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Expert: Maria - 10/14/2008
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Maria,
I was going over some stuff on the internet and i came across this saying. "The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form." (Shinto) I think its absolutely beautiful. I'd love it if you could translate it into Latin for me. Thanks :)
Betsy
P.S. Here is another i really like. "Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die tomorrow."
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Hello,
here are the translations you asked me:
1-“Animus eius qui coram te stat quoddam est speculum. In eo tuam ipsius aspice imaginem”.
["The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form"]
2-“Somnia tamquam semper victurus, Vive tamquam cras moriturus”
[“Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die tomorrow”]
Best,
Maria
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NOTA BENE.
-The heart = ANIMUS (nominative case, 2nd.declension)
-of the person = EIUS (genitive ) QUI (nominative)
-before = CORAM (preposition which takes the ablative)
-you = TE (ablative)
-is = EST (from SUM, I am)
-a = QUODDAM (nominative neuter agreed with SPECULUM)
-mirror = SPECULUM (nominative neuter, 2nd.declension)
-See = ASPICE (2nd.person singular, imperative of ASPICIO, I see)
-there = IN EO (ablative)
-your =TUAM (accusative feminine of TUUS agreed with IMAGINEM)
-own = IPSIUS (genitive of IPSE)
-form = IMAGINEM (accusative feminine, 3rd.declension)
As you can see, Latin word order can be different from English as Latin is an inflected language where syntactical relationships are indicated by the endings of each term, not by the order of the words.
-Dream= SOMNIA (imperative, 2nd.person singular of SOMNIO, I dream)
-as if = TAMQUAM
-you'll live = VICTURUS (participle future of VIVO, I live)
-forever= SEMPER
Live = VIVE (Imperative, 2nd.person singular of VIVO, I live)
as if =TAMQUAM
you'll die=MORITURUS (participle future of MORIOR, I die)
tomorrow = CRAS
Please note that “Vive tamquam cras moriturus” is the first part of a quote attributed to Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536): "Sic vive tamquam cras moriturus, sic stude quasi semper victurus” [“Live as if you were going to die tomorrow, learn as if you were going to live forever”].
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