Friday, January 27, 2012

Can you translate this to Latin - no Google Translator?

'Envy is ignorance; Imitation is suicide'





I could always put it through Google Translator, but it's almost never grammatically correct.|||Perhaps:





invidere est ignorare; imitari est arcessere mortem





invidere = to envy (present infinitive active of invideo, I envy)


est = is (third person singular present indicative of sum, I am)


ignorare = to be ignorant (present infinitive active of ignoro, I am ignorant)


imitari = to imitate (present infinitive of deponent verb imitor, I imitate)


est = is (third person singular present indicative of sum, I am)


arcessere mortem = to commit suicide (present infinitive active of arcesso, I invite; accusative singular of mors, death)





Done with a knowledge of Latin, not with Google Translate.|||"Invidia ignorantia est; mortem Imitation est"

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