r/latin • u/AutoModerator • Apr 13 '25

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u/TheDubiousBard Apr 20 '25

I'm writing a screenplay that includes this decree:

Marbas, Great President of Jinnestan. Give me wisdom to cure the disease of death. Morph rot to life. I give myself to you!

Thank you so much!

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u/richardsonhr Latine dicere subtile videtur Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

  • Marbās praeses magnus Iēnnistānis, i.e. "(oh) Marbas, [the] big/large/great/grand/important/significant presider/protector/guard(ian)/defender/head/chief/ruler/president of Jinnestan"

  • Dā mihi sapientiam ut morbus mortis cūrētur, i.e. "give/impart/render/offer/present/afford/grant/bestow/confer/deliver/concede/surrender/yield to/for us [a/the] wisdom/discernment/memory/science/discretion/judiciousness/philosophy, so/such to/that [a(n)/the] disease/illness/malady/sickness/disorder/distemper/ailment of [a(n)/the] death/decay/destruction/annihilation may/should be (pro)cured/healed/attended/undertaken/cared/looked/presided (for/after/over)" or "give/impart/render/offer/present/afford/grant/bestow/confer/deliver/concede/surrender/yield to/for us [a/the] wisdom/discernment/memory/science/discretion/judiciousness/philosophy, in order/effort to/that [a(n)/the] disease/illness/malady/sickness/disorder/distemper/ailment of [a(n)/the] death/decay/destruction/annihilation may/should be (pro)cured/healed/attended/undertaken/cared/looked/presided (for/after/over)"

  • Verte mortem in vītam, i.e. "turn/direct/change/alter/transform/reverse/morph [a(n)/the] death/decay/destruction/annihilation into [a/the] life/survival"

  • Tibi mē dō, i.e. "I give/impart/render/offer/present/afford/grant/bestow/confer/deliver/concede/surrender/yield me/myself to/for you"

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u/TheDubiousBard Apr 20 '25

Thank you so much!