1 | ->''"Sibilli, si ergo --\ |
2 | Fortibus es in ero.\ |
3 | Nobili, demis trux.\ |
4 | Si vatis inem, causen dux."''[[note]]See Billy, see her go/Forty buses in a row/No Billy, them is trucks/See what is in 'em/Cows and ducks.[[/note]] |
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8 | ->''[[[Creator/GrahamChapman Brian]] is writing graffiti on the palace wall. [[Creator/JohnCleese The Centurion]] catches him in the act]''\ |
9 | '''Centurion:''' ''[places a heavy hand on Brian's shoulder]'' What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes they go the house?\ |
10 | '''Brian:''' ''[flinches]'' It says, "Romans go home!"\ |
11 | '''Centurion:''' No, it doesn't. What's the latin for "Roman"? ''[grabs Brian's ear]'' Come on, come on!\ |
12 | '''Brian:''' Er, "Romanus"!\ |
13 | '''Centurion:''' Goes like?\ |
14 | '''Brian:''' "Annus"?\ |
15 | '''Centurion:''' Vocative plural of "Annus" is?\ |
16 | '''Brian:''' Er, er, "Anni" !\ |
17 | '''Centurion:''' "Romani..." ''[grabs Brian's brush and writes "Romani" over his graffiti and lets go of his ear]'' "Eunt"? What is "eunt"?\ |
18 | '''Brian:''' "Go"? Er...\ |
19 | '''Centurion:''' Conjugate the verb, "to go"!\ |
20 | '''Brian:''' Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".\ |
21 | '''Centurion:''' So, "eunt" is...?\ |
22 | '''Brian:''' Er... Third person, plural, present indicative! Er... "They go"!\ |
23 | '''Centurion:''' But "Romans go home" is an ''order'', ''[grabs Brian's sideburn]'' so you must use the...?\ |
24 | '''Brian:''' Aaagh! ''Oh!'' Oh, the imperative!\ |
25 | '''Centurion:''' Which is...?\ |
26 | '''Brian''': Aaaagh! Er, er, "i" !\ |
27 | '''Centurion''' ''How many'' Romans?\ |
28 | '''Brian''': Aaaaagh! Plural, plural, er, "ite"!\ |
29 | '''Centurion:''' "Ite"... [writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home"? This is motion towards, isn't it, boy?\ |
30 | '''Brian:''' Dative, sir!\ |
31 | ''[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]''\ |
32 | '''Brian:''' Aaagh! Not the dative, ''not the dative!'' The-the, er, ''the accusative!'' "Domum", sir! ''"Ad domum"!''\ |
33 | '''Centurion''' Except that "Domus" takes the...? ''[presses the sword against Brian's throat]''\ |
34 | '''Brian:''' Uuugh! ''The locative!''\ |
35 | '''Centurion''' ''Which is?!''\ |
36 | '''Brian:''' Er, "Domum"!?\ |
37 | '''Centurion:''' ''[removes the sword from Brian's throats and writes]'' "Domum..." "Oum..." Understand?\ |
38 | '''Brian:''' ''Yes, sir!''\ |
39 | '''Centurion:''' Now, write it out a hundred times.\ |
40 | '''Brian:''' Yes sir! Thank you, sir! Hail Caesar, sir!\ |
41 | '''Centurion:''' Hail Caesar! If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off. |
42 | -->-- ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' |
43 | |
44 | ->''Simplicitas.''\ |
45 | That, dear reader, is '''Latin''' – the language of excessively edgy proverbs and true commitments, like a cringy tattoo inked during mid-teen emo years. |
46 | -->-- '''Per Landin''', ''"[[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/mojang-studios-release-new-astonishing-update Mojang Studios release new astonishing update]]"'' (heralding [[https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Java_Edition_22w13oneBlockAtATime the 2021 April Fools' update]]) |
47 | |
48 | ->''Latin is my language of choice, but I just like to make it up by adding "-us" to at the end. So I smackus the raccoonus and the lockus open upus, and then I fly aroundus and I have a faceus. Wrapus some guysus upus, then grab some moneyus and then I leaveus a cardus. I readus the bookus, and some bad guysusus came bysus and tried to killsus.'' |
49 | -->--'''Sly''', WebVideo/RealTimeFandub of ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' |
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