Latin translation: in flagranti delicto exceptus, -a, -um/deprehensus, -a, -um
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English term or phrase:
to catch red-handed
Latin translation:
in flagranti delicto exceptus, -a, -um/deprehensus, -a, -um
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English term or phrase:to catch red-handed
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I'm not sure which verb should be used here; furthermore, I am greatly confused as I find both in flagranti and in flagrante – surely both can't be right?
Explanation: 'Exceptus' means 'caught unawares', 'deprehensus' (contracted form: 'deprensus') means 'caught by surprise'. 'Flagranti' is the preferred form here, for the reason which I explained in my note to Ms. Askew's rendering, that is, it's here used adjectivally, qualifying 'delicto'.
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However, my rendering above means 'caught red-handed'; 'to catch red-handed' is '(aliquem) in flagranti delicto excipere' or 'deprehendere'.
Indeed both "flagranti" and "flagrante" could be right, depending on usage. "Flagrans" is present participle from the verb "flagrare", and such participles usually take adjective ending -i when used as attributes, but 3rd declension substantive ending -e when used in ablativus absolutus. If you Google for "in flagranti" versus "in flagrante" (omitting "delicto"), you can see that "in flagranti" prevails, but the full phrase is more common as "in flagrante delicto".
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in flagranti delicto exceptus, -a, -um/deprehensus, -a, -um
Explanation: 'Exceptus' means 'caught unawares', 'deprehensus' (contracted form: 'deprensus') means 'caught by surprise'. 'Flagranti' is the preferred form here, for the reason which I explained in my note to Ms. Askew's rendering, that is, it's here used adjectivally, qualifying 'delicto'.
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However, my rendering above means 'caught red-handed'; 'to catch red-handed' is '(aliquem) in flagranti delicto excipere' or 'deprehendere'.
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279 hits for flagrantI
4,910 for flagrante
also, Marian Greenfield is very knowledgeable in this field.
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Definition "in flagranti" in the Collins English Dictionary ...
in flagranti definition : in flagrante delicto adv (Chiefly law) while committing the offence; red-handed, (Also) flagrante delicto (Latin, literally: with ...
dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/in%20flagranti - United States - Similar
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in flagrante delicto
adv.
Flagrante delicto.
[New Latin in flagrante dlict : Latin in, in; see in-2 + Medieval Latin flagrante dlict, while the crime is blazing; see flagrante delicto.]
Reference information: International law in historical perspective - Google Books Result
J. H. W. Verzijl - 1978 - Law - 547 pages
... not be convicted on a charge of espionage, for which he could be tried only if captured in flagranti delicto. The acquittal was based, on the one hand, ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=9028601481...
liz askew United Kingdom Native speaker of: English
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