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  1. sonofecthelion

    sonofecthelion New Member

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    I don't know if anybody here knows much of this dead language. But I was wondering if anybody here knows the translation to the Latin sentence:

    Excitate vos e somno, liberi.

    I believe it means "wake from your sleep" but I am unsure of the meaning of tghe last word "liberi"

    Thankyou in advance!
     
  2. David.W

    David.W Active Member

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    I can't help, but if you are a member of the Comando Supremo forum, which is full of Italian speakers, they might be able to help you.
    If you are not a member, but want to try. Ask me, I will post it for you.
     
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    Liberi means children.
     
  4. Christian Ankerstjerne

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    It means 'wake from your sleep children'.

    Christian
     
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    sonofecthelion New Member

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    Cheers everybody. It is a quote from a Latin song named "Liberi Fatali" which I now know to mean "Fated Children". Anybody who plays Final Fantasy VIII will know of the song.
     
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    Look at my signature! It's Latin! :D
     
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    PanzerMeister New Member

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    Hey! Where's my signature gone?!!?!??! :angry:
     
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    The signature function was turned off. No signature will show anymore on these forums.
     
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    may i aks why?
     
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    PanzerMeister New Member

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    Okie doke. But my signature was "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori".
     
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    To save us work. There was no way to put any restrictions on signatures, so people could freely put pictures and whatever unacceptable lines they wanted into their signatures to be read by everyone on their every post.
     
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    sonofecthelion New Member

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    What does that mean PanzerMeister?
     
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    Umm... Something like "brave and honourable is to die for fatherland"
     
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    If I know any latin it's more along the lines of "sweet and glorious".
     
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    (After some checking) Yep, you're right.
     

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