Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
auctoritate praedicta
English translation:
by the aforementioned authority
Added to glossary by
Dylan Edwards
Mar 15, 2013 17:56
11 yrs ago
3 viewers *
Latin term
auctoritate praedicta
Latin to English
Medical
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
This is the wording of the Diploma of the Royal College of Physicians of London (given to each Fellow at the time of admission):
SCIANT OMNES NOS
A.B., Praesidentem Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, una cum consensu Sociorum ejusdem Collegii, auctoritate nobis a Domino Rege et Parliamento concessa, approbasse et in Societatem nostram cooptasse doctum et probum virum C.D. [in florentissima Academia …………… Medicinae Doctorem] largitosque praeterea usum et fructum omnium commoditatum, libertatum, ac privilegiorum, quae Collegio nostro *auctoritate praedicta* et jam concessa sunt et in futurum concedenda: In cujus rei fidem ....
Please can you suggest a translation of "auctoritate praedicta"?
SCIANT OMNES NOS
A.B., Praesidentem Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, una cum consensu Sociorum ejusdem Collegii, auctoritate nobis a Domino Rege et Parliamento concessa, approbasse et in Societatem nostram cooptasse doctum et probum virum C.D. [in florentissima Academia …………… Medicinae Doctorem] largitosque praeterea usum et fructum omnium commoditatum, libertatum, ac privilegiorum, quae Collegio nostro *auctoritate praedicta* et jam concessa sunt et in futurum concedenda: In cujus rei fidem ....
Please can you suggest a translation of "auctoritate praedicta"?
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | by the aforementioned authority | Joseph Brazauskas |
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
by the aforementioned authority
'quae Collegio nostro *auctoritate praedicta* et jam concessa sunt et in futurum concedenda' = 'which have been granted already by the aforesaid authority (i.e., the King and Parliament) and shall be granted in future'. 'Concedenda' here has the (rare) force of a future passive participle.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
Discussion
(They use the circumflex over a few other a's in the text).