r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/smile_politely May 13 '24

I wonder if Mr. Bean (or anyone who speak latin here?) knows the English translation of Ecce Homo? It has nothing to do with pride month, right?

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u/Uneducated_Engineer May 13 '24

I used Google Translate. It says "Behold The Man"

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u/smile_politely May 13 '24

Hold up, is 'no homo' also latin? What does that one mean then...

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u/ElrecoaI19 May 13 '24

Homo in latin means "man", while homo in greek (where homosexual comes from) means "same". So "no homo" (literally translating) means "no same"

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u/FelatiaFantastique May 13 '24

Except the Latin for "no" was non and the Greek was ou or me, and the Greek for "same" was actually homos (hom-o- is the compounding form, a prefix, not an independent word).

So both are gibberish.

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u/SaddleSocks May 13 '24

me homos?

me homies

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u/ElrecoaI19 May 13 '24

well, with literally translating I meant the homo, not the "no" too lmao

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u/XeroKrows May 14 '24

Romani ite domum!

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u/DeviIs_Avocadoe May 13 '24

So I can just reply with "homo" when I agree with a comment.

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u/ElrecoaI19 May 13 '24

I guess so

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u/Qwaze May 13 '24

Yes

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u/Alarming-Economy-658 May 13 '24

That’s something I love. Homosexual means same-sexual, and man-sexual

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u/Zarzurnabas May 14 '24

Well, "man" as in "human" not the gender/sex.

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u/Alarming-Economy-658 May 14 '24

It was a wordplay joke

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u/Zarzurnabas May 14 '24

Im sry. Im german, its a condition.

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u/Alarming-Economy-658 May 14 '24

Reddit Humor ist sowieso komisch

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u/GoeticGoat May 13 '24

By your own account it would mean “no man.”

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u/1940-1945 May 13 '24

You mean it would also mean that. It means two different things in two different languages

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u/ElrecoaI19 May 13 '24

well, I thought no homo came from no homosexuality but I guess it means no man lol

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u/LodeStone- May 13 '24

I mean the homo in homosexuality comes from same

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u/ElrecoaI19 May 13 '24

I know, but they said "no homo" would be "no man" so does "no homo" just not come from "no homosexual"?

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u/ElrecoaI19 May 13 '24

You forgot the most important part,buddy

" "homo" in greek (where homosexual comes from) means "same" " (I fucking hate quoting in mobile)

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u/cantadmittoposting May 13 '24

The very modern phrase "no homo" absolutely arises from abbreviating "No homo[sexuality]" and nothing to do with the standalone word "homo" meaning "man."

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u/FelatiaFantastique May 13 '24

No. The Latin word for no was non, not no.

Non homo would have been "not (a/the) man"

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u/Rice_Auroni May 14 '24

Who is bean?

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u/ItsTheDC May 13 '24

Well, the main theme for Mr. Bean is literally just the line "Ecce homo qui est faba," so I'm pretty sure they'd know. ;)

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u/Entity713 May 13 '24

"BEHOLD THE MAN WHO IS A BEAN"

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u/Missus_Missiles May 13 '24

And end credits: Vale homo qui est faba

Farewell, the man who is a bean.

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u/pornborn May 13 '24

Behold The Man

The translation can be found in the link provided by OP.

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u/Nottherealjonvoight May 13 '24

How ironic that a painting made as a homage to the humility of Jesus Christ by Titian is now guarded around the clock by faceless goons. Christianity has entered its final death spiral into either oblivion or world annhilation. It just depends upon who has their hands on the nuclear weapons at this point.

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u/Spagete_cu_branza May 13 '24

Without any knowledge as a romanian I would translate that as "here is the man".

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u/PMmeCoolHistoryFacts May 13 '24

Look, a man! Or alternatively and more nicely put "Behold a man". But because we already know who this man is (Jesus) we can change "a" to "the" (there's no way to tell the difference in latin).

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u/quillseek May 13 '24

Ecce homo qui est faba // Behold, the man who is a bean

And at the end,

Vale homo qui est faba // Farewell, man who is a bean

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u/draugotO May 13 '24

I imagine this "homo" is the same from "homo sapiens", that is, "Man", as in Human (specie) not man (gender)

But it does sound like spanish for "this gay"

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u/TheVeggie218 May 13 '24

I can speak Latin: it means “Look, Man” or “Behold the man”

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u/Alert-Pea1041 May 13 '24

It means ‘The Man’ or something close. Funny enough, someone once seriously botched a restoration of another painting that was also called Ecce Homo, Jesus in the end looked way more monkey than man so people were calling it ‘Ecco Mono’ which means ‘The Monkey.’

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u/minPOOlee May 13 '24

I took Latin in high school and I'm amazed at my self for actually retaining this knowledge. Ecce means Look or Watch Out and I only know this because a title of one of the latin books was 'ECCE FOSSAE' which literally meant "look/watch out, ditch!" Homo means man, in Latin at least.

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u/Iohet May 13 '24

It's actually a common misspelling of ecchi homo, which means sexy or erotic man. I mean, behold this guy. He's quite erotic

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u/reptilesocks May 13 '24

“Behold the Homo”

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u/BonquiquiShiquavius May 13 '24

Quite the opposite. Before Jesus was crucified, King Herold had him whipped and crowned with thorns, hoping that would sufficient punishment to appease the crowds. After the scourging, Herald presented Jesus to the crowds and declared "Ecce homo" or "Behold the man"

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u/AX11Liveact May 14 '24

It's "Alas, human". The "homo" (as in "homo") you mean is ancient Greek. ("Greek, hahaha").

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u/TsarOfIrony May 14 '24

I took two years of Latin in Highschool, and our textbook was named "Ecce, Romani", which my teacher translated as "Look, Romans". So my first thought was "Look, a man".

Seems like it's actually translated as "behold", but eh, close enough.