bleachclla:

(in case you wanted to know because i fucking love this language) 

• ad astra per aspera – to the stars through difficulties 
• alis volat propriis – he flies by his own wings 
• amantium irae amoris integratio est – the quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love 
• ars longa, vita brevis – art is long, life is short 
• aut insanity homo, aut versus facit – the fellow is either mad or he is composing verses 
• dum spiro spero – while I breathe, I hope 
• ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem – with the sword, she seeks peace under liberty 
• exigo a me non ut optimus par sim sed ut malis melior – I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better than the bad
• experiential docet – experience teaches 
• helluo librorum – a glutton for books (bookworm) 
• in libras libertas – in books, freedom 
• littera scripta manet – the written letter lasts 
• mens regnum bona possidet – an honest heart is a kingdom in itself 
• mirabile dictu – wonderful to say 
• nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit – there is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part 
• omnia iam fient quae posse negabam – everything which I used to say could not happen, will happen now 
• poeta nascitur, non fit – the poet is born, not made 
• qui dedit benificium taceat; narrat qui accepit – let him who has done a good deed be silent; let him who has received it tell it 
• saepe ne utile quidem est scire quid futurum sit – often, it is not advantageous to know what will be 
• sedit qui timuit ne non succederet – he who feared he would not succeed sat still 
• si vis pacem, para bellum – if you want peace, prepare for war 
• struit insidias lacrimis cum feminia plorat – when a woman weeps, she is setting traps with her tears 
• sub rosa – under the rose 
• trahimir omnes laudis studio – we are led on by our eagerness for praise
• urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit – he found the city a city of bricks; he left it a city of marble 
• ut incepit fidelis sic permanet – as loyal as she began, so she remains

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tinymugs:

terrasigillata:

secretlyaperson:

thecuckoohaslanded:

lovepsychothefirst:

sydneysunbeam:

in latin instead of saying “i love you” you don’t say anything because it’s a dead language. nothing.  i think that’s beautiful.  just shut the fuck up

#LATIN IS NOT A DEAD LANGUAGE#YOU KNOW WHAT A REAL DEAD LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE?#ELAMITE#YOU EVER HEARD OF ELAMITE?#NO#YOU KNOW WHY?#BECAUSE NO ONE CAN READ OR WRITE IT NO ONE CAN SPEAK IT KNOW ONE KNOWS IT#ELAMITE HAS NO DESCENDANT LANGUAGES NO DERIVATIVES NO MODERN EQUIVALENTS#ITS ENTIRE LANGUAGE BRANCH IS EXTINCT#YOU KNOW WHY LATIN ISN’T DEAD#THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE WHO CAN READ AND WRITE LATIN RIGHT NOW THAN THERE WERE DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE#THERE ARE 5 ROMANCE LANGUAGES WHICH ALL DERIVE FROM LATIN#ITALIAN IS CLOSER TO LATIN THAN MODERN ENGLISH IS TO OLD ENGLISH#ENGLISH TAKES LIKE 60% OF ITS WORD STRUCTURE FROM LATIN#AND ENGLISH HAS OVER A MILLION FUCKING WORDS IN IT#THERE IS MORE LATIN IN THE WORLD TODAY THAN AT ANY POINT IN HUMAN HISTORY#LATIN ISN’T DEAD#LATIN TRANSCENDED DEATH AND BECAME A LANGUAGE GOD

AND CAN I JUST ADD TO MY RANT FROM EARLIER THAT LATIN IS LITERALLY THE BASIS OF OUR ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.  

MODERN MEDICINE WOULD NOT TRANSLATE ACROSS BORDERS IF IT DIDN’T USE LATIN AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE BASIS FOR ALL OF ITS TERMINOLOGY.  ALL OF BIOLOGY TAKES ITS NOMENCLATURE FROM LATIN.

BECAUSE IT’S NOT A DEAD LANGUAGE.  IT’S A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.  THE MODERN WORLD COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT LATIN.

LATIN HAS BECOME SO DEEPLY ROOTED TO ALL ACADEMIA AND SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE THAT WE HAVE MADE IT *IMPOSSIBLE* FOR LATIN TO DIE BARRING THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN RACE ITSELF.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT.  WE WILL LEAVE SIGNS OF OUR EXISTENCE ON THIS WORLD AFTER WE DIE.  SOME ALIEN ARCHAEOLOGIST IS GOING TO FIND EVIDENCE OF OUR CIVILIZATION ONE DAY.  AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO FIND?

LATIN.

LATIN WILL OUTLIVE OUR SPECIES.

can i just say that i love you in latin is ego amo te

te amo would probably be more accurate

Me when someone says that me liking Latin is useless and lame

me when someone says

that me liking latin is

useless and lame

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