Could anyone help translate this phrase?
2007-11-30 13:20:14 · 4 answers · asked by sam 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That's one of my preferred Latin mottos (read it on my profile) and literal translation is "from one, learn all". Other translators have freely widened its meaning to "From one example judge the rest" as here above quoted by different answerers. I'm still preferring the first literal version since in classic Latin the verb "discere" can't be "to judge" but it translates "to learn; to acquire knowledge / skill of / in ; to become acquainted with ; to get to know".
2007-11-30 16:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From one, learn all. It's from the anneais, saying that from one example a truth can be learned.
2007-11-30 21:25:01 · answer #2 · answered by Silvia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
latin for: (From one example judge of the rest), From a single instance infer the whole.
good luck =)
2007-11-30 21:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Rai 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"From one example judge the rest" by Virgil
2007-11-30 21:23:37 · answer #4 · answered by desperatehw 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋