Comments on: Keep your powder, flies, and martinis dry

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:21:59 +0000

What kind of people do you think we are? No one looks down on anyone else’s Latin around here. Nothing is more insufferable than people bragging about their Latin (though it’s awfully common).

Always (semper) they ought to be dry (siccandae sunt):

Potio (drink)

Pulvis (dust, powder)

Pelliculatio (“an alluring enticement”, i.e. bait; see Lewis & Short, page 1326a; it’s an extremely rare word)

By: Erasmaus

Erasmaus — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:59:01 +0000

Would you please render a literal translation of this Latin quote since I have been known to keep all three dry myself and would like to share the motto with others?

Please no comments on my own lack of Latin…

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:17:02 +0000

True, it wasn’t unrelated to Latin, but I’ll only allow you to venerate me once I’ve won a prize for writing something in Latin. (You know, like I now venerate you in deference to the powerful men who were so charmed as to call you “cookie”.)

By: Clara

Clara — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:19:17 +0000

But after all, Iosephe, you yourself once won a nice cash prize that was not unrelated to Latin.