Wordsmith.org
Posted By: wwh nisi - 04/06/04 01:13 PM
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

Posted By: jheem Re: nisi - 04/06/04 01:19 PM
De mortuis nihil nisi bonum.

concering - the dead - nothing - if not, except - good

L nisi < ne 'not' + si 'if'.

Posted By: wwh Re: nisi - 04/06/04 01:37 PM
Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint, “If you won't sleep with me, the terrorists will have won.”



Posted By: jheem Re: nisi - 04/06/04 01:53 PM
Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint.

Nescio quod curabas ... "I didn't know you cared" ...

Posted By: Capfka Re: nisi - 04/06/04 03:11 PM
Boy, them Latin phrase books sure do come in handy!

Posted By: jheem Re: nisi - 04/06/04 04:07 PM
After posting the last one it dawned on me that English "caring about something/somebody" was a false friend of Latin curo 'to care or nourish'. Unfortunately, the only other verbs that now come to mind are all of 'em feelthy. Ah, well, it's been a long time since I took Latin, but Henricus Barbatus does have a goodly franchise there.

Posted By: Capfka Re: Henricus Barbatus - 04/06/04 05:51 PM
Best one of the lot from Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus, for mine:

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam!

Posted By: wwh Re: Henricus Barbatus - 04/06/04 08:40 PM
Dear Capfka: I partcularly admire your ability to hold your catapault in one hand,hidden under your coat!

Posted By: dxb Re: Henricus Barbatus - 04/07/04 07:28 AM
Bardocucullus ingens est. (? taking a flyer.)

Posted By: jheem Re: Henricus Barbatus - 04/07/04 02:20 PM
Bardocucullus ingens est.

Cujus? Henrici aut Gullielmi medici?

Posted By: dxb Re: Henricus Barbatus - 04/07/04 03:08 PM
Non medici, sed medica? Modo si *Medici, nec Henrici neque Gullielm; probabilitur Leonardo!

This is getting too hard! Fainites!

© Wordsmith.org