tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post7582484650736413362..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: Bad Latin in the movies: Constantine (2005)Peter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-38409058721174454372022-07-26T06:49:42.281+12:002022-07-26T06:49:42.281+12:00The text has nothing to do with Esperanto. An Espe...The text has nothing to do with Esperanto. An Esperanto version would start something like "Ĉar la amon de la patro superis nur la pasio de Satano je posedo kaj potenco. Kaj en liaj lumboj kaj de liaj lumboj filon estas konceptita. De tiu filo devenos la damno de la mondo. Nur tiamaniere homoj eblos plenumigi la veran sorton de ilia mondo..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-59968397325400704182019-06-25T08:14:32.697+12:002019-06-25T08:14:32.697+12:00Who said anything about "Latin"??? That ...Who said anything about "Latin"??? That is your assumption because it looks like Latin. (the words translate but the syntax is gibberish) It translates perfectly into "Esperanto"... I can only imagine how many authentic documents have been destroyed because of translators being ignorant of this language.<br /><br />Here is a translation of "Ad Corinthios XVII" Shroomdoggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02041185515245032239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-63529170908320011382019-06-13T21:01:13.192+12:002019-06-13T21:01:13.192+12:00That's really helpful, thanks Typhoeus! I didn...That's really helpful, thanks Typhoeus! I didn't look far into the backstory of those mottos. Though it did look like 'ens causa sui' wasn't an accident -- you don't go using the participle of <i>sum</i> willy-nilly, and the genitive of <i>se</i> is always a special occasion.<br /><br />(I wonder if I should sit down and try to transcribe Tony Steedman's Greek in <i>Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-4929883982119868232019-06-13T19:58:54.218+12:002019-06-13T19:58:54.218+12:00Thanks for another fascinating post.
Apparently &q...Thanks for another fascinating post.<br />Apparently "Ens Causa Sui" has currency (sorry) among philosophers including Spinoza and Descartes, so it is correct in that sense:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causa_sui<br />"Ex Unitate Vires" was the national motto of South Africa, lending it an unfortunate association with racism that the film makers probably didn't look Typhoeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420594078456559040noreply@blogger.com