Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

ghinghapuss rredordead at aol.com
Sat Feb 7 23:40:04 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 90450


> sawsan_issa wrote:
> Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus can be interpreted as a 'rough' 
> latin.  (Few exceptions such as nunquam=numquam; slight spelling 
> modifications et al).  I interpret it generally as meaning "the 
> snake never sleep peacefully". 
> draco=snake
> nunquam=never
> dormiens=sleep
> titillandus=peacefully

Mandy here:
In my latin-english dictionary Titillandus means to titialate, 
tantalize or tickle.  Tease if another option.
Mandy





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