I'm trying to find a latin phrase that translates closely to 'Peaceful Revolution'.
Pax Pacis : peace, truce, treaty
Insurgo: to rise up, rebel, revolt
Insurgi: to rise up, rebel, revolt
Insurrectum: to rise up, rebel, revolt
I'm not sure if Pax Pacis is the best term for what I'm trying to express, and I'm not sure about Latin syntax i.e. which word would come first, I'm assuming Insurgo or one of those terms would come first followed by the adjective.
Can anyone help?
2006-10-16 16:49:25 · 4 answers · asked by Roland D. 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I would not use adjectives derived from "pax" as these either suggesting making peace or enforcing it. (pacified etc)
If you literally want to translate peaceful in the sense of calm and quiet, I'd go for "placidus". Revolution in the sense of an uprising would best be rendered by "seditio". This would result in an oxymoron "seditio placida", something like "harmonious discord".
However in the modern context I believe the meanings which would suit Latin phrases are as follows;
"political change achieved peacefully" - Res novae placide perfectae
"political change begun peacefully" - Res novae placide inceptae
Matters needing doing peacefully done - Res gerendae placide gestae ~or ~ Gerenda placide gesta ~or~ Agenda placide acta
2006-10-18 08:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Novae res imbelles / Novae res pacales / Novae res pacatae
Insurrectus imbellis / Insurrectus pacalis / Insurrectus pacatus
Insurrectio (a Later Latin word) can be substituted for insurrectus.
Pax is a noun (peace), not an adjective (peaceful). All of the other words you have given are just different forms of the same verb, insurgo.
insurgo -surgere -surrexi -surrectum [to rise up, raise oneself up; to increase in power or force]; with dat. [to rise up against]
'novae res', [political changes, a revolution]
pacalis -e [peaceful]
paco -are [to pacify, make peaceful] Hence partic. pacatus -a -um, [peaceful, quiet]
imbellis -e [unwarlike, not fighting, indisposed or unable to fight]; hence [feeble, peaceful, quiet]
2006-10-17 03:13:51 · answer #2 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's been 40 years since Latin class but I am guessing Insurgum Pacificum.
2006-10-16 18:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
See, there is no harder than : Revolutio in pace. Is that simple!
(or revolutio pacifica)
Ciao..........John-John
2006-10-17 07:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by John-John 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋