Talk:O tempora, o mores!

Is mores an english word? Maybe translate it better "What times! What manners! ..?

It is used in English, but only in rather overblown prose - I agree that 'manners' is better (though it tends to have implications of hat-raising, table manners etc, whereas mores is perhaps broader in scope) Jermaiad 08:42, 10 January 2008 (EST)

I just did a Latin-English check here [1], and mores (or morium) translates into ways, conduct, character, morals. Karajou 08:52, 10 January 2008 (EST)

Mores is a common word in English (pronounced mor-ays). DanH 21:20, 10 January 2008 (EST)

Oh TEMPURA, oh mores!

I have it on authority that these explanations are popular misconceptions. Catullus was speaking after visiting the Grand Nippon in what was to be Japan, at the conclusion of the Bansai Pet War. At an official dinner where he was the honoured guest, he was offered some Tempura, the traditional Japanese dish of deep-fried sea food and vegetables. He was so taken with them, he asked with great enthusiasm: “Oh tempura, oh mores”, to wit, “please give me some more of that wonderful tempura!” MylesP 21:13, 10 January 2008 (EST)