When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Latin translation: Ubi amoris imperium superabit imperii amorem, mundus cognoscet pacem

12:12 May 18, 2020
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English term or phrase: When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Please, how to say this phrase in Latin?:

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Ivana979
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Latin translation:Ubi amoris imperium superabit imperii amorem, mundus cognoscet pacem
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Summary of answers provided
5Cum imperii amoris amorem imperii superaverit, orbis terrarum pacem cognoscet.
Joseph Brazauskas
4 -1Ubi amoris imperium superabit imperii amorem, mundus cognoscet pacem
Daniela Cannarella


  

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when the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Ubi amoris imperium superabit imperii amorem, mundus cognoscet pacem


Explanation:
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Daniela Cannarella
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disagree  Joseph Brazauskas: 'Imperium' refers to military power, not power in a general sense.
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Cum imperii amoris amorem imperii superaverit, orbis terrarum pacem cognoscet.


Explanation:
The temporal clause requires the future perfect because it expreses an action that will take place before the other future action (i.e., 'cognoscet').

Joseph Brazauskas
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