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English term or phrase:
Defend your capital
Latin translation:
custodi sortem tuam
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Nicholas Ferreira
May 23, 2007 14:28
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Defend your capital
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Capital meaning 'finances'. To be used as a motto.
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custodi sortem tuam
There are different verbs that could be used for "defend"; I chose custodi because it means defend, watch over, keep, preserve. The other options have a more military context which is not as appropriate.
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Note added at 34 mins (2007-05-23 15:03:45 GMT)
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Matt, note that this is in singular, i.e. speaking to one person. I think this would fit well, since the motto is usually directly to a person at a time rather than to a group.
If you want to adapt for multiple persons, you would say:
Custodite sortem vestram.
Thanks, Brigitte, for bringing this up.
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Note added at 34 mins (2007-05-23 15:03:45 GMT)
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Matt, note that this is in singular, i.e. speaking to one person. I think this would fit well, since the motto is usually directly to a person at a time rather than to a group.
If you want to adapt for multiple persons, you would say:
Custodite sortem vestram.
Thanks, Brigitte, for bringing this up.
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BrigitteHilgner
: Sounds good to me - but it might be necessary to point out that this is singular. The English "defend" might be either singular or plural.
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Good point, Brigitte. Thanks for bringing this up.
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Joseph Brazauskas
: Excellent, esp. your choice of the coll. 'sortem' for a motto.
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Gratias, Ioseph!
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