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[timepiececlock]

Is it ...

"Veni, vidi, vici ."

or

"Vidi, veni, vici." ???

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[scarlettfish.livejournal.com]

Veni, vidi, vici.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

hah.

Well then, I was write and a certain unnamed person was wrong.

Goody!

[scarlettfish.livejournal.com]

Yep, you're definitely right, because 'veni' means 'came' and 'vidi' means to see. I'm no Latin scholar, but I am of Italian descent, so you can be fairly sure that you're right :)

[vero-72.livejournal.com]

vini, vidi, vinci
I think you need an "n" there, becuase it is there in italian (vincere) and spanish (vencer).

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

Nope, pretty sure it's vici, and Google backs me up.

You can remember the order with words that have those roots... like I bet "convene" comes from the Latin words for come together. Vide gives us words like video. Not sure if vici leads to victory, but it works as a mneumonic. :)

caia

[vero-72.livejournal.com]

I am sure of the order, I wasn't sure that 'vici' was right, but I never study latin (I speak spanish as a first language, and I speak italian since I was 4, and the words have the same roots in the three languages)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

like I bet "convene" comes from the Latin words for come together.

That's a good theory. Thanks for the info, btw.

What does mneumonic mean? I've never bothered to look it up.

[xaelle.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for Caesar's famous quote it's veni vidi vici (I came, I saw, I conquered). Of course, rude persons of this world have been playing havoc with the order of this sentence since, ah, I'd estimate about 5 seconds after he uttered it. 'Cos, y'know, irrisistible.

Cheers
Ann

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

yep, that's the one. I have an icon idea, and I thought best to clarify before making a fool of myself with a post.

[xaelle.livejournal.com]

Oh, yum! I look forward to seeing this one...