# Latin Phrases - For the Helluvit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604 "2002-05-06T19:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/1 "2002-05-06T19:41:01Z")
In Vino Veritas De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/2 "2002-05-06T19:47:03Z")
Quantum ille cane in fenestra est? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/3 "2002-05-06T19:50:52Z")
Non calor sed umor, est qui nobis incommodat. [Handy Latin Phrases](http://www.zippynet.com/pages/latin.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/4 "2002-05-06T19:51:29Z")
Timeo Danaos, et dona ferentis. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/5 "2002-05-06T20:13:56Z")
Tolle dentes, canicula. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/6 "2002-05-06T20:16:15Z")
Carpe jugulum. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/7 "2002-05-06T20:19:51Z")
Sero sed Serio ---
**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/8 "2002-05-06T20:44:06Z")
Nemo me impune lacessit; ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/9 "2002-05-06T21:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Tolle dentes, canicula. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/10 "2002-05-06T21:17:42Z")
Carpe cavy! Seize the guinea pig. šŸ˜‰ - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/11 "2002-05-06T21:19:08Z")
Would it be possible to include a translation of the latin phrases, a) To make the moderator job easier, and b) For the non-latin speaking dopers? The last time I posted a latin phrase in ATMB several people were asking ā€œwhat does that mean?ā€ My contribution: Oderint, dum metuant. Let them hate me, as long as they fear me. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/12 "2002-05-06T21:56:13Z")
Fabricate diem, pvnc. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/13 "2002-05-06T22:08:09Z")
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi. . . in tua sed ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/14 "2002-05-06T22:10:14Z")
Happy to oblige, **Arnold**. Iā€™ll try to edit to American idiom when possible, and I eagerly invite correction. _In Vino Veritas_ There is truth in wine. _De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum_ Thereā€™s no accounting for taste. _Quantum ille cane in fenestra est?_ How much is that doggy in the window? _Non calor sed umor, est qui nobis incommodat_ Itā€™s not the heat, itā€™s the humidity. _Timeo Danaos, et dona ferentis_ I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts. _Tolle dentes, canicula_ Pick your teeth up, bitch. _Carpe jugulum_ Seize the jugular. _Sero sed Serio_ Late, but in earnest. _Nemo me impune lacessit_ No one provokes me with impunity. _Fabricate diem, pvnc_ [Go ahead], punk. Make my day. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/15 "2002-05-06T22:23:20Z")
Thank you lno. The request was also for the people that posted after me in the thread, not just for the previous entries. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/16 "2002-05-06T23:01:44Z")
_Sic transit gloria mundi._ Thus passes the glory of the world. Okay, somebody out thereā€™s smart-alec enough to say it ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/17 "2002-05-06T23:59:41Z")
And **Abe Babe** ā€™s contributionsā€¦ _Semper ubi sed ubi_ Always where under wear or Always wear underwear _In tua sed_ on your but or on your butt I blame the simulpost for not translating that in my earlier barrage. And just to show how frustrating Latin can be, hereā€™s my next phrase for the helluvit. _Femina clamans dicessit_ Translated as: The shouting woman departed. The woman departed shouting. Shouting, the woman departed. The woman who was shouting departed. The woman, since she was shouting, departed. The woman, although she was shouting, departed. While she was shouting, the woman departed. If she was shouting, the woman departed. Ah, context. I loves ya. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/18 "2002-05-07T00:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > **_Sic transit gloria mundi._ > Thus passes the glory of the world.** I always thought that meant ā€œGloria is ill because she was run over by a streetcar on Monday.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/19 "2002-05-07T01:22:20Z")
_Veni, Vidi, Visa_ ā€œI came, I saw, I went shoppingā€ donā€™t blame me, blame my little sister for that oneā€¦ šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604/20 "2002-05-07T01:59:34Z")
Semper Fi! Always faithful [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-phrases-for-the-helluvit/107604.md?page=2)