does this: De Cinis Surgo
correctly say: From Ashes to Rise
???
2007-09-20 06:56:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Ex cinere surgere = To rise from ashes
Cinere has to be in ablative case as object of preposition.
Latin used a singular form for 'ashes' as a collective.
'De cinis' doesn't work - 'de takes abaltive case also, and cinis is nominative.
2007-09-20 12:52:27 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct translation would be 'I rise from the ashes' ... the 'word order' of Latin is not the same word order in English, so that may be why your 'translation' doesn't work properly.
2007-09-20 14:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by Kris L 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"Surgo" would be "I rise"; "Surgere" would be "to rise", if memory serves.
And think "De" carries connotations of "down from" (like coming down from a mountaintop); maybe "Ex Cinis" ("Out of the ashes") might be more appropriate.
2007-09-20 13:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋