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June 5, 2014
Literal translation of the Latin: Let us not be ashamed to touch the wounds of those suffering, but, following the good example of the Good Samaritan, let us try to heal them with active love.
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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Ne
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so that not, lest
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Introduces negative clause + subj.
verb. pudeat
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nostri
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(of) us
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gen. pl. nos
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gen. with impersonal verb pudet
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pudeat
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may it be ashamed
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3rd pers. sing. act. subj.
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pudeo, pudere, pudui, puditum
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tangere
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to touch
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pres. act. inf.
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tango, tangere, tetigi, tactum
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plagas
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wounds
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acc. pl. fem. noun
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plaga, plagae; obj. of tangere
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patientium
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of (those) suffering
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gen. pl. masc. pres. part.
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patior, pati, passum |
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sed
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but
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conj.
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Bonum
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Good
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acc. sing. neut. adj.
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bonus, bona, bonum; modifies exemplum
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Boni
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of the Good
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gen. sing. masc. adj.
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bonus, bona, bonum; modifies
Samaritani
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Samaritani
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Samaritan
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gen. sing. masc. noun
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Samaritanus
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sequentes
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following
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nom. pl. pres. part.
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sequor, sequi, secutum
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exemplum
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example
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acc. sing. neut. noun
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exemplum, exempli; obj. of sequentes
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eas
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them (plagas)
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acc. pl. fem. adj.
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is, ea, id; obj. of sanare
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caritate
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(with) love
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abl. sing. fem. noun
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caritas, caritatis
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actuosa
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active
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abl. sing. fem. adj.
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actuosus, actuosa, actuosum; modifies
caritate
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conemur
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let us try
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1st pers. pl. pres. subj. deponent
verb
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conor, conari, conatum; hortatory
subjunctive
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sanare
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to heal
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pres. act. inf.
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sano, sanare, sanavi, sanatum
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