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August 10, 2014 #2
Literal translation of the Latin: What we have heard from Iraq saddens us greatly. Teach us, O Lord, to suffer with our suffering brothers and assist them lovingly.
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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Quod
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What
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acc. sing. neut. relative pronoun
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qui, quae, quod; dir. object of
audivimus
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de
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from
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Prep. + abl.
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governs Iraquia
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Iraquia
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Iraq
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abl. sing. fem. place name
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Iraquia, Iraquiae
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audivimus
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we have heard
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1st pers. pl. perf. act. ind. verb
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audio, audire, audivi, auditum
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nos
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us
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acc. pl. 1st per. pronoun
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nos, nostri
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valde
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greatly
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adv.
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contristat
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saddens
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3rd pers. sing. pre. act. ind. verb
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contrito, contristare, contristavi,
contristatum
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Doce
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Teach
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sing. imper.
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doceo, docere, docui, doctum
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nos
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us
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acc. pl. 1st per. pronoun
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nos, nostri
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Domine
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O Lord
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voc. sing. masc. noun
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Dominus, Domini
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cum
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with
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Prep. + abl.
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governs fratribus
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fratribus
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brothers
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abl. pl. masc. noun
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frater, fratris
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patientibus
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suffering
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abl. pl. pres. particple
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patior, pati, passum
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compatiri
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to suffer with
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pres. inf.
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Middle Latin, compatior, compatiri,
compassum
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eisque
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and them
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dat. pl. masc. adj.
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is, ea, id (plus enclitic -que = and)
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amanter
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lovingly
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adv.
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subvenire
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to assist
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pres. act. inf.
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subvenio, subvenire, subveni,
subventum
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