Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2009 June 6

= June 6 =

What language?
Translation please: OMNIS FERET OMNIA TELLUS. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell talk 20:33, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's Latin. It is Virgilian, according to Google. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:41, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * My first guess is "The whole earth will carry everything". +Angr 20:45, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It means something like, according to one source, Every land shall bear every thing. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:48, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Right. It's from Virgil's Fourth Eclogue, available here (line 39), if that helps. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:56, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks guys.--Doug Coldwell talk 21:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)