Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
Audentis fortuna juvet
English translation:
fortune favors the bold
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glazein
Jun 24, 2008 15:12
15 yrs ago
Latin term
Audentis or audentes
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Audentis fortuna juvet
is it Audentis or audentes??? its fortune favors the bold but what the literal translation?
thank you
is it Audentis or audentes??? its fortune favors the bold but what the literal translation?
thank you
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| 5 +6 | grammatically both are correct |
Maria Ferstl
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| 3 +1 | audentEs |
danya
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Maria Ferstl
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grammatically both are correct
"audentis" (with a long i, unlike the genitive form!) is an older form of the accusative plural "audentes", still most common in the classical era.
However the quotation is from Virgil, Aeneid, book X, line 284, and according to the Virgil edition I have at home (Oxford Classical Texts) there are no variants but all manuscripts show the -is ending (as this seems to be the case for all similar accusative plural forms in Virgil).
However the quotation is from Virgil, Aeneid, book X, line 284, and according to the Virgil edition I have at home (Oxford Classical Texts) there are no variants but all manuscripts show the -is ending (as this seems to be the case for all similar accusative plural forms in Virgil).
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danya and marco, thank you very much! no offence, guys"
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audentEs
literally "Fortune favours the bold"
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-06-24 15:19:41 GMT)
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reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audentes fortuna j...
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-06-24 15:21:43 GMT)
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another one: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Ancient-Languages-2210/translatio...
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-06-24 15:19:41 GMT)
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reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audentes fortuna j...
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Note added at 9 mins (2008-06-24 15:21:43 GMT)
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another one: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Ancient-Languages-2210/translatio...
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