Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - September 9, 2014


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September 9, 2014


 


Literal translation of the Latin: The faithfulness of God (is) stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.

Here's how the Latin works.


Latin
English
Parsing
Grammar Points
Fidelitas
The Faithfulnuss
nom. sing. fem. noun
fidelitas, fidelitatis
Dei
of God
gen. sing. masc. noun
Deus, Dei
fortior
stronger

comparative adverb from fortis, forte
infidelitate
(than) unfaithfulness
abl. sing. fem. noun
infidelitas, infidelitatis
nostra
our
abl. sing. fem. adj.
noster, nostra, nostrum; modifies infidelitate
et
and

conj.
proditionibus
(than) infidelities
abl. pl. fem. noun
proditio, proditionis
nostris
our
abl. pl. fem. adj.
noster, nostra, nostrum; modifies proditionibus
 

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