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? asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 4 years ago

Help with a Latin phrase?

Hi. I want to make some T-shirts as Xmas presents that have Caesar s portrait and either "Vini, vidi, vinci and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" or "I conquered Britain and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." I ve tried three different on-line translators and received three different answers, and my own grasp of Classic Latin is far too shaky. And yes, I realize T-shirt can t be translated, but I think just leaving it in English would be part of the joke.

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  • dollhaus
    Lv 7
    4 years ago
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    First part - either Veni vidi vici OR Brittaniam vici

    Second part - et una res quam concepi haec tunica levis.

    Tunica is about as close as you can get to T-shirt - it's a short-sleeved undergarment worn under a toga.

    Levis = trivial, trifling. Lousy (pediculosa) had a literal meaning in Latin

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hmm! Veni, vidi vici

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Thus why I said my Latin is shaky! ;)

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