August 31, 2016
Here's a literal translation of the Latin: To serve the needy with love and kindness makes us more human.
And here's how the grammar of this Latin tweet works:
Latin
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English
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Parsing
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Grammar Points
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Egentibus
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the needy
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dat.
pl. com. adj.
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Adjective
derived from pres. act. part. of the verb egeō, egēre, eguī
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servire
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to serve
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pres.
act. inf.
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serviō, servīre, servīvī, servītus; takes dat.
obj. egentibus
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cum
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with
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Prep.+Abl.;
modifies amore and benevolentia
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amore
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love
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abl.
sing. masc. noun
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amor,
amoris
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et
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and
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conj.
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benevolentia
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kindness
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abl.
sing. fem. noun
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benevolentia,
benevolentiae
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humaniores
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more human
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acc.
pl. com. compar. adj.
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humanior,
humanioris is the comparative adj. from humanus, humana, humanum
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nos
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us
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acc.
pl. pronoun
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nos,
nostri
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facit
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makes
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3rd
pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb
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facio,
facere, feci, factus
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