Comi, bibui, lascivi?
October 7, 2008 9:01 PM Subscribe
Comi, bibui, lascivi. Does it mean what my friend was aiming for?
My friend (ok, it's really my husband, and yeah, it's for XBox Live) needs a motto of at or under 21 characters. What he's shooting for is "I ate, I drank, I played (or I was playful)". Did he get close with the attempt? If not, do you have any suggestions?
Even happier alternatives would also be translations of "breakfast of champions" or "I eat champions." Thank you in advance.
My friend (ok, it's really my husband, and yeah, it's for XBox Live) needs a motto of at or under 21 characters. What he's shooting for is "I ate, I drank, I played (or I was playful)". Did he get close with the attempt? If not, do you have any suggestions?
Even happier alternatives would also be translations of "breakfast of champions" or "I eat champions." Thank you in advance.
Best answer: wouldn't ludi be the better verb for play? Not that I know ludi is the correct decliniation or whatever you latin nerds do to make latin work for you.
posted by troy at 10:29 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by troy at 10:29 PM on October 7, 2008
Best answer: Isn't "lascivi" related to Latin "lascivus" which means lustful?
It's the root of the English word "lascivious", and that word was what I thought of when I saw "lascivi". That may not be what you want others to think when they see your motto.
As to "lusi", the problem is that it sounds too much like "loser".
I don't know if "ludi" is right, but if it is, it has the additional advantage of not suggesting any incorrect interpretations.
posted by Class Goat at 10:53 PM on October 7, 2008
It's the root of the English word "lascivious", and that word was what I thought of when I saw "lascivi". That may not be what you want others to think when they see your motto.
As to "lusi", the problem is that it sounds too much like "loser".
I don't know if "ludi" is right, but if it is, it has the additional advantage of not suggesting any incorrect interpretations.
posted by Class Goat at 10:53 PM on October 7, 2008
Best answer: How about Japanese?
Taberu, nomeru, zareru
食べる飲める戯れる
(Babelfish translates that as "Eat, Drink, Frolic". Would that do?)
posted by Class Goat at 11:03 PM on October 7, 2008
Taberu, nomeru, zareru
食べる飲める戯れる
(Babelfish translates that as "Eat, Drink, Frolic". Would that do?)
posted by Class Goat at 11:03 PM on October 7, 2008
Response by poster: You guys rock!
I'll run everything by the guy and mark best answers sometime tomorrow.
Thanks again!
posted by lilywing13 at 11:27 PM on October 7, 2008
I'll run everything by the guy and mark best answers sometime tomorrow.
Thanks again!
posted by lilywing13 at 11:27 PM on October 7, 2008
Best answer: Yeah, I would say edi, bibi, lusi.
I thought the same as Class Goat regarding lascivi. Ludo is a better verb to use. Ludi isn't right, though - that's either the genitive of ludus (play or game - noun) or the present passive infinite (i.e. "to be played", or something similar). Lusi works fine.
Note that it's bibi, not bibui. (The verb forms are bibo, bibere, bibi, bibitus.)
posted by badmoonrising at 5:30 AM on October 8, 2008
I thought the same as Class Goat regarding lascivi. Ludo is a better verb to use. Ludi isn't right, though - that's either the genitive of ludus (play or game - noun) or the present passive infinite (i.e. "to be played", or something similar). Lusi works fine.
Note that it's bibi, not bibui. (The verb forms are bibo, bibere, bibi, bibitus.)
posted by badmoonrising at 5:30 AM on October 8, 2008
Best answer: I suppose lascivious is the most familiar derivative, but lascivio also has a primary textual meaning of playing in the sporty kind of way.
As badmoonrising stated, ludi isn't the right form to use.
If "lusi" doesn't work for him, here are some alternatives:
rui = I destroyed
vici = I conquered (as in veni, vidi, vici)
fregi = I shattered/crushed
posted by palionex at 8:54 PM on October 8, 2008
As badmoonrising stated, ludi isn't the right form to use.
If "lusi" doesn't work for him, here are some alternatives:
rui = I destroyed
vici = I conquered (as in veni, vidi, vici)
fregi = I shattered/crushed
posted by palionex at 8:54 PM on October 8, 2008
Response by poster: Yes, I gave everyone best answers. Thank you all very much for the thought-out answers to help with a fun thing.
posted by lilywing13 at 10:17 PM on October 8, 2008
posted by lilywing13 at 10:17 PM on October 8, 2008
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I ate, I drank, I played (or I was playful)
Edi, bibi, lusi (or lascivi), but the disyllabic variant has more cadence.
ientaculum (breakfast) defensorum/propugnatorum/campionum/as(/d)sertorum (of champions)
or meal of champions = cena defensorum
I eat champions => Devoro defenses/propugnatores/assertores
posted by palionex at 9:36 PM on October 7, 2008