"One does not throw beer bottles at the teacher"

[MarkHMacD]

"One does not throw beer bottles at the teacher"

My father was a high school English teacher for many years. Before I left for school he would always warn me to "not throw any beer bottles at my teacher." I did my best to follow this advice and hope to someday impart wisdom this to my own children someday. If you amazing folks are able to help, I may use a Latin translation for a tattoo. Thanks so much!

 

[Matthaeus]

What an eloquent piece of wisdom.

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

What Mattheus meant to say, I think, is that a literal translation wouldn't make much sense in latin, whereas a translation that tries to preserve the meaning is equally infeasible, since the meaning of this "precept" isn't obvious to us. What does it mean? I'm not a native English speaker but I google it and it isn't an idiomatic expression in the English language either.

 

[Agrippa]

"One does not throw beer bottles at the teacher"

… he would always warn me to "not throw any beer bottles at my teacher." …

Perhaps verbatim:

Noli lagoenas cervisiae mittere in magistrum! (= Don‘t throw beer bottles at the teacher!)

 

[cinefactus]

What about something like non decet rather than noli?

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Vasa cervisiae haud iactanda sunt ad magistrum

 

[syntaxianus]

inicere lagoenas cervisiae ad praeceptorem non licet.

 

[Agrippa]

What about something like non decet rather than noli?

Good idea:
Non decet mitti lagoenas cervisiae in magistrum.

 

[Matthaeus]

Good idea:
Non decet mitti lagoenas cervisiae in magistrum.

Works, but personally I'd prefer inici.

 

[Agrippa]

Placet quidem, sed memoria teneo Ioh 8:7 (Vulgata): „Qui sine peccato est vestrum, primus in illam lapidem mittat.“

 

[Matthaeus]

Ah, recte mones sodalis!

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Sodes, habemus et "emittere" ex libro Psalmorum:
"Virgam potentiae tuae emittet Dominus: dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum"
Alia littera tantum hic additur.

 

[Godmy]

Oh, I see now what this is about!

 

[EstQuodFulmineIungo]

Have you found what it means?
This matter is very mysterious. Looks like Godmy knows what it means while google doesn't!
I realize now Godmy wasn't serious probably.