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Latin phrases
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Can anyone translate for me this (possibly cod) Latin phrase?
Iocunde premamus!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Well spotted, chaps. I thought it was a lower-case L, but changing the font has revealed that it's an upper-case i. If it's a pun on music (as in melodeons) and another pleasant pastime, as in Quizmonster's first answer, then the mystery is solved. Is the Latin for squeeze a euphemism, then? Or does the word have two meanings?
The Latin verb - of which 'premamus' would be the first person plural present indicative tense form...ie 'we do' (whatever it is) - means press, squeeze, thrust, have intercourse with etc.
The English word 'jocund', meaning merry, cheerful, pleasant etc, comes from the Latin 'iocundus/iucundus'.
So, there you have a variety of possible translations, including the two I've already offered. The phrase is, of course, merely cod Latin rather than something Pliny might have written!
The English word 'jocund', meaning merry, cheerful, pleasant etc, comes from the Latin 'iocundus/iucundus'.
So, there you have a variety of possible translations, including the two I've already offered. The phrase is, of course, merely cod Latin rather than something Pliny might have written!