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pris42 | 14:24 Thu 11th Dec 2008 | Arts & Literature
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Can anyone provide an accurate Latin translation for "in death is glory"? I think it is something along the lines of "gloria in mortem est" but I'm not entirely sure - A Level Latin was a long time ago so I'm a bit rusty!
Any help will be much appreciated!
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"In morte, gloria" would be my stab at it.
My advice to you, however - based on past experience of questions involving Latin on AnswerBank - is to check with an 'expert' whatever answer(s) you get here...including mine!
For example, if your local secondary school has a Classics Department or even just a solitary Latin teacher, which you can establish with a phone-call, try to get a response from him/her. An alternative is to approach a local Catholic priest. (Translation websites are generally worse than useless. Best avoided.)
I should have added above that, as best I recall, Latin in takes the ablative case in situations like this rather than the accusative...so morte, not mortem. Also, the Romans were great believers in brevity, so there is no real need for the est if what you are looking for is a sort of motto.
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Thanks Quizmonster, may try and track down an ex-Classics teacher or two but "in morte, gloria" sounds good. And yes, ablatives etc are ringing a vague bell.
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