Join FunTrivia for Free: Hourly trivia games, quizzes, community, and more!
Fun Trivia
Ask FunTrivia: Questions and Answers
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


What does De Oppresso Uber mean?

Question #64187. Asked by juvenusmisfit.
Last updated Aug 05 2021.

avatar
lanfranco
Answer has 11 votes
Currently Best Answer
lanfranco
20 year member
4170 replies avatar

Answer has 11 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
It's "De oppresso liber" -- "to liberate the oppressed" -- and it is the motto of the U.S. Army Special Forces.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces

Apr 02 2006, 2:42 PM
avatar
Baloo55th
Answer has 1 vote
Baloo55th
22 year member
4545 replies avatar

Answer has 1 vote.
It's the motto on a US Special Forces patch, and 'uber' means productive, fertile, abundant or rich in Latin, and oppresso will come from the gerund of opprimo, and will mean the oppressed. 'From the oppressed, riches' is a possible slightly free translation as 'de' means from or concerning.

It looks like UBER, and they call it Uber. Odd.

Response last updated by zorba_scank on Aug 27 2016.
Apr 02 2006, 4:00 PM
zorba_scank
Answer has 10 votes
zorba_scank
Moderator
21 year member
149 replies

Answer has 10 votes.
"De oppresso liber" is the motto of the United States Army Special Forces.

In the United States Army Special Forces, the motto is traditionally believed to mean "to free from oppression" or "to liberate the oppressed" in English.

A correct translation of the phrase de oppresso liber would be "from (being) an oppressed man, (to being) a free one".

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_oppresso_liber

Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 05 2021.
Aug 27 2016, 10:33 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion