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English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Other | | English term or phrase: Know the enemy | | Translation required |
| | | nosce hostem/nosce inimicum | Explanation:
Or 'noscite hostem' if you are addresing more than one person. 'Hostem' means a public enemy, 'inimicum' means a personal enemy.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2008-05-19 03:15:37 GMT) Post-grading
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'Scio' is used of knowing facts, 'nosco', which is more common in past tenses but with present meaning, is used of knowing persons. 'Teneo', in the sense of 'consider, regard, hold'' is used of both facts and persons. |
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 Joseph J. Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 15:36
| Grading comment Thanks, although being a military motto - ie know your enemy for the purposes of intelligence... is is scio or teneo more appropriate?
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36 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 | know the enemy nosce hostem/nosce inimicum
Explanation:
Or 'noscite hostem' if you are addresing more than one person. 'Hostem' means a public enemy, 'inimicum' means a personal enemy.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2008-05-19 03:15:37 GMT) Post-grading
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'Scio' is used of knowing facts, 'nosco', which is more common in past tenses but with present meaning, is used of knowing persons. 'Teneo', in the sense of 'consider, regard, hold'' is used of both facts and persons.
| Joseph J. Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 15:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English, Spanish
PRO pts in category: 27
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| | Grading comment | Thanks, although being a military motto - ie know your enemy for the purposes of intelligence... is is scio or teneo more appropriate? |
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