The Alternative Latin Dictionary
The Alternative Latin Dictionary
Latin slang - a part of
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- c
- cunnus (masc. noun)
- +
cunt
- e
- es agricola (phrase)
-
directly, you are a farmer: you're a hick
pronounced es-sa-gricolah
- i
- irrumator (masc. noun)
- +
bastard
literally, one who submits to fellatio, very insulting; used by Catullus to describe his commander in Bythinia, whom he didn't like, Poem 11
- irrumo (verb)
- +
receive fellatio
Catullus 16 begins: pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. = I will fuck you in the ass and have you give me some good head.
- l
- leno (noun)
- +
pimp
Impudens es leno! 'You brazen pimp!' About the same as the American 'You fucking bastard!'
- levantibus
-
godparents?
Found in some German Genealogical Records.Raising up from the waters?
- m
- mentula (fem. noun)
-
penis
The commonest obscene word. NB!Penis was not obscene.
- meretrix (fem. noun)
- +
prostitute
used by Cicero to refer to Clodia in the 'Pro Caelio;' from 'merero,' to earn; English derivative 'meretricious'
- o
- Orcae Ita!
-
Hells yeah!
Pretty straightforward... Popular saying for highschool students...
- p
- perite (interj.)
- +
Fuck off! Go away
Literally: go through (to the netherworld)
- s
- salarium
- +
payment in salt [NaCl]
salt [hallmarked] was a form of payment
- spucatum tauri (n)
- +
bull shit
literal translation; may not have been used by ancient Romans as much as by modern high school Latin students
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