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Other / Expression | | English term or phrase: You have failed the Emperor! | Greetings,
I know there is the verb “desum”, but I don't know if it’s okay here.
Supposing Maecenas had made a complete mess of the economy when he was deputising for Octavian while Octavian was finishing off Antony in the east, someone might have rebuked him as follows:
“You have failed the Emperor!”
All the best,
Simon |
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| | Imperatori defuisti | Explanation:
Or 'defuistis', if plural. 'Desum' is especially used of failing in an official duty.
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-03-13 17:38:35 GMT)
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Cf., e.g., Caesar, 'Bellum Civile', 1.1.3.
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Note added at 28 mins (2008-03-13 17:43:29 GMT)
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Cf., e.g., Caesar, 'Bellum Civile', 1.1.3: Incitat L. Lentulus consul senatum rei publicae se non defuturum pollicetur, etc.' |
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19 mins confidence:  | you have failed the emperor! Imperatori defuisti
Explanation:
Or 'defuistis', if plural. 'Desum' is especially used of failing in an official duty.
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Note added at 23 mins (2008-03-13 17:38:35 GMT)
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Cf., e.g., Caesar, 'Bellum Civile', 1.1.3.
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Note added at 28 mins (2008-03-13 17:43:29 GMT)
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Cf., e.g., Caesar, 'Bellum Civile', 1.1.3: Incitat L. Lentulus consul senatum rei publicae se non defuturum pollicetur, etc.'
| Joseph J. Brazauskas
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