Question I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TRANSLATE THIS TO LATIN FROM ME " SAVE YOURSELF FROM HELL" IT'S A QUOTE FROM THE FILM EVENT HORIZON BUT I WANTED TO KNOW THE PROPER LATIN TRANSLATION FROM THE ONE IN THE MOVIE. THANX SIMON ROBERTS
Answer Hello,
Here’s the correct Latin translation of “Save yourself from Hell”:
1-“Te ipsum ab Inferis serva” or “Te ipsum ex Inferis libera”, if you are addressing to one person.In this case in fact Latin uses the 2nd.person singular SERVA / LIBERA.
2-“Vos ipsos ab Inferis servate” or “Vos ipsos ex Inferis liberate”, if you are addressing to many persons.In this case in fact Latin uses the 2nd.person plural SERVATE / LIBERATE.
Please note that in the movie ‘Event Horizon’, the phrase "Liberate Te Ex Inferis" is wrong, as 'Liberate' is in the 2nd.person plural, while 'te' refers to a 2nd.person singular(See below).
Best,
Maria
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-Save = SERVA / LIBERA (2nd.person SINGULAR, imperative present of SERVO/ LIBERO); SERVATE / LIBERATE (2nd.person PLURAL, imperative present of SERVO/ LIBERO)
-yourself = TE IPSUM ( accusative case, 2nd.person SINGULAR) / VOS IPSOS (2nd.person PLURAL).
Note that TE / VOS means simply 'you', while TE IPSUM / VOS IPSOS means 'yourself'.
- from = AB / EX (prepositions which take the ablative)
