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July 22, 2014
Literal translation of the Latin: The highest danger of today's world (is) individualistic sorrow from the heart abounding from greed.
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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Summum
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the highest
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nom. sing. neut. adj.
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summus, summa, summum; modifies
periculum
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periculum
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danger
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nom. sing. neut. noun
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periculum, periculi
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mundi
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of the world
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gen. sing. masc. noun
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mundus, mundi
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hodierni
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(of) today
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gen. sing. masc. adj.
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hodiernus, hodierna, hodiernum;
modifies mundi
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maestitia
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sorrow
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nom. sing. fem. noun
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maestitia maestitiae
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individualistica
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individualistic
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nom. sing. fem. adj.
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individualisticus, individualistica,
individualisticum; modifies maestitia
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e
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out of
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Prep. + abl.
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corde
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the heart
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abl. sing. neut. noun
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cor, cordis
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scatens
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abounding
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nom. sing. masc. adj.
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scantens, scatenstis
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avaro
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with greed
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abl. sing. masc. noun
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avarus, avari
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