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Sic transit gloria nvidii

• HPsquared 1y ago
  Linguistic deep lore: "invidia" is Latin for "envy".
  • fennecbutt 1y ago
    Explains invidious, I suppose.
  • madmask 1y ago
    Also italian
  • fakedang 1y ago
    That was the reasoning behind the NVidia name choice btw - the cofounders wanted the competition to be envious of their company's capabilities. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang
  • WithinReason 1y ago
    So it's extra fitting!
• smitterle 1y ago
  Sorry for the nitpick: I'd expect Gen Sg to be nvidiae - i is for o declension
  • seydor 1y ago
    and what would be the plural of nvidia?
  • Intermernet 1y ago
    "now don't do it again!"
• abdulhaq 1y ago
  5 years of Latin finally pays off
• Quarrel 1y ago
  Best thing I've read today. Bravo.
• hearsathought 1y ago
  Sic transit gloria nvidiae
  • snickmy 1y ago
    thank you for conjugating correctly the 1st declension to the genitive, we all, that wasted many years studying latin, te salutant!