Non compos mentis Labor in Latin

NON COMPIS MENTIS - LABOR IN LATIN

or Vale dare pondus idonea fumo 

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Contemplate the denouement of the adjective - challenging, non compis mentis Gillard government.

Wrong!

I may have to sharpen my Latin insults; an unsuccessful Rudd will surely be undermining the hapless woman from the backbench.

The resultant inevitable unravelling of the so - called 'Labor brand' will surely mean the destruction of the true believers.

Think of it: no one will ever forget this mob who are dare pondus idonea fumo; fit only to give weight to smoke.

We are living in interesting / unprecedented  times. 

Geoff Seidner

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Non compos mentis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Non compos mentis is a term meaning 'not of sound mind'.

 Non compos mentis derives from the Latin non meaning

 "not", compos meaning "having (command of)", and

 mentis (genitive singular of mens), meaning "mind". It is 

the direct opposite of Compos mentis (of a composed mind).

Usage

Although typically used in law, this term can also be used

 metaphorically or figuratively; e.g. when one is in a confused

 state, intoxicated, or not of sound mind.

Also applicable in health care, when a determination of 

competency needs to be made by a physician for purposes

 of obtaining informed consent for treatments and, if 

necessary, assigning a surrogate to make health care 

decisions. While the proper sphere for this determination 

is in a court of law, this is practically, and most frequently, 

made by physicians in the clinical setting.^[1]

In English law, the rule of non compos mentis was most

 commonly used when the defendant invoked religious or

 magical explanations for behaviour.

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Latin Phrases >> Famous Latin Quotations >> Insulting Latin Quotes Latin Insults dare pondus idonea fumo Fit only to give weight to smoke (Persius) ab asino lanam Wool from an ass (blood from a stone) Latin Tell-Offs delphinum natare doces You are teaching a dolphin to swim adversus solem ne loquitor Don't speak against the sun (i.e., an obvious fact) age quod agis Do what you are doing (i.e., stop looking around/bugging me and pay attention to what you are doing) brutum fulmen Harmless thunderbolt (a vain and empty threat) dolium volvitur An empty cask is easily rolled (e.g., in response to a boast of a work done super-perfectly)