foro uti

English translation: adapt to circumstances (literally: use the forum)

14:16 Mar 12, 2009
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Latin term or phrase: foro uti
Greetings,

My dictionary says that this means “to make hay while the sun shines”, but can this really be correct?

To my understanding it would seem to mean “to use the forum”.

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:25
English translation:adapt to circumstances (literally: use the forum)
Explanation:
explanation in you dictionary looks like a literary translation of the same, something like "use the moment". By the way, "Forum" is used very often figuratively.

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Note added at 42 mins (2009-03-12 14:59:20 GMT)
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This phrase was used by Terentius: Scisti uti foro (Phormio, 1,2,29)

Explanation from the dictionary by Lewis and Short:
Prov.: Scisti uti foro, you knew how to make your market, i. e. how to act for your advantage
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:tex...
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Olga D.
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Local time: 05:25
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many thanks excellent
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4 +4adapt to circumstances (literally: use the forum)
Olga D.
4play the market
Veronika McLaren


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play the market


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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
adapt to circumstances (literally: use the forum)


Explanation:
explanation in you dictionary looks like a literary translation of the same, something like "use the moment". By the way, "Forum" is used very often figuratively.

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Note added at 42 mins (2009-03-12 14:59:20 GMT)
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This phrase was used by Terentius: Scisti uti foro (Phormio, 1,2,29)

Explanation from the dictionary by Lewis and Short:
Prov.: Scisti uti foro, you knew how to make your market, i. e. how to act for your advantage
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:tex...

Olga D.
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:25
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
Grading comment
many thanks excellent

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephen C. Farrand: "look after your interests", says Oxford Latin Dictionary.
35 mins
  -> gratias ago!

agree  Sergey Kudryashov
51 mins
  -> gratias ago!

agree  Joseph Brazauskas
7 hrs
  -> gratias ago!

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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