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oderint dum metuant: let them hate, so long as they fear: favorite saying of Caligula, attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC) odi et amo: I hate and I love: opening of Catullus 85; the entire poem reads, "odi et amo quare id faciam fortasse requiris / nescio sed fieri sentio et excrucior" (I hate and I love. Why do I ...
Lucius Accius (/ ˈ æ k s i ə s /; 170 – c. 86 BC), or Lucius Attius, [1] was a Roman tragic poet and literary scholar. Accius was born in 170 BC at Pisaurum, a town founded in the Ager Gallicus in 184 BC. [2]
Logistical Center of Armament and Experimentation (CLAEX): Oderint dum metuant – That they hate us provided they fear us (Latin) [49] Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD): En cualquier suerte... - Under all circumstances... Logistical Center of Quartermastery (CLOIN): Dotar a la fuerza - To outfit the force [50] Transmissions Group (GRUTRA)
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Another meaning with the subjunctive is "as long as" in the sense "provided that" (dummodō may also be used in this meaning): [206] ōderint, dum metuant [207] "let them hate, provided that they fear" The negative in such provisional clauses is nē: [176] sī cui videor segnior fuisse, dum nē tibī videar, nōn labōrō (Cicero) [208]
A ribbon around the bottom of the shield bore the motto Oderint dum metuant (Latin for "Let them hate, so long as they fear"), which is attributed to the Roman tragic poet, Lucius Accius and later became famous as a saying of the Emperor Caligula. Above and below the shield were the world "Celtic" and "Crusaders Rugby League Club" respectively.
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Career diplomat John Brady Kiesling resigns from the U.S. Foreign Service with a sharp public rebuke for the Bush administration's foreign policy, asking "Has oderint dum metuant really become our motto?"