Expert: Maria - 12/8/2008

Question
Dear Madam,
My wife and I are in the process creating Full Achievements for our selves and our children. Will you please help us with the translations of the following phrases to Latin?

and ruse

the castle stands

God is my judge

God provides

God is my guide

God defends me

my strength is from God

Thank You  

Answer
Hello,

Here are the translations you asked me:

-Stat castellum (the castle stands)

-Deus iudex est meus(God is my judge)

-Deus providet (God provides)

-Deus meus est dux (God is my guide)

-Deus me defendit (God defends me)

-A Deo fortitudo mea (my strength is from God)

As for the first sentence “And ruse”, did you mean “ruse” as “a crafty stratagem; a subterfuge” ? Or did you want to spell “rise” as a command?
Please explain; otherwise I cannot translate it.

Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-the castle = CASTELLUM (nominative neuter, 2nd.declension)
-stands = STAT (from STO, I stand)


-God = DEUS (nominative masculine, 2nd.declension)
-Is = EST (from SUM, I am)
-my  =MEUS (nominative masculine agreed with IUDEX)
-judge = IUDEX (nominative, 3rd.declension)


-God = DEUS
-Provides = PROVIDET (from PROVIDEO, I provide)


-God = DEUS
-is = EST
-my = MEUS (nominative masculine agreed with DUX)
-guide = DUX (nominative, 3rd.declension)


-God = DEUS
-defends  = DEFENDIT (from DEFENDO, I defend)
-me = ME (accusative)


-My  = MEA (nominative feminine agreed with FORTITUDO)
-strength = FORTITUDO (nominative, 3rd.declension)
-is = no translation, as in this phrase the verb is understood
-from = A (preposition which takes the ablative case)
-God = DEO (ablative of DEUS)