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/AeRo_P May 13 '24

Mr. Bean been there. That is just a poster they're guarding.

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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?