Tattoo Story - Steph: Aestuo Tattoo
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Steph’s Aestuo Tattoo
This tattoo was my 25th birthday present from my two best friends. I always knew I wanted to get inked but I’m a fickle girl so the ‘what’ was the big question. Finally one day it struck me–words. I love words and the power that they have, so then it was just picking the right one, one that would always hold meaning and be true.
I chose ‘aestuo’, which is latin for ‘i burn’, connotatively with intensity and passion and desire. As long as I do whatever I do with passion, everything in life is going to be okay. It’s the one thing I demand from myself and others, so it seemed appropriate to mark myself with the sentiment.
I got it done at Icon Tattoos in Murfreesboro, TN. Reverend Horton Heat was blaring from the stereo, and rather than it hurting, which I had always been warned, it felt kinda good.
Inked at Icon Tattoos, Murfreesboro, TN






August 14th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
i like it and the meaning. Also i feel the same way about all of my tattoos, the all felt really good , but now i am up to 12 tattoos and i am only 21. And olnly getting started.
October 8th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
Nice tattoo. My husband is a Latin teacher, and he said that the proper word would be “incendo”. Aestuo would actually be for cooking something. Not trying to sound rude, because its a beautiful tattoo, just if you get anymore in another langauge make sure you check with someone. Still a beautiful tattoo. Promise I wasn’t trying to be rude, I am a sweetie I promise.
October 29th, 2006 at 1:57 pm
how do you figure?
http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Word.do?wordID=802821&pronunciationID=0
looks great Steph!
October 29th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Incendo translates to “set fire to”, which as hot as the tattoo looks is not the intended translation!