# will you translate a phrase to latin?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 7, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-translate-a-phrase-to-latin/206006 "2003-10-07T05:24:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-translate-a-phrase-to-latin/206006/1 "2003-10-07T05:24:15Z")

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Could someone, some very cool someone who speaks latin, do me a favor? If you could translate “From spite, nobility” and “From spite, greatness” into latin, I’ll be your best friend. You’re not doing my homework - I’m working for a group that needs a pretentious-sounding motto. 🙂

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-translate-a-phrase-to-latin/206006/2 "2003-10-07T06:01:53Z")

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_Ex invidiae, ingenuus._\*

_Ex invidiae, magnitudo._  
\*_nobilitas_ means “born into a noble family.” I would not use it to indicate the _character_ of nobility.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-translate-a-phrase-to-latin/206006/3 "2003-10-08T00:23:18Z")

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Thanks, tomndebb! Er…don’t suppose some one could tel me how to pronounce this properly? 🙂

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-translate-a-phrase-to-latin/206006/4 "2003-10-08T01:29:22Z")

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Pronunciation

_Ex invidiae, ingenuus._

Classical Roman: ex in-WEE-dee-eye in-GENN-you-oos.  
(That’s /eye/ as in /eyeball/. That’s a hard /g/ as in /get/. And /oos/ rhymes with puss.)

Ecclesiastical/Medieval: ex in-VID-dee-ay in-JENN-you-oos.  
(That’s /ay/ as in /day/.)  
_Ex invidiae, magnitudo._

Classical Roman: ex in-WEE-dee-eye mahg-nih-TOO-doe.  
(That’s /eye/ as in /eyeball/. That’s a hard /g/ as in /bog/. And /TOO/ rhymes with sue.)

Ecclesiastical/Medieval: ex in-VID-dee-ay mah-nyee-TOO-doe(That’s /ay/ as in /day/.)

Pax.