Expert: Maria - 11/15/2010

Question
I've been surfing the web trying to come up with the best latin translation for the term "Life Goes On". The best I got was Vita Perseverat. I'm a little wary. Will you advise? Thank you!

Answer
Hello,

the best Latin translation for “Life Goes On” in the sense that life continues is “Vita procedit”, as we read in Seneca, Epistle 111,4 (from “Moral epistles to Lucilius”, a collection of 124 letters dealing with moral issues written by Seneca at the end of his life)

As for “Vita perseverat”, it is grammatically correct, but  the verb “perseverat”  means “holds on” rather than “goes on”.

Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:
-Life= VITA (nominative case, 1st.declension)
-goes on = PROCEDIT (from PROCEDO, I go on)

-Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, died in 65 AD.