Latin scholar sought

I believe Latin for the present tense of 'to read' goes: lego, legas, legat, legamus, legatis, legant ... anyway... the 2nd person plural is the 5th one 'legatis' which would make the plural imperative LEGATE. Likewise SCRIBATE ... and COMMENTATE ...
I too got a 4 for O level Latin 40 years ago. I've searched the mostly unhelpful online translation services, and I think Jimisim's MULTUM is the correct adverb form (ie. 'greatly', lots) and either ULTRA or SUPRA can be used I think for MORE.... and we might want to insert a SED (but) before the 'comment' bit so... this gives us (STAY AWAKE AT THE BACK, BLIMP! *throws chalk*) ....

"LEGATE MULTUM, SCRIBATE MULTUM, SED COMMENTATE ULTRA"

Now we are getting somewhere, I believe this is correct as it does not use any of my suggested words and knowing TEM's use of language (the polite version that is) I would bet my bottom pig (dollar usually, but this thread has deviated somewhat) that the above is true.

As I stated when this started I am no Scholar in Latin or anything else so this is just my opinion, take it for what it is worth.

CS

In my considered opinion, it seems on the balance of probabilities, that in all likelihood ....I really couldn't have put it better myself!! Now which way should the pig be facing, Februs?

My question is, is not LEGATE = i READ whereas Rollin's word LECTITO = READ. Maybe I am out to lunch here but just asking, after all my understanding of Latin is like buying "a pig in a poke"

Really people these pig jokes just have to stop, they are all terrible!

CS

In a pig's eye they are.

I had know Idea that Latin translation was such a hot topic on the LSF that if I was away for a mere two days I could miss a whole 7-page forum thread on the topic. That is positively amazing. Maybe it's just as well I wasn't here - 41 years after last closing my Latin text, my recollection pretty much devolves to my first week's lessons: sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt. amo amas amat, amamus, amatis, amant. Sicilia est insula. Italia est non insula. Italia est peninsula. There - does that help at all?

njrick

Well at least there were no pig jokes which really helped in my opinion.

Glad to do it then.

Oh, and one more thing - my Latin teacher's motto: "The only good language is a dead language."

With all the various versions of Latin here, something like, "Nunc vero faeces in turbini est", comes to mind. Mix that with the measured tones of my old Latin master (the aptly named) Fr. Birch as he asked, "And how many machines, wretched youth, do the gods have?" An Old Bailey judge pronouncing the death sentence could not have had a more chilling voice.
Explains why I followed a career in physics.

Well since I made an ass out of myself on this I stand with TEM. Let it be so.

And how about crossed paddles and canes for the motif?

And in response to CS's comment about porcine jokes I say......Sueeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

RICTUS