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ScottM Sunday 05th of March 2006 06:47:58 AM
Translation please... - A guy I work with was wearing a t-shirt that had a phrase that we thought might be Latin, but we didn't know what it might mean. The phrase was [b]dominus illu[/b].

Can someone tell me what it means? We were very curious about it at work, and he doesn't even know what it means. :p

Thanks in advance.

leobloom Tuesday 07th of March 2006 05:28:13 AM
- hi!
Can you be a bit more specific, maybe the context where you have those words would be good. Anyway i can tell you it IS Latin ;o)
Dominus means master, owner...it's nominative case
illu means more or less THAT... but I can't recognize any case in that, sorry!

ScottM Tuesday 07th of March 2006 09:39:33 AM
- Thank you.

The only other words written on the shirt were "obey propaganda."

It may not really be intended to make sense, we were just curious as to the meaning.

leobloom Tuesday 07th of March 2006 06:31:19 PM
- Ah, ok=o)
well, so it seems the guy who made that shirt didn't speak Latin =o) it absolutely has no sense to me =o)

Stine Saturday 01st of April 2006 02:12:00 AM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by leobloom[/i]

Dominus means master, owner...it's nominative case
illu means more or less THAT... but I can't recognize any case in that, sorry![/quote]

Ja, you were thinking of [i]illud[/i], right? [i]Illud[/i] means [i]that (over there)[/i]. As you said the so-called form [i]illu[/i] doesn't exist. To me it seems Greenlandic and means [i]house[/i] :D

leobloom Saturday 01st of April 2006 05:58:57 PM
- yes, in fact that's what i thought of, I can't seem to remeber any latin name ening that way , not even in the 4th declesion...
But If I remeber well there should be some 8few) proofs of medieval textes where they had written \"illu\" instead of illud... but that's for sure NOT the Latin we study at school, only at university level :D

ScottM Tuesday 11th of April 2006 12:06:34 PM
- Probably that was, as you said, an attempt by someone who doesn\'t speak Latin. Probably someone who just wanted to do something different.

leobloom Friday 21st of April 2006 03:12:34 AM
- Latin sounds [b]COOL[/b] ;o)

Phrasebase Archive
	ScottM	Sunday 05th of March 2006 06:47:58 AM
	Translation please... - A guy I work with was wearing a t-shirt that had a phrase that we thought might be Latin, but we didn't know what it might mean. The phrase was [b]dominus illu[/b]. Can someone tell me what it means? We were very curious about it at work, and he doesn't even know what it means. :p Thanks in advance.
	leobloom	Tuesday 07th of March 2006 05:28:13 AM
	- hi! Can you be a bit more specific, maybe the context where you have those words would be good. Anyway i can tell you it IS Latin ;o) Dominus means master, owner...it's nominative case illu means more or less THAT... but I can't recognize any case in that, sorry!
	ScottM	Tuesday 07th of March 2006 09:39:33 AM
	- Thank you. The only other words written on the shirt were "obey propaganda." It may not really be intended to make sense, we were just curious as to the meaning.
	leobloom	Tuesday 07th of March 2006 06:31:19 PM
	- Ah, ok=o) well, so it seems the guy who made that shirt didn't speak Latin =o) it absolutely has no sense to me =o)
	Stine	Saturday 01st of April 2006 02:12:00 AM
	- [quote][i]Originally posted by leobloom[/i] Dominus means master, owner...it's nominative case illu means more or less THAT... but I can't recognize any case in that, sorry![/quote] Ja, you were thinking of [i]illud[/i], right? [i]Illud[/i] means [i]that (over there)[/i]. As you said the so-called form [i]illu[/i] doesn't exist. To me it seems Greenlandic and means [i]house[/i] :D
	leobloom	Saturday 01st of April 2006 05:58:57 PM
	- yes, in fact that's what i thought of, I can't seem to remeber any latin name ening that way , not even in the 4th declesion... But If I remeber well there should be some 8few) proofs of medieval textes where they had written \"illu\" instead of illud... but that's for sure NOT the Latin we study at school, only at university level :D
	ScottM	Tuesday 11th of April 2006 12:06:34 PM
	- Probably that was, as you said, an attempt by someone who doesn\'t speak Latin. Probably someone who just wanted to do something different.
	leobloom	Friday 21st of April 2006 03:12:34 AM
	- Latin sounds [b]COOL[/b] ;o)