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#186895 09/11/04 08:57 PM
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Glory to Jesus Christ!

A RC priest friend asked me to help him translate this quote in Latin:

"Ad agendum semper aliquid dignum viro natus".

If anyone could provide a translation, it would be very happily received. Thanks in advance!

With best wishes to all!
Stefan-Ivan

#186896 09/12/04 01:51 AM
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Dear Stefan-Ivan,

I would be glad to help.

Firstly, the phrase as quoted does not really make grammatical sense. Realizing that there had to be some broader context, I tracked it down--it is altered slightly from Cicero's Epistolae "ad familiares" Book IV.

The clause reads:
" natus enim ad agendum semper aliquid dignum viro nunc non modo agendi rationem nullam habeo . . ."

It means "For, born in order to be always doing something worthy of a man, I now no longer possess a reason for acting" (or maybe "a plan of action").

"Natus" is "born". "Ad agendum semper aliquid dignum viro" is "in order to do always something worthy of a man."

God bless and good luck. The entire Latin text of Cicero may be found at this [gracie.smsu.edu] website. I do not know if there are any English translations of the Epistolae ad familiares.

In Christ,

LatinTrad


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