"The half-asleep man wants to drink coffee."

Translation: Vir semisomnus caffeam bibere vult.

[zenon.sakson]

I thought "coffee" is translated as "potione arabica", at least it looks and sounds more Latin than "caffea".

[Thkgk]

Coffea is the Latin (scientific) Name of the coffee tree. Therefore "coffea" as a new Latin word is fine.

[zenon.sakson]

That's the scientific name for the whole genus of various plants. One does not drink a plant, but a beverage made from the seeds of just one or two particular species. So it could be reasonable to have different words to distinguish these concepts.

[PERCE_NEIGE]

Not always. Sometimes the drink and the tree have the same name. See the tea.

http://www.theirishteacompany.ie/all_about/index.htm

[PERCE_NEIGE]

It's the opposite "coffea" is "more" Latin than "potione arabica".

"Coffea" exist in (neo) Latin since the XV c.

I saw some "potione arabica" in some Latin courses in the Internet, but it seems neo-neo-Latin. Very recent.

Coffea is the tree, and Coffeum is the drink.

According to wikipedia:

On the "Coffea" page, they say "Ut legas de potione infusa, vide Coffeum" (= For the infused drink, see "Coffeum")

https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeum

They give as synonyms:
cafaeum, cafea, cafeum, caffeum, cofeum, coffea, vel potus Arabicus

[Cezarytyt]

Is it possible to use "homo" instead of "vir" in this sentence?

[helen27th]

I wrote "homo semisomnus" but it was marked wrong. Don't know why.

[KamalFox]

Doesn't the fact that the Romans didn't have coffee make this discussion a moot point?

[PERCE_NEIGE]

So? We should prevent ourselves to use Latin in conversations? Latin never stopped to be written, read, and talked.

[DB5335]

I am oddly proud of being correct on this sentence

[ThomasClarke9]

He is clearly half-asleep if he thinks he can get coffee in ancient Rome. Aut stultus.

[DeadAccount.]

Me irl.

[gabster80]

I love coffee so im glad I can talk about it in Latin even if the Romans didn't drink coffee.