Latin and Family Mottos

Re: motto english to latin

Posted By: Vir Romanus
Date: Saturday, 3 February 2007, at 6:01 a.m.

In Response To: motto english to latin (miguel)

"Meus vox est meus veneratio, meus veneratio est meus vita." is literally my voice is my veneration, my veneration is my life(veneratio can also mean honor), although it is grammatically incorrect. Vox, veneratio, and vita are all feminine nouns and meus is the masculine form of the adjective "my". In Latin the adjective has to match the noun it describes. So to make this correct it would be: "Mea vox est mea veneratio, mea veneratio est mea vita."

"Mei verbum est mei honor, mei honor est mei vita." Is literally my word is my honor, my honor is my life, although again it is grammatically incorrect. The genitive case of the personal pronoun "ego" is not used to show possession. So the correct form of this would be: "Verbum meum est honor meus, honor meus est vita mea." If I were you I would go with this one. Hope this helps you!

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motto english to latin
miguel -- Tuesday, 11 July 2006, at 11:05 a.m.

Re: motto english to latin
Vir Romanus -- Saturday, 3 February 2007, at 6:01 a.m.