# Latin Translation **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 10, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation/218072 "2003-12-10T02:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation/218072/1 "2003-12-10T02:49:56Z")
Can anyone translate: Ow! Stop! I said stop it! Ow! Hey, watch the ball sack! Ow! Stop! Stop eating me! into Latin (I play Julius Caesar in a skit- he’s mistaken for Caesar salad and eaten. I was asked to do this part in Latin, I don’t know why)? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation/218072/2 "2003-12-10T06:24:15Z")
NOLI ME EDERE = “Don’t eat me!” Or NOLITE ME EDERE, if Caesar is talking to more than one person. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation/218072/3 "2003-12-10T08:24:29Z")
I’ll give it a shot, but it’s been 15 years since I saw the inside of a Latin classroom. **Ai! Desiste! “Desiste” dico! Aheu, attende aminum ad scrotum. Ai! Desiste! Desiste me edere!** If Caesar is addressing more than one person, change every _desiste_ to _desistite_, _attende_ to _attendite_ and _animum_ to _animos_. Note that there are no silent vowels in Latin: _attende_, _desiste_, and _edere_ are all three syllables each. But _ai_ is one syllable and _aheu_ is two because ai and eu are diphthongs.