It is my understanding that "hic rhodus, hic salta" ( a line you employ in your fit show routine too) means, "here is rhodes, here you jump," not "come to rhodes and jump" as you claim.
Just thought a man who pays as much attention to detail as you do would want to know.
PS. Find a new line to lure people to Kolloseum, this one ain't working.
I explained several times and even said it on the Fitshow: "Hic Rhodos, hic salta...(or - hic saltus)" DOES MEAN: Here in Rhodos you jump! Or here is Rhodos, here you jump!
Why Rhodos and why should you jump???
In ancient times when people would make claims of certain unbelievable feats of strength (or simply something that is hard to believe) - they would be invited to Rhodos to demonstrate (and prove) their claims...
Whatever their extraordinary ability was - needed to be performed in front of the witnesses on "athletic" Island - Rhodos (place of the ancient Olympic games...)
Anyway:
"JUMP" was used as the most common test of the athletic ability at the time - and whoever was able to jump higher or longer was glorified...thus term JUMP was used simply as the term...not actual JUMPING....
As you noticed that I do pay attention to details - you should think before assuming that I don't know exact meaning of what I am saying...
So instead of: "come to Rhodos and [show us how far or long you can] jump" I use: "come to Koloseum Gym and show us what you got (and if you want to jump - make sure you jump as high or as long as you can...
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On the other note - how do you know that this line AIN'T WORKING?
After all it got your attention...as well as numerous other people asking me to explain what I really meant by it...
You want to talk latin?
I've memorized about couple of hundred of wise quotations on Latin that I find very interesting and worth using in my day to day life...
The first one we learned in school was: Non shoale, sad vitae discimus...(We are not learning for school...but for life = While students often stress about learning certain things JUST to pass the test they fail to realize that TEST is not what is important - rather LIFE is what matters the most - so IF they can apply what they've learned in school in their normal life - they can say they went to school for right reasons...).
Next one I've learned was: "Nula dies sine linea" ("Zero days without a line"...which again IF YOU THINK means more than that: "do not waste any day without DOING something...BE PRODUCTIVE....etc)
So - I really want to ask you what exactly did you try to accomplish by telling me that I am wrong in translation?
Here in Rhodos (you must come to Rhodos first - don't you?) you jump (show us what you got - whatever that might be...)...
