{"id":3579,"date":"2015-01-13T16:40:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:46:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T10:46:49","slug":"latin-profanity-how-to-swear-in-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/latin-profanity-how-to-swear-in-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin Profanity: How to Swear in Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salvete Omnes,<\/p>\n<p>With the beginning of the New Year, I know many people have started about learning a language for a resolutions.\u00a0 While last week&#8217;s post discussed the top ten posts to help inspire and teach the language to beginners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3594\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/images.jpg\" aria-label=\"Images\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3594\" class=\"wp-image-3594 size-full\"  alt=\"images\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/images.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Mememaker.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>WARNING: This post is not for the faint hearted. Romans were swearing and cursing in literature, poetry, and graffiti\u00a0at the beginning of Western Civilizations. Since profanities are informal (and should not be used in public) and more often spoken than in literature, it is worthwhile to note several written sources of Latin profanity:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3595\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/sdfa.jpg\" aria-label=\"Sdfa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3595\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3595\"  alt=\"Courtesy of ecards.\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/sdfa.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of ecards.<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The satirical poets (Catullus and Martial) use the words in literary texts.<\/li>\n<li>The orator and lawyer Cicero&#8217;s <i>Epistulae ad Familiares<\/i> (&#8220;Letters to My Friends&#8221;) confirm the &#8220;profane&#8221; or &#8220;obscene&#8221; status of many Latin words.<\/li>\n<li>Graffiti from the Roman period, scrawled notably on the walls of Pompeii and Herculaneum.\u00a0 We have a post on entitled: <a title=\"Ten Ancient Roman Graffiti Inscriptions\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/ten-ancient-roman-graffiti-inscriptions\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ten Ancient Roman Graffiti Inscriptions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Dfafd1 150x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-3601\"  alt=\"dfafd\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BASIC CURSE WORDS: EXCLAMATIONS!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cfaex\u201d &#8211; sh*t<\/li>\n<li>\u201ccane\u201d &#8211; bitch (this is\u00a0actually\u00a0referring\u00a0to a dog, however, and not the female\u00a0derogatory)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cdeodamnatus\u201d &#8211; dammit<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIrrumator\u201d &#8211; Bastard<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBovis stercus\u201d &#8211; Bull sh*t<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLupa\u201d &#8211;\u00a0Slut<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLeno\u201d &#8211; Pimp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BASIC SAYINGS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>filius canis\u201d &#8211; son of a b**ch (literally \u2018son of a dog\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cfutuere\u201d &#8211; get f**ked<\/li>\n<li>\u201cfutue te ipsi\u201d &#8211;\u00a0f**k you<\/li>\n<li>\u201cede faecam\u201d &#8211; eat sh*t<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFlocci non faccio\u201d &#8211; I don\u2019t give a damn<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStercus accidit\u201d &#8211;\u00a0Sh*t happens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SWEAR WORDS &amp; INSULTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cEs stultior asino\u201d &#8211; You are dumber than an a**<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEs scortum obscenus vilis\u201d &#8211; You are a vile, perverted whore<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTe futueo et caballum tuum\u201d &#8211; Screw you and the horse you rode in on<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEs mundus excrementi\u201d &#8211; You are a pile of sh*t<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEs stercus!\u201d \u00a0You sh*t!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMoecha Putida\u201d &#8211; Dirty slut<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPodex perfectus es\u201d &#8211; You\u2019re a complete a**hole<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPotes meos suaviari clunes\u201d &#8211;\u00a0You can kiss my a**.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFutue te ipsum!\u201d &#8211; Go f*ck yourself!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPerite\u201d &#8211; F*ck off!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cVacca stulta\u201d &#8211; You stupid cow<\/li>\n<li>fututus et mori in igni\u201d &#8211; f**k off and die in a fire<\/li>\n<li>\u201cVescere bracis meis\u201d &#8211; Eat my shorts<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMorologus es!\u201d &#8211;\u00a0You\u2019re talking like a moron!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPuto vos esse molestissimos\u201d &#8211;\u00a0I think that you are very annoying<\/li>\n<li>\u201cQualem blennum!\u201d &#8211;\u00a0What a doofus!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cQualem muleirculam!\u201d\u00a0&#8211; What a bimbo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Funny Insults:<\/p>\n<p>Mater tua tam obesa est ut cum Romae est urbs habet octo colles!<br \/>\nYour mama is so fat when she goes to Rome it has 8 hills!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"225\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/01\/dfafd1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p>Salvete Omnes, With the beginning of the New Year, I know many people have started about learning a language for a resolutions.\u00a0 While last week&#8217;s post discussed the top ten posts to help inspire and teach the language to beginners. 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