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June 3, 2014
As a teacher, I very much appreciate this post...
Literal translation of the Latin: Let us give praises and thanks to teachers: for it is of so much (worth) to instruct young people and to direct their souls to (what is) good, beautiful, and true.
Here's how the Latin works.
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Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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Laudes
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praises
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acc. pl. fem. noun
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laus, laudis; obj. of agamus
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grates
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thanks
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acc. pl. fem. noun
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grates, gratis; obj. of agamus
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-que
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and
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enclitic
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docentibus
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to (those) teaching
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dat. pl. pres. act. participle
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doceo, docere, docui, doctum
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agamus
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let us give
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1st pers. pl. act. pres. sub.
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ago, agere, egi, actum
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tanti
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of so (much)
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gen. sing.
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tantum
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enim
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for
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est
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is
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3rd pers. sing. pres. act.
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sum, esse, fui
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iuvenes
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young people
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acc,. pl. masc. noun
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iuvenis, iuvenis; obj. of instituere
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instituere
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to establish
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pres. act. inf.
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instituo, instituere, institui,
institutum
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animos
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souls
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acc. pl. masc. noun
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animus, animi; obj. of adiicere
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-que
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and
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enclitic
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eorum
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of them
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gen. pl. masc.
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is, ea, id
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ad
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to
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Prep. + acc.
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bonum
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good
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acc. sing. masc. adj.
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bonus, bona, bonum
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pulchrum
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beautiful
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acc. sing. masc. adj.
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pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum
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et
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and
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conj.
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verum
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true
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acc. sing. masc. adj.
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verus, vera, verum
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adiicere
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to direct
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pres. act. inf.
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adijicio, adijicere, adijeci,
adijectum
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