Expert: Maria - 8/14/2006

Question
I wanted to know if the phrase "Per nostrum crudus nos es unus" translated into "through our bleeding we are one". If that is not accurate would you provide me with the correct translation please?  

Answer
Hello,

The phrase "Per nostrum crudus nos es unus” is absolutely wrong in Latin and has no meaning at all.

As for “Through our bleeding we are one", it  would be “Per cruorem nostrum unum sumus”, though
such a phrase would sound absolutely odd  and then no Roman man could have said it as this concept would have been   completely outside his  experience.

Bye,
Maria
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Please note that ‘crudus’ is not a noun in Latin, but an adjective meaning “raw, bloody, cruel”, while “es” means “you are”, not “we are”, and “unus” is masculine, but here we need the neuter to indicate “one “.