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I want to get a tattoo of it. I translated it from the english,"I fear no more once more I am free" I just wana check if it it ABSOLUTELY 100% right. Any Romans in the house?

2006-08-26 15:02:12 · 2 answers · asked by spango_joe 2 in Society & Culture Languages

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The words are Latin but a Roman would not understand them. It's like saying " I not in a higher degree I stand in awe again I loosen I am I." What you want to say is the equivalent of "I am no longer afraid, for I am free again."

- Non iam metuo, nam rursus liber sum.

Various shades of meaning determine the Latin, so you may want to substitute "iterum" for "rursus" etc. See the options below.

I fear = "metuo" or "timeo" (vereor is "am in awe")
no longer = "non diutius" (after a long time has passed)
no longer = "non iam" (where less time involved)
I am free = "liber sum"
I am being freed = "liberor"
again, once more = "rursus"
again, a second time = "iterum"
again, afresh = "de integro" (as though there had never been a previous time)

2006-08-28 11:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by zlevad29 4 · 1 0

Don't use that!!! It looks like you took the words and typed them into one of those online translators. It also sounds a bit odd in the English, as well. The meaning is a bit clouded, with the double "more" phrases.

Ego is not required, unless you were using it for emphasis. Timeo is a more common verb for fear than vereor. Haud magis does NOT sound right together. Iterum means again, a second time, that sense of "once more", so if "I am free a second time" is what you were going for, then it is fine. Solvo is a verb meaning "I free", you want the adjective, which is liberus.

My grammar is a bit rusty, but I believe that the verb in the second part needs to be in the subjunctive mood. I will have to get back to you on this translation when I am a little more awake.

2006-08-27 00:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 2 0

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