A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Friday, January 27, 2017

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - January 27, 201

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January 27, 2017

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: We want to remember in (my) heart today those who perished in camps of slaughter. May their tortures and tears never slip away from memory.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Recordari	to remember	pres. inf. of dep. verb	recordor, recordārī, recordātus sum
hodie	today		adv.
in	in		Prep. + Abl.
corde	(my) heart	abl. sing. neut. noun	cor, cordis
volumus	WE want	1st pers. pl. pres ind. verb	volo, velle, volui
eos	those	acc. pl. masc. dem. adj.	is, ea, id
qui	who	nom. pl. masc. rel. pronoun	qui, quae, quod
in	in		Prep. + Abl.
campis	camps
internicionis	of slaughter		interneciō, interneciōnis
interierunt	perished		intereō, interīre, interiī, interitus
Eorum	Their	gen. pl. masc. dem. adj.	is, ea, id
cruciatus	tortures	nom. pl. masc. noun	cruciātus, cruciātūs
ac	and		conj.
lacrimae	tears	nom. pl. fem. noun	lacrima, lacrimae
numquam	never		adv.
e	from		Prep. + Abl.
memoria	memory	abl. sing. fem. noun	memoria, memoriae
elabantur	may they slip away		ēlābor, ēlābī, elapsus sum

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Friday, January 27, 2017

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - January 27, 201

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