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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 Non est potestas super terrum quae comparetur mean?
This would be translated: "There is no power on the earth which compares..."
What does the latin phrase veritas odium parit mean?
Truth begets hatred.
Good translation. As to the "philosopher" Publius Terentius Afer (ca. 195 - ca. 159), he was rather a writer and translator who rendered four Greek comedies comprehensible to a Roman audience than a philosopher. Unlike his colleague Plautus he followed the Greek originals quite closely.
His comedies are full of sayings that became proverbial. One of the most famous being: NHIL HVMANVM MIHI ALIENVM, meaning nothing human is strange to me, from the comedy PHORMIO.
Your is the English equivalent of 'tuum'. It's the masculine form of the possessive pronoun in the second person singular. The feminine and masculine equivalents are 'tua' and 'tuus', respectively.
What is the English translation of the latin word contribuere?
It means "to bring together, enroll together."
What is latin word for country?
The classical Latin terms for a small or medium-sized settlement were vicus and pagus.
In medieval or Low Latin, the term villa came to mean a village - this is used throughout Domesday Book of 1086 - 1087.
not on the same plane, or flat surface. Most of the planets are in the same plane, but Pluto is on an angle so it is non-planar
The passive infinitive and imperatives of mitto mittere misi missus with translation?
The passive infinitives are
- present: mitti "to be sent"
- perfect: missum (fem: missam) esse "to have been sent"
- future: missum (fem: missam) iri "to be about to be sent"
- future perfect: missum (fem: missam) fore"to be about to have been sent"
The passive imperatives are
- present second-person singular: mittere "be sent" (one person)
- present second-person plural: mittimini "be sent" (more than one person)
- future second-person singular: mittitor "you shall be sent" (one person)
- future third-person singular: mittitor "he/she/it shall be sent"
- future third-person plural: mittuntor "they shall be sent"
The Latin expression ceteris paribus means?
Ceteris Paribus means "assuming all else is held constant". The author using ceteris paribus is attempting to distinguish an effect of one kind of change from any others.
Index from: http://economics.about.com/od/termsbeginningwithc/g/ceteris_paribus.htm
What does it mean to say that matter is a 'sine qua non' in a human life?
The Latin phrase 'sine qua non' may be taken to mean '[a condition] without which it could not be'. The word-by-word translation is the following: 'sine' means 'without'; 'qua' means 'which'; and 'non' means 'not'. It therefore is an 'indspensable and essential action, condition or ingredient'. And so the statement says that human life is impossible without matter.
An ultra vires contract is a contract that?
A contract that is made outside of the jurisdiction of the parties that made it. This is not a viable contract.
What does ponle alas a tus suenos mean in Latin?
It is not in latin it is in spanish and it means....Give wings to your dreams.
What is the English for 'Oyarses et genius in artem et officium pictoris et figurantis addictus'?
The ruler of substance and guardian spirit being pledged to the skill and work of a painter and figure shaper is the English equivalent of 'Oyarses et genius in artem et officium pictoris et figurantis addictus'.
In the word by word translation, the noun 'oyarses' comes from 'ousiarches', which means 'he who rules substance'. The conjunction 'et' means 'and'. The noun 'genius' means 'genius, guardian, spirit'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The noun 'artem' means 'art, method, profession, skill, way'. The noun 'officium' means 'allegiance, courtesy, deference, dutiful action, official employment, sense of duty'. The noun 'pictoris' means 'of a painter'. The verb 'figurantis' means 'form maker, mold maker, shaper'. The verb 'addictus' means 'being awarded, dedicated, pledged or surrendered'.
