Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Need help with latin phrase

Other than being the precursor of the Italian language Latin has, I 
guess, little or nothing to do with this news group but as I have seen 
several habitués use a Latin signature line I dare ask for a little help 
with a Latin phrase just the same.
About the only thing I remember from my three years of Latin classes, 
quite a while ago, is the first sentence I learnt: gallina clamat.
For the invitation to my upcoming birthday party I would like to use the 
Latin text for my current personal motto "happiness is in the present 
moment". What kindly soul will give me a poetic Latin rendering of this?
-- 
Xakero
  Happiness is in the present moment._Thich Nhat Hanh

 moment". What kindly soul will give me a poetic Latin rendering of this?
"Gaudio in hoc momento est" could be a decent translation. My latin is very
very (did I mention *very*) bad, but it can't be that far from that.
--
Giovanni Bajo

very (did I mention *very*) bad, but it can't be that far from that.
I think it's perfect.  I was thinking of something like "beatitudo in
.....(*present* in the ablative case) est"  which I had sort of patterned on
"veritas in vino est" but I could not find an online translation for "present".
 I think yours is much better anyway.
bye
GFC

"veritas in vino est"
Now that I think of it, isn't it "veritas in vino stat"?  Lapsus plumae!

 moment". What kindly soul will give me a poetic Latin rendering of this?
felicitas hoc tempore est

 Now that I think of it, isn't it "veritas in vino stat"?  Lapsus plumae!
Thank you both, Giovanni and GFC.
I would, in fact, prefer a more high-falluting verb than "est", but 
would it work with "gaudio in hoc momento stat" without distorting the 
original meaning?
Gaudio, beatitudo: I wasn't able to think of either word. Only felicitas 
had come to my mind, and I had serious doubts about that one.
I am trying to figure out the nuances of the different nouns but online 
resources seem rather limited. I wish to express "happiness" in the 
sense of "contentedness" rather than "exuberance" or "success", the 
mental state of happiness rather than the overt display of it. Which 
Latin noun comes closer to it?
While searching on the Internet just now, I also came across beatitas 
(
http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?happiness
). Is this 
a more archaic version of beatitudo? Or is one a declinated form of the 
other?
Or am I asking too much? :-)
-- 
Xakero

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carpe diem
seize the day
ciao
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 moment". What kindly soul will give me a poetic Latin rendering of this?
I would like to say...
In hodie beatitudo
I am not sure it is formally correct, though!
-- 
Enrico

 carpe diem
Trote gnam :-)
Roger

Roger
Roger man
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 seize the day
Catch the wave!
Fabio

 original meaning?
I think it should be gaudium, not gaudio, and I definitely don't
like momento.
The horacian "carpe diem" is the best suggestion I've seen so far.
Just my two cents, though: my Latin is even worse than my English.
Ciao
Luca

 Just my two cents, though: my Latin is even worse than my English.
My latin used to be good, but that was too many years ago.
--
Giovanni Bajo