Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
unconditional love forever
Latin translation:
amor absolutus in aeternum
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Nicholas Ferreira
Sep 13, 2007 21:58
16 yrs ago
English term
unconditional love forever
English to Latin
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
for wedding band
One of my friends is getting married and inside his wedding band wants to engrave a Latin translation of the following words: "Unconditional Love Forever" (or an equivalent).
"Amor (...) in aeternum."
For the (...), I was thinking of the following options: indivisus, constans, continuus, perpetuus, sincerus, intrepidus, etc.
But none of these seem to capture the exact sense of "unconditional." So what do you think?
"Amor (...) in aeternum."
For the (...), I was thinking of the following options: indivisus, constans, continuus, perpetuus, sincerus, intrepidus, etc.
But none of these seem to capture the exact sense of "unconditional." So what do you think?
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 5 +1 | amor absolutus in aeternum |
Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
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| 5 | amor sine exceptione inque perpetuum |
Joseph Brazauskas
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Change log
Sep 15, 2007 20:33: Nicholas Ferreira changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/587316">Nicholas Ferreira's</a> old entry - "unconditional love forever"" to ""amor absolutus in aeternum""
Proposed translations
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amor absolutus in aeternum
As you know from "absolvo", meaning "freed, with no boundaries, restraints, ecc."
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Comment: "Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for!"
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Joseph Brazauskas
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amor sine exceptione inque perpetuum
Prepositional phrases used adjectivally or adverbially are fairly rare in good prose, but plentiful in poetry, and a wedding to me at least seems to call for a poetic nuance.
I tender my congratulations to your friend.
I tender my congratulations to your friend.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the congratulations, Joseph. As this text is inscribed inside the ring, we were looking for something that economizes on letters and space. |
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