What does De Oppresso Uber mean?

Br.John

Its not in any one language - "oppresso" is Italian for the Overwhelmed and "uber" is German for more, so it could be 'more of the overwhelmed' in some International slang. Apr 02 06, 3:24 PM

lanfranco

It's "De oppresso liber" -- "to liberate the oppressed" -- and it is the motto of the U.S. Army Special Forces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces Apr 02 06, 3:42 PM

Baloo55th

It's the motto on a US Special Forces patch, and 'uber' means productive, fertile, abundant or rich in Latin, and oppresso will come from the gerund of opprimo, and will mean the oppressed. 'From the oppressed, riches' is a possible slightly free translation as 'de' means from or concerning. Didn't see Frankie's post there. On http://www.wholesalearmynavy.com/proddetail.asp?prod=1552&_US+Army+Special+Forces+Patch_army_navy_store_camouflage_clothing it looks like UBER, and they call it Uber. Odd. Apr 02 06, 5:00 PM

lanfranco

Baloo, the stitched patch is a little hard to read, and I found some sites where other people had interpreted the word as "uber." However, since "De oppresso" was obviously Latin, and as John pointed out, "uber" is German, my assumption was that a misunderstanding had occurred. I entered "De oppresso" and "motto" into Google -- et voila! Apr 02 06, 5:12 PM

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