iacta alea est
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Grammatically incorrect translation, by Suetonius, of an Ancient Greek phrase by Menander, ἀνερρίφθω κύβος (anerrhíphthō kúbos, “let the die be cast”), quoted in its original language by Julius Caesar. A more accurate translation would be iacta alea esto.[1] See the die is cast for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi̯ak.ta ˈaː.le.a est/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈjak.ta ˈa.le.a est/,
Phrase
- (idiomatic) the die is cast (the future is determined)
References
- ^ “ālĕa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press