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Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / English to Latin translation | | English term or phrase: Love Above All | I'm looking for a latin translation for the phrase "love above all" as in I believe in love above all else.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks. |
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1 hr confidence:  | love above all O amor acima de tudo
Explanation:
In Spanish: El amor encima de todo.
In Portuguese: O amor acima de todo.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-11 20:00:07 GMT)
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In Portuguese: O AMOR ACIMA DE TUDO.
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2 hrs confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 | love above all amor ante omnia
Explanation:
It's been a while since I took Latin classes, so I can't be so sure, especially about the word order (amor ante omnia vs. ante omnia amor). I hope you mean Latin language, the classical, ancient one, not Romance languages in general.
HTH
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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-11-12 03:06:35 GMT)
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Good question.
Super or supra mean above (over, on top of) but I don't know which one is better to use. Besides, "above all" is an idiom, I think, at least I've found it translated as "ante omnia" in many contexts (God, family, honour, even Muses). So it's not a word-by-word translation, also omnia is plural for all (all things).
"Dulce ante omnia musae" (The Muses, above all things, delightful).
http://www.loc.gov/jefftour/lc/lc-pnls.html
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Deus meus, credo in te, spero in te, amo te *super omnia* ex tota anima mea, ex toto corde meo, ex totis viribus meis
My God, I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee *above all* things with all my soul, with all my heart and with all my stregth
ante omnia saecula
before all ages
Quicumque vult salvus esse, *ante omnia* opus est, ut teneat Catholicam fidem
Whoever wishes to be saved must, *above all*, keep the Catholic faith
All on the same page: http://www.thesacredheart.com/latpray.htm
Reference: http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1470
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Asker: Thanks for the info. Another question, does "ante" mean both 'before' and 'above?'
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