Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
English translation:
Never tickle a sleeping dragon.
Feb 3, 2001 13:43
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Latin term
Dorothy Clarke
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
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A moto on a banner.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 0 | never titillate,tickle a dragon while he is asleep |
Albert Golub
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| 0 | never tickle a sleeping dragon |
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never titillate,tickle a dragon while he is asleep
draco= dragon dormiens=asleep nunquam=never titillandus= titillate,tickle
used to be good in latin when i was in highschool
hope it helps
that the sort of banner hells angels could have, it expresses the power of this bike and his driver
used to be good in latin when i was in highschool
hope it helps
that the sort of banner hells angels could have, it expresses the power of this bike and his driver
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never tickle a sleeping dragon
The setting is Hogwarts, Year 6, so everyone's around 16. The title comes from the Hogwarts motto : Nunquam Draco Dormiens Titillandus, or "Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon."
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Apparently it is also the Hogwarth's (School of Magic, from the Harry Potter novels)motto.
Another similar expression would be: Let sleeping dogs lie.
FROM
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:romanov28.tripod.com/pa...
SEE ALSO
http://www.google.com/search?q=Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titill...
Apparently it is also the Hogwarth's (School of Magic, from the Harry Potter novels)motto.
Another similar expression would be: Let sleeping dogs lie.
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