Sunday, May 15, 2011

Neo-Latinisms

     Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!
     (Beam me up, Scotty!)

     Dolores capitis non fero. Eos do.
     (I don’t get headaches. I give them.)

     Ex astris scientia
     (From the stars, science)- The motto of Starfleet Academy

     Promoveatur ut admoveatur.
     (Let him be promoted to get him out of the way.)

     Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
     (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

     Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes.
     (If you can read this, you are overeducated.)

     Si tu dixero, necesse erit ut tu interficiam.
     If I told you, I’d have to kill you.

     Vive diu prosperaque!
     (Live long and prosper!)

     Si vis amari, ama.
     (If you want to be loved, love.)

Citation: From my dad's "Miscellaneous File" attributed to Rebecca Rohan

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