Comments on: What does “O sibili si ergo fortibus es in aro” mean?

By: Peter Krafft

Peter Krafft — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:30:25 +0000

Caesar adsum iam forte
Pempey aderat
Pompey sic in omnibus
Caesar inisat

By: Joe Kesselman

Joe Kesselman — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:26:17 +0000

Just stumbled across your site — nice work.

(The version I heard as a kid had “Noces mari, Thebi trux” rather than “O nobili demis trux”, and ended with “Pax et dux” — pigs and ducks.)

I’ve periodically attempted to un-dogify “O sibili!”, to figure out what a native Latin speaker would have heard this as, if one of us barbarians uttered it in his presence. I generally get as far as “Oh, the hissing! If, because the strongman is in being…” and stumble.

By: Bill D

Bill D — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:54:03 +0000

Cognito cognito ergo cognito sum – I think I think, therefore I think I am

That should be “cogito”. “Cognito” means by, with or from what is known.

I’m pink, therefore I’m Spam.

Je pense donc je suis. Mais ne ne pense pas. Donc, je ne suis pas. Mais…quand je pense que je ne pense pas, je pense.

Donc, je suis.

By: Fred Goodrich

Fred Goodrich — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:58:03 +0000

Ogradi amano diciti savat eprusum vas aciti egavit apat sed niclidlcat ande bureed esclos otopiti

do you know this one? It isn’t quite right – but close

By: Mr. Jensen

Mr. Jensen — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:41:19 +0000

Good one, Jason! That was originally from Ambrose Bierce, I think.

By: Enigmatum

Enigmatum — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:50:13 +0000

Cognito cognito ergo cognito sum – I think I think, therefore I think I am

By: D McCoy

D McCoy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:03:47 +0000

Inspired by Caesar’s “Alia jacta est”

the following silliness “Qui sacem jacit”
or “Who threw the bag”.

By: Mr. Jensen

Mr. Jensen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:49:24 +0000

I just saw one, a trailer for a sci-fi horror movie called “Pandorum,” which I assume is a reference to the Greek Pandora’s Box. Pandorum is surely the name of the spaceship, and it’s surely about a research project annexed onto a travel ship; a research project to study something profitable, yet intrinsically evil, which will be let loose upon the people in the ship. Tell me if I’m right.