Talk:In flagrante delicto

For a July 2005 deletion debate see Votes for deletion/In flagrante delicto

The paragraph about Brazilian and Italian usage isn't clear. Does "the same meaning" refer to the latin meaning, or the colloquial meaning? It's unclear, since the previous paragraph is about the colloquial meaning.

On a related note, there should probably be a reference for the "sometimes used colloquially" paragraph. Where is it used like that? I know I've heard it in the USA but I have no idea if it's used that way in any other countries or languages. Animatorgeek (talk) 16:49, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering about the reference to the ablative absolute. I think that is not the correct term in thix case, the ablative is simply because of the preposition "in". Any classists care to comment on this? 195.237.82.70 (talk) 11:12, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Exactly right. "In flagrante delicto" is a prepositional phrase, not an ablative absolute. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.231.253.132 (talk) 15:24, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

When someone writes in flagrante dilecto, is that a mistake or a pun?--87.162.5.84 (talk) 22:07, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

The closest literal translation would be "in blazing offence". Surely "flagrant" would be a closer translation than "blazing"? --2A02:C7D:C5DD:7600:75F9:95F3:D45:4600 (talk) 07:28, 1 May 2017 (UTC)