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January 31, 2006
latin anyone?
"It is not so much an excellent thing to know Latin, as it is a shame not to know it." -- Pope John Paul II
unfortunately, the extent of my latin ranges only from PRO TEXANA (of course) to several phrases of the gloria, the lord's prayer, and agnus dei; but only because we sing them at Mass, and even then i wouldn't recognize them without an organ playing overhead.
yesterday, i bought the most beautiful pink and silver bracelet that has four catholic medals that i've never seen before -- the bracelet is from mexico so i'm guessing these are popular medals down south. i understand the ones in spanish, but one of them has a picture of Our Lord looking heavenward and it reads: ECCE HOMO. i'm guessing it's latin for something man. is this what pilate said when presenting Christ to the crowds?
thank y'all.
Posted by smockmomma at January 31, 2006 7:41 AM
Comments
Yes ma'am, it's "behold The Man".
Posted by: Gregg the obscure at January 31, 2006 11:03 AM
thank you, mr. obscure. based in part on your review, i cannot wait to see capote. seymour-hoffman is one of my favorites, though i fear he'll steal this year's oscar from delicious pheonix.
Posted by: smockmomma at January 31, 2006 2:04 PM
Oh, yeah, Smocky, like Greg says: "Behold the Man!"
In a really dramatic scene in "The Passion of the Christ," Pilate loudly intones these words to the crowd.
Pronunciation is:
ETCH-AY, HO-MO!
Also, since you already know the Agnus Dei, combine the words "Ecce" and "Agnus Dei" and you know what the priest is saying before the response, "Domini non sum dignus" :-)
Kelly
Posted by: Kelly Clark at January 31, 2006 8:49 PM
Salvete Matres Summae!
Our Latin textbook at school was the estimable 'Ecce Romani', and the first text began, 'Ecce, in pictura est puella, nomine Cornelia. Cornelia est puella Romana...' - 'Look, in the picture is a girl called Cornelia. Cornelia is a Roman girl.' Instantly memorable, for some reason.
'Ecce, in interrete est mater, nomine Smock...'
'Interrete' seems to be the usual neo-Latin for Internet...
Pax et bonum!
Posted by: Boeciana at February 1, 2006 5:50 AM