- 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
- Go.
- Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
- Ire, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.
- So eunt is?
- Third person plural, present indicative. 'They go'.
— (Graham Chapman), (John Cleese)
13 seconds sound clip from the Life of Brian movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:00.077 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- We may have a little job for you, Brian.
- What's this, then? 'Romanes eunt domus'? People called Romanes, they go the house?
- What's Latin for Roman? Come on!
- Romanes?
- Annus?
- Vocative plural of annus is?
- Anni?
- Romani.
- Go.
- Ire, eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.
- Third person plural, present indicative. 'They go'.
- But Romans, go home is an order, so you must use the...
- Ite.
- 'Go home'. This is motion towards, isn't it, Brian?
- Dative! No, not dative! Accusative, accusative! 'Domum', sir. 'Ad domum'.
- Except when domus takes the...
- 'Domum'.
- 'Domum'.
- Now, write it out 100 times.
- Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
- Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
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