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English translation: Mithras Tauroctonous


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Italian term or phrase:mitra tauroctonos
English translation:Mithras Tauroctonous
Entered by: Barbara Cochran
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17:24 Feb 4, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / Liturgical Atlas
Italian term or phrase: mitra tauroctonos
Caption to a picture in a liturgical atlas.

"**Mitra tauroctonos,** pittura murale,
225-250 ca. Mitreo, Santa Maria
Capua Vetere. Il culto di Mitra
prevedeva il battesimo dei
suoi seguaci in un bagno
di sangue caldo di toro
anziché in acqua."

Molte Grazie,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran
Local time: 13:55
Mithras Tauroctonous
Explanation:
L'aggettivo tauroctonos si riferisce alla persona di Mitra (Mitras che uccide il toro), e non si tratta di un sostantivo.
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sophie_
Local time: 19:55
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Molte Grazie.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Mithras Tauroctonous
sophie_
5 +2Mitra Tauroctony
Gisella Giarrusso
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LorraineB

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Mitra Tauroctony


Explanation:
si ferisce alla Tauroctonia di Mitra

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Note added at 4 mins (2012-02-04 17:29:16 GMT)
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tauroctonos in greco, tauroctonia in italiano...


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony
Gisella Giarrusso
Spain
Local time: 19:55
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabelle Johnson: I agree. This is it.
3 mins
  -> thanks Isabelle :)
agree  Wendy Streitparth: Perhaps "Mithras Tauroctony"?
1 hr
  -> i think Mithraic Tauroctony is even better,sorry for the confusion...:)
neutral  Jim Tucker: would be tauroctonia in Gk as well; this is the adj.; also Mitra is the proper noun Mithras // tauroktonos is an *adjective* in Greek; tauroctonia is a noun in both langs
3 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Mithras Tauroctonous


Explanation:
L'aggettivo tauroctonos si riferisce alla persona di Mitra (Mitras che uccide il toro), e non si tratta di un sostantivo.

Example sentence(s):
  • Mithras Tauroctonous, now at the British Museum, London.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony
sophie_
Local time: 19:55
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Molte Grazie.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker: yes, not the noun Tauroctony, but the adjective, an epithet of Mithras. A Hellenist would spell it Tauroktonos (more prevalent in English for the last few decades). You could also do "Mithras the Bull-Slayer"
34 mins
  -> You are right Jim, I would say Tauroktonos too, it's closer to the original word. Thanks!
agree  simon tanner
1 hr
  -> Thanks Simon!
agree  LorraineB: Mithras the Bull-Slayer has over 7000 ghits - seems more comprehensible, at least add it in brackets
13 hrs
  -> I agree, a nice idea to add it in brackets.Thanks LorraineB!
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Reference comments


16 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
previous instance in proz from Spanish to English


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/tourism_travel/...
LorraineB
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Jim Tucker
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Changes made by editors
Feb 9 - Changes made by Barbara Cochran:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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