"Donated Books Enclosed"
I don't know enough about the vocab and grammar to do it correctly.
I'm donating books to my old school - who's head was my Latin master - I don't want to get it wrong, but I no longer have my dictionary.
So, what is, "Donated Books Enclosed" in Latin?
2007-01-16 23:08:45 · 6 answers · asked by Neil_R 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hi derek:
Could you - out of curiosity - explain the conjugations of your translation - just so that I know why it's "datum libri coerceo"
2007-01-16 23:16:03 · update #1
If possible, give a grammatical explanation of your translation.
Thanks.
2007-01-16 23:21:08 · update #2
"Librorum donum additum est." That's my proposal, because "coercere" means (forcefully) enclose in a building or imprison, addere means to add, join with, that seems to me more appropriate.
The grammar should be clear, but just for the crack:
librorum=gen. pl. of liber, i, m =book
donum=nom. sg. of donum =gift (the subject of the sentence)
additum= part.perf. of addere=to add, in the neuter to go with "donum"
est = 3rd pers. sg. ind. praes. act. of esse=to be.
You could also keep it simple and just write :"Ecce libros donatos" "See the given books!"
2007-01-17 02:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its
Datum Libri Coerceo
2007-01-17 07:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by TuRbOmAcH 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Libri donati hac epistola missi sunt.
"Donated books are sent with this letter".
2007-01-17 14:06:36 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd try 'Librorum donum coerceo' - I enclose a gift of books.
Explanation:
librorum is genative plural of liber-bri - 'of books'
donum is accusative singular of donum - 'gift'
coerceo is 1st person singular of verb coercer - 'I enclose'
2007-01-17 08:40:25 · answer #4 · answered by JJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
datum libri coerceo
2007-01-17 07:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/
2007-01-17 07:17:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋