2007-08-29 14:44:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Catullus said it like this: da mihi basium. Well he said it in a better meter: da mihi basia mille deinde centum... very hot: give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred.
As with any language, there is more than one way to say something in Latin.
A kiss is an osculum
or a suavium
A french kiss is a basium
You could also say da mihi suavium. I am still going with Catullus.
Oh, and a fossor is a ditch digger, not a fool.
Be very careful with some of the grammar here. It's not very accurate.
2007-08-31 13:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
'Kiss me' versus 'Give me a kiss' - slight difference here, in both English and Latin.
Da mihi basium = Give me a kiss.
Threre are several ways to say 'Kiss me' in Latin. First, two types of kisses - savium (or suavium) - an all-purpose word for 'kiss' that would cover a kiss from Aunt Sue and basium for an amorous kiss from a lover.
Next, a couple of ways to make the verb - a subjunctive that expresses it as a wish/hope and a command, which is more forceful.
Me saveris = What Aunt Sue might say when she first arrived.
Me saviare! = What Aunt Sue might say after you turned away from her.
Me basies = What you might say to your girlfriend casually.
Me basia! = What you might say to your girlfriend after things got hot.
By the way, Catullus used 'fossor' in the sense of 'fool, bumpkin, rube'.
2007-09-01 04:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Rosa L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Amplectibus osculisque = with hugs and kisses (Needs ablative plural case)
2016-04-09 00:34:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hugs have 2 different options: amplexus (nominative) complexus(nominative) and kiss basium (nominative) hugs and kisses would be amplexi et basia complexi et basia
2016-03-18 00:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
basium mihi
or
for fun...
basium mihi, vos fossor
kiss me, you fool
2007-08-29 15:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 7⤋
basia me ! or, me osculare ! = kiss me :)
2007-08-30 11:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
besarme
2007-08-29 16:42:34 · answer #8 · answered by innamorta2000 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋