Anybody any good at Latin?

sirichmond · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:00

Hello,

Our little mtb club has a motto which is "Pain is Glory" now I have used google to convert this to latin and it comes up with "Dolor Est Gloria". So is their anyone out their good at Latin that can confirm this is correct.

Many Thanks
Simon

metbandit1 · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:03

According to this website:

http://www.thebookmarkshop.com/latin/latintranslator.htm

It translates back to pain is fame

RomanNose · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:06

The order of words is mucked up in latin iirc. I learnt latin when I was younger, have never used it lol.

JonJ678 · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:09

The missus is a classics graduate, so I've sent her a text. Might be a couple of hours before she actually reads it though, as she's currently teaching some unfortunate student Tacitus.

GravyMonster · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:11

The only latin I know is 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit.'

I've typed it so many damn times it's lost all meaning

shadow_boxer · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:24

Pretty much the only Latin I know is

Caecilius est in horto

TommyV · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:25

Omnia Causa Fiunt

Skillmister · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:25

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

DanielMMS · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:28

Ehue. Est statuae nasus fractus.

Arnie · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:28

Simon accipit illud in asinum.

FlyingPig · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:29

I studied Latin back in the days and I think what you found is correct, but if I'm not mistaken I think the verb should come at the end (though both are fine I think). So: "Dolor gloria est". But don't take my word for it... Maybe "gloria" should be "gloriam" to be an accusative, but if I remember correctly it is a simple nominative for the verb "esse" (to be) so it should be fine as it is. Anyway, this brings back baaaad memories...

grimm · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:32

I did classics and latin at school and it looks fine to me. Let's face it, nobody will know the difference anyway, and if they do they will have to be bigger geeks than us

Nightglow · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:33

Use to have a sign on the wall of my office many years ago, saying 'Illegitimi non carborundum'.

A.N.Other · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:34

Spunkey said:
The only latin I know is 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit.'

I've typed it so many damn times it's lost all meaning

This is what lorem ipsum generators are for

Firefox rclick > insert dummy ipsum ...

Will Gill · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:41

shadow_boxer said:
Pretty much the only Latin I know is

Caecilius est in horto

haha amazing, that's pretty much all I took away from GCSE latin too

that and something about quentis being a free man when the volcano blew up

RomanNose · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:43

shadow_boxer said:
Pretty much the only Latin I know is

Caecilius est in horto

Caecillius in in the garden?

Nitefly · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:46

Atin-lay ess-iay ointless-pay!

sirichmond · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:51

JonJ678 said:
The missus is a classics graduate, so I've sent her a text. Might be a couple of hours before she actually reads it though, as she's currently teaching some unfortunate student Tacitus.

Cheers, seems Latin is a minefield.

lcg · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:56

It looks fine to me, from what I can remember.

shadow_boxer said:
Pretty much the only Latin I know is

Caecilius est in horto

No he's not!

RomanNose · 8 Feb 2012 at 15:58

lcg said:
It looks fine to me, from what I can remember.

No he's not!

So did everyone use the Caecillius textbooks?