A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 7, 2014

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June 7, 2014

Literal translation of the Latin: Prayer can accomplish everything. Wherefore let us pray (to) God (for) peace in the Middle East and (in) the whole earth.

Here's how the Latin works.

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Oratio	Prayer	nom. sing. fem. noun	oratio, orationis
omnia	everything	acc. pl. neut. adj.	omnis, omne; obj. of potest
potest	can (accomplish)	3rd pers. sing. pres. act. indic. verb	possum, posse, potui
Quare	wherefore	conj.
Deum	God	acc. sing. masc. noun	Deus, Dei; obj. of oremus
oremus	let us ask/pray	1st pers. pl. pres. subj. ind. verb	oro, orare, oravi, oratum; hortatory subjunctive
pacem	(for) peace	acc. sing. fem. noun	pax, pacis; double accusative object of oremus
in	in	Prep. + abl
Medio	Middle	abl. sing. masc. adj.	medius, media, medium; modifies Oriente
Oriente	East	abl. sing. masc. noun	oriens, orientis
et	and
toto	(in the) whole	abl. sing. masc. adj.	totus, tota, totum; modifies orbe
orbe	globe	abl. sing. masc. noun	orbis, orbis
terrarum	of lands	gen. pl. fem. noun	terra, terrae; orbis terrarum denotes ‘The Earth’. NB: This phrase is used in the famous quote from St. Augustine, which converted Newman to Catholicism: securus iudicat orbis terrarum bonos non esse que se dividunt ab orbe terrarum (Securely the World judges that those who separate themselves from the World are not good)

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 7, 2014

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