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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 12, 2014

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June 12, 2014

Literal translation of the Latin: We earnestly wish for a favorable contest for all you players of football and the fans: May you strive for the golden cup with fraternal love!

Here's how the Latin works.

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Vobis	to you	dat. pl. pronoun	vos, vestri
lusoribus	(to) the players	dat. pl. masc. noun	lusor, lusoris; indirect object of exoptamus
cunctis	all	dat. pl. masc. adj.	cunctus, cuncta, cuntum; modifies lusoribus
-que	and		enclitic
ludi	of the game	gen. sing. masc. noun	ludus, ludi
follis	of the ball	gen. sing. masc. noun	follis, follis
pedum	of the feet	gen. pl. masc. noun	pes, pedis
-que	and
consectatoribus	to the fans	dat. pl. masc. noun	consectator, consectatoris
faustum	favorable	acc. sing. neut. adj.	faustus, fausta, faustum; modifies certamen
exoptamus	we earnestly wish	1st pers. pl. pres. act. ind.	exopto, exoptare, exoptavi, exoptatum
certamen	contest	acc. sing. neut. noun	certamen, certaminis; obj. of exoptamus
aureum	golden	acc. sing. masc. adj.	aureus, aurea, aureum; modifies cantharum
cantharum	cup	acc. sing. masc. noun	cantharus, canthari; obj. of contenditote
amore	with love	abl. sing. masc. noun	amor, amoris; ablative of means
fraterno	(with) fraternal	abl. sing. masc. adj.	fraternus, fraterna, fraternum; modifies amore
contenditote	May you Strive for!	pl. future imperative	contendo, contendere, contendi, contum

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 12, 2014

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