Author Topic: Latin anyone? (Read 2444 times)

moosehunter · « **on:** April 24, 2006, 04:48:34 pm »

I see this on the back of a pick-up and am curious.

" Carpe' diem II"

The mark between the e and d is actually a , but up where I put the '.
Is it latin? Whats it mean?
mh

thurlow · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2006, 04:55:10 pm »

Seize the day, i.e. enjoy the day. Am I the onliest one that "took" high school Latin?

Ianab · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2006, 05:01:09 pm »

Yup.. Latin is 'Pluck the day' but usually translated to 'seize the day'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem

Also the title of a very good Metallica song from a few years back

Ian

Dan_Shade · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2006, 07:36:13 pm »

that was a "mediocre" Metallica song (never thought I'd see metallica on this board!

I had latin in high school, I didn't do too well.

semper ubi sububi

wiam · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2006, 08:32:11 pm »

I took a year of latin in HS. I learned alot about english because of latin. I would have taken another year if there had been a different teacher.

Will

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2006, 09:55:16 pm »

Where were you guys when I was showing off my latin skills -------remember that thread about Cleopatra?

She did that congegating stuff and got Amo,Amas,Amat, Amos, and Andy

Tom · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2006, 09:58:01 pm »

that was a fun thread, wasn't it Noble?

Was that Latin we were talkin' when we were discussin' what Brutus et?

Don P · « **Reply #7 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:02:44 pm »

I thought Brutus et two

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:03:41 pm »

I don't think so Tom, if I remember correctly, he et tu. That sounds oriental to me

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #9 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:06:19 pm »

You could be right Don-------probably et two Carpe's with a jug of ripple. That sounds more latin

Tom · « **Reply #10 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:22:46 pm »

GaryD says that, if you can spin a chinaman around enough, you can disorient him. I wonder if Brutus was disoriented?

Furby · « **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:23:09 pm »

Learning Latin right now at work.
They had suggested I learn Spanish so as to communicate with the workers, but I actually have to check off product in Latin.

Sure is fun......... not!

Tom · « **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:26:07 pm »

Where are you workin', in Rome? .......Georgia?

Furby · « **Reply #13 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:36:02 pm »

Nope, just up here.
Plants are labled with scientific name and common name, paper work is limited in the common name area so it's checked by scientific name.
Long as I can see it I can find it, having to say it or hear it don't work.

Tom · « **Reply #14 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:42:56 pm »

There is a Rome, Michigan tu.. uh.... too. You could go over there and get a tutor.

Furby · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2006, 10:45:30 pm »

sawguy21 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 25, 2006, 01:45:48 am »

veni, vidi, vici

sprucebunny · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2006, 06:35:41 am »

I took 6 years of Latin

4 years of Latin 1 and 2 years of Latin 2

You would think they could have figured out by then that I wasn't too good at ferin languages

And while we're on this topic, maybe Leweee will translate his quote for us

Dan_Shade... The only latin I ever understood

Numquam ubi sububi

Mr Mom · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2006, 08:50:25 am »

All you guys a smart.
I cant speak English right and you can ask my high school English teacher that. Somthing about a lost cause.

Thanks Alot Mr Mom

leweee · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2006, 04:59:42 pm »

Sprucebunny.......a loose translation

Don't let the Bas%&rds grind you down.
It's the any latin phrase I remember.

As a new member I asked Gilman (Dave) what the latin was under his avatar.....he said it was "I have to edit my profile" spelled backwards. Sure made me feel stupid.

thurlow · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2006, 06:08:28 pm »

Thought it was "NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM".........which I read somewhere is just made up and is not Latin at all................

Brad_S. · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2006, 08:19:41 pm »

Thankfully, Latin wasn't taught anymore by the time I reached high school, but I did know what "Carpe' diem" meant because I saw the movie "Dead Poet's Society".

SAW MILLER · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2006, 09:25:24 pm »

My Mom was tellin her friends that the teacher told her that I was gonna become an astronaut....Really the teacher told her I was takin up space

I didn't take no stinking Latin

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2006, 10:25:12 pm »

Being in High School just after 'sputnick' caused me a lot of strife

The councelor insisted that I take two years of Latin and 4 years of math and refused to let me take agriculture or industrial arts. Anyone with average or higher IQ owed it to himself and his country to go to college ----in his opinion

After a lot of arguing and pleading, we comprimised-------I took two years of Latin and 3 1/2 years of math, but I slept through them and finally failed math therby escaping the final semester of it. Heck, I can run a calculator about as well as the next guy and was able to work a night job while in highschool:D

My Dad has a masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. We sold a load of grade lumber to a new place last week and I was showing Dad the ticket. I asked him to get a pencil and paper and figure the average price per board ft. He always carries a pencil and paper in his shirt pocket, so he got them out and wrote down the value of the check and the total footage. Then he took his calculator out of his pocket and punched the numbers into it

jon12345 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 26, 2006, 12:01:26 am »

Latin is fun.

I think I'd have a little more of a response than 'et tu' if someone just stabbed me.

isawlogs · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2006, 12:14:10 am »

" et tu " aint no latin ... its french .. " and you "

jon12345 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 26, 2006, 12:38:21 am »

et tu marcel

LIL · « **Reply #27 on:** April 26, 2006, 01:40:17 am »

No its not its Maori and it means Stand Up

(Maori the national language of NZ)

NORTE

asy · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2006, 07:21:38 am »

Sawguy got my fave.. Vene, vidi, vici.. And boy did he vici.

asy

Don P · « **Reply #29 on:** July 09, 2006, 10:55:43 pm »

Ran across some definitions of the latin in plant names, I knew a few of the obvious ones, didn't know what alot meant, kinda neat.

Natural Habitat;
africana: Africa
alpestris (-e): From lower mountains below the timber line.
alpinus (-e,-um): from high mts. above the timberline; best for the rock garden
aquaticus (-a,-um): aquatic: plant in the water garden
arenarius(-a,-um): native to sandy soils
australis: southern
borealis: northern
campestris(-e): a plant of fields and open land
canadensis: Canada
canariensis: Canary Islands
capensis: around the Cape of Good Hope
caroliniana: of the Carolinas
chinensis: China
hispanica: Spain
hortensis: of gardens
indica: India
insularis: an island plant
japonica: Japan
montana: a plant that grows in the mountains
pratensis(-e): a plant that grows in meadows
maritimus(-a,-um): a plant native to the seaside
palustris(-e): marsh loving; plant in wet soils
riparia: of riverbanks
saxatilis(-e): native to rocky sites
sylvaticus(-a,-um), sylvestris: native to woodlands
umbrosus(-a,-um): native to shady areas
virginiana: of heaven

Size and Growth Pattern;
adpressa: pressing against, hugging
alta: tall
arborea: treelike
capitata: headlike
columnaris(-e): column shaped
compacta: compact, dense
conferta: crowded, pressed together
contorta: twisted
decumbens: lying down
dendron: tree
depressa: pressed down
elegans: elegant, slender, willowy
fastigiatus(-a,-um): narrow and upright in profile, branches erect and close together
globularis(-e): globe shaped
grandis(-e): large, as in grandiflorus (large flowered) and grandifolius (large leaved)
humifusa: sprawling on the ground
humilis: low, small, humble
impressa:impressed upon
nanus(-a,-um): dwarf
phyllus: leaf or leaves
procumbens: growing along the ground
prostrata: prostrate
pumila:dwarf, small
pusilla: puny, insignificant
pyramidalis(-e): pyramid shaped
repens: a creeping plant
reptans: creeping
scandens: climbing

Season of Display
aestivalis(-e): summer
autumnalis(-e): autumn
hyemalis(-e): winter
vernalis(-e): spring

Form of Leaf (folia)
acerifolia: maple leafed
augustifolia: narrow
aquifolia: spiny
buxifolia: boxwoodlike
ilicifolia: hollylike
laurifolia: laurel-like
parvifolia: small
populifolia: poplarlike
salicifolia: willowlike

Flower or Leaf Color
albus(-a,um): white
argenteus(-a,-um): silver
aurantiacus(-a,-um): orange
aureus(-a,-um): gold
azureus(-a,-um): sky blue
caeruleus(-a,-um): darker blue
caesia: blue-gray
candida: pure white, shiny
cana: ash gray, hoary
cereus: waxy
citrina: yellow
coccinea: scarlet
concolor: one color
cruenta: bloody
cyaneus(-a,-um): dark blue
discolor: two colors, seperate colors
flavus(-a,-um): pale yellow
glauca: blue-gray, blue-green
incana: gray, hoary
luteus(-a,-um): yellow
pallida: pale
purpureus(-a,-um): purple
roseus(-a,um): rose colored, pink
ruber(rubra,rubrum): red
rufa: ruddy
semperverins: always green, i.e., evergreen
variegatus(-a,um): variegated; foliage splashed with various colors
viridis(-e): green

Fragrance
aromaticus(-a,-um): aromatic
foetidus(-a,-um): stinking
fragrans: fragrant
inodorus(-a,-um): having no smell
odoratus(-a,-um): sweet smelling
pungens: pungent

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Author Topic: Latin anyone? (Read 2444 times)