Latin Phrases Patriots Should Know: Patriotic Latin Phrases and Their Translations

Ammo.com ^ | 1/11/2021 | Brian Miller

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Molon, labe

That's Greek to me...

[Fiddlstix]

Fiat justitia ruat caelum.

Years ago the saying taught us was....

Fiat justitia ruat mundi.

Interpreted as:
Let Justice Be Done Though It Destroy The World.

(That was in my high school days way back in the 1950's)

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Carpe cerevisi!

[TianaHighrider]

Bookmark

[Hieronymus]

Greek is largely Latin with funny looking letters and, thank God, no ablative.

French is kind of like Latin, but in speaking they fail to pronounce just about every letter that will tell you anything useful other than the base meaning of the word.

I hate French.

[Campion]

It does. “Tread” would be some form of the verb calco, calcare.

[kosciusko51]

Nemo me impune lacessit

[rangerX]

Sua Sponte. Of their own accord. 75th Ranger Regiment.

[Hulka]

Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliary US Air Force (started just before WWII): “Semper Vigilans” (Always Vigilant).

[S.O.S121.500]

BOOKbump

[CodeJockey]

“Dum Spiro Pugno” “While I Breathe, I Fight”

USAF 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron

[The Mayor]

Good stuff

[Olog-hai]

Not quite. Quite a bit of difference between Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος (Idou ho anthropos) and Ecce homo (translated Behold the man from John 19:5). It is true, though, that the alphabet used for Latin (and English) was once known as the Western Greek alphabet.

BTW, French orthography has similarities to Greek in lots of respects.

[Fiji Hill]

San Francisco Giants fans who regularly braved the unpleasant weather at their stadium, Candlestick Park, had as their slogan, “veni, vidi, vixi.” (I came, I saw, I surivived).

[Hulka]

My first A-10 Squadron: 511th Tactical Fighter Squadron

“Dum Spiro Pugno” (While I Breathe I Fight)

[Hieronymus]

The definite article is a huge plus for Greek—and if you dig in the Attic you will find the indefinite as well, or so I understand. I’m happy enough trying to just keep my feet on the rock. The presence of both articles is one of the strengths of English.

I’m mostly a passive reading sort of guy—the person who tried to teach me French was much more conversationalist in approach.

I understand that the Greek and German case system is identical, which helps to explain how NT scholarship managed to get so messed up.

[CodeJockey]

Para bellum is Latin for “prepare for war”

Si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war.

[spankalib]

How is it that no one has mentioned:

Non carborundum illegitimi

[Bob Ireland]

"et tu, GOP? ..."

[MurrietaMadman]

From (PA) First Continental Regiment Flag, Domari Nolo. “I Refuse to be Subjugated”