Reply to: Wednesday Latin Quiz

[Mich the Tester]

Unless this thread involves Caecilius in his garden, I'm out.

Go and Caec in your own bloody garden!

[Pondlife]

Unless this thread involves Caecilius in his garden, I'm out.

[Gibbon]

I'd go along with that.

(Was going to suggest "The end justifies the means", but that doesn't mean quite the same.)

exitus acta probat

[Gibbon]

As King Charles I shouted at Prince Rupert, after the latter had lost an important battle in the English Civil War

"You promised me mountains, but delivered molehills!"

(Substitute "they" for "you")



edit: I guess the literal translation is something like "They agreed the hills, but produced a ridiculous mouse"

Close.

Mountains will be in labour, and an absurd mouse will be born. (all that work and nothing to show for it)

[OwlHoot]

paturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus

Same as above

As King Charles I shouted at Prince Rupert, after the latter had lost an important battle in the English Civil War

"You promised me mountains, but delivered molehills!"

(Substitute "they" for "you")



edit: I guess the literal translation is something like "They agreed the hills, but produced a ridiculous mouse"

[OwlHoot]

alls well that ends well?

I'd go along with that.

(Was going to suggest "The end justifies the means", but that doesn't mean quite the same.)

[Mich the Tester]

It could be said, yes.

Moving mountains and producing nothing of any consequence.

Remembered it from skool but can't translate directly except for montes and ridiculus mus.

[Gibbon]

Waterfall development methodology.

It could be said, yes.

[Gibbon]

Erm, isn't 'erit' the future perfect of the verb 'sum' (to be), giving 'If the end is good, all will have been good'?

that would have to use the participle

[Ticktock]

Is this the Life of Brian "Romans Go Home" graffiti thread?

[Mich the Tester]

paturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus

Waterfall development methodology.

[Mich the Tester]

si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit

A well known proverbial saying - used in Roman times.

+ve rep for literal translation

+ve rep for idiomatic translation

Erm, isn't 'erit' the future perfect of the verb 'sum' (to be), giving 'If the end is good, all will have been good'?

[Ignis Fatuus]

Sorry, I'm better at ballroom.

[Gibbon]

No Googling!

paturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus

Same as above

[Gibbon]

FTFY

Yes future tense.