morituri

My Latin skills are a bit rusty by now, but I think the combination of "morituri" and "salutamus" is a concord mistake.

Bill Gates, I am going to make you my bitch! 2007

Thursday, January 09, 2003 nos morituri te salutamus

Archive 2003-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003

And now, as the inevitable end drew near, it was as if they would imitate the Roman gladiator with that terrible chorus of his: "Ave Cæsar morituri te salutant."

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

"'Ave, Caesar! te morituri salutant,'" he said, still looking at Tommy.

Secret Adversary Agatha Christie 1933

"'Ave, Caesar! te morituri salutant,'" he said, still looking at Tommy.

The Secret Adversary CHRISTIE, Agatha, Dame 1922

Facing northward toward the German guns it seemed to respond to them with a "_morituri salutamus_."

They Shall Not Pass 1907

_Quid culpatur in bello? an quid moriuntur quandoque morituri ut dominentur in pace victuri?

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906

` ` Sort of a ` morituri te salutamur, '' 'said I. We climbed the two thousand two hundred feet, leading our saddle-horses to save their strength.

The Mountains 1904

This is all very classic, also, recalling the _Ave Caesar, morituri, _ etc., of the gladiators.

Castilian Days John Hay 1870

What a satisfaction for a proud man to be absolute commander of an army which, before the fight, shouts like the ancient gladiators: _Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!

The Court of the Empress Josephine Arthur L��on Imbert de Saint-Amand 1867