Expert: Maria - 3/10/2007

Question
Hi Maria, please if possible can you tell me the meaning of. .

Vive hodie, quia crastinus numquam promittitur dies

Answer
Hello,

The Latin phrase “Vive hodie, quia crastinus numquam promittitur dies” means:

“Live today, because tomorrow is never  promised”.

Note that:

-VIVE (imperative, 2nd  person singular, from the verb VIVO, I live) = live

-HODIE= today

-QUIA= because

-CRASTINUS …DIES = tomorrow

-NUMQUAM = never

-PROMITTITUR ( 3rd.person singular, present indicative, passive, from PROMITTO, I promise)= is promised

Please note that Latin word order can be variable as it often depends on writing style of an author. This however is not a problem  as Latin declension by cases  gets everyone to  discern the case of a word.

Best regards,
Maria