March 23rd, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Vive memor leti, fugit hora."
"Vive memor leti, fugit hora."
"Live mindful of death, the hour is fleeing." Sometimes one sees the spelling lethi for leti, which is ultimately the source of the English "lethal" and its associated words.
~ Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 - 62 C.E.), Satires 5.153
a.d. X Kalendas Apriles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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