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LUDI LATINIROMAN INSULTS HANDOUT ([email protected])
... click here for the handout as a Word doc(good for
double-sided copies)Latin insults were a basic part of Roman life,
and they are also a great way to practice yourLatin grammar. Given
that insulting language is usually directed at another person, it
givesyou practice with the vocative and different noun forms. or
e!ample, "stulte#", "youidiot#" is the vocative form of stultus,
idiot. $he superlative also comes in handy%"stultissime#", "you
total idiot#" -- but you have to get your gender right. &f you
arespeaking to a woman, the form of this ad'ective isstultissima#
$he same is true for nouns%sometimes there is a masculine form,
like ructator, a guy who burps -- or ructatrix, awoman who burps.
ou can also make group insults, using plurals instead of
singulars%"stultissimi#", "you total idiots#" &nsults are also
good for practicing verb forms too,especially imperatives - and
also sub'unctives. $his is because you can give commands inthe
imperative, "tace#", "shut up#", and also in the sub'unctive,
"taceas#", "shut up#" o,make sure you get your grammar right... or
else you will turn out to be stultus (or stulta...) -this handout
should help give you some ways to get off to a good start.
cucurbita!you pumpkin#
asine!donkey#
stulte!idiot#
fungi!
you mushrooms# (for groupinsults)
nebulo!
trash#
fatue!
fool#
caudex!you blockhead# (stump)
nugator!pips*ueak#
stolide!dummy#
frutices!you blockheads# (frutex+bush)
vappa!scum# (sour wine)
malum!'erk# (malumis neuter%bad thing)
matula!you blockhead# (pot)
nugator ac nebulo!trashy pips*ueak#
malus nequamque!no-good 'erk#
bucco! buccones!you big-mouth# big mouths#
vappa ac nebulo!scumbag#
pessime et nequissime!totally no-good 'erk#
caenum!
filth#
ructuose!
belcher# (full of burps ructusisburp)
spurce!
filthy#
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stercoreus!stinky# (manure-smell)
ructabunde!gas bag# (full of burps, big burper)
spurcissime!totally filthy#
sterculinum publicum!you public toilet#
(public manure heap)
ructatrix!gas bag#
(woman who burps a lot, "burp-ress")
spurcifer!scumbucket#
("bearer-of-filth")
luteus!filthy# (muddy)
oraputide!bad breath# (mouth-stinker)
impure!nasty#
lutulente!filthy# (muddy)
homo putide!stinker#
impudice! impudens!shameless#
pediculose!full of lice# lousy#(pedis+ louse)
tramas putidas!stinking trash#(this is the "accusative
ofe!clamation")
propudium!disgrace#
ne of the most interesting aspects of Roman insults is their
connection with slavery andcriminal culture. any insults are based
on the Roman idea of "scelus," which roughlymeans "crime" in
/nglish, but scelus also has deeper connotations% a scelusis a kind
ofpure wickedness, an outrageous violation of the moral order. $his
is hard to translate into/nglish, but the insults sure sound good
in Latin% you can 'ust call some a "scelus#", or
"sceleste#", or "scelerum caput#". 0 related series of insults
has to do with thepunishments that were inflicted on criminals and
rebellious slaves, especially whippingsand crucifi!ion (compare
some old-fashioned /nglish insults, such as "go hang
yourself#").
scelus!outrageous# (literally, "crime")
verbero!hangdog# (whipping boy)
fugitive!'ailbird# (run-awayslave)
sceleris plenissime!totally outrageous#("most full of
crime")
verberabilis!hangdog# (whip-able)
fur! trifur!thief# triple-thief#
scelerum caput!completely outrageous#(chief of crimes)
verberabilissime!total hangdog#(most whip-able)
furcifer! trifurcifer!gallows-bird#triple-gallows-bird#
scelerose! sceleste!outrageous#
flagritriba!hangdog#(wearer-out-of-whips)
cruciarius!gallows-bird#(someone to becrucified)
scelesta! scelestissima! mastigia! legirupa!
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outrageous# (fem. vocatives) hangdog# (whips) law-breaker#
tace! shut up# taceas! shut up# (sub'unctive forimperative)
bliteus belua es! you1re a beastly idiot# tace atque abi! shut
up and go away#
nequam quidem es!you are really no good#
supprime tuum stultiloquium!stop your blathering#
frustra es homo! you1re a worthless sort ofperson#
nugas garris! you1re talking nonsense#
nihil nequius est te!there1s nothing that is more useless than
you#
nugae! gerrae! fabulae!nonsense# poppycock# fiddlesticks#
nihil spurcius est te!there1s nothing that is more filthy than
you#
somnias!you1ve got to be kidding# (you1redreaming)
quis est haec simia who is this monkey2 dormis! dream on#
(you1re dreaming)
abi igitur!so go away#
vapula! vapules!go hang yourself# (go getwhipped)
vae te! vae tibi!woe is you#
amove te!get yourself out ofhere#
vapulabis!you1re in for a whipping#
Iuppiter te perdat!damn you#
vah apage te a me!go on, get away fromme#
i in malam crucem!go to hell# (go to the bad cross)
te Iuppiter dique omnesperdant!3uppiter and all the gods
damnyou#
abi sis belua!'ust go away, youbeast#
fugite in malam crucem!get the hell out of here#
mihi molestus ne sis!don1t bother me#
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