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From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: What's the meaning of "Moriturus te saluto." ?
Message-ID: <1995Mar18.212554.23514@sq.sq.com>
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 21:25:54 GMT
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> > What's the meaning of "Moriturus te saluto." ?

Having seen two wrong answers, I suppose I might as well post the right one.

> "Those who are about to die salute you."  It's what
> the Roman gladiator was supposed to say to his emporer
> before "exiting."

What the gladiators traditionally said was "morituri te salutamus",
which is best literally translated "We, those who are about to die,
salute you".  "Te" is singular "you", "salutamus" is "we salute",
and the other Latin word incorporates the other 6 words of English.
The word "those" and the commas may be omitted from the English for
a more idiomatic translation.

What the program says is the *singular* of the above.  In other words,
"I who am about to die salute you."

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Scheming.
-- 
Mark Brader, msb@sq.com   |  "Domine, defende nos
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto    |   Contra hos motores bos!"   -- A. D. Godley

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