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The Mighty Monkey of Mim
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I need to translate the following phrase into Latin:

"Hope sleeps, but lives yet"

Can anyone help me out?

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quote:
Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim:
I need to translate the following phrase into Latin:

"Hope sleeps, but lives yet"

Can anyone help me out?

-MMoM [Big Grin]
I know off the top of my head that "sleeps" will be "dormir". I think. I'll try to scrounge up a dictionary and remember my declensions soon.

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The roots are "Spes dormire, sed vivere etiam," or at least that's one possibility. The proper forms of those words is beyond me, though.

While you're at it, anyone know a Latin-equivalent term for "bootie", as in a small child's shoe?

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spero quietus. tamen aetas etiamnun

This is more like Hope is sleeping, but has life however.

That phrase can not be directly translated, but the idea can.

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The literal translation is:

"spes dormit, sed adhuc vivit."
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Well, I don't think it precisely describes what we would call a "booty" today, but "caligula" springs to mind...

[EDIT] Okay, now that I check, "caligula" only refers to an army boot. But, the word for "shoe" or "boot" is "calceus", so "calceulus" could be a diminutive of that, I suppose.
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Alt. spelling "gluteus maximus".
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I like Latin. It's a shame the language is, for all purposes and intents, dead.
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Cartman
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Take some literary liberty, dude. It doesn't have to be the pinnacle of grammatical perfection, so why not spice up your text with some almost-but-not-quite alternatives like etiam*, nunc, autem, nondum, vixdum, or huc? [Smile]
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Because most people write w/ the intention of being understood.
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Cartman
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Most people don't write in Latin.
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TSN
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Insert a "therefore" between my post and yours, and the truth shines through.
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quote:
Originally posted by TSN:
Well, I don't think it precisely describes what we would call a "booty" today, but "caligula" springs to mind...

[EDIT] Okay, now that I check, "caligula" only refers to an army boot. But, the word for "shoe" or "boot" is "calceus", so "calceulus" could be a diminutive of that, I suppose.
Hey funny that - calcaneus is the 'heel' bone in the foot.

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Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

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