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Si heros versus esses, draconem necares

English translation: If you were in the shoes of a hero, you should kill the dragon

23:41 Oct 4, 2005
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Latin term or phrase: Si heros versus esses, draconem necares
This is a sentence from Ovid's metamorphisis that i am having trouble translating
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English translation:If you were in the shoes of a hero, you should kill the dragon
Explanation:
A bit familiar, maybe!
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Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 08:17
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4 +3If you were in the shoes of a hero, you should kill the dragon
Pierre POUSSIN


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
If you were in the shoes of a hero, you should kill the dragon


Explanation:
A bit familiar, maybe!

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X): I think "versus" is a typo for "verus" so: If you really were an hero, you'd kill the dragon! / Do dare, you have the competence and the skills to! :-)
5 hrs
  -> Agree with you but I dared not!
agree  Joseph Brazauskas: 'Verus' seems likely for 'versus', but the trans. would have to be, 'If you had been a true hero, you would kill the dragon', and that doesn't make sense to me.
2 days 6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Egmont
3 days 4 hrs
  -> Thanks and have a nice week-end!
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