Selvae Acquae Valles!
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- Ave atque vale: part of the last line of a famous elegy by the Roman poet Catullus (85 – 54 BC). The whole line reads:"atque in perpetuum frater ave atque vale" (And forever, brother, hail and farewell)
- "Ave Atque Vale": Title of an elegy by English poet Algernon Swinburne (1837–1909) in memory of French poet Charles Baudelaire.
- selvae: (Latin) woods, forests
- acquae: (Latin) waters
- valles: (Latin) valley
- "Selvae Acquae Valle": reads like a quote from a pastoral poem, not an elegy
