# Latin Translations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translations/213764>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translations/213764 "2003-11-17T20:46:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translations/213764/21 "2003-11-18T14:55:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Machete \*  
> \*\*Thanks to all for the input! These are great. I have a followup question:
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> In perusing some biblical text in the Latin, I saw the usage of house as Domui (e.g. ‘House of Israel’ as ‘domui Israhel’). Latin is inflected, correct? So I presume there’s a case rule working here? \*\*

I don’t know much about Vulgate but grammatically it’s a genitive case form. In Classical Latin it would be _domi_ so I suppose that _domui_ is just a Vulgate variation of the same.

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**Author:** ![Machete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Machete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machete)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translations/213764/22 "2003-11-18T15:00:00Z")

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Ok, and I found the answer to my last question:

Domui is the dative form used for the indirect object that cannot be converted to the subject.

Diogenes, Melandry, MattTheCroc, I’d type ‘you rock’ in Latin, but obviously I’m unable to do so. You’ll have to settle for pig latin:

**oo-yay ock-ray.**

For the urban dwellers: **oo-yay izzle-ray fo izzle-shay.**

Forgive any errors in grammar.

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**Author:** ![SpACatta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SpACatta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpACatta)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translations/213764/23 "2003-11-19T22:06:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \*  
> \*\*Domus ignis  
> Domus aquae  
> Domus terrae  
> Domus aeris  
> Domus facies  
> Domus circulorum  
> Domus primus
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> Scienta consumet omnis  
> Perseverantia pervadet omnis  
> Fatum amplexator omnis  
> Cogitatio tanget omnis \*\*

“House of the face” is actually _domus faciei_.

You have to make “face” genitive 🙂

Also, in the bottom four phrases, _omnis_ should be _omnes_. It’s accusative.

_Scienta_ should be _scientia_, and all of the occurrances of _omnes_ should come between the first word and the verb (consumet, pervadet, amplexator, tanget) to maintain correct word order.

_Fatum_ is more often used in English translations of “fate”, while _sors_ is more often used in English translations of “destiny”, which is what he wanted to say.

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**Author:** ![SpACatta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SpACatta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpACatta)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-translations/213764/24 "2003-11-19T22:10:40Z")

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Ack, sorry. _Omnes_ should be _omnia_. I wasn’t thinking of the other genders… Call me a sexist pig!

Har har.😛

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