Question:
Need a Latin translation for 'Live life, regret nothing'?
anonymous
2009-09-12 12:09:08 UTC
I'm designing my class ring for High School, and I want the inscription on the inside to be my motto of sorts, but I want it in Latin.

I read somewhere that there is a famous quote "vive vitam tuam et nihil paenite. meaning "live life, regret nothing" but I'm not sure about the legitimacy of it and can't find who said it. And I think 'no regrets' is 'nullum desiderium' but again I'm not sure, I'd like it to be correctly translated.
Six answers:
anonymous
2009-09-12 12:12:32 UTC
Ago vita , desiderium nusquam
anonymous
2009-09-12 12:32:29 UTC
The version you quote in your question is the only way to say it correctly in Latin.

Vive > live(imperative singular)

vitam tuam > your life, accusative

et >and

nihil > nothing

paenite > regret, be sorry about (imperative singular)



All your other answers are the work of a machine translator and not real Latin.
javelefran
2009-09-12 12:44:22 UTC
" Et nihil" is not correct and must be replaced by "nec qicquam" . As for "paeniteo" I think this verb cannot be used with an object . So I'd translate :



" Vive neve qicquam desideraveris"



( The negative imperative : Noli/ Nolite + Infinitive or Ne+ Subj. Perfect )
niche
2009-09-12 12:12:29 UTC
Ago vita , desiderium nusquam.
anonymous
2009-09-12 12:21:30 UTC
lol. no thats not it.

Is "vive la vida, sin remordimientos"
Mel C
2009-09-12 12:17:55 UTC
nice question


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