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eternal love and devotion for/to William

Latin translation: amor studiumque perpetuum Gulielmo

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English term or phrase:eternal love and devotion for/to William
Latin translation:amor studiumque perpetuum Gulielmo
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

14:23 May 21, 2009
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English term or phrase: eternal love and devotion for/to William
I am needing a correct latin translation for this as I am am having something engraved for my husband, please help! I have a Latin book, but am confused, and there is so much on the web that is incorrect.
Nicole Partin
amor studiumque perpetuum Gulielmo
Explanation:
'Perpetuum' is neuter because an attributive adjective agrees with the nearest substantive.

Since you're having this engraved for your husband, you may want to use only capital letters. The Romans had no lower case or minsucule letters until the advent of barbarism in the 5th and 6th centuries. Thus:

AMOR STVDIVMQVE PERPETVVM GVLIELMO

You may replace the Vs with Us, although this form of the letter did not come into common use until the early 2nd century. Likewise, you may want to leave out the spaces between the words. Words were not separated until Mediaeval times, and not consistently until modern times.
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Joseph Brazauskas
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Local time: 21:16
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Thank you so much
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5amor studiumque perpetuum Gulielmo
Joseph Brazauskas
5aeternus amor et studium in Guillelmum
Luis Antonio de Larrauri


  

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eternal love and devotion for/to william
amor studiumque perpetuum Gulielmo


Explanation:
'Perpetuum' is neuter because an attributive adjective agrees with the nearest substantive.

Since you're having this engraved for your husband, you may want to use only capital letters. The Romans had no lower case or minsucule letters until the advent of barbarism in the 5th and 6th centuries. Thus:

AMOR STVDIVMQVE PERPETVVM GVLIELMO

You may replace the Vs with Us, although this form of the letter did not come into common use until the early 2nd century. Likewise, you may want to leave out the spaces between the words. Words were not separated until Mediaeval times, and not consistently until modern times.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 21:16
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eternal love and devotion for/to william
aeternus amor et studium in Guillelmum


Explanation:
A similar question was asked before, see this link, Nicole:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1495584

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-21 15:48:35 GMT)
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My heartfelt condolences, Nicole.

Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Local time: 03:16
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PRO pts in category: 16
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