Loquemur Latinam
(Let’s Speak Latin)
Salvete! (Hello!)
We are going to be holding a joint-club meeting with the ISU History club. It will be this coming Monday, September 14th, at 7pm in Schroeder Hall room 115. We will be watching the HBO show Rome and there will be snacks.
Feel free to bring any friends if you'd like.
Valete (Take care!)
President:
Co-president: Sam Wilson
FAQs
Do you have questions about your minor?
Latin: A Dead Language That's Very much Alive Read this recent article in the New York Times about the resurgence in Latin.
Latin Proverbs:
* Age quod agis
Translation: "Do what you do", in the sense of "Do well what you do", "Do well in whatever you do" or "Be serious in what you do"
* Amor vincit omnia
Translation: "Love conquers all". Often quoted in this form, but originally Omnia vincit amor (same translation) ((Virgil, Eclogues 10:69).
* Bellum se ipsum alet
Translation: "Let war pay for itself"
* Bona fide
Translation: "In good faith."
* Carpe diem
Translation: "Seize the day." By Horace, Odes I,11,8, to Leuconoe: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero ("take hold of the day, believing as little as possible in the next"). The verb "carpere" has the literal meaning "to pick, pluck," particularly in reference to the picking of fruits and flowers, and was used figuratively by the Roman poets to mean "to enjoy, use, make use of."
Latin Proverbs:
* Claude os, aperi oculos!
Translation: "Shut your mouth, open your eyes."
* Pacem in Terris
Translation: "Peace on Earth"
* Scio me nihil scire
Translation: "I know that I know nothing" (Socrates)
* Veni Vidi vici
Translation: "I came, I saw, I Conquered" Said by Gaius Julius Ceasar refering to his campaign in Pontus.