Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
fish copulate in water
Latin translation:
pisces aqua coeunt
Added to glossary by
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Jul 15, 2005 18:09
18 yrs ago
English term
fish copulate in water
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Proposed translations
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| 5 +6 | pisces aqua coeunt |
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
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| 5 +3 | In aqua (con)futuunt pisces |
Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
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Proposed translations
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pisces aqua coeunt
Hello!
That's easy :)
This would serve, if you mean "fishes copulate in water".
Pisces= Fishes
coeunt= they copulate
aqua= ablative for "in water". You can also use "in aqua"
Hope this helps you!
Fla
That's easy :)
This would serve, if you mean "fishes copulate in water".
Pisces= Fishes
coeunt= they copulate
aqua= ablative for "in water". You can also use "in aqua"
Hope this helps you!
Fla
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Comment: "Thanks a lot for help de luxe. I also thank Leonardo for his fine and funny suggestions, but I need this way."
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In aqua (con)futuunt pisces
Watch out: "(con)futuere" is the f*** verb!!
For gay fish: In aqua pedicant pisces!! :-)
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Note added at 2 hrs 32 mins (2005-07-15 20:42:00 GMT)
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I suggested a derogative verb, such as \"(con)futuere\" - used by Catullus, Sallustius and many other authoritative Latin poets -, instead of a neutral \"coire\", just presuming this might be what a humorist wanted.
No offence meant!
:-)
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Note added at 2 hrs 39 mins (2005-07-15 20:49:04 GMT)
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If not so, why should the asker deem it a potentially offensive question? :-)
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Note added at 3 hrs 4 mins (2005-07-15 21:13:19 GMT)
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Writing in haste, I wrote Sallustius instead of Suetonius. Hope Sallustius is not swearing at me, wherever he is right now! :-)
For gay fish: In aqua pedicant pisces!! :-)
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Note added at 2 hrs 32 mins (2005-07-15 20:42:00 GMT)
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I suggested a derogative verb, such as \"(con)futuere\" - used by Catullus, Sallustius and many other authoritative Latin poets -, instead of a neutral \"coire\", just presuming this might be what a humorist wanted.
No offence meant!
:-)
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Note added at 2 hrs 39 mins (2005-07-15 20:49:04 GMT)
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If not so, why should the asker deem it a potentially offensive question? :-)
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Note added at 3 hrs 4 mins (2005-07-15 21:13:19 GMT)
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Writing in haste, I wrote Sallustius instead of Suetonius. Hope Sallustius is not swearing at me, wherever he is right now! :-)
Peer comment(s):
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Giusi Pasi
: miii del latinista!
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:-)
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Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
: Ma "copulate" appunto non è volgare in inglese... meglio un verbo "neutrale" tipo coeo coïre :)
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Già, ma essendo richiesta per motivi "comici" , ho ritenuto che questo fosse il registro!
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Mariusz Rytel (X)
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Gratias ago maximas! :-)
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Joseph Brazauskas
: Sallust is an historian, Suetonius a biographer and philologist. But '(con)futuere', while it has good classical authority, is, I believe, confined to poetry.
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You're absolutely right! I was just recalling the words Suetonius uses in describing the passion Julius Ceasar nurtured for young men and the manner he would enjoy his time with them! :-) Thanks again!
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