Is it curricula vitae? Specifically, is the ending on "vitae" correct?
2006-09-05 12:15:23 · 6 answers · asked by drshorty 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes, I think you're correct: curricula vitae.
Yes, definitely "vitAE", genitive, since it is still "of life", also when there are more than one "courses of life".
2006-09-05 12:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by s 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The noun you are making plural is "curriculum", not "vita". As curriculum is a noun belonging to the second declension, its plural goes "curricula". The other noun remains in genitive. The question is: to make it plural too? When we use "curriculum vitae" we are talking about a résumé. My guess is that only the first noun shuld be pluralized. I'd go with "curricula vitae".
2006-09-05 13:35:55 · answer #2 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question because adjectives are supposed to agree in gender, case, and number with the nouns they modify. Vitae is singular, and the plural is vitarum, I think. But then how do you distinguish between a singular possessor and a plural possessor? I don't really know, actually, I'm just musing on a potential problem in Latin grammar.
2006-09-05 12:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
THE plural of curriculum is CURRICULA because it has a neutral gender, the ending VITAE is correct
2006-09-05 14:33:27 · answer #4 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vere furis. Curriculae is the plural of curriculum, that much is a given. Vitae is a genitive that needs no change. So it would be: Curriculae Vitae. Num curae est tibi?
Ecce, denuo ago, sicut soleo! Non enim possum facere quin Latine loquar. Adeo huius mihi rei natura facta est, ut interdum nesciam quidem me sic facere..
2006-09-05 12:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by McAtterie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Curriculums vitae?
2006-09-05 12:21:09 · answer #6 · answered by boukenger 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
curricules vitae (the races of/for/to life) or
curriculum vitis (the race of/for/to lives) or
curricules vitarum (the races of lives) or
curricules vitis (the races for/to lives).
Yes, vitae is the genitive or dative form of vita, meaning of, for, or to the life.
2006-09-05 15:01:59 · answer #7 · answered by n/a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recalling grade 9 latin MANY years ago, I want to say "Tabulae Rasa". But two online dictionary sources (and I can't speak for their credibility) are suggesting that the adjective also becomes plural. ie. "Tabulae rasae".
2016-03-26 23:29:15 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the plural is " curricula vitae "
2006-09-05 13:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋