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Latin to English
Translating Latin words into English. How you say and spell Latin language words and phrases in the English language.
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What does à la bonne heure mean?
à la bonne heure is an idiomatic expression for satisfaction, like 'great!' in English. Literally it should mean 'at the good hour', which means nothing in French.
What words are derivatives of the Latin root syllable 'tot-'?
The Latin root syllable 'tot-' means 'so many'. Its English derivatives are total and totality. Its Latin derivatives are the adverb 'totiens', for 'so many times'; and the adjective 'totus', for 'the complete, the entire, the whole'.
What does matching questions mean?
A "matching question" is a form of test question that requires answerers to pair up the selections from two separate columns of alternates. The idea is to pick the item in column 2 that matches each item in column 1.
Example : Match the fruit with its color
Column 1 -- Column 2
apple -------- green
banana ----- purple
lime ---------- red
plum --------- yellow
The answerer would match apple-red, banana-yellow, lime-green, plum-purple.
It is possible to add extra selections to column 2 to limit guessing. In this case it might be extra colors such as orange and white, so that an answer could not be as easily found by default.
It has no meaning, because there's no such word known to exist. But it resembles a Latin adverb. And the Latin word 'sempiternum' means for ever in English. The form as an adjective is 'sempiternus', which means 'continual' or 'everlasting'. Both the adverb and the adjective in Latin derive from the combination of the adverb 'semper', which means 'always'; and the adjective 'aeternus', which means 'eternal' or 'everlasting'.
What is 'Media vita in morte sumus' in English?
In the midst of life we are in death is the English equivalent of 'Media vita in morte sumus'. In the word by word translation, the adjective 'media' means 'in the midst of'. The noun 'vita' means 'life'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The noun 'morte' means 'death'. The verb 'sumus' means '[we] are'.
Ut nihil non iisdem verbis redderetur auditum?
"Ut nihil non usdem verbis redderetur auditum." "Everything that (he) had heard (he) could repeat it with the same words." the proper translation of the Latin expression used by Borges is a double negative giving the meaning of the expression a positive sense.
In Latin how you would say remember the pain remember the loss stay free?
memor poena memor damnum subsisto solvo
What does et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis mean?
And peace on earth to men of good will is the English equivalent of 'Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis'. In the word by word translation, the conjunction 'et' means 'and'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The feminine gender noun 'terra' means 'land'. The feminine gender noun 'pax' means 'peace'. The masculine gender noun 'hominibus' means 'to men'. The adjective 'bonae' means 'of good'. The feminine gender noun 'voluntatis' means 'of will'.
Which word in everyday use is derived from the latin word meaning list of things to do?
Agenda means a list of things to do
What is 'Laboravimus non frustra' in English?
We haven't labored in vain is the English equivalent of 'Laboravimus non frustra'. In the word by word translation, the verb 'laboravimus' means '[we] have labored, labored'. The adverb 'non 'means 'not'. The adverb 'frustra' means 'vainlessly'.
What does familiae mean in latin?
In the Latin some of us learned in school, familias is the accusative plural form of the word familia, which means "household" or "family." (The accusative is the form used for the object of a verb or of certain prepositions.)
Familias is also a form, already old-fashioned in classical times, of the genitive singular of familia (thus "of the household/family"), and this is its meaning in the common Latin compound word paterfamilias, literally "father of the household."
What does Nihil spero nihil timeo ergo libera sum mean?
'I hope for nothing, I fear nothing; therefore I am free'. Note that that is said by a female - 'libera' is feminine. For a male, use 'liber sum'.
The phrase ad hoc means "for now" or "temporary" or "for this". an ad hoc committee is one which is formed to deal with a specific problem.
