LATINO AL CINEMA
Da Life of Brian (1979), scena 8
CENTURION:
What’s this, then? ‘Romanes Eunt Domus’? ‘People called Romanes they go the house’?
BRIAN:
It– it says, ‘Romans, go home’.
CENTURION:
No, it doesn’t. What’s Latin for ‘Roman’? Come on!
BRIAN:
Aah!
CENTURION:
Come on!
BRIAN:
‘R– Romanus’?
CENTURION:
Goes like…?
BRIAN:
‘Annus’?
CENTURION:
Vocative plural of ‘annus’ is…?
BRIAN:
Eh. ‘Anni’?
CENTURION:
‘Romani’. ‘Eunt’? What is ‘eunt’?
BRIAN:
‘Go’. Let–
CENTURION:
Conjugate the verb ‘to go’.
BRIAN:
Uh. ‘Ire’. Uh, ‘eo’. ‘Is’. ‘It’. ‘Imus’. ‘Itis’. ‘Eunt’.
CENTURION:
So ‘eunt’ is…?
BRIAN:
Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, ‘they go’.
CENTURION:
But ‘Romans, go home’ is an order, so you must use the…?
BRIAN:
The… imperative!
CENTURION:
Which is…?
BRIAN:
Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, ‘i’. ‘I’!
CENTURION:
How many Romans?
BRIAN:
Ah! ‘I’– Plural. Plural. ‘Ite’. ‘Ite’.
CENTURION:
‘Ite’.
BRIAN:
Ah. Eh.
CENTURION:
‘Domus’?
BRIAN:
Eh.
CENTURION:
Nominative?
BRIAN:
Oh.
CENTURION:
‘Go home’? This is motion towards. Isn’t it, boy?
BRIAN:
Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the… accusative! Accusative! Ah! ‘Domum’, sir! ‘Ad domum’! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION:
Except that ‘domus’ takes the…?
BRIAN:
The locative, sir!
CENTURION:
Which is…?!
BRIAN:
‘Domum’.
CENTURION:
‘Domum’.
BRIAN:
Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION:
‘Um’. Understand?
BRIAN:
Yes, sir.
CENTURION:
Now, write it out a hundred times.
BRIAN:
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
CENTURION:
Hail Caesar. If it’s not done by sunrise, I’ll cut your balls off.
BRIAN:
Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!
Latino “cinematografico”: una breve rassegna
Imperator, film diretto da Konrad Łęcki (Polonia, 2013, durata 40′); tutti i dialoghi sono in latino classico (sottotitoli in inglese). Leggi QUI una breve presentazione.
LINGUA LATINA e ANTICA ROMA in MUSICA
Viva Roma! (Historyteachers)
I Mama Ladilla (gruppo punk rock spagnolo), dall’album “Autorretrete” (2005):
PAOLO POLI, Ai romani piaceva la biga, da L’Asino d’oro, 1996
Franco Nebbia, Passione latina (1961)
JD Kobra, Mea Mens Remanet
PUBBLICITA’
G. Grassi, Latino e spot pubblicitari. CLICCA QUI.
Video musicali
