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Q: TRANSLATION FROM LATIN TO ENGLISH ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: TRANSLATION FROM LATIN TO ENGLISH
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: quintel-ga
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Posted: 15 Apr 2004 08:02 PDT
Expires: 15 May 2004 08:02 PDT
Question ID: 330674
What is the translation of "RERUM PRUDENTIA VICTRIX?"
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Subject: Re: TRANSLATION FROM LATIN TO ENGLISH
Answered By: scriptor-ga on 15 Apr 2004 09:19 PDT
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Dear quintel,

"Rerum" means thing or case. "Prudentia" as an adjective could
translate as sensible, prudent, or farseeing. "Victrix" could either
be a form of the noun "victor", the conqueror, but it could also be an
adjective meaning "victorious"; I'm sure that it is the latter here,
since it really makes sense.

So I propose the following basic translation: "The prudent case is victorious."

Regards,
Scriptor
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Subject: Re: TRANSLATION FROM LATIN TO ENGLISH
From: latinist-ga on 17 Apr 2004 11:57 PDT
 
The "answer" given by Scriptor is completely wrong. 

Prudentia is the subject in this sentence. Prudentia means
intelligence or knowledge.

Rerum means "of things". Thus "prudentia rerum" means literally
"knowledge of things".

Victrix as an adjective means victorious (could be a noun, by the way).

So the whole sentence could be translated literally "The knowledge of
things is victorious" (that is to say, knowledge is power).

Due to the free word order in Latin there is another possible
translation, which couples "victrix" with "rerum", rendering the Latin
sentence as (literally) "Knowledge is conquering things", but I think
it less likely and in the end expressing the same idea.

I would like to add some words about the "translation" offered by
Scriptor. It's a shame to give an answer when you do not understand a
thing in this field of knowledge. Just to snatch some dollars? Shame
on you, Scriptor!

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