Here are some handy Latin translations just in case you ever find yourself in need. My favourite is the one about the catapult. Appropriate, since I have selected 'Trebuchet' as the default font for this site...
Nescio quid dicas |
I don't know what you're talking about |
| Nemo hic adest illius nominis | There is no one here by that name |
| Ita erat quando hic adveni. | It was that way when I got here |
| Nihil declaro | I have nothing to declare |
| Raptus regaliter | Royally screwed |
| Ut si! | As if! |
| Vescere bracis meis | Eat my shorts |
| Re vera, potas bene | Say, you sure are drinking a lot |
| Noli me vocate. Ego te vocabo. | Don't call me. I'll call you. |
| Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione | I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult |
| Canis meus id comedit | My dog ate it |
| Die dulci freure | Have a nice day |
| Fac ut vivas | Get a life |
| Fac me cocleario vomere! | Gag me with a spoon! |
| Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem | Stand aside, little people! I am here on official business |
| Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. | I have a catapult. Give me all of your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head. |
| Utinam barbari spatioum proprium tuum invadant | May barbarians invade your personal space |
| Quo signo nata es? | What's your sign? |
| Romani quidem artem amatoriam invenerunt... | You know, the Romans invented the art of love... |
| Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. | I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear. |
| Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant | May conspirators assasinate you in the hall |
| Magister mundi sum! | I am the master of the universe! |
| Non sum pisces | I am not a fish |
| Radix lecti | Couch potato |
| Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? | How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? |
| Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant | May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy |
| Cogito ergo sum | I think, therefore I am |
| Cogito ergo doleo | I think, therefore I am depressed |
| Senito aliquos togatos contra me conspirare | I think some people in togas are plotting against me |
| Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. | Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. |
| Nihili est - in vita priore ego imperator romanus fui | That's nothing; in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor |
| Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est | Yes, that is a very large amount of corn |
| Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est | The check is in the mail |
| Non illigitamus carborundum | Don't let the bastards grind you down |
| Nonne macescis? | Have you lost weight? |
| Minime senuisti! | You haven't aged a bit! |
| Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam! | It looks great on you! |
| Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! | A wig? I never would have guessed! |
| Braccae tuae aperiuntur | Your fly is open |
| Subucula tua apparet | Your slip is showing |
| In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes | You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth |
| Abutebaris modo subjunctivo | You've been misusing the subjunctive |
| Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt! | Hey, we're all in line here! |
| Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse | No, excuse me, I believe I'm next |
| Nonne de novo eboraco venis? | You're from New York, aren't you? |
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