Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis

[TheRambler]

Salve! recently I've been exposed to more latin expressions than usual, for example I didn't know the latinized word for Pope, "Papa" (which is preserved in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Serbian and Hungarian) is an acronym from Petri Apostoli Potestatem Accipiens, or "he who gets his power from Peter the Apostle".

Far from being a dead language, latin is gaining new words every day, like:
[tt]
barman = tabernae potoriae minister
basketball = follis canistrique ludus
computer = instrumentum computatorium
dancing = ludus saltatorius
database = datorum ordinatrum
jazz = iazensis musica
nightclub = taberna nocturna
playboy = iuvenis voluptarius
psychologist = humani animi investigator
rush hour = tempus maximae frequentiae
vodka = valida potio Slavica
[/tt]
and many more are listed here.

My question is: are you any good at this? can you invent new latin expressions? Here is an English-Latin dictionary and a Latin dictionary. Remember, this is just verbum ludus, not a serious discussion on language.

 

[tsdragon]

My favorite is "pseudo-latin": "Nile Illegitimo Carborundum"

[white]Don't let the bastards grind you down![/white]

Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[BocaBurger]

Gasious Flatulus was the name of a Boxer I once had.



BocaBurger
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword hurts more!

 

[MakeItSo]

I always liked this one: "Lux lic elat butisno ne!"

 [COLOR=white white]Looks like latin, but is none![/color]

[blue]An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - "Mahatma" Mohandas K. Gandhi[/blue]

 

[PaulTEG]

NON CRAPITVM IN TVVM IANVAM!!" ... a lifelong idiom

[COLOR=white]Don't crap on your own doorstep!![/color]

--Paul

cigless ...

 

[flapeyre]

Nile Illegitimo Carborundum

Tracy,

I have seen that also expressed as Illegitimi non carborundum.

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

 

[stackdump]

Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur

Anything said in Latin sounds profound.

 

[BocaBurger]

Not fair. I never had a chance to learn latin, was stuck with Yiddish and Hebrew. Ani lo daber.





BocaBurger
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword hurts more!

 

[flapeyre]

Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis.

[COLOR=white]I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.[/color]

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

 

[SkipVought]

This is an old silly one...
[tt]
Sibili, si ergo,
Fortibus es in ero.
Nobili, demis trux,
Fuliv cousen, pixen dux.
[/tt]
[white][highlight white]
See Billy, see 'er go,
fourty busses in a row.
No Billy dem is trucks,
Full of cows 'n' pigs 'n' ducks.
[/highlight][/white]


Skip,

_{[red]Be advised:[/red]When Viscounts were guillotined just as they were disclosing where their jewels were hidden, it shows to go that you should...
Never hatchet your Counts before they chicken!}

 

[TheRambler]

>Not fair
Yes, it is not fair, but it is fun! I never studied Latin either, yet I am learning here (sort of).

Maybe this is too much of a challenge? It is for me.

Here is another pseudo-latin proverb: Semper ubi sub ubi

[COLOR=white]Always wear underwear[/color]

 

[flapeyre]

Soc et tuem! (remember Laugh-In)?

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

 

[SkipVought]

Wouldn't be...
[tt]
Soc et tumi!

Velli intel estingue!
[/tt]


Skip,

_{[red]Be advised:[/red]When Viscounts were guillotined just as they were disclosing where their jewels were hidden, it shows to go that you should...
Never hatchet your Counts before they chicken!}

 

[Lightning]

Flapeyre, Skip
I used to think I was one of the older members of Tek-Tips. After reading these posts, I now know I'm one of the older members!

Say GoodNight, Dick.

Lightning

 

[SkipVought]

Hey, if we're talkin' old broadcast entertainment...

B/W TV
Twilight Zone
The Howdy Doody Show
Racket Squad
Hopalong Cassidy
Beat the Clock
$64,000 Question
To Tell the Truth
I Lead Three Lives
The Millionaire

Radio
Bobby Benson
Sky King
The Lone Ranger
Fibber McGee & Molly
Buleah
The FBI in War & Peace
Longines Simphony Orchestra
City Service Band of America

...just to name a few. ;-)


Skip,

_{[red]Be advised:[/red]When Viscounts were guillotined just as they were disclosing where their jewels were hidden, it shows to go that you should...
Never hatchet your Counts before they chicken!}

 

[Lightning]

Say GoodNight, Dick.

Sorry, in keeping with the thread that should have been

sayg udnit edic

 

[flapeyre]

Good night, Chet."

"Good night, David. And good night for NBC News."

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

 

[SkipVought]

"So long until tomorrow!"

Skip,

_{[red]Be advised:[/red]When Viscounts were guillotined just as they were disclosing where their jewels were hidden, it shows to go that you should...
Never hatchet your Counts before they chicken!}

 

[tsdragon]

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Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[ESquared]

No, it's

"Goodnight, Ned." (The tortoise in The Three Amigos.)

About thread topics... it's hopeless. Why even try? I previously decided not to post something like (was it even this thread?):

One nasty thing this thread hasn't been afflicted with is all that tedious staying on topic! Whew!

but here it is for your amusement and pleasure. No, it's a free service, keep your pocket change.