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Ancient Languages - Translate Latin into English


Expert: Maria - 5/16/2006

Question
What does it mean:

Honeste vivere, alterum non leadere, suum cuique tribuere

Answer
Hello,

The sentence “Honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere” means:

“To live honestly, to injure no one, to render to each his own”.

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Maria
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HONESTE= honestly
VIVERE( infinitive mood) = to live
ALTERUM NON = no one
LAEDERE ( infinitive mood)= to injure
SUUM = his own
CUIQUE= to each
TRIBUERE ( infinitive mood)= to render


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