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Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

namec eris felix multos numerabis amicos, tempora si fuerent nubila; solus eris

English translation:

when I was happy I had many friends, when times were gray I found myself alone...

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Jul 24, 2006 14:54
17 yrs ago
Latin term

namec eris felix multos numerabis amicos, tempora si fuerent nubila; solus eris

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Please, could u translate the whole phrase? Don't give me just the meaning of each word. I need to understand the whole sentence. Please help me. Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
5 +3 when I was happy I had many friends, when times were gray I found myself alone...
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Jul 24, 2006 15:04: Romanian Translator (X) changed "Language pair" from "Latin to Spanish" to "Latin to English"

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Proposed translations

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when I was happy I had many friends, when times were gray I found myself alone...

:) Hope it helps !

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Note added at 16 mins (2006-07-24 15:10:35 GMT)
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It is part of the Poem Tristia by the ancient poet Publius Ovisius Naso...written while in exile :)

Ab nihilo : citations et locutions latines - [ Translate this page ]Ainsi parle Ovide exilé, et il ajoute : Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris (si le ciel se couvre de nuages, vous serez seul). ...
www.abnihilo.com/d/do.htm


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Note added at 19 mins (2006-07-24 15:14:11 GMT)
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Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris (Tristia)
As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone
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Peer comment(s):

agree Rebecca Garber
4 hrs
thank you Rebecca!
agree Joseph Brazauskas : Excellent!
1 day 3 hrs
thanks Joseph!
agree Kirill Semenov
1 day 13 hrs
thank you and have a great summer!
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