latin

[feistycurves]

can anyone tell me what the latin translation of "bite me" is?

[brian j john]

"morsus meas" or something like that

[Quizmonster]

Me morde!

[Quizmonster]

'Morsus meus' would mean 'my bite' as in 'my bark is worse than my bite', but 'bite me' is an order.

[feistycurves]

i found Morsus mihi. is that right?

[kempie]

QM has given the answer to you question.

Morsus mihi = a bite for me

[fredpuli47]

Or 'morde me' or 'mordite me' . The latter is imperative plural, that is it's addressing more than one person, if you want more than one to bite you! 'The word order is not significant: you could have 'me morde' as QM has , or 'me mordite'. It's a matter of which sounds better, as often as not.

[Quizmonster]

I deliberately omitted the plural form, Fred, as I found it hard to picture circumstances in which it would be used! Mind you, activities such as Max Mosley's might demand it!

[fredpuli47]

Yes QM, I considerd that kind of party. Feistycurves didn't specify just how feisty the speaker is, so I allowed for the plural as an alternative. It could be the kind of party where they sing a pop song of a few years back "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi'", which could be meant to be addressed, either formally or in a very old-fashioned way, to one person but would normally be an invitation to several to 'sleep with me'

[feistycurves]

just to give you some context, it's to go on a tattoo on my bum :P

plural imperative is just right.

so ...

me mordite?

[Quizmonster]

Yep...as long as you're likely to find yourself in cicumstances in which a collection of people might simultaneously be osculating your buttocks!

[Quizmonster]

I don't know why I chose 'osculating' above, although that may well be how these people start. I should really have written 'masticating'!