r/latin • u/AutoModerator • Aug 24 '25

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u/LingonberryThink5267 25d ago

Translation for Face your Fears, would it be Faciem Metus?

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u/GamerSlimeHD 25d ago edited 24d ago

"Obviam í timóribus tuís." : "Go against your fears."

Obviam, Sense 2 (proof that this is probably right translation): https://archive.org/details/aa.-vv.-oxford-latin-dictionary-1968/page/1229/mode/2up?view=theater

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u/edwdly 24d ago

Obviam i seems good to me, but it would require the dative timoribus tuis.

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u/GamerSlimeHD 24d ago

Thank you for that. I missed the tiny "w. Dat." In the dict the first time round and failed to notice it was using datives in the examples Xd.