the die is cast

Etymology
, a grammatically, and thereby semantically, incorrect translation by the Roman historian ( – ' 122 ) in his work Vīta Dīvī Iūlī (', 121 ) of the, which was said to have been spoken by  (100 – 44 ) when he crossed the Rubicon to irreversibly begin a civil war in the Roman Republic (see ).

Caesar was quoting from the comedy Ἀρρηφόρῳ (Arrhēphórōi, The Bearer of Ritual Objects) by the dramatist (c. 342 or 341 – c. 290 ). The Greek phrase is more accurately translated as “let the die be cast” (meaning “let the game be played” and implying “let us proceed irreversibly”), and refers a game of chance in which the outcome is determined by the throwing of dice or a single die.

Phrase

 * 1)  Conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed; the future is determined; there are no more options.

Translations

 * Arabic: سبق السيف العذل
 * Armenian: վիճակը նետված է
 * Basque: zortea botata dago
 * Breton: taolet eo an diñs
 * Bulgarian: зарът е хвърлен
 * Catalan: el dau ha estat tirat, la sort ha sigut llançada, s'ha tirat el dau
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 骰子已經擲出去了 ,
 * Czech: kostky byly vrženy,
 * Danish: terningen er kastet
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: la ĵetkubo estas ĵetita, la sorto estas ĵetita
 * Estonian: liisk on langenud
 * Finnish: arpa on heitetty
 * French:, , , ,
 * Galician: a sorte está botada, a sorte foi botada
 * Georgian: კამათელი გაგორებულია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀνερρίφθω κύβος
 * Hebrew: הַפּוּר נָפַל
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: teningnum er kastað, teningunum er kastað
 * Italian: il dado è tratto
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 주사위는 던져졌다
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: tîr ji kevan pekiya
 * Latin: ālea iacta est, iacta ālea est
 * Macedonian: коцката е фрлена
 * Malay: nasi sudah menjadi bubur
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: terningen er kasta
 * Persian: تاس‌ها پرتاب شده‌اند
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: a sorte está lançada, os dados estão lançados
 * Romanian: zarul este aruncat
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dè a bhios ann, tachraidh e
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̏цка је бачена
 * Roman: kȍcka je bačena
 * Slovak: kocky sú hodené
 * Slovene: kọ̑cka je padla
 * Spanish: la suerte está echada
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: zar atıldı
 * Ukrainian: гральну кістку кинуто, жереб кинуто
 * Vietnamese: tương lai tiền định