Latin for All Occasions
Latin for All Occasions (Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus) is a 1990 book by
Latin
equivalents.
Beard is known as a humorist but studied Latin for eight years at
Villard Books, a division of Random House
.
The translations are mostly direct, so an English expression like "Get your ducks in a row" is translated as Anates tuas in acie instrue. The significance of having ducks lined up would presumably be a mystery to an ancient Roman, or indeed to a non-American.
Sample phrases
- You're fired. Ego te demitto.
- Look out, I'm going to barf! Cave, vomiturus sum!
- Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar?
- Your fly is open. Braccae tuae hiant
- You're beautiful! Pulcher es! (masculine), Pulchra es! (feminine)
- Honey, I'm home! Melita, domi adsum!
Some of the phrases are not even intended to be helpful, and are included instead purely for the purposes of comedy:
- Infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me back my money! Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos!
References
- Henry Beard, Latin for All Occasions; Villard Books, 1990, ISBN 1-59240-080-9.)
- Henry Beard, Latin for Even More Occasions, 1991, ISBN 0-679-40674-3.
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