# Latin Translation, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930 "2013-03-03T18:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930/1 "2013-03-03T18:35:28Z")

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“All buildings are inherently unstable.”

“All structures are inherently unstable.”

Tried the online translators and even my elementary Latin could tell me they were wrong.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![krunen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@krunen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krunen)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930/2 "2013-03-03T22:44:42Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> “All buildings are inherently unstable.”  
> “All structures are inherently unstable.”

Omnes aedificia/structurae inhaerentes instabiles sunt?

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**Author:** ![krunen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@krunen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krunen)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930/3 "2013-03-03T22:59:57Z")

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On second thought, it should probably be “inhaerenter”, as it’s an adverb:

“Omnes aedificia/structurae inhaerenter instabiles sunt”.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930/4 "2013-03-04T00:01:52Z")

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What’s the difference between _omnes_ and _totus_?

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**Author:** ![barath\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@barath\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barath_s)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translation-please/651930/5 "2013-03-04T02:07:38Z")

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[One cite](http://latindiscussion.com/forum/latin/the-idiomatic-english-all-of.2674/) gives omnes for “every/all” and totus for “whole of”. Sounds plausible.

Hope you didn’t need answer fast ?