In vino veritas, in servetus felicitas ...............I just would like to know either what language it is..and what it means if you know?!..haha I hope its not somethign wierd?!
2006-08-01 05:31:42 · 12 answers · asked by ♥Tall_Cool_One♥ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It´s Latin...isn´t it beautifull?
It means In wine there´s the truth and in serving there is happiness......
2006-08-01 05:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by Lau 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a Latin sentence, with a very deep meaning. (Er, are you ready for a short history trip?)
"In vino veritas, in servetus felicitas." In English, "In wine, there is truth; in servitude, happiness."
This is one of the many Latin mottos of the Catholic Church. I think it's a motto from one of its religious orders -- but I forget which. (Latin is the official language of the European microstate, the Vatican City, which is the state of the Catholic Church.)
There used to be an old Latin saying back in Roman times that went, "In vino veritas," which simply meant drunk people usually tell the truth.
Over time the Catholic Church borrowed the phrase and made its own motto, "In vino veritas, in servetus felicitas." It might look like something that celebrates the serving of wine to friends, but actually it symbolizes two Catholic Christian beliefs:
1.) That Christ Jesus, the Truth and the Light (veritas) is present in the holy consecrated wine (vino) faithful Catholics drink in their Sunday Mass services. The wine is part of a ceremony re-enacting the last supper Jesus had before he went to his death. During that last supper, Jesus blessed the red wine before he and his disciples drank it, presenting it to them as a symbol of his blood (and his sacrificial death). "Do [drink] this in memory of me," he told them. And for the past two thousand years, the Catholics have been doing precisely that.
2.) That the secret to happiness (felicitas) is in leading a life of kindness and service to others (servitus). By drinking the holy consecrated wine during the Mass, Catholics are reminded that they must strive for this ideal throughout their lives --- which may at times entail some personal sacrifices (a "dying" to self).
2006-08-01 06:02:43 · answer #2 · answered by fbillano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Latin or Spanish. Latin is unspoken with a false history to give it an air of authority.
2006-08-01 05:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Latin, of course! :)
Give me a second, I'll try and find what it means....
EDIT: Okay, are you sure that word is 'vino' and not something else? Perhaps 'vinco' (which means conquer)??
Anyway, I belive it means "to (...something) truth, to serve happily."
2006-08-01 05:35:19 · answer #4 · answered by Japandra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its latin. I cannot translate it all: something about when you have truth, you have happiness. I might be wrong about the translation.
2006-08-01 05:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by sahel578 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks spanish to me
2006-08-01 05:34:51 · answer #6 · answered by dmxdragon2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looks like latin
in truth in sevice and love/happyness? I think my latin is rather rudimentary
2006-08-01 05:36:03 · answer #7 · answered by rache001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Latin.
In wine, truth
(and I think...)
In service, happiness.
2006-08-01 05:35:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i only speak ONE language...and that's ENGLISH!
but it looks like it could be spanish or latin.
2006-08-01 05:36:42 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Brittany♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the language is LATIN. i don't know how to translate it though =)
2006-08-01 05:44:39 · answer #10 · answered by belle♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋