Latin (the language)

[Latrinsorm]

Alright so I need some Latin help.

In the Catholic Mass, there are two things (among others) we say: "Lord, have mercy" and "Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us". In the Latin (Catholic) Mass, these are said "Kyrie eleison" and "Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis".

My question is: Clearly "miserere" and "eleison" are being translated as "have mercy", perhaps with the first one having the "on" included. The preposition doesn't concern me right now. What I'm curious about is what the shades of meaning are between these two in Latin.

So who knows Latin!?? :D

[Drew2]

Lmao. I totally don't know shit about Latin, but this game I played called Ragnarok Online, the priests had a spell called Kyrie Eleison and I thought it was just jibberish.

Thanks for knowing useless shit so I don't have to!

[Bobmuhthol]

Dei, in this context, is the genitive case, which shows possession (x of god), words ending in -re are infinitive (though it might be a command as it seems to be in the translation), qui means who, and that's about all I immediately know.

But I think it may be Greek and not Latin.

[Latrinsorm]

Ah yes, of course, kyrie eleison is in Greek. :S That seems obvious now.

[Bobmuhthol]

deus est mortuus.

sum deus tuus.

[Skeeter]

klaatu
verata
niktu

[Bobmuhthol]

That movie owned.

[Stanley Burrell]

Liberate me.

Liberate tutame ex inferis.

[Apathy]

I can tell you what that sounds like to an 8 year old if that helps:

agnes day-ay-ay-ee, kwe told these pecca tom moondies, miza ray ray no beans.

[Ignot]

How do you say "this thread blows" in latin?

[Bobmuhthol]

hic ligamen verberat.

[Landrion]

How do you say "this thread blows" in latin?

That would be "Lat Rin Sorm".

j/k.

[Latrinsorm]

How do you say "this thread blows" in latin?Sic semper tyrannis digitalis!!!!

[zhelas]

Veni, vidi, vici!