How would one say "red laws" or "the red laws," in the context of the Roman civil statutes, in Latin?
posted by Bookhouse on Dec 14, 2009 - 7 answers

Church Lyrics filter: Help me find old Catholic Church music with Latin lyrics (with English translations) about about smiting the Devil. [more inside]
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey on Dec 13, 2009 - 5 answers

LatinFilter: What is the gerund form of 'promovere'? [more inside]
posted by syzygy on Dec 10, 2009 - 11 answers

My wife and I always joke about the preponderance of shitty luck we have and how if our family had a crest part of it would be the words "Always an Ordeal" written in Latin. I'm thinking I'd like to actually design it as a gift but know nothing of Latin. Anyone out there know how "Always an Ordeal" would be written in Latin?
posted by Nyarlathotep on Dec 9, 2009 - 17 answers

ISO local New York PBS documentary on Latinos who converted to Judaism after they found out that they were descended from conversos. [more inside]
posted by xetere on Aug 31, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a Latin translation of an American colloquialism (knowing that such translations are at best approximations/don't work because the idiom never existed in Latin.) [more inside]
posted by usonian on Aug 12, 2009 - 5 answers

Latinfilter: Help me translate "From the library of humanity/man/" into latin. So "Ex libris …" something or other…
posted by monocultured on Jul 16, 2009 - 10 answers

Latin scholars, please help with the translation of this wonky medieval titulus [more inside]
posted by RedReplicant on Apr 18, 2009 - 6 answers

Latin Filter: What does "Per Vomer Et Gladius" mean? [more inside]
posted by xotis on Dec 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Latin Translation Request: "Vire sone couirit eundo" [more inside]
posted by ursus_comiter on Dec 3, 2008 - 3 answers

Help a linguistics-obsessed college student learn Latin via the magic of the interwebs. [more inside]
posted by fantine on Nov 25, 2008 - 19 answers

Comi, bibui, lascivi. Does it mean what my friend was aiming for? [more inside]
posted by lilywing13 on Oct 7, 2008 - 8 answers

A small piece of latin translation/identification required, if someone would be so kind. [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Jun 4, 2008 - 2 answers

English - Latin translation question. I should have paid attention in school but there was this really nice girl sitting next to me and you know how it goes... [more inside]
posted by longbaugh on Aug 3, 2006 - 6 answers