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1->''"Sibilli, si ergo --\
2Fortibus es in ero.\
3Nobili, demis trux.\
4Si 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''
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44->''Simplicitas.''\
45That, 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]])
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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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