Talk:List of Latin proverbs

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
(It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland.)

Does this one belong here? As far as I know, noone ever said it until centuries after the Roman fatherland was gone.

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Where did you read that? This proverb can be found in Horace's Odes (carminum liber tertius, 2, 13), which were published in 23 BCE -- about 500 years before the fall of the Western Roman Empire ;-)

Hmm...as far as I knew. Thanks very much for setting me straight.

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Do we talk about proverbs of the Roman Empire or of the Latin language ???
Kpjas

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I would format the page differently. Here's an example.

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Absentem laedit, qui cum ebrio litigat. (He who quarrels with a drunk hurts an absentee.)

Ad multos annos! (On many years! or Many happy returns!)

Aegroto dum anima est, spes est. (As long as a sick person is conscious, there is still hope.)

Amor patriae nostra lex. (Love of the fatherland is our law.)

Alea iacta est. (The dice is cast!)

etc.

I thought it was more traditional to italicize the Latin. And I don't think the line breaks add anything.

What do others think? <>< tbc
TBC - I agree with you. BTW, shouldn't is be either "The die is cast" or "The Dice are cast"? -- MB

Dice is the plural of die. Est in the singular of 'to be' in Latin. So "The die is cast" is correct. maveric149

I agree on the italication of the Latin -- However, the line breaks do add to the structure and readability of page (not to mention the individual proverbs).maveric149

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Is it appropriate to include common or important Latin phrases, such as mottoes, which aren't exactly proverbs, on this page? Is there somewhere else for them?

Yes! Latin language/Phrases

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I removed a number of very funny but inauthentic and latter-day "proverbs" that I recognize from Henry Beard's Latin for All Occasions. Some may have slipped through, so remove them if you see them. - Montréalais