"Live for the day"

[617ricky]

Word order is free in Latin, so do as you please.

Nice.. I definitely like 'Vive Protinus'.. It's similar to what I was originally thinking, but the fact that it makes sense makes it much better.. Plus I really do like the meaning of it..

[Damoetas]

Iohannes Aurum, I can understand why he doesn't want carpe diem, precisely because everybody is quoting it and it doesn't feel very unique. These days, it's more of a reference to Dead Poets' Society than to Horace.

Yes, as Matthaeus says, Latin has relatively free word order, so you can also say Vive protinus. The word order is not absolutely free; it's often influenced by the preceding or following context.... But in this case, it's about the same. And yeah, the development of Latin into the Romance languages is totally fascinating!

[617ricky]

But in this case, it's about the same. And yeah, the development of Latin into the Romance languages is totally fascinating!

Yea it definitely is.. Now since you guys know alot about Latin, is there much known of the actual way they talked? Whenever I hear someone quote Latin, they just say it as if it were English.. But that couldn't have been the way they talked back then.. I imagine Latin may have sounded like Italian does today, as for the letter sounds? As for the syllable stresses, what is it for "Protinus Vive"? In Spanish it would be "Pro-TIN-us VI-ve", but I was kinda thinking in Latin it would be "PRO-tin-us VI-ve"

And thanks for your interest and help Damoetas

[Chamaeleo]

It’s ‘prōtĭnus vīve’.

There’s no reason it couldn’t be stressed like that in Spanish. Think of ‘próximo’.

[617ricky]

It’s ‘prōtĭnus vīve’.

There’s no reason it couldn’t be stressed like that in Spanish. Think of ‘próximo’.

Thanks, that I was thinking... And yea it could definitely be stressed like that - with the accent tho