CityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 9 days agoZelenskyy Says Ukraine Is Done Holding Back on Russian Oil Refineriesunited24media.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up137
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minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 days agoFor the non-Rome-geeks, this is a reference to “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed) which Cato the Elder used to end every speech in the Roman senate with. He got his way in the end.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoBreakin’ it down for the plebs. Nice. 🤘🏼
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 days agoSlava povstantsyam! (edit: syntax)
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 days agoThis is nice. I wish I could hire you to follow me around and explain me to people so I could stay cryptic and unbothered all the time.
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoOleum delenda est. (I think; I don’t know anything about noun declension in Latin)
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoNever studied Latin, I’m content with getting the reference over the net. ^^
Oil delenda est.
For the non-Rome-geeks, this is a reference to “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed) which Cato the Elder used to end every speech in the Roman senate with.
He got his way in the end.
Breakin’ it down for the plebs. Nice. 🤘🏼
Pleb solidarity!
Slava povstantsyam!
(edit: syntax)
This is nice. I wish I could hire you to follow me around and explain me to people so I could stay cryptic and unbothered all the time.
Oleum delenda est.
(I think; I don’t know anything about noun declension in Latin)
Never studied Latin, I’m content with getting the reference over the net. ^^