"temet Nosce"-maens What ?

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"temet Nosce"-maens What ?

"WILL IT EVER END "?

Kes Philie

I thought it ment "Fear the night or dark(ness)." Thats what it sounds like lol

Stovenutts My fez is familiar?

what does it have to do with the matrix

neo_dragon Member

it means know thyself, the oracle had it hanging above the kitchen door in her apartment in the matrix. hey kes, i thought you'd know a little latin since portugese and spanish are closest thing to latin other than italian. oh well.

Kes Philie

Yeh sometimes its similer (sp) other times it has nothing to do with it like in this case lol Latin is a dead language thou 😛

rysdigital the end has come

latin is the official language of vatican city 🙂

nosce temet means 'know yourself'

Deimos_2003 Good Fur-nuthin' Slacker

Are you sure it's in Latin? It was the plaque outside the temple at Delphi in Ancient Greece. Yeah, the Oracle at Delphi. Sometimes I wonder how the W. Bros managed to get a storyline in around all the hidden references... 😉

Deimos

rysdigital the end has come

yea it's latin, greek for 'know yourself' is

gnothi seauton. that was indeed what was written on delos 🙂

Korri Senior Member

the W bros come out with some good references im impressed!! 😄

n3m0 Inquirer

Originally posted by rysdigital
yea it's latin, Greek for 'know yourself' is

gnothi seauton. that was indeed what was written on delos 🙂


Yes the Greek for know thyself is gnothi s'ayton or "γνώθι σ'εαυτόν". It was engraved on the oracle of Delphi - The center of the known world at that time - were Pythia prophesied the future chewing peppermint leafs 😉.
The roman civilization which was founded and copied from the ancient Greek civilization translated it into the latin Fraze.
The exact translation from Greek means "knowledge in your self".

Korri Senior Member

kewl

Kes Philie

Alwyas learning 😛

Korri Senior Member

hee hee i did latin in skool 4 a year but i was crap & i always copied my friends homework coz i cudnt do the translations L😂L

Ikobe The Swan's Princess

Yeah, from what I know the Etruscans were the first 'proper' European 'civilised culture' and were situated in and around Greece. They spread to Italy and became Romans, and the Etruscans that stayed became Greeks.

~Ikobe

Kes Philie

The founders of the world 😛

Korri Senior Member

hee hee

Ikobe The Swan's Princess

Just wondering... is there ANYTHING in the world of the matrix that doesn't have a hidden meaning? 😉

~Iko

PS. I'd LOVE to learn Latin...

Korri Senior Member

cheese

Kes Philie

That crap they eat!😛

Korri Senior Member

yeah that n cheese ewww that wouldnt go well 2gethr