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The term "Tempus Fugis" is Latin for time flies, and is commonly seen on clock faces. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempus_fugit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w
by chasil 2y ago
The term "Tempus Fugis" is Latin for time flies, and is commonly seen on clock faces.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempus_fugit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempus_fugit
- rpastuszak 2y agoAeternitas manet! fugit means literally "runs away/escapes" (useless trivia: it's just like in Bach's fugues which has to do with their structure). I'm not trying to be pedantic here -- for some time I've been wondering how one would say (in classical latin) "time flies" as "the flies of time". Can anyone with the knowledge of classical Latin help me feed that brain worm? Is it Muscae temporis? Can I use that phrase instead of tempus fugit? Like a friend named Mori, who used to finish all of his posts with "Memento Mori - remember Mori"
- wazoox 2y agoMuscae temporis is fine, and funny in its way :)
- rpastuszak 2y agoPerfect, thanks!
- lioeters 2y ago> fugit means literally "runs away/escapes" Reminds me of Atalanta Fugiens (1617), a book on alchemy considered an early example of multimedia. > It is the first alchemical Gesamtkunstwerk that comprises music, images, poetry, and prose together in one piece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta_Fugiens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta_Fugiens The title refers to Atalanta, who agrees to marry anyone who beats her in a footrace. Swift-footed Atalanta won every time, until Hippomenes cheats by throwing at her golden apples he got from Aphrodite.
- fuzztester 2y agoI met an Italian person a while ago, who told me it means something like: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
- playingalong 2y agoRefugees is the same stem.
- Yawrehto 2y agoI did not expect fugues and refugees to be etymologically related. You learn something new every day, I guess. Even if it's something you'd prefer you didn't know, like that apparently six-month-old eggs don't smell weird enough to get noticed...if they're in a closed drawer at least. (Yes, that happened a while ago. It lasted through a reorganization of the fridge, too! Fun...)
- stavros 2y agoFugitive, centrifuge...
- malingo 2y agoMiles Davis, 1953: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEfofdhwpc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEfofdhwpc
- jihadjihad 2y agoAnd then there is my uncle, quoted as saying, "Tempus can go fug itself."
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago> Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - Groucho Marx
- fuzztester 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_flies_like_an_arrow%3B_fruit_flies_like_a_banana https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_flies_like_an_arrow%3B_...
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoMakes sense! I never really gave it much thought. Just a fun word game.