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Latin to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Poetry | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 03:37 | ||||||
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5 +5 | you have entrusted the sheep to the wolf |
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you have entrusted the sheep to the wolf Explanation: lupo: wolf (dative) ovem: sheep (accusative) commisisti: 2 p sing perfect of committo, which can mean various things, including commit to the care of: "II. To place a thing somewhere for preservation, protection, care, etc.; to give, intrust, commit to, to give up or resign to, to trust (syn.: commendo, trado, credo; very freq. and class.); constr. with aliquid (aliquem) alicui, in aliquid, or absol." (Lewis & Short) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=committo&fromdo... It's actually a quotation from Terence's play The Eunuch, Act V (line 832). In the Loeb edition's it's translated as I've given it: https://archive.org/stream/TerenceWithAnEnglishTranslationBy... http://quizlet.com/12493511/sententiae-final-3-flash-cards/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2013-11-16 11:52:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- My pleasure! As a maxim, you might imagine this meaning something like "you have been unwise or reckless", or more specifically "you have made things easy for an unscrupulous person". In the play it refers to the fact that a young woman was placed in the care of a man thought to be a eunuch, but who turned out not to be. In the following page it's quoted in relation to a shocking case of brutality against a young woman by prison guards in Canada: http://eurocoalition.com/ideasforpolicing/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2013-11-16 20:42:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (Just for the record, the original Latin title of Terence's play is simply Eunuchus.) |
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