# How do I say this in Latin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517 "2002-03-22T12:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dharma\_Bumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dharma\_Bumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dharma_Bumpkin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/1 "2002-03-22T12:10:20Z")
Watching a really good movie last night (‘Stickmen’… rent it if you can) and one of the actors, when congratulated on winning a pool tournament, said “Well, we’re not here to f\*ck spiders” Instantly thought that it would make a great motto for my dragonboating team - if translated into Latin that is. Make us seem smarter or something, if nothing else, and maybe slightly less likely to offend innocent bystanders and all that. Can anyone help me on translating that? And while I’m on the topic of team mottos, anyone seen or thought of any good ones that I can blatantly plagiarise? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/2 "2002-03-22T13:12:34Z")
_ **bene, pedicare araneas non adsuamus** _ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/3 "2002-03-22T13:16:30Z")
Istara’s translation uses “bene” (well) in the sense of “good.” I’m not sure how you wanted it, since “well” as an interjection has two meanings: “Good, we’re not here to f\*\*\* spiders” OR “Hey, we’re not here to f\*\*\* spiders” ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/4 "2002-03-22T13:32:12Z")
Let’s get ruder… _ **perite, pedicare araneas non adsuamus** _ that’s a really, really rude “hey!” ---
**Author:** ![Dharma\_Bumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@Dharma\_Bumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dharma_Bumpkin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/5 "2002-03-22T13:43:53Z")
sheesh, you guys are amazing… Answers and so quickly too!! Maybe I should have gone for the really difficult and asked for it in Urdu or something. :rolleyes: Nah, still think Latin just has that classy touch. CK Dexter Haven, you were right, it was ‘well’ as in ‘hey’… but really, it’s the other half of the sentence that I’m more focused on! Ta muchly ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/6 "2002-03-22T15:20:10Z")
In this case, I think vero works best for “well.” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/7 "2002-03-22T17:26:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by istara \* > \*\* > _ **perite, pedicare araneas non adsuamus** _ \*\* Don’t you mean _adsumus_? _Adsuamus_ is subjunctive of _adsuere_ (“to sew”). ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/8 "2002-03-22T18:18:03Z")
While we’re on the subject, I heard that someone had a T-shirt that had a phrase in Latin that translated to “If you can read this, you’re overeducated.” Can anyone translate this to Latin? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/9 "2002-03-22T19:20:26Z")
Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes. [http://www.tictac.to/latin\_phrases\_for\_all\_occasions.htm](http://www.tictac.to/latin_phrases_for_all_occasions.htm) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-this-in-latin/99517/10 "2002-03-23T01:24:54Z")
How to swear in just about any language in the world, including Latin: [http://www.insults.net/html/swear/](http://www.insults.net/html/swear/) Add some of the stuff there, you should come up with something pretty amazing. Don’t use them on people who are intelligent 🙂