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KitSileya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 03:42 PM
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Anyone here know Latin?
I don't, beyond what we sing during Mass. Marcus Porcius Cato used to end his speeches, "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" - "And therefore, I conclude that Carthage must be destroyed".

Following in his footstep, I want to say "And therefore, I conclude that Bush must be brought to justice" and "Bush must be brought to justice." Can anyone translate?

Thanks!

KitSileya
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Waistdeep Donating Member (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 03:48 PM
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1. Or, the more concise
form, that I learned in High School Latin: "Carthago delenda est!"
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KitSileya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 04:21 PM
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3. yeah,
I think that the first two words puts 'esse delendam' in another verb mode, like the conjunctive or something. When it's not a subclause, the verb from is 'delenda est'. (I am a language teacher, but I never studied Latin.)
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-03-04 03:53 PM
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2. Uckfay eethay othermay uckerfay
That's latinus porcinus.
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