The term "Tempus Fugis" is Latin for time flies, and is commonly seen on clock faces.
fugit means literally "runs away/escapes" (useless trivia: it's just like in Bach's fugues which has to do with their structure).
I'm not trying to be pedantic here -- for some time I've been wondering how one would say (in classical latin) "time flies" as "the flies of time".
Can anyone with the knowledge of classical Latin help me feed that brain worm?
Is it Muscae temporis?
Can I use that phrase instead of tempus fugit? Like a friend named Mori, who used to finish all of his posts with "Memento Mori - remember Mori"
Reminds me of Atalanta Fugiens (1617), a book on alchemy considered an early example of multimedia.
> It is the first alchemical Gesamtkunstwerk that comprises music, images, poetry, and prose together in one piece.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta_Fugiens
The title refers to Atalanta, who agrees to marry anyone who beats her in a footrace. Swift-footed Atalanta won every time, until Hippomenes cheats by throwing at her golden apples he got from Aphrodite.
- Groucho Marx
I never really gave it much thought. Just a fun word game.