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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - May 13, 2017 #2

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May 13, 2017 #2

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: Fatima is primarily a mantle of Light, which covers us, when we take refuge under the protection of the Virgin Mother, imploring: Show Jesus to us.

NB: Viriginis is an unfortunate typo. It should be Virginis.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Fatima	Fatima	nom. sing. fem. place name	Fatima, Fatimae
imprimis	primarily		adv.
est	is	3rd pers. sing. pres. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
pallium	a mantle	nom. sing. neut. noun	pallium, palliī
Lucis	of Light	gen. sing. fem. noun	lūx, lūcis
quod	which	nom. sing. neut. rel. pronoun	qui, quae, quod
nos	us	acc. pl. pronoun	nos, nostri
operit	covers	3rd pers. sing. pres. act. ind. verb	operiō, operīre, operuī, opertus
cum	when		conj.
sub	under		Prep. + Acc.
Virginis	of the Virgin	gen. sing. fem. noun	Virgo, Virginis
Matris	mother	gen. sing. fem. noun	mater, matris
praesidium	protection	acc. sing. neut. noun	praesidium, praesidii
confugimus	we take refuge	1st pers. pl. pres. act. ind. veb	cōnfugiō, cōnfugere, cōnfūgī
exposcentes	imploring	nom. pl. pres. act. part.	expōscō, expōscere, expopōscī
Iesum	Jesus	acc. sing. name	Iesus, Iesu
nobis	to us	dat. pl. pronoun	nos, nostri
ostende	show	sing. imper.	ostendō, ostendere, ostendī, ostentus

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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - May 13, 2017 #2

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