12:44 Dec 24, 2009 |
English to Latin translations [PRO] Education / Pedagogy | ||||
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5 +1 | veritas valebit |
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5 | veritas obtinebit |
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veritas valebit Explanation: Cf. Cicero, Pro Quinctio 5: Certe aut apud te et hos qui tibi adsunt veritas valebit /.../. "Veritas vincet" ("the truth will win") is another possibility. |
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veritas obtinebit Explanation: Or, more figuratively, 'veritas vincet' ('Truth will conquer/win'). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days7 hrs (2009-12-27 20:16:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 'Obtinere' in this intransitive sense is not Ciceronian, but it does have excellent classical authority, e.g., Livy, 21.46.10: 'quod et plures tradidere auctores et fama obtinuit' and Varro, 'de re rustica', 2.1.9: 'si dissentirent, sententia plurium obtineret'. |
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