What Has Latin Done for Me Lately?
Hey Guys!
quick question
1) Pro Patria mori Dulce et Decorum est- does it mean "to die before the fatherland is sweet and beautiful"? if so, what case is Dulce in, and is Descorum in accusative?
Thanks a bunch!
Jeremy Y
posted by Ex Pluribus Unum @ 3:57 PM
3 Comments:
Hey J
Your translation is correct; both dulce and decorum are neuters, dulce of the third declension, decorum of the second. They are both predicates to the infinitive 'mori' which is a form of infinitive we have not learned yet. It is the equivalent of 'to try is a good thing' 'it is prohibited to smoke' 'it is acceptable to complaint' etc. Infinitive phrases take neuter adjectives as their predicates, the understood noun behind the adjective being the noun 'thing'.
EM
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thank you!
J
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