Does anyone know what the following Latin means? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Mor

It is often found on websites under construction. Have tried a translator site but the result was a hotchpotch of English/Latin and made no sense.Does anyone know what the following Latin means? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Mor
What a lovely question!


On the one hand, Lorem ipsum is more or less nonsense, as your two last answerers have already said.


But the text actually has its roots in a chunk of Latin written by Cicero around 2,000 years ago, called 'De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum' ('the extremes of good and evil'). And that can certainly be translated.





The part you quote is still recognisable, if you add the missing letters to the first word: it should be 'Dolorum'.


Here's part of the original Cicero -- your quote is basically the bit between the asterisks, with a few alterations that have happened over the 500 years or so that it's been in use as a printer's infill.





';Neque porro quisquam est, qui *dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit*, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem.';





And it translates (roughly) as:


';Nor is there anyone who *desires pain simply because it is pain,* but because occasionally circumstances happen in which work and pain can bring some great pleasure.';


Again, I've framed the bit you quote with asterisks, just for clarity.





Hope that satisfies your curiousity.


=DDoes anyone know what the following Latin means? Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Mor
It means 'my piles are killing me today, do you have any ointment I can borrow'.
um... I know dolor means grief


sorry bit rusty x
It makes no sense because it has none. 'Lorem ipsum' is the name give to blocks of dummy text used as placeholders while a document/website/poster is being formatted and completed. It has been used since the 1500's, so that's why there is Latin associated with it.





The link gives a good quick history.
Dr. Boskins needs a new hat.
I believe that you are referring to the following:





The Latin text ';lorem-ipsum'; (';lipsum'; for short) is often found in demonstrations of fonts and other places where typography and layout are on display. It often arouses curiosity as to what it means.





The simple answer is: NOTHING AT ALL. It is well known that people are distracted by readable text, so when displaying a typeface, publishers use ';lipsum'; to make people focus on the typeface and not on the content. Additionally, ';lipsum'; has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters as is seen in English. This also helps to get people to not concentrate on the content.





The standard ';lorem-ipsum'; text, dating from the 1500s, is as follows:





';Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.';