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August 8, 2014 #3
Literal translation of the Latin:We plead with you, O Lord, that you may bring help to those in Iraq who have been deprived altogether from a means of living.
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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Te
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You
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acc. sing. 2nd pers. pronoun
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tu, tui
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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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deprecamur
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we plead with
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1st pers. pl. pres. indic.
deponent verb
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deprecor, deprecari, deprecatum
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ut
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that
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conj. introduces purpose clause with
subjunctive verb feras
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auxilium
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help
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iis
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to those
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dat. pl. masc. demon. adj.
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is, ea, id
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in
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in
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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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feras
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you may bring
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2nd pers. sing. pres. act. subj. verb
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fero, ferre, tuli, latum
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qui
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who
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nom. pl. masc. rel. pronoun
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qui, quae, quod; subj. of privati sunt
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victu
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from a means of living
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abl. sing. masc. noun
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victus, victus
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sunt
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[are]
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3rd pers. pres. ind. verb
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sum, esse, fui; with past participle
privati forms the perfect tense passive
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omnino
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altogether
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adv.
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privati
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have been deprived
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nom. pl. past participle
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privo, privare, privavi, privatum
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