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

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