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June 23, 2014
christianun is a typo. It should have been christianum.
This is the first simple typo I've ever spotted in the Pope's Latin twitter feed. First off, we all know the Pope himself did not actually type this typo. And the Pope's professional Latinists working on this project are daily toiling to translate vastly more than just the public relations tool that is Twitter.
n and m are right next to each other on the keyboard. After this was typed, it was virtually invisible. So let's give them a pass...
Having worked as an Arabic linguist at the Top Secret National Security Agency, I am going to admit that I performed typos in national level reports. Never a typo that compromised security. And nor is the typo christianun theologically significant!
errare est humanum...
Literal translation of the Latin: Let us pray to God for the communities of the Christian faithful situated in the Middle East, that they may continually persevere where once arose there the name Christian.
Here's how the Latin works.
Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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Pro
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For
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Prep. + abl.
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governs communitatibus
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christifidelium
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of the Christian
faithful
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gen. pl. masc. adj.
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christifidelis, christifidelis; used
as substantive
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Deum
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God
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acc. sing. masc. noun
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dir. obj. of deprecemur
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deprecemur
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let us pray
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deprecor, deprecari, deprecatum;
hortatory subjunctive
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communitatibus
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the communities
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abl. pl. fem. noun
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communitas, communitatis
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Medio
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the Middle
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abl. sing. masc. adj.
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medius, media, medium; modifies
Oriente
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in
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in
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Prep. + abl.
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governs Oriente
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Oriente
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East
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abl. sing. masc. noun
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oriens, orientis
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sitis
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situated
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abl. pl. fem. adj.
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situs, sita, situm; modifies
communitatibus
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ut
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in order that
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conj.
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governs result clause with subj. verb
permaneant
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ubi
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where
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nomen
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the name
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nom. sing. neut. noun
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quondam
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once
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est
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(is)
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3rd pers. sing. pres. verb
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sum, esse, fui; with exortum creates
perf. tense of deponent verb
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christianun
(sic)
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christian
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acc. sing. adj.
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christianus, christiana, christianum;
modifies nomen; typo for christianum
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exortum
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arose
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nom. sing. neut. past participle of
deponent verb
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exorior, exoriri, exortum
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ibi
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there
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usque
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continually
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permaneant
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may they persevere
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3rd pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb
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permaneo, permanere, permansi,
permansum
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