Expert: Maria - 6/26/2008

Question
how would you say, "Brothers in arms, Brothers in blood."

Answer
Hello,

I suppose you want this phrase translated into Latin.

If so, here it is:

« Et in armis fratres et  in sanguine »

Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-Brothers …..Brothers  = FRATRES (nominative plural of FRATER, 3rd.declension). In Latin it is not necessary to repeat this word.

-in = IN (preposition which takes the ablative)

-arms= ARMIS (ablative of ARMA, neuter noun in the plural, 2nd. declension)

-in = IN

-blood = SANGUINE (ablative of SANGUIS, 3rd.declension)

As for ET….ET , they literally mean “either”…”or”.

Finally Latin word order can be different from English.

Last, but not least, I really hope this phrase is not for a tattoo, just because in my ‘Instructions to Questioner’ which appear on your ‘Ask a Question’ page  I've expressly written:

“No homework questions please NOR TATTOOS. I do know that you can cheat me by  asking me a phrase, without telling me it is  for a tattoo, but I choose to  trust your honesty”.