A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - October 25, 2016

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October 25, 2016

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: Today beyond doubt we have the necessity that politics and economics without delay be of service to life.

And here's how the grammar of this Latin tweet works:

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Hodie	Today		adv
procul	beyond		adv.
dubio	doubt	abl. sing. neut. adj.	dubius, dubia, dubium; used as substantive
necesse	necessity	indeclin. adj.	necesse, used as substantive
habemus	we have	1st pers. pl. pres. act. ind. verb	habeo, habere, habui
ut	that		conj.
res	matter	nom. sing. fem. noun	res, rei
politica	political	nom. sing. fem. adj.	politicus, politica, politicum; modifies res.
et	and		conj.
oeconomia	economic	nom. sing. fem. adj.	oeconomius, oeconomia, oeconomium; modifies res
vitae	(to) life	dat. sing. fem. noun	vita, vitae; obj. of inserviant
sine	without		Prep. + Abl.
cunctatione	delay	abl. sing. fem. noun	cunctātiō, cunctātiōnis
inserviant	may be of service to	3rd pers. pl. pres. act. subj. verb	īnserviō, īnservīre, īnservīvī, īnservitus

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - October 25, 2016

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