Do'es NIL DESPERANDUM, NIL ILEGITAMO CARBORUNDUM mean........... Never despair. don't let the bastards grind you down ?
2006-09-02 01:06:34 · 4 answers · asked by xenon 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It's not real Latin, just something made up to look that way.
See the link below (FAQ no. 6)
2006-09-02 07:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by zlevad29 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I first heard that one about 20 years ago, and I asked my classics teacher about it when I was in college - he is a Jesuit, 80 years old now, has more brains in his pinkie than I've got in my entire body - he said it was garbage. Someone's poor idea of a joke. I had been unable to find the last two words in the dictionary, so I had thought that they might have been something from Later Latin, but he said not a chance. They are not even words in Latin. It has certainly stuck around, however; I have seen it on many Latin quotation pages.
2006-09-02 13:07:01 · answer #2 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little bit of that might be made up Latin (or loosely translated if you prefer), but overall, the answer is YES!
2006-09-02 09:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by Carlos R 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically yes...
2006-09-02 01:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋