I've seen it spelled a few different ways, and I know Latin is a dead language, but there has to be someone out there who knows. For those who don't know the line I'm speaking about, it's translation in English is: in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. A few examples of the spelling that I've seen are [and separated by parentheses]: (In nomine Patris, Et Filii, Et Spiritus Sancti), (In nomine Patris, Et Fili, Et Spiritus Sancti), (In Nomeni Patri, Et Fili, Spiritus Sancti). PLEASE HELP ME OUT!! I find that the first of my examples is most commonly known as "the correct spelling."
2007-01-30 10:28:27 · 3 answers · asked by yoshiiterr 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"In nomine Patris, Et Filii, Et Spiritus Sancti" is the best. The last one seems to be a typo of 'nomine' and 'patris', cause those are definitely wrong.
While 'filii' is strictly correct, it's not all that uncommon for the double-i to be dropped, as in your second example. Still, the first one is definitely the right one.
2007-01-30 10:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by Supernan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the correct way is "In Nomeni Patri, Et Fili, Et Spiritus Sancti"
2007-01-30 18:35:48 · answer #2 · answered by Feels like my blood is freezing 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The first one is correct. (This is the preferred version.)
The second one is also technically correct, as the genitive of words ending in -ius will occasionally be declined without the second i.
The third one is just plain wrong. Nomine is misspelled and patri is dative, not genitive. I suspect they did it to match the second declension -i endings of filii and sancti, but it is a third declension noun and the genitive ends in -is.
The word filius is declined under Exceptions (both forms of the genitive are given):
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~furius2006/grammatica/firstyear2/SecondDeclension.html
2007-01-31 06:25:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋