How do I say "you are so beautiful” in Latin? 
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There is a beautiful poem in old Latin, a tombstone inscription from a husband to his wife, which fully merits the description ‘you are so beautiful’. It is so ancient it's only found in a book of ancient inscriptions and if you know any Latin at all you can see many of the words are archaic, 2nd century B.C. or even older. It is a miracle that it was found and transcribed.
Hospes quod Deico paullum est, asta et pellage.
Hoc est sepulcrum hou pulcrum pulcrai feminae:
Nomen parents nominarunt Claudiam.
Suom mareitum corde deilexit sano:
Gnatos duos creavit, horunc alterum
In terra linquit, alium sub terra locat.
Sermone lepido, tum autem incessu commodo.
Domum servavit, lanam fecit, dixi, abei.
My translation:
Friend, what I have to say is short, stand and read.
This is the gravestone, not beautiful, of a beautiful woman:
Her parents named her Claudia.
She loved her husband with a full heart:
She bore two children, one
she leaves on Earth, the other, she buried.
She was witty in talk, yet chaste in her carriage.
She managed the house well. She wove wool. I have spoken. Go.
The beauty of this inscription, besides its amazing terseness in describing a woman’s short life in a few words, is the play on ‘pulcher’, ‘beautiful’ in Latin, and ‘sepulcher’, which means gravestone. I also love the terse words in the first line, ‘asta et pellage’, ‘stop and read’. and the last two words, ‘dixi, abei.’ ‘I have spoken. Go.’ They are swift commands, which hint at the husband’s serious grief and remorse at his loss.
This is what’s best about Latin, to express in a few words a deep well of feeling which we can barely reflect in a dozen words in English.
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