Finis vitae sed non amoris - true latin phrase? amor or amoris?

Question

I want to get 'Finis vitae sed non amoris' as i tattoo. I can see on wikipedia it is a latin phrase - all other references on the net revert to a book called Solaris though??

Does anyone know if this is a true latin phrase, or know where I can find out?

Plus, love is decribed as being 'amor' and 'amoris' - are both correct?

... Just want to make sure its correct before I commit to getting it tattooed!

Thanks!

Answer 1

In Latin, the endings of words changed depending on how they were used (subject, object, possessive, etc.) and whether singular or plural. There were typically 10 forms (endings) of any Latin noun, and the nouns could fall in any of 5 groups, all with different sets of endings. In English, we do the same thing in a very limited way - we add 's' to form plurals and add apostrophe + s to form a possessive (dog, dogs, dog's).

Amor and amoris are both from the same word. 'Amor' is nominative singular - that means it's used as a subject. 'Amoris' is genitive singular - simplest way to look at it is it translates like it has an 'of' in front of it - 'of love'.

What you have translates as:

The end of life but not of love.

'Vitae' is also a genitive singular. 'Vita' = life; 'vitae' = of life. Its ending is different because vita is in a different group of nouns from amor.

It's a perfectly good Latin saying.

Answer 2

Finis Vitae Sed Non Amoris

Answer 3

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Finis vitae sed non amoris - true latin phrase? amor or amoris?
I want to get 'Finis vitae sed non amoris' as i tattoo. I can see on wikipedia it is a latin phrase - all other references on the net revert to a book called Solaris though??

Does anyone know if this is a true latin phrase, or know where I can find out?

Plus, love is decribed as being...

Answer 4

Yes it is real. Finis vitae sed non amoris means 'End life but not love '.