If.....
veni, vidi, vici = I came, I saw, I conquered
And....
there is no "real" Latin word for surfed
Then...
why not veni, vidi, surfi......just for fun?
Leah Hawkins, Librarian
West Hurst Elementary
Hurst, TX
leahleah@attbi.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Robinson" <dlrbnsn2@ECLIPSE.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: Latin Translation Needed
> Um... all you need is 'read' and something for surfing, since it
> didn't exist back in Roman times... remember what Caesar said...
> veni, vidi, vici.... I came, I saw, I conquered. Which could also
> apply to books and the Web too, when you think about it.
>
> Dan Robinson
> HW Wilson Company
> Bronx, NY
> drobinson@hwwilson.com
>
>
> On 11 May 2003 at 21:41, Fran Maye wrote:
>
> >
> > If I remember my Latin the verb is always last
> > I came I saw I read tranlates proximare (come closer) ego (I), verto
> > (see) ego (I), legere (read) ego,
> >
> > There is no word that means surf in Latin especially in "surfing" the
> > Internet.
> >
> >
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > Fran Maye
> > Graduate Student NJCU
> > JoyTbear@comcast.net
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> > [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Nina Franco
> >
> >
> > Hello, LM_Netters,
> >
> > I hope that one of you will be able to help me. A classroom teacher
> > would like to find the translations in Latin for the following mottos.
> > She wants to use them on her bulletin board. "I came, I saw, I
> > surfed" (as in I surfed the net) and "I came, I saw, I read" of
> > course, we do not have any Latin dictionaries in the library and the
> > few that I found using Google are difficult for me to understand since
> > I did not study Latin.
> >
> > Please Help!
> >
> > Nina Franco, LMS
> >
>
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