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Because each changing minute is a chance to begin anew.

Latin translation: quia minima parte temporis quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum.

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Latin term or phrase:Because each changing minute is a chance to begin anew.
Selected answer:quia minima parte temporis quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum.
Entered by: David Wigtil

22:30 Jun 10, 2002
Latin language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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Latin term or phrase: Because each changing minute is a chance to begin anew.
The phrase is simply a statement to another person.
William Gorby
quia minima parte temporis quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum.
Explanation:
The ancient Romans had no notion of "minutes". If you want to use "minuta", then you'd rewrite the sentence as, "quia minuta quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum."

"minima parte ... quaque mutabili" -- by each smallest changeable part
"temporis" -- of time
"offertur potestas" -- the power/possibility is offered
"rerum omnium reficiendarum" -- of fixing everything up again

A cumbersome grammar lesson is available upon request to clarify the details.

--Loquamur
Ph. D. in ancient Greek
College professor of Latin and Greek
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David Wigtil
United States
Local time: 10:42
Grading comment
The answer was recieved much sooner than I had expected. After many hours on-line with hopes of tracking down an answer, only to fail, I had nearly given up. Thank you also for the grammatical explaination.
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5quia minima parte temporis quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum.
David Wigtil


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quia minima parte temporis quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum.


Explanation:
The ancient Romans had no notion of "minutes". If you want to use "minuta", then you'd rewrite the sentence as, "quia minuta quaque mutabili offertur potestas rerum omnium reficiendarum."

"minima parte ... quaque mutabili" -- by each smallest changeable part
"temporis" -- of time
"offertur potestas" -- the power/possibility is offered
"rerum omnium reficiendarum" -- of fixing everything up again

A cumbersome grammar lesson is available upon request to clarify the details.

--Loquamur
Ph. D. in ancient Greek
College professor of Latin and Greek

David Wigtil
United States
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1
Grading comment
The answer was recieved much sooner than I had expected. After many hours on-line with hopes of tracking down an answer, only to fail, I had nearly given up. Thank you also for the grammatical explaination.
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