Loqeris. Si vis me flere dolenedum est, telephe vel peleu male si ipsi, dormitas aut mandata on satis est pulchra, ridenilbus adrident ita... ridebo. Can anybody help me with a translation please?

mibmob

I don't know where you have got this from but a lot of the words are not Latin. Loqueris is you will speak but it is at the end of a sentence it seems, so makes no sense. si vis me flere means if you want me to cry. dolenedum est means nothing; dolendum est with the aforesaid means if you want me to cry it is a sad thing. Telephe means nothing vel means or peleu means nothing. Could be Greek names. male si ipsi means badly if they themselves, but that also makes no sense on its own. Dormitas is a feminine accusative plural past participle which goes with nothing. aut mandata means or she having been sent. on is not Latin. satis est pulchra means she is beautiful enough. ridenilibus means nothing. adrident means they are laughing at. ita is thus. ridebo is I shall laugh but you have put dots in between so it is again incomplete. I think you have got more than your money's worth. Jul 13 02, 12:28 PM

mibmob...Sorry for the inconsistancy but it is printed on a seat cushion at a friend's house. The loqeris seems to be a title. The commas are mine trying to indicate separate lines. Ridebo is the last word, written as signing off or indicating an end. Much appreciate your effort though and if you can help anymore I would appreciate that too. Thanks again, Ron. Jul 13 02, 10:09 PM

Barrow boy

This is a garbled version of Horace's Ars Poetica, a treatise on poetry. The passage should read: Si uis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi; tum tua me infortunia laedent, Telephe uel Peleu; male si mandata loqueris, aut dormitabo aut ridebo. It means: If you wish me to cry, you must first feel grief yourself, then your misfortunes, O Telephus or Peleus, will injure me. If you speak ineptly assigned words, I shall either sleep or laugh. Jul 13 02, 10:45 PM