Learning Latin with Pope Francis - June 6, 2014

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June 6, 2014

This is a particularly good Latin post, which exceeds the original in depth of sentiment.

Literal translation of the Latin: Peace indeed is a gift of God, but, however, it does not come to pass unless we eagerly make an effort to attain it; and for that reason let us foster it not only with prayers but also with deeds.

Here's how the Latin works.

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Pax	Peace	nom. sing. fem. noun	pax, pacis
quidem	indeed	adv.
donum	gift	nom. sing. neut. noun	donum, doni
Dei	of God	gen. sing. masc. noun	Deus, Dei
est	is	3rd pers. sing. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
sed	but	conj.
non	not
tamen	however
eveniet	will it come to pass	3rd pers. sing. fut. act. ind.	evenio, evenire, eveni, eventum
nisi	unless		introduces conditional sentence
studiose	eagerly	adv.
ad	to	Prep. + acc.
eam	it (peace)	acc. sing. fem. adj.	is, ea, id; object of gerund adipiscendam
adipiscenam	(to) attain	acc. sing. fem. gerund	adipiscor, adipisci, adeptum; NB: gerund takes the gender of the object
incubuerimus	we will have	1st pers. pl. fut. perf. act. ind.	incumbo, incumbere, incubui, incubitum; used in future more vivid construction
ideo	for that reason	conj.
-que	and	enclitic
cum	not only		cum ... tum = not only ... but also
precibus	(with) prayers	abl. pl. fem. noun	prex, precis
tum	but also
factis	(with) deeds	abl. pl. neut. noun	factum, facti
eam	it (peace)	acc. sing. fem. adj.	is, ea, id; obj. of foveamus
foveamus	let us foster	1st. pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb	foveo, fovere, fovi, fotum; hortatory subjunctive.