Expertlatin
- What is the Latin phrase about cats?
- What is the ancient Latin word for cat?
- What is the Roman word for cat?
- What is always remember in Latin?
What is the Latin phrase about cats?
Note that semper feles does indeed mean “always cats,” but it could also mean “always a cat” (or “always the cat”). Something that sounds closer (to my ears at least) to semper fidelis would be semper felinus = “always catlike” (singular).
What is the ancient Latin word for cat?
Etymology and naming
The origin of the English word cat, Old English catt, is thought to be the Late Latin word cattus, which was first used at the beginning of the 6th century.
What is the Roman word for cat?
The regular Latin word for cat was feles, hence the scientific name for the domestic cat, Felis catus—and with some additional “happy” wordplay, Felix the Cat.
What is always remember in Latin?
Latin translation:Memento semper.
