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| " 'Mensa Rotundum' said little Marius and died". Latin, on the other hand, is a language that refuses to die, and thanks to books like Arne Garborg's classical "Gift" ("Poison"), from which the above cite is the closing words, Latin will always have a special meaning for the people of Western Norway. On this page I will regularly add Latin cites, sayings and words that I come across. Cites
SayingsCave ab homine unius libri. "Beware the man who knows only one book" (because he probably knows it better than others do). Fac totum. "Do it all." (We also use the expression 'a factotum' about a person who fixes (or arranges) everything, a gopher). Words
Mailed contributionsSeveral people know that I am fond of Latin stuff, and every now and then I get things in the mail. Some of it ends up here. "Sed lupus agnum devorare voluit; quod voluit, fecit." This was mailed to me by S. Hodne, without a translation. My translation is, "Thus the wolf wants to eat the lamb; what one wants, one does". I don't know the origin or context; the word 'lupus' may have been used in one of it's allegorical senses (whore, student-watcher). |
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