'Iacta alea est', methinks be the correct version.. .. .His verbis dictis, autem - I'm not 100% sure!. .. .One of the best uses of Latin was to take the pi$$ out of a certain pompous type known variously as 'thrombo' (wandering clot) or 'AWF' (avocado with feet). He loved to stuff his turgid prose with 'inter alia' and other little bits of latin oneupmanship. So I once borrowed 'Le Mot Juste' (an excellent little book for finding obscure quotes) and wrote him a totally meaningless memo filled with 'Nihil ad rem', 'Sub rosa', 'Ob has causas' etc and provided a helpful English translation.... Which is 1 of the many reasons I stayed a Flt Lt for 20 years!. . . . <small>[ 12 March 2002, 12:33: Message edited by: BEagle ]</small>