Expert: Maria - 5/27/2011

Question
Could you translate this into latin please? "By The Power Of Truth, I Alone, Have Conquered My Universe". Thank You

Answer
Hello,

“By The Power Of Truth, I Alone, Have Conquered My Universe", which is an adaptation of the quote "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe" (Latin, “vi veri universum vivus vici”) supposedly from Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, translates as follows:

“Vi veri universum meum  solus vici”

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Best regards,
Maria
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GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS

-By The Power = VI (indirect object, ablative singular of the noun VIS, 3rd.declension)

-Of Truth= VERI (genitive singular of the neuter noun VERUM, 2nd.declension)

-I Alone = SOLUS (predicative adjective  in the nominative masculine singular)

-Have Conquered = VICI (1st.person singular, past tense of the verb VINCO)

-My = MEUM (accusative neuter singular of the possessive adjective MEUS agreed with UNIVERSUM)

-Universe= UNIVERSUM (direct object, accusative neuter singular, 2nd.declension)