Latin · Chapter 12 · Lesson 4 · Grammar primer
Latin for the permanent record
Tattoo Latin that is actually grammatical, the famous phrases that are not, and how to check an ending before it becomes part of you.
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Check the ending before the needle
Half the famous tattoo Latin is fine: carpe diem, memento mori, dum spiro spero. The other half fails on agreement - an -us adjective on a woman's arm, a noun swapped into carpe without its accusative. Fortis works for anyone; altus does not. Four questions before the appointment: endings agree, verb form checked, word order sane, source real.
dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope
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