Lexicon:Sic erimus cuncti postquam nos auferet Orcus ...
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| Citation: | sic erimus cuncti postquam nos auferet Orcus ergo vivamus dum licet esse, bene |
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| Language: | Latin |
| References: | Clarissa Oakes, page 200 |
| Meaning: | Thus we will all be, after Orcus [god of the underworld] bears us off. Therefore let us live well, for so long as it is allowed |
Notes:
Oakes speaks Clarissa's translation of this at Clarissa Oakes 194: 'So long as we may, let us enjoy this breath For naught doth kill a man so soon as death.' Petronius Satyricon.
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Also see O'Brian's The Truelove in the U.S.
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