Latin LOLCat: Hope

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

At spes non fracta.

But my hope is not broken.

Latin LOLCat: Quo altior gradus

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Quo altior gradus, tanto profundior casus.

The higher the station, the greater the fall.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Semper Fi

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog. And yes, this is the motto of the United States Marine Corps: Semper fi

Semper fidelis.

Always faithful.

Latin LOLCat: Nemo non formosus

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. You can find out more here: Nemo non formosus. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Nemo non formosus filius matri.

There is no son who is not handsome in his mother's eyes.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Arma tuentur pacem.

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. The deponent verb tuentur takes an accusative object: pacem. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Arma tuentur pacem.

Arms protect the peace.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Excelsior!

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. You might know this motto from the Longfellow poem: Excelsior. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Excelsior!

Higher!

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Ne Hercules quidem

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. Note the ne...quidem construction, where the words wrap around the noun Hercules. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.

Not even Hercules takes on two at once.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Vigilo et spero.

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Vigilo et spero.

I watch and hope.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Post nubila Phoebus.

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. Here the god Phoebus (Apollo) stands in for the sun. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Post nubila Phoebus.

After the clouds, sunshine.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Si rota defuerit

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. The words are from Ovid, Ars Amatoria II, and the line is the pentameter line of an elegiac couplet. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam.

If your wheels fail, hit the road on foot.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Things Grow

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. This is inspired by the words of Sallust: Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia maximae dilabuntur, "With concord small things grow; with discord, great things collapse." If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Concordia res crescunt.

Things grow where hearts agree.

Latin LOLCat: Nemo nisi sapiens

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog. Compare also this saying: Nemo nisi sapiens liber est (No one but the wise man is free).

Nemo sine sapientia beatus est.

No one can be happy without wisdom.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Parietes habent aures.

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. You can learn more about this proverb here: Parietes.  If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog. 

Parietes habent aures.

The walls have ears.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Hope

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Non deest spes.

There is no lack of hope.

Latin LOLCat: Examples

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Magis movent exempla quam verba.

Examples inspire more than words do.

Latin LOLCat: Friend

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. The words are adapted from Cicero. Notice the Latin phrase here, "alter ego" which is sometimes used in English too! If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Alter ego est amicus.

A friend is another self.

Latin LOLCat: Fire

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. You can see the same emblem in an alchemical engraving. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Igne quid utilius?

What is more useful than fire?

Latin LOLCat: Ex labore dulcedo.

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Ex labore dulcedo.

After effort, sweetness.

(cheezburger)

Latin LOLCat: Anger

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Adspicis iratum? Irato noli addere ferrum.

Do you see an angry man? Lend him not a sword.

Latin LOLCat: Fire

Here is today's Latin LOLCat. If you are interested in Latin proverbs and fables, check out the Bestiaria Latina blog.

Ne ignem ad ignem.

Don't add fire to fire.