The law does not concern itself with trifles. Does that mean Wessely will never get his just desserts?De minimis non curat lex.
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The law does not concern itself with trifles. Does that mean Wessely will never get his just desserts?De minimis non curat lex.
Thought I'd add to this erudite conversation by getting 'pile of shite' translated into Klingon.
Sadly all it came up with was 'shite pile'.
Most disappointing.
Google tends not to be very good at Latin, but it was fairly accurate here.This word (with various spellings), meaning "dung-heap", was fairly popular as a term of abuse with the early Roman writers of comedy, of whom Plautus was the most prominent. Here's an extract (Act 3, scene 3) from his play Persa:Google translate offers me: sterquilinium.
"Hey, you putrid pimp,
you public dung heap mixed up with scum,
you unclean, dishonest, unjust, lawless stain upon the people,
you greedy and loathesome money-hawk,
you importunate, grabbing, grasping thing -
in three hundred lines no-one could convey your vileness!"
My translation.
Don't know why, but I can answer with no.