Latin, maybe Greek, translation?

Question

I have this pin with three words on it. I think they are Latin. They go around in a circle, so I'm not sure which one is supposed to come first. Can anyone tell me what these mean?:

VINUM
FLACCIDUM
NULLUM

thanks :-)

Answer 1

Nullum doesn't usually mean nothing, though it can. Nihil is the more usual word for "nothing". Nullum is more likely a form of the adjective nullus, which corresponds to the English adjective "no". I would suggest that nullum is the first word and modifies vinum, just like flaccidum.

Taking it this way would make the translation, "No weak wine/alchohol". Did you get the pin at a bar or something?

Answer 2

WINE
WEAK
NOTHING

(Latin)

This is highly ambiguous. Does it refer, I wonder, to the wine or the wine bibber? This is a really philosophical conversation piece!

Answer 3

i'd say that it's a joke, telling us that the bottle of wine is empty, by using the word "nullum" to indicate there is nothing in the flaccidum of vinum=bottle of wine.-

ciao...john-john.-

Answer 4

its latin.vinum-maybe something to do with vin,meaning wine? flaccidum-soft.nullum-nothing.in english,null means "nothing",or "void",as in the legal term"null and void." most of our medical and law words are derived from latin sources.