A Place of Brightness: Learning Latin with Pope Francis

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - January 24, 2018 #2

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His Holiness Pope Francis speaks out against "Fake News" #2

January 24, 2018

Here's a literal translation of the Latin: The best antidote against the poison of falsehood is to be purified by the truth.

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

Latin	English	Parsing	Grammar Points
Optimum	The best	nom. sing. neut. adj.	optimus, optima, optimum; superlative of bonus; modifies antidotum
contra	against		Prep. + Acc.
falsitatis	of falsehood	gen. sing. fem. noun	falsitas, falsitatis
venenum	poison	nom. sing. neut. noun	venenum, veneni
est	is	3rd pers. sing. ind. verb	sum, esse, fui
antidotum	antidote	nom. sing. neut. noun	antidotum, antidotī
veritate	by the truth	abl. sing. fem. noun	veritas, veritatis
purificari	to be purified	pres. pass. inf.	pūrificō, pūrificāre, pūrificāvī, pūrificātus

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Learning Latin with Pope Francis - January 24, 2018 #2

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