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a true wolf trusts no one

Latin translation: Lupus verus nemini credit.

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English term or phrase:a true wolf trusts no one
Latin translation:Lupus verus nemini credit.
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11:57 Apr 1, 2001
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: a true wolf trusts no one
a true wolf trusts no one
Garrett Wolf
Lupus verus nemini credit.
Explanation:
Lupus verus nemini credit. OR: Lupus verus nemini fidit.

LUPUS: "wolf" -- in the nominative case, subject of the verb.

VERUS: "true, genuine" -- an adjective in the masculine gender, nominative case, and singular number, so as to agree with LUPUS.

NEMINI: "nobody, no one" -- a pronoun in the dative case (its nominative form is NEMO), because either verb here requires a dative-case object (whether FIDIT or CREDIT). Note that you wouldn't want to use the word NULLUM, which would mean "nothing" or "not any" and would be in the incorrect case form for either verb.

FIDIT or CREDIT: "trusts, believes" -- a verb in the present tense, third person, singular number, either from FIDO, FIDERE, or from CREDO, CREDERE. Both options require an object in the dative case (rather than the accusative), unlike most Latin verbs. This is true of any Latin verb meaning "trust, believe".


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naLupus verus nullum fidet.
Robert Jackson
naLupus verus nemini credit.
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Lupus verus nullum fidet.


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Lupus verus nemini credit.


Explanation:
Lupus verus nemini credit. OR: Lupus verus nemini fidit.

LUPUS: "wolf" -- in the nominative case, subject of the verb.

VERUS: "true, genuine" -- an adjective in the masculine gender, nominative case, and singular number, so as to agree with LUPUS.

NEMINI: "nobody, no one" -- a pronoun in the dative case (its nominative form is NEMO), because either verb here requires a dative-case object (whether FIDIT or CREDIT). Note that you wouldn't want to use the word NULLUM, which would mean "nothing" or "not any" and would be in the incorrect case form for either verb.

FIDIT or CREDIT: "trusts, believes" -- a verb in the present tense, third person, singular number, either from FIDO, FIDERE, or from CREDO, CREDERE. Both options require an object in the dative case (rather than the accusative), unlike most Latin verbs. This is true of any Latin verb meaning "trust, believe".




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