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Swears in Latin (lemm.ee)
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Didn't post anything today so to stop the comm feeling dead, have this i guess

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 points 6 days ago

A few additional ones. I'll list them in the nominative and then vocative (vocative makes more sense for insults).

  • fungus putridus / funge putride - rotten mushroom. Something/someone worthless. Attested in Plautus.
  • merda / merda - another word for shit. This one is still understood and used by Romance speakers, and depending on the language it's pronounced almost the same, [mɛɾ.dɐ], so discretion is advised. You can also use it to refer to something that is crap, Martial did this for example.
  • lupa / lupa - she-wolf; slang for prostitute.
  • filius lupae / filī lupae - son of a she-wolf/bitch.
  • uerpus / uerpe - of a penis, showing the glans. When used as a noun it typically refers to either someone who's shameless / a horny dog or circumcised.
  • stultus / stulte - dumb
  • asinus / asine - donkey
  • scelus / scelus - wicked, heinous
  • luteus - [you're] filthy. In 2025 that doesn't seem like a big deal but you'd get yourself killed in Roman times for that.
  • Iuppiter te perdat! - may Jupiter destroy you. Roughly "get damned".
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2025
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