Arvestaked Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Not sure if I ever mentioned them before but here it goes... http://www.oaksenham.com/images/logo.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 (edited) YES! One of my favorite recently! One of the best from the album 'Wooden's Eve Live' - the rendishon of Gaudeamus igitur. Those of you who are educated outside US would enjoy it most! OH, YES! Vivat Academia, Vivant Professores! Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus; :| Post jucundam juventutem, Post molestam senectutem |: Nos habebit humus! :| 2. |: Vita nostra brevis est, Brevi finietur, :| Venit mors velociter, Rapit nos atrociter, |: Nemini parcetur. :| 3. |: Ubi sunt qui ante Nos in mundo fuere? :| Vadite ad superos, Transite ad inferos, |: Hos si vis videre. :| 4. |: Vivat academia, Vivant professores, :| Vivat membrum quodlibet, Vivant membra quaelibet, |: Semper sint in flore! :| 5. |: Vivant omnes virgines Faciles, formosae, :| Vivant et mulieres, Tenerae, amabiles, |: Bonae, laboriosae! :| 6. |: Vivat et respublica Et qui illam regit, :| Vivat nostra civitas, Maecenatum caritas, |: Quae nos hic protegit! :| 7. |: Pereat tristitia, Pereant osores, :| Pereat diabolus, Quivis antiburschius, |: Atque irrisores! :| 8. |: Quis confluxus hodie Academicorum? :| E longinquo convenerunt, Protinusque successerunt |: In commune forum; :| 9. |: Vivat nostra societas, Vivant studiosi :| Crescat una veritas, Floreat fraternitas, |: Patriae prosperitas. :| 10. |: Alma Mater floreat, Quae nos educavit; :| Caros et commilitones, Dissitas in regiones |: Sparsos, congregavit; :| While we're young, let us rejoice, Singing out in gleeful tones; :| After youth's delightful frolic, And old age (so melancholic!), |: Earth will cover our bones. :| |: Life is short and all too soon We emit our final gasp; :| Death ere long is on our back; Terrible is his attack; |: None escapes his dread grasp. :| |: Where are those who trod this globe In the years before us? :| They in hellish fires below, Or in Heaven's kindly glow, |: Swell th' eternal chorus. :| |: Long live our academy, Teachers whom we cherish; :| Long live all the graduates, And the undergraduates; |: Ever may they flourish. :| |Long live all the maidens fair, Easy-going, pretty; :| Long live all good ladies who Are tender and so friendly to |: Students in this city. :| |: Long live our Republic and The gentlefolk who lead us; :| May the ones who hold the purse Be always ready to disburse |: Funds required to feed us. :| |: Down with sadness, down with gloom, Down with all who hate us; :| Down with those who criticize, Look with envy in their eyes, |: Scoff, mock and berate us. :| |: Why has such a multitude Come here during winter break? :| Despite distance, despite weather, They have gathered here together |: For Philology's sake. :| |: Long live our society, Scholars wise and learn-ed; :| May truth and sincerity Nourish our fraternity |: And our land's prosperity. :| |: May our Alma Mater thrive, A font of education; :| Friends and colleagues, where'er they are, Whether near or from afar, |: Heed her invitation. :| http://ingeb.org/Lieder/gaudeamu.html Edited August 3, 2005 by gamavor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Gaudeamus igitur, Juvenes dum sumus; :| Post jucundam juventutem, Post molestam senectutem |: Nos habebit humus! :| style_images/master/snapback.png Latin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Yes. It is a beatiful language. A little dead, but still kicking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 hear the original: http://www.personal.us.es/alporu/varios/gaudeamus_coral.mp3 If you only knew how much alcohol was absorbed back in the good ol' days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 A little dead, but still kicking! Haha! Wow, I had appreciated Oakshenmam's musical direction before, but they just tripled their respect points and with this one! Prog and Armenians can make a fine mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anileve Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 Yes. It is a beatiful language. A little dead, but still kicking! style_images/master/snapback.png I agree, I work with a man who studied Latin in college. He is always throwing Latin expressions around and I find them very beautiful. It's a shame that it's no longer used. But I still find it to be very useful as a platform for Romance languages and as an insight into science. I think Spanish carries the strongest resemblence to Latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvestaked Posted August 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 I studied Latin for four years with the plan of using that knowledge to make learning other languages in college easier. Then I dropped out of all education. What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 (edited) I think Spanish carries the strongest resemblence to Latin. Hence the toponym "Latin" America, no? Edited August 5, 2005 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 (edited) I think Spanish carries the strongest resemblence to Latin. Nope! Italian is much, much closer. Even some gramatic forms are still preserved in modern Italian. PS: That is according to my Italian friend who ( is well versed in both Spanish and Italian) happens to be Latin language teacher. Edited August 4, 2005 by gamavor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 I read somewhere that the dialect spoken on Sardinia is more closely related to Latin than any other language. Apparently Latin isn't such a dead language afterall. A variant of it, a kind of village Latin is still spoken in two very remote valleys in Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 And I don't mean Rhaeto-Romansch, which is the fourth official language of Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 Sardinia makes geographic sense, and it exiting to hear Latin lives. Do you have any links mentioning that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclope...an_language.htm http://web.quipo.it/minola/sardu/sardu_intro.htm Have a look at this site: http://www.ditzionariu.org You can see that Sardinian hardly looks like Italian or any other Romance language. For those of you who can read German here is an interesting site: http://www.lingrom.fu-berlin.de/sardu/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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