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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | English term or phrase: He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster | | quote by friedrich nietzsche |
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1 hr confidence:  | he who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster Caveat is qui cum monstris pugnat ne ea re ipse monstrum fiat
Explanation:
I translate 'might take care' (potential subjunctive) by 'caveat' (jussive subjunctive) as being more usual Latin syntax in this kind of context. Literally, 'Let he who fights with monsters take care lest he himself become a monster'. 'Ipse' might be omitted, though this would make the subject of the subordinate clause somewhat less clear. For 'monstris' you could substitute the synonym 'portentis', albeit 'portentum' is generally used of an especially egregious monster, as well as of an unnatural or extraordinary event, an omen, a creature with a birth defect, and the like. Monster in the sense of a living entity, especially a beast, would be 'beluis'.
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