Need some help with a Latin phrase...

jabberwock_11 · 11-14-2010, 01:35 AM

Ok, so most folks are aware of the Latin phrase, 'hic sunt dracones', (or roughly, 'Here be dragons'), but I am looking for the equivalent phrase using the Latin word for monsters.

I know that the singular of monsters in Latin is monstrum, and I believe that the particular plural I need is monstra (i.e. 'hic sunt monstra'), but I want to be certain.

Any input from you fine folks far more versed in Latin than I am would be greatly appreciated.

beppe · 11-14-2010, 02:58 AM

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Hic monstra sunt

sounds better to me than

Hic sunt monstra that has less music. If you read it it comes out clipped., while if you read Hic monstra sunt, it flows around the bold o.

Originally it was hic sunt leones, meaning here there are lions (beware), not let lions be here.

My father in law when he had to move to the state capital, where bureaucrats and no-goods abound, used to say hic sunt cagones. People that spread it.

11-14-2010, 01:35 AM	#1
jabberwock_11 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 1591305 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Aluratek Libre Pro	Need some help with a Latin phrase... Ok, so most folks are aware of the Latin phrase, 'hic sunt dracones', (or roughly, 'Here be dragons'), but I am looking for the equivalent phrase using the Latin word for monsters. I know that the singular of monsters in Latin is monstrum, and I believe that the particular plural I need is monstra (i.e. 'hic sunt monstra'), but I want to be certain. Any input from you fine folks far more versed in Latin than I am would be greatly appreciated.

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11-14-2010, 02:58 AM	#2
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Hic monstra sunt sounds better to me than Hic sunt monstra that has less music. If you read it it comes out clipped., while if you read Hic monstra sunt, it flows around the bold o. Originally it was hic sunt leones, meaning here there are lions (beware), not let lions be here. My father in law when he had to move to the state capital, where bureaucrats and no-goods abound, used to say hic sunt cagones. People that spread it.

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