There is a Latin phrase "Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis" according to the English version of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(T) There is stated that the phrase is attributed to Empereur Lothaire Ier d'Occident (840-855). I have in my homework to translate a variant of the above mentioned Latin phrase. In my homework it is "Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur cum illis". What is the original version? Who said the original version? Is the sentence in my homework authentic or a later alteration?
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis
- Thread starter Symposion
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The Latin Library has Sic tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur
in illis in a 16th Century comedy. I suspect it is a quote of an already well known phrase.
in illis in a 16th Century comedy. I suspect it is a quote of an already well known phrase.
It's probably also worth pointing out that the version with cum doesn't scan as an hexameter, and for that reason alone it's unlikely to have been the original.
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Etaoin Shrdlu
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Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis doesn't scan either, though it's fairly easily fixed.
That's because the original is nos et. I didn't notice the change to et nos in this version.