Hypersapien@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.ml · 1 year agor/DebateReligion is requiring all posts to be in Latinmessage-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareHypersapien@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoGoogle translate is giving me “If kept silence stayed philosopher.”
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoColloquially it means “If you’d kept your mouth shut, we might’ve thought you were clever.” It’s my favourite Latin phrase, and not directed at you btw. :)
minus-squareBraveSirZaphod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLiterally, “If you-would-stay-silent, a-philsopher you-would-remain”.
Google translate is giving me “If kept silence stayed philosopher.”
Colloquially it means “If you’d kept your mouth shut, we might’ve thought you were clever.”
It’s my favourite Latin phrase, and not directed at you btw. :)
Literally, “If you-would-stay-silent, a-philsopher you-would-remain”.