Post #3953522
2026-07-11 14:03 UTC
@cmsdengl@mas.to While the Latin is horrible 😀
What the author means: "Nigel Farage is attacked by […]" (passive). But aggredi in Latin is a deponens (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deponent…) which turns the meaning into the opposite: "Nigel Farage attacks […]"
"humine" should be "homine" and "cisterna super capite" sounds questionable at least.
Now write it out a hundred times!
youtube.com/watch?v=0lczHvB3Y9…
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@dpnash@c.im 2026-07-11 14:43
@rainer @cmsdengl@mas.to Wiktionary indicates that a Latin *cisterna* was a large *water* container, which would’ve been (marginally) more appropriate for Count Binface’s predecessor in comedy, Lord Buckethead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Buckethead
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@dpnash@c.im 2026-07-11 18:52
@rainer @cmsdengl@mas.to Modern English: "Don't use passive voice -- it sounds weak" Ancient Latin: "Oh to hell with that -- we use passive voice and make it sound active AF"