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Veni, Vedi, Vechi

  • 22-07-2004 9:46am
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭


    Can anybody tell me what this means?

    Cheers,

    B.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    Is that the actual spelling? Is it supposed to be "veni, vidi, vici" (Latin - I came, I saw, I conquered - a Julius Caesar quote I believe)? Or maybe it's a pun on it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Originally posted by Dun
    Is that the actual spelling? Is it supposed to be "veni, vidi, vici" (Latin - I came, I saw, I conquered - a Julius Caesar quote I believe)? Or maybe it's a pun on it.

    I wouldn't think that the spelling was right. Your explanation seems about right though, considering the context that it was said in.

    Cheers!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    Well if it makes it any clearer, the vici part is pronounced "vee-chee"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    It could be a pun (I've seen similar ones used in adverts on the Metro in Rome). Given this vechi is at best a misspelling of vecchi (old) - and TBH, that’s a pun that does not make a lot of sense. I would guess that vici was the correct word as has been suggested.


  • Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Dun wrote:
    Well if it makes it any clearer, the vici part is pronounced "vee-chee"
    Only if you learned Church Latin.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    sceptre wrote:
    Only if you learned Church Latin.

    I was told you pronounce c with a hard sound in latin - like cecinit (composed) would be pronounced kek-in-it.

    But apparently priests used to pronounce Latin like Italian and in fairness, it sounds better that way.

    Maybe we need a Latin forum!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭Dun


    sceptre wrote:
    Only if you learned Church Latin.
    Or use the common place pronunciation in English (like et cetera., vice versa, ad hoc, etc. (no pun intended).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 Etrurian


    Dun wrote:
    Is that the actual spelling? Is it supposed to be "veni, vidi, vici" (Latin - I came, I saw, I conquered - a Julius Caesar quote I believe)? Or maybe it's a pun on it.

    That's the right solution :)
    "Veni, vidi, vici" is the correct phrase, and was said by Julio Ceasar in the Roman Senatus when I came back from a difficult war that was dominated by Roman Forces. The meaning is "I came, I saw, I won (or conquered, it's the same) and the pronunciation for you should be:
    "Veanee, vee-dee, vee-chee"

    or, more correctly as Latin had only strong C
    "Veanee, vee-dee, vee-kee"

    Sorry for my english


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    Etrurian wrote:
    when I came back from a difficult war that was dominated by Roman Forces.
    Damn your old ;) I thought he said it upon walking out of his tent somewhere in North Africa?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 Etrurian


    LOL I'm not so old :rolleyes:
    I don't know why I used "I" instead of "he".. I'm getting crazy :eek: :cool:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    Etrurian wrote:
    I don't know why I used "I" instead of "he".. I'm getting crazy :eek: :cool:
    And even he didn't use "I".


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 36 Etrurian


    The english "I" was "Ego" in latin (and also in ancient greek) but it wasn't used. In actual Italian "I" is "io" but it isn't used too much.


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