# Latin Translation Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136 "2002-12-03T03:10:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/21 "2002-12-03T16:07:20Z")

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Hic iocus est! Plures lineae Latinae institandum sunt!

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**Author:** ![Jerevan\_Somerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jerevan\_Somerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerevan_Somerville)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/22 "2002-12-03T16:38:48Z")

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Omnis lingua Graeca mihi est.

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**Author:** ![agroof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@agroof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agroof)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/23 "2002-12-03T16:39:27Z")

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Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/24 "2002-12-03T17:30:00Z")

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Contra ventum,

Contra ventum.

Nunc grandior sum, sed etiam mingo contra ventum.

-Bobbus Seegarus

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/25 "2002-12-03T19:31:22Z")

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Thanks, y’all. I knew you’d come through. (And then some) 🙂

Robin

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/26 "2002-12-03T21:48:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \*  
> \*\*Terminus est. \*\*

Yes?

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**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/27 "2002-12-03T23:46:42Z")

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terminus est…

you stole that from castlevania didn’t you?

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**Author:** ![Jerevan\_Somerville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@Jerevan\_Somerville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerevan_Somerville)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/28 "2002-12-04T00:08:43Z")

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Quo vadit hoc filum?

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/29 "2002-12-04T00:41:50Z")

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Eos futue nisi jocum percipere possent

Illegitimis non carborundum

O Sibile ergo fortibus es in ero  
O Nobile deus trux  
Si vantes indem  
Causen dux

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-question/140136/30 "2002-12-04T00:46:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by owlofcreamcheese \*  
> \*\*terminus est…
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> you stole that from castlevania didn’t you? \*\*

The name is from _The Book of the New Sun_ by Gene Wolfe.

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