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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:33 AM
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Can anyone here translate Latin?
"Errare humanum, perseverare diabolicum."

I think the first part is "To err is human," but I can't get the second part. Help?
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:35 AM
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1. roughly
To continue to err is bad/evil?

It's been 10 years since Latin class.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:36 AM
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4. did you go to cathoLic schooL too?
it's been 14 years since my Latin cLasses.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:45 AM
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10. 31 years for me....
I think the last part is.... continue to err is evil.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:35 AM
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2.  "To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil"
:hi:

Or something like that? Not sure.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:36 AM
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3. I think

it would translate to "To continue is diabolical" but I'm in a meeting and so my web crawling needs to be discreet. Try Googling.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:37 AM
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5. Or this:
"to make a mistake is human, to persevere in the error is diabolic."
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:39 AM
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6. i think it's eviL
diaboLicaL is derived from diaboLicum.
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Joe_VB Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:39 AM
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7. Here's what I found
Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum...Lucius Annaeus Seneca

To err is human, To repeat error is of the devil.
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PragMantisT Donating Member (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:43 AM
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8. Perseverare is not in my Latin Dictionary
Looks like a first conjugation infinitive.

In context, I would say it means, "to err is human, to continue (to err) is evil." But with no true definition of "perseverare" that's rough.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:44 AM
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9. Another Latin translation request:
Quo Vadis.

My sources tell me it means "Who farted", but I'm skeptical. :silly:
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PragMantisT Donating Member (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:46 AM
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12. Actually, it's "Hoof Arted". n/t
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:45 AM
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11. To err is human, but to continue to err is diabolical.
Errare humanum est, sed in errore perseverare diabolicum.
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seventhson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 11:49 AM
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13. Latin can be pretty straightforward and simple
Since english is based on it in large part. Often just the endings are very different.

To err is human - to persevere (in the error) is diabolical (satanic or , my guess, plagued by demons).

This perfectly describes Bush and his minions.
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 12:03 PM
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14. Dude that's easy
Errare humanum, perseverare diabolicum means....

The Dolphins will crush the Patsies this season.

Man, I thought you were worldly? :eyes:
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-28-04 12:04 PM
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15. "To err is human, to persist is diabolical"
is what I got.
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