Expert: Maria - 3/10/2009

Question
What is the phrase "honor thy family" translated into Latin?

Answer
Hello,

“Tuam honora familiam” or ”Tuam honora stirpem” is the translation of “Honor thy family”.

Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-Honor = HONORA (2nd.person singular, imperative of HONORO, I honor)

-thy= TUAM (direct object in the accusative feminine of the possessive TUUS agreed with FAMILIAM or STIRPEM)

-family =FAMILIAM (direct object in the accusative of FAMILIA, 1st.declension) or SIRPEM (direct object in the accusative of STIRPS, 3rd.declension)

As you can see, Latin word order can be different from English.