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Could you please translate the phrase 'the courage of our convictions' into latin
Hello,
'The courage of our convictions' translates as :
“Nostrarum opinionum vis ac propugnatio”.
Best regards,
Maria
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-The courage =VIS AC PROPUGNATIO which is a hendiadys, i.e. 'A figure of speech in which two words connected by a conjunction are used to express a single notion'.
-of our = NOSTRARUM (genitive feminine plural of NOSTER agreed with OPINIONUM
-convictions= OPINIONUM (genitive feminine plural of OPINIO, 3rd.declension
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