Subdeacon Joe 25,855 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Deconstructing Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam usually abbreviated to Carthago delenda est: "The phrase employs the gerundive, a verbal adjective, of deleo, delere, delevi, deletum, "to destroy",[2] (delendus, -a, -um). The future passive participle "delenda" (meaning "to be destroyed") is then combined with the verb sum ("to be"[3]) or parts thereof, adds an element of compulsion or necessity, yielding "is to be destroyed", or, as it is more commonly rendered "must be destroyed". This then forms a predicative adjective.[4] This construction in Latin is known as the passive periphrastic. Carthago, -inis being a feminine noun, the feminine gender of the gerundive is applied. The fuller forms Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam or Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam use the so-called accusative and infinitive for the indirect statement." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,861 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Rich 829 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Sounds right ta me. kR 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L 2,109 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 always wondered about that 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,418 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
largo casey #19191 199 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 HELLO Wrong Number Largo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L 2,288 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 New Year's Eve party starting early there SD??? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,861 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 So I sez to Marcus Ophilius, “Dude, Caveat Emptor”! “Oh totes”, he responded. “E Pluribus Unum”. Then he split an infinitive and we laughed and laughed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dusty Wyatt 104 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I must have been absent from school that day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,855 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: New Year's Eve party starting early there SD??? Nah, just being a jerk! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,861 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dusty Wyatt said: I must have been absent from school that day. That can screw up everything. In tenth grade, I dropped my pencil in geometry class and bent over to get it. By the time I sat back up the teacher had apparently imparted the secret of math and I missed it. I never caught up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 1,222 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I've been to Carthage (Northern Tunisia) and it looks nothing like what you describe. Although the Romans did pretty much deconstruct it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 796 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) Quo usque tandem abutere, Josephus, patientia nostra? Edited December 31, 2020 by Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colorado Coffinmaker 3,450 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Heck . . . I'm IN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,855 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 15 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: Quo usque tandem abutere, Josephus, patientia nostra? Et quis novit Cisero ejus! Et quod sic tam diu perseverare in statu existit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 6,669 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Mine did! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Forty Rod SASS 3935 7,196 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Illegitimas non carborundum. Words to live by. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 796 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Et quis novit Cisero ejus! Et quod sic tam diu perseverare in statu existit. Satis multum est anima mea oblitus. I think. Edited December 31, 2020 by Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Widder, SASS #59054 7,634 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: always wondered about that I ask TN Williams about this just yesterday and he said carthage and calsip buildup in his knee needs to be destroyed. He was looking for a Latin doctor to perform the surgery. The ole boy ain't right. ..........Widder 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,855 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: Satis multum est anima mea oblitus. I think. Sic enim ipse ego Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Rich 829 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Illegitimas non carborundum. Words to live by. Yer right don't let the barstiches wear ya down. kR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DocWard 5,395 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Well, now that I have a headache, I'm going to go take a nap. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 796 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 And now, for the last word on the subject: Doc : In vino veritas. Ringo : Age quod agis. Doc : Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego. Ringo : Juventus stultorum magister. Doc : In pace requiescat! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 1,222 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I'm having a hard time with this. Is this ecclesiastic Latin or classical Latin? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 2,760 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 ....... it's all Greek to me ...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 872 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Don't ask me, I'm lost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,855 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: I'm having a hard time with this. Is this ecclesiastic Latin or classical Latin? I believe it is classiastic Latin. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cactus Jack Calder 637 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Illegitimas non carborundum. Words to live by. The best advice my Father ever gave me. Used to carry business cards with that on the back! On the front it said “Courtesy is the Calling Card of a Gentleman.” that was to remind me not to act in kind to the ‘Illegitimas’. CJ Edited December 31, 2020 by Cactus Jack Calder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Texas Lizard 1,082 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 And I was hoping for a quiet end of this year...Something that my mind could just relax on....Maybe I need a whiskey tonight... Texas Lizard 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,037 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 If only Hannibal didn’t cross the Alps with elephants. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dusty Boots 172 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 6 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: I'm having a hard time with this. Is this ecclesiastic Latin or classical Latin? I am not sure, but I don’t think it is pig Latin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joke 'um 1,013 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 What do you get when you cross an alp with an elephant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,037 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 A St Bernard? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L 2,288 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 25 minutes ago, Joke 'um said: What do you get when you cross an alp with an elephant? Two in front and three in the back? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duffield, SASS #23454 956 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Quis custodet ipso custodes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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