non semper Saturnalia erunt

Latin

Etymology

Literally, “it will not always be the Saturnalia”.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /noːn ˈsem.per saː.turˈnaː.li.a ˈe.runt/, [noːn ˈs̠ɛmpɛr s̠äːt̪ʊrˈnäːlʲiä ˈɛrʊn̪t̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /non ˈsem.per sa.turˈna.li.a ˈe.runt/, [nɔn ˈsɛmper sät̪urˈnäːliä ˈɛːrun̪t̪]

Proverb

nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt

  1. all good things come to an end
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Apocolocyntosis [1]:
      dicebam vobis: non semper Saturnalia erunt.
      I told you: the Saturnalia will not last forever.

References
  1. Seneca. Apocolocyntosis. W.H.D. Rouse, M.A. Litt. D. London. William Heinemann. 1913.
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