te audeo... (I dare you...) (1 Viewer)

[caaal]

I challenge you all to translate my..."poem" which i have composed in latin (not paying any attention to any metre of any kind )

deus doctrinae in solio caeli sedebat
nam fessus fuit, tendere in omnem
libidinosus feminae erat
sed nemo ei venit, foedus enim est

speculum vidit subitoque sceleratum vultum spectit,
a deo formae factus est
flevit iuravique petere ultium
et deum truculenter trucidet

tunc, tyrannum faciet, cuius dolusus magnus est

its not finished, but please do correct me on any mistakes here on latin grammar and usage of words.

THANKS! (N.B i know its pretty basic, but hey, im only in yr 9-10)

 

[flyin']

I haven't done any Latin for over 400 days... so don't expect this to be right. Also, I haven't used a dictionary because I'm lazy... well here goes...

deus doctrinae in solio caeli sedebat
The God of Teaching was sitting in the sky alone
nam fessus fuit, tendere in omnem
For he was busy, reaching out to everyone
libidinosus feminae erat
...
sed nemo ei venit, foedus enim est
But noone came to him, and he was ...

speculum vidit subitoque sceleratum vultum spectit,
He saw...
a deo formae factus est
From the God a shape was made
flevit iuravique petere ultium
...
et deum truculenter trucidet
and...

tunc, tyrannum faciet, cuius dolusus magnus est
Then, he became a tyrant, ...


Now some Latin maestro of 2003... translate this! Pigs...

 

[rukawasan]

very impressive....

 

[caaal]

Originally posted by rukawasan
very impressive....

impressive? are you being sarcastic?
no-ones trying to translate it...

 

[flyin']

No one remembers any Latin... even the 2003ers Let alone a 2002er.

 

[caaal]

WHAT?! oh that cant be true! lol, oh well...how about a 2004er to-be

 

[flyin']

They don't visit until about 5 to 6 months time. You're early

 

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esto fieldlis


crap..

keep forgetting my latin

 

[caaal]

hey hey hey, no spam, just keep on track! and no replying to this post either...

 

[flyin']

You never know any lipsy

Edit: My post was like a couple seconds after yours.

 

[greeninsanity]

haha, I'm here representing '04 latin!
but I really can't do this so I'm just going to add bits to flyin's...

deus doctrinae in solio caeli sedebat
The God of Teaching was sitting on his sky throne
nam fessus fuit, tendere in omnem
For he was tired, reaching out into everything
libidinosus feminae erat
His passion was for a woman
sed nemo ei venit, foedus enim est
But noone came to him, for he was ugly.

speculum vidit subitoque sceleratum vultum spectit,
He saw a mirror and suddenly looked at the wicked face
a deo formae factus est
From the God a shape was made
flevit iuravique petere ultium
He wept and swore to seek revenge
et deum truculenter trucidet
and he slaughters the god aggressively.

tunc, tyrannum faciet, cuius dolusus magnus est
Then, he will become a tyrant, of whom he is the most deceitful.

Well, that didn't improve it.
Sorry, Caaal, I tried!

 

[flyin']

That actually seems to make more sense and seems more right. I actually recognise some of the Latin and English now. It (not) all coming back.

 

[caaal]

greeninsanity is so far.....the BEST!! you're very very close, however, u gotta pay attention to the tense and change the words for gods sake! the words make my poem sound so gay.. i mean....god of teaching...haha...well it was supposed to be god of knowledge, but anyway, please do continue, only minor mistakes there

N.B oh yea, dont call me caaal please, it sounds weird, call me cal! thanks

 

[pigs_can_fly]

lol...seriously, i can't even remember wot i wrote for english, let alone translate latin

 

[pigs_can_fly]

but i'm very pleased we are finally getting some serious latin discussion going on. good job caal and greensanity

 

[flyin']

Does anyone recognise that they aren't part of the usual Latin crew which doesn't know or remember any Latin? lol

 

[pigs_can_fly]

i did!

 

[caaal]

ha. maybe thats cuz u all passed ur hsc, and the latin "euphoria"' has prolly passed...

anyway, to encourage this, ill be posting more latin texts! now please dont groan, contribute some of ur own too!

 

[Newbie]

latin
what a dead language
come on flame me

 

[flyin']

pigs: 'sif you did!

Yes, more Latin in the Latin forum would make Moderators happy.