[LargeFormat] OT: Latin transliation was View Camera Magazine ad info ques?

[Stuart Phillips]

<In classical Latin, this would translate literally as, "Go <forth in
splendor or return unto your hearth."

Rather "iti domun" is a very late, almost medieval,  form (classical "ite
domum"),  as is "Facio" in the sense of "go" ! A first century  soldier
would be puzzled indeed.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Andrews" <danger@mindless.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] OT: Latin transliation was View Camera Magazine
ad info ques?


> Perhaps the best Latin phrase for Large Format photographers is "Facite
> magnopere aut iti domun."
>
> In classical Latin, this would translate literally as, "Go forth in
> splendor or return unto your hearth."  A Roman Legionnaire in the first
> century AD would have recognized this phrase as slang, probably along
> the lines of, "Take a big shit and jump in the fire."
>
> But a more colloquial translation into our modern English would read as,
> "Go big, or go home."
>
> Happy shooting,
> Dan
>
>
>
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