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Translation please: OMNIS FERET OMNIA TELLUS. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell talk 20:33, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's Latin. It is Virgilian, according to Google. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:41, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My first guess is "The whole earth will carry everything". +Angr 20:45, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It means something like, according to one source, Every land shall bear every thing. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:48, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Right. It's from Virgil's Fourth Eclogue, available here (line 39), if that helps. - Jarry1250 (t, c) 20:56, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks guys.--Doug Coldwell talk 21:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]