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22863278 No.22863278 [Reply] [Original]

>Eram quod es, eris quod sum

>> No.22863343
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22863343

Quis est qui non est? Nihil

>> No.22863366

Quomodo potest esse et non esse? Nomine est, et re non est.

>> No.22863372

>>22863343
i know i havent done latin since high school, but is this not nonsense? 'who is who is not? nothing'

>> No.22863388

>>22863372
It's a pun

Also apologies, I transcribed it wrong.

Quid est, quod est et non est? Nihil

Think about it, what both is and isn't? Nothing ;)

It comes from "Disputatio regalis et nobilissimi iuvenis Pippini cum Albino scholastico", a didactic dialogue full of puns and riddles.

>> No.22863402

>>22863372
A. Vidi quendam natum, ante quam esset conceptus.
P. Vidisti et forte manducasti. mordia vitae. Nondum natus
A. Manducavi.

(The answer to this riddle is "ovum")

>> No.22863408

>>22863402
Jesus Christ, the OCR text copying did not work. Let me type it out manually.

A. Vidi quendam natum, antequam esset conceptus.
P. Vidisti et forti manducasti
A. Manducavi

>> No.22863414

https://archive.org/details/jstor-20648358/page/n2/mode/1up

Quid est littera? Custos historiae.

>> No.22863430

Cui similis est homo? Pomo

(This works on 2 levels. Superficially, the word Pomo is similar to Homo. More deeply, a man, like a fruit, is born from the earth, grows, ripens, dies, and then returns to the earth)

>> No.22863469

>>22863278
cum

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22863921

I love you lil' Latin niggas like you wouldn't believe!