Latin Phrases

[Eagle-scuba]

I`m looking for a Latin Phrase to go with my Pirate tatoo. something to go on a banner below it,....I have searched all of the latin sites, and all I can find is the typical generic stuff, ...What I would like is something like: Where the sea is, is My Freedom (liberty), My heart belongs to the sea,... or some dive related verse, maybe from a past era of diving or sailing,..... if YOU have suggestions, I`m open...please see what you can come up with, it would be greatly appreciated, and who knows....maybe you will see it tatooed on my arm someday....See ya` under

 

[Pyromaniac]

Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti (Conquered By No Enemy)

 

[djanni]

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[ItsBruce]

Perhaps some of the following may be of help:

Die dulci fruere.
Have a nice day.

Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.

Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!
If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high paying world of Latin!

Sona si Latine loqueris.
Honk if you speak Latin.

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!
Don't you dare erase my hard disk!

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

Gramen artificiosum odi.
I hate Astroturf.

Furnulum pani nolo.
I don't want a toaster.

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

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

Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
Don't call me, I'll call you.

Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules.
If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.

Canis meus id comedit.
My dog ate it.

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

Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?
Seen any good movies lately?

Nullo metro compositum est.
It doesn't rhyme.

Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.
I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem.

Fac ut gaudeam.
Make my day.

Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur!
Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt and the plaid jacket!

Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio.
Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.

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

Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
May barbarians invade your personal space!

Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!
May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!

Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!

Radix lecti
Couch potato

 

[RikRaeder]

I think you should go with this one:

Sona si Latine loqueris.
Honk if you speak Latin.

Very nice Bruce, very nice.

 

[Codyjp]

or this one by Columbus

"where the %%&^ is the land already!"

 

[ItsBruce]

Gelatinum en aborum pungare non potas.
"You can't nail jello to a tree."

 

[Footslogger]

One of my favorites has always been:

NIL ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM EST

"Don't let the *******s get you down"

'Slogger

 

[H2Andy]

where the sea is, there is my freedom:

qua mare est, libertas mea est


my heart belongs to the sea:

pectus meus mare illa


my latin translation is very rusty. take these with a grain of salt.

 

[Nailer99]

A personal favorite of mine:

"Sic Transit Gloria"

Unless, of course, you actually know a woman named Gloria. Then it might seem weird. It means "Thus passes earthly glory", kind of like, all things are temporary, or something. Watch the movie "Patton" to hear a better explanation from George C Scott.

(edit)- another fave: "Vita Brevis, Ars longa"- Hippocrates. Life is short, Art is long.

I believe the full quote is: "Life is short, art is long. The moment, instant. The decision, difficult. Experiment, perilous."