Question Hello! I'm putting together a present for my family, and I was wondering if you could translate "DO NOT GENTLY SURRENDER" into Latin.
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Answer Hello,
I could suggest the following translation which is an adaptation of a Virgil’s line:
-“Ne facile cede”, if you are addressing to only one person and thus the pronoun “you” is a 2nd.person singular.
-“Ne facile cedite”, if you are addressing to two or more persons and thus the pronoun “you” is a 2nd.person plural.
Best regards,
Maria
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Note that:
-Don’t = NE
-Gently= FACILE
-Surrender= CEDE (imperative of CEDO. 2nd.person singular) / CEDITE (imperative of CEDO. 2nd.person plural).
In Latin in fact there is a different ending for the singular / plural, while in English the verb form is the same.
Finally see Virgil’s line ”Tu ne cede “ (Aeneid, book VI, line 95) meaning “Don’t surrender”.
