Veni, Vedi, Vechi

BaZmO*

Can anybody tell me what this means?

Cheers,

B.

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.

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!

Dun

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

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.

sceptre

Dun wrote:

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

Only if you learned Church Latin.

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!

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).

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

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?

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:

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".

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.