Excuse my French....is this phrase Latin?

[worth-a-peek]

and what does it mean

"deo libertati gloriae"

The glorius liberty?

It's on a 2 restaurantware plates with the wierdest looking mean cat face I've ever seen.

I'm guess some fraternal orginization logo?

Thanks

 

[wyomingvintage]

I took a few years of Latin in my law studies but I am SOOOO rusty
Something to do with freedom and fame
maybe like "to freedom and fame"?
I could be way off thats just a semi educated guess.

 

[cmpollack]

I took even less Latin than Lucy, but according to the glossary in my textbook (yup, still got it!), "de" means from, about, or concerning, and the other two words, as Lucy said, translate as freedom and fame.

that mean cat face does sound like it must be an organizational logo--it sure doesn't connect thematically with the phrase otherwise!

 

[Laura]

Isn't deo "God"? I didn't study Latin, but I'm getting that from the hymn "Gloria Deo"

Laura

 

[wyomingvintage]

No it's not God. Sometimes it gets translated like that because of that hymm. Gloria in excelsis deo which has taken on the meaning Glory to god in the highest.
Fame and glory have the same meaning in Latin....
hmmmmmm
How about
Glory to freedom
Now I'll be thinking about this all day! LOL

 

[worth-a-peek]

Thanks!

All that will give me some more to go on.
I like to try to figure out where they were used.

I was thinning out my everyday plates.
I always gravitate to a certain few and these 2 haven't had much action.
Must be that mean cat makes them stay in the cupboard.
They will probably go out to the antique mall eventually.

 

[BagDiva]

my eArly latin classes were horrific, l gave it up, but l think its

God, freedom, glory

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

I took latin in high school and I don't remember a thing :D

i would have guessed God, freedom, glory.