Try to solve this Latin rebus:
O QUID TUA TE
BE! BIS? BIA ABIT ….
Meaning and source optional.
My curiosity lead me to some online research:
Every "word1" over "word2" becomes "word1 superword2"
"O superbe! Quid superbis? Tua superbia te superabit..." -->
"O proud! Why are you proud? Your pride will overcome you..."
It's the second part of a old latin rebus. The first part was found to be:
RA RA RA
ES ET IN
RAM RAM RAM
Where "ter", meaning three, is inserted for three RAs and three RAMs:
Terra es et in terrem --> You are earth, and on earth.
It ends with
Mox eris quod ego nunc --> You will soon be what I am now.
Cheery, no?
E.B. PRICE. October 14. 1850. (not sure about this..)
And Earlier:
Les Bigarrures et Touches de Seigneur des Accords, cap. iii., autre Façons de Rebus, p. 35., ed. 1662.
Perhaps "bury you" makes more sense than "overcome you"
Edited on April 22, 2023, 3:52 am
soln (with help)