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Aeternitas 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 tr

Aeternitas 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 ago
Muscae temporis is fine, and funny in its way :)
- rpastuszak 2y ago
  Perfect, 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 ago
I 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 ago
Refugees is the same stem.
- Yawrehto 2y ago
  I 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 ago
    Fugitive, centrifuge...

wazoox 2y ago

Muscae temporis is fine, and funny in its way :)

rpastuszak 2y ago
Perfect, 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 ago

I 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 ago

Refugees is the same stem.

Yawrehto 2y ago
I 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 ago
  Fugitive, centrifuge...