Latin tag lines

[beancounter]

OK I give up. Lots of us are now using Latin or possibly cod-Latin taglines. (No doubt ShipsWoofy uses dog Latin...) Lacking a classical education, can they be translated so I can share the joke....

Mine (supposedly) translates as:

"That which is said in Latin sounds profound."

 

[Beagle]

translation all ready provided....

 

[Evadne]

Re: Latin tag lines: repetition or deviation

I'd never thought of using latin, probably because I don't speak it. What about "Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur"?

 

[cliff]

In Vino Veritas - in wine there is truth

Pass the corkscrew

 

[zefender]

caveat emptor - drink the cellar dry

 

[Evadne]

Only if you eat it by mistake.

 

[cliff]

'Carpe Diem' does not mean 'fish of the day'.

cave canem.(beware of the dog)

Fiat justitia; ruat coelum; -Let justice be done; though heaven fall

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis - Art (is) Long, Life (is) Short

Difficile est satiram non scribere. - It is difficult not to write satire.

Nescio quid dicas - don't know what you're talking about.

Nemo hic adest illius nominis -There is no one here by that name.

Ita erat quando hic adveni. - it was that way when I got here.

Nihil declaro - I have nothing to declare.

Raptus regaliter - Royally screwed.

Ut si! - As if!

Vescere bracis meis - Eat my shorts . (one of my favourites)

Re vera, potas bene -Say, you sure are drinking a lot.

Noli me vocate. Ego te vocabo. - Don't call me. I'll call you.

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

Canis meus id comedit - My dog ate it.

Die dulci freure - Have a nice day.

Fac ut vivas - Get a life.

Fac me cocleario vomere! - Gag me with a spoon!

Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem - Stand aside, little people! I am here on official business.

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

Utinam barbari spatioum proprium tuum invadant -May barbarians invade your personal space.

Quo signo nata es? - What's your sign?

Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt... - You know, the Romans invented the art of love...

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

Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant - May conspirators assasinate you in the hall.

Magister mundi sum! - I am the master of the universe!

Non sum pisces - I am not a fish.

Radix lecti Couch potato.

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

Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant - May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy.

Cogito ergo sum - I think, therefore I am.

Cogito ergo doleo I think, therefore I am depressed.

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

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

Nihili est - in vita priore ego imperator romanus fui - That's nothing; in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor.

Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est - Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.

Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est - The check is in the mail.

Non illigitamus carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down .

Nonne macescis? - Have you lost weight?

Minime senuisti! - You haven't aged a bit!

Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam! - It looks great on you!

Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! - A wig? I never would have guessed!

Braccae tuae aperiuntur - Your fly is open.

Subucula tua apparet - Your slip is showing.

In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth.

Abutebaris modo subjunctivo - You've been misusing the subjunctive.

Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt! - Hey, we're all in line here!

Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse - No, excuse me, I believe I'm next.

Nonne de novo eboraco venis? - You're from New York, aren't you?

Sona si latine loqueris - Honk if you speak Latin.

Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt - Save the whales.

Frena pro feris teneo - I brake for animals.

Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt - When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.

Sic hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis propinquus ades - If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated, and much too close.

Incitatus - Speed demon.

Vagans - Cruising.

Litoralis - Beach bum.

Mannus- Mustang.

Fractum - Jalopy.

Quid agis, medice? - What's up, Doc?

Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am.

Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert - Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

Farrago fatigans! - Thuffering thuccotash! .

Fac ut gaudeam - Make my day.

Illius me paenitet, dux - Sorry about that, chief.

Tuis pugis pignore! - You bet your bippy!

Diabolus fecit, ut id facerem! - The devil made me do it!

Osculare pultem meam! - Kiss my grits!

Credidi me felem vidisse! - I tought I taw a puddy tat!

Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris - If you fail, the secretary will disavow all knowledge of your activities.

Te capiam, cunicule sceleste! - I'll get you, you wascally wabbit!

Conlige suspectos semper habitos - Round up the usual suspects.

Certe, toto, sentio nos in kansate non iam adesse - You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.

Me transmitte sursum, caledoni - Beam me up, Scotty.

nullius in verba (Take no one's word for it)

proximo satis pro administratio (Close enough for government work)

proximo sed nolo fumigare (Close, but no cigar)

Quid me nutrit me destruit - What nourishes me also destroys me

Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war

Illiud Latine dici non potest - You can't say that in Latin

 

[claymore]

Semper in excreta illigitimae carborundum. Never the let the b@st@ards grind you down

 

[ubuysa]

"Semper in faecibus sumus, sole profundum variat"

We're always in the sh*t, onlt the depth varies.

Tony C.

 

[ShipsWoofy]

nutritor mihi vel EGO madidus in vestri tabernus


I am one clever puppy, woof

 

[Metabarca]

deus nobis haec otia fecit. kim nomen suus est. Non angelus sed Anglus est

T'is a god hath given us this relaxation. His name is Kim. He is not an angel but English

aut amat aut odit mulier, nihil est tertium

A woman either loves or hates; there is no third way

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Well, if you want IT speak in Latin then visit:

http://www.obta.uw.edu.pl/~draco/docs/voccomp.html

 

[StugeronSteve]

Shakus wilius priorum zippus away.

 

[StugeronSteve]

Est quid in hoc topus tenti calus