Expert: Maria - 5/29/2010

Question
Hello there, I would be very grateful if you were able to translate the following statement into Latin for me?

'A Lion sleeps in the heart of every brave man'

Thanks you so much
Rob

Answer
Hello

This Turkish proverb  translates as follows:

-“In omnium hominum corde dormitat leo”.

Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:

-A Lion = LEO (nominative case, 3rd.declension)
-sleeps = DORMITAT (from DORMITO)
-in = IN (preposition which takes the ablative case)
-the heart = CORDE ( ablative of COR, 3rd.declension)
-of every = OMNIUM (genitive plural of OMNIS agreed with HOMINUM)
-brave = this adjective is omitted in Latin as it is implied.)
-man = HOMINUM (genitive plural of HOMO, 3rd.declension)
Note that  OMNIUM HOMINUM means literally “of all the brave men”.