Tuesday, March 17, 2009
a.d. XVI Kal. Apr.
MEMORĀBILE DICTŪ
Aurī sacra famēs.
“Accursed hunger for gold.” (Vergil, Aeneid, 3.57)
Vergil’s words have become proverbial as a concise phrase condemning the insatiable human appetite for money.
From
Latin for the New Millennium
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