Expert: Maria - 11/11/2010

Question
Latin for i came, i saw, i WAS CONQUERED

Answer
Hello,

Here’s the translation of “I came, I saw, I was conquered” which is nothing but an adaptation of “Veni, vidi, vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered), i.e. the sentence Caius Julius Caesar is said to have written to Roman Senate in 47 BC after he defeated  at the first assault king Pharnaces in the battle of Zela (today Turkey):

-“Veni, vidi, victus sum”, if the past passive voice “I was conquered” refers to a male person.

-“Veni, vidi, victa sum”, if the past passive tense “I was conquered” refers to a female person.

Best,
Maria
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Note that:

-I came = VENI ( active voice, past tense of VENIO, I come)

-I saw = VIDI ( active voice,past tense of VIDEO, I see)

-I was conquered = VICTUS SUM (masculine gender, passive voice, past tense of VINCO, I conquer) or VICTA SUM (feminine gender, passive voice,past tense of VINCO)