.... non nos immemores
It's Latin and I'm desperate to know its definintion!
2006-07-10 00:25:38 · 12 answers · asked by poppy-dayz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It was from a huge headstone/statue dedicated to the people who fought during WW1 and WW2 .
2006-07-10 00:56:25 · update #1
Some people have been very helpful and honest thankyou very much, you've been great help. I suggest that other people stop being disrespectful to those that have something that means a lot to them.
2006-07-10 01:00:42 · update #2
it means 'we will not forget them' in this context.
2006-07-10 11:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by celtic_princess77 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it IS Latin, but very bad Latin. Since literal translation never gives the sense really meant in another language, there is no point in my telling you that the word string translates [badly] as
NOT US UNMINDFUL.
But if someone was trying to get a Latin phrase for
"Remember Us"
and if they had a Latin dictionary in one hand, a pencil in the other and a kind of understanding of how Latin works [and relates to English] they COULD come up with
"non nos immemores"
2006-07-10 07:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by SouthOckendon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non - not (could also be used as 'don't')
Nos - we (could also mean 'us')
You would think immemores be a verb, because of the -es ending and how close the word is to the word 'memory,' but I have never heard of it. Unless, you have more to this sentence then I do not believe it makes sense, since every sentence needs a verb.
If, by any chance it is a verb, and assuming it does mean to forget, then it could be translated as "You will not forget us..." But again, I don't think it is.
Some people translated immemores as an imperative (as a command), but imperatives are formed by getting the stem, and if you are commanding more than one person, you add a -te.
2006-07-10 10:44:10 · answer #3 · answered by estperfatum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is latin (it might be - but i am not convinced) it is only part of a sentence and will not translate into a properly meaningful phrase.
the nearest i can get on the words you have given is:
'not we who have forgotten'
have you any other words to go with these which might make the sense more transparent?
2006-07-10 07:32:01 · answer #4 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Latin -
non = no
nos = we
immemores = unmindful, forgetful
It's seemingly part of a sentence like someone stated already.
Anyway it should mean somethinf like: We are not unmindful.
2006-07-10 07:38:04 · answer #5 · answered by Peter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means we will not forget
non means not, nos means we or us, immemores means unmindful , forgetful, heedless
2006-07-10 07:32:13 · answer #6 · answered by cinsmith1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "No more blancmange for me missus"
Very rare latin phraseology-where did you find it?
2006-07-10 07:27:55 · answer #7 · answered by Scotty Wrotem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "Lest we forget".
2006-07-10 08:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by lunarsky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no memory?
2006-07-10 07:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget us? or
Don't we forget....?
2006-07-10 07:53:18 · answer #10 · answered by J9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋