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what is the latin for
"a gift for my wise counsellor and friend"
"a gift for my wise counsellor and friend"
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de gustibus boys and girls - the last time I 'improved' QM translation I got a howl of protest.
donum amico meo consiliarioque sapienti
The romans stylistically didnt like one noun having two adjecives and the other two....
they're all meant to be datives - to or for - I thnk I got it right.....
de gustibus boys and girls - the last time I 'improved' QM translation I got a howl of protest.
donum amico meo consiliarioque sapienti
The romans stylistically didnt like one noun having two adjecives and the other two....
they're all meant to be datives - to or for - I thnk I got it right.....
I don't recall 'howling' over a previous correction, PP. Was it I? I never really object to corrections of my Latin offerings, as it is half a century since I last sat in a Classics classroom! The old memory isn't infallible. The reason I used the genitive case above is the fact that 'causa' takes that case.