# Need english phrase translated into latin, please

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847 "2012-06-21T15:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/41 "2012-06-24T01:11:16Z")

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How about  
pone caput suum in porcem

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/42 "2012-06-26T07:39:18Z")

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In an old article in _Mad,_ a passage mentioned “Buggus Bunnius, the famous [for _what?]_ Latin scholar,” is quoted as saying, _“Stratus winnus; lorbrakus losus; paisus stratus shutus!”_ Which supposedly means (in \*what language, \*may I ask?) “Straight shooters always win, lawbreakers always lose, so it pays to shoot straight!”  
What I would like to know is the _correct_ Latin translation of the phrase, \*not \*the one Mr. “Bunnius” rendered.

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**Author:** ![Vaevictis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f04885/32.png) [@Vaevictis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vaevictis)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/43 "2012-06-26T23:29:18Z")

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> [@dougie\_monty](#):
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> In an old article in _Mad,_ a passage mentioned “Buggus Bunnius, the famous [for _what?]_ Latin scholar,” is quoted as saying, _“Stratus winnus; lorbrakus losus; paisus stratus shutus!”_ Which supposedly means (in \*what language, \*may I ask?) “Straight shooters always win, lawbreakers always lose, so it pays to shoot straight!”  
> What I would like to know is the _correct_ Latin translation of the phrase, \*not \*the one Mr. “Bunnius” rendered.

How about this:

Qui recta et vera loquatur, semper vincit;  
qui contra legem committat, semper vincitur;  
ita recta et vera loqui lucratur.

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/44 "2012-06-27T05:02:07Z")

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Gratias multas. Vae victis. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/45 "2012-06-27T14:43:01Z")

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My favorite Latin malediction has been _Ī in orcī ānum_ (go into the asshole of Orcus), though in attempting to find the source, I find that I must have corrupted it from [this one from Erasmus](http://books.google.com/books?id=_6I9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA610&lpg=PA610&dq=In+Orci+culum+incidas&source=bl&ots=Jrb8T85_OY&sig=_bQ0Zt8cskkLucOEbO-yq2yUmIQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rxrrT-2qM6Wr2AXp8JGlAQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=In%20Orci%20culum%20incidas&f=false): _In orcī cūlum incidās_ (may you fall in the asshole of Orcus). Probably my version got confounded with _Ī in malam crucem_ (go get crucified).

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/46 "2012-06-27T18:57:28Z")

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How about "Pigi Latinus? Insertus cranum et porcus baconsorucei. Oinkus! :eek:  
Maybe not…😉

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-english-phrase-translated-into-latin-please/625847/47 "2012-06-27T21:05:38Z")

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> [@](#):
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> How about "Pigi Latinus?

That should be “Latina porcorum”. Or “atinaLay orcorumpay”, if you prefer.

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