#foundlatin

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"IGNIS" "Fire" A bit of ironic branding on an Italian refrigerator.

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"SINE METU" "Without fear" Jameson, of Irish whiskey fame, family motto.

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"EX CHAO ORDO" Out of chaos, order. An appropriate motto for Highway Traffic Control. H/T @MagisterChan via Twitter

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"ROMA" Roma, Romae - Rome or the personified goddess of Rome H/T to @ClassicalSnacks via Twitter

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“Tegula”

“Tile”

Latin still being used to label modern tiles.

Thanks to Claire Webster (@MrsCAWebster) via Twitter for sharing this #foundLatin.

Tile is one of my personal favorites. Lots of things to think about with tile. For example, an interesting article I came across years ago as a grad student while browsing the stacks is W. D. Barry’s 1996 “Roof Tiles and Urban Violence in the Ancient World.” It's available here: http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/download/2921/5833.

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"VALEO" "I am strong, I am healthy" An appropriate choice for a home health service. Their tag line, which is just visible in the photo, is "getting you well at home." But one might question their choice of the first person verb form.

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"RAPTOR" "one who takes by force, a robber, a plunderer, a kidnapper" The RV for modern day road pirates?? Interestingly, a quick search of PHI Latin Texts (http://latin.packhum.org) shows it's largely used by poets, but Quintillian, the late 1st century CE rhetorician, tops the usage list.