munera quæ tacite que sine teste dedit

English translation: gifts which she gave silently, without a witness

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Latin term or phrase:munera quæ tacite que sine teste dedit
English translation:gifts which she gave silently, without a witness
Entered by: Luis Antonio de Larrauri

05:23 Sep 10, 2008
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Anthropology / Grave stone inscription
Latin term or phrase: munera quæ tacite que sine teste dedit
Ninth line of a grave stone inscription
Pyran (X)
gifts which she gave silently, without a witness
Explanation:
I thought of the enclitic too, but then the words that would join would be "quae" and "tacite", which doen's make any sense. Therefore I suppose that there is a missing "a" in "que".
So the idea is "gifts which she gave silently, which she gave without...", and I leave out the second "which" for a style sake.
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Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Local time: 17:29
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4 +2gifts which she gave silently, without a witness
Luis Antonio de Larrauri
2 +1the gifts which she gave quietly and without a witness
Anders Dalström


  

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the gifts which she gave quietly and without a witness


Explanation:


I'm assuming 'que' is the enclitic -que (i.e. attached to the end of the previous word, in this case 'taciteque') meaning 'and'. If this is not correct then my translation is way off...

Anders Dalström
Sweden
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

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agree  Joseph Brazauskas
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gifts which she gave silently, without a witness


Explanation:
I thought of the enclitic too, but then the words that would join would be "quae" and "tacite", which doen's make any sense. Therefore I suppose that there is a missing "a" in "que".
So the idea is "gifts which she gave silently, which she gave without...", and I leave out the second "which" for a style sake.


Luis Antonio de Larrauri
Local time: 17:29
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you.

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agree  Olga Cartlidge: Given the context, "munera" can also mean "suprema munera" here i.e. the last rites - Cf Virg En4, 624 - Cineri haec mittite nostro munera - observe this rutual regarding my ashes.
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Olga. See http://www.pyran.org/Lake'sLostwithiel.html for more context.

agree  Joseph Brazauskas
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Joseph!
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