds.

    In the two translations you have, alii supposedly means others, but I think that's wrong. I think ceteri is the proper Latin word for others.
     
  4. fadeaway

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    Alii means both "some" and "others" from what I understand.

    What other kind of Latin is there aside from Classical? Surely there isn't such a thing as "modern Latin." That'd be an oxymoron.
     
  5. Rocketblast

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    I think there is a Medievil Latin, but I am not sure. Our teacher never mentioned the other types.
     

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