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

What is the word or Phrase for a situation where competing persons become emroiled in a "sub game "? A different level of competition, so to say. Relates to game theory somehow. It may or may not include the word "pareto". Thanks.
posted on Jun 3, 2008 - 8 answers

How do you pronounce the Latin phrase "primum succurrere"? My best guess would be something like "PREE-moom soo-koo-RAY-ray". But I totally have no idea. Anyone care to throw me a lifeline on this one? It's much, MUCH easier to be pretentious about using a phrase in Latin if you're not mispronouncing it. ;O)
posted on May 23, 2008 - 13 answers

How do you properly capitalize "summa cum laude" on a diploma? [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 7 answers

Can you help me translate a certain passage of 7 lines from Homer's Iliad into latin? Book 22, starting around line 70. [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2008 - 10 answers

And that's very nearly the limit of my Latin, such as it is. Is Latin really a supremely clear and precise language? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 21 answers

Living in Dunedin I know of Casa Tina, which I am not that impressed by. Besides The Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City and Terra Sur what are some of the best places to get some good quality Hispanic/Latino food in the greater Tampa Bay area? It doesn't matter if its Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Peruvian, etc. This could also be a really fancy place or even a hole in the wall type of establishment (which can be the best).
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 10 answers

Emergency Medieval Latin translation? Yes, you read that correctly. [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 5 answers

How do you say "Damn kids, get off my lawn!" in Latin? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 16 answers

What's the abbreviation "D.A.R." mean when referring to Latin music? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 3 answers

I love Nueva Canción. Got resources or recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 5 answers

If someone is French Algerian, can they call themselves "Latin?" [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 25 answers

Why are the words for cutlerly (fork, knife, spoon) so different in the Romance languages? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 17 answers

Maxime, si tu vis, cupio contendere tecum. Need help translating this "detestable Latin hexameter" (well, that's what the 1911 Britannica called it, anyway). [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - 15 answers

Can anyone tell me what this says (if you want to know, it is above a hearth in Cors-y-Gedol hall, Wales.) Here's a picture.
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - 5 answers

What is the english translation of the following latin passage derived from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum?" Impia tortorum longos hic turba furores Sanguinis innocui, non satiata, aluit. Sospite nunc patria, fracto nunc funeris antro, Mors ubi dira fuit vita salusque patent. [Quatrain composed for the gates of a market to he erected upon the site of the Jacobin Club House at Paris.] [more inside]
posted on Nov 1, 2007 - 3 answers

Anyone have any idea what the Latin word/phrase for 'resiliency' or 'resilient' might be? I've Googled without any luck. Thanks!
posted on Nov 1, 2007 - 4 answers

[ancient latin or greek-filter] For an mock ceremony at a party for an friend I need some help with some translations to latin or greek to some diplomas. What would "Settle for less" or "Aspiring to mediocrity" or "Aiming for second place" become in ancient latin or greek? [more inside]
posted on Oct 15, 2007 - 7 answers

Where can I find a (free) recording of Horatius Villam Habet? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2007 - 1 answers

I need a very short note translated into Latin, can you help me? [more inside]
posted on Sep 13, 2007 - 7 answers

The weekly english-to-latin translation. Help me translate a couple of things, por favor. [more inside]
posted on Sep 9, 2007 - 8 answers

Help me with a Latin phrase for a reading at a wedding ceremony. [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2007 - 18 answers

I want a quote to go on my phone case. 2 lines. 21 characters per line. Preferable inspirational, possibly latin. [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 21 answers

In relation to printing/publishing history, I'm curious as to how and why latin was phased out in secular books. [more inside]
posted on Aug 24, 2007 - 19 answers

What's a good name/slogan for a fake Canadian vegetarian eating club? [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2007 - 14 answers

Latin Scholars: How would you translate "Let the mermaids flirt with me"? [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 4 answers

Another strange Latin translation needed (or two, as the case may be): "Life is tough, kid" or "People in Hell want ice water." [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2007 - 7 answers

I'm taking an intensive language course (6-hours-per-day, 5-days-per-week in the classroom and additional study is expected) and want to rock it. But I also want to have a life. What are your best tricks for intensive language acquisition or balancing such intensive study with life? [more inside]
posted on Jun 7, 2007 - 17 answers

Latin Pop Music: I really like Mana. Who else do I like? [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2007 - 12 answers

MusicFilter : I'm looking for not-so-serious covers which have been yanked from one genre to another. [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2007 - 77 answers

I need to find the word meaning "a word with mixed Latin and Greek roots." It's not just "hybrid word," but a word that specifically indicated Greek and Latin origins. I've had several people remark that they know it but can't think of it, and my search skills have failed thusfar.
posted on May 6, 2007 - 10 answers

WordFilter: I'm looking for another word for "post mortem". Ideally something that has less death in it. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2007 - 37 answers

Latin and/or Greek experts, I need help naming a technical term. [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2007 - 30 answers

Please translate this Howard University diploma from Latin to English for me. [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm working on a logo for my school's student government. How do you translate "to improve student life" into Latin? How would you symbolically represent the executive branch if the judicial was a gavel and the legislative was a quill?
posted on Mar 7, 2007 - 14 answers

Help me find a phrase that reads the same left-to-right as up-to-down. [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2007 - 12 answers

How did the Latin language degenerate during the collapse of the Western Roman Empire? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2007 - 14 answers

Here's a phrase I doubt you Latin scholars ever expected to translate, but does anyone know what "you'll never see a dead cat in a tree" would be in Latin?
posted on Jan 24, 2007 - 15 answers

Can anyone translate a phrase into Latin for me? [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2006 - 16 answers

"The faint of heart may stay at home": Latin translation? [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2006 - 8 answers

What are some of the best Latin bands, past and present? [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2006 - 20 answers

I need a translation into Latin here. The phrase is: "In books, there is truth, and in truth, there are monsters." I'd like it to be as short and concise as possible, perhaps something like "In books, truth, and in truth, monsters." I'm working on a rather odd story right now, so I may have some more strange questions in the coming weeks. Thanks.
posted on Sep 7, 2006 - 11 answers

Can you name this Merengue song? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2006 - 3 answers

Has anyone ever produced a movie with wholly Latin language dialogue? Not just snippets (e.g. Passion of the Christ), but a clear better-than-fifty-percent on-going conversation. (Productions of Latin plays definitely acceptable.) Second best would be extended audio only. (I did a post once with snippets- I'm looking for extended play, something commute worthy, say.) Finally, repeat above questions for ancient Greek. (There is a video of Medea by the NY Greek drama Company (1986, good luck finding it now). Anything of that sort would be of interest.) Thanks in advance.
posted on Aug 26, 2006 - 8 answers

Why cant I find a english to latin translation for either "snake" or "serpent"? I have been trying to use online translators. and none of the ones that I have trried come up with a match.
posted on Aug 20, 2006 - 17 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 on Aug 3, 2006 - 6 answers

How would this motto translate into Latin? "Embrace change, never compromise." [more inside]
posted on Jul 22, 2006 - 11 answers

I just bought a puzzle today of an old map, and across the top it says "nova totius terrarum sive novi orbis tabula". Can anyone translate for me? My Latin is quite rusty!
posted on Jun 25, 2006 - 6 answers

What are some decent latin nightlife spots in Philadelphia, PA? Currently I am aware of Brazils Nightclub and Cafe Havana.
posted on Jun 11, 2006 - 6 answers

I'm presently working on a set of Pimsleur Mandarin CDs, and the Pimsleur system is spoken-only. I'm dying to write down what I've learned (I'm addicted to practicing with note cards, I don't feel that I'm really working hard on a language until I have a thick deck of dirty, dog-eared note cards.) But I'm nowhere near ready to write stuff down in Chinese characters. Is there a standard or widely used way of transliterating Mandarin into Latin characters, and somehow also indicating the tonal content?
posted on May 9, 2006 - 9 answers