What does this latin palindrome mean? ingirumimus noctem et consumimur igni?

Question

It's written on a mural in Charleston, and I can't find out what it means. Help

Answer 1

Makes no difference but there's an "ecce" missing, meaning
'behold'. The original sentence reads:
"In girum imus nocte, ecce et consumimur igni".
It translates as :"behold, we walk around at night and we are consumed by fire". But this significance was actually considered less important than its purported magical value.
In fact the a palyndrom phrases read the same when read from left to right and from right to left.That's why during the renaissance magical value was attributed to it.
A similar Middle Age Latin palyndromic sentence was:
"Sator Arepo tenet opera rotas" which translation is
"Arepo, the shoemaker, keeps his work on the wheels".
which actually made no sense whatsoever...!!

Answer 2

Palindrome Latin

Answer 3

"IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI"
This famous maccaronic verse, called "the devil's verse", is a riddle in the form of a palindrome - literally a puzzle inside a puzzle... It means "we wander in the night, and are consumed by fire" or "we enter the circle after dark and are consumed by fire" and is said to describe the movement of months. Some others believe that it is about the 'mayfly', that insect that circles the fire only to be consumed by flame.