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Bree · 04-08-2003, 08:48 PM

Translation?

Quote:

"Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc."

ju'iblex · 04-08-2003, 09:07 PM

thus now we <something>, applied below the big toes.

errr.... you sure you havent written it incorrectly, gorgiamus doesnt exist at all... and it doesnt sound right.

kwigibo · 04-08-2003, 09:10 PM

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Bree · 04-08-2003, 09:34 PM

It's the Addams Family motto - that's why I'm asking.

KoopaFanatic · 04-08-2003, 09:37 PM

I googled it and found a translation: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." Supposedly the Addams Family motto, seen on a grave in the 1991 movie. Whether it's legit or not, I dunno. Don't actually know Latin (yet).

RufusAtticus · 04-09-2003, 12:08 AM

It can't be translated becase "gorgiamus" isn't a latin word as far as I can tell. The closest thing to it is "Gorgo, -onis" which refers to the Gorgons.

I would suggest: "Thus we will turn to stone the big toes now been thrown up from below."

Corwin · 04-09-2003, 08:59 AM

I'm gonna make a wild guess that it's faux latin.... sort of like the 'don't let the bastards grind you down' bit that people use.

Witty · 04-09-2003, 12:58 PM

I'm pretty sure it's not real latin, having just taken it last year.

Sic = thus
allos (probably meant illos) = accusative of them/those
nunc = now

As far as I can tell, gorgiamus is not a latin verb. There are many, many verbs which can mean "to eat," but none of them seem to be gorgio or anything similar.

Subjectatus is probably supposed to be the particle for subdue, but the proper verb would probably be subiactus from sub- (below) and iacio (to throw down). "Illos subiactus" would then mean literally "those who have been thrown down."

A more literal translation would probably be "Thus we feast on those who now have been thrown down."

RufusAtticus · 04-10-2003, 05:19 PM

allus -i = big toe (although it is not a common word)

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04-08-2003, 09:07 PM	#2
ju'iblex Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Australia and beyond the realms of Gehenna Posts: 6,035	thus now we <something>, applied below the big toes. errr.... you sure you havent written it incorrectly, gorgiamus doesnt exist at all... and it doesnt sound right.

04-08-2003, 09:10 PM	#3
kwigibo Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Posts: 5,814	.

04-08-2003, 09:34 PM	#4
Bree Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Twin Cities, USA Posts: 3,197	It's the Addams Family motto - that's why I'm asking.

04-08-2003, 09:37 PM	#5
KoopaFanatic Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,867	I googled it and found a translation: "We gladly feast on those who would subdue us." Supposedly the Addams Family motto, seen on a grave in the 1991 movie. Whether it's legit or not, I dunno. Don't actually know Latin (yet).

04-09-2003, 12:08 AM	#6
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	It can't be translated becase "gorgiamus" isn't a latin word as far as I can tell. The closest thing to it is "Gorgo, -onis" which refers to the Gorgons. I would suggest: "Thus we will turn to stone the big toes now been thrown up from below."

04-09-2003, 08:59 AM	#7
Corwin Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,369	I'm gonna make a wild guess that it's faux latin.... sort of like the 'don't let the bastards grind you down' bit that people use.

04-09-2003, 12:58 PM	#8
Witty Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 95	I'm pretty sure it's not real latin, having just taken it last year. Sic = thus allos (probably meant illos) = accusative of them/those nunc = now As far as I can tell, gorgiamus is not a latin verb. There are many, many verbs which can mean "to eat," but none of them seem to be gorgio or anything similar. Subjectatus is probably supposed to be the particle for subdue, but the proper verb would probably be subiactus from sub- (below) and iacio (to throw down). "Illos subiactus" would then mean literally "those who have been thrown down." A more literal translation would probably be "Thus we feast on those who now have been thrown down."

04-10-2003, 05:19 PM	#9
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	allus -i = big toe (although it is not a common word)

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